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Tag: Alternative Rock
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles: #894 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A freight train of pioneering grungy punk rock energy.
The Offspring – Americana: #896 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I can think of, say, uno dos tres quatro cinco cinco seis reasons…
Cake – Comfort Eagle: #907 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Equal parts fun, good, and ironic.
Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls: #911 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Folk rock that bridges the gap from the 1960s to the Lilith Fair generation.
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine: #921 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’d have to have a head like a hole not to.
The Suicide Machines – Revolution Spring: #925 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Upbeat ska and punk, expertly mixed with great hooks and strong musicianship overall.
The Dead Weather – Dodge and Burn: #930 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It gets under your skin, holding a dark, rocking, and compelling power.
Nerf Herder – American Cheese: #936 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A strong sense of humor and the musical chops to create songs that are both fun and musically compelling.
Arctic Monkeys – Who the F*** Are Arctic Monkeys? #937 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is a (small!) collection of songs that demanded to make this list by a fun, brash, and talented band at their early best.
Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion: #938 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s delicate (grunge?), but it all clicks.
Bachelor – Doomin’ Sun: #939 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Because sometimes music can save your life, and sometimes music can save a best 1,000 albums ever list (or both?).
The Dazes – Just Dreamy: #942 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ebullient spirit imbued with (Ramones-y) punk energy and great pop hooks.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation: #945 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Melancholy yet upbeat, accessible yet deeply indie.
Gore Gore Girls – Get the Gore: #946 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Revved up garage rock with punk attitude. Get it.
Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade: #947 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Variety and range, from hardcore punk to an acoustic jam that you could almost imagine being on a 1980s-era Midnight Oil record.
The Pink Spiders – Teenage Graffiti: #948 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fun power pop with a little punk and glam influence thrown in – nothing wrong with that (and much that’s right).
Dinosaur Jr. – Without A Sound: #956 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Quintessential mid-1990s alternative rock.
Descartes A Kant – Paper Dolls: #967 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s kind of weird and disturbing and great. Come take the trip.
Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers: #973 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Serious about its 1970s and 1980s guitar rock sensibilities. Doubly serious about having a gas in the lyrical content department.
Wimps – Garbage People: #974 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Aggressive yet upbeat, fast paced and super fun power poppy punk by way of Seattle, Washington.
Brainiac – Hissing Prigs in Static Couture: #978 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Uh… this album is crazy. Good crazy, but crazy. Dig it.
The Gits – Frenching the Bully: #980 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Mia Zapata’s vocals matched with urgent, raucous, punky Seattle grunge energy.
Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona: #984 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Top notch early ‘90s alt/indie rock with fantastic vocals and a knack for poppy hooks.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into: #988 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Crunching, groovy electro beats that could chew through the back of the club (or your mind, yeah?).
The Vaselines – Enter The Vaselines: #992 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly eclectic and inventive music that pings between punk to indie with many inviting ports of call in between.
Plumtree – Predicts the Future: #998 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Scott Pilgrim” and many others are a fantastic blend of garage, poppy punk, and indie rock that are addictively ear pleasing.
Agent Orange – Living in Darkness: #1,000 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s fresh, indie, passionate, and punk, all the more remarkable for an album produced some four decades ago