Well, here it is! As you might expect Radiohead dominates, but there are a few surprises here, I think. The list gets a little more esoteric as it goes down, but it's sprinkled with mainstream favorites as well as cult classics. Unfortunately, because of the points system, bands with a number of really good albums, but no clear favorite, suffered (like Blur, PJ Harvey, Pavement, and a few others).
1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
4. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
6. Nirvana - Nevermind
7. Portishead - Dummy
8. Bjork - Homogenic
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
10. Jeff Buckley - Grace
11. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
12. Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
14. Bjork - Post
15. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
16. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
17. Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
18. Beck - Odelay
19. The Beta Band - The Three EPs
20. U2 - Achtung Baby
and the rest of the top 100...
21. Radiohead - Airbag EP
22. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
23. Beck - Mutations
24. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
25. Slint - Spiderland
25. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
27. Fugazi - Repeater
28. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness
28. Portishead - Portishead
28. Pulp - Different Class
31. Suede - Dog Man Star
32. Tricky - Maxinquaye
33. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
34. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
34. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
36. Bjork - Debut
36. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
36. Mogwai - Come On Die Young
39. Beck - Midnight Vultures
39. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
41. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
41. The Verve - Urban Hymns
43. Mogwai - Young Team
44. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
44. The Fugees - The Score
46. Weezer - Weezer
47. Air - Moon Safari
47. Blur - Blur
47. Broadcast - Work And Non-Work
47. Gomez - Bring It On
47. Low - Secret Name
47. Pulp - His'n'Hers
47. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
54. Wilco - Summerteeth
55. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
55. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
55. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers)
58. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2
58. Ash - 1977
60. Sonic Youth - Goo
60. Blur - 13
62. Low - When Curtain Hits The Cast
62. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Boatman's Call
62. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
62. GZA - Liquid Swords
62. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
62. Slowdive - Souvlaki
62. Nirvana - In Utero
62. VNV Nation - Empires
70. Add N To (X) - Avant Hard
70. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
70. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
70. The Divine Comedy - Promenade
74. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
74. Pinback - This Is Pinback
76. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
76. Belle And Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
76. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
76. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
76. Depeche Mode - Violator
76. Earth - Earth 2
76. Janes Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
83. Blur - Parklife
83. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
83. Hole - Live Through This
83. Portishead - Roseland NYC Live
83. Scott Walker - Tilt
88. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire
88. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
88. Pearl Jam - Ten
88. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
92. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
92. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
92. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
92. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
96. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
96. Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway
96. Daft Punk - Homework
96. Piano Magic - Low Birth Weight
96. Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
101. Tool - Ænima
101. Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Cheers, folks!
Harri
P.S. see the comments section for albums that got more than one vote but didn't crack the top 100 (also, a alternate reality top 100 by average vote.)
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also rans, Vol. 1: albums that recieved more than one vote but weren't in the top 100!
ReplyDeletePJ Harvey - Dry
Spoon - Series of Sneaks
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Autechre - EP7
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Slow Riot For Zero Kanada
Hefner - Breaking God's Heart
Ween - The Mollusk
Elliot Smith - XO
The Beatles - Anthology
Einstürzende Neubauten - Ende Neu
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Shellac - At Action Park
Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Green Day - Dookie
Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music
Stereolab - Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
Ani DiFranco - Dilate
Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen
Cat Power - Moon Pix
Underworld - - Second Toughest In The Infants
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The The - Dusk
Metallica - Metallica
Travis - The Man Who
Gravity Kills - Perversion
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Helmet - Meantime
Morphine - Cure For Pain
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Mummies - Play Their Own Records
Primus - Sailing The Seas of Cheese
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Counting Crows - August And Everything After
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
Dido - No Angel
Stereolab - Dots And Loops
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway
I approve of this. *nod*
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ReplyDeleteTalk Talk Laughing Stock 18.50
Wu-Tang Clan Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) 18.50
Suede Dog Man Star 17.33
Radiohead Airbag EP 17.25
Radiohead OK Computer 17.06
Nirvana In Utero 17.00
VNV Nation Empires 17.00
Foo Fighters The Colour And The Shape 16.50
Liz Phair Whip-Smart 16.50
The Divine Comedy Promenade 16.50
Pulp This Is Hardcore 16.33
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F#A#oo 16.00
Mogwai Come On Die Young 16.00
Pinback This Is Pinback 16.00
Beck Mutations 15.50
Depeche Mode Violator 15.50
Earth Earth 2 15.50
Janes Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual 15.50
Modest Mouse Lonesome Crowded West 15.33
Hote Live Through This 15.00
Portishead Roseland NYC Live 15.00
Scott Walker Tilt 15.00
Nirvana Nevermind 14.90
Radiohead The Bends 14.71
U2 Achtung Baby 14.60
Pearl Jam Ten 14.50
PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love 14.50
DJ Shadow Endtroducing 14.36
Fugazi Repeater 14.00
Massive Attack Blue Lines 14.00
The Fugees The Score 14.00
My Bloody Valentine Loveless 13.57
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy I See A Darkness 13.50
Portishead Portishead 13.50
Pulp Different Class 13.50
Daft Punk Homework 13.50
Piano Magic Low Birth Weight 13.50
Soulwax Much Against Everyone's Advice 13.50
Massive Attack Mezzanine 13.33
Blur Blur 13.33
Broadcast Work And Non-Work 13.33
Gomez Bring It On 13.33
Low Secret Name 13.33
Pulp His'n'Hers 13.33
R.E.M. Automatic For The People 13.33
Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin 13.25
Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders 13.00
Tricky Maxinquaye 12.75
Sigur Ros Ágætis byrjun 12.59
Belle And Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister 12.38
The Divine Comedy Casanova 12.33
Beastie Boys Check Your Head 12.25
Bjork Debut 12.00
Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream 12.00
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 12.00
Ash 1977 12.00
Bjork Post 11.75
Blur 13 11.67
Nine Inch Nails The Fragile 11.60
Portishead Dummy 11.58
Beck Midnight Vultures 11.50
Slint Spiderland 11.40
Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One 11.40
Bjork Homogenic 11.33
GZA Liquid Swords 11.33
Slowdive Souvlaki 11.33
The Verve Urban Hymns 11.25
Elliot Smith Either/Or 11.17
Mogwai Young Team 11.00
Spiritualized Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 10.67
R.E.M. New Adventures In Hi-Fi 10.63
The Beta Band The Three EPs 10.57
Belle And Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap 10.33
Pavement Crooked Rain 10.33
Tom Waits Mule Variations 10.33
Weezer Weezer 10.25
Eels Electro-Shock Blues 10.00
Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue 10.00
Neutral Milk Hotel In An Aeroplane Over The Sea 9.83
PJ Harvey Is This Desire 9.67
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine 9.67
Wilco Summerteeth 9.50
PJ Harvey Rid Of Me 9.33
Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs 9.00
Sonic Youth Goo 8.75
Jeff Buckley Grace 8.69
Boards of Canada Music Has The Right To Children 8.56
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Boatman's Call 8.50
The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 8.50
Beck Odelay 8.33
Add N To (X) Avant Hard 8.25
Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 7.75
Blur Parklife 7.50
Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 7.00
Low When Curtain Hits The Cast 6.80
Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album 6.75
Grandaddy Under The Western Freeway 6.75
Air Moon Safari 6.67
Tool Ænima 6.50
Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York 5.60
Beastie Boys Ill Communication 4.67
WHO ELSE VOTED FOR DIDO? Stand up and be counted, friend!
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