1990s: Albums

130. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine129. Moby - Play

128. The Breeders - Pod

127. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

126. Air - Moon Safari

125. R.E.M. - Out of Time

124. Portishead - Dummy

123. The Microphones - Don’t Wake Up

122. Stereo lab - Emperor Tomato

121. Pearl Jam - Ten

120. The Roots -Things Fall Apart

119. Mogwai - Young Team

118. Pixies - Trompe le Monde

117. Neil Young - Harvest Moon

116. Outkast - Aquemini

115. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

114. Yo La Tengo - Painful

113. Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992

112. Pulp - Different Class

111. Dr. Octagon - Octagonecologyst

110. Primal Scream - Screamadelica

109. Pixies - Bossanova

108. Beta Band - The Three EPs

107. Tom Waits - Bone Machine

106. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space

105. De La Soul - Is Dead

104. Counting Crows - August and Everything After

103. Dave Matthews - Under the Table and Dreaming

102. Blackalicious - Nia

101. Travis - The Man Who

100. Nirvana - Nevermind

99. Ice Cube - The Predator

98. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

97. The Breeders - Last Splash

96. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

95. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

94. Blur - Parklife

93. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island

92. Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been

91. U2 - Achtung Baby

90. Nirvana - In Utero

89. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

88. The Halo Benders - God Don’t Make No Junk

87. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

86. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

85. Common - One Day It’ll All Make Sense

84. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

83. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

82. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

81. Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over

80. Sonic Youth - Goo

79. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand

78. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

77. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

76. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

75. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles

74. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

73. Sonic Youth - Dirty

72. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

71. Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister

70. Weezer - Blue Album

69. Cat Power - Moon Pix

68. Olivia Tremor Control - Duck at Cubist Castle

67. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

66. Palace Music - Viva Last Blues

65. Bjork - Post

64. Slint - Spiderland

63. Red Red Meat - Bunny Gets Paid

62. Sebadoh - Bakesale

61. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

60. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

59. Green Day - Dookie

58. The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads

57. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

56. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright

55.Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain

54. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

53. Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratifaction

52. The Verve - Urban Hymns

51. The White Stripes - The White Stripes

50. Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen

49. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes

48. Sebadoh - III

47. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

46. Jeff Buckley - Grace

45.Steve Earle - El Corazon

44. The Old 97’s - Fight Songs

43. Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic

42. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

41. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

40. Beck - Odelay

39. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

38. Ice Cube - Akerikkka’s Most Wanted

37. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

36. Golden Smog - Weird Tales

35. Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway

34.My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

33. Mobb Deep - The Infamous

32. GZA - Liquid Swords

31. Beck -Midnight Vultures

30. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

29. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

28. Weezer - Pinkerton

27. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

26. Smog - Knock Knock

25. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle

24. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

23. Nas - Illmatic

22. Pavement - Wowee Zowee

21.Whiskeytown - Pneumonia

20. Wilco - Being There

19. Elliott Smith - XO

18. Pavemenet - Terror Twilight

17. Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge

16. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

15. Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong with Love

14. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

13. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

12. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - I See a Darkness

11. The Old 97’s - Too Far to Care

10. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

9. Pavement - Brighten the Corners

8. Wilco - Summerteeth

7. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret

6. Radiohead - The Bends

5. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

4. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

3. Radiohead - OK Computer

2. Silver Jews - American Water

1. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Written by G. William Locke