A thousand albums. A thousand stories.
If you love rabbit holes and music discovery, this project is for you.
Curious why (and how) this whole shebang exists? Check out the best 1,000 albums project homepage.
More ways to explore the project
- By decade: 1950s albums | 1960s albums | 1970s albums | 1980s albums | 1990s albums | 2000s albums | 2010s albums | 2020s albums
- In ranked order: #1,000-#901 | #900-#801 | #800-#701 | #700-#601 | #600-#501 | #500-#401 | #400-#301 | #300-#201 | #200-#101 | #100-#1
- All 1,000 best albums ever pieces in one spot
And here’s #300 through #201 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #300: The Smiths – The Smiths
- #299: Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night
- #298: Bob Dylan & The Band – The Basement Tapes
- #297: Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
- #296: R.E.M. – Out of Time
- #295: Rocknrolla Original Film Soundtrack
- #294: Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
- #293: Wipers – Is This Real?
- #292: The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
- #291: Noisettes – What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?
- #290: Weezer – Make Believe
- #289: Ramones – Rocket to Russia
- #288: Pepper – Kona Town
- #287: R.E.M. – Up
- #286: Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
- #285: Rotten Apples – Real Tuff (Durable Plastic)
- #284: Devo – Freedom of Choice
- #283: The Mighty Might BossTones – More Noise and Other Disturbances
- #282: Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney – Ram
- #281: Rancid & NOFX – BYO Split Series Volume III
- #280: The English Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
- #279: Hole – Live Through This
- #278: Beck – Midnite Vultures
- #277: The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics
- #276: Lenny Kravitz – Mama Said
- #275: Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love
- #274: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance
- #273: R.E.M. – Chronic Town
- #272: James Brown – Star Time
- #271: Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Once More, With Feeling
- #270: Rancid – Life Won’t Wait
- #269: Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
- #268: Voodoo Glow Skull – Firme
- #267: Manu Chao – Próxima Estación
- #266: Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
- #265: The Zombies – Begin Here
- #264: Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
- #263: Good Morning, Vietnam: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- #262: David Bowie – Let’s Dance
- #261: Eagles of Death Metal – Peace Love Death Metal
- #260: Eminem – Relapse
- #259: Beck – Sea Change
- #258: Hole – Celebrity Skin
- #257: The Beatles – Please Please Me
- #256: Le Butcherettes – Don’t Bleed
- #255: Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
- #254: Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
- #253: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack
- #252: The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- #251: David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
- #250: Elvis Costello & The Attractions – This Year’s Model
- #249: Misfits – Collection
- #248: Foxboro Hot Tubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!
- #247: Chef Aid: The South Park Album
- #246: The Guess Who – American Woman
- #245: Jimmy Cliff – Wonderful World, Beautiful People
- #244: Depeche Mode – Violator
- #243: MF Doom – Operation: Doomsday
- #242: Le Tigre – Le Tigre
- #241: Adventureland: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- #240: The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
- #239: Teddybears – Soft Machine
- #238: Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion II
- #237: Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
- #236: Save Ferris – It Means Everything
- #235: Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
- #234: Black Eyed Peas – Behind the Front
- #233: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
- #232: The Clash – The Clash
- #231: Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I
- #230: The Suicide Machines – Destruction By Definition
- #229: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
- #228: Green Day – Insomniac
- #227: Eminem – Encore
- #226: The Dandy Warhols – The Dandy Warhols Come Down
- #225: Alice In Chains – Jar of Flies
- #224: U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
- #223: Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- #222: Weezer – Weezer (Green Album)
- #221: NOFX – I Heard They Suck Live
- #220: R.E.M. – Reveal
- #219: Bad Religion – Against The Grain
- #218: Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
- #217: Beck – Mutations
- #216: U2 – Achtung Baby
- #215: Switches – Lay Down the Law
- #214: Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
- #213: The Beatles – Meet The Beatles!
- #212: Cappadonna – The Pillage
- #211: Sublime – Sublime
- #210: Echo & The Bunnymen – Songs To Sing & Learn
- #209: Nas – Illmatic
- #208: The Beatles – Let It Be
- #207: The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
- #206: Nirvana – Incesticide
- #205: Grateful Dead – The Grateful Dead
- #204: The White Stripes – The White Stripes
- #203: Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- #202: Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
- #201: John Coltrane – My Favorite Things