Here are 100 albums that I define as anthems for my life. Spanning every musical genre, I can highly recommend every single one of these albums to almost anyone. I am currently obsessed with Pitchfork, where I have actually learned about a lot of these albums, and to salute them, I am going to give each album a rating out of 10.0
Rubber Soul - The Beatles (1965) 9.5
Revolver - The Beatles (1966) 10.0
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967) 9.8
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967) 9.2
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1967) 8.6
Forever Changes - Love (1967) 10.0
The Doors - The Doors (1967) 10.0
Strange Days - The Doors (1967) 9.0
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967) 8.4
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa (1969) 10.0
Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969) 10.0
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969) 8.6
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969) 8.7
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (1969) 9.3
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (Part 1) - The Kinks (1970) 8.6
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970) 9.0
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970) 10.0
Morrison Hotel - The Doors (1970) 8.3
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zepellin (1971) 8.6
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie (1972) 9.4
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (1973) 10.0
Red - King Crimson (1974) - 8.8
Another Green World - Brian Eno (1975) 8.6
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) 9.5
Marquee Moon - Television (1977) 9.4
Low - David Bowie (1977) 9.0
Animals - Pink Floyd (1977) 9.0
London Calling - The Clash (1979) 9.1
Entertainment! - Gang of Four (1979) 8.9
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (1979) 9.7
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) 10.0
Closer - Joy Division (1980) 9.2
Seventeen Seconds (1980) 8.4
Faith - The Cure (1981) 8.5
Pornography - The Cure (1982) 8.6
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden (1982) 8.2
Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984) 9.0
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984) 9.4
Powerslave - Iron Maiden (1984) 9.0
The Smiths - The Smiths (1984) 9.0
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) 9.1
Meat is Murder - The Smiths (1985) 9.6
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (1986) 9.5
Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986) 10.0
The Color of Spring - Talk Talk (1986) 8.3
Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths (1987) 8.6
The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987) 8.9
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988) 9.8
...And Justice for All - Metallica (1988) 8.9
I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (1988) 8.3
Doolitle - Pixies (1989) 8.7
Disintegration - The Cure (1989) 9.2
Nowhere - Ride (1990) 8.8
Bossanova - Pixies (1990) 8.8
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991) 9.0
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) 8.9
Nevermind - Nirvana (1991) 9.1
Achtung Baby - U2 (1991) 8.7
Ten - Pearl Jam (1991) 9.5
Spiderland - Slint (1991) 9.1
Metallica - Metallica (1991) 8.9
Automatic for the People - R.E.M (1992) 9.0
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (1992) 9.3
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992) 8.8
Superunknown - Soundgarden (1994) 9.1
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow (1996) 9.4
Odelay - Beck (1996) 8.0
Aenima - Tool (1996) 10.0
OK Computer - Radiohead (1997) 10.0
Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On (1997) 8.9
The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse (1997) 9.6
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 9.8
F#A# - Godspeed You Black Emperor! (1998) 8.4
Mezzanine - Massive Attack (1998) 9.0
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) 9.5
I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (1999) 9.6
Summerteeth - Wilco (1999) 8.8
Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros (1999) 8.1
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips (1999) 8.9
Emergency and I - The Dismemberment Plan (1999) 8.1
Kid A - Radiohead (2000) 8.2
Since I Left You - The Avalanches (2000) 8.9
The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse (2000) 9.9
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You Black Emperor (2000) 9.2
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002) 9.5
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age (2002) 8.5
Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol (2002) 8.8
Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins (2003) 8.7
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004) 8.4
Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (2004) 8.0
Funeral - The Arcade Fire (2004) 10.0
Madvillainy - Madvillain (2004) 9.2
Pockets - Karate (2004) 8.5
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005) 9.1
Make Me Love You - Pivot (2005) 8.6
Neon Bible - The Arcade Fire (2007) 8.8
In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007) 9.2
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008) 8.7
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear (2009) 9.1
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective (2009) 8.5
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