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 #600 through #501 from the best 1,000 albums ever… enjoy!
- #600: The Mighty Mighty BossTones – Ska-Core, The Devil and More
- #599: The Libertines – Up The Bracket
- #598: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
- #597: Rakim – The 18th Letter
- #596: Mötley Crüe – Girls, Girls, Girls
- #595: Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
- #594:The Romantics – The Romantics
- #593:Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
- #592:Various Artists – Class of 77: US Punk Nuggets
- #591:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Deja Vu
- #590:Various Artists – Mad Men (Music From The Original TV Series), Vol. 1
- #589:Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum
- #588:Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
- #587:Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood
- #586:KRS-One – Kristyles
- #585:Angel Olsen – My Woman
- #584:Elvis Presley – ’68 Comeback Special
- #583: The Distillers – Sing Sing Death House
- #582:Alice In Chains – Dirt
- #581:Mos Def – Black On Both Sides
- #580:Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
- #579:Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
- #578:Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth
- #577:The Fratellis – Costello Music
- #576:Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- #575:Method Man & Redman – Blackout! 2
- #574:David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
- #573:The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
- #572:Guns N’ Roses – G N’ R Lies
- #571:Inspectah Deck – The Movement
- #570:Minor Threat – First Two Seven Inches
- #569:Madlib & Freddie Gibbs – Bandana
- #568:Sonic Youth – Goo
- #567: Various Artists – Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- #566: Frank Black – Christmass
- #565: Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
- #564: The Jackson 5 – ABC
- #563:Roxette – Look Sharp!
- #562:Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
- #561:Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
- #560:The Hippos – Heads Are Gonna Roll
- #559:Blondie – Parallel Lives
- #558:The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America
- #557:The Mighty Mighty BossTones – Question the Answers
- #556:Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
- #555:OK Go – Oh No
- #554:Bad Religion – How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
- #553:Das EFX – Dead Serious
- #552: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- #551: A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
- #550: Weezer — Maladroit
- #549: Le Tigre – Le Tigre
- #548: Desmond Dekker – The Definitive Collection: You Can Get It If You Really Want
- #547: Patti Smith – Easter
- #546:R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
- #545:Soundgarden – Down on the Upside
- #544:Wu-Tang Clan – A Better Tomorrow
- #543:Wings – Band on the Run
- #542:Xzibit – Restless
- #541:U2 – Songs of Innocence
- #540:Madvillain – Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
- #539:Goodfellas: Music From The Motion Picture
- #538:Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
- #537:J Dilla – Donuts
- #536:The Damned – Damned Damned Damned
- #535:The Dead Weather — Horehound
- #534:Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
- #533:Downset – Do We Speak A Dead Language?
- #532:Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- #531:Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
- #530:MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
- #529:Diana Ross – Diana
- #528:Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Let Love In
- #527:The Doors – An American Prayer
- #526:Dance Hall Crashers – Lockjaw
- #525:Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
- #524:Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
- #523:Foghat – Fool For The City
- #522:Green Day – Uno!
- #521:The Animals – Animal Tracks
- #520:Weezer – OK Human
- #519:The Beatles – Anthology 1
- #518:Paul Simon – Graceland
- #517:The Creation – Our Music Is Red – With Purple Flashes
- #516:Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
- #515:Voodoo Glow Skulls – The Band Geek Mafia
- #514:Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
- #513:Descendents – I Don’t Want To Grow Up
- #512:Jamiroquai — Synkronized
- #511:Van Halen – 1984
- #510:Radiohead – My Iron Lung
- #509:Mad Caddies – Duck and Cover
- #508:They Might Be Giants – Flood
- #507:Various Artists – Wonder Boys: Music from The Motion Picture
- #506:The Breeders – Pod
- #505:Fastbacks – Very, Very Powerful Motor
- #504:U2 – Songs of Experience
- #503:Gang Starr – Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
- #502:John Coltrane – Giant Steps
- #501:The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl