SPIN MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 ALBUMS from the last 20 years!

[canucklehead200]

AND THE BEASTIES MADE IT TO #12!!!!!!!! OMFG!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT GOT THAT HIGH!!! http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/20/music.spintop100.ap/index.html

[canucklehead200]

here's the actual list: 100. Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
95. Elastica - s/t
94. Slint - Spiderland
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
92. Big Black - Atomizer
91. XTC - Skylarking
90. Sonic Youth - Sister
89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup87. Blur - Parklife
86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
85. REM - Automatic For The People
84. Soundgarden - Superunknown
83. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - s/t
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
75. Le Tigre - s/t
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye
67. Slayer - Reign In Blood
66. Outkast - Aquemini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
48. Radiohead - Kid A
47. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
44. Green Day - Dookie
43. B.D.P. - Criminal Minded
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - s/t
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
17. Nas - Illmatic
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
1. Radiohead - OK Computer



a comment from another beastie fan: It deserves to be #12. This is the best B-Boys album. everybody who posted which albums they had of the 100 had paul's boutique :D

[King of Rock II]

haha, kanye west at 45.

[pip07]

Yuck, Nirvana #3?

[Hello_nasty]

Pinkerton at 61, but the Blue Album not on the list? WTF!! :mad:

[Love And Theft]

Some worthy choices. Radiohead deserves to be on there, (OK Computer has some of the best drumming I've ever heard. Especially on "Airbag") maybe not at number one. I think Wilco should be higher up on the list. Beck did well too. Where's Time Out Of Mind? And "Love And Thef"?

[zorra_chiflada]

i'm so sick of seeing radiohead number one on everything. everyone ought to stop sucking their dicks. they annoy me so much

[Rancid_Beasties]

No INXS - kick?? What the fuck (n)

[BuddhaMonk]

thats a pretty damn good list. i would obviously modify it, leaving out all the shitty british bands.

[staceybridie]

:eek: oi oi sailor there are some damn good british bands banging about

[EN[i]GMA]

45. Kanye West - College Dropout

What the fuck?

[Michelle*s_Farm]

I think a bunch of old farts made that list (kind of joking). There are least 10 LP's that should not be there based on changes in music over the past decade. Spin used to be good in the early 90's but it is really out of touch. Same with the Village Voice. Perhaps they should fire their reviewers.

[canucklehead200]

why isn't anybody else as happy as i am about how the beasties were rated as having the 12th best album in 20 FREAKING YEARS?!?!?! do you know how big of an accomplishment that is??? for a cd that only sold 2-3 million copies, and that really isn't that well known compared to their others? that's unbelievable

[Michelle*s_Farm]

why isn't anybody else as happy as i am about how the beasties were rated as having the 12th best album in 20 FREAKING YEARS?!?!?! do you know how big of an accomplishment that is??? for a cd that only sold 2-3 million copies, and that really isn't that well known compared to their others? that's unbelievable

I am happy. About 9 out of every 10 lists (perhaps there have been 100 of these lists since Paul's was released!) include Paul's Boutique in the top 20 (at least that is constant in this changing world). I am actually waiting for a Beastie Boys LP that can out-do Paul's Boutique. Some people may argue that PB is like an albatross around their necks.

[BGirl]

AND THE BEASTIES MADE IT TO #12!!!!!!!! OMFG!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT GOT THAT HIGH!!! http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/20/music.spintop100.ap/index.html


nice. congrats Beastie Boys (y)


interesting list too, I'll pass that around...


love the enthusiasm, canucklehead :D

[ToucanSpam]

i personally do not agree at all with that list. But I am not even 20 so I guess I cannot gague the amount of music to choose from.

[brooklyndust]

lti made the list too

[bizmark]

Where's Check Your Head or Ill Communication? They are both great albums!

[WhoMoi?]

Pinkerton at 61, but the Blue Album not on the list? WTF!! :mad:

I was thinking the exact same thing.

These lists are so subjective, it's kind of silly. But still, I was psyched to see the Beasties on this list twice! (Even though I'd agree more with CYH rather than LTI, but hey, I'll take it.)

[bizmark]

Cypress Hill's Black Sunday should have made that list. The Soul Assassins So Watcha Want remix with B Real is one of the Beasties best colaborations that went unnoticed. Their is a live version on the Sabotage home video. Check it out.

[Homsar]

The Cure's Head on the Door is considered better than Disintegration and Pornography!?

[Justin]

i think pb shoulda been ahead of 3ft high and rising. The magizine must have just looked at how many samples they used, instead of what they done with the samples, not including lyrics. PB it WAYY better than 3ft high and rising

[BeastlyBoy79]

I'm a SPIN subscriber and I was satisfied, for the most part, with the list. Sure, Paul's Boutique should be a lil higher, but they did pick a great mix of albums, and not to mention quite a few hip hop albums for a magazine that mostly covers rock. I have 14 of the albums on the list, and there are some albums I still need to get, plus some I wish I still had ( that's the last time I loan out a copy of "Low End Theory" ). The list will be a source of heated debate, but there's still some great things about it. I had never heard of The Fall until I saw them on the list. Here are just some interesting things I noted about the list and it's sublists:

1. I agree with them -- Pinkerton, is much better than the more pop friendly "Blue Album."

2. On the "Ten Recent Albums That May Also Stand The Test Of Time" -- Seriously, who's going to remember half of those bands in five years?

3. DJ Shadow -- Should have been higher, but justified the last year of HS I spent listening to that album, nearly wearing it out.

4. "Ten Terrible Albums" -- Yes, Creed really does suck, but Spawn the Album wasn't really THAT bad. That mini list needed more ICP. They are equal in suck-a-tude with Creed.

5. What the hell? No Black Flag's "Damaged?" Note: BF does show up on the "Ten Greatest Compilations Of The SPIN area."

6. Pavement over the Smiths? East LA would definately say the opposite.

7. Hole is WAAAAAAAY too high on that list.

8. Wouldn't we love to see a top 100 singles of the last 20 years?

9. Where's 50? He's da bomb? ( Ok, that last one was a joke )

[canucklehead200]

The Strokes .IsThis It?


Black Sabbath -Sweet Leaf

The GZA - Liquid swordz

Jimi Hendrix?

:confused:

the last 20 years man?

[DroppinScience]

Depeche Mode is seriously missing from that list.

Other than that, it's a pretty cool list.

[XBLREnegade2P]

Here's all I have to say...If Tupac isn't on the list, it's no list I give a fuck about. An Eminem ranked in the 60s??? Yeah Fucking Right!

[SuckerMC]

Cypress Hill's Black Sunday should have made that list. The Soul Assassins So Watcha Want remix with B Real is one of the Beasties best colaborations that went unnoticed. Their is a live version on the Sabotage home video. Check it out.

Shit yeah mofo, Black Sunday absolutely rocks!!!

My top 3 albums were there!!!

Paul's Boutique, OK Computer and Low End Theory

[Raina]

There's a couple of artist who have s/t next to them....what does that mean?

[Tzar]

'master of puppets' should be higher...

[ToucanSpam]

'master of puppets' should be higher...
Orion, Battery, Disposable Heros, Master of Puppets...you can listen to the whole fuckin thing without skippin anything.

[Friis gal]

There's a couple of artist who have s/t next to them....what does that mean?

Is it when the name of the LP and the bandname is the same :confused:

[Tzar]

Is it when the name of the LP and the bandname is the same :confused:
yeah

Self Titled

[laserx54]

how many Cd's do you guys own from this list?? i currently have 47

[Feel Alright!]

Excellent list for 3 reasons:

1) #12! *squeals*
2) Elastica... I wish they would make a comeback.
3) Rosa, oh oh oh oh Rosa! #6.... at last it's finally acknowledged as better than Doolittle (but that album should still be higher).