Nov 27 2008
Top 100 Albums Ever
Ease Down the Road loves albums. Live shows, singles, mixtapes, etc. We love all that, too, but at the end of the day, it’s all about albums. The liner notes. Taking off the shrink wrap. The pure thrill of picking a stack of albums out to take with you on a road trip or over to a friend’s house.
When it came time to select our 100 favorite albums ever, Ease had a whole lot of trouble. After much debate, 100 albums were selected, listened to and put in order. No albums from 2008 were considered, nor were live albums, compilations, EPs or collections.
1. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
2. The Beatles – White Album
3. Silver Jews – Bright Flight
4. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
5. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Silver Jews – American Water
7. Radiohead – OK Computer
8. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
9. Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus
10. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
11. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
12. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
13. Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble
14. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
15. The Replacements - Tim
16. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
17. The Clash – London Calling
18. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
19. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
20. Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
21. Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Master and Everyone
22. Paul Westerberg - Mono
23. Paul McCartney - Ram
24. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
25. Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over the Sea
26. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
27. Tom Waits – Raindogs
28. Wilco – Summerteeth
29. The Kinks - Village Green
30. Big Star - #1 Record
31. The Beatles – Revolver
32. Joanna Newsom - Ys
33. Radiohead - Kid A
34. The Microphones – Mount Eerie
35. Bright Eyes - Lifted …
36. Built to Spill – Keep it Like a Secret
37. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See a Darkness
38. Radiohead - The Bends
39. Bruce Springsteen - The River
40. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
41. Whiskeytown - Stranger’s Almanac
42. Phosphorescent - Pride
43. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
44. The Pixies - Doolittle
45. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
46. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America
47. Old 97’s – Too Far To Care
48. The Kinks - Lola
49. Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
50. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
51. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
52. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
53. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
54. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
55. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing …
56. Neil Young – After the Goldrush
57. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
58. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
59. Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
60. The Clash - The Clash
61. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
62. Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt
63. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
64. Pavement - Terror Twilight
65. Evan Dando - Baby I’m Bored
66. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
67. The Wailers - Catch a Fire (Jamaica Version)
68. Clem Snide - The Ghost of Fashion
69. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
70. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
71. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
72. Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache
73. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
74. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
75. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
76. The Replacements - Hootenanny
77. Can - Tago Mago
78. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
79. Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model
80. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
81. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
82. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
83. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
84. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
85. The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy
86. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
87. Joni Mitchell - Blue
88. The Kinks - Arthur
89. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
90. Elliott Smith - XO
91. Can - Ege Bamyasi
92. Nas - Illmatic
93. Todd Snider - The Devil You Know
94. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
95. Smog - Knock Knock
96. Slint - Spiderland
97. The Stooges - Fun House
98. Silver Jews - Starlight Walker
99. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
100. The Who - Tommy
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