My Top 400 Albums Of All Time (4th Edition)

There wasn't much reason to update My Top 300 Albums Of All Time from the 2024 edition. The only new entries in the Top 100 are albums I've loved for decades but recently reassessed, usually for an Anthony's Album Guide post (among the links now included). Such albums feature a ^ next to their name. The only new-to-me album in the Top 300 is my favorite album of last year. That gets an asterisk next to it, and a wry photo caption.

To make up for the lack of drama, I've thrown in my 301st through 400th favorite albums. A lot of compilations in there, for reasons that could be sussed if one wanted to think hard about what my metric for this might be. But I wouldn't bother.

1. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
2. Ramones - The Ramones
3. Little Richard - Here’s Little Richard
4. The Replacements - Let It Be
5. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
6. Bill Withers - ‘Justments
7. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
9. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
10. Television - Adventure
11. The Velvet Underground - White Light/ White Heat
12. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
13. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech…Just Watch What You Say
14. John Prine - John Prine^
15. Electric Six - Fire
16. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
17. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico^
18. Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl
19. Fugazi - The Argument
20. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
21. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
22. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
23. R.E.M. - Green
24. Sugar Ray - Sugar Ray
25. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way That I Loved You
26. The Bangles - All Over The Place
27. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
28. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
29. Slowdive - Just For A Day
30. The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs [UK]
31. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
32. AC/DC - Powerage
33. David Johansen - David Johansen
34. Aerosmith - Rocks
35. Dinosaur Jr. - You’re Living All Over Me
36. Prince -  Sign ‘O’ The Times
37. Wilco - Summerteeth
38. Electric Six - I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me…
39. Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
40. The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes
41. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
42. Rocket From The Crypt - Hot Charity/Cut Carefully & Play Loud
43. Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
44. The Beatles - Please Please Me
45. Madonna - You Can Dance
46. !!! - !!!
47. Parliament - Mothership Connection
48. The Stooges - Fun House
49. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade
50. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi

51. Low - Ones And Sixes
52. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
53. Mekons - The Mekons Rock’n’Roll
54. Randy Newman - Bad Love
55. Nirvana - Nevermind
56. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
57. Amy Rigby - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
58. The Bats - Daddy’s Highway
59. The Clean - Compilation
60. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
61. Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up!
62. The Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
63. Rolling Stones - Rolling Stones, Now!
64. Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache
65. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
66. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
67. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
68. The Beach Boys - Party!
69. The Coasters - Coast Along With The Coasters
70. Randy Newman - Sail Away
71. Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
72. Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
73. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
74. Bo Diddley - His Best
75. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
76. Eagles Of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal
77. The 6ths - Wasps Nests
78. The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society
79. Pixies - Doolittle
80. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde^
81. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
82. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory
83. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
84. Everything But The Girl - Temperamental
85. Smog - A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
86. Low - HEY WHAT
87. Radiohead - Kid A
88. The B-52s - Cosmic Thing
89. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
90. Radiohead - In Rainbows
91. The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
92. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
93. Sugar - Copper Blue
94. Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire
95. Bjork - Homogenic
96. Nas - Illmatic
97. Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk [US]
98. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
99. Hot Chocolate - 10 Greatest Hits
100. Bob Mould - Bob Mould

101. The Roches - The Roches
102. Weezer - Weezer [The Blue Album]
103. ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
104. Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
105. Das EFX - Dead Serious
106. The Go-Betweens - Friends Of Rachel Worth
107. Al Green- Al Green Is Love
108. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
109. Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What
110. Van Morrison - Moondance
111. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
112. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
113. Sonic Youth - Sister
114. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
115. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
116. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
117. Neil Young - Comes A Time
118. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time Take Time
119. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
120. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
121. Harry Nilsson - Pussy Cats
122. R.E.M. - Reckoning
123. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
124. Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
125. Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
126. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys
127. Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes
128. Lungfish - Talking Songs For Walking
129. Phoenix - It’s Never Been Like That
130. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
131. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
132. The Velvet Underground - VU
133. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
134. Bauhaus - Mask
135. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
136. The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
137. Al Green - Gets Next To You
138. Joni Mitchell - Blue
139. Weezer - Pinkerton
140. Cheap Trick - In Color
141. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
142. Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate
143. The Animals - The Very Best Of The Animals
144. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now
145. Tom T. Hall - For The People In The Last Hard Town
146. Rocket From The Crypt - Live From Camp X-Ray
147. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Best Of The Best
148. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman
149. King Crimson - Red
150. Dylan Hicks & Small Screens - Modern Flora*

151. Yo La Tengo - We Have Amnesia Sometimes
152. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
153. Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
154. Rolling Stones - Exile On Mainstreet
155. Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis: What Is It?!
156. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
157. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
158. Half Japanese - Charmed Life
159. Mudhoney - March To Fuzz
160. Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged
161. Amon Tobin - Bricolage
162. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
163. Low - The Great Destroyer
164. Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
165. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
166. Amy Rigby - The Sugar Tree
167. Superchunk - On The Mouth
168. Scrawl - Nature Film
169. The Fall - 77-Early Fall-79
170. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
171. Fugazi - 13 Songs
172. John Prine - Diamonds In The Rough
173. Superchunk - Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91)
174. Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
175. The Flatlanders - More A Legend Than A Band
176. Weezer - Maladroit
177. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
178. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
179. The Clean - Vehicle
180. Rocket From The Crypt - Group Sounds
181. X - Wild Gift
182. Bob Dylan/The Band - Before The Flood
183. Wire - Pink Flag
184. Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett’s Greatest Hits
185. Jackie Wilson - The Very Best Of Jackie Wilson [Ace]
186. Devin The Dude - The Dude
187. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
188. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
189. Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
190. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
191. Tall Dwarfs - Weeville
192. Yo La Tengo - Fakebook
193. John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves
194. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Amazing Grace
195. Mountain Goats - The Coroner’s Gambit
196. Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg
197. Mott The Hoople - Live
198. Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
199. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
200. Red House Painters - Bridge

201. Television - Marquee Moon
202. Cure - Pornography
203. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
204. Al Green - The Belle Album
205. The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak
206. Led Zeppelin - IV
207. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
208. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
209. Patti Smith - Horses
210. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
211. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
212. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
213. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
214. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
215. Neil Young - On The Beach
216. Cure - Faith^
217. Northern State - Dying In Stereo
218. Prince - Dirty Mind
219. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
220. The Stooges - The Stooges
221. Devo - Hot Potatoes: The Best Of Devo
222. Various Artists - Stay Awake
223. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
224. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
225. Low - I Could Live In Hope
226. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
227. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
228. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
229. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
230. Eric B & Rakim - 20th Century Masters
231. Tim Hecker - No Highs
232. Yo La Tengo - Painful
233. Babyface - Tender Lover
234. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
235. Beak> - >>
236. Cat Power - Moon Pix
237. Dismemberment Plan - Change
238. Luna - Penthouse
239. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
240. Portishead - Dummy
241. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
242. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
243. Beck - Midnite Vultures
244. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
245. Low - Double Negative
246. Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
247. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
248. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
249. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
250. Spoon - Transference

251. Basehead - Play With Toys
252. The Feelies - In Between
253. Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
254. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release
255. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
256. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
257. Los Lobos - Colossal Head
258. Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower
259. Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
260. The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects
261. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
262. The Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head
263. Lungfish - Rainbows From Atoms
264. New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
265. Queen - Hot Space
266. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
267. Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
268. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
269. Love - Forever Changes
270. Sly & The Family Stone - There’s A Riot Goin’ On
271. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
272. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
273. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
274. Kool & The Gang - 20th Century Masters
275. Low - The Invisible Way
276. Girls Against Boys - House Of GVSB
277. Adrianne Lenker - Songs
278. Pylon - Gyrate
279. The Replacements - Tim
280. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The…
281. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
282. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
283. Clinic - Walking With Thee
284. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
285. Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
286. Tom T. Hall - We All Got Together And…
287. Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again
288. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M
289. Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
290. R.E.M. - Document
291. Wussy - Funeral Dress
292. The Go-Go’s - Beauty & The Beat
293. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
294. Imperial Teen - Seasick
295. John Prine - Aimless Love
296. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
297. Lou Reed - Transformer
298. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
299. Strokes - Is This It?
300. Dave Edmunds - D E 7th

301. Fugazi - Repeater
302. Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?
303. Randy Newman - Born Again
304. The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete
305. The Raincoats - The Raincoats
306. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
307. Van Halen - Van Halen
308. Cheap Trick - One On One
309. Clem Snide - Soft Spot
310. Dave Edmunds - Tracks On Wax 4
311. Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight
312. Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive
313. The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
314. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
315. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
316. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
317. The Fall - Live At The Witch Trials
318. Tom T. Hall - In Search Of A Song
319. Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
320. Paul Revere &. The Raiders - Greatest Hits
321. Sly & The Family Stone - Life
322. Loretta Lynn - Greatest Hits
323. Beat Happening - Jamboree
324. Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya
325. X - Alphabetland
326. Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Will Do
327. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
328. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
329. Derek & The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
330. Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall
331. Neil Young - Unplugged
332. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
333. Richard Thompson - Rumour And Sigh
334. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
335. Digable Planets - Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
336. John Prine - The Missing Years
337. Blur - Blur
338. Vic Chesnutt - The Salesman & Bernadette
339. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
340. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
341. The White Stripes - Elephant
342. !!! - Wallop
343. Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
344. MIA - Arular
345. Morrissey - Bona Drag
346. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
347. Electric Six - Heartbeats & Brainwaves
348. Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time
349. The Flatlanders - Wheels Of Fortune
350. The Flatlanders - Now Again

351. Good Charlotte - The Young & The Hopeless
352. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
353. Tegan & Sara - So Jealous
354. Loudon Wainwright III - I Haven’t Got The Blues (Yet)
355. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
356. Travis Morrison - Travistan
357. The Specials - The Specials
358. Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville
359. Brian Eno - Another Green World
360. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
361. The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It
362. The Monkees - The Best Of…Then And Now
363. Spoon - Telephono
364. Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie
365. The Clash - The Clash [UK]
366. Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys
367. McLusky - McLusky Do Dallas
368. Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited
369. The Beatles - Revolver
370. Harry Nilsson - Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
371. Embrace - Embrace (1987)
372. Green Day - Insomniac
373. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
374. Dick Valentine - Destroy The Children
375. The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders
376. Ramones - Leave Home
377. The Replacements - All For Nothing/Nothing For All
378. The Velvet Underground - 1969 Live With Lou Reed
379. Devin The Dude - To Tha X-Treme
380. Millie Jackson - Live & Uncensored
381. V/A - Saturday Night Fever OST
382. Birthday Party - Live 81-82
383. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
384. Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep
385. East River Pipe - Shining Hours In A Can
386. The White Stripes - The White Stripes
387. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
388. Bratmobile - Pottymouth
389. V/A - Trojan Presents Ska
390. The Birthday Party - Hits
391. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
392. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
393. John Cale - Fragments Of A Rainy Season
394. Rocket From The Crypt - RIP
395. Tom Waits - Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
396. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
397. Huey “Piano” Smith - The Singles & Album Collection 1953-1962
398. New Order - The Singles
399. V/A - What’s Up, Matador?
400. The Clash - Sandinista!

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