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The Dazes – Just Dreamy: #942 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ebullient spirit imbued with punk (Ramones-y) energy and great pop hooks.
2Pac – All Eyez on Me: #943 of best 1,000 albums ever!
While sprawling and uneven, this double album contains some of Tupac Shakur’s best artistic output.
The Slits – Cut: #944 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s out there and it’s freaky and it’s punk and it rocks and it all works marvelously well.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation: #945 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Melancholy yet upbeat, accessible yet deeply indie.
Gore Gore Girls – Get the Gore: #946 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Revved up garage rock with punk attitude. Get it.
Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade: #947 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Variety and range, from hardcore punk to an acoustic jam that you could almost imagine being on a 1980s era Midnight Oil record.
The Pink Spiders – Teenage Graffiti: #948 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fun power pop with a little punk and glam influence thrown in – nothing wrong with that (and much that’s right).
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath: #949 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The definition of heavy metal.
Sturgill Simpson – High Top Mountain: #951 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Alt country that pleasantly zooms along with lyrics that are genuinely funny and clever.
Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material: #952 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Old school punk that’s completely pleasing and satisfying to the ear.
Lead Belly – The Tradition Masters: Lead Belly: #953 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Blues and folk music from a true master.
Moon Duo – Mazes: #954 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An unusual musical locale that’s hard to nail down, but well worth the journey.
Various Artists – Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks (Part One): #955 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Irony and kitsch beget musical admiration beget deep nostalgia.
Dinosaur Jr. – Without A Sound: #956 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Quintessential mid-1990s alternative rock.
Madness – One Step Beyond…: #957 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From ska to punk to new wave to pop, all performed with the extreme exuberance and confidence of youth and with tongues firmly planted in cheeks… I guess you can only describe it as Madness.
Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle: #958 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Definitely not for everyone, but this wildly and weirdly experimental rock album has dizzying and genre transmorphing moments that are tremendously exciting.
Etta James – At Last! #959 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Spanning elegant, gorgeous pop, soul, and down and dirty blues in the best kind of way.
The Lightning Seeds – Dizzy Heights: #960 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Effervescent Britpop from the mid-‘90s with hooks to match.
Human Switchboard – Who’s Landing in My Hangar? #961 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Early ‘80s new wave-meets-garage rock with fantastic keyboards.
Yerba – Sleepdealer: #962 of best 1,000 albums ever!
YouTube’s lofi girl and Spotify yield lofi hip hop bliss. That’s a bingo!
Benny Benassi – Hypnotica: #963 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’ve got an electro house urge, this album brings the satisfaction.
Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club: #964 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An album that makes you think about music as a lifelong lifeline.
Rosalia De Souza – Garota Moderna: #965 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Brazilian and bossa nova roots with a modern upbeat lounge feel.
Various Artists – Ma 6-t Va Crack-er: #966 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Underground French hip hop that reminds me that there’s nothing better than discovering great music.
Descartes A Kant – Paper Dolls: #967 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s kind of weird and disturbing and great. Come take the trip.
Black 47 – Home of the Brave: #968 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An unusual but ultimately pleasing combination of traditional Irish music and modern American rock.
Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell: #969 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Adams spans singer songwriter-y pop to chilled out rock to alt country for quite a moody trip.
Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces: #970 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A delirious blast of UK punk.
Thievery Corporation – The Mirror Conspiracy: #971 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If I had to choose one word to describe this album, it’s swanky.
Aloe Blacc – Good Things: #972 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I defy you to come away from this one without humming “I need a dollar, dollar, dollar that’s what I need…”
Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers: #973 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Serious about its 1970s and 1980s guitar rock sensibilities. Doubly serious about having a gas in the lyrical content department.
Wimps – Garbage People: #974 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Aggressive yet upbeat, fast paced super fun power poppy punk by way of Seattle, Washington.
Immortal Technique – Revolutionary, Vol. 1: #975 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smart, blistering underground hip hop with ultra-tight flow.
The Coasters – The Coasters: #976 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smooth, sexy, doo wop-y, rocking late 1950s vibes that project energy and fun.
KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope: #977 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’re not yet hip to it, suddenly you shall see that super satisfying sounds abound.
Brainiac – Hissing Prigs in Static Couture: #978 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Uh… this album is crazy. Good crazy, but crazy. Dig it.
Edwin Starr – War & Peace: #979 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“War” first and foremost, but make peace with the fact there’s also a lot of other great songs going down here.
The Gits – Frenching the Bully: #980 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Mia Zapata’s vocals matched with urgent raucous punky Seattle grunge energy.
Clutch – Psychic Warfare: #981 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Tight-as-a-drum, chugging, thunderous, and gloriously aggressive metal.
Milt Jackson & Thelonious Monk Quintet – Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet: #982 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Exquisite 1950s-era New York City jazz replete with vibraphone tidings and jazz lounge vibes.
Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey: #983 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Head bobbing roots reggae with intense, consciousness-raising lyrics.
Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona: #984 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Top notch early ‘90s alt/indie rock with fantastic vocals and a knack for poppy hooks.
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother: #985 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Old school hip hop with flavors of A Tribe Called Quest and Digable Planets, and that’s just sweet.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe As Milk: #986 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This zig zag wander ain’t for everyone, but for me it’s sure ‘nuff ‘n’ yes, I do!
Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches: #987 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smart, catchy, arty new wave-y punk that gets under skin in the best kind of way.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into: #988 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Crunching, groovy electro beats that could chew through the back of the club (or your mind, yeah?).
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk: #989 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Incredible songcraft, wild variety, and the magical odd couple mesh of Campbell’s whispery delightful voice and Lanegan’s world weary soft growl.
La Roux – La Roux: #990 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Love love “Bulletproof,” and the whole album has a high-octane dance pop energy.
Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain: #991 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Whatever he chooses to call himself, MF Doom… er, Viktor Vaughn is a hip hop genius.
The Vaselines – Enter The Vaselines: #992 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly eclectic and inventive music that pings between punk to indie with many inviting ports of call in between.
Wolfgang Gartner – Weekend in America: #993 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Great electro house music with crushing grooves for days.
The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus: #994 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Conjures the feeling of being inside a gritty, indie British gangster flick and/or hanging out in a pub on a dreary English afternoon.
Sean Lennon – Friendly Fire: #995 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’re in the mood for a melancholy, quiet, pretty album with a Beatles-y vibe (and with literal Beatles-y lineage), Friendly Fire fits the bill.
Doc Heller – Terribly Mysterious: The Goat Boy Origins: #996 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This album represents the best of the kind of music listening I do these days while working or hanging out with friends and friends during cocktail hour.
The Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder: #997 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s a fun (very) old school hip hop party album, and/but “Apache” is the towering achievement here that merits best 1,000 album list consideration.
Plumtree – Predicts the Future: #998 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Scott Pilgrim” and many others are a fantastic blend of garage, poppy punk, and indie rock that are addictively ear pleasing.
Steppenwolf – The Second: #999 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Steppenwolf is a blend of late ‘60s psychedelia and hard rock which, melded together, gets you the term Acid Rock.
Agent Orange – Living in Darkness: #1,000 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s fresh, indie, passionate, and punk, all the more remarkable for an album produced some four decades ago
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Jersey Shore, “Like More Than A Friend”: #4 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – ill romantic!
Here’s why “Like More Than A Friend” was ranked as the #4 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Fist Pump, Pushups, Chapstick”: #5 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – hung up!
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Jersey Shore, “Damage Is Done”: #6 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – glitch in the matrix!
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Jersey Shore, “Three Men and a Snooki”: #8 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – meatball revenge!
Here’s why “Three Men and a Snooki” was ranked as the #8 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Where Is My Boyfriend?”: #7 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – the crying game!
Here’s why “Where Is My Boyfriend?” was ranked as the #7 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Situation Problems”: #9 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – Sitch stands alone!
Here’s why “Situation Problems” was ranked as the #9 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Going to Italia”: #10 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – taxi arrivato!
Here’s why “Going to Italia” was ranked as the #10 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Ciao, Italia”: #11 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 4 – end of the experiment!
Here’s why “Ciao, Italia” was ranked as the #11 episode of Jersey Shore’s wild fourth season.
Jersey Shore, “Drunk Punch Love”: #1 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – grenade whistle!
Here’s why “Drunk Punch Love” was ranked as the #1 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “Back to the Shore”: #2 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – gorilla juicehead guido heaven!
Here’s why “Back to the Shore” was ranked as the #2 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “It’s Gonna Be an Interesting Summer”: #3 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – situating situations!
Here’s why “It’s Gonna Be an Interesting Summer” was ranked as the #3 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “Cabs Are Here!”: #4 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – that’s not cool bro!
Here’s why “Cabs Are Here!” was ranked as the #4 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “The Great Depression”: #5 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – go hard!
Here’s why “The Great Depression” was ranked as the #5 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “Free Snooki”: #6 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – Roger that!
Here’s why “Free Snooki” was ranked as the #6 episode of Jersey Shore’s third crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “Should We Just Break Up?”: #7 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 3 – Jersey shots!
Here’s why “Should We Just Break Up?” was ranked as the #7 episode of Jersey Shore’s second crazy season.
Jersey Shore, “Not So Shore”: #1 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – drinking cigarettes!
Here’s why “Not So Shore” was ranked as the #1 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “The Letter”: #2 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – putting the hippo to bed!
Here’s why “The Letter” was ranked as the #2 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “Gone, Baby, Gone”: #3 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – t-shirt time!
Here’s why “Gone, Baby, Gone” was ranked as the #3 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “Breaking Up”: #4 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – smash those plates, yo!
Here’s why “Breaking Up” was ranked as the #4 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “The Hangover”: #5 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – that’s gangster!
Here’s why “The Hangover” was ranked as the #5 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “Going South”: #6 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – amazing gorilla juiceheads!
Here’s why “Going South” was ranked as the #6 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “Creepin’”: #7 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – MVP!
Here’s why “Creepin’” was ranked as the #7 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Jersey Shore, “Sleeping With the Enemy”: #8 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – Ron’s MacGyver, yo!
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Jersey Shore, “Girls Like That”: #9 ranked episode of Jersey Shore Season 2 – pivoting situations!
Here’s why “Girls Like That” was ranked as the #9 episode of Jersey Shore’s second wild season.
Mad Men, “The Wheel”: #1 ranked episode of Mad Men Season 1 – where we ache to go again!
Here’s why “The Wheel” was ranked as the #1 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Red in the Face”: #2 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – three on a match!
Here’s why “Red in the Face” was ranked as the #2 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”: #3 ranked episode of Mad Men Season 1 – like there’s no tomorrow!
Here’s why “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” was ranked as the #3 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Marriage of Figaro”: #4 ranked episode of Mad Men Season 1 – Don Draper’s multiple lives!
Here’s why “Marriage of Figaro” was ranked as the #4 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Babylon”: #5 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – in search of utopia!
Here’s why “Babylon” was ranked as the #5 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Nixon vs. Kennedy”: #6 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 — leave your life!
Here’s why “Nixon vs. Kennedy” was ranked as the #6 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Long Weekend”: #7 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – this is all there is!
Here’s why “Long Weekend” was ranked as the #7 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “The Hobo Code”: #8 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – you’re an honorary!
Here’s why “The Hobo Code” was ranked as the #8 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “5G”: #9 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – just go back to thinking that!
Here’s why “5G” was ranked as the #9 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Ladies Room”: #10 ranked episode of Mad Men Season 1 – you’re dessert!
Here’s why “Ladies Room” was ranked as the #10 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “New Amsterdam”: #11 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – losing face gracefully!
Here’s why “New Amsterdam” was ranked as the #11 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Indian Summer”: #12 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – unlucky strikes!
Here’s why “Indian Summer” was ranked as the #12 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Mad Men, “Shoot”: #13 ranked episode of Mad Men season 1 – to be that girl again!
Here’s why “Shoot” was ranked as the #13 episode of 13 Mad Men Season 1 episodes.
Spartacus, “Whore”: #8 ranked episode of Spartacus Season 1 – your intent matters for nothing!
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Spartacus, “The Thing in the Pit”: #9 ranked episode of Spartacus Season 1 – it’s time to punch and kick!
Spartacus’ “The Thing in the Pit” came in as the #9 ranked episode of Spartacus’ 13 Season 1 episodes!
Spartacus, “Shadow Games”: #9 ranked episode of Spartacus Season 1 – there will be blood!
Spartacus’ “Shadow Games” came in as the #9 ranked episode of Spartacus’ 13 Season 1 episodes!