✅ Guardian - Guardian writers' favourite albums ever
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:32 pm
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Beach Boys: Endless Summer
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Good Will Hunting: Original Soundtrack
Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister
Madonna: Madonna
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers (two votes)
Ramones: Leave Home
AC/DC: Powerage
The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Joy Division: Closer (three votes)
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (two votes)
The Durutti Column: LC
David Bowie: Low
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
Red House Painters: II
Black Uhuru: Dub Factor
Michael Brook: Live at the Aquarium
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Buffalo Tom: Buffalo Tom
Slint: Spiderland
Ramones: End of the Century
Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (two votes)
Leatherface: Mush
Pulp: His'n'Hers
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (three votes)
Roxy Music: Manifesto
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am...
The Clash: London Calling (two votes)
Cabaret: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
EPMD: Strictly Business
John Mayer: Continuum
Nas: Illmatic (two votes)
REM: Lifes Rich Pageant (two votes)
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band: The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
Television: Marquee Moon
The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico (three votes)
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars
Throwing Muses: Throwing Muses
Lou Reed: Transformer
Radiohead: Kid A (three votes)
The Beatles: Abbey Road (two votes)
R Stevie Moore: Thoroughly Years
Pulp: Different Class
Blackstar: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are...
Bliss n Eso: Flying Colours
Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow
Zubz: Headphone Music in a Parallel World
Yes: Close to the Edge
The Rolling Stones: Black and Blue
Lindstrøm: Where You Go I Go Too
Leonard Cohen: Live in London
Ramones: Ramones
The Beatles: Please Please Me
Prince: Purple Rain
The Libertines: Up the Bracket
Hole: Live Through This
Blur: The Best of Blur
Lambchop: Nixon
The Strokes: Is This It (two votes)
The Sea and Cake: Everybody
Cee-Lo Green: … Is The Soul Machine
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
Microphones: The Glow, Part 2
Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner
Burial: Untrue
The-Dream: Love King
Chic: Risque
The Radio Dept: Pet Grief
Drake: Thank Me Later
Flaming Lips: At War With the Mystics
The Carpenters: 1969-73
Cornershop: When I Was Born For The Seventh Time
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart
Tom Waits: Raindogs
Midlake: The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Aaliyah: Aaliyah
Tori Amos: From The Choirgirl Hotel
Michael Mayer: Fabric 13
Trina: Diamond Princess
Joni Mitchell: The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (two votes)
New Order: Technique
Super Furry Animals: Rings Around The World
Sigur Rós: ( )
Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (three votes)
Eels: Electroshock Blues
Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch
Tom Waits: Blood Money
The Orb: Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
Various Artists: Classic Balearic Mastercuts Vol 1
Michael Head and the Strands: The Magical World of the Strands
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
The Wailers: Soul Revolutionaries
The La's: The La's
Colleen: The Golden Morning Breaks
New Order: Power, Corruption and Lies
Kraftwerk: Radioactivity
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
Constantines: Shine A Light
Kinks: Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Deep Purple: Machine Head
Britney Spears: Blackout
Michael Jackson: Bad
Björk: Homogenic
Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
Luna: Penthouse
DJ DB, History of Our World Pt. 1: Breakbeat & Jungle Ultramix
Triple R: Friends
Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day
The Reigning Sound: Too Much Guitar
Hot Snakes: Automatic Midnight
Fugazi: Repeater
Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (two votes)
Van Morrison: His Band and the Street Choir
The Clash: The Story of the Clash
Ellen Allien: Berlinette
D'Angelo: Voodoo
Dusty Springfield: Dusty In Memphis
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story
Van Morrison: St Dominic's Preview
Carole King: Tapestry
The Replacements: Let it Be
The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup
Neil Young: Tonight's the Night
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Sandy Bull: Inventions
The Groundhogs: Split
Calexico: Feast Of Wire
Felt: Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death
Cat Power: Moon Pix
Songs:Ohia: Axxess & Ace
Herman Düne: Not On Top
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Safe as Milk
The Beatles: The White Album
Scott Walker: Scott 4
Love: Forever Changes
Karen Dalton: It's So Hard to Know Who's Going to Love You the Best
Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
Fairport Convention: Liege and Lief
Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth
Momus: The Poison Boyfriend
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BAnd
The Chameleons: Strange Times
The Human League: Dare
The The: Soul Mining
The Hidden Cameras - Smell Of Our Own
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
The Streets: Original Pirate Material
Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Beach Boys: Endless Summer
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Good Will Hunting: Original Soundtrack
Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister
Madonna: Madonna
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers (two votes)
Ramones: Leave Home
AC/DC: Powerage
The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Joy Division: Closer (three votes)
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (two votes)
The Durutti Column: LC
David Bowie: Low
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
Red House Painters: II
Black Uhuru: Dub Factor
Michael Brook: Live at the Aquarium
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Buffalo Tom: Buffalo Tom
Slint: Spiderland
Ramones: End of the Century
Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (two votes)
Leatherface: Mush
Pulp: His'n'Hers
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (three votes)
Roxy Music: Manifesto
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am...
The Clash: London Calling (two votes)
Cabaret: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
EPMD: Strictly Business
John Mayer: Continuum
Nas: Illmatic (two votes)
REM: Lifes Rich Pageant (two votes)
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band: The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
Television: Marquee Moon
The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico (three votes)
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars
Throwing Muses: Throwing Muses
Lou Reed: Transformer
Radiohead: Kid A (three votes)
The Beatles: Abbey Road (two votes)
R Stevie Moore: Thoroughly Years
Pulp: Different Class
Blackstar: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are...
Bliss n Eso: Flying Colours
Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow
Zubz: Headphone Music in a Parallel World
Yes: Close to the Edge
The Rolling Stones: Black and Blue
Lindstrøm: Where You Go I Go Too
Leonard Cohen: Live in London
Ramones: Ramones
The Beatles: Please Please Me
Prince: Purple Rain
The Libertines: Up the Bracket
Hole: Live Through This
Blur: The Best of Blur
Lambchop: Nixon
The Strokes: Is This It (two votes)
The Sea and Cake: Everybody
Cee-Lo Green: … Is The Soul Machine
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
Microphones: The Glow, Part 2
Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner
Burial: Untrue
The-Dream: Love King
Chic: Risque
The Radio Dept: Pet Grief
Drake: Thank Me Later
Flaming Lips: At War With the Mystics
The Carpenters: 1969-73
Cornershop: When I Was Born For The Seventh Time
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart
Tom Waits: Raindogs
Midlake: The Trials Of Van Occupanther
Aaliyah: Aaliyah
Tori Amos: From The Choirgirl Hotel
Michael Mayer: Fabric 13
Trina: Diamond Princess
Joni Mitchell: The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (two votes)
New Order: Technique
Super Furry Animals: Rings Around The World
Sigur Rós: ( )
Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (three votes)
Eels: Electroshock Blues
Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch
Tom Waits: Blood Money
The Orb: Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
Various Artists: Classic Balearic Mastercuts Vol 1
Michael Head and the Strands: The Magical World of the Strands
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
The Wailers: Soul Revolutionaries
The La's: The La's
Colleen: The Golden Morning Breaks
New Order: Power, Corruption and Lies
Kraftwerk: Radioactivity
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
Constantines: Shine A Light
Kinks: Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Deep Purple: Machine Head
Britney Spears: Blackout
Michael Jackson: Bad
Björk: Homogenic
Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
Luna: Penthouse
DJ DB, History of Our World Pt. 1: Breakbeat & Jungle Ultramix
Triple R: Friends
Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day
The Reigning Sound: Too Much Guitar
Hot Snakes: Automatic Midnight
Fugazi: Repeater
Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (two votes)
Van Morrison: His Band and the Street Choir
The Clash: The Story of the Clash
Ellen Allien: Berlinette
D'Angelo: Voodoo
Dusty Springfield: Dusty In Memphis
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story
Van Morrison: St Dominic's Preview
Carole King: Tapestry
The Replacements: Let it Be
The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup
Neil Young: Tonight's the Night
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Sandy Bull: Inventions
The Groundhogs: Split
Calexico: Feast Of Wire
Felt: Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death
Cat Power: Moon Pix
Songs:Ohia: Axxess & Ace
Herman Düne: Not On Top
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Safe as Milk
The Beatles: The White Album
Scott Walker: Scott 4
Love: Forever Changes
Karen Dalton: It's So Hard to Know Who's Going to Love You the Best
Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
Fairport Convention: Liege and Lief
Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth
Momus: The Poison Boyfriend
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BAnd
The Chameleons: Strange Times
The Human League: Dare
The The: Soul Mining
The Hidden Cameras - Smell Of Our Own
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
The Streets: Original Pirate Material
Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space