May 13, 2010

25 from the last 25

Here, in no particular order, are 25 great records from the last 25 years.  

If it’s great and it’s from the last 25 years and it’s not on this list and nothing else by the artist/band/group is on the list then maybe I haven’t heard it and you should tell me about it.  Or maybe it’s one of the ten or twelve records that just missed the cut. Or maybe I think it sucks.

  • Paul Simon - Graceland
  • Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
  • Sublime - Sublime
  • N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
  • Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
  • Flaming Lips - Hit to Death in the Future Head
  • Bob Dylan - Modern Times
  • Nirvana - Nevermind
  • The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  • Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
  • Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
  • Manu Chao - Clandestino
  • Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
  • Elastica - Elastica
  • Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  • Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
  • Metallica - Master of Puppets
  • Poor Righteous Teachers - Black Business
  • Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  • M.I.A. - Kala
  • Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
  • PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
  • Princess Superstar - Last of the Great 20th Century Composers
  • OutKast - Stankonia