You shouldn’t try to look so good if you don’t wanna be misunderstood.
Category: Best 1,000 Albums Ever
George Michael – Faith: #625 of best 1,000 albums ever!
But I gotta think twice before I give my heart away. And I know all the games you play because I played them, too.
Blondie – Blondie: #626 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair.
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: #627 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My posse come quick, because my posse got velocity.
Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions: #628 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well, I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight.
Whitesnake – Whitesnake: #629 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I don’t know where I’m going, but I sure know where I’ve been.
The Pogues – Hell’s Ditch: #630 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade.
Peter Gabriel – So: #631 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You could have a bumper car, bumping. The amusement never ends.
ElliotT Smith – Either/Or: #632 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes full of smoldering anger.
Arcade Fire – Funeral: #633 of best 1,000 albums ever!
As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn.
Madonna – Ray of Light: #634 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Faster than the speed of light, she’s flying, trying to remember where it all began.
The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1: #635 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well, it’s all right – we’re going to the end of the line.
The Toasters – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down: #636 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t play ball, won’t do as I’m told. I’d rather be a square peg in a round hole.
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True: #637 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m not gonna get too sentimental like those other sticky valentines.
R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction: #638 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood.
The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up: #639 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Yeah, smokestack lightning. Don’t you hear me calling?
Richard Cheese – Lounge Against the Machine: #640 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Waitress, can I get a vodka martini with a twist of sub-lime? Thank you.
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours: #641 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Could this be true? It all comes down to you.
Hanson – Middle of Nowhere: #642 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s pure pop joy, pure joy joy. Okay?
Broken Bells – Broken Bells: #643 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Come on and get the minimum, before you open up your eyes.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps: #644 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey hey, my my. Rock and roll can never die.
Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s On The Wall: #645 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’re all I think about and everywhere I look, I know it’s bad, but we could be so good.
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band: #647 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I heard something about my ma and my pa. They didn’t want me so they made me a star.
Bo Burnham – Words Words Words: #648 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I hate catchy choruses and I’m a hypocrite.
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited: #649 of best 1,000 albums ever!
How does it feel? To be without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.
Duran Duran – Seven and the Ragged Tiger: #650 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Every little thing the reflex does leaves you answered with a question mark.
Beat Happening – Dreamy: #651 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heed what this wise man says: stay away from redheads.
The Police – Outlandos D’Amour: #653 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So many times I used to give a sign. Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind.
L7 – Bricks Are Heavy: #654 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They can’t hear a word that we’ve said, when we pretend that we’re dead.
Rollins Band – Get Some Go Again: #655 of best 1,000 albums ever!
No safety net: you get what you get, what you settle for.
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold + Tally All the Things That You Broke: #656 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Coffee breaks and lamb’s tail shakes aren’t arbitrary marks.
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours: #657 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.
The Runaways – The Runaways: #658 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Down the streets I’m the girl next door. I’m the fox you’ve been waiting for.
The Jayhawks – Tomorrow The Green Grass: #659 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Keep my real light shining.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Adicción, Tradición, Y Revolución: #660 of best 1,000 albums ever!
She don’t like The Toasters or The Skeletones, she’d rather pound some beers and listen to The Ramones.
Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl: #661 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Straight up, this album is catchy on a cellular level.
Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album): #662 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Destroyed by MTV, I hate to bite the hand that feeds me.
UFO – Phenomenon: #663 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Livin’, lovin’ on the run, so far away from you.
RZA – RZA As Bobby Digital: #664 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The mic is cast to the floor and shapeshifted. Heavy as the hammer of Thor you can’t lift it.
Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain: #665 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You have no scars on your face and you cannot handle pressure.
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Funky Technician: #666 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lord Finesse and DJ Mike Smooth dial up the number of the funky technician!
Prince – Dirty Mind: #667 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Raw, grimy, funked up danceable R&B pop. Also: fun.
The Aquabats! – The Aquabats! Vs. The Floating Eye of Death! And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol.1: #668 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey kid! What do we got? Not a lot. So what?
The Riff Randells – Doublecross: #669 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So come on, check it off now.
Radiohead – In Rainbows: #670 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A surprisingly warm tone eventually gives way to something more fractured, shattered, and eventually becomes somewhat haunting. Well, this is Radiohead, right?
Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session: #671 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An album with a specific, intimate, and special energy to it.
Wolfmother – Wolfmother: #672 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You see right through me – I got the feeling of love.
Various Artists – Top Gun – Motion Picture Soundtrack: #673 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Revvin’ up your engine, listen to her howlin’ roar.
The Fratellis – We Need Medicine: #674 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One part evil, three-fifths blind.
Boston – Boston: #675 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I lost myself in a familiar song. I closed my eyes and I slipped away.
SIMON & GARFUNKEL – BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: #676 OF BEST 1,000 ALBUMS EVER!
You’re breaking my heart. You’re shaking my confidence daily.
Huey Lewis & The News – Sports: #677 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The heart of rock and roll is still beating.
Metric – Fantasies: #678 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?
Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia-Newton John – Xanadu: #679 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You have to believe we are magic, nothing can stand in our way.
Jack White – Lazaretto: #680 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The Jack White Experience produces another successful experiment.
Patti Smith – Horses: #681 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sopra i cieli, ancor più su. Dolci canti di angeli.
Kool & The Gang – The Very Best of Kool & The Gang: #682 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get down, get DOWN.
Transplants – Haunted Cities: #683 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There are true sonic gems hiding on these streets, in this shadowy world.
Pavement – Wowee Zowee: #684 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We got the money! We got the money now!
Prince – Purple Rain: #685 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Dearly beloved: let’s go crazy. Let’s get nuts.
The Fratellis – Here We Stand: #686 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You can find her screaming along with the ghosts, reminds you she’s the one that you need the most.
Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix: #687 of best 1,000 albums ever!
To be the best we got to pass the test we gotta make it all the way to the top of the mountain.
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: #688 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band that I feel I should really like more but… erases the but.
Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson: #689 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The genius behind The Beach Boys finds his powers fully intact on his first solo album.
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers: #690 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Yeah, when you call my name I salivate like a Pavlov dog.
Various Artists – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Motion Picture Soundtrack): #691 of best 1,000 albums ever!
He rides across the nation, the thoroughbred of sin. He got the application that you just sent in.
Manu Chao – Clandestino: #692 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m the king of bongo baby, I’m the king of bongo.
John Williams – Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): #693 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It opens the floodgate of memories from my Star Wars-obsessed childhood, and that’s just for starters.
7 Year Bitch – Viva Zapata!: #694 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An exquisitely executed dose of grungy riot grrl punk rock.
Devo – Oh No! It’s Devo: #695 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From the catchy, fun, and a little strange to the truly avantgarde weirdo deep cut treasure chest.
Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out: #696 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s the riot grrl drama you’ve been craving.
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!: #697 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Easily one of my favorite “new” finds of this decade.
Pilfers – Pilfers: #698 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You think it’s funny but what I say is true.
Class Actress – Journal of Ardency: #699 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The most incredible ‘80s album… of 2010.
The Shins – Oh, Inverted World: #700 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’d tell you, but you need to understand the new slang to get it.
Prince – 1999: #701 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray.
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea: #702 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is love, this is love that I’m feeling.
Cake – Fashion Nugget: #703 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Much like Fashion Nugget, I will survive. Yeah yeah.
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!: #704 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Q: Should you listen to this album? A: Uh, that’d be a big time yes.
The Who – Who’s Next: #705 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take a bow for the new revolution.
No Doubt – Rock Steady: #706 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey baby, it’s hella good, okay?
Love – Forever Changes: #707 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Eclectic psychedelic rock released at the pinnacle of the Flower Power era.
Various Artists – Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968: #708 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Plug in and get supercharged anywhere you like with this massive 244 song compilation.
T. Rex – Electric Warrior: #709 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Bang a gong. Get it on.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Steady As She Goes: #711 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’d have to have nada en la cabeza to not get moving to this album.
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel: #712 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One would be well advised to express the opposite of “you’re no good” with regard to this album. Which is to say… it’s good.
Skid Row – Skid Row: #713 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t wait for 18 and life to check this one out.
Graham Day and the Gaolers – Soundtrack to the Daily Grind: #714 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One listen and you’ll be on the pull.
Bad Religion – Suffer: #715 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t suffer the fools who refuse to get enough-er of this construct of musical performances.
Slant 6 – Soda Pop * Rip Off: #716 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Some bands and some albums hit a bunch of my musical sweet spots at once.
Beck – The Information: #717 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Think I’m in love… with The Information.
Frank Black – The Cult of Ray: #718 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Another tremendous album from the cult of Frank Black.
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding: #719 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From whatever position you occupy with regard to the watchtower, this is another classic Dylan album.
Babyshambles – Down in Albion: #720 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I still turned out to be a huge Babyshambles fan, didn’t I?
Yolk – Caution: Social Prescriptions May Cause Side-Effects: #721 of best 1,000 albums ever!
In which I make the case for this exceptionally talented band from Binghamton, New York.
Parquet Courts – Human Performance: #722 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The humans of Parquet Courts have banged out yet another remarkably consistent performance.
Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime: #723 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A sprawl of 43 eclectic gems add up to a greater whole, and that price is right on.
Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles: #724 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The Rage is relentless, in three parts.