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title: The Internet’s 100 Favourite Albums (by 100 Favourite Artists)
description: "I’ve taken the top ranked albums from over a dozen online music communities* in four languages and tried to combine them all into a definitive list of the modern music canon."
pageCreated: "2022-11-07"
pageUpdated: "2025-05-16"
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| The Internet’s 100 Favourite Albums
small By 100 Favourite Artists
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a#outlink(href="/100/films") #[strong New!] The Internet’s 100 Favourite Films →
p This list is not a matter of my opinion. (If it were, there would be a lot less Aphex and a lot more #[+sc("XTC")].) It is not a matter of critics’ opinions. It is a matter of #[em the people’s] opinion. I’ve taken the top ranked albums from over a dozen online music communities* in four languages and tried to combine them all into a definitive list of the modern music canon.
p To cultivate diversity, each artist is only allowed one spot on the list (though it was bloody close for Pink Floyd). I’m fairly happy with how it turned out: the included projects span across eras, genres, races, and countries, from the best-selling album in history to a live album from an obscure Japanese dub group. I would rather there had been a few more women and a few more global artists, but that’s what the auxiliary lists at the bottom are for!
p I’ll stop wasting your time now. From Abbey Road and Aphex to Ziggy and Zep, here are a hundred great albums by a hundred great artists:
ul.gallery
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 1
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong OK Computer
small Radiohead, 1997
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 2
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Wish You Were Here
small Pink Floyd, 1975
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 3
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong To Pimp a Butterfly
small Kendrick Lamar, 2015
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 4
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
small David Bowie, 1972
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 5
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Abbey Road
small The Beatles, 1969
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 6
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Velvet Underground & Nico
small The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 7
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong In the Court of the Crimson King
small King Crimson, 1969
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 8
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Illmatic
small Nas, 1994
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 9
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Kind of Blue
small Miles Davis, 1959
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 0")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 10
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Pet Sounds
small The Beach Boys, 1966
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 11
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Madvillainy
small Madvillain, 2004
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 12
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong A Love Supreme
small John Coltrane, 1965
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 13
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
small Wu-Tang Clan, 1993
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 14
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Remain in Light
small Talking Heads, 1980
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 15
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
small Led Zeppelin, 1971
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 16
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
small Charles Mingus, 1963
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 17
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Songs in the Key of Life
small Stevie Wonder, 1976
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 18
img.flag(src="/flags/ie.png" alt="Ireland")
strong Loveless
small My Bloody Valentine, 1991
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 19
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Disintegration
small The Cure, 1989
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 1")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 20
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
small Kanye West, 2010
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 21
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Nevermind
small Nirvana, 1991
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 22
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Highway 61 Revisited
small Bob Dylan, 1965
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 23
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong The Queen is Dead
small The Smiths, 1986
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 24
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Hounds of Love
small Kate Bush, 1985
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 25
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong London Calling
small The Clash, 1979
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 26
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong What's Going On
small Marvin Gaye, 1971
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 27
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Electric Ladyland
small Jimi Hendrix, 1968
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 28
img.flag(src="/flags/ca.png" alt="Canada")
strong Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
small Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 2000
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 29
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Doolittle
small Pixies, 1989
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 2")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 30
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Illinois
small Sufjan Stevens, 2005
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 31
img.flag(src="/flags/ca.png" alt="Canada")
strong Funeral
small Arcade Fire, 2004
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 32
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Doors
small The Doors, 1967
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 33
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Unknown Pleasures
small Joy Division, 1979
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 34
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Paranoid
small Black Sabbath, 1970
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 35
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Grace
small Jeff Buckley, 1994
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 36
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
small Neutral Milk Hotel, 1998
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 37
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Rumours
small Fleetwood Mac, 1977
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 38
img.flag(src="/flags/is.png" alt="Iceland")
strong Vespertine
small Björk, 2001
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 39
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Thriller
small Michael Jackson, 1982
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 3")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 40
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Pink Moon
small Nick Drake, 1972
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 41
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Endtroducing…
small DJ Shadow, 1996
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 42
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Blonde
small Frank Ocean, 2016
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 43
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Dummy
small Portishead, 1994
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 44
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Marquee Moon
small Television, 1977
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 45
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Spiderland
small Slint, 1991
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 46
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Master of Puppets
small Metallica, 1986
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 47
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Is This It
small The Strokes, 2001
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 48
img.flag(src="/flags/ca.png" alt="Canada")
strong Blue
small Joni Mitchell, 1971
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 49
img.flag(src="/flags/is.png" alt="Iceland")
strong(lang="is") Ágætis byrjun
small Sigur Rós, 1999
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 4")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 50
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Liquid Swords
small GZA, 1995
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 51
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Low End Theory
small A Tribe Called Quest, 1991
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 52
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Born to Run
small Bruce Springsteen, 1975
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 53
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Rage Against the Machine
small Rage Against the Machine, 1992
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 54
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Either/Or
small Elliot Smith, 1997
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 55
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Purple Rain
small Prince, 1984
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 56
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Daydream Nation
small Sonic Youth, 1988
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 57
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Rain Dogs
small Tom Waits, 1985
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 58
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Turn on the Bright Lights
small Interpol, 2002
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 59
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Siamese Dream
small Smashing Pumpkins, 1993
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 5")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 60
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Downward Spiral
small Nine Inch Nails, 1994
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 61
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Ys
small Joanna Newsom, 2006
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 62
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Aquemini
small OutKast, 1998
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 63
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Close to the Edge
small Yes, 1972
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 64
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Exile on Main St
small The Rolling Stones, 1972
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 65
img.flag(src="/flags/ca.png" alt="Canada")
strong Songs of Leonard Cohen
small Leonard Cohen, 1967
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 66
img.flag(src="/flags/fr.png" alt="France")
strong Discovery
small Daft Punk, 2001
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 67
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Glow Pt. 2
small The Microphones, 2001
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 68
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Mezzanine
small Massive Attack, 1998
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 69
img.flag(src="/flags/ca.png" alt="Canada")
strong After the Gold Rush
small Neil Young, 1970
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 6")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 70
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong The Stone Roses
small The Stone Roses, 1989
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 71
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
small Wilco, 2002
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 72
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/nir.png" alt="Northern Ireland")
strong Astral Weeks
small Van Morrison, 1968
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 73
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Ready to Die
small The Notorious BIG, 1994
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 74
img.flag(src="/flags/br.png" alt="Brazil")
strong(lang="pt") Clube da Esquina
small Lô Borges & Milton Nascimento, 1972
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 75
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Donuts
small J. Dilla, 2006
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 76
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Violator
small Depeche Mode, 1990
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 77
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
small Lauryn Hill, 1998
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 78
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Laughing Stock
small Talk Talk, 1991
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 79
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Who’s Next
small The Who, 1971
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 7")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 80
img.flag(src="/flags/jp.png" alt="Japan")
strong(lang="ja")
| 98.12.28 男達の別れ
i(lang="ja-Latn") Otokotachi no wakare
small Fishmans, 1999
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 81
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Rust in Peace
small Megadeth, 1990
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 82
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Atrocity Exhibition
small Danny Brown, 2016
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 83
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Sound of Silver
small LCD Soundsystem, 2007
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 84
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Automatic for the People
small REM, 1992
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 85
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong All Things Must Pass
small George Harrison, 1970
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 86
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/sco.png" alt="Scotland")
strong Heaven or Las Vegas
small Cocteau Twins, 1990
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 87
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Selected Ambient Works 85–92
small Aphex Twin, 1992
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 88
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Soundtracks for the Blind
small Swans, 1996
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 89
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Souvlaki
small Slowdive, 1993
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 8")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 90
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Deathconsciousness
small Have a Nice Life, 2008
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 91
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
small Public Enemy, 1988
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 92
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Songs for the Deaf
small Queens of the Stone Age, 2002
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 93
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Infamous
small Mobb Deep, 1995
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 94
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Fun House
small The Stooges, 1970
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 95
img.flag(src="/flags/au.png" alt="Australia")
strong Since I Left You
small The Avalanches, 2000
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 96
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Ants from Up There
small Black Country, New Road, 2022
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 97
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Horses
small Patti Smith, 1975
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 98
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Untrue
small Burial, 2007
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 99
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Titanic Rising
small Weyes Blood, 2019
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 9")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 100
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Dirt
small Alice in Chains, 1992
.centred
h2 10 More Great Albums…
h3 …that didn’t quite make it
ul.gallery
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 101
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Forever Changes
small Love, 1967
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 102
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Ten
small Pearl Jam, 1991
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 103
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Paul’s Boutique
small Beastie Boys, 1989
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 104
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Bridge Over Troubled Water
small Simon and Garfunkel, 1970
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 105
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Lateralus
small Tool, 2001
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 106
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/sco.png" alt="Scotland")
strong If You're Feeling Sinister
small Belle and Sebastian, 1996
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 107
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Selling England by the Pound
small Genesis, 1973
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 108
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Igor
small Tyler the Creator, 2019
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 109
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
small Little Simz, 2021
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 10")
img.cover(src=blank)
.num 110
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Odessey and Oracle
small The Zombies, 1968
.centred
h3 …of the ’10s and ’20s
ul.gallery
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong The Money Store
small Death Grips, 2012
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
small Car Seat Headrest, 2018
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Helplessness Blues
small Fleet Foxes, 2011
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Norman Fucking Rockwell!
small Lana Del Rey, 2019
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong You Won’t Get What You Want
small Daughters, 2018
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong LP!
small Jpegmafia, 2021
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Run The Jewels 2
small Run the Jewels, 2014
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Bloom
small Beach House, 2012
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Punisher
small Phoebe Bridgers, 2020
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 11")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/au.png" alt="Australia")
strong Skeleton Tree
small Nick Cave, 2016
.centred
h3
| …by women
br
small and mixed-gender bands led by women
ul.gallery
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong When the Pawn…
small Fiona Apple, 1999
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Back to Black
small Amy Winehouse, 2006
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/nz.png" alt="New Zealand")
strong Melodrama
small Lorde, 2017
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong To Bring You My Love
small PJ Harvey, 1995
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Tapestry
small Carole King, 1971
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Magdalene
small FKA Twigs, 2019
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
small Aretha Franklin, 1967
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
small Big Thief, 2022
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/us.png" alt="United States")
strong Pastel Blues
small Nina Simone, 1965
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 12")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/gb/eng.png" alt="England")
strong Love Deluxe
small Sade, 1992
.centred
h3
| …from around the world
small no “Anglosphere”, no European Anglophones
ul.gallery
li(style="--x: 0; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/jm.png" alt="Jamaica")
strong Exodus
small Bob Marley, 1977
li(style="--x: 1; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/de.png" alt="Germany")
strong(lang="de") Die Mensch-Maschine
small Kraftwerk, 1978
li(style="--x: 2; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/br.png" alt="Brazil")
strong(lang="pt") Acabou chorare
small Novos Baianos, 1972
li(style="--x: 3; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/ar.png" alt="Argentina")
strong(lang="es") Artaud
small Pescado Rabioso, 1973
li(style="--x: 4; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/br.png" alt="Brazil")
strong(lang="pt") A tábua de esmeralda
small Jorge Ben, 1974
li(style="--x: 5; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/ng.png" alt="Nigeria")
strong Zombie
small Fela Kuti, 1977
li(style="--x: 6; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/ar.png" alt="Argentina")
strong(lang="es") Clics modernos
small Charly Garcia, 1983
li(style="--x: 7; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/cu.png" alt="Cuba")
strong Buena Vista Social Club
small Buena Vista Social Club, 1997
li(style="--x: 8; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/fr.png" alt="France")
strong(lang="fr") Histoire de Melody Nelson
small Serge Gainsbourg, 1971
li(style="--x: 9; --y: 13")
img.cover(src=blank)
img.flag(src="/flags/jp.png" alt="Japan")
strong Modal Soul
small Nujabes, 2005
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small * Sources used: Rate Your Music, Acclaimed Music and its associated forum, Musicboard, Best Ever Albums, Sputnik Music, Album of the Year, /mu/’s introductory guides, /r/music polls, /r/indieheads, /r/electronicmusic, Musicmeter, Douban, and SensCritique.