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Tag: Rock
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: #725 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Highly unique yet strangely comforting? Just ask the king of the carrot flowers.
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers: #727 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m in love with rock and roll and I’ll be out all night.
U2 – Zooropa: #728 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Some albums are better than others.
Urge Overkill – Saturation: #729 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Alt rock with an ironic edge that still nonetheless rocks.
The Clash – Sandinista! #731 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The high highs make it well worthy of being in the magnificent seven… hundreds on the best 1,000 albums ever list.
Pulp – Different Class: #732 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s something about the vibe that takes me back to the Nag’s Head pub in Rochester, Kent.
Mad Caddies – Just One More: #733 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Drink smoke drink smoke this is what we do. Well, not what I do necessarily but… you get it.
Fishbone – Truth & Soul: #734 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It might not be for ma nor pa, but this Fishbone dish is sizzling.
Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill: #735 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’d tell you, but don’t make me say it… Okay, you oughta know, right?
Pretenders – Pretenders: #736 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A self-assured, unique, and uniquely good debut album from Chrissie Hynde and crew.
Ramones – Road to Ruin: #738 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A thoroughly non-sedating blast of old school punk rock.
Conehead Buddha – Rockets: #740 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get that body up.
Cream – Wheels of Fire: #741 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There are some powerful powerful, favorite favorite, classic classics going on here.
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb: #743 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ska punk with a level of musicianship and sophistication that very few bands ever achieve. Oh, and don’t forget the energy energy energy.
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend: #747 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Matthew Sweet is a power pop master craftsman.
Wipers – Over the Edge: #748 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An early ‘80s gem with a super unique sound from the gloom of the Pacific Northwest.
Gorillaz – Demon Days: #749 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It will, I suppose you could say, make you (sha, sha-ba-da) feel good.
Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X: #752 of best 1,000 albums ever!
For that uniquely trip-hoppy, moody, atmospheric, and posh-sounding vibe.
Jethro Tull – Aqualung: #754 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Without pretension, this album deserves best 1,000 albums ever list retention.
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual: #756 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A delivery of a strange and wonderful musical experience.
Catch 22 – Keasbey Nights: #758 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Day in day out and on and on and on, *this* is the version of Keasbey Nights you’ve been looking for.
Various Artists – Say Anything: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: #759 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Amazing soundtrack from an amazing movie… almost too amazing? Nah.
The Yardbirds – For Your Love: #761 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’ll get stuck in your head and make you go wild.
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Through the Looking Glass: #762 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Not your typical album of cover songs. Just ask Alice, I think she’ll know…
Idles – Ultra Mono: #763 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Points to the future of aggressive music generally in some small but important way.
Allah-Las – Allah-Las: #764 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Garage rock with the perfect concoction of indie, moody, and psychedelic influences.
Teleman – Brilliant Sanity: #766 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Intelligently lucid hook-driven, guitar rock. But, you know, also fun.
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality: #767 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heavy metal is bestowed upon We Mere Mortals. And it is good.
Cornershop – When I Was Born For the 7th Time: #768 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Record scratches, catchy pop hooks, and Indian influences that will butter the soul.
Beck – Modern Guilt: #769 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It grooves and clicks and jumps like a fanciful anxious thought, beautiful and foreboding.
Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising: #771 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Listen to this on a battered cassette player for maximum effect.
10,000 Maniacs – MTV Unplugged: #772 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The magic of the live and acoustic setting shines through for Natalie Merchant and crew.
Ritchie Valens – Ritchie Valens: #773 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Simply classic late 1950s rock n’ roll and simply great. Come on, let’s go.
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes: #776 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s gorgeous and piercing and moving all at once.
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped: #778 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Do you believe in this sweet sensation? You should.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It: #779 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The impression that I get is that this is a rock solid collection of highly enjoyable alternative rock and pop- and punk-infused ska.
The Replacements – Let It Be: #780 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From jangle pop to post-punk to quiet ballads, this one has great range (and each range is great).
The Bangles – Different Light: #782 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I mean, just ask any police officer who happens to be at a local fried carbohydrate treat market.
The Black Keys – El Camino: #785 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This one trucks (vans?), hammers and stomps.
Various Artists – Empire Records: The Soundtrack: #786 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A highly pleasurable mix of mid-‘90s tuned and one absolute stunner.
The Swinging Blue Jeans – The EMI Years: Best of the Swinging Blue Jeans: #787 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The grooviest, swinging, British Invasion-est music that most people these days have not (yet!) heard.
Beck – Morning Phase: #788 of best 1,000 albums ever!
What eludes easy definition becomes a core strength.
Pearl Jam – Ten: #790 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The pinnacle of Pearl Jam’s output. At least so far.
Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats: Buddy Holly Lives: #791 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Not fade away, indeed. That says it all for one of the early rock n’ roll greats.
Blues Traveler – Four: #792 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Even upon a midnight eerie, you’re not gonna want to give this album a run-around.
Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight: #793 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Endlessly timeless, infinitely rock n’ roll.
System of a Down – Toxicity: #797 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A genuinely unique, truly eclectic (oddball?), moving, memorable, alternative (nu?) metal rollercoaster.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!: #799 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heads will rock n’ roll to this one.
Supersuckers – La Mano Cornuda: #800 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It rocks out while having run rocking out while letting YOU know that they’re… oh, just keep on reading for more.
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms: #803 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Now that IS workin’, that’s the way you do it.
Catch 22 – Alone in a Crowd: #806 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t point the blame – just check out this frantically upbeat ska punk album.
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal: #807 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hits that perfect sweet spot between alt rock and garage rock.
Bad Brains – Rock for Light: #808 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You (and you) might be able to survive without this album, but why (and why)?
Bikini Kill – The Singles: #809 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fantastic, aggressive, riot grrrl punk rock.
Men at Work – Business as Usual: #810 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Who can it be now? Why, it’s the band from down under, of course.
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Dirty Boogie: #811 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Tremendous energy and jumping rockabilly bluesy swing vibes abound.
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain: #813 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A work of psychedelicized funk/soul/rock bizarro-genius that you may choose to hit and/or quit.
Elton John – Too Low for Zero: #815 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’re already standing, you might just remain so after listening to this one.
Porno for Pyros – Good God’s Urge: #816 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An album to dig one last time under the Tahitian moon.
Le Butcherettes – Cry Is for the Flies: #817 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly and gloriously weird punk-y art-meets-garage rock. Just dig it.
Brother Meat – Extraordinarily Moist and Delicious: #819 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You want it, you need it, you got it… you got it!
Generation X – Generation X: #821 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One hundred wild youth punks agree: this one is ready steady go.
Plumtree – Mass Teen Fainting: #822 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Inviting, energetic, and catchy pop punk.
Swell Maps – International Rescue: #823 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Incredible raw energic punk that sounds both of its time and timeless.
Unit 4+2 – Greatest Hits: #825 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s fun and rock and pop and a little quirky and very British Invasion.
Belly – Star: #826 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A pop grunge vibe that completely works.
The Suicide Machines – Steal This Record: #829 of best 1,000 albums ever!
May the record show that The Suicide Machines have stolen their way into my heart (and another entry on the best 1,000 albums ever list).
Alice in Chains – Facelift: #830 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lots of AiC in slower-paced grunge mode? Yes please.
Rush – Moving Pictures: #831 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Great hard rock with just the right touch of prog rock-y flair.
Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View: #832 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Mellow, optimistic roots rock with perfect vocals from Darius Rucker.
The Doors – Other Voices: #833 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Ray, Robbie, and John did Doors stuff post-Jim?” Yep, and this one’s really good!
Southern Culture on the Skids – Dirt Track Date: #834 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Loose, fun, and fresh sounds from SCotS… down at the dirt track.
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure: #836 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Shmaltzy, glammy, proto-punk? Yeah, this is one unique album.
Tommy Roe – Tommy’s 22 Big Ones: #837 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Come on everybody, it’ll get you feeling dizzy.
Arctic Monkeys – AM: #841 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ll call it up when I’m… in any number of states.
Mitski – Be the Cowboy: #842 of best 1,000 albums ever!
What’s difficult to define and describe becomes essential to why I’m drawn to it.
Ween – 12 Golden Country Greats: #845 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Plays as great comedic alt country or country rock material or simply flat out great alt country or country rock music, period. Well, except for…
Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind: #846 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Striking, powerful, and evocative vocals mapped against a wild variety of musical styles.
Gang of Four – Entertainment!: #847 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Are you not entertained? Well, you will be by this classic post-punk album, yes, thanks for asking.
Cracker – Kerosene Hat: #848 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They keep it low, they keep it hot, they keep heads covered.
Led Zeppelin – Coda: #849 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Just because it’s the end, there’s still plenty of reasons to get the led out.
U2 – Boy: #850 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The first U2 album sounds as fresh and energetic and urgent as ever.
Wire – Pink Flag: #851 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly inventive and intriguing punk rock from the UK circa 1977.
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: #852 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take a freewheelin’ classic folk rock ride with a young artist named Bob Dylan, early ‘60s style.
Audioslave – Out of Exile: #853 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The supergroup comprised of Rage Against the Machine (minus Zach de la Rocha) and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell finds their cohesive sound.
The Saints – (I’m) Stranded: #854 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Legit punk rock circa 1977 from Down Under.
Reel Big Fish – Cheer Up!: #855 of best 1,000 albums ever!
RBF can rock you with their specialty of snarked up ska punk, but it’s the more mature power pop material that really stands out here.
Television – Marquee Moon: #856 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Post-punk, new wave, intellectual guitar rock? Any which way, it’s all good.
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle: #857 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wherein I find my appetite for this slice of space blues.
Scorpions – Love At First Sting: #859 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well-crafted hair metal. You might say it’ll rock you like… a powerful force of nature.
Liam Lynch – Fake Songs: #860 of best 1,000 albums ever!
More than a one-hit wonder album? Whatever.
Lenny Kravitz – 5: #861 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Kravitz doing funk rock and hippie rock for the ‘90s pushes 5 into my top 1,000.
Kirsty MacColl – Kite: #862 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Pop gems from a UK-based singer-songwriter with a flat-out gorgeous voice.
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – A Call to Arms: #863 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A short and incredible acoustic ska punk album.
Various Artists – Luaka Bop 10th Anniversary: Zero Accidents on the Job: #864 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Legit excellent world music, alt rock, funk, and pop from an eclectic group of bands and musicians.
The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray: #868 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Do you want this album to seduce you? That’d be a yes.
Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead: #869 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t call this a jam band… album.
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger: #870 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Curl up your smile and take your time, take your chances.
The Pogues: If I Should Fall from Grace with God – #871 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Meshes traditional Irish sounds with a propulsive punk sensibility. In short, a bottle of smoke.