Pitchfork Best Albums of the Decades

Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
01 Loveless My Bloody Valentine	*
02 OK Computer Radiohead	*
03 Slanted & Enchanted Pavement	*
04 Bee Thousand Guided by Voices	*
05 Exile in Guyville Liz Phair	*
06 Nevermind Nirvana	*
07 Endtroducing... DJ Shadow	*
08 Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	*
09 Odelay Beck	*
10 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement	*
11 There's Nothing Wrong with Love Built to Spill	*
12 Trompe Le Monde Pixies	*
13 The Bends Radiohead	*
14 Weezer Weezer	*
15 How It Feels to Be Something On Sunny Day Real Estate
16 Check Your Head Beastie Boys	*
17 El Producto Walt Mink
18 Homogenic Bjork	*
19 For Your Own Special Sweetheart Jawbox
20 Grace Jeff Buckley	*
21 Mellow Gold Beck	*
22 I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Yo La Tengo	*
23 XO Elliott Smith	*
24 In On the Kill Taker Fugazi
25 Flood They Might Be Giants	*
26 Bonsai Superstar Brainiac
27 TNT Tortoise	*
28 Secaucus Wrens
29 Pony Express Record Shudder to Think
30 Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab
31 Last Splash The Breeders	*
32 Icky Mettle Archers of Loaf	*
33 Alien Lanes Guided by Voices	*
34 Spiderland Slint	*
35 Post Bjork	*
36 Everclear American Music Club	*
37 Teenager of the Year Frank Black	*
38 Ride the Fader Chavez
39 Perfect from Now On Built to Spill	*
40 Hips and Makers Kristin Hersh
41 Keep It Like a Secret Built to Spill	*
42 Emergency and I Dismemberment Plan
43 Frank Black Frank Black	*
44 Bakesale Sebadoh	*
45 Bossanova Pixies	*
46 Either/Or Elliott Smith	*
47 Bricolage Amon Tobin
48 Mic City Sons Heatmiser
49 I Could Live in Hope Low
50 Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins	*
51 Silver Apples of the Moon Laika
52 Repeater Fugazi
53 Mouth by Mouth His Name Is Alive
54 A Series of Sneaks Spoon	*
55 If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	*
56 Bone Machine Tom Waits
57 Mule Variations Tom Waits	*
58 Ocean Beach Red House Painters
59 Split Personalities Twelve Rods
60 Portishead Portishead	*
61 24-Hour Revenge Therapy Jawbreaker
62 Miss Happiness Walt Mink
63 Permutation Amon Tobin
64 Red Medicine Fugazi
65 The Lonesome Crowded West Modest Mouse
66 Ruby Vroom Soul Coughing
67 Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements Stereolab
68 Exploded Drawing Polvo
69 The Charm of the Highway Strip Magnetic Fields
70 The Great Escape Blur	*
71 Dummy Portishead	*
72 Anodyne Uncle Tupelo	*
73 Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	*
74 Wasps' Nest 6ths	*
75 Radiator Super Furry Animals	*
76 Diary Sunny Day Real Estate
77 In Utero Nirvana	*
78 Copper Blue Sugar	*
79 Pinkerton Weezer	*
80 Eccsame the Photon Band Lilys	*
81 Downward is Heavenward HUM
82 13 Blur	*
83 The Real Ramona Throwing Muses	*
84 No Pocky for Kitty Superchunk
85 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel	*
86 Cure for Pain Morphine
87 Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise
88 Automatic For The People R.E.M.	*
89 Manos The Spinanes
90 Dots and Loops Stereolab
91 Dirty Sonic Youth	*
92 The Comforts of Madness Pale Saints
93 dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld	*
94 Billy Breathes Phish
95 Screamadelica Primal Scream	*
96 Parklife Blur	*
97 Mezzanine Massive Attack	*
98 The Dream is Over MK Ultra
99 Con Art Smart Went Crazy
100 Selected Ambient Works: 85-92 Aphex Twin	*

Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s
01 Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	*
02 Remain in Light Talking Heads	*
03 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	*
04 Doolittle The Pixies	*
05 Murmur R.E.M.	*
06 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	*
07 Surfer Rosa The Pixies	*
08 Rain Dogs Tom Waits	*
09 It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	*
10 Closer Joy Division	*
11 Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	*
12 Purple Rain Prince & the Revolution	*
13 This Nation's Saving Grace The Fall	*
14 Sister Sonic Youth	*
15 Skylarking Xtc	*
16 On Fire Galaxie 500	*
17 Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen	*
18 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	*
19 Second Edition Public Image Ltd.	*
20 Deceit This Heat
21 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Brian Eno-David Byrne
22 Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	*
23 Psychocandy The Jesus & Mary Chain	*
24 Solid Gold Gang of Four	*
25 Damaged Black Flag
26 Get Happy Elvis Costello & the Attractions	*
27 Thriller Michael Jackson	*
28 Power, Corruption & Lies New Order	*
29 Let It Be Replacements	*
30 The Joshua Tree U2	*
31 EVOL Sonic Youth	*
32 Zen Arcade Husker Du	*
33 Hex Enduction Hour Fall	*
34 Spirit of Eden Talk Talk	*
35 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	*
36 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	*
37 Tim The Replacements	*
38 Disintegration The Cure	*
39 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	*
40 You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	*
41 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	*
42 The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies	*
43 Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	*
44 Computer World Kraftwerk	*
45 Sign O' The Times Prince	*
46 English Settlement XTC	*
47 Naked City John Zorn
48 Document R.E.M.	*
49 Vs. Mission of Burma	*
50 The Perfect Prescription Spacemen 3
51 I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	*
52 Paid in Full Eric B & Rakim	*
53 Signals, Calls & Marches Mission of Burma
54 Songs about Fucking Big Black
55 Synchronicity The Police	*
56 Discipline King Crimson
57 Come On Pilgrim Pixies	*
58 Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello	*
59 Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	*
60 Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	*
61 Homotopy to Marie Nurse With Wound
62 Reckoning R.E.M.	*
63 Colossal Youth Young Marble Giants	*
64 ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It Television Personalities
65 Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	*
66 Psonic Psunspot The Dukes of Stratosphear	*
67 Rum, Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	*
68 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads	*
69 Crazy Rhythms The Feelies	*
70 Trust Elvis Costello & the Attractions	*
71 Pleased to Meet Me The Replacements	*
72 Up on the Sun Meat Puppets
73 Horse Rotorvator Coil
74 Fear & Whiskey Mekons
75 Criminal Minded Boogie Down Productions	*
76 Stands for Decibels The dB's	*
77 Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	*
78 Lincoln They Might Be Giants	*
79 E2-E4 Manuel Gottsching
80 New Day Rising Husker Du	*
81 Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins
82 Perverted by Language Fall
83 The Colour of Spring Talk Talk	*
84 Come Away with ESG ESG
85 Graceland Paul Simon	*
86 Ghost in the Machine The Police	*
87 Dirty Mind Prince	*
88 Playing with Fire Spacemen 3
89 Soul Discharge The Boredoms
90 Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	*
91 Los Angeles X	*
92 Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	*
93 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) David Bowie	*
94 II Meat Puppets
95 Rio Duran Duran	*
96 Rites of Spring Rites of Spring
97 The Mekons Rock 'N' Roll Mekons
98 Treasure Cocteau Twins	*
99 Songs of the Free Gang of Four
100 Out of Step Minor Threat

Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s"
01 Low David Bowie	*
02 London Calling Clash	*
03 Marquee Moon Television	*
04 There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone	*
05 Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	*
06 Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk	*
07 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	*
08 Entertainment! Gang of Four	*
09 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	*
10 Another Green World Brian Eno	*
11 Exile On Main Street Rolling Stones	*
12 Fun House The Stooges	*
13 Pink Moon Nick Drake	*
14 Loaded The Velvet Underground	*
15 Who's Next Who	*
16 Singles Going Steady Buzzcocks	*
17 Maggot Brain Funkadelic	*
18 Bitches Brew Miles Davis	*
19 Ege Bamyasi Can	*
20 Electric Warrior T Rex	*
21 Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg
22 Pink Flag Wire	*
23 Ramones The Ramones	*
24 Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno	*
25 Neu! Neu!
26 Innervisions Stevie Wonder	*
27 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	*
28 Let It Be The Beatles	*
29 Tago Mago Can	*
30 On the Corner Miles Davis
31 Fear Of Music Talking Heads	*
32 The Wall Pink Floyd	*
33 Chairs Missing Wire
34 Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) Bee Gees	*
35 Y Pop Group
36 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	*
37 My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	*
38 Drums and Wires Xtc	*
39 Suicide Suicide
40 The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	*
41 Rumours Fleetwood Mac	*
42 The Specials The Specials	*
43 Off The Wall Michael Jackson	*
44 The Clash The Clash	*
45 More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads	*
46 Heart of The Congos The Congos
47 Call Me Al Green	*
48 Live-Evil Miles Davis
49 What's Going On Marvin Gaye	*
50 Starsailor Tim Buckley	*
51 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols	*
52 This Year's Model Elvis Costello & the Attractions	*
53 Music for 18 Musicians Steve Reich
54 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	*
55 Bryter Layter Nick Drake	*
56 Future Days Can
57 Paul Simon Paul Simon	*
58 A Tribute to Jack Johnson Miles Davis
59 Rocket to Russia The Ramones	*
60 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	*
61 Surf's Up Beach Boys	*
62 The Cars The Cars	*
63 Zuckerzeit Cluster
64 Lust for Life Iggy Pop	*
65 On The Beach Neil Young	*
66 Sister Lovers Big Star	*
67 Meddle Pink Floyd	*
68 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
69 IV Faust
70 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	*
71 The Payback James Brown	*
72 Red King Crimson
73 Van Halen Van Halen	*
74 Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen	*
75 Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin	*
76 Parallel Lines Blondie	*
77 Aladdin Sane David Bowie	*
78 Expensive Shit Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70
79 Sail Away Randy Newman	*
80 Hunky Dory David Bowie	*
81 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie	*
82 All Things Must Pass George Harrison	*
83 Raw Power Iggy & The Stooges	*
84 Nilsson Schmilsson Nilsson	*
85 154 Wire
86 Blue Joni Mitchell	*
87 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	*
88 From Here to Eternity Giorgio Moroder
89 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! Devo	*
90 Zombie Fela Anikulapo Kuti
91 20 Jazz Funk Greats Throbbing Gristle
92 The Man-Machine Kraftwerk	*
93 Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix	*
94 Starless and Bible Black King Crimson
95 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	*
96 The Idiot Iggy Pop	*
97 The Harder They Come Various Artists	*
98 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt
99 After The Goldrush Neil Young	*
100 Before and After Science Brian Eno