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 #1,000 through #901 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #1,000: Agent Orange – Living in Darkness
- #999: Steppenwolf – The Second
- #998: Plumtree – Predicts the Future
- #997: The Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder
- #996: Doc Heller – Terribly Mysterious: The Goat Boy Origins
- #995: Sean Lennon – Friendly Fire
- #994: The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
- #993: Wolfgang Gartner – Weekend in America
- #992: The Vaselines – Enter the Vaselines
- #991: Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain
- #990: La Roux – La Roux
- #989: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
- #988: Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
- #987: Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches
- #986: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe As Milk
- #985: Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca and the Soul Brother
- #984: Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona
- #983: Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
- #982: Milt Jackson & Thelonious Monk – Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet
- #981: Clutch – Psychic Warfare
- #980: The Gits – Frenching the Bully
- #979: Edwin Starr – War & Peace
- #978: Brainiac – Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
- #977: KT Tunstall – Eye to the Telescope
- #976: The Coasters – The Coasters
- #975: Immortal Technique – Revolutionary, Vol. 1
- #974: Wimps – Garbage People
- #973: Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers
- #972: Aloe Blacc – Good Things
- #971: Richard Cheese – Lounge Against the Machine
- #970: Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces
- #969: Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell
- #968: Black 47 – Home of the Brave
- #967: Descartes A Kant – Paper Dolls
- #966: Various Artists – Ma 6-T Va Crack-er
- #965: Rosalia De Souza – Garota Moderna
- #964: Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
- #963: Benny Benassi – Hypnotica
- #962: Yerba – Sleepdealer
- #961: Human Switchboard – Who’s Landing In My Hangar?
- #960: The Lightning Seeds – Dizzy Heights
- #959: Etta James – At Last!
- #958: Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle
- #957: Madness – One Step Beyond…
- #956: Dinosaur Jr. – Without A Sound
- #955: Various Artists – Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks (Part One)
- #954: Moon Duo – Mazes
- #953: Lead Belly – The Tradition Masters: Lead Belly
- #952: Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material
- #951: Sturgill Simpson – High Top Mountain
- #950: Röyksopp – Melody A.M.
- #949: Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- #948: The Pink Spiders – Teenage Graffiti
- #947: Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade
- #946: Gore Gore Girls – Get the Gore
- #945: The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Revelation
- #944: The Slits – Cut
- #943: 2Pac – All Eyez On Me
- #942: The Dazes – Just Dreamy
- #941: 9th Prince – Prince of New York
- #940: Eddie Cochran – 12 of His Biggest Hits
- #939: Bachelor – Doomin’ Sun
- #938: Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion
- #937: Arctic Monkeys – Who the F*** Are Arctic Monkeys?
- #936: Nerf Herder – American Cheese
- #935: Various Artists – Wanna Buy A Bridge?
- #934: Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie
- #933: Living Colour — Collideoscope
- #932:Redman – Muddy Waters
- #931: Death — …For The Whole World To See
- #930: The Dead Weather – Dodge and Burn
- #929: Method Man – 4:21… The Day After
- #928: Caesars – Love for the Streets
- #927:Dick Dale and His Del-Tones – Greatest Hits 1961-1976
- #926: Infectious Grooves – Mas Borracho
- #925: The Suicide Machines – Revolution Spring
- #924: The Chocolate Watchband – Inner Mystique
- #923: King Changó – The Return of El Santo
- #922: Ratatat – Classic
- #921: Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
- #920: The Jam – Sound Affects
- #919: Enya – Watermark
- #918: The Scofflaws – Live!, Vol. 1
- #917: Bitter:Sweet — Drama
- #916: White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume 1
- #915: LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
- #914: Main Source – Breaking Atoms
- #913: The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame
- #912: Ursula 1000 – The Now Sound of Ursula 1000
- #911: Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls
- #910: The Human League – Dare!
- #909: Louis Armstrong and King Oliver – Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
- #908: Roc Marciano – RR2: The Bitter Dose
- #907: Cake – Comfort Eagle
- #906: DJ Shadow – The Mountain Will Fall
- #905: Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes
- #904: The Murder City Devils – In Name and Blood
- #903: The O.C. Supertones – Supertones Strike Back
- #902: Q-Tip: The Renaissance
- #901: Little Simz – Grey Area