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 #700 through #601 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #700: The Shins – Oh, Inverted World
- #699: Class Actress – Journal Ardency
- #698: Pilfers — Pilfers
- #697: Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
- #696: Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
- #695: Devo – Oh No! It’s Devo
- #694: 7 Year Bitch – Viva Zapata!
- #693: John Williams – Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- #692: Manu Chao – Clandestino
- #691: Various Artists – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- #690: The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
- #689: Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson
- #688: Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- #687: Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
- #686: The Fratellis – Here We Stand
- #685: Prince – Purple Rain
- #684: Pavement – Wowee Zowee
- #683: Transplants – Haunted Cities
- #682: Kool & The Gang – The Very Best of Kool & The Gang
- #681: Patti Smith – Horses
- #680: Jack White – Lazaretto
- #679: Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia Newton-John — Xanadu
- #678: Metric – Fantasies
- #677: Huey Lewis & The News – Sports
- #676: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- #675: Boston – Boston
- #674: The Fratellis – We Need Medicine
- #673: Various Artists – Top Gun – Motion Picture Soundtrack
- #672: Wolfmother – Wolfmother
- #671: Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
- #670: Radiohead – In Rainbows
- #669: The Riff Randells – Doublecross
- #668: The Aquabats! – The Aquabats! Vs. The Floating Eye Of Death! And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 1
- #667: Prince – Dirty Mind
- #666: Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Funky Technician
- #665: Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain
- #664: RZA – RZA As Bobby Digital
- #663: UFO – Phenomenon
- #662: Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
- #661: Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl
- #660: Voodoo Glow Skull – Adicción, Tradición, Y Revolución
- #659: The Jayhawks – Tomorrow the Green Grass
- #658: The Runaways – The Runaways
- #657: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
- #656: Parquet Courts – Light Gold + Tally All The Things That You Broke
- #655: Rollins Band – Get Some Go Again
- #654: L7 – Bricks Are Heavy
- #653: The Police – Outlandos D’Amour
- #652: Spoon – Gimme Fiction
- #651: Beat Happening — Dreamy
- #650: Duran Duran – Seven and the Ragged Tiger
- #649: Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- #648: Bo Burnham – Words Words Words
- #647: John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
- #646: The Ventures – The Very Best of The Ventures
- #645: Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s On The Wall
- #644: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
- #643: Broken Bells – Broken Bells
- #642: Hanson – Middle of Nowhere
- #641: Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
- #640: Richard Cheese – Lounge Against the Machine
- #639: The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up
- #638: R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
- #637: Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
- #636: The Toasters – Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down
- #635: The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
- #634: Madonna – Ray of Light
- #633: Arcade Fire – Funeral
- #632: Elliot Smith – Either/Or
- #631: Peter Gabriel – So
- #630: The Pogues – Hell’s Ditch
- #629: Whitesnake – Whitesnake
- #628: Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions
- #627: Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- #626: Blondie — Blondie
- #625: George Michael – Faith
- #624: The Donnas – Spend the Night
- #623: Cat Power – The Greatest
- #622: Danzig – Danzig
- #621: En Vogue – Funky Divas
- #620: Black Flag – Damaged
- #619: Cream – Disraeli Gears
- #618: The Cult – Love
- #617: Mathematics – The Problem
- #616: Adam Ant – Friend or Foe
- #615: Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
- #614: Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
- #613: X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
- #612: The Everly Brothers – The Very Best of the Everly Brothers
- #611: First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
- #610: Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
- #609: Blur – Leisure
- #608: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Going To A Go-Go
- #607: Journey – Frontiers
- #606: Neil Young – Harvest
- #605: Jack White – Fear of the Dawn
- #604: The Greenhornes – Dual Mono
- #603: Mad Caddies – Quality Soft Core
- #602: The Rapture – Echoes
- #601: Various Artists – Boogie Nights: Music From the Original Motion Picture