Studio Brussels Top 100 albums of all time
If you've been following my website for a while, you might have noticed a little trend - music lists. Yes, I admit, I'm a big fan of top whatevers, as well as what you might call an avid trainspotter of music.
So when my favourite radio station decided to air a list of the top 100 albums of all time, naturally I couldn't resist listening and posting the list in it's entirety.
Before I jump to the list, I would like to mention that I've made a little promise to myself. While I do know most songs, I've never listened to all the albums in the list. Therefor, I have decided to make a little effort, find all the albums contained herein (besides the ones I already own), and listen to all of them in descending list order.
With a daily commute of over one hour, there sure is plenty of time to listen to them, and if the ones in my collection are an indication of the quality of music within the list, I'm in for some real nice rides...
On to the list!!
Nr. | Artist | Title | Own? |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pearl Jam | Ten | |
2 | Nirvana | Nevermind | yes |
3 | Radiohead | Ok Computer | |
4 | Pink Floyd | Dark Side Of The Moon | |
5 | Metallica | The Black Album | yes |
6 | Queens Of The Stone Age | Songs For The Deaf | |
7 | Muse | Origin Of Symmetry | |
8 | Metallica | Master Of Puppets | yes |
9 | Arctic Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | |
10 | The Beatles | Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band | |
11 | Eels | Beautiful Freak | |
12 | U2 | Achtung Baby | |
13 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | |
14 | Kings Of Leon | Only By The Night | yes |
15 | Rage At Machine | Rage Against The Machine | |
16 | Neil Young | Harvest | |
17 | The Doors | The Doors | |
18 | The Beatles | The White Album | |
19 | Jeff Buckley | Grace | |
20 | Oasis | What's My Story Morning Glory | |
21 | Tool | Aenima | |
22 | Editors | An End Has A Start | |
23 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | |
24 | Cure | Disintegration | |
25 | Pixies | Doolittle | |
26 | Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland | |
27 | Tool | Lateralus | |
28 | Nirvana | Unplugged In New York | |
29 | Deus | Worst Case Scenario | |
30 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | |
31 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | yes |
32 | Radiohead | The Bends | yes |
33 | Muse | Absolution | |
34 | Prince | Sign O' The Times | |
35 | Coldplay | A Rush Of Blood To The Head | |
36 | Muse | Black Holes & Revelations | |
37 | Pixies | Surfer Rosa & Come On Pelgrim | |
38 | Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures | |
39 | Green Day | American Idiot | |
40 | Radiohead | In Rainbows | |
41 | U2 | The Joshua Tree | yes |
42 | Pink Floyd | The Wall | yes |
43 | Tom Waits | Closing Time | |
44 | Daft Punk | Homework | yes |
45 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | yes |
46 | Metallica | And Justice For All | yes |
47 | Velvet Underground & Nico | Velvet Underground & Nico | |
48 | Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run | |
49 | Deus | Ideal Crash | |
50 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead | |
51 | Simple Minds | New Gold Dream | |
52 | Arcade Fire | Funeral | |
53 | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness | yes |
54 | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | |
55 | Guns & Roses | Appetite For Destruction | yes |
56 | Iron Maiden | The Number Of The Beast | yes |
57 | The Clash | London Calling | yes |
58 | Muse | The Resistance | |
59 | Foo Fighters | The Colour & The Shape | |
60 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | yes |
61 | Radiohead | Kid A | |
62 | Depeche Mode | Violator | |
63 | Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | |
64 | R.E.M. | Automatic For The People | |
65 | Afghan Whigs | Gentlemen | |
66 | Air | Moon Safari | |
67 | Bob Dylan | Blood On The Tracks | |
68 | The Beatles | Revolver | |
69 | Joy Division | Closer | |
70 | The Doors | LA Woman | |
71 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine | yes |
72 | Therapy? | Troublegum | yes |
73 | AC/DC | Back In Black | |
74 | Coldplay | Viva La Vida | |
75 | Moby | Play | yes |
76 | Sex Pistols | Never Mind The Bollocks | yes |
77 | Live | Throwing Copper | |
78 | Oasis | Definitely Maybe | |
79 | Bob Marley | Babylon By Bus | |
80 | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | |
81 | Rolling Stones | Exile On Main Street | |
82 | Cure | P*rnography | |
83 | Prince | Purple Rain | |
84 | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | |
85 | Triffids | Born Sandy Devotional | |
86 | K's Choice | Cocoon Crash | |
87 | Admiral Freebee | Admiral Freebee | |
88 | White Stripes | Elephant | |
89 | Deus | In A Bar, Under The Sea | |
90 | The Black Box Revelation | Set Your Head On Fire | |
91 | Paul Simon | Graceland | |
92 | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular | |
93 | The Killers | Hot Fuss | |
94 | Nick Cave | The Boatman's Call | |
95 | Sigur Ros | Agaetis Byrjun | |
96 | Lou Reed | Berlin | |
97 | Arctic Monkeys | Your Favourite Worst Nightmare | |
98 | The Sisters Of Mercy | First & Last & Always | yes |
99 | Amy Winehouse | Back To Black | yes |
100 | David Bowie | The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders Of Mars |
Naturally there are lots and lots of albums which are equally great, but aren't featured in the list. If you think there's an album I might like, whatever genre it may be, feel free to suggest it to me: I love discovering new music just as much as I enjoy the classics!