01. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

02. Paul Simon, Graceland  

03. Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out 

04. Joy Division, Closer   

05. Sinéad O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra  

06. The Modern Lovers [s/t] 

07. PJ Harvey, 4-Track Demos 
08. Van Morrison, Astral Weeks   
09. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 
10. Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers 

11. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love

12. Sinéad O’Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got 

13. Sleater-Kinney, Call the Doctor 

14. Hole, Live Through This 
15. Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York

16. The Beatles, Rubber Soul & Revolver [tie] 

17. Morrissey, Vauxhall and I   

18. Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska 

19. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 
20. Cat Power, Moon Pix

21. The Best of Townes Van Zandt 

22. John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band & Paul & Linda McCartney, Ram [tie] 

23. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense  

24. Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures 

25. Mount Eerie, A Crow Looked at Me 

26. Love, Forever Changes 

27. Madonna, The Immaculate Collection 

28. Prince, Sign ‘o’ the Times & Purple Rain [tie] 

29. The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come & The Smiths [s/t] [tie]
30. The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night & Help [tie] 
31. Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis 
32. James Brown, Live at the Apollo X, Wild Gift  
33. X, Wild Gift  

34. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Juju  

35. Talking Heads, Remain in Light & Little Creatures [tie] 

36. Elvis Presley, The Sun Sessions &  '68 Comeback Special [tie]   

37. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville & The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St. [tie] 

38. The Velvet Underground [s/t, 1969] 
39. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die 

40. Nas, Illmatic   

41. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes

42. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds 

43. The Beatles [=The White Album] & Let It Be 
44. Nirvana, Nevermind & In Utero [tie]
45. Radiohead, Kid A & OK Computer [tie] 

46. Robyn [s/t] 

47. Björk, Vespertine 
48. Fleetwood Mac, Rumors  
49. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love 
50. Ramones, Mania 

51. The Cure, Greatest Hits 

52. The Smiths, Meat Is Murder 

53. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot  

54. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake & Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea [tie]

55. Cat Power, Myra Lee & You Are Free [tie]

56. Simon & Garfunkel, Greatest Hits & Paul Simon [s/t] [tie]

57. The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic 
58. The Mountain Goats, Tallahassee & The Sunset Tree [tie] 
59. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted & Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [tie] 
60. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat & The Hot Rock [tie] 
61. Taylor Swift [s/t] & Reputation [tie] 
62. The Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat & Vacation [tie]

63. The Bangles, Different Light & Everything [tie] 
64. Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion & Dedicated [tie] 
65. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band & Abbey Road

66. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele 

67. Neil Young, On the Beach
68. Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters 
69. Elliott Smith, Either/Or
70. Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator)

71. Television, Marquee Moon 

72. R.E.M., Murmur & Automatic for the People [tie] 

73. Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt

74. Eric B. and Rakim, Paid in Full 
75. Michael Jackson, Off the Wall 

76. Heart, These Days: Greatest Hits 

77. Pixies, Surfer Rosa

78. The Clash, London Calling 
79. U2, Achtung Baby & The Joshua Tree [tie]
80. The Velvet Underground & Nico 

81. The Rolling Stones, Some Girls 

82. Solomon Burke, Don’t Give up on Me
83. Lisa Germano, Geek the Girl

84. Solange, A Seat at the Table  

85. Beyoncé [s/t] & Lemonade [tie] 
86. Kylie Minogue, Fever 
87. Antony and the Johnsons, I am a Bird Now 

88. Portishead, Dummy
89. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

90. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea 
91. Blondie, Parallel Lines
92. Kate and Anna McGarrigle [s/t]

93. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) 

94. The Runaways [s/t] 

95. Morrissey, Ringleader of the Tormentors

96. Lykke Li, I Never Learn 

97. Cam’ron, Purple Haze

98. Gin Blossoms, New Miserable Experience

99. Aaliyah [s/t]

100. New York Dolls [s/t] & One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This [tie]