Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Albums [1983-2008]

Entertainment: Music Entertainment Weekly

/// Specially prepared for Entertainment Weekly's 999-1000 issue (June 27, 2008) /// *** 1. Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution (1984) *** 2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998) *** 3. Achtung Baby - U2 (1991) *** 4. The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004) *** 5. Madonna - Madonna (1983) *** 6. American Idiot - Green Day (2004) *** 7. The Blueprint - Jay-Z (2001) *** 8. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986) *** 9. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse (2007) *** 10. In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007) *** 11. MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana (1994) *** 12. Stankonia - OutKast (2000) *** 13. You Are Free - Cat Power (2003) *** 14. Disintegration - The Cure (1989) *** 15. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000) *** 16. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) *** 17. Odelay - Beck (1996) *** 18. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990) *** 19. Dangerously in Love - Beyonce (2003) *** 20. Tidal - Fiona Apple (1996) *** 21. The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey (2005) *** 22. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989) *** 23. The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips (1999) *** 24. Come On Over - Shania Twain (1997) *** 25. Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol (2002) *** 26. Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan (1997) *** 27. Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004) *** 28. Illmatic - Nas (1994) *** 29. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson (2004) *** 30. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987) *** 31. FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake (2006) *** 32. Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M. (1985) *** 33. As I Am - Alicia Keys (2007) *** 34. Is This It - The Strokes (2001) *** 35. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) *** 36. CrazySexyCool - TLC (1994) *** 37. The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse (2000) *** 38. Raising Hell - Run-DMC (1986) *** 39. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996) *** 40. Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G. (1994) *** 41. Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers (1984) *** 42. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (1993) *** 43. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989) *** 44. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams (1998) *** 45. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian (1996) *** 46. Homogenic - Bjork (1997) *** 47. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair (1993) *** 48. American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash (2002) *** 49. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay (2002) *** 50. Sounds of Silver - LCD Soundsystem (2007) *** 51. The Score - Fugees (1996) *** 52. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon (2007) *** 53. King of America - Elvis Costello (1986) *** 54. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson (1989) *** 55. It Takes a Nation of Millions... - Public Enemy (1988) *** 56. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002) *** 57. Harvest Moon - Neil Young (1992) *** 58. Surfer Rosa - The Pixies (1988) *** 59. Ray of Light - Madonna (1998) *** 60. Crooked Rain - Crooked Rain Pavement (1994) *** 61. Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim (1987) *** 62. OK Computer - Radiohead (1997) *** 63. The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987) *** 64. Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu (2000) *** 65. Elephant - The White Stripes (2003) *** 66. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992) *** 67. Metallica - Metallica (1991) *** 68. Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris (1995) *** 69. Give Up - The Postal Service (2003) *** 70. My Life - Mary J. Blige (1994) *** 71. Rock Steady - No Doubt (2001) *** 72. 1984 - Van Halen (1984) *** 73. The Queen is Dead - Smiths (1986) *** 74. Play - Moby (1999) *** 75. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (1984) *** 76. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams (2000) *** 77. Dummy - Portishead (1994) *** 78. Vs. - Pearl Jam (1991) *** 79. Let It Be - The Replacements (1984) *** 80. Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera (2006) *** 81. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994) *** 82. Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994) *** 83. Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders (1984) *** 84. Low-Life - New Order (1985) *** 85. Home - Dixie Chicks (2002) *** 86. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991) *** 87. All Eyez on Me - 2Pac (1996) *** 88. So - Peter Gabriel (1986) *** 89. Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann (2000) *** 90. Toxicity - System of a Down (2001) *** 91. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (1993) *** 92. The Writing's on the Wall - Destiny's Child (1999) *** 93. Either/Or - Elliott Smith (1997) *** 94. Synchronicity - The Police (1983) *** 95. Trap Muzik - T.I. (2003) *** 96. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - P.J. Harvey (2000) *** 97. Britney - Britney Spears (2001) *** 98. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie (2003) *** 99. Live Through This - Hole (1994) *** 100. Faith - George Michael (1987)

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