Narrowing down my top albums ever was a pretty tough job, but this is my final list of the top 101 albums you need to hear. From synth indie-pop to indie rock to grunge, I’ve tried to encompass a range of different artists, genres and eras. No doubt this list will change over the next few months, but all the albums here are ones that I love and listen to regularly. Definitely check out as many of them as you can, and take a look at the Spotify playlist at the end too. Enjoy!
- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not- Arctic Monkeys, 2006
2. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace- Foo Fighters, 2007
3. The Division Bell- Pink Floyd, 1994
4. Sgt, Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles, 1967
5. My Love is Cool- Wolf Alice, 2015
6. Meat is Murder- The Smiths, 1985
7. Hunky Dory- David Bowie, 1971
8. Up The Bracket- The Libertines, 2002
9. Nursery Cryme- Genesis, 1971
10. In Utero- Nirvana, 1993
11. London Calling- The Clash, 1979
12. Are you Satisfied? – Slaves, 2015
13. Parklife- Blur, 1994
14. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis, 1995
15. Led Zeppelin III- Led Zeppelin, 1970
16. Total Life Forever- Foals, 2010
17. Is This It- The Strokes, 2001
18. Inside In/ Inside Out- The Kooks, 2006
19. Empire- Kasabian, 2006
20. The Age of The Understatement- The Last Shadow Puppets, 2008
21. Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’ Roses, 1987
22. The Balcony- Catfish and the Bottlemen, 2014
23. Jake Bugg- Jake Bugg, 2012
24. Yours Truly, Angry Mob- Kaiser Chiefs, 2007
25. The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses, 1989
26. Suck It And See- Arctic Monkeys, 2011
27. You Could Have It So Much Better- Franz Ferdinand, 2005
28. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac, 1977
29. Angles- The Strokes, 2011
30. Sound & Color- Alabama Shakes, 2015
31. Waterloo to Anywhere- Dirty Pretty Things, 2006
32. The White Album- The Beatles, 1968
33. Humbug- Arctic Monkeys, 2009
34. Wasting Light- Foo Fighters, 2011
35. Magical Mystery Tour- The Beatles, 1967
36. Physical Graffiti- Led Zeppelin, 1975
37. Parallel Lines- Blondie, 1978
38. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols- Sex Pistols, 1977
39. A Tonic For The Troops- The Boomtown Rats, 1979
40. Chasing Yesterday- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, 2015
41. Lonerism- Tame Impala, 2012
42. Royal Blood- Royal Blood, 2014
43. Alas Salvation- Yak, 2016
44. At The Speed of Sound- Wings, 1976
45. Songs About Jane- Maroon 5, 2002
46. Let it Bleed- The Rolling Stones, 1969
47. The Fine Art of Surfacing- The Boomtown Rats, 1979
48. Coexist- The XX, 2012
49. Lungs- Florence & The Machine, 2009
50. Plastic Ono Band- John Lennon, 1970
51. The Kick Inside- Kate Bush, 1978
52. You Gotta Go There To Come Back- Stereophonics, 2003
53. Favourite Worst Nightmare- Arctic Monkeys, 2007
54. Nevermind- Nirvana, 1991
55. Revolver- The Beatles, 1966
56. The Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd, 1973
57. Led Zeppelin IV- Led Zeppelin, 1971
58. Anthems for Doomed Youth- The Libertines, 2015
59. Sugar Coated Bitter Truth- Slaves, 2012
60. The 1975- The 1975, 2013
61. Blackstar- David Bowie, 2016
62. That’s the Spirit- Bring Me The Horizon, 2015
63. Metallica/ Black Album- Metallica, 1991
64. Shangri La- Jake Bugg, 2013
65. Don’t Forget Who You Are- Miles Kane, 2013
66. Costello Music- The Fratellis, 2006
67. Aladdin Sane- David Bowie, 1973
68. Ultraviolence- Lana Del Rey, 2014
69. AM- Arctic Monkeys, 2013
70. Rubber Soul- The Beatles, 1965
71. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd, 1975
72. In Love- Peace, 2013
73. St Jude- The Courteeners, 2008
74. An Awesome Wave- alt-J, 2012
75. Demon Days- Gorillaz, 2005
76. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie, 1972
77. Nervous Racehorse- Wonk Unit, 2014
78. Zipper Down- Eagles of Death Metal, 2015
79. Audioslave- Audioslave, 2002
80. Everything You’ve Come to Expect- The Last Shadow Puppets, 2016
81. Origin of Symmetry- Muse, 2001
82. Back to Black- Amy Winehouse, 2006
83. Abbey Road- The Beatles, 1969
84. We’ll Live and Die in These Towns- The Enemy, 2007
85. Colour of the Trap- Miles Kane, 2011
86. The Weird and the Wonderful- Marmozets, 2014
87. A Day at The Races- Queen, 1976
88. A Night at The Opera- Queen, 1975
89. To Pimp a Butterfly- Kendrick Lamar, 2015
90. Konk- The Kooks, 2008
91….Like Clockwork- Queens of The Stone Age, 2013
92. Lazaretto- Jack White, 2014
93. Overgrown- James Blake, 2013
94. Paradise- Lana Del Rey, 2012
95. The 2nd Law- Muse, 2012
96. Definitely Maybe- Oasis, 1994
97. English Graffiti- The Vaccines, 2015
98. Caustic Love- Paolo Nutini, 2014
99. Atom Heart Mother Suite- Pink Floyd, 1970
100. Sonic Highways- Foo Fighters, 2014
101. Are You Experienced- Jimi Hendrix, 1967
Listen to my top track from each album here:
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