top 50 albums?
when asked to name the top 50 albums ever these were the first that came to mind. the order wasn't really thought through
radiohead - ok computer
godspeed you ! black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennae to heaven
the microphones - the glow pt. 2
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
sonic youth - daydream nation
jeff buckley - grace
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
guided by voices - bee thousand
talk talk - spirit of eden
the cure - disintegration
sigur ros - agaetis byrjun
the microphones - mount eerie
the decemberists - castaways and cutouts
the pixies - doolittle
mogwai - young team
my bloody valentine - loveless
slint - spiderland
ben folds five - ben folds five
flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots
bob dylan - highway 61 revisited
modest mouse - the moon and antarctica
...and you will know us by the trail of dead - source tags and codes
dj shadow - endtroducing...
broken social scene - you forgot it in people
husker du - zen arcade
love - forever changes
the beatles - revolver
the magnetic fields - 69 love songs
mahavishnu orchestra - inner mounting flame
miles davis - bitches brew
radiohead - kid a
the smiths - meat is murder
xiu xiu - a promise
a silver mt. zion - he has left us alone but shafts of light sometimes grace the corners of our rooms
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
beck - odelay
bjork - vespertine
bob dylan - blood on the tracks
velvet underground - velvet underground and nico
television - marquee moon
the beatles - white album
pavement - slanted and enchanted
madvillain - madvillainy
the mountain goats - tallahassee
joy division - unknown pleasures
john coltrane - a love supreme
bjork - post
nas - illmatic
elliott smith - either/or
godspeed you! black emperor - f#a#∞
and here's the few I couldn't fit:
alkaline trio - maybe i’ll catch fire
beulah - the coast is never clear
at the drive-in - relationship of command