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 #500 through #401 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #500: Yolk – Yolk
- #499: Pink Floyd – The Wall
- #498: Blind Melon – Blind Melon
- #497: Neil Young – Freedom
- #496: Deadmau5 – For Lack of a Better Name
- #495: Soundgarden – Superunknown
- #494: Descendents – Milo Goes To College
- #493: Digital Underground – Sex Packets
- #492: NOFX – Punk In Drublic
- #491: The Dandy Warhols – Welcome to the Monkey House
- #490: Meat Puppets – Too High To Die
- #489: Cappadonna – The Struggle
- #488: Foster the People – Torches
- #487: Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
- #486: Stray Cats – Built For Speed
- #485: Fastbacks – Truth, Corrosion, and Sour Bisquits
- #484: Various Artists – The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
- #483: Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil
- #482: Lenny Kravitz – Circus
- #481: Dilated Peoples – 20/20
- #480: Portishead – Dummy
- #479: The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing
- #478: Nancy Sinatra – Start Walkin’ 1965-1976
- #477: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
- #476: Oasis – Be Here Now
- #475: Fastbacks – Answer the Phone, Dummy
- #474: The Easybeats – Easy
- #473: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
- #472: The Knack – Get the Knack
- #471: G-Unit – Beg for Mercy
- #470: Various Artists – Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
- #469: Aerosmith – Pump
- #468: Grateful Dead – American Beauty
- #467: Various Artists – Rushmore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- #466: Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- #465: The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
- #464: The Cars – The Cars
- #463: De La Soul – Three Feet High and Rising
- #462: GZA – Beneath the Surface
- #461: N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
- #460: LMFAO – Party Rock
- #459: Europe – The Final Countdown
- #458: Le Butcherettes – A Raw Youth
- #457: Faith No More – The Real Thing
- #456: The Guess Who – Wheatfield Soul
- #455: Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
- #454: RZA – Afro Samurai: The Album
- #453: New York Dolls – New York Dolls
- #452: Wu-Tang Clan – The W
- #451: Jethro Tull – Stand Up
- #450: The Ponys – Laced With Romance
- #449: R.E.M. – Monster
- #448: DMX – The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter
- #447: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
- #446: Voodoo Glow Skulls – Symbolic
- #445: The Riverboat Gamblers – Something To Crow About
- #444: Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You
- #443: The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
- #442: Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won
- #441: The Suicide Machines – The Suicide Machines
- #440: U2 – War
- #439: Cunninlynguists – Will Rap For Food
- #438: Foreigner – Double Vision
- #437: Jack White — Blunderbuss
- #436: George Thorogood & The Destroyers – The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers
- #435: Michael Jackson – Thriller
- #434: Busdriver – Temporary Forever
- #433: The Cars – Heartbeat City
- #432: Billy Joel – An Innocent Man
- #431: Pixies – Trompe Le Monde
- #430: The Zombies – I Love You
- #429: Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
- #428: Elvis Costello – Armed Forces
- #427: Question Mark and the Mysterians – 96 Tears
- #426: Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
- #425: Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
- #424: Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
- #423: Living Colour – Stain
- #422: Wu-Tang Clan – Wu Music Group Presents Pollen: The Swarm, Pt. 3
- #421: Sublime – Robbin’ the Hood
- #420: NOFX – Coaster
- #419: Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We All Go?
- #418: Murphy’s Law – The Best of Times
- #417: The Kinks – Something Else
- #416: Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen
- #415: KISS – Dressed to Kill
- #414: James Brown – James Brown Live at The Apollo
- #413: The Suicide Machines – War Profiteering Is Killing Us All
- #412: Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
- #411: Frankie Cosmos – Close It Quietly
- #410: The Mamas & The Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
- #409: Fiona Apple – When The Pawn…
- #408: The Kinks – Kinks
- #407: Immortal Technique – Revolutionary, Vol. 2
- #406: Diana Ross & The Supremes – Anthology
- #405: The Monkees – The Monkees
- #404: LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
- #403: Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
- #402: LEN – You Can’t Stop The Bum Rush
- #401: Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery