MY 500 FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
I read NME's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list today and basically wanted to kick something to death (which I guess is sort of the point, really) so I made my own list. This list is called James McMahon's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, As Of 23/10/13. I'm sure if I made this list tomorrow the order might be slightly different, but I think the top 70 or so are very accurate.
(NB: Excuse typos, I did this in a couple of hours after work drinking loads of horrible coffee.
NB x2: Basically my two favourite albums are Queen Greatest Hits 1 and 2, but you can't put albums like that in a list like this, so...
NB x3: Sorry if you don't give a shit, go read a book or something)
Okay, let's go...
(Oh yeah, obviously lists like these should count down to number one, but I forgot. Why not stand on your head or something?)
Feel free to comment/have a ruck
1. Ramones - Ramones
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Buffalo Tom – Buffalo Tom
4. Leatherface - Mush
5. Nirvana – In Utero
6. Bis – Social Dancing
7. Slayer – South Of Heaven
8. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
10. Green Day - Dookie
11. Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
12. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
13. Buffalo Tom – Let Me Come Over
14. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
15. The Futureheads – News & Tributes
16. Slint – Good Morning, Captain
17. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
18. Sex Pistols – Nevermind The Bollocks
19. Oasis – Definitely, Maybe
20. Brand New – The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
21. Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life
22. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
23. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
24. Scarce - Deadsexy
25. Fugazi – 13 Songs
26. Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
27. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
28. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
29. The Swellers – Ups And Downsizing
30. Carole King - Tapestry
31. Judas Priest – British Steel
32. Guns ‘N Roses – Appetite For Destruction
33. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
34. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
35. Weezer – The Blue Album
36. Carcass – Symphonies Of Sickness
37. Fugazi – Red Medicine
38. Ramstein - Mutter
39. The Pastels – Mobile Safari
40. Monster Magnet – Dopes To Infinity
41. Anathema – Weather Systems
42. Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted
43. Morbid Angel – Blessed Are The Sick
44. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
45. Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion 1
46. Elliot Green – United States
47. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
48. Rammstein - Rosenrot
49. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
50. Darkest Hour – Undoing Ruin
51. The Bronx – The Bronx 2
52. Nina Simone – Forbidden Fruit
53. Alkaline Trio – From Here To Infirmary
54. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
55. Animals That Swim – I Was The King, I Really Was The King
56. Shellac – 1000 Hurts
57. Chisel – 8 A.M. All Day
58. Black Flag – The First Four Years
59. Pixies - Doolittle
60. Electric Wizard – Black Masses
61. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
62. Fugazi – In On The Kill Taker
63. Gallows – Orchestra Of Wolves
64. Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers
65. Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion 2
66. Ramones – Leave Home
67. Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
68. Suede – Dog Man Star
69. dEUS – In A Bar, Under The Sea
70. Husker Du – Zen Arcade
71. Joy Division - Closer
72. Helmet – Stap It On
73. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
74. Sugar – Copper Blue
75. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
76. Bad Religion - Suffer
77. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
78. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
79. Rancid - … And Out Come The Wolves
80. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
81. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
82. Pearl Jam - Ten
83. Atom & His Package – Attention! Blah Blah Blah
84. Ramones – Rocket To Russia
85. Husker Du – Candy Apple Grey
86. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
87. Ramones – End Of A Century
88. Bruce Springsteen – The River
89. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
90. dEUS – Worst Case Scenario
91. Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
92. The Beautiful South – Welcome To The Beautiful South
93. The Bronx – The Bronx 1
94. Husker Du – New Day Rising
95. Ramones – Animal Boy
96. Bikini Kill – The CD Version Of The First Two Records
97. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
98. Carter USM – Post Historic Monsters
99. Field Music – Field Music
100. Sugar – Beaster
101. Fountains Of Wayne – Fountains Of Wayne
102. The Gossip - Movement
103. Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
104. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
105. The Wildhearts – Earth Vs. The Wildhearts
106. Lemuria – The First Collection
107. The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
108. The Make-Up – In Mass Mind
109. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
110. The Wedding Present – George Best
111. Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream!
112. Kenickie – Get In
113. The Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
114. The Replacements – Pleased To Meet Me
115. The Fall - Dragnet
116. Descendents – Milo Goes To College
117. The Human League - Dare
118. Screaming Trees - Dust
119. Rocket From The Crypt – Circa: Now!
120. Field Music – Write Your Own History
121. Letlive. – Fake History
122. Bronski Beat – The Age Of Consent
123. Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day
124. Metallica - Metallica
125. The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
126. Nation Of Ulysses – 13-Point Program To Destroy America
127. Lemuria – Get Better
128. The Specials – The Specials
129. The Hidden Cameras – The Smell Of Our Own
130. Pussy Galore – Exile On Main Street
131. Billy Bragg – Brewing Up With Billy Bragg
132. Metallica - … And Justice For All
133. Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
134. Hefner – The Fidelity Wars
135. Hefner – We Love The City
136. The Make-Up – Sound Verite
137. Portishead - Dummy
138. Songs Of Love & Hate – Leonard Cohen
139. Daft Punk - Homework
140. Slayer – Reign In Blood
141. Le Tigre – Le Tigre
142. Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
143. Groop Dogdrill – Every Six Seconds
144. Butterflies Of Love – How To Know The Butterflies Of Love
145. Leatherface – The Last
146. Guided By Voices - Sandbox
147. Billy Bragg – Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy
148. The Delgados - Domestiques
149. ABBA - Abba
150. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
151. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
152. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
153. Slipknot - Slipknot
154. The Yummy Fur – Male Shadow At Three O’Clock
155. Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power
156. Fear – The Record
157. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion
158. The Faint – Danse Macabre
159. Millencolin – Pennybridge Pioneers
160. Galaxie 500 – This Is Our Youth
161. AC/DC – Highway To Hell
162. David Bowie - Low
163. The Lemonheads - Creator
164. Patti Smith - Horses
165. Metallica – Master Of Puppets
166. Nirvana - Bleach
167. Sepultura - Arise
168. The Beatles – The Beatles
169. Jay Z – The Black Album
170. Elvis Costello – Blood & Chocolate
171. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
172. Mastodon – Crack The Skye
173. Gallows – Grey Britain
174. The W – Wu Tang Clan
175. Lemuria - Pebble
176. Bis – Return To Central
177. Guided By Voices – Tonics & Twisted Chasers
178. Metallica – Ride The Lightning
179. Atomiser – Big Black
180. Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
181. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground
182. Suede - Suede
183. Portishead - Third
184. The Verve – A Northern Soul
185. Kanye West – The College Dropout
186. Daniel Johnston – Fear Yourself
187. Afghan Wigs - Gentlemen
188. Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
189. Air – Moon Safari
190. The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour
191. Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
192. Adam and The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
193. Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen
194. The Beatles - Revolver
195. The Adverts – Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts
196. ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
197. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
198. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
199. Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
200. Jay Z – The Blueprint
201. Samiam – Whatever’s Got You Down
202. Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion
203. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
204. Sebadoh - Harmacy
205. Hole – Live Through This
206. Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
207. X – Los Angeles
208. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
209. REM – Automatic For The People
210. AC/DC – Back In Black
211. Sonic Youth - Goo
212. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
213. Rites Of Spring – Rites Of Spring
214. Spiritualized – Songs In A&E
215. Descendents – I Don’t Want To Grow Up
216. Faith No More – We Care A Lot
217. Throwing Muses - University
218. Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine
219. Killing Joke - Mmxii
220. Solomon Burke – If You Need Me
221. Descendents - All
222. Hefner – Breaking God’s Heart
223. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
224. System Of A Down - Toxicity
225. Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality
226. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
227. Sonic Youth - Dirty
228. Social Distortion – Prison Bound
229. Weezer – The Green Album
230. Buzzcocks – Love Bites
231. Scarfo – Luxury Plane Crash
232. My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
233. White Stripes – White Blood Cells
234. The Handsome Family – Invisible Hands
235. Animals That Swim - Workshy
236. The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
237. The Soviettes - III
238. Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes
239. This Aint Vegas – The Black Lung Captain
240. King Diamond - Them
241. Bouncing Souls – How I Spent My Summer Vacation
242. Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
243. Weezer – The Red Album
244. AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Cheap
245. Buzzcocks – Trade Test Transmissions
246. Soul Asylum – Grave Dancers Union
247. Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Love Bad News
248. Stereophonics – Word Gets Around
249. Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
250. Faith No More – Angel Dust
251. The Breeders – Title TK
252. Descendents – Everything Sucks
253. Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life
254. Weezer – Make Believe
255. Billy Bragg – William Bloke
256. The Handsome Family – Through The Trees
257. Big Star – Radio City
258. Hole – Celebrity Skin
259. Hot Water Music - Caution
260. Faith No More – Introduce Youtself
261. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
262. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
263. In Flames – The Jester Race
264. Kanye West – Late Registration
265. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
266. Social Distortion – Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
267. Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven
268. The Yummy Fur – Night Club
269. Morrissey – Viva Hate
270. White Stripes – De Stijl
271. Billy Bragg – Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
272. The Fall – I Am Kurious Oranj
273. Slayer – God Hates Us All
274. System Of A Down – System Of A Down
275. REM - Green
276. The Breeders – Last Splash
277. Bouncing Souls - Comet
278. Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription
279. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
280. The Handsome Family – In The Air
281. Kraftwerk – Computer World
282. Supergrass – I Should Coco
283. Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
284. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Show Your Bones
285. Faith No More – The Real Thing
286. The Gossip – Music For Men
287. Pulp – Different Class
288. Alice Cooper – Schools Out
289. The Fall – Fall Heads Roll
290. Portishead - Portishead
291. Venom – Black Metal
292. Kanye West - Yeezus
293. Nas - Illmatic
294. The Loved Ones – Keep Your Heart
295. Kenickie – At The Club
296. Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage
297. Ride – Going Blank Again
298. The Golden Virgins – Songs Of Praise
299. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
300. Rocket From The Crypt – RFTC
301. Yummy Fur – Kinky Cinema
302. The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request
303. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
304. Social Distortion – Social Distortion
305. Solomon Burke – Rock N Soul
306. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
307. Descendents – Cool To Be You
308. Afghan Wigs - 1965
309. Elastica – The Menace
310. Smog – Red Apple Falls
311. Sepultura – Beneath The Remains
312. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
313. Shack – HMS Fable
314. Michael Jackson - Thriller
315. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
316. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
317. Throwing Muses – Red Heaven
318. Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
319. Notorious B.I.G – Ready To Die
320. Propagandhi – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
321. Bring Me The Horizon – Suicide Season
322. Sebadoh - III
323. Therapy - Troublegum
324. Wu Tang Clan – Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
325. New Bomb Turks – At Rope’s End
326. Letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
327. The Stranglers – The Raven
328. The Who – My Generation
329. Jawbreaker - Unfun
330. Blink-182 - Neighborhoods
331. While She Sleeps – This Is The Six
332. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
333. U2 - Boy
334. Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club
335. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust...
336. Bring Me The Horizon – There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It…
337. Adam and the Ants – Prince Charming
338. Rise – Against - Endgame
339. NOFX – Pump Up The Valuum
340. Weezer - Maladroit
341. The Wedding Present – Take Fountain
342. 60ft Dolls – The Big 3
343. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
344. Winterfylleth – The Threnody Of Triumph
345. Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death
346. Will Haven – Vol Dire
347. The Wonder Years – Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing
348. L7 – Bricks Are Heavy
349. Slade – Play It Loud
350. Jawbreaker – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
351. Converge – Jane Doe
352. Veruca Salt – American Thighs
353. Beat Happening – Beat Happening
354. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
355. U2 - October
356. Rage Against The Machine – Evil Empire
357. Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona
358. Blur - Parklife
359. Cornershop – Handcream For A Generation
360. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Stap
361. Ultrasound – Everything Picture
362. The Darkness – Permission To Land
363. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
364. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
365. Jawbreaker – Dear You
366. Descendents – Enjoy!
367. X- Under The Big Black Sun
368. The Breeders - Pod
369. Animals That Swim – Happiness From A Distant Star
370. Big Star - #1 Record
371. Dead Boys – We Have Come For Your Children
372. Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Welcome To The Infant Freebase
373. The Delgados – The Great Eastern
374. Wire – The Ideal Copy
375. Death - Symbolic
376. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
377. Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
378. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists
379. Propagandhi – Less Talk, More Rock
380. Madness – One Step Beyond
381. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
382. DJ Shadow – Endroducing…
383. Mastodon - Leviathan
384. Groop Dogdrill – Half Nelson
385. Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
386. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power
387. Neil Young – After The Gold rush
388. The Coral – The Coral
389. Jawbreaker - Bivouac
390. Sam Cooke - Encore
391. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
392. Public Image – Metal Box
393. AC/DC – Let There Be Rock
394. Wire – Chairs Missing
395. The Menzingers – On The Impossible Past
396. Arctic Monkeys - AM
397. J Church – One Mississippi
398. Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full
399. The Cribs – The New Fellas
400. Kreator – Pleasure To Kill
401. Prince - Lovesexy
402. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American
403. GZA – Liquid Swords
404. Madonna – Like A Virgin
405. REM - Monster
406. Dr Dre – The Chronic
407. Felt – The Splendour Of Fear
408. Mastodon – The Hunter
409. Descendents – I Don’t Want To Grow Up
410. Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
411. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
412. U2 - War
413. Coldplay – Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends
414. James - Laid
415. Green Day – Insomniac
416. Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
417. Built To Spill – Perfect From Now On
418. Embrace - Embrace
419. Modest Mouse – This Is A Long Drive…
420. The Adverts – Cast Of Thousands
421. Butthole Surfers – Electriclarryland
422. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
423. The Handsome Family – Milk and Scissors
424. Midway Still – Life’s Too Long
425. U2 – The Joshua Tree
426. Blur – The Great Escape
427. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
428. Deep Purple – Machine Head
429. Elvis Costello – King Of America
430. Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West
431. The Stanglers – No More Heroes
432. Felt – The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories
433. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
434. Beat Happening - Jamboree
435. Minutemen – Double Nickles On The Dime
436. The Delgados - Peloton
437. REM – Out Of Time
438. The Juliana Hatfield Three – Become What You Are
439. Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
440. Elastica – Elastica
441. Liz Phair – Whip Smart
442. Can – Monster Movie
443. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
444. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
445. REM - Document
446. Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
447. Stereolab – Dots and Loops
448. The Cardigans - Life
449. Joni Mitchell - Blue
450. Prince – Purple Rain
451. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
452. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
453. Madonna – Like A Prayer
454. Japandroids – Post-Nothing
455. Dinosaur Jnr - Bug
456. Skrillex - Bangarang
457. Dio – Holy Diver
458. The Breeders – Mountain Battles
459. Prince - Controversy
460. Madonna - Madonna
461. The Handsome Family - Odessa
462. Bad Brains – Bad Brains
463. Mission Of Burma – Vs.
464. Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
465. Felt – Ignite The Seven Cannons
466. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
467. Elliot Smith – Either/Or
468. Guided By Voices – Vampire On Titus
469. The Stone Roses – Second Coming
470. Robyn - Robyn
471. Death – Individual Thought Patterns
472. Fountains Of Wayne – Utopia Parkway
473. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
474. Pulp – We Love Life
475. At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul
476. Talking Heads – Little Creatures
477. Captain – This Is Hazelville
478. Soul Asylum – Let Your Dim Light Shine
479. Meat Puppets - Monsters
480. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
481. Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You
482. Down - Nola
483. HIM – Dark Light
484. Love And Rockets - Express
485. Black Grape – It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah
486. Archers Of Loaf – Icky Mettle
487. Love – Forever Changes
488. Ryan Adams - Gold
489. Iceage – New Brigade
490. Public Image Ltd – This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get
491.The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
492. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
493. Arab Strap – The Week Never Starts Around Here
494. Talking Heads – True Stories
495. New Order - Brotherhood
496. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
497. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
498. Milky Wimpshake – Bus Route To Your Heart
499. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
500. Tindersticks - Tindersticks