Consequence of Sound's Top 100 Albums Ever [2010 Version]

Consequence of Sound's Top 100 Albums Ever [2010 Version]

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100.

Kanye West - The College Dropout
February 10, 2004
Critic Score
80
15 reviews

99.

Talking Heads - Fear of Music
August 3, 1979
Critic Score
96
5 reviews
Talking Heads' third record breaks down sonic walls as fast as the fearful can build them.

98.

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
February 24, 1975
Critic Score
93
3 reviews

96.

Beck - Midnite Vultures
November 16, 1999
Critic Score
79
10 reviews

93.

Parliament - Mothership Connection
December 15, 1975
Critic Score
94
3 reviews

91.

The Clash - The Clash
April 8, 1977
Critic Score
100
4 reviews

85.

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
August 10, 1979
Critic Score
98
4 reviews

83.

John Lennon - Imagine
September 9, 1971
Critic Score
95
4 reviews

80.

Paul Simon - Graceland
August 12, 1986
Critic Score
100
6 reviews

79.

Björk - Post
June 13, 1995
Critic Score
88
9 reviews

75.

JAY-Z - The Blueprint
September 11, 2001
Critic Score
85
10 reviews

73.

Radiohead - Kid A
October 2, 2000
Critic Score
82
16 reviews

70.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
December 3, 1965
Critic Score
100
4 reviews

69.

The Smiths - The Smiths
February 20, 1984
Critic Score
91
5 reviews

65.

Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Critic Score
90
23 reviews

64.

The Doors - The Doors
January 4, 1967
Critic Score
100
3 reviews

63.

R.E.M. - Document
September 1, 1987
Critic Score
90
4 reviews

62.

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993
Critic Score
97
7 reviews

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) has become such a standard — not only in hip-hop but in music, period — that imagining a world without it is nigh impossible.

61.

Green Day - Dookie
February 1, 1994
Critic Score
93
7 reviews
The East Bay legends tapped into far more than just feelings of alienation and boredom.

59.

my bloody valentine - loveless
November 4, 1991
Critic Score
90
7 reviews

58.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
February 4, 1977
Critic Score
100
7 reviews

57.

Genesis - Genesis
October 3, 1983
Critic Score
55
2 reviews

56.

The Who - Quadrophenia
October 19, 1973
Critic Score
93
3 reviews

52.

The Replacements - Let It Be
October 2, 1984
Critic Score
100
4 reviews

51.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
October 1, 1988
Critic Score
90
5 reviews

Like Gerhard Richter’s painting of a candle on the album’s cover, Daydream Nation remains a beautiful, resolute, and illuminating source of inspiration.

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