The best 1,000 albums ever project is an audacious and subjective quest to quantify the “best” albums of all time… at least to me! Ultimately, it’s meant to prompt fun conversations and to help spread the word about music that deserves to be heard and/or remembered by more people.
On that note: now that more than 700 articles have been published covering the ranked list from 1,000 all the way into the Top 300, I wanted to help make it easier to browse the best 1,000 albums “in order.” Also note that you can search for albums, bands, and artists as well.
For even more ways to check out the best 1,000 albums ever!
- Easily access ‘em by ranking: #1,000-#901 | #900-#801 | #800-#701 | #700-#601 | #600-#501 | #500-#401 | #400-#301 | #300-#1 (coming soon!)
- Easily access ‘em by decade: 1950s albums | 1960s albums | 1970s albums | 1980s albums | 1990s albums | 2000s albums | 2010s albums | 2020s albums
- Browse the latest/greatest best 1,000 albums ever with newest at the top
- Background on the project: What does “best 1,000 albums ever” mean and why are you doing this?
And here’s #400 through #301 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #400: Brother Ali – The Undisputed
- #399: Fastbacks – New Mansions In Sound
- #398: The Who – Tommy
- #397: Eels – Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006 Vol. 1
- #396: George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
- #395: The Clash – Combat Rock
- #394: The Beach Boys – Wild Honey
- #393: Public Enemy – Apocalypse 90… The Enemy Strikes Back
- #392: The Who – My Generation
- #391: Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
- #390: Brian Wilson – Smile
- #389: Pixies – Complete ‘B’ Sides
- #388: The Kinks – BBC Sessions: 1964-1977
- #387: RZA – Birth of a Prince
- #386: David Bowie – Hunky Dory
- #385: Sonic Youth – Dirty
- #384: Deep Purple – Shades Of Deep Purple
- #383: Allah-Las – Worship The Sun
- #382: The B-52’s – The B-52’s
- #381: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
- #380: Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
- #379: Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire
- #378: Beastie Boys – To The 5 Boroughs
- #377: Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving
- #376: Duran Duran – Rio
- #375: The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
- #374: The Ponys – Turn The Lights Out
- #373: Garbage – Garbage
- #372: The Kingsmen – The Best of the Kingsmen
- #371: Stone Temple Pilots – Purple
- #370: U-God – The Keynote Speaker
- #369: The Libertines – Anthems for Doomed Youth
- #368: Frank Black & The Catholics – Black Letter Days
- #367: Wu-Tang Vs. The Beatles – Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers
- #366: Blind Melon – Soup
- #365: Def Leppard – Pyromania
- #364: Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly
- #363: Mark Ronson – Version
- #362: Prhyme – Prhyme
- #361: Less Than Jake – Losing Streak
- #360: Yaz – Upstairs At Eric’s
- #359: Radiohead – The Bends
- #358: Madness – Absolutely
- #357: R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office
- #356: Fishbone – Fishbone
- #355: Queen – A Night at the Opera
- #354: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
- #353: Digable Planets – Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
- #352: Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy
- #351: The Walkabouts – Cataract
- #350: Duran Duran – Duran Duran
- #349: Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door
- #348: Wu-Tang Killa Bees – The Swarm
- #347: Billy Joel – The Stranger
- #346: Midnight Oil – Earth and Sun and Moon
- #345: Sweet – Desolation Boulevard
- #344: R.E.M. – Document
- #343: Justice – Cross
- #342: Rage Against the Machine – Renegades
- #341: The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
- #340: Rancid – Rancid (5)
- #339: Lenny Kravitz – Baptism
- #338: Perfect Thyroid – Musical Barnacles
- #337: L7 – Smell the Magic
- #336: The Toasters – Skaboom!
- #335: Pixies – Bossanova
- #334: Fiona Apple – Tidal
- #333: The Orwells – Terrible Human Beings
- #332: The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
- #331: Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
- #330: The Raincoats – The Raincoats
- #329: The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
- #328: Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
- #327: Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture
- #326: Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
- #325: Perfect Thyroid – Kiss the Mammoth and Run
- #324: NOFX – White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
- #323: Mark Ronson – Here Comes The Fuzz
- #322: Blur – Parklife
- #321: The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!
- #320: The Offspring – Smash
- #319: Method Man – Tical 0: The Prequel
- #318: Meat Puppets – Up on the Sun
- #317: X – Los Angeles
- #316: Voodoo Glow Skulls – Baile De Los Locos
- #315: Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
- #314: The Beta Band – The Three E.P.’s
- #313: Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
- #312: Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead
- #311: Wolfgang Gartner – Back Story
- #310: Tim Armstrong – A Poet’s Life
- #309: Jimi Hendrix – Radio One
- #308: The Suicide Machines – A Match & Some Gasoline
- #307: The Vines – Highly Evolved
- #306: R.E.M. – Accelerate
- #305: KC & The Sunshine Band – KC & The Sunshine Band
- #304: De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
- #303: The Selecter – Too Much Pressure
- #302: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels: Music From The Motion Picture
- #301: Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute