SPIN Ranks Top 125 Albums of the Past 25 Years

SPIN magazine recently published a list of the top 125 albums of the past 25 years. The list was compiled by the editors of Spin, and features a wide range of genres and acts. Each pick also has a link to any relevant Spin features or reviews. While these types of list always garner a lot of attention - usually negative attention - they’re always worth a glance to get a conversation going. For your viewing pleasure, we've listed SPIN's top 50 below. Feel free to let us know why you like their choices or how they got it all wrong (Hole’s Live Through This is better than Arcade Fire’s Funeral?). 50: Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt (1996) 49: D'Angelo, Voodoo (2000) 48: Elliott Smith, Either/Or (1997) 47: Portishead, Dummy (1994) 46: N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton (1988) 45: Pixies, Surfer Rosa (1988) 44: Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (1986) 43: The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die (1994) 42: Green Day, Dookie (1994) 41: Pulp, Different Class (1995) 40: Tricky, Maxinquaye (1995) 39: Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet (1990) 38: Run-DMC, Raising Hell (1986) 37: Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville (1993) 36: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy (1985) 35: R.E.M., Automatic for the People (1992) 34: Beck, Odelay (1996) 33: Björk, Debut (1993) 32: Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) 31: Massive Attack, Blue Lines (1991) 30: A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory (1991) 29: Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) 28: Radiohead, The Bends (1995) 27: Nirvana, In Utero (1993) 26: Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand (1994) 25: Nas, Illmatic (1994) 24: Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986) 23: Daft Punk, Discovery (2001) 22: Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full (1987) 21: Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) 20: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991) 19: Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001) 18: The Strokes, Is This It (2001) 17: De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) 16: The Pixies, Doolittle (1989) 15: Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising (1985) 14: Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique (1989) 13: Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation (1988) 12: OutKast, Stankonia (2000) 11: The Replacements, Tim (1985) 10: Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral (1994) 9: Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted (1992) 8: PJ Harvey, Rid of Me (1993) 7: Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction (1987) 6: Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) 5: Radiohead, OK Computer (1997) 4: Nirvana, Nevermind (1991) 3: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986) 2: Prince, Sign O’ the Times (1987) 1: U2, Achtung Baby (1991)