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Category: Best 1,000 Albums Ever
The audacious (never before seen in human history?) ranking of the best 1,000 albums ever — each with a deep dive, personal stories, and pop culture tie-ins.
Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining: #31 of best 1,000 albums ever!
But if I work all day on the blue sky mine, there’ll be food on the table tonight.
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters: #32 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is a call to all my past resignations. This is a call to all.
The Beatles – The Beatles (White Album): #33 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Everybody’s got something to hide, except me and the monkey.
Weezer – Pinkerton: #34 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is beginning to hurt – this is beginning to be serious.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: #35 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We are Sex Bob-omb.
The Doors – L.A. Woman: #36 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Or just another lost angel, city of night.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Live From the Middle East: #37 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One, two, what’s in the stew? Three, four, no one’s really sure.
Frank Black – Frank Black: #38 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ll wait in Los Angeles – I’ll wait in the pouring sun.
The Streets – Original Pirate Material: #39 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let’s push things forward.
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night: #40 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Someday when we’re dreaming – deep in love, not a lot to say – then we will remember things we said today.
Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill: #41 of best 1,000 albums ever!
No sleep ‘till Brooklyn.
Lou Reed – Transformer: #42 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant: #43 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t fall on me.
The Flatliners – Destroy to Create: #44 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fred’s got slacks on the boulevard.
Beck – Mellow Gold: #45 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Soy un perdedor.
The White Stripes – Elephant: #46 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m gonna fight ’em off – a seven nation army couldn’t hold me back.
The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream: #47 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Devil’s Night Out: #48 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band was so hot, my beer got warm.
The Hives – Tyrannosaurus Hives: #49 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You got a head – a see-through head.
The Beatles – Help! #50 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I believe in yesterday.
The Doors – In Concert: #51 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Not to touch the earth, not to see the sun, nothing left to do but run, run, run.
10 Great 1950s Albums: jazz, rock n’ roll, and beyond
10 great 1950s albums spanning jazz, rock n’ roll, and beyond — from Mingus and Miles to Elvis, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and The Coasters.
The Best 1974 Albums Ever: glam, grit, and greatness
Discover the best 1974 albums — from Queen to Neil Young. Nine classics that made Pop Thruster’s Best 1,000 Albums Ever.
9 Great Trip Hop Albums (to trip out to)
Explore 9 great trip hop albums, from Portishead to Röyksopp — moody, hypnotic, and part of Pop Thruster’s Best 1,000 Albums Ever.
14 Great Jazz Albums, from Mingus to Miles to Monk
From Coltrane to Mingus to Miles, 14 great jazz albums from Pop Thruster’s Best 1,000 Albums Ever capture the cool swing of the ’50s and ’60s.
The Best 1982 Albums Ever: 18 records that’ll blow out your Walkman headphones
Explore the best 1982 albums ever — from Thriller and Rio to Chronic Town and 1999. 18 essential records that defined the year The ‘80s truly began.
Downset – Downset: #52 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Anger: hostility towards the opposition.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mother’s Milk: #53 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you see me getting high, knock me down – I’m not bigger than life.
The Von Bondies – Lack of Communication: #54 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We all hail hail from rock and roll from behind a glass case.
Midnight Oil – 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1: #55 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You take what you get to get what you please.
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV: #56 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
Living Colour – Vivid: #57 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Look in my eyes, what do you see? The cult of personality.
The Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart: #58 of best 1,000 albums ever!
No you really haven’t lived life yet, if you ain’t got no regrets.
Jurassic 5 – Feedback: #59 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is the future sound.
Boss Hog – Boss Hog: #60 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Nothing to lose – I got nothing to lose.
Nirvana – In Utero: #61 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks.
Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album): #62 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Say it ain’t so – your drug is a heart breaker.
Radiohead – OK Computer: #63 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is what you get when you mess with us.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication: #64 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s understood that Hollywood sells Californication.
Being Dead – Eels: #65 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Just when you thought you knew someone – guess again because you were wrong.
Cheepskates – Run Better Run: #66 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’re not around but you’re plain to see – I hear you’re voice and you’re telling me.
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan: #67 of best 1,000 albums ever!
And I’m thinkin’ about my doorbell, when you gonna ring it, and when you gonna ring it?
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico: #68 of best 1,000 albums ever!
‘Cause everybody knows she’s a femme fatale.
The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia: #69 of best 1,000 albums ever!
And I’m feeling so Bohemian like you.
R.E.M. – Murmur: #70 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s so much more attractive inside the moral kiosk.
Midnight Oil – Red Sails in the Sunset: #71 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You say times are tough – we got the best of both worlds here.
The Velvet Underground – 1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed: #72 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well, I’m beginning to see the light.
Nirvana – Bleach: #73 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ll take advantage while you hang me out to dry, but I can’t see you every night – free.
R.E.M. – Live at the BBC: #74 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t talk to me about being alone.