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 #900 through #801 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #900: Sinéad O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- #899: Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- #898: Judas Priest: British Steel
- #897: Four Tops – Reach Out
- #896: The Offspring — Americana
- #895: The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today
- #894: Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles
- #893: Berlin – Pleasure Victim
- #892: Roy Orbison – The Essential Roy Orbison
- #891: Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
- #890: Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers
- #889: Thunderball – Scorpio Rising
- #888: Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
- #887: The Power Station – The Power Station
- #886: The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
- #885: The Beta Band – Hot Shots II
- #884: Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak
- #883: Zero 7 – Simple Things
- #882: Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang
- #881: Laura Nyro – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
- #880: Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
- #879: Neil Young – On the Beach
- #878: Ben L’Oncle Soul: Ben L’Oncle Soul
- #877: Blink-182 – Enema of the State
- #876:Icona Pop – This Is… Icona Pop
- #875:NOFX — Ribbed
- #874: Bitter:Sweet – The Mating Game
- #873: Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense and Peppermints
- #872: Mad Season — Above
- #871: The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
- #870: Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
- #869: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
- #868: The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
- #867: Chuck D – Autobiography of Mistachuck
- #866: Various Artists – Thunderbirds Are Go – TV Themes For Grown Up Kids
- #865: The Chemical Brothers — Surrender
- #864: Various Artists – Luaka Bop 10th Anniversary: Zero Accidents on the Job
- #863: Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – A Call To Arms
- #862: Kirsty MacColl – Kite
- #861: Lenny Kravitz – 5
- #860: Liam Lynch – Fake Songs
- #859: Scorpions – Love At First Sting
- #858: The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ryde II The Pharcyde
- #857: Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
- #856: Television – Marquee Moon
- #855: Reel Big Fish – Cheer Up!
- #854: The Saints – (I’m) Stranded
- #853: Audioslave – Out of Exile
- #852: Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
- #851: Wire – Pink Flag
- #850: U2 – Boy
- #849:Led Zeppelin – Coda
- #848:Cracker – Kerosene Hat
- #847:Gang of Four – Entertainment!
- #846:Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind
- #845:Ween – 12 Golden Country Greats
- #844:Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
- #843:The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
- #842:Mitski – Be The Cowboy
- #841:Arctic Monkeys – AM
- #840:The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
- #839:The Mike Flowers Pops – A Groovy Place
- #838:Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
- #837:Tommy Roe – Tommy’s 22 Big Ones
- #836: Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
- #835:Britney Spears — Blackout
- #834:Southern Culture On The Skids – Dirt Track Date
- #833:The Doors – Other Voices
- #832:Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View
- #831:Rush – Moving Pictures
- #830:Alice In Chains – Facelift
- #829:The Suicide Machines – Steal This Record
- #828:Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
- #827:Donna Summer – Bad Girls
- #826:Belly – Star
- #825:Unit 4+2 – Greatest Hits
- #824:Descendents – Everything Sucks
- #823:Swell Maps – International Rescue
- #822:Plumtree – Mass Teen Fainting
- #821:Generation X – Generation X
- #820:RJD2 – Magnificent City Instrumentals
- #819:Brother Meat – Extraordinarily Moist and Delicious
- #818:Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now
- #817:Le Butcherettes – Cry Is For The Flies
- #816:Porno For Pyros – Good God’s Urge
- #815:Elton John – Too Low For Zero
- #814:James Horner – Glory: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- #813:Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
- #812:The Ronettes – Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes
- #811:The Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Dirty Boogie
- #810:Men At Work – Business As Usual
- #809:Bikini Kill – The Singles
- #808:Bad Brains – Rock For Light
- #807:Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
- #806:Catch 22 – Alone In A Crowd
- #805:Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
- #804:The Pointer Sisters – Break Out
- #803:Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
- #802:Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- #801:Everlast – Whitey Ford Sings The Blues