Scott's Favorite Albums: 1965-1999
1965
1 HELP! - The Beatles 2 RUBBER SOUL - The Beatles 3 OUT OF OUR HEADS - The Rolling Stones 4 GOING TO A GO-GO - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 5 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED - Bob Dylan 6 THE WHO SING MY GENERATION - The Who 7 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN - The Byrds 8 THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Simon and Garfunkel 9 KINKS SIZE - The Kinks 10 THE TEMPTATIONS SING SMOKEY - The Temptations 11 TURN TURN TURN - The Byrds 12 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME - Bob Dylan 13 THEM - Them 14 SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) - The Beach Boys 15 OTIS BLUE - Otis Redding 16 DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY'S) - The Rolling Stones 17 POPPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG - James Brown 18 OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN - The Yardbirds 19 FOUR TOPS' SECOND ALBUM - The Four Tops 20 I AIN'T A-MARCHIN' NO MORE - Phil Ochs
1966
1 REVOLVER - The Beatles 2 PET SOUNDS - The Beach Boys 3 BLONDE ON BLONDE - Bob Dylan 4 MORE OF THE MONKEES - The Monkees 5 AFTERMATH - The Rolling Stones 6 WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA - The Left Banke 7 5D - The Byrds 8 IF YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS - The Mamas and the Papas 9 SHAPES OF THINGS - The Yardbirds 10 HAPPY JACK - The Who 11 PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME - Simon and Garfunkel 12 SOPHISTICATED BEGGAR - Roy Harper 13 BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - Buffalo Springfield 14 THE EXCITING WILSON PICKETT - Wilson Pickett 15 I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) - James Brown 16 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - Donovan 17 I FOUGHT THE LAW - The Bobby Fuller Four 18 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF - Jefferson Airplane 19 THE MONKEES - The Monkees 20 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - The Lovin' Spoonful 1967
1 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - The Beatles 2 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - Jimi Hendrix Experience 3 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO - The Velvet Underground 4 THE DOORS - The Doors 5 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN - Pink Floyd 6 NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU - Aretha Franklin 7 PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. - The Monkees 8 THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST - The Rolling Stones 9 SOMETHING ELSE - The Kinks 10 SURREALISTIC PILLOW - Jefferson Airplane 11 SMILEY SMILE - The Beach Boys 12 MOBY GRAPE - Moby Grape 13 DISRAELI GEARS - Cream 14 THE WHO SELL OUT - The Who 15 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Procol Harum 16 STRANGE DAYS - The Doors 17 INSIGHT OUT - The Association 18 EVOLUTION - The Hollies 19 HEADQUARTERS - The Monkees 20 SIDE TRIPS - The Kaleidoscope
1968
1 THE BEATLES - The Beatles 2 BEGGARS BANQUET - The Rolling Stones 3 FOREVER CHANGES - Love 4 BOOKENDS - Simon and Garfunkel 5 WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT - The Velvet Underground 6 ODESSEY AND ORACLE - The Zombies 7 MUSIC FROM BIG PINK - The Band 8 ASTRAL WEEKS - Van Morrison 9 THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - The Kinks 10 CROWN OF CREATION - Jefferson Airplane 11 THE BIRDS, THE BEES AND THE MONKEES - The Monkees 12 A SAUCERFULL OF SECRETS - Pink Floyd 13 WHEELS OF FIRE - Cream 14 AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE - Jimi Hendrix Experience 15 HURDY GURDY MAN - Donovan 16 NAZZ - The Nazz 17 THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER - Spirit 18 HEAD - The Monkees 19 THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding 20 OGDEN'S NUT GONE FLAKE - The Small Faces
1969
1 ABBEY ROAD - The Beatles 2 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground 3 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE - Neil Young 4 TOMMY - The Who 5 LET IT BLEED - The Rolling Stones 6 CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH - Crosby, Stills and Nash 7 LED ZEPPELIN II - Led Zeppelin 8 NAZZ NAZZ - The Nazz 9 ARTHUR - The Kinks 10 THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS - The Byrds 11 STAND - Sly and the Family Stone 12 THE STOOGES - Iggy and the Stooges 13 WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS - Creedence Clearwater Revival 14 IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - King Crimson 15 LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin 16 SHAZAM - The Move 17 MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC - Badfinger 18 MAN OF WORDS, MAN OF MUSIC - David Bowie 19 HAIR - (Soundtrack) 20 UNCLE MEAT - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
1970
1 LET IT BE - The Beatles 2 LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS - Derek and the Dominoes 3 ALL THINGS MUST PASS - George Harrison 4 LOLA VS. POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND - The Kinks 5 JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND - John Lennon 6 MONA BONE JAKON - Cat Stevens 7 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Neil Young 8 LOADED - The Velvet Underground 9 NO DICE - Badfinger 10 TWELVE DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS - Spirit 11 LED ZEPPELIN III - Led Zeppelin 12 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon and Garfunkel 13 McCARTNEY - Paul McCartney 14 COSMO'S FACTORY - Creedence Clearwater Revival 15 THE MADCAP LAUGHS - Syd Barrett 16 ABC - The Jackson Five 17 KILN HOUSE - Fleetwood Mac 18 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - David Bowie 19 SHAFT - Isaac Hayes 20 FUNHOUSE - Iggy and the Stooges
1971
1 WHO'S NEXT - The Who 2 ZOSO @ % $ - Led Zeppelin 3 EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY - Rod Stewart 4 STICKY FINGERS - The Rolling Stones 5 IMAGINE - John Lennon 6 HUNKY DORY - David Bowie 7 TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN - Cat Stevens 8 L.A. WOMAN - The Doors 9 STRAIGHT UP - Badfinger 10 RAM - Paul McCartney 11 THE YES ALBUM - Yes 12 ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton 13 MEDDLE - Pink Floyd 14 BALLAD OF TODD RUNDGREN - Todd Rundgren 15 WHAT'S GOING ON - Marvin Gaye 16 AQUALUNG - Jethro Tull 17 200 MOTELS - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 18 BLUE - Joni Mitchell 19 TEASER AND THE FIRECAT - Cat Stevens 20 EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
1972
1 EXILE ON MAIN STREET - The Rolling Stones 2 THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS - David Bowie 3 SOMETHING/ANYTHING - Todd Rundgren 4 TALKING BOOK - Stevie Wonder 5 #1 RECORD - Big Star 6 ROXY MUSIC - Roxy Music 7 CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Yes 8 CAN'T BUY A THRILL - Steely Dan 9 FRAGILE - Yes 10 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Mott the Hoople 11 HENRY THE HUMAN FLY - Richard Thompson 12 HONKY CHATEAU - Elton John 13 LIVING IN THE PAST - Jethro Tull 14 GLITTER - Gary Glitter 15 HARVEST - Neil Young 16 SUPERFLY - Curtis Mayfield 17 RASPBERRIES - The Raspberries 18 PARANOID - Black Sabbath 19 STILL BILL - Bill Withers 20 THE SLIDER - T. Rex
1973
1 FOR YOUR PLEASURE - Roxy Music 2 HOUSES OF THE HOLY - Led Zeppelin 3 ALADDIN SANE - David Bowie 4 HERE COME THE WARM JETS - Eno 5 COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY - Steely Dan 6 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John 7 RAW POWER - Iggy and the Stooges 8 INNERVISIONS - Stevie Wonder 9 A WIZARD/A TRUE STAR - Todd Rundgren 10 QUADROPHENIA - The Who 11 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd 12 THE NEW YORK DOLLS - The New York Dolls 13 MOTT - Mott the Hoople 14 GOATS HEAD SOUP - The Rolling Stones 15 BERLIN - Lou Reed 16 BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney and Wings 17 FERGUSLIE PARK - Stealers Wheel 18 ABOUT US - The Stories 19 BRAIN SALAD SURGERY - Emerson, Lake and Palmer 20 EUPHRATES RIVER - The Main Ingredient
1974
1 RADIO CITY - Big Star 2 DIAMOND DOGS - David Bowie 3 SHEER HEART ATTACK - Queen 4 PRETZEL LOGIC - Steely Dan 5 KIMONO MY HOUSE - Sparks 6 WISH YOU WERE HERE - Badfinger 7 STRANDED - Roxy Music 8 COUNTRY LIFE - Roxy Music 9 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - Bob Dylan 10 FEAR - John Cale 11 ELDORADO - Electric Light Orchestra 12 RAGS TO RUFUS - Rufus 13 COURT AND SPARK - Joni Mitchell 14 WALLS AND BRIDGES - John Lennon 15 MOONTAN - Golden Earring 16 BADFINGER - Badfinger 17 MUSCLE OF LOVE - Alice Cooper 18 ODDS AND SODS - The Who 19 TOYS IN THE ATTIC - Aerosmith 20 TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY) - Eno
1975
1 THIRD (SISTER LOVERS) - Big Star 2 HORSES - Patti Smith Group 3 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin 4 SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE - The Kinks 5 SIREN - Roxy Music 6 THE WHO BY NUMBERS - The Who 7 WISH YOU WERE HERE - Pink Floyd 8 I AM THE COSMOS - Chris Bell 9 THE TUBES - The Tubes 10 BORN TO RUN - Bruce Springsteen 11 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY - Elton John 12 KILL CITY - Iggy Pop and James Williamson 13 ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - Eno 14 YOUNG AMERICANS - David Bowie 15 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA - Queen 16 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Neil Young 17 FACE THE MUSIC - Electric Light Orchestra 18 KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE - Kate and Anna McGarrigle 19 NIGHTBIRDS - Labelle 20 RED OCTOPUS - Jefferson Starship
1976
1 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2 RAMONES - Ramones 3 THE MODERN LOVERS - The Modern Lovers 4 STATION TO STATION - David Bowie 5 AGENTS OF FORTUNE - Blue Oyster Cult 6 SINCERELY - Dwight Twilley Band 7 THE SNEAKERS e.p. - Sneakers 8 SAY IT AIN'T SO - Murray Head 9 DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED - The Damned 10 SHAKE SOME ACTION - The Flamin' Groovies 11 SMALL CHANGE - Tom Waits 12 FAITHFUL - Todd Rundgren 13 DREAMBOAT ANNIE - Heart 14 ARRIVAL - Abba 15 PRESENCE - Led Zeppelin 16 BLACK AND BLUE - The Rolling Stones 17 NEW WORLD RECORD - Electric Light Orchestra 18 BOSTON - Boston 19 FLEETWOOD MAC - Fleetwood Mac 20 POSITIVE VIBRATION - Bob Marley and the Wailers
1977
1 LUST FOR LIFE - Iggy Pop 2 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS - Sex Pistols 3 MY AIM IS TRUE - Elvis Costello 4 HEROES - David Bowie 5 MARQUEE MOON - Television 6 LOW - David Bowie 7 THE IDIOT - Iggy Pop 8 TALKING HEADS '77 - Talking Heads 9 ANIMALS - Pink Floyd 10 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE - Brian Eno 11 THE KICK INSIDE - Kate Bush 12 THE CLASH - The Clash 13 CHEAP TRICK - Cheap Trick 14 ARE YOU SERIOUS? - Van Duren 15 I REMEMBER YESTERDAY - Donna Summer 16 PINK FLAG - Wire 17 IV RATTUS NORVEGICUS - The Stranglers 18 RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac 19 IN YOUR MIND - Bryan Ferry 20 SINGER NOT THE SONG e.p. - Alex Chilton
1978
1 THIS YEAR'S MODEL - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 2 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD - Talking Heads 3 Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO - Devo 4 THE CARS - The Cars 5 THE MODERN DANCE - Pere Ubu 6 PARALLEL LINES - Blondie 7 WILLIE ALEXANDER AND THE BOOM BOOM BAND - Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band 8 SOME GIRLS - The Rolling Stones 9 SO ALONE - Johnny Thunders 10 HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW - Todd Rundgren 11 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN - Bruce Springsteen 12 PUBLIC IMAGE - Public Image Ltd. 13 HEAVEN TONIGHT - Cheap Trick 14 YOU'RE GONNA GET IT - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 15 JESUS OF COOL (PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE) - Nick Lowe 16 ADVENTURE - Television 17 EXCITABLE BOY - Warren Zevon 18 PETER GABRIEL (SECOND ALBUM, 1978) - Peter Gabriel 19 DAVID GILMOUR - David Gilmour 20 LISTEN NOW - 801
1979
1 THE B-52'S - The B-52's 2 154 - Wire 3 GET THE KNACK - The Knack 4 DRUMS AND WIRES - XTC 5 FEAR OF MUSIC - Talking Heads 6 SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS - Graham Parker and the Rumour 7 ENTERTAINMENT! - Gang of Four 8 I'M THE MAN - Joe Jackson 9 RUST NEVER SLEEPS - Neil Young 10 OUTLANDOS D'AMORE - The Police 11 THE AVENGERS e.p. - The Avengers 12 ARMED FORCES - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 13 CAN OF BEES - The Soft Boys 14 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR - Led Zeppelin 15 CANDY-O - The Cars 16 NEW VALUES - Iggy Pop 17 DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE - Devo 18 UNKNOWN PLEASURES - Joy Division 19 WAVE - Patti Smith Group 20 LABOUR OF LUST - Nick Lowe
1980
1 PRETENDERS - Pretenders 2 GET HAPPY!! - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 3 UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT - The Soft Boys 4 I JUST CAN'T STOP IT - The English Beat 5 REMAIN IN LIGHT - Talking Heads 6 CROCODILES - Echo and the Bunnymen 7 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS - Dexy's Midnight Runners 8 THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS - The Psychedelic Furs 9 WALL OF VOODOO e.p. - Wall of Voodoo 10 BLACK SEA - XTC 11 CRAZY RHYTHMS - The Feelies 12 FREEDOM OF CHOICE - Devo 13 SCARY MONSTERS - David Bowie 14 LOS ANGELES - X 15 LIKE FLIES ON SHERBERT - Alex Chilton 16 METAL BOX (SECOND EDITION) - Public Image Ltd. 17 LONDON CALLING - The Clash 18 DOUBLE FANTASY - John Lennon 19 CATHOLIC BOY - Jim Carroll Band 20 CLOSER - Joy Division
1981
1 STANDS FOR DECIBELS - The dB's 2 TRUST - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 3 PRETENDERS II - Pretenders 4 IT'S A CONDITION - Romeo Void 5 SIGNALS, CALLS AND MARCHES - Mission of Burma 6 NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET - Soft Cell 7 WILD GIFT - X 8 TATTOO YOU - The Rolling Stones 9 THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDMASTER FLASH ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL - Grandmaster Flash 10 BEAUTY AND THE BEAT - The Go-Go's 11 TOM TOM CLUB - Tom Tom Club 12 NO REGRETS - SVT 13 HARD PROMISES - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 14 OF SKINS AND HEART - The Church 15 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES - Marianne Faithfull 16 HONI SOIT - John Cale 17 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - Adam and the Ants 18 STREET SONGS - Rick James 19 DAMAGED - Black Flag 20 BLACK SNAKE DIAMOND ROLE - Robyn Hitchcock
1982
1 IMPERIAL BEDROOM - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 2 THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - The Dream Syndicate 3 REPERCUSSION - The dB's 4 CHRONIC TOWN e.p. - REM 5 THE DREAMING - Kate Bush 6 ENGLISH SETTLEMENT - XTC 7 BIG SCIENCE - Laurie Anderson 8 AVALON - Roxy Music 9 GOOD CLEAN FUN - Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo 10 1999 - Prince 11 THRILLER - Michael Jackson 12 HEARTBEATS AND TRIGGERS - Translator 13 SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE - The English Beat 14 SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS - Richard and Linda Thompson 15 GREEN ON RED e.p. - Green On Red 16 LIFE IN A DAY - Simple Minds 17 THE SALVATION ARMY - The Salvation Army 18 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Chris Stamey 19 NEVER SAY NEVER e.p. - Romeo Void 20 COMBAT ROCK - The Clash
1983
1 MURMUR - REM 2 SIXTEEN TAMBOURINES - The Three O'Clock 3 AFOOT e.p. - Let's Active 4 BANGLES e.p. - Bangles 5 LEARNING TO CRAWL - Pretenders 6 EMERGENCY THIRD RAIL POWER TRIP - The Rain Parade 7 METAL CIRCUS - Husker Du 8 THE VIOLENT FEMMES - The Violent Femmes 9 SHOCK WAVES - Katrina and the Waves 10 THE CROSSING - Big Country 11 LET'S DANCE - David Bowie 12 POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES - New Order 13 SPEAKING IN TONGUES - Talking Heads 14 SYNCHRONICITY - The Police 15 EVERYTHING AT ONCE - Plimsouls 16 SHE'S SO UNUSUAL - Cyndi Lauper 17 BEAUTY AND SADNESS e.p. - The Smithereens 18 TRUE WEST e.p. - True West 19 HOOTENANNY - The Replacements 20 THE MEDICINE SHOW - The Dream Syndicate 1984
1984
1 PURPLE RAIN - Prince 2 LET IT BE - The Replacements 3 ALL OVER THE PLACE - Bangles 4 THE SMITHS - The Smiths 5 CYPRESS - Let's Active 6 LIKE THIS - The dB's 7 RECKONING - REM 8 I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS - Robyn Hitchcock 9 MEAT PUPPETS II - Meat Puppets 10 KENDRA SMITH, DAVID ROBACK, KEITH MITCHELL e.p. - Kendra Smith, David Roback, Keith Mitchell 11 BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST - Don Henley 12 INSTANT EXCITEMENT e.p. - Chris Stamey 13 OCEAN RAIN - Echo and the Bunnymen 14 PRIVATE DANCER - Tina Turner 15 ZEN ARCADE - Husker Du 16 LOVE AND POLITICS - The X-Teens 17 PLACES THAT ARE GONE e.p. - Tommy Keene 18 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - U2 19 BORN IN THE U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen 20 SLUGBUCKETHAIRYMONSTERBREATH - Tall Dwarfs
1985
1 WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BIG MAN - Guadalcanal Diary 2 EXPLORING THE AXIS - Thin White Rope 3 ARRIVE WITHOUT TRAVELING - The Three O'Clock 4 MEAT IS MURDER - The Smiths 5 FEGMANIA - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 6 CINEMA VERITE - Dramarama 7 FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION - REM 8 UP ON THE SUN - Meat Puppets 9 TRANSLATE SLOWLY - Zeitgeist 10 THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE - The Fall 11 OIL AND GOLD - Shriekback 12 PSYCHOCANDY - The Jesus and Mary Chain 13 LITTLE CREATURES - Talking Heads 14 FLIP YOUR WIG - Husker Du 15 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR - Tears For Fears 16 TELEPHONE FREE LANDSLIDE VICTORY - Camper Van Beethoven 17 ROCKIN' AND ROMANCE - Jonathan Richman 18 RAIN DOGS - Tom Waits 19 STEVE McQUEEN (TWO WHEELS GOOD) - Prefab Sprout 20 DIFFERENT LIGHT - Bangles
1986
1 BIG PLANS FOR EVERYBODY - Let's Active 2 IN EXCELSIOR DAYGLO - Christmas 3 FREE DIRT - Died Pretty 4 LIFES RICH PAGEANT - REM 5 BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 6 SKYLARKING - XTC 7 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - The Smithereens 8 THE QUEEN IS DEAD - The Smiths 9 KING OF AMERICA - Elvis Costello 10 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - Camper Van Beethoven 11 ALL NIGHT LOTUS PARTY - Volcano Suns 12 BROTHERHOOD - New Order 13 ALBUM - Public Image Ltd. 14 RUN - The Windbreakers 15 JAMBOREE - Guadalcanal Diary 16 HEYDAY - The Church 17 ELEMEN OPEE ELPEE - LMNOP 18 GRACELAND - Paul Simon 19 ELEMENT OF LIGHT - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 20 PARADE - Prince
1987
1 DOCUMENT - REM 2 THE OPHELIAS - The Ophelias 3 MOONHEAD - Thin White Rope 4 IT'S ALRIGHT - Chris Stamey 5 STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME - The Smiths 6 BRAVE WORDS - The Chills 7 PLEASED TO MEET ME - The Replacements 8 BOYLAN HEIGHTS - The Connells 9 SIGN "O" THE TIMES - Prince 10 ALONE WITH DADDY - Daddy In His Deep Sleep 11 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - The dB's 12 KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME - The Cure 13 COME ON PILGRIM e.p. - Pixies 14 EARTH, SUN, MOON - Love and Rockets 15 HAPPY? - Public Image Ltd. 16 CLOUD NINE - George Harrison 17 THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 18 THE TURNING - Leslie Phillips 19 IN THE DARK - The Grateful Dead 20 THE IDEAL COPY - Wire
1988
1 NOTHING'S SHOCKING - Jane's Addiction 2 THE INDESCRIBABLE WOW - Sam Phillips 3 DIESEL AND DUST - Midnight Oil 4 LINCOLN - They Might Be Giants 5 EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY - Let's Active 6 DAYDREAM NATION - Sonic Youth 7 A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL IT IS STRUCK - Wire 8 SURFER ROSA - Pixies 9 BLUE BELL KNOLL - Cocteau Twins 10 STORYTELLING - Jonathan Segel 11 THE LION AND THE COBRA - Sinead O'Connor 12 OUR BELOVED REVOLUTIONARY SWEETHEART - Camper Van Beethoven 13 SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS - Sister Double Happiness 14 GREEN - REM 15 MY NATION UNDERGROUND - Julian Cope 16 VIVID - Living Color 17 GLOBE OF FROGS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 18 THE REAL THING - Faith No More 19 TRACY CHAPMAN - Tracy Chapman 20 LET IT BEE - Voice of the Beehive
1989
1 DOOLITTLE - Pixies 2 CLOUDLAND - Pere Ubu 3 KITE - Kirsty MacColl 4 ORANGES AND LEMONS - XTC 5 COSMIC THING - The B-52's 6 THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING - De La Soul 7 QUEEN ELVIS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 8 SPIKE - Elvis Costello 9 THE RAW AND THE COOKED - Fine Young Cannibals 10 THE BIG O - The Ophelias 11 BONA DRAG - Morrissey 12 13 SONGS - Fugazi 13 THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses 14 ULTRAPROPHETS OF THEE PSYKICK REVOLUTION - Christmas 15 MOTHER'S MILK - Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 WORKBOOK - Bob Mould 17 BLEACH - Nirvana 18 TIN MACHINE - Tin Machine 19 FREEDOM - Neil Young 20 HEAD - The Jesus Lizard
1990
1 SUBMARINE BELLS - The Chills 2 THE LA'S - The La's 3 BOSSA NOVA - Pixies 4 CHANCE - The Rave-Ups 5 DEAR 23 - The Posies 6 PERFECT SOUND FOREVER e.p. - Pavement 7 FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET - Public Enemy 8 A CATHOLIC EDUCATION - Teenage Fanclub 9 BELLYBUTTON - Jellyfish 10 SLOW - The Sneetches 11 RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL - Jane's Addiction 12 SACK FULL OF SILVER - Thin White Rope 13 RAGGED GLORY - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 14 HERE COMES THE GROOM - John Wesley Harding 15 BRICK BY BRICK - Iggy Pop 16 SOME FRIENDLY - Charlatans U.K. 17 FLOOD - They Might Be Giants 18 MEET THE BUNNY KING e.p. - The Billy Nayer Show 19 GOO - Sonic Youth 20 SEIZURE - Chris Knox
1991
1 NEVERMIND - Nirvana 2 BANDWAGONESQUE - Teenage Fanclub 3 LOVELESS - My Bloody Valentine 4 TROMPE LE MONDE - Pixies 5 BEYOND THE JAVA SEA - Metal Flake Mother 6 PEGGY SUICIDE - Julian Cope 7 GIRLFRIEND - Matthew Sweet 8 WORLDS IN COLLISION - Pere Ubu 9 OUT OF TIME - REM 10 SPOOKY - Lush 11 LEISURE - Blur 12 SEBADOH III - Sebadoh 13 DOUBT - Jesus Jones 14 JUNGLE FEVER (Soundtrack) - Stevie Wonder 15 EVERCLEAR - American Music Club 16 GENTLE - Anton Barbeau and the Joy Boys 17 SPIDERLAND - Slint 18 TEN - Pearl Jam 19 RUMOUR AND SIGH - Richard Thompson 20 DE LA SOUL IS DEAD - De La Soul
1992
1 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - REM 2 COPPER BLUE - Sugar 3 SLANTED AND ENCHANTED - Pavement 4 DRY - P.J. Harvey 5 RACKET - Sneakers 6 STULL e.p. - Urge Overkill 7 SWEET OBLIVION - The Screaming Trees 8 SWITCHED ON - Stereolab 9 POND - Pond 10 HORSESHOES AND HAND GRENADES - Chris Mars 11 APOLLO 18 - They Might Be Giants 12 PALOMINE - Bettie Serveert 13 LITTLE EARTHQUAKES - Tori Amos 14 IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY - Lemonheads 15 THE CHRONIC - Dr. Dre 16 & THE FALL OF THE MOPSQUEEZER! - Flop 17 WATERY, DOMESTIC e.p. - Pavement 18 HEY BABE - Juliana Hatfield 19 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Arrested Development 20 TELEVISION - Television
1993
1 EXILE IN GUYVILLE - Liz Phair 2 WHATEVER - Aimee Mann 3 FROSTING ON THE BEATER - The Posies 4 SATURATION - Urge Overkill 5 IN UTERO - Nirvana 6 FRANK BLACK - Frank Black 7 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY - Flop 8 STAR - Belly 9 BRING IT DOWN - Madder Rose 10 VORTEX - Christmas 11 SPILT MILK - Jellyfish 12 TELL IT TO YOURSELF - Matt Keating 13 SIAMESE DREAM - Smashing Pumpkins 14 LAST SPLASH - The Breeders 15 SUEDE - Suede 16 THIRTEEN - Teenage Fanclub 17 TOREADOR OF LOVE - Hazel 18 ICKY METTLE - Archers of Loaf 19 IN THRALL - Murray Attaway 20 MILLION SELLER - The Pooh Sticks
1994
1 BEE THOUSAND - Guided By Voices 2 BRUTAL YOUTH - Elvis Costello 3 WHIP-SMART - Liz Phair 4 WEEZER - Weezer 5 CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN - Pavement 6 TEENAGER OF THE YEAR - Frank Black 7 CARDINAL - Cardinal 8 AMERICAN THIGHS - Veruca Salt 9 MONSTER - REM 10 DEFINITELY MAYBE - Oasis 11 MELLOW GOLD - Beck 12 UNDER THE PINK - Tori Amos 13 INCONSIDERATE BITCH e.p. - Lisa Germano 14 SUPERUNKNOWN - Soundgarden 15 EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE - Echobelly 16 LIVE THROUGH THIS - Hole 17 TEENAGE SYMPHONIES TO GOD - Velvet Crush 18 BAKESALE - Sebadoh 19 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY - Lenny Kravitz 20 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Eugenius
1995
1 I'M WITH STUPID - Aimee Mann 2 BEN FOLDS FIVE - Ben Folds Five 3 WOWEE ZOWEE - Pavement 4 FOO FIGHTERS - Foo Fighters 5 (WHAT'S THE STORY?) MORNING GLORY - Oasis 6 ELASTICA - Elastica 7 ON - Echobelly 8 SPARKLE AND FADE - Everclear 9 WATERBUGS AND BEETLES - Anton Barbeau 10 MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS - Smashing Pumpkins 11 BLONDER AND BLONDER - The Muffs 12 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Presidents of the United States of America 13 IT'S HEAVY IN HERE - Eric Matthews 14 RADIO JEJUNE - The Sugarplastic 15 PLEASURE e.p. - Semisonic 16 WHAT FUN LIFE WAS - Bedhead 17 ONLY EVERYTHING - Juliana Hatfield 18 VEE VEE - Archers of Loaf 19 ALIEN LANES - Guided By Voices 20 JESUS WEPT - P.M. Dawn
1996
1 FIRST BAND ON THE MOON - The Cardigans 2 ONE MISSISSIPPI - Brendan Benson 3 AMAZING DISGRACE - The Posies 4 AIN'T MY LOOKOUT - Grifters 5 UNDER THE BUSHES UNDER THE STARS - Guided By Voices 6 HARMACY - Sebadoh 7 ON AVERY ISLAND - Neutral Milk Hotel 8 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Fountains of Wayne 9 COLOR OUT OF SPACE - The Favorite Color 10 MOSS ELIXIR - Robyn Hitchcock 11 NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI - REM 12 JASON FALKNER PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN - Jason Falkner 13 MUSIC FOR THE UNREALIZED FILM SCRIPT 'DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE' - The Olivia Tremor Control 14 THE FUN OF WATCHING FIREWORKS - American Analog Set 15 THE BURDENS OF BEING UPRIGHT - Tracy Bonham 16 BANG, THE EARTH IS ROUND - The Sugarplastic 17 BOB MOULD - Bob Mould 18 NOT IN MY AIRFORCE - Robert Pollard 19 THE GREAT DIVIDE - Semisonic 20 UPGRADE AND AFTERLIFE - Gastr del Sol
1997
1 EITHER/OR - Elliott Smith 2 IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER - Belle and Sebastian 3 POST MINSTREL SYNDROME - The Negro Problem 4 O.K. COMPUTER - Radiohead 5 SLUGGO! - Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins 6 FLAMING PIE - Paul McCartney 7 TONE SOUL EVOLUTION - The Apples In Stereo 8 BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS - Pavement 9 MAG EARWHIG! - Guided By Voices 10 STANDING STONE - Paul McCartney 11 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE - Spiritualized 12 I CAN HEAR THE HEART BEATING AS ONE - Yo La Tengo 13 THIS SOUNDS LIKE GOODBYE - Ken Stringfellow 14 RETREAT FROM THE SUN - That Dog 15 SONGS FROM NORTHERN BRITAIN - Teenage Fanclub 16 THE COLOR AND THE SHAPE - Foo Fighters 17 YOUNG TEAM - Mogwai 18 KON TIKI - Cotton Mather 19 TIME OUT OF MIND - Bob Dylan 20 IN IT FOR THE MONEY - Supergrass
1998
1 WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG - Liz Phair 2 XO - Elliott Smith 3 ACCELERATOR - Royal Trux 4 UP - REM 5 MUTATIONS - Beck 6 FEELING STRANGELY FINE - Semisonic 7 HOW IT FEELS TO BE SOMETHING ON - Sunny Day Real Estate 8 BRIGHT SIDE - John Easdale 9 GIRL BROS. - Girl Bros. 10 CORNERSTONE - Richard X. Heyman 11 MEZZANINE - Massive Attack 12 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Rufus Wainwright 13 IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA - Neutral Milk Hotel 14 SUCCESS - The Posies 15 CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD - Lucinda Williams 16 APARTMENT LIFE - Ivy 17 OVERCOME BY HAPPINESS - Pernice Brothers 18 THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP - Belle and Sebastian 19 EL OSO - Soul Coughing 20 THE LAST DOG AND PONY SHOW - Bob Mould
1999
1 69 LOVE SONGS - Magnetic Fields 2 JOYS AND CONCERNS - The Negro Problem 3 THE SOFT BULLETIN - The Flaming Lips 4 HOURS... - David Bowie 5 MAGNOLIA SOUNDTRACK - Aimee Mann 6 THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF REINHOLD MESSNER - Ben Folds Five 7 ANOMIE & BONHOMIE - Scritti Politti 8 BLACK FOLIAGE - The Olivia Tremor Control 9 CAN YOU STILL FEEL - Jason Falkner 10 A SPLENDID TRAY - Anton Barbeau 11 TERROR TWILIGHT - Pavement 12 THE 3-WAY - Lilys 13 DO THE COLLAPSE! - Guided By Voices 14 APPLE VENUS - XTC 15 UTOPIA PARKWAY - Fountains of Wayne 16 APPLESAUCER - Applesaucer 17 THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE - Foo Fighters 18 MULE VARIATIONS - Tom Waits 19 CAREFUL HOW YOU GO - The Solipsistics 20 CALIFORNICATION - Red Hot Chili Peppers