Sac's Top 125 Albums of the Last 25 Years

[Saccopoo]

In mirroring Spin's recent list, here's mine:

The Cult – “Love” (1985)
Tom Waits – “Rain Dogs” (1985)
Dire Straights – “Brothers in Arms” (1985)
Tears for Fears – “Songs from the Big Chair” (1985)
Kate Bush – “Hounds of Love” (1985)
The Smiths – “Meat is Murder” (1985)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Psychocandy” (1985)
Pre-Fab Sprout – “Two Wheels Good” (1985)
John Mellencamp – “Scarecrow” (1985)
Slayer – “Reign in Blood” (1986)
Robert Cray - "Strong Persuader" (1986)
Run-DMC – “Raising Hell” (1986)
Paul Simon – “Graceland” (1986)
Metallica – “Master of Puppets” (1986)
XTC – “Skylarking” (1986)
The Smiths – “The Queen is Dead” (1986)
Bon Jovi – “Slippery When Wet” (1986)
Peter Gabriel – “So” (1986)
Megadeth – “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?” (1986)
Depeche Mode – “Music For the Masses” (1987)
Guns and Roses – “Appetite for Destruction” (1987)
John Hiatt – “Bring the Family” (1987)
The Cure – “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me” (1987)
U2 – “The Joshua Tree” (1987)
Sonic Youth – “Sister” (1987)
New Order – “Substance” (1987)
Prince – “Sign of the Times” (1987)
REM – “Document” (1987)
The Smiths – “Strangeways, Here We Come” (1987)
Jane’s Addiction – “Nothing Shocking” (1988)
Public Enemy – “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” (1988)
NWA – “Straight Outta Compton” (1988)
The Pixies – “Surfer Rosa” (1988)
Enya – “Watermark” (1988)
Sonic Youth – “Daydream Nation” (1988)
Tracy Chapman – “Tracy Chapman” (1988)
Cowboy Junkies – “The Trinity Sessions” (1988)
Nine Inch Nails – “Pretty Hate Machine” (1989)
Faith No More – “The Real Thing” (1989)
De La Soul – “Three Feet High and Rising” (1989)
Beastie Boys – “Paul’s Boutique” (1989)
The Cure – “Disintegration” (1989)
The Stone Roses – “The Stone Roses” (1989)
The Pixies – “Doolittle” (1989)
Tom Petty – “Full Moon Fever” (1989)
Soundgarden – “Louder Than Love” (1989)
Social Distortion – “Social Distortion” (1990)
The Black Crowes – “Shake Your Money Maker” (1990)
Garth Brooks – “No Fences” (1990)
My Bloody Valentine – “Loveless” (1991)
Massive Attack – “Blue Lines” (1991)
Primal Scream – “Screamadelica” (1991)
Nirvana – “Nevermind” (1991)
Pearl Jam – “Ten” (1991)
Metallica – “The Black Album” (1991)
Matthew Sweet – “Girlfriend” (1991)
U2 – “Achtung Baby” (1991)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Blood Sex Sugar Magic” (1991)
De La Soul – “De La Soul is Dead” (1991)
Smashing Pumpkins – “Gish” (1991)
Fishbone – “Reality of My Surroundings” (1991)
Pavement – “Slanted & Enchanted” (1992)
REM – “Automatic for the People” (1992)
Los Lobos – “Kiko” (1992)
Pantera - "Vulgar Display of Power" (1992)
Rage Against the Machine – “Rage Against the Machine” (1992)
k.d. Lang – “Ingenue” (1992)
The Orb – “U.F.Orb” (1992)
Lyle Lovett – “Joshua Judges Ruth” (1992)
The Melvins - "Houdini" (1993)
Bjork – “Debut” (1993)
Nirvana – “In Utero” (1993)
Tiamat – “Wildhoney” (1994)
Portishead – “Dummy” (1994)
Jeff Buckley – “Grace” (1994)
Green Day – “Dookie” (1994)
Live – “Throwing Copper” (1994)
Ben Harper – “Welcome to the Cruel World” (1994)
Oasis – “Definitely Maybe” (1994)
Tricky – “Maxinquaye” (1995)
Oasis – “What’s the Story Morning Glory” (1995)
Alanis Morissette – “Jagged Little Pill” (1995)
Radiohead – “The Bends” (1995)
Beck – “Odelay” (1996)
Tool – “Aenima” (1996)
DJ Shadow – “Endtroducing” (1996)
Steve Earle – “I Feel Alright” (1996)
16 Horsepower – “Sackcloth & Ashes” (1996)
Sublime – “Sublime” (1996)
Radiohead – “OK Computer” (1997)
Shania Twain – “Come on Over” (1997)
Air – “Moon Safari” (1998)
Lucinda Williams – “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (1998)
Massive Attack – “Mezzanine” (1998)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In The Aeroplane Over the Sea” (1998)
The Beta Band – “Three EP’s” (1998)
Refused – “The Shape of Punk to Come” (1998)
The Flaming Lips – “The Soft Bulletin” (1999)
Moby – “Play” (1999)
Radiohead – “Kid A” (2000)
PJ Harvey – “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” (2000)
Coldplay – “Parachutes” (2000)
Goldfrapp – “Felt Mountain” (2000)
Opeth – “Blackwater Park” (2001)
Daftpunk – “Discovery” (2001)
The Strokes – “Is This It?” (2001)
The Shins – “Oh, Inverted World” (2001)
Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2002)
Jurassic 5 – “Power in Numbers” (2002)
Johnny Cash – “American Recordings IV: The Man Comes Around” (2002)
The Flaming Lips – “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002)
The White Stripes – “Elephant” (2003)
OutKast – “Speakerboxxx” (2003)
Michael Franti – “Songs From the Front Porch” (2003)
Radiohead – “Hail to the Thief” (2003)
Arcade Fire – “Funeral” (2004)
Green Day – “American Idiot” (2004)
The Killers – “Hot Fuss” (2004)
LCD Soundsystem – “The Sound of Silver” (2007)
The National – “Boxer” (2007)
Blonde Redhead – “23” (2007)
Okkervil River – “The Stage Names” (2007)
Iron & Wine – “The Shepards Dog” (2007)
Animal Collective – “Merriweather Post Pavilion” (2009)
Florence & the Machine – “Lungs” (2009)

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I kinda' see where you're coming from wrt PT/Radiohead now but I'd still never make a connection between them. They're too different, musically, to me.

Yeah, it all boils down to personal tastes. I think your list is a good one and that is taking into account that probably over half of the list is comprised of albums that I either dislike or don't give a darn about.

I don't think that "fantastic lexicon of albums" means what you think it means.

At least to me, there's not a huge stretch between PT and RH. There's a little prog in RH's stuff, both have some degree of pop at times, musically they are very adept and intricate and passionate. I wouldn't necessarily define PT as pure prog, especially albums such as Deadwing and In Absentia. Both are guitar driven, with PT being a bit more anthemic and chord heavy and RH being a bit more immediate, but, at least to me, they aren't so far apart, especially Stupid Dream, which, when it was released, was very Radioheadish in terms of it's overall sound (musically, vocally). But that was right on the heels of two of the best records ever in The Bends and OK Computer and there was obviously some influence from those albums on Dream, and as PT progressed, they developed a more unique sound which climaxed with Fear of a Blank Planet.

By lexicon, I was referring to the myriad of albums that each band has which represents it's work in totality. A signature of the band in terms of musicality which keeps them unique and distinct from other bands of their era.

And I did throw a couple of personal faves in there that might not be on some lists like The Melvins and Michael Franti (though I consider both of those albums superb and worthy regardless).

[ChiefFripp]

No Iron Maiden and they have Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' album listed rather than 'Mezzanine'!?

[Saccopoo]

I'm trying to figure out how to shoehorn Fugazi's "Repeater" and The Roots "Phrenology" onto the list...hmmm.

[kcxiv]

not a bad list, but i would have put >

Brotha Lynch Hung, Season of the Siccness on there. To me, there is no better rap album.

Nirvana- Unplugged- my favorite album of all time.

Korns-debut album

a few more, but i dont feel like typing anymore haha

[NewChief]

I like this list. Mojo's 100 'Modern' Classics:

Mojo 100 Modern Classics
(Released During The Lifetime Of Mojo Magazine Since Oct 1993)

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_...ern%20Classics

1. Jeff Buckley – Grace
2. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
3. Radiohead – Ok Computer
4. Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
5. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
6. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
7. Radiohead – Kid A
8. The White Stripes – Elephant
9. Nirvana – Mtv Unplugged In New York
10. Beck – Odelay
11. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatmans Call
12. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
13. Nirvana – In Utero
14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
15. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
16. Radiohead – The Bends
17. Johnny Cash – American III – Solitary Man
18. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
19. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
20. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See Darkness
21. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
22. Outcast – Speakerboxx/The Love Inside
23. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
24. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
25. P.J. Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
26. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
27. Air - Moon Safari
28. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
29. Madonna – Ray Of Light
30. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
31. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On Gravel Road
32. Beck – Mutations
33. The Strokes – Is This It
34. Soloman Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
35. Portishead – Dummy
36. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
37. Brian Wilson – Smile
38. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
39. Pulp – Different Class
40. P.J. Harvey – To Bring You My Love
41. Elvis Costello And The Imposters – The Delivery Man
42. Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – No Quarter – Unledded
43. Antonym And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
44. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
45. Kate Bush – Aerial
46. Supergrass – In It For The Money
47. Queens Of The Stonage – Rated R
48. Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
49. Gillian Welch – Time (The Reinventor)
50. Blur – Blur
51. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
52. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
53. Bjork – Post
54. Bastie Boys – Ill Communication
55. The Beta Band – The 3 Ep’s
56. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
57. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
58. R.E.M – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
59. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
60. Arcade Fire – Funeral
61. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
62. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
63. Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
64. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
65. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
66. Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Sleeps With Angels
67. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
68. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange
69. Aimee Mann – Lost In Space
70. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjan
71. Al Green – I Can’t Stop
72. Blur – Parklife
73. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues – The Lyre Of Orpheus
74. Nora Jones – Come Away With Me
75. The Verve – A Northern Soul
76. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
77. Tricky – Maxinquaye
78. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers Lp
79. Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
80. Guide By Voices – Bee Thousand
81. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
82. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
83. The Prodigy – Songs For The Jilted Generation
84. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
85. Salif Keita – Moffou
86. Paul Weller – Stanley Road
87. The Jayhawks – Sound Of Lies
88. R.L. Burnside – A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
89. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Californiacation
90. Maria Mckee – Life Is Sweet
91. Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
92. Manu Chao – Clandestine
93. System Of A Down – Toxicity
94. Michael Head And The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands
95. Rufus Wainwright – Poses
96. Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
97. D’angelo – Brown Sugar
98. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
99. Sizzla – Black Woman And Child
100. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head

[Useful Idiot]

even better still....

but a really bad list imo. Madonna - Ray of Light? wtf... c'mon, any Sarah McLachlan album is better than that. PJ Harvey is just yuck. Plus they picked the worst Sigur Ros album.

[MoreLemonPledge]

LOL at Speakerboxx/The Love Inside

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by MoreLemonPledge

LOL at Speakerboxx/The Love Inside

Was that a mixtape that I've been unaware of or something? An Outkast/Sugarland collaboration perhaps?

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Was that a mixtape that I've been unaware of or something? An Outkast/Sugarland collaboration perhaps?

They also called Gillian Welch's album Time (The Reinventor). It's actually called Time (The Revelator). I'm unsure if the mistake is mojo's or the people who republished the list (I'm betting the typo was made during the republication of the list on that site).

[MoreLemonPledge]

Originally Posted by NewPhin

They also called Gillian Welch's album Time (The Reinventor). It's actually called Time (The Revelator). I'm unsure if the mistake is mojo's or the people who republished the list (I'm betting the typo was made during the republication of the list on that site).

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation

[NewChief]

Antonym and the Johnsons.

Probably the most ironic/appropriate of them, considering his singing style is sort of gender bending.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

Nirvana- Unplugged- my favorite album of all time.

I actually remember watching that live on MTV. A buddy of mine had some friends over that night to watch it and I remember thinking Kurt looked like he was pretty *****ed up. However, it was eerie because he just looked like he had left the state of the world and entered another realm as though nobody else was around- it was only him and the music. It was haunting, and arguably one of the best nights for MTV's Unplugged. Too bad that channel went to shit.

But thank God for Austin City Limit's!

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

I actually remember watching that live on MTV. A buddy of mine had some friends over that night to watch it and I remember thinking Kurt looked like he was pretty *****ed up. However, it was eerie because he just looked like he had left the state of the world and entered another realm as though nobody else was around- it was only him and the music. It was haunting, and arguably one of the best nights for MTV's Unplugged. Too bad that channel went to shit.

But thank God for Austin City Limit's!

My boy, Hayes Carll, is taping an ACL session. Check it out when it comes out. He's the shit.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by NewPhin

My boy, Hayes Carll, is taping an ACL session. Check it out when it comes out. He's the shit.

I will. I'm listening to him now on Amazon. I see he does a cover of Tom Waits.

Sounds like Townes Van Zandt and/or Steve Earle.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

I will. I'm listening to him now on Amazon. I see he does a cover of Tom Waits.

Sounds like Townes Van Zandt and/or Steve Earle.

The song "Faulkner Street" is pretty much a chronicle of a portion of my life. And, yes, he's a complete fan of Townes and he and Steve have toured together.