Diffuser.fm many lists

[Nassim]

Hi Henrik, would all those lists (well, at least the decade and year lists) be eligible : http://diffuser.fm/alternative-rock-lists/. Lists are "rock only" but with that kind of broad rock definition that includes the Beastie Boys.

Alexa rank and sites linking to it are way on target, but the website does only news and "rock history" articles, no reviews. I know that'd be an issue for EOY lists, but not sure if it is for decade lists.

[Henrik]

This site looks very similar to Ultimate Classic Rock, from which decade lists are (or will be) included.

[Nassim]

Yes it's a parent website, the alternative/indie rock counterpart. (with loudwire the hard rock/metal one)

I'll copy the albums of the 90s, albums of the 00s and 21 albums of the 21st century when I can.
There are yearly albums lists from 88 to 2002, is that eligible too ?

[Henrik]

Thanks Nassim!

Year lists that were made long after the year could be eligible. I think I said yes to Ultimate Classic Rock's year lists (they are in JR's summary of lists to be added) although they will likely not be added in the next update.

[Nassim]

Surprisingly the site is not blocked at work (AM is ) so here are the decades lists. Will AM get me fired one day? Possible !

Top 100 Alternative Albums of the '90s (2015)

100) Faith No More - Angel Dust
99) Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
98) Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
97) Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
96) R.E.M. - Out of Time
95) Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
94) They Might Be Giants - Flood
93) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
92) Freedy Johnston - This Perfect World
91) Sublime - Sublime
90) Garbage - Garbage
89) Morphine - Cure for Pain
88) The Breeders - Last Splash
87) Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
86) Whiskeytown - Faithless Street
85) Super Furry Animals - Radiator
84) Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
83) Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
82) Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
81) Old 97's - Fight Songs
80) Suede - Suede
79) Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam
78) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
77) The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
76) The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
75) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
74) Red House Painters - Red House Painters
73) The Verve - Urban Hymns
72) Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
71) Portishead - Dummy
70) Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
69) Blink-182 - Enema of the State
68) Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
67) Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
66) Primal Scream - Screamadelica
65) Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
64) Fugazi - Repeater
63) The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
62) Sonic Youth - Goo
61) PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
60) Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
59) Son Volt - Trace
58) Moby - Play
57) Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
56) Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
55) Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
54) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
53) Hole - Live Through This
52) Failure - Fantastic Planet
51) Pixies - Bossanova
50) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
49) Slint - Spiderland
48) Pearl Jam - Vs.
47) Pulp - Different Class
46) Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
45) Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
44) Weezer - Weezer (the Blue Album)
43) Elliott Smith - Either/Or
42) Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
41) Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
40) Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
39) Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
38) Wilco - Being There
37) Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
36) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
35) Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
34) Jeff Buckley - Grace
33) Oasis - Definitely Maybe
32) Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
31) The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
30) Björk - Post
29) Radiohead - The Bends
28) DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
27) Alice in Chains - Dirt
26) Depeche Mode - Violator
25) Nirvana - In Utero
24) Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
23) Weezer - Pinkerton
22) Soundgarden - Superunknown
21) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
20) Blur - Parklife
19) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
18) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
17) Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
16) U2 - Achtung Baby
15) No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
14) Pearl Jam - Ten
13) The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
12) Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
11) Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
10) R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
9) Beck - Odelay
8) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7) Wilco - Summerteeth
6) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
5) Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
4) Green Day - Dookie
3) Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
2) Radiohead - OK Computer
1) Nirvana - Nevermind

10 Best ’00s Indie Rock Albums (2013)

10) TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
9) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
8) The Strokes - Is This It
7) The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
6) The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
5) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
4) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
1) Arcade Fire - Funeral

21 Best Alt Rock Albums of the 21st Century (2014)

21) Green Day - American Idiot
20) Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
19) Gorillaz - Demon Days
18) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
17) The Killers - Hot Fuss
16) Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
15) Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
14) Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
13) My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
12) Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
11) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
10) TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
9) The Postal Service - Give Up
8) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
7) At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
6) Beck - Sea Change
5) Arcade Fire - Funeral
4) The White Stripes - Elephant
3) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2) The Strokes - Is This It?
1) Radiohead - Kid A

[Nassim]

80s lists :

1986 best alternative albums
That's the only yearly list longer than a top 10

40) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox
39) Ministry - Twitch
38) OMD - The Pacific Age
37) Iggy Pop - Blah Blah Blah
36) Soul Asylum - Made to Be Broken
35) Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
34) Public Image Ltd - Album
33) The Church - Heyday
32) The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
31) The Feelies - Good Earth
30) Love and Rockets - Express
29) Duran Duran - Notorious
28) Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
27) Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse
26) The Human League - Crash
25) Big Audio Dynamite - No. 10, Upping St
24) They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
23) The B-52's - Bouncing Off the Satellites
22) Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
21) Joe Jackson - Big World
20) Richard Thompson - Daring Adventures
19) Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
18) Pretenders - Get Close
17) Sonic Youth - Evol
16) David + David - Boomtown
15) World Party - Private Revolution
14) Pet Shop Boys - Please
13) New Order - Brotherhood
12) Talking Heads - True Stories
11) Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate
10) Crowded House - Crowded House
9) Steve Earle - Guitar Town
8) Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
7) Elvis Costello - King of America
6) Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
5) XTC - Skylarking
4) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
3) R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
2) Peter Gabriel - So
1) Paul Simon - Graceland

10 Best Albums from 1988

10) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
9) Morrissey - Viva Hate
8) U2 - Rattle and Hum
7) Talking Heads - Naked
6) The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
5) Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
4) R.E.M. - Green
3) Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
2) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

10 Best Albums from 1989

10) New Order - Technique
9) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
8) Galaxie 500 - On Fire
7) Faith No More - The Real Thing
6) Lou Reed - New York
5) The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul
4) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3) The Cure - Disintegration
2) The Pixies - Doolittle
1) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

[Nassim]

1990

10) Ride - Nowhere
9) They Might Be Giants - Flood
8) Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
7) Yo La Tengo - Fakebook
6) The Pixies - Bossanova
5) The Replacements - All Shook Down
4) Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
3) Sonic Youth - Goo
2) Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
1) Depeche Mode – Violator

1991

10) Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
9) Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
8) Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
7) R.E.M. - Time Out of Mind
6) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
5) Massive Attack - Blue Lines
4) Pearl Jam – Ten
3) My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
2) U2 - Achtung Baby
1) Nirvana – Nevermind

1992

10) Sonic Youth - Dirty
9) Tom Waits - Bone Machine
8) PJ Harvey - Dry
7) Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
6) Sugar - Copper Blue
5) The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
4) Morrissey - Your Arsenal
3) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
2) R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1) Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

1993

10) Radiohead - Pablo Honey
9) Yo La Tengo - Painful
8) Pearl Jam - Vs.
7) The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman
6) The Breeders - Last Splash
5) U2 - Zooropa
4) Nirvana - In Utero
3) PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
2) The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
1) Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

1994

10) Portishead - Dummy
9) Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
8) Jeff Buckley - Grace
7) Soundgarden - Superunknown
6) Hole - Live Through This
5) Nirvana - Unplugged in New-York
4) Weezer - Weezer
3) Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2) Green Day - Dookie
1) Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

1995

10) Luna - Penthouse
9) Moby - Everything Is Wrong
8) Pulp - Different Class
7) PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
6) Tricky - Maxinquaye
5) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
4) The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
3) Björk - Post
2) Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
1) Radiohead - The Bends

1996

10) Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
9) Sublime - Sublime
8) Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
7) The Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle,
6) Daft Punk - Homework
5) Fiona Apple - Tidal
4) Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
3) DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
2) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
1) Beck – Odelay

1997

10) Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
9) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
8) Björk - Homogenic
7) Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
6) Elliott Smith - Either/Or
5) Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
4) The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
3) Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
2) Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
1) Radiohead - Ok Computer

1998

10) Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way Baby
9) PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
8) Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
7) Silver Jews - American Water
6) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
5) Mercury Rev - Deserter's Song
4) Elliott Smith - XO
3) Air - Moon Safari
2) Wilco & Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue
1) Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

1999

10) Beck - Midnite Vulture
9) Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
8) Basement Jaxx - Remedy
7) Wilco - Summerteeth
6) Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of L.A.
5) The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
4) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
3) The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
2) Tom Waits - Mule Variations
1) Moby – Play

2000

10) The Avalanches – Since I Left You
9) Coldplay - Parachutes
8) Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
7) Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itseld Inside Out
6) Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
5) Elliott Smith – Figure 8
4) Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun (nevermind that they put that in their 90s top list, not 00s)
3) PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
2) U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
1) Radiohead – Kid A

2001

10) Basement Jaxx - Rooty
9) Fugazi – The Argument
8) Björk - Vespertine
7) The Shins – Oh, Inverted World
6) Ryan Adams - Gold
5) System of a Down - Toxicity
4) Daft Punk - Discovery
3) The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
2) The Strokes – Is This It
1) Radiohead - Amnesiac

2002

10) Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
9) The Libertines – Up the Bracket
8) The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious
7) Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
6) Sigur Ros – ()
5) Bright Eyes – Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
4) The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3) Coldplay – A rush of Blood to the Head
2) Beck – Sea Change
1) Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

And that's all for eligible lists !

[Henrik]

Thanks Nassim!

[Nassim]

They have just released a new and longer 1996 list. They call it "best alternative albums" but it's still quite blurry what they mean by that.
Top 2 doesn't change, Homework is out and Walking Wounded loses almost 30 spots

40) Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
39) The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Thank God for Mental Illness
38) Everything but the Girl - Walking Wounded
37) Sebadoh - Harmacy
36) Eels - Beautiful Freak
35) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
34) Screaming Trees - Dust
33) Alejandro Escovedo - With These Hands
32) Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
31) Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
30) Pearl Jam - No Code
29) Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
28) Beth Orton - Trailer Park
27) Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
26) Fiona Apple - Tidal
25) Ash - 1977
24) Outkast - ATLiens
23) Johnny Cash - Unchained
22) Sublime - Sublime
21) Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
20) Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
19) Low - The Curtain Hits the Cast
18) Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension
17) The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
16) Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
15) Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
14) The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
13) Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
12) Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
11) Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
10) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
9) The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle
8) Tool - Ænima
7) Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6) Wilco - Being There
5) DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
4) Weezer - Pinkerton
3) R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
2) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
1) Beck - Odelay

[Nassim]

Top 40 albums of 2006

40) The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
39) The Handsome Family - Last Days of Wonder
38) Thom Yorke - The Eraser
37) Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
36) Mudhoney - Under a Billion Suns
35) The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
34) Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
33) Pernice Brothers - Live a Little
32) Lily Allen - Alright, Still
31) Beck - The Information
30) The M's - Future Women
29) Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
28) Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor
27) The Futureheads - News & Tributes
26) The Melvins - (A) Senile Animal
25) Peaches - Impeach My Bush
24) Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
23) The Knife - Silent Shout
22) Joanna Newsom - Ys
21) The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
20) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
19) M. Ward - Post-War
18) Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
17) Mastodon - Blood Mountain
16) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
15) New York Dolls - One Day it Will Please Us to Remember Even This
14) Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
13) The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
12) Cat Power - The Greatest
11) Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
10) Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
9) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
8) Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
7) Mates of State - Bring it Back
6) The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
5) Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
4) Girl Talk - Night Ripper
3) Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
2) The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
1) TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain