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Spin's Top 100 from 1985-2005

I'm tired of picking apart these top whatever lists. This one easily forfeits its already tenuous credibility (I've bolded albums ranked too low).

100. Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
95. Elastica - s/t
94. Slint - Spiderland
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
92. Big Black - Atomizer
91. XTC - Skylarking
90. Sonic Youth - Sister
89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
87. Blur - Parklife
86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
85. REM - Automatic For The People
84. Soundgarden - Superunknown
83. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - s/t - NME would have a fit.
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Possibly the best album of the 00s is #77? Wow.
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
75. Le Tigre - s/t
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye - Clearly, downtempo/trip-hop was thrown in as an afterthought.
67. Slayer - Reign In Blood
66. Outkast - Aquemini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
48. Radiohead - Kid A
47. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
44. Green Day - Dookie
43. B.D.P. - Criminal Minded
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - s/t
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Ince Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - It's criminal to not rank this in the top 10.
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
17. Nas - Illmatic
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
1. Radiohead - OK Computer

My top 20 from 1985-2005 based on perceived impact/influence (NOT personal preference):
1) Radiohead - OK Computer
2) Nirvana - Nevermind
3) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5) Pixies - Doolittle
6) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
7) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
8) Massive Attack - Blue Lines - neglected by Spin
9) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
10) U2 - The Joshua Tree - neglected by Spin
11) Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
12) Primal Scream - Screamadelica - neglected by Spin
13) The Cure - Disintegration - neglected by Spin
14) Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
15) A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
16) Run DMC - Raising Hell
17) R.E.M. - Document - neglected by Spin
18) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
19) Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
20) DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

Runners-up in random order:
De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Bjork - Post
Bjork - Debut
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nas - Illmatic
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Leftfield - Leftism
Prince - Sign 'o' the Times
Gang Starr - Step Into the Arena
The Replacements - Tim
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Portishead - Dummy
Tricky - Maxinquaye
U2 - Achtung Baby

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