My 250 Favorite Albums of All Time: The Complete List

I hope you’ve enjoyed counting down my favorite albums of all-time over the course of the year.  Here are the links to all the posts in the  series as well as the complete list of albums in descending order.

250-241	200-191	150-141	100-91	50-41
240-231	190-181	140-131	90-81	40-31
230-221	180-171	130-121	80-71	30-21
220-211	170-161	120-111	70-61	20-11
210-201	160-151	110-101	60-51	10-1

Rank	Artist	Title	Year
250	Happy Mondays	Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches	1990
249	The Nields	Gotta Get Over Greta	1997
248	The Paperboys	Molinos	1998
247	The Pinker Tones	Wild Animals	2008
246	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Fever to Tell	2003
245	The Shins	Chutes Too Narrow	2003
244	Various	Channel 1 – A Compilation Of Output Recordings	2000
243	Hothouse Flowers	Songs From The Rain	1992
242	Jim’s Big Ego	Noplace Like Nowhere	2000
241	The Go! Team	The Scene Between	2015
240	“Weird Al” Yankovic	Straight Outta Lynwood	2006
239	Taylor Swift	Red	2012
238	Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Dim the Lights and Chill the Ham	1991
237	Christy Moore	Voyage	1989
236	Leonard Cohen	You Want It Darker	2016
235	The Benders	Mountain Radio	2003
234	Young Fathers	Cocoa Sugar	2018
233	X-Ray Spex	Germfree Adolescents	1978
232	Wire	Pink Flag	1977
231	The Kinks	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	1969
230	Green Day	Dookie	1994
229	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	This Year’s Model	1978
228	Depeche Mode	Violator	1990
227	Living Colour	Vivid	1989
226	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	1984
225	Boston Women To Benefit Respond, Inc	Respond: A Compilation	1999
224	John Prine	John Prine	1971
223	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
222	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970
221	Fine Young Cannibals	Raw and the Cooked, The	1989
220	The Kevin Hanson Trio	BullsEye	2001
219	Nina Simone	Wild is the Wind	1966
218	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	1972
217	Marvin Gaye	Let’s Get It On	1973
216	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main Street	1972
215	Richard Shindell	Courier	2002
214	Franz Ferdinand	You Could Have It So Much Better	2005
213	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987
212	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters	2020
211	Run the Jewels	RTJ4	2020
210	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel	2018
209	Midnight Oil	Diesel And Dust	1988
208	Bobby “Blue” Bland	Two Steps From the Blues	1973
207	Billy Joel	Songs In The Attic	1981
206	The St. Louis Jesuits	A Dwelling Place	1976
205	Various	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector	1963
204	Tears For Fears	Songs from the Big Chair	1985
203	The Doors	The Doors	1967
202	The Beatles	The Beatles (“The White Album”)	1968
201	Nine Inch Nails	Pretty Hate Machine	1989
200	The Kinks	Something Else by The Kinks	1968
199	Aretha Franklin	Lady Soul	1968
198	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	1977
197	Beck	Guero	2005
196	Modest Mouse	Moon And Antarctica	2004
195	Fountains of Wayne	Welcome Interstate Managers	2003
194	3rdEyeGirl	PLECTRUMELECTRUM	2014
193	The Who	Who’s Next	1971
192	The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	1969
191	The Ramones	Rocket to Russia	1977
190	Cyndi Lauper	She’s So Unusual	1983
189	Sly & the Family Stone	There’s a Riot Goin’ On	1971
188	Ali Farka Toure	The Source	1992
187	The Ballroom Thieves	Unlovely	2020
186	Sleater-Kinney	Dig Me Out	1997
185	Antibalas	Antibalas	2012
184	Johnny Most	Reverse The Curse	2004
183	Freezepop	Fancy Ultra Fresh	2004
182	Hum Machine	Theorems and Compositions of the Last Action Rocker	2003
181	The Velveteens	Viva	1998
180	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	1983
179	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis	1956
178	The Resophonics	The Resophonics	2001
177	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	1982
176	Various	Dance Craze – The Best of British Ska Live	1981
175	Echolalia	Shamrock Shake	1997
174	Wild Flag	Wild Flag	2011
173	Clap! Clap!	Tayi Bebba	2014
172	Willie Dixon	I Am The Blues	1970
171	Various	An Droichead Beag	1995
170	Various	Rent [Original Broadway Cast Recording]	1996
169	Afro Celt Sound System	Sound Magic	1996
168	Various Artists	The Indestructible Beat of Soweto	1985
167	The Roches	The Roches	1979
166	Hüsker Dü	New Day Rising	1985
165	X	Under the Big Black Sun	1982
164	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Catch a Fire	1973
163	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1969
162	Vampire Weekend	Vampire Weekend	2008
161	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970
160	Fleet Foxes	Fleet Foxes	2008
159	Crooked Still	Shaken by a Low Sound	2006
158	Tilly & The Wall	Bottoms of Barrels	2006
157	Kris Delmhorst	Five Stories	2001
156	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	1968
155	Kate Bush	The Sensual World	1989
154	Squirrel Nut Zippers	Hot	1996
153	The Mekons	OOOH! (Out of Our Heads	2002
152	Mission of Burma	ONoffON	2004
151	Björk	Post	1995
150	The New Pornographers	Twin Cinema	2005
149	Ex Hex	Rips	2014
148	James Brown	Live at the Apollo, 1962	1963
147	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978
146	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	1971
145	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	2020
144	Al Green	Call Me	1973
143	Neko Case	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood	2006
142	Passion Pit	Manners	2009
141	Miles Davis	Kind of Blue	1959
140	Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	1972
139	Cracker	Kerosene Hat	1993
138	Black 47	Live in New York City	1999
137	Josh Wink	Profound Sounds	1999
136	Various	Party Girl	1995
135	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	1969
134	Liz Phair	Whip Smart	1994
133	DJ Maus	Intersections	2000
132	Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer	When I Go	1998
131	Erin McKeown	Distillation	2000
130	Various	O Brother Where Art Thou?	2000
129	Various	Wattstax	1972
128	Vinal Avenue String Band	Live at Tir na nÓg	1999
127	Milla	The Divine Comedy	1994
126	The Be Good Tanyas	Blue Horse	2001
125	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	1991
124	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1975
123	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Live	1975
122	Eddie From Ohio	Portable EFO Show	1998
121	MGMT	Oracular Spectacular	2008
120	Derek and the Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	1970
119	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Leonard Cohen	1967
118	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971
117	The Decemberists	The King Is Dead	2011
116	Jane’s Addiction	Nothing’s Shocking	1988
115	Christy Moore	Ride On	1983
114	Erasure	The Innocents	1988
113	Downtown Boys	Cost of Living	2017
112	Mourning [A] BLKstar	The Cycle	2020
111	Algiers	The Underside of Power	2017
110	Various	Camelot: 1982 Original London Cast	1982
109	Otis Redding	Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul	1965
108	The Clash	The Clash	1977
107	Traffic	John Barleycorn Must Die	1970
106	Pete Seeger	We Shall Overcome	1963
105	Stereolab	Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night	1999
104	Various	Free to Be … You and Me	1972
103	Dimitri From Paris	Sacrebleu	1996
102	Carl Stalling	The Carl Stalling Project	1989
101	Yo La Tengo	And Then Nothing Turned Itself Out	2000
100	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979
99	Stevie Wonder	Fulfillingness’ First Finale	1974
98	RUN-DMC	Raising Hell	1986
97	Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	100 Days, 100 Nights	2007
96	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	1972
95	Weezer	Weezer	1994
94	St. Vincenet	St. Vincent	2014
93	The Halluci Nation	We Are the Halluci Nation	2016
92	The B‐52’s	The B‐52’s	1979
91	The Operators	Citizens Band	2002
90	The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem	A Spontaneous Performance Recording	1961
89	Debo Band	Debo Band	2012
88	Beyonce	Lemonade	2016
87	Parliament	Mothership Connection	1975
86	Paul Simon	The Rhythm of the Saints	1990
85	Courtney Barnett	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit	2015
84	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973
83	Beck	Odelay	1996
82	Peter Mulvey	Ten Thousand Mornings	2002
81	The Pogues	If I Should Fall From The Grace of God	1985
80	Various	This Are Two Tone	1983
79	The Go-Go’s	Beauty and the Beat	1981
78	Kris Delmhorst	Songs For a Hurricane	2003
77	Jolie Holland	Escondida	2004
76	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983
75	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988
74	Various	The Muppet Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	1978
73	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
72	Portishead	Dummy	1994
71	The Beach Boys	Pet Sounds	1966
70	Various	Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)	2015
69	Billy Bragg & Wilco	Mermaid Avenue	1998
68	Various	Anthology of American Folk Music	1952
67	Fugazi	13 Songs	1990
66	Cry Cry Cry	Cry Cry Cry	1998
65	Johnny Cash	At Folsom Prison	1968
64	The Beat	I Just Can’t Stop It	1980
63	Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins	Rabbit Fur Coat	2005
62	Janelle Monáe	The ArchAndroid	2010
61	Adele	21	2011
60	Pete Seeger	Singalong	1980
59	Various	Trainspotting Motion Picture Soundtrack	1996
58	The Flaming Lips	Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots	2002
57	The New Pornographers	Challengers	2007
56	Yo Yo Ma and Bob – McFerrin	Hush	1992
55	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	1976
54	Crosby, Stills, & Nash	Crosby, Stills, & Nash	1969
53	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	1965
52	Tom Waits	Franks Wild Years	1987
51	They Might Be Giants	Lincoln	1988
50	The Revels	The Christmas Revels: Celebrating 50 Years!	2020
49	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	1991
48	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	1971
47	Sly & the Family Stone	Stand!	1969
46	U2	Achtung Baby	1991
45	Ramones	Ramones	1976
44	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love	1985
43	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You	2019
42	Moxy Fruvous	Live Noise	1998
41	The Weakerthans	Reconstruction Site	2003
40	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme	1964
39	The Dismemberment Plan	Emergency & I	1999
38	Sinéad O’Connor	I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got	1990
37	Prince	1999	1982
36	Robert Johnson	The Complete Recordings	1936
35	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	1959
34	Camera Obscura	Let’s Get Out of this Country	2006
33	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs	1985
32	The Breeders	Last Splash	1993
31	Mission of Burma	Vs	1982
30	Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	2006
29	Harry Belafonte	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall	1959
28	Sigur Rós	Ágætis byrjun	1999
27	Janelle Monáe	Dirty Computer	2018
26	The Specials	The Specials	1980
25	The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet	1968
24	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book	1972
23	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980
22	Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer	Tanglewood Tree	2000
21	Johnny Clegg & Savuka	Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World	1989
20	The Avalanches	Since I Left You	2000
19	Marvin Gaye	What’s Going On	1971
18	Stereolab	Emperor Tomato Ketchup	1996
17	The Pogues	Rum, Sodomy and The Lash	1988
16	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	1989
15	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997
14	R.E.M.	Lifes Rich Pageant	1986
13	Björk	Homogenic	1997
12	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	1984
11	Fishbone	Truth and Soul	1988
10	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986
9	Peter Gabriel	So	1986
8	Public Enemy	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	1988
7	The Beatles	Revolver	1966
6	The Replacements	Let It Be	1984
5	The Clash	London Calling	1979
4	They Might Be Giants	Flood	1990
3	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	1989
2	Pixies	Doolittle	1989
1	Yo La Tengo	I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One	1997