1001 albums you must hear before you die

 

The 1990s

 
1 Barry Adamson Oedipus Schmoedipus 1996 2 Afghan whigs Gentlemen 1993 3 Air Moon safari 1997 4 Alice in chains Dirt 1992 5 Tori Amos Little earthquakes 1992 6 Aphex twin Selected ambient works 85-92 1992 7 Fiona Apple Tidal 1996 8 Arrested development 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of ... 1992 9 Ash 1977 1996 10 Auteurs New wave 1993 11 Basement jaxx Remedy 1999 12 Beastie boys Ill communication 1994 13 Beck Odelay 1996 14 Belle and Sebastian If you're feeling sinister 1996 15 Belle and Sebastian Tigermilk 1999 16 Björk Debut 1993 17 Black crowes Shake your money maker 1990 18 Frank Black Teenager of the year 1994 19 Blur Blur 1996 20 Blur Modern life is rubbish 1993 21 Blur Parklife 1994 22 Boards of Canada Music has the right to children 1998 23 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy I see a darkness 1999 24 Boo radleys Giant steps 1993 25 Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid avenue 1998 26 Jeff Buckley Grace 1994 27 Buena vista social club Buena vista social club 1997 28 L.T.J. Bukem Presents logical progression 1996 29 Cardigans First band on the moon 1996 30 Mariah Carey Butterfly 1997 31 Nick Cave and the Bad seeds Henry's dream 1992 32 Nick Cave and the Bad seeds Murder ballads 1996 33 Nick Cave and the Bad seeds The boatman's call 1997 34 Manu Chao Clandestino 1998 35 Charlatans Tellin' stories 1997 36 Chemical brothers Dig your own hole 1997 37 Chemical brothers Exit planet dust 1995 38 Cocteau twins Heaven or Las Vegas 1990 39 Julian Cope Peggy suicide 1991 40 Cornershop When I was born for the seventh time 1997 41 Elvis Costello Brutal youth 1994 42 Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club 1993 43 Crowded house Woodface 1991 44 Cypress hill Cypress hill 1991 45 Daft punk Homework 1996 46 Dandy Warhols Dandy Warhols 1997 47 D'Angelo Brown sugar 1995 48 Death in Vegas The Contino sessions 1999 49 Deee-lite World clique 1990 50 Depeche mode Violator 1990 51 Digital underground Sex packets 1990 52 Disposable heroes of hiphoprisy Hiphoprisy is the greatest luxury 1992 53 Divine comedy A short album about love 1997 54 Divine comedy Casanova 1996 55 DJ Shadow Endtroducing 1996 56 Dr. Dre The chronic 1992 57 Dr. Octagon Ecologyst 1996 58 Drive like Jehu Yank crime 1994 59 Bob Dylan The bootleg series, vol. 4 Live 1966 the Royal Albert hall 1998 60 Bob Dylan Time out of mind 1997 61 eels Beautiful freak 1996 62 Elastica Elastica 1995 63 Missy Elliott Supa dupa fly 1997 64 Eminem The slim shady lp 1999 65 Everything but the girl Walking wounded 1996 66 Fall The infotainment scan 1993 67 Fatboy Slim Better living through chemistry 1996 68 Fatboy Slim You've come a long way 1998 69 Flaming lips The soft bulletin 1999 70 Foo fighters Foo fighters 1995 71 Fugees The score 1996 72 Fun lovin' criminals Come find yourself 1996 73 Gang starr Step in the arena 1990 74 Garbage Garbage 1995 75 Genius/GZA Liquid swords 1995 76 Girls against boys Venus luxure no. 1 baby 1993 77 Goldie Timeless 1995 78 Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy 1993 79 David Gray White ladder 1999 80 Green day Dookie 1994 81 Guided by voices Alian lanes 1995 82 Happy mondays Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches 1990 83 PJ Harvey Dry 1992 84 PJ Harvey Rid of me 1993 85 Lauryn Hill The miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998 86 Hole Celebrity skin 1998 87 Hole Live through this 1994 88 David Holmes Let's get killed 1997 89 Ice Cube Amerikkka's most wanted 1990 90 Ice Cube The predator 1992 91 Ice-T Original gangster 1991 92 Incubus Make yourself 1999 93 Jamiroquai Emergency on planet earth 1993 94 Jane's addiction Ritual de lo habitual 1990 95 Jeru the Damaja The sun rises in the East 1994 96 Khaled Kenza 1999 97 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Devotional songs 1992 98 Kid Rock Devil without a cause 1999 99 KLF The white room 1991 100 Korn Follow the leader 1998 101 Femi Kuti Femi Kuti 1995 102 L.L. Cool J Mama said knock you out 1990 103 k.d. Lang Ingenué 1992 104 La's The La's 1990 105 Leftfield Leftism 1995 106 Lemonheads It's a shame about Ray 1992 107 G. Love & Special sauce G. Love & Special sauce 1994 108 Baaba Maal Lam toro 1992 109 Madonna Ray of light 1998 110 Magnetic fields 69 love songs 1999 111 Manic street preachers Everything must go 1996 112 Manic street preachers The holy bible 1994 113 Aimee Mann Whatever 1993 114 Marilyn Manson Antichrist superstar 1996 115 Massive attack Blue lines 1991 116 Massive attack Protection 1994 117 Maxwell Urban hang suite 1996 118 MC Solaar Qui seme le vent recolte le temple 1992 119 Megadeth Rust in peace 1990 120 Mercury rev The deserter's song 1998 121 Metallica Metallica 1991 122 Metallica S & M 1999 123 Method man Tical 1994 124 George Michael Listen without prejudice, vol. 1 1990 125 Ministry Psalm 69 : the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs 1992 126 Moby Play 1999 127 Alanis Morissette Jagged little pill 1995 128 Morrissey Vauxhal and I 1994 129 Morrissey Your Arsenal 1992 130 Mudhoney Every good boy deserves fudge 1991 131 My bloody Valentine Loveless 1991 132 Nas Illmatic 1994 133 Nightmares on wax Smokers delight 1995 134 Nine inch nails The downward spiral 1994 135 Nirvana In utero 1993 136 Nirvana Nevermind 1991 137 Nirvana Unplugged in New York 1994 138 Notorious B.I.G. Ready to die 1994 139 Oasis (What's the story) Morning glory? 1995 140 Oasis Definitely maybe 1994 141 Sinéad O'Connor I do not want what I haven't got 1990 142 Offspring Smash 1994 143 Koffi Olomide Haut de gamme : Koweit rive gauche 1994 144 William Orbit Strange cargo 1988 145 Orbital Orbital (= "the brown album") 1993 146 Orbital Snivilisation 1994 147 Beth Orton Central reservation 1999 148 Pantera Vulgar display of power 1990 149 Pavement Crooked rain, crooked rain 1994 150 Pavement Slanted and enchanted 1992 151 Pearl jam Ten 1991 152 Pet shop boys Behaviour 1990 153 Pet shop boys Very 1993 154 Liz Phair Exile in Guyville 1993 155 Pharcyde Bizarre ride II The Pharcyde 1992 156 Pixies Bossanova 1990 157 Portishead Dummy 1994 158 Primal scream Screamadelica 1991 159 Primal scream Vanishing point 1997 160 Prodigy Music for the jilted generation 1994 161 Prodigy The fat of the land 1997 162 Public enemy Apocalypse 91, the enemy strikes black 1991 163 Public enemy Fear of a black planet 1990 164 Pulp Different class 1995 165 Pulp This is hardcore 1998 166 Finley Quaye Maverick a strike 1997 167 Queens of the Stone age Queens of the Stone age 1998 168 R.E.M. Automatic for the people 1992 169 Radiohead OK computer 1997 170 Radiohead The bends 1995 171 Raekwon Only built 4 Cuban linx 1995 172 Rage against the machine Rage against the machine 1992 173 Red hot chili peppers Blood sugar sex magik 1991 174 Red hot chili peppers Californication 1999 175 Rhythmes digitales Dark dancer 1999 176 Ride Nowhere 1990 177 Rocket from the crypt Scream, Dracula, scream! 1995 178 Sabres of paradise Haunted dancehall 1994 179 Saint Etienne Foxbase alpha 1992 180 Nitin Sawhney Beyond skin 1999 181 Screaming trees Dust 1996 182 Sebadoh Bubble and scrap 1993 183 Sepultura Arise 1991 184 Sepultura Roots 1996 185 Shack H.M.S. Fable 1999 186 Shamen En-tact 1990 187 Sigur Rós Agaetis byrjun 2000 188 Talvin Singh OK 1998 189 Roni Size & Reprazent New forms 1997 190 Skunk anansie Post orgasmic chill 1999 191 Sleater-Kinney Dig me out 1997 192 Slint Spiderland 1991 193 Slipknot Slipknot 1999 194 Smashing pumpkins Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness 1995 195 Smashing pumpkins Siamese dream 1993 196 Elliott Smith Either/Or 1997 197 Snoop Doggy dogg Doggy style 1993 198 Sonic youth Dirty 1992 199 Sonic youth Goo 1990 200 Soundgarden Superunknown 1994 201 Britney Spears Baby, one more time 1999 202 Jon Spencer blues explosion Now I got worry 1996 203 Spiritualized Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space 1997 204 Spiritualized Lazer guided melodies 1992 205 Stereo mc's Connected 1992 206 Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup 1996 207 Suba Sao Paolo confessions 2000 208 Suede Dog man star 1994 209 Suede Suede 1993 210 Sugar Copper blue 1992 211 Super furry animals Fuzzy logic 1996 212 Supergrass I should coco 1995 213 Supergrass In it for the money 1997 214 System of a Down System of a down 1998 215 Teenage fanclub Bandwagonesque 1991 216 Le Tigre Le Tigre 1999 217 TLC Crazysexycool 1994 218 Tortoise Millions now living will never die 1996 219 Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu 1994 220 Travis The man who 1999 221 A Tribe called quest People's instinctive travels & the paths of rhythm 1990 222 A Tribe called quest The low end theory 1991 223 Tricky Maxinquaye 1995 224 Turbonegro Apocalypse dudes 1998 225 2 Pac Me against the world 1995 226 U2 Achtung baby 1991 227 Underworld Second toughest in the infants 1996 228 Verve A Northern soul 1995 229 Verve Urban hymns 1997 230 Tom Waits Bone machine 1992 231 Paul Weller Wild wood 1993 232 Wilco Being there 1996 233 Lucinda Williams Car wheels on a gravel road 1998 234 Robbie Williams Life thru a lens 1997 235 Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the heart Rising above bedlam 1992 236 Wu-Tang clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) 1993 237 Robert Wyatt Shleep 1997 238 XTC Apple Venus, volume 1 1999 239 Neil Young Ragged glory 1990   The 2000s
1 Ryan Adams Gold 2001 2 Ryan Adams Heartbreaker 2000 3 Christina Aguilera Stripped 2002 4 Air The virgin suicides (soundtrack) 2000 5 Arcade fire Funeral 2004 6 Avalanches Since I left you 2001 7 Badly Drawn boy The hour of bewilderbeast 2000 8 Erykah Badu Mama's gun 2000 9 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the hands 2004 10 Beck Guero 2005 11 Beck Sea change 2002 12 Bees Sunshine hit me 2001 13 Beta band Heroes to zeros 2004 14 Beta band Hot shots II 2001 15 Björk Medúlla 2004 16 Björk Vespertine 2001 17 Calexico Feast of wire 2003 18 Johnny Cash American IV : the man comes around 2002 19 Nick Cave and the Bad seeds Abattoir blues/The lyre of Orpheus 2004 20 Coldplay A rush of blood to the head 2002 21 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 22 MJ Cole Sincere 2000 23 Common Like water for chocolate 2000 24 Coral The Coral 2002 25 Darkness Permission to land 2003 26 Destiny's child Survivor 2001 27 Dizzee Rascal Boy in da corner 2003 28 Doves Lost souls 2000 29 Doves The last broadcast 2002 30 Drive-by truckers Southern rock opera 2001 31 Missy Elliott Under construction 2002 32 Eminem The Marshall Mathers lp 2000 33 50 Cent Get rich or die tryin' 2003 34 Flaming lips Yoshimi battles the pink robots 2002 35 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004 36 Giant sand Chore of enchantment 2000 37 Bebel Gilberto Tanto tempo 2000 38 Goldfrapp Felt mountain 2000 39 Gorillaz Gorillaz 2001 40 Gotan project La revancha del tango 2001 41 Cee-Lo Green Cee-lo Green is the soul machine 2004 42 Emmylou Harris Red dirt girl 2000 43 PJ Harvey Stories from the city, stories from the sea 2000 44 Hives Your new favourite band 2001 45 Icarus line Penance soiree 2004 46 Jay-Z The blueprint 2001 47 Norah Jones Come away with me 2002 48 Jurassic 5 Power in numbers 2002 49 Killers Hot fuss 2004 50 Kings of Leon A-ha shake heartbreak 2004 51 Kings of Leon Youth & young manhood 2003 52 Mike Ladd Welcome to the afterfuture 2000 53 Lambchop Nixon 2000 54 Ute Lemper Punishing kiss 2000 55 Liars They were wrong so we drowned 2004 56 Libertines The Libertines 2004 57 Lightning bolt Wonderful rainbow 2003 58 Limp bizkit Chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavored water 2000 59 Linkin park Hybrid theory 2001 60 M.I.A. Arular 2005 61 Madonna Music 2000 62 Mars volta De-loused in the comatorium 2003 63 Morrissey You are the quarry 2004 64 Ms. Dynamite A little deeper 2002 65 Mylo Destroy rock & roll 2004 66 N.E.R.D. Fly or die 2004 67 Outkast Speakerboxxx/the love below 2003 68 Outkast Stankonia 2000 69 Ozomatli Street signs 2004 70 Radiohead Amnesiac 2001 71 Radiohead Hail to the thief 2003 72 Radiohead Kid A 2000 73 Red snapper Our aim is to satisfy Red Snapper 2000 74 Roots Phrenology 2002 75 Röyksopp Melody a.m. 2001 76 Scissor sisters Scissor sisters 2004 77 Silver jews Bright flight 2001 78 Elliott Smith Figure 8 2000 79 Bruce Springsteen The rising 2002 80 Streets A grand don't come for free 2004 81 Strokes Is this it 2001 82 Super furry animals Rings around the world 2001 83 Thrills So much for the city 2003 84 Justin Timberlake Justified 2002 85 TV on the radio Desperate youth, blood thirsty babes 2004 86 U2 All that you can't leave behind 2000 87 Vines Highly evolved 2002 88 Rufus Wainwright Want one 2003 89 Rufus Wainwright Want two 2004 90 Gillian Welch Time (the revelator) 2001 91 Kanye West The college dropout 2004 92 White stripes Elephant 2002 93 White stripes Get behind me Satan 2005 94 White stripes White blood cells 2001 95 Wilco Yankee hotel Foxtrot 2002 96 Brian Wilson Smile 2004 97 Amy Winehouse Frank 2003 98 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to tell 2003 99 Zutons Who killed the Zutons? 2004