But I figured I'd share my top 100 here. Like my previous effort at a top 100 songs of all time list, this one took some time and I'm sure if I went back and looked at it, I would rearrange or add/subtract to it. But this is what I came up with at that particular point in time.
Nirvana's Nevermind was the top choice; both in terms of content and impact, it was massive. I don't need to go into it because the 20th anniversary just came and went and plenty of Internet bandwidth has been devoted to it.
Here's the rest of the list:
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. REM - Automatic for the People
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
7. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
8. The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
9. Sloan - One Chord to Another
10. Pixies - Bossanova
11. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
12. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
13. Nirvana - In Utero
14. Foo Fighters - s/t
15. Beck - Odelay
16. Alice in Chains - Dirt
17. Jeff Buckley - Grace
18. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
19. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
20. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
21. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
22. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
23. Fugazi - Repeater
24. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
25. Neil Young - Ragged Glory
26. Pearl Jam - Vs.
27. Pixies - Trompe le Monde
28. Sonic Youth - Goo
29. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
30. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
31. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
32. Queens of the Stone Age - s/t
33. The Pursuit of Happiness - One-Sided Story
34. Weezer - Blue Album
35. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
36. Singles soundtrack
37. Wilco - Being There
38. Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
39. Living Colour - Time's Up
40. Temple of the Dog - s/t
41. Rollins Band - The End of Silence
42. Helmet - Meantime
43. Sloan - Twice Removed
44. Radiohead - The Bends
45. Sugar - Copper Blue
46. Superchunk - Foolish
47. Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
48. Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
49. Beck - Mellow Gold
50. Urge Overkill - Saturation
51. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
52. Portishead - Dummy
53. Morphine - Cure for Pain
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
55. Soundgarden - Superunknown
56. Mother Love Bone - Apple
57. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
58. Sebadoh III
59. Green Day - Dookie
60. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
61. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
62. Afghan Whigs - Black Love
63. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
64. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
65. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
66. Faith No More - Angel Dust
67. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
68. Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On
69. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
70. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
71. Elastica - s/t
72. Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
73. Rage Against the Machine - s/t
74. Weezer - Pinkerton
75. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
76. Rocket From the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
77. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
78. Chris Whitley - Din of Ecstasy
79. Bjork - Post
80. U2 - Zooropa
81. Wilco - Summerteeth
82. R.E.M. - Out of Time
83. D Generation - No Lunch
84. Cracker - s/t
85. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
86. The Tragically Hip - Road Apples
87. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
88. Elvis Costello - Mighty Like a Rose
89. Fu Manchu - The Action is Go!
90. New Bomb Turks - Information Highway Revisited
91. The Nation of Ulysses - 13-Point Program to Destroy America
92. World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
93. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
94. The Posies - Frosting on the Beater
95. Sonic Youth - Dirty
96. Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
97. Frank Black and the Catholics - s/t
98. Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
99. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
100. Luscious Jackson - Natural Ingredients
Of course, there were many albums that just missed the list and I'm sure many that I overlooked. What would you put on your list? Let me know in the comments.
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