The N&G Top 500 Albums of All Time!!!

[Rip_City]

Got lazy uploading pictures 5 at a time - so no more slow releases... here's 2 GIFs of my top 50 (Some on CDs - I don't own my entire top 50 on records! Scroll to the bottom - you can play my spotify playlist while you watch me flip records/cds.

#	Artist	Album	Genre	Year
1​	Radiohead	OK Computer	Alternative / Rock	1997​
2​	Beck	Sea Change	Alternative / Rock	2002​
3​	Nine Inch Nails	The Downward Spiral	Industrial	1994​
4​	Fugees	The Score	Rap / Hip Hop	1996​
5​	Nas	Illmatic	Rap / Hip Hop	1994​
6​	Madvillain	Madvillainy	Rap / Hip Hop	2004​
7​	A Tribe Called Quest	Midnight Marauders	Rap / Hip Hop	1993​
8​	Massive Attack	Mezzanine	Leftfield, Trip Hop, Downtempo	1998​
9​	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	Shoegaze, Alternative Rock	1991​
10​	Amon Tobin	Permutation	Leftfield, Drum n Bass, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Breaks	1998​
11​	Autechre	LP5	Abstract, IDM, Experimental	1998​
12​	Boards Of Canada	Music Has The Right To Children	IDM, Ambient	1998​
13​	Slowdive	Souvlaki	Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop	1993​
14​	Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes	Visions Of A New World	Fusion, Jazz-Funk	1975​
15​	The Prodigy	Music For The Jilted Generation	Breakbeat, Techno, Big Beat	1994​
16​	Cocteau Twins	Blue Bell Knoll	Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Ethereal	1988​
17​	Wu-Tang Clan	Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	Rap / Hip Hop	1993​
18​	Portishead	Portishead	Downtempo, Trip Hop	1997​
19​	Goldfrapp	Felt Mountain	Leftfield, Future Jazz, Downtempo	2000​
20​	2814	新しい日の誕生	Ambient, Drone, Vaporwave	2015​
21​	Chris Clark	Body Riddle	Abstract, IDM	2006​
22​	Boards Of Canada	Geogaddi	Abstract, IDM, Ambient	2002​
23​	AIR	Talkie Walkie	Downtempo, Synth-pop	2003​
24​	School Of Seven Bells	Disconnect From Desire	Shoegaze, Ethereal, Indie Rock	2010​
25​	Sneaker Pimps	Becoming X	Trip Hop	1996​
26​	Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim	Getz / Gilberto	Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz	1964​
27​	Orbital	Snivilisation	Electronic / Techno	1994​
28​	Moby	Play	Breakbeat, Leftfield, Downtempo	1999​
29​	Fatboy Slim	You've Come A Long Way, Baby	Big Beat	1998​
30​	Garbage	Garbage	Alternative Rock, Pop Rock	1995​
31​	MGMT	Oracular Spectacular	Indie Rock	2007​
32​	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Rap / Hip Hop	2010​
33​	Nine Inch Nails	The Fragile	Alternative Rock, Industrial, Ambient	1999​
34​	Tomas Dvorak	Machinarium Soundtrack	Experimental, Ambient, Video Game Music	2009​
35​	Björk	Homogenic	Electronic, Pop	1997​
36​	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, M.A.A.d City	Rap / Hip Hop	2012​
37​	Erykah Badu	Baduizm	RnB/Swing, Neo Soul	1996​
38​	Gang Starr	Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr	Rap / Hip Hop	1999​
39​	Radiohead	Amnesiac	Alternative Rock, Experimental	2001​
40​	M.I.A. (2)	Arular	Breakbeat, Ragga HipHop, Grime, Electro, Breaks	2005​
41​	M83	Before The Dawn Heals Us	Electronic, Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze	2005​
42​	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill	Hop Hop, RnB/Swing, Neo Soul	1998​
43​	SZA (2)	Ctrl	Contemporary R&B	2017​
44​	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Fever To Tell	Indie Rock	2003​
45​	Talib Kweli & Madlib	Liberation	Rap / Hip Hop	2006​
46​	Beastie Boys	Hello Nasty	Rap / Hip Hop	1998​
47​	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	Leftfield, Alternative Rock, Lo-Fi, Trip Hop	2001​
48​	Blonde Redhead	Misery Is A Butterfly	Indie Rock	2004​
49​	Broadcast	Work And Non Work	Electronic, Indie Pop, Leftfield	1997​
50​	The Avalanches	Since I Left You	Electronic, Leftfield, Abstract	2000​

Cool to see another list with 新しい日の誕生 on it. In the same ranking, too (#20)!

 

[ThePakoBuelna]

20-16, almost finished!

Spoiler

20.- Sean Lennon "Friendly Fire" 2006



19.- blink-182 "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" 2001



18.- The Killers "Sam's Town" 2006



17.- Kimbra "Vows" 2011



16.- She & Him "Volume One" 2008

 

[Joe Mac]

So I decided to join in the playlist fun. Like @gaporter i decided to start and the bottom and work my way to the top. This isn’t necessarily a list of my favourite or the best songs off these albums, although some of those are definitely in there, more kinda what I was feeling as I put the list together. Hope anyone who listen enjoys!

 

[Sprague Dawley]

1 Jesus Lizard - Goat.
2 Jesus Lizard - Liar
3 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks.
4 The Fall - Perverted By Language
5 Television - Marquee Moon
6 Wire - Chairs Missing
7 Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
8 Wipers - Youth Of America
9 Wipers - Is This Real?
10 Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves
11 Neurosis - Times of Grace
12 Electric Wizard - dopethrone
13 Nomeansno -Wrong
14 Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
15 Sonic Youth - daydream nation
16 Neurosis - Souls At Zero
17 Talking Heads - Remain In Light
18 The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
19 Slint - Spiderland
20 Steel Pole Bathtub - The Miracle Of Sound In Motion.
21 Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness.
22 Unsane - Attack In Japan.
23 Fishbone- s/t
24 Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
25 Converge - All We Love..
26 Part Chimp - I Am Come.
27 Pixies-Bossanova
28 Nick Cave- No more shall we part
29 Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
30 Primus - frizzle fry
31 Nomeansno - Sex Mad
32 Part Chimp - IV
33 Part Chimp- Thriller
34 Unsane - Visqueen
35 The Terminals - Little Things
36 Bob Dylan - New Morning
37 The Fall - Dragnet
38 Neil Young - Live Rust
39 Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
40 Al Green - call me
41 Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
42 The Terminals - Antiseptic
43 Shellac - at action park
44 Isis - Celestial
45 godheadSilo - Share The Fantasy
46 Neil Young - On The Beach
47 Bob Dylan - Highway 61
48 Electric Wizard - we live
49 The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
50 Electric Wizard - witchcult today

 

[zomgbear]

Cool to see another list with 新しい日の誕生 on it. In the same ranking, too (#20)!

It's one of the best ambient albums! Severely underated.... I think our lists have a lot of artist overlaps. I'm so glad /surprised you have Boards of Canada's MHTRTC all the way up there

 

[debar22]

So I decided to join in the playlist fun. Like @gaporter i decided to start and the bottom and work my way to the top. This isn’t necessarily a list of my favourite or the best songs off these albums, although some of those are definitely in there, more kinda what I was feeling as I put the list together. Hope anyone who listen enjoys!

Did the same exact thing. Very rap, R&B and soul heavy playlist:

 

[Tys1]

Please keep the playlists coming! I’ve been listening to them all!

 

[Rip_City]

Like others have posted, here is a playlist of one song from each of my top 50. I can't promise that the flow is great though LOL
This goes in descending order to #50.

 

[zomgbear]

I trimmed mine to a song from each album too - Not necessarily my favorites from each album but what I'm feeling now - first song that pops into my head from each one. Maybe sometime I'll make it into a playable playlist - but it's hard to do that with 50 songs that don't necessarily go together. For now it's in my Top 50 order that I sent in.

 

[Mrjay07]

I trimmed mine to a song from each album too - Not necessarily my favorites from each album but what I'm feeling now - first song that pops into my head from each one. Maybe sometime I'll make it into a playable playlist - but it's hard to do that with 50 songs that don't necessarily go together. For now it's in my Top 50 order that I sent in.

Dude!
Can't believe you've taken Fugee la, Power and protect ya neck out!
No pressure..........

 

[ThePakoBuelna]

15-11

Spoiler

15.- Flying Lotus "Cosmogramma" 2010



14.- The Dave Brubeck Quartet "Time Out!" 1959



13.- Thom Yorke "Anima" 2019



12.- Chetes "Hipnosis" 2010



11.- LITE "Filmlets" 2006

 

[NathanRicaud]

15-11

Spoiler

15.- Flying Lotus "Cosmogramma" 2010



14.- The Dave Brubeck Quartet "Time Out!" 1959



13.- Thom Yorke "Anima" 2019



12.- Chetes "Hipnosis" 2010



11.- LITE "Filmlets" 2006

Cosmogramma!

 

[ThePakoBuelna]

Cosmogramma!

Indeed! I always tell my friends, "If I don't dance even a little bit to Do The Astral Plane, consider me dead" .

Love that album, it's so crazy.

 

[NathanRicaud]

Indeed! I always tell my friends, "If I don't dance even a little bit to Do The Astral Plane, consider me dead" .

Love that album, it's so crazy.

I would love to go out on a dinner date with you to a Japanese restaurant and we both get Ramen and then afterwards spin some Flying Lotus, Thundercat and The Avalanches and just chill and laugh and talk shit! Imagine how good that would be! We’d have the best time ever!!!

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

The first half of my top 50:

Spoiler: 50-26

50. Massive Attack - Protection
49. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
48. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
47. Tom Waits - Closing Time
46. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
45. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
44. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
43. Pink Floyd - The Wall
42. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
41. Michael Jackson - Thriller
40. Janet Jackson - Janet.
39. Prince and the Revolution - Around the World in a Day
38. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
37. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
36. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
35. Janet Jackson - Control
34. David Bowie - Blackstar
33. Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever
32. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
31. Aretha Franklin - I’ve Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
30. Nas - Illmatic
29. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
28. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
27. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
26. Michael Jackson - Bad

The other half of my top 50:

Spoiler: 25-#1

25. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
24. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not be Televised
23. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
22. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
21. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
20. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
19. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
18. Eminem - The Eminem Show
17. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
15. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
14. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
13. Boston - s/t
12. George Michael - Faith
11. D’Angelo - Brown Sugar
10. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
9. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
8. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
7. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
6. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
4. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

I’ll have my top 50 playlist put together soon!

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

I’ll have my top 50 playlist put together soon!

 

[Turbo]

Late to the game, but here's my Rolling Stones top 10 - and this is an insanely awesome 10-album run by any measure:

Exile On Main Street
Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Some Girls
Beggar's Banquet
Tattoo You
Goats Head Soup
Emotional Rescue
It Only Rock And Roll
Black And Blue

EDIT: I should add that I actually have Sticky Fingers over Exile on my All-Time Top 50. I change my mind on which is better on a daily basis it seems. Both are superb in my view.

 

[Turbo]

Ok, here's my Top 50 in playlist form. A single song selection from each album, not necessarily the biggest hit. Just what I felt like adding to the list when I put it together.

 

[kvetcha]

@gaporter I'm a bit over halfway through your Top 50 playlist and having a lot of fun! Can't wait to listen to everyone else's.

 

[NathanRicaud]

The other half of my top 50:

Spoiler: 25-#1

25. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
24. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not be Televised
23. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
22. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
21. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
20. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
19. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
18. Eminem - The Eminem Show
17. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
15. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
14. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
13. Boston - s/t
12. George Michael - Faith
11. D’Angelo - Brown Sugar
10. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
9. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
8. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
7. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
6. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
4. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

I’ll have my top 50 playlist put together soon!

I thought To Pimp A Butterfly was your all time favourite! Do you easily prefer good kid, m.A.A.d, city now? Or are they very close in terms of which one you prefer?