50 Best Albums of the 2000s

1. is this it? ~ the Strokes ('01)
2. american idiot ~ Green Day ('04)
3. speakerboxxx / the love below ~ OutKast ('03)
4. original pirate material ~ the Streets ('02)
5. college dropout ~ Kanye West ('04)
6. the eminem show ~ Eminem ('02)
7. brushfire fairytales ~ Jack Johnson (2000)
8. get rich or die tryin' ~ 50 Cent ('03)
9. wolfmother ~ Wolfmother ('06)
10. the information ~ Beck ('06)
11. st. elsewhere ~ Gnarls Barkley ('06)
12. elephant ~ the White Stripes ('03)
13. daisies of the galaxy ~ Eels (2000)
14. alright still - Lily Allen ('07)
15. later that day... ~ Lyrics Born ('03)
16. toxicity ~ System of a Down ('01)
17. the marshall mathers lp ~ Eminem (2000)
18. the black album ~ Jay-Z ('03)
19. hot fuss ~ the Killers ('04)
20. guero ~ Beck ('05)
21. cee-lo green is the soul machine ~ Cee-Lo ('04)
22. the grey album (Jay-Z vs. The Beatles) ~ Danger Mouse ('04)
23. stankonia ~ OutKast (2000)
24. american gangster ~ Jay-Z ('07)
25. to the 5 boroughs ~ Beastie Boys ('04)
26. audioslave ~ Audioslave ('02)
27. bachelor No. 2 ~ Aimee Mann (2000)
28. miss e...so addictive ~ Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott ('01)
29. white blood cells ~ the White Stripes ('01)
30. songs in a minor ~ Alicia Keys ('01)
31. parachutes ~ Coldplay (2000)
32. comin' from where i'm from ~ Anthony Hamilton ('03)
33. blazing arrow ~ Blackalicious ('02)
34. mama's gun ~ Erykah Badu (2000)
35. all that you can't leave behind ~ U2 (2000)
36. on and on ~ Jack Johnson ('03)
37. franz ferdinand ~ Franz Ferdinand ('04)
38. tenacious d ~ Tenacious D ('01)
39. phrenology ~ the Roots ('02)
40. gorillaz ~ Gorillaz ('01)
41. kill the moonlight ~ Spoon ('02)
42. get behind me satan ~ the White Stripes ('05)
43. you're the one ~ Paul Simon (2000)
44. room on fire ~ the Strokes ('03)
45. who is jill scott? ~ Jill Scott (2000)
46. joyful rebellion ~ K-OS
47. this is not a test ~ Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott ('03)
48. the diary of alicia keys ~ Alicia Keys ('03)
49. thirteen tales from urban bohemia ~ the Dandy Warhols (2000)
50. whatever people say i am.... ~ the Arctic Monkeys ('06)

50 Best Albums of the 90s

1. odelay ~ Beck ('96)
2. illmatic ~ Nas ('94)
3. blood sugar sex magik ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers ('91)
4. sublime ~ Sublime ('96)
5. ready to die ~ the Notorious B.I.G. ('94)
6. nevermind ~ Nirvana ('91)
7. (what's the story) morning glory? ~ Oasis ('95)
8. core ~ Stone Temple Pilots ('92)
9. the miseducation of lauryn hill~ Lauryn Hill ('98)
10. grace ~ Jeff Buckley ('94)
11. dookie ~ Green Day ('94)
12. the low end theory ~ A Tribe Called Quest ('91)
13. evil empire ~ Rage Against the Machine ('96)
14. ruby vroom ~ Soul Coughing ('94)
15. when i woke ~ Rusted Root ('94)
16. the score ~ the Fugees ('96)
17. aquemini ~ OutKast ('98)
18. under the table and dreaming ~ Dave Matthews Band ('94)
19. ten ~ Pearl Jam ('91)
20. shake your money maker ~ Black Crowes ('90)
21. 40 oz. to freedom ~ Sublime ('92)
22. jagged little pill ~ Alanis Morisette ('95)
23. achtung baby ~ U2 ('91)
24. rage against the machine ~ Rage Against The Machine ('92)
25. billy breathes ~ Phish ('96)
26. mental jewelry ~ Live ('91)
27. mama said ~ Lenny Kravitz ('91)
28. irresistible bliss ~ Soul Coughing ('96)
29. midnite vultures ~ Beck ('99)
30. dirt ~ Alice In Chains ('92)
31. seal ~ Seal ('91)
32. yeah, it's that easy ~ G. Love & Special Sauce ('97)
33. purple ~ Stone Temple Pilots ('94)
34. let's go ~ Rancid ('94)
35. superunknown ~ Soundgarden ('94)
36. metallica ~ Metallica ('91)
37. august and everything after ~ Counting Crows ('93)
38. our time in eden ~ 10,000 Maniacs ('92)
39. saturation ~ Urge Overkill ('93)
40. mellon collie and the infinite sadness ~ Smashing Pumpkins ('95)
41. blind melon ~ Blind Melon ('92)
42. crazysexycool ~ TLC ('94)
43. mellow gold ~ Beck ('94)
44. god fodder ~ Ned's atomic Dustbin ('91)
45. homogenic ~Bjork ('97)
46. southernplayalisticadillacmusik ~ Outkast ('94)
47. vs. ~ Pearl Jam ('93)
48. social distortion ~ Social Distortion ('90)
49. tigerlily ~ Natalie Merchant ('95)
50. dusk ~ the The ('93)

50 Best Albums of the 80s

1. synchronicity ~ the Police ('83)
2. thriller ~ Michael Jackson ('82)
3. legend ~ Bob Marley & the Wailers ('84)
4. paul's boutique ~ Beastie Boys ('89)
5. purple rain ~ Prince & the Revolution ('84)
6. appetite for destruction ~ Guns N' Roses ('87)
7. the joshua tree ~ U2 ('87)
8. kick ~ INXS ( '87)
9. the wall ~ Pink Floyd ('80)
10. pyromania ~ Def Leppard ('83)
11. something to believe in ~ APB ('85)
12. london calling ~ the Clash ('80)
13. mother's milk ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers ('89)
14. it takes a nation of millions to hold us back ~ Public Enemy ('88)
15. 1984 ~ Van Halen ('84)
16. sign o the times ~ Prince ('87)
17. licensed to ill ~ Beastie Boys ('85)
18. scarecrow ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ('85)
19. glass houses ~ Billy Joel ('80)
20. born in the u.s.a. ~ Bruce Springsteen ('84)
21. singles 45 and under ~ Squeeze ('82)
22. paid in full ~ Eric B. & Rakim ('87)
23. let love rule ~ Lenny Kravitz ('89)
24. shout at the devil ~ Motley Crue ('83)
25. graceland ~ Paul Simon ('86)
26. songs from the big chair ~ Tears for Fears ('85)
27. full moon fever ~ Tom Petty ('89)
28. back in black ~ AC/DC ('80)
29. catching up with ~ Depeche Mode ('85)
30. master of puppets ~ Metallica ('86)
31. straight outta compton ~ N.W.A. ('88)
32. the dream of the blue turtles ~ Sting ('85)
33. 3 feet high and rising ~ De La Soul ('89)
34. 1999 ~ Prince ('82)
35. tracy chapman ~ Tracy Chapman ('88)
36. building the perfect beast ~ Don Henley ('84)
37. nothing's shocking ~ Jane's Addiction ('88)
38. disintegration ~ the Cure ('89)
39. raising hell ~ Run DMC ('86)
40. slippery when wet ~ Bon Jovi ('86)
41. diamond life ~ Sade ('84)
42. ghost in the machine ~ The Police ('81)
43. criminal minded ~ Boogie Down Productions ('87)
44. so ~ Peter Gabriel ('86)
45. don't say no ~ Billy Squier ('81)
46. little creatures ~ Talking Heads ('85)
47. listen like theives ~ INXS ('85)
48. combat rock ~ The Clash ('83)
49. the pretenders ~ the Pretenders ('80)
50. tattoo you ~ the Rolling Stones ('81)

50 Best Albums of the 70s

1. greatest hits ~ Sly & the Family Stone ('70)
2. ramones ~ the Ramones ('76)
3. songs in the key of life ~ Stevie Wonder ('76)
4. the stranger ~ Billy Joel ('77)
5. van halen ~ Van Halen ('78)
6. what's going on ~ Marvin Gaye ('71)
7. led zeppelin IV ~ Led Zeppelin ('71)
8. off the wall ~ Michael Jackson ('79)
9. outlandos d'amour ~ the Police (78)
10. superfly ~ Curtis Mayfield ('72)
11. the rise and fall of ziggy stardust... ~ David Bowie ('72)
12. dark side of the moon ~ Pink Floyd ('73)
13. cosmo's factory ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('70)
14. turnstiles ~ Billy Joel ('76)
15. innervisions ~ Stevie Wonder ('73)
16. the cars ~ the Cars ('78)
17. born to run ~ Bruce Springsteen ('75)
18. never mind the bollocks, here's the sex pistols ~ Sex Pistols ('77)
19. l.a. woman ~ the Doors ('71)
20. rocket to russia ~ the Ramones ('77)
21. exile on main street ~ the Rolling Stones ('72)
22. rumours ~ Fleetwood Mac ('77)
23. who's next ~ the Who ('71)
24. blue ~ Joni Mitchell ('71)
25. paranoid ~ Black Sabbath ('70)
26. electric warrior ~ T. Rex ('71)
27. exodus ~ Bob Marley & the Wailers ('77)
28. let it be ~ the Beatles ('70)
29. 52nd street ~ Billy Joel ('78)
30. bridge over troubled water ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('70)
31. sticky fingers ~ the Rolling Stones ('71)
32. harvest ~ Neil Young ('72)
33. toys in the attic ~ Aerosmith ('75)
34. blood on the tracks ~ Bob Dylan ('75)
35. houses of the holy ~ Led Zeppelin ('73)
36. fly like an eagle ~ Steve Miller Band ('76)
37. some girls ~ the Rolling Stones ('78)
38. goodbye yellow brick road ~ Elton John ('73)
39. hotel california ~ the Eagles ('76)
40. slowhand ~ Eric Clapton ('77)
41. pearl ~ Janis Joplin ('71)
42. bad co. ~ Bad Company ('74)
43. aja ~ Steely Dan ('77)
44. boston ~ Boston ('77)
45. greatest hits ~ Al Green ('75)
46. running on empty ~ Jackson Browne ('78)
47. so far ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ('74)
48. tapestry ~ Carole King ('71)
49. teaser and the firecat ~ Cat Stevens ('71)
50. abraxas ~ Santana ('70)

50 Best Albums of the 60s

1. sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band ~ the Beatles ('67)
2. led zeppelin II ~ Led Zeppelin ('69)
3. are you experienced? ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('67)
4. white album ~ the Beatles ('68)
5. the doors ~ the Doors ('67)
6. abbey road ~ the Beatles ('69)
7. the complete recordings ~ Robert Johnson ('61)
8. bookends ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('68)
9. the velvet underground & nico ~ the Velvet Underground ('67)
10. let it bleed ~ the Rolling Stones ('69)
11. at folsom prison ~ Johnny Cash ('68)
12. green river ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
13. strange days ~ the Doors ('67)
14. stand! ~ Sly & the Family Stone ('69)
15. strangers in the night ~ Frank Sinatra ('66)
16. pet sounds ~ the Beach Boys ('66)
17. moondance ~ Van Morrison ('69)
18. live at the apollo ~ James Brown ('63)
19. tommy ~ the Who ('69)
20. the freewheelin' bob dylan ~ Bob Dylan ('63)
21. revolver ~ the Beatles ('66)
22. the chicago transit authority ~ Chicago ('69)
23. beggars banquet ~ the Rolling Stones ('68)
24. if you can believe your eyes... ~ the Mama's & the Papa's ('66)
25. highway 61 revisited ~ Bob Dylan ('65)
26. led zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin ('69)
27. at san quentin ~ Johnny Cash ('69)
28. yesterday and today ~ the Beatles ('66)
29. electric ladyland ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('68)
30. the sounds of silence ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('68)
31. meet the beatles! ~ the Beatles ('64)
32. the band ~ the Band ('69)
33. aftermath ~ the Rolling Stones ('66)
34. hair ~ the original broadway cast recording ('68)
35. a hard day's night ~ the Beatles ('64)
36. i never loved a man the way i love you ~ Aretha Franklin ('67)
37. blonde on blonde ~ Bob Dylan ('66)
38. astral weeks ~ Van Morrison ('68)
39. bayou country ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
40. disraeli gears ~ Cream ('67)
41. out of our heads ~ the Rolling Stones ('65)
42. axis: bold as love ~ the Jimi Hendrix Experience ('67)
43. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme ~ Simon & Garfunkel ('66)
44. bringing it all back home ~ Bob Dylan ('65)
45. forever changes ~ Love ('67)
46. help! ~ the Beatles ('65)
47. waiting for the sun ~ the Doors ('68)
48. santana ~ Santana ('69)
49. willie and the poor boys ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival ('69)
50. dusty in memphis ~ Dusty Springfield ('69)