Spin's 100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005

[kristi evert]

spin is watered down frat boredom

hit me with a shovel but the only choices on that flawed list that in my opinion stand with the all-time greatest LPs [like VU & nico, pet soundsm, rubber soul, stick fingers etc] are:

the smiths
pavement
my bloody valentine
jesus & mary chain

& maybe blur, pulp & guided by voices

obvioulsy taste being so subjective, all of us have 100 OTHER LPs since 1980 that we could list as 100 best since then, but im saying that spin list is VERY flawed, dull, common & over-cooked.

only the smiths, jamc & MBV really can stand with the beatles, stones etc IMO.

 

[indie]

I just want them all. But not NWAs straight outta compton, it gave totally wrong direction to the hip hop music !

 

[TheSoCalledPrep]

This list is bull...

 

[Erin]

There are always going to be lists. Whatever, you know?

 

[fugfashion]

go Radiohead

 

[Sephora_Socialite]

There's some good albums mixed in with a load of crap in there too....but we all have different taste so I'm trying not to nitpick what the Spin writers say....but its hard...somethings are just..eeh

 

[twilight fairy]

Ohh hahaha Radiohead yayay
Though I prefer the Bends, but anyhow.

The Prodigy ought to have been on that list.

 

[SiennaInLondon]

Sorry, but any list including the Strokes is obviously crap, even if they are dead last. Realistically, their artistry ranks somewhere in a sea of thousands.

Agreed -having them over the Libertines? Something isn't right. However I do like the list because it seems to ignore convention and go with whatever they felt like... Unlike Rolling Stones' 500 greatest albums of all time which was sooooo boring. Dylan and the Beatles dominated the top 20. This is a spunky list with a lot of crap. As other people said, it is good to see the Smiths so high up. Long live MORRISSEY!!

 

[SiennaInLondon]

And it is really bad that I don't get the appeal of Radiohead and never have done. People talk about them in hallowed whispers...

 

[Manuva]

Why is OK computer number 1? Atleast be original

 

[Fade to Black]

The Pavement album is pretty good...kinda lo-fi, dirty sounding indie rock. I probably wouldn't rank it that high though.

And I like Kanye West, but College Dropout even being on the list is a joke. Also very predictable of them to put Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" on the list, completely ignoring "Reasonable Doubt" which is his true masterpiece, he'll even tell you that himself.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Oops.

 

[berkeleygrrrl]

There are always going to be lists. Whatever, you know?

You're right, they're nothing but another set of opinions, but for whatever reason people like them, i guess it gives people a chance to discuss their favorite bands and diss what's overrated, and if you do like them (i admit id do) you'll find a whole collection of the stupid things at acclaimedmusic:
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/A211.htm

 

[city girl]

I agree with The Strokes thing..i could name heaps of other artists more worthy to be on that list then them (The Verve, Ed Harcourt, Spiritualized, Idlewild)
What's up with Moby's album being higher than Grace? And pretty much every third album is hip hop. Good choices with My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain though I know its only a list though...

 

[marqueemoon]

Here's the complete list (and I'm bolding the ones I like just because

1 - Radiohead - OK Computer
2 - Public Enemy - Its takes a nation of millions to hold us back
3 - nirvana - nevermind
4 - pavement - slanted and enchanted
5 - the smiths - the queen is dead
6 - pixies - surfer rosa
7 - de la soul - 3 feet high and rising
8 - prince - sign 'o' the times
9 - pj harvey - rid of me
10 - n.w.a. - straight outta compton
11 - U2 - achtung baby
12 - beastie boys - Paul's Boutique
13 - husker du - new day rising
14 - sonic youth - daydream nation
15 - liz phair - exile in guyville
16 - beck - odelay
17 - nas - illmatic
18 - guns n' roses - appetite for destruction
19 - hole - live through this
20 - wu-tang clan - enter the wu-Tang (36 chambers)
21 - public enemy - fear of a black planet
22 - my bloody valentine - loveless
23 - outkast - stankonia
24 - sleater-kinney - dig me out
25 - nine inch nails - the downward spiral
26 - bijork - post
27 - the cure - the head on the door
28 - oasis - definitally maybe
29 - fugazi - 13 songs
30 - the notorious big - ready to die
31 - dinosaur jr. - you're lying over me
32 - the replacements - tim
33 - ice cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
34 - Elliott Smith - Either/or
35 - dr. dre - the chronic
36 - pixies - doolittle
37 - guided by voices - bee thousand
38 - a tribe called quest - the low end theory
39 - lucinda williams - lucinda williams
40 - run-dmc - raising hell
41 - smashing pumpkins - Siamese dream
42 - jane's addiction - nothings shocking
43 - boogie down productions - criminal minded
44 - green day - dookie
45 - kanye west - college dropout
46 - the fall - this nations saving grace
47 - eric b. and rakim - paid in full
48 - radiohead - kid a
49 - lauryn hill - the miseduction of lauryn hill
50 - new order - low-life
51 - nirvana - in utero
52 - beastie boys - licensed to kill
53 - rage against the machine - the battle of los angeles
54 - the breeders - last splash
55 - the chemical brothers - dig your own hole
56 - pj harvey - to bring you my love
57 - the white stripes - white blood cells
58 - metallica - master of puppets
59 - modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
60 - de las soul - de la soul is dead
61 - weezer - pinkerton
62 - missy elliott - supa dupa fly
63 - pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain
64 - Eminem - the marshall mathers LP
65 - basement jaxx - remedy
66 - outkast - aquemini
67 - slayer - reign in blood
68 - tricky - maxiquaye
69 - dj shadow - entroducing dj shadow
70 - jay-z - the blueprint
71 - the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy
72 - raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx
73 - pulp - different class
74 - portishead - dummy
75 - le tigre - le tigre
76 - belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister
77 - wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
78 - the stone roses - the stone roses
79 - moby - everything is wrong
80 - d'angelo - woodoo
81 - beck - mellow gold
82 - jeff buckley - grace
83 - at the drive-in - releationship of command
84 - soundgarden - superunknown
85 - r.e.m. - automatic for the people
86 - meat puppets - lip on the sun
87 - blur - parklife
88 - stereolab - emperor tomato ketchup
89 - yeah yeah yeahs - fever to tell
90 - sonic youth - sister
91 - xtc - skylarking
92 - big black - atomizer
93 - pearl jam - ten
94 - slint - spiderland
95 - elastica - elastica
96 - the pogues - Rum, sodomy, and the lash
97 - neutal milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
98 - cornershop - when i was born for the 7th time
99 - afghan whigs - gentlemen
100 - the strokes - is this it

You have good taste , but I wouldn't bold the yeah yeah yeahs, the white stripes or guns n' roses.