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Okay, they don't like Kid A. I'm fine with that. And yeah, they really like Achtung Baby I guess. That's alright too. Their rap choices are really good. But....

Dookie (#42) > Surfer Rosa (#45)? Seriously? Really? Well, I honestly never thought that would happen but I guess I was wrong.

I had mixed feeling towards this list. There are so many terrific albums and masterpieces on this list, but i guess the fact they omitted others that are on the same level or something similar, aside the fact i disagree about the placements of some albums. It's kinda like i can't separate if a list without Kid A is a breathe of fresh air or just playin' ridiculous... i can't explain. Maybe they should have released a EOD list before doing something as far as the best albums of the last 25 years. I have no idea which albums they liked this decade, only if i make a heavy research inside their archives and EOY. But i would still don't know how they feel about the decade overall, after it was over. I liked some of the surprises like . I guess i can't argue about the female singers, there were some great picks like MIA, Hole, The Breeders, Fiona Apple, Liz Phair inside the top 40, Bjork and PJ Harvey having 2 records, while i believe it would have been 3 if they hadn't omitted To Bring You My Love, which i didn't get it cause it's like their favorite album of hers, but a top 10 for Rid of Me was fine.

But still i feel this list could've been much more. Even though, the saddest thing, by far, must be some comments trashing Spin cause they didn't add any of Muse's stupid albums.

Good for a magazine list.

would this be considered their EOD? If I did the math right these were the highest ranking albums of the 00s
1. OutKast, Stankonia
2. The Strokes, Is This It
3. Jay-Z, The Blueprint
4. Daft Punk, Discovery
5. D'Angelo, Voodoo
6. Kanye West, The College Dropout
7. White Stripes, Elephant
8. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
9. Arcade Fire, Funeral
10.Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

As expected with such a list, there are many picks I like and many I don't like. On the whole, most of the albums I've heard from the list are really good. However, since they are judging it based on influence, I have no idea how that U2 album got number one over Nevermind or OK Computer.

I've posted the complete list on the Critics' Lists forum.

There are a total of 30 albums on the list from the 2000s, but obviously this isn't an EOD list and won't be added to the spreadsheet. Of those 30, the only ones that aren't in the EOD top 300 are Veni Vidi Vicious (#701) and Spin's #1 album of 2007, New Wave (#1119).

I hate, and i mean HATE, Achtung Baby. other than that this list is pretty average other than the unusual placement of Hüsker Dü, of which i approve.

Here is the list:

1 U2, Achtung Baby (1991)
2 Prince, Sign O' the Times (1987)
3 The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986)
4 Nirvana, Nevermind (1991)
5 Radiohead, OK Computer (1997)
6 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
7 Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction (1987)
8 PJ Harvey, Rid of Me (1993)
9 Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
10 Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral (1994)
11 The Replacements, Tim (1985)
12 OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
13 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation (1988)
14 Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique (1989)
15 Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising (1985)
16 Pixies, Doolittle (1989)
17 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
18 The Strokes, Is This It (2001)
19 Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
20 My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991)
21 Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
22 Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full (1987)
23 Daft Punk, Discovery (2001)
24 Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986)
25 Nas, Illmatic (1994)
26 Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand (1994)
27 Nirvana, In Utero (1993)
28 Radiohead, The Bends (1995)
29 Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
30 A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory (1991)
31 Massive Attack, Blue Lines (1991)
32 Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
33 Björk, Debut (1993)
34 Beck, Odelay (1996)
35 R.E.M., Automatic for the People (1992)
36 The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy (1985)
37 Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville (1993)
38 Run-DMC, Raising Hell (1986)
39 Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
40 Tricky, Maxinquaye (1995)
41 Pulp, Different Class (1995)
42 Green Day, Dookie (1994)
43 The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die (1994)
44 Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (1986)
45 Pixies, Surfer Rosa (1988)
46 N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton (1988)
47 Portishead, Dummy (1994)
48 Elliott Smith, Either/Or (1997)
49 D'Angelo, Voodoo (2000)
50 Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt (1996)
51 Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
52 Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)
53 The Cure, The Head on The Door (1985)
54 Dinosaur Jr., You're Living All Over Me (1987)
55 Hole, Live Through This (1994)
56 Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1999)
57 White Stripes, Elephant (2003)
58 DJ Shadow, Endtroducing (1996)
59 Belle and Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister (1998)
60 Fugazi, 13 Songs (1989)
61 Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (1993)
62 U2, The Joshua Tree (1987)
63 R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
64 The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (1999)
65 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
66 Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)
67 Tom Waits, Rain Dogs (1985)
68 Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)
69 The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses (1991)
70 Pearl Jam, Ten (1991)
71 Oasis, Definitely Maybe (1994)
72 Lucinda Williams, Lucinda Williams (1988)
73 The Pogues, Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)
74 Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out (1997)
75 Björk, Post (1995)
76 OutKast, Aquemini (1998)
77 Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded (1987)
78 Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
79 The Breeders, Last Splash (1993)
80 The Fall, This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)
81 Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
82 Dr. Dre, The Chronic (1992)
83 Steve Earle, Guitar Town (1986)
84 LL Cool J, Radio (1985)
85 Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
86 TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
87 The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (2002)
88 Jeff Buckley, Grace (1994)
89 Basement Jaxx, Remedy (1999)
90 Elliott Smith, XO (1998)
91 The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
92 Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
93 Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
94 Jane's Addiction, Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990)
95 Soundgarden, Superunknown (1994)
96 The Roots, Things Fall Apart (1999)
97 Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (2007)
98 Johnny Cash, American Recordings (1994)
99 PJ Harvey, Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
100 Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
101 Blur, Parklife (1994)
102 Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen (1989)
103 M.I.A., Arular (2005)
104 The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (1999)
105 Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998)
106 Fiona Apple, When the Pawn Hits... (1999)
107 Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
108 Fugees, The Score (1996)
109 The Chills, Submarine Bells (1990)
110 Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
111 Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque (1991)
112 Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
113 Danger Mouse, The Grey Album (2004)
114 Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
115 OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
116 Against Me!, New Wave (2007)
117 The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
118 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! (2009)
119 Green Day, American Idiot (2004)
120 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (2008)
121 Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R (2000)
122 LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver (2007)
123 The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious (2002)
124 Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
125 Moby, Play (1999)

Here are the Top 125 most acclaimed albums of '85-'09 NOT included on SPIN's list:

1. Paul Simon, Graceland (1986) #73
2. Radiohead, Kid A (2000) #78
3. Primal Scream, Screamadelica (1991) #81
4. The White Stripes, Elephant (2003) #106
5. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (2005) #115
6. Air, Moon Safari (1998) #129
7. Radiohead, In Rainbows (2007) #157
8. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love (1996) #166
9. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (2004) #174
10. Metallica, Metallica (“The Black Album”) (1991) #192
11. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love (1985) #204
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) #211
13. Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine (1992) #213
14. Peter Gabriel, So (1986) #221
15. Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good (1985) #222
16. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (2002) #225
17. Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind (1997) #227
18. The Verve, Urban Hymns (1997) #242
19. R.E.M., Out of Time (1991) #245
20. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now (2005) #252
21. Sigur Rós, Agaetis Byrjun (1999) #256
22. The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) #259
23. Beastie Boys, Ill Communication (1994) #262
24. Portishead, Third (2008) #263
25. Daft Punk, Homework (1997) #272
26. Sonic Youth, Sister (1987) #276
27. Björk, Homogenic (1997) #277
28. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (2008) #278
29. Slint, Spiderland (1991) #279
30. Slayer, Reign in Blood (1986) #281
31. Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) #287
32. Mercury Rev, Deserter’s Songs (1998) #294
33. Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) #305
34. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, I See a Darkness (1999) #306
35. New Order, Technique (1989) #308
36. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf (2002) #311
37. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) #313
38. Happy Mondays, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) #322
39. Joanna Newsom, Ys (2006) #325
40. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (1995) #326
41. Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking (1988) #332
42. The Cure, Disintegration (1989) #335
43. M.I.A., Kala (2007) #340
44. Beastie Boys, Check Your Head (1992) #341
45. Beck, Mellow Gold (1994) #343
46. Madonna, Like a Prayer (1989) #351
47. Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) #356
48. TV on the Radio, Dear Science (2008) #365
49. Lou Reed, New York (1989) #368
50. Dizzee Rascal, Boy in da Corner (2003) #369
51. Primal Scream, Xtrmntr (2000) #370
52. The Prodigy, Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) #371
53. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (1988) #375
54. Sinéad O’Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990) #385
55. R.E.M., Document (1987) #386
56. PJ Harvey, Dry (1992) #389
57. Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden (1988) #390
58. Leftfield, Leftism (1995) #400
59. Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club (1997) #405
60. Sonic Youth, Goo (1990) #412
61. Panda Bear, Person Pitch (2007) #414
62. The Libertines, Up the Bracket (2002) #419
63. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black (2006) #421
64. XTC, Skylarking (1986) #422
65. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003) #425
66. Madonna, Ray of Light (1998) #428
67. Eminem, The Slim Shady LP (1999) #430
68. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (2007) #431
69. Bob Dylan, Love and Theft (2001) #437
70. The Prodigy, The Fat of the Land (1997) #439
71. New Order, Low-Life (1985) #440
72. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes (1992) #441
73. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend (2008) #442
74. Weezer, Weezer (“The Blue Album”) (1994) #443
75. The Knife, Silent Shout (2006) #444
76. Fatboy Slim, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) #447
77. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem (2005) #449
78. Brian Wilson, Smile (2004) #451
79. The Avalanches, Since I Left You (2000) #454
80. Depeche Mode, Violator (1990) #456
81. The National, Boxer (2007) #471
82. Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) #472
83. Pet Shop Boys, Behaviour (1990) #477
84. Burial, Untrue (2007) #479
85. Soul II Soul, Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin’ (1989) #493
86. Talk Talk, Laughing Stock (1991) #498
87. Suede, Suede (1993) #499
88. TLC, CrazySexyCool (1994) #500
89. Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine (1989) #502
90. Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (2000) #503
91. Radiohead, Amnesiac (2001) #504
92. Sam Cooke, Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1985) #506
93. Manu Chao, Clandestino (1998) #509
94. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Boatman’s Call (1997) #511
95. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) #512
96. Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (2004) #513
97. Björk, Vespertine (2001) #516
98. The La’s, The La’s (1990) #519
99. The Orb, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991) #521
100. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief (2003) #522
101. Alice in Chains, Dirt (1992) #524
102. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Ragged Glory (1990) #526
103. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica (2000) #527
104. Blur, Blur (1997) #530
105. The Chemical Brothers, Exit Planet Dust (1995) #533
106. Coldplay, Parachutes (2000) #535
107. Manic Street Preachers, Everything Must Go (1996) #536
108. Cat Power, The Greatest (2006) #539
109. Pet Shop Boys, Actually (1987) #543
110. Massive Attack, Protection (1994) #544
111. Underworld, Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993) #545
112. My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything (1988) #549
113. George Michael, Faith (1987) #551
114. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Abatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) #553
115. Roni Size / Reprazent, New Forms (1997) #561
116. Weezer, Pinkerton (1996) #563
117. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It in People (2002) #564
118. Bob Dylan, Modern Times (2006) #566
119. Tom Waits, Bone Machine (1992) #567
120. At the Drive-In, Relationship of Command (2000) #568
121. Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man (1988) #569
122. Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms (1985) #570
123. Hüsker Dü, Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) #572
124. Prince and the Revolution, Parade (1986) #578
125. The Smiths, Meat Is Murder (1985) #579


And for the record, here are Acclaimed Music.net's Top 125 Albums of the last 25 years:

1 Nirvana Nevermind 1991
2 Radiohead OK Computer 1997
3 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988
4 Prince Sign 'O' the Times 1987
5 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1986
6 Massive Attack Blue Lines 1991
7 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
8 R.E.M. Automatic for the People 1992
9 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989
10 Beck Odelay 1996
11 Arcade Fire Funeral 2004
12 The Strokes Is This It 2001
13 Pixies Doolittle 1989
14 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 1987
15 Portishead Dummy 1994
16 Jeff Buckley Grace 1994
17 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation 1988
18 Paul Simon Graceland 1986
19 De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising 1989
20 My Bloody Valentine Loveless 1991
21 Radiohead Kid A 2000
22 Primal Scream Screamadelica 1991
23 The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy 1985
24 DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... 1996
25 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995
26 U2 Achtung Baby 1991
27 Radiohead The Bends 1995
28 Pixies Surfer Rosa 1988
29 Oasis Definitely Maybe 1994
30 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002
31 The White Stripes Elephant 2003
32 N.W.A Straight Outta Compton 1988
33 Sufjan Stevens Illinois 2005
34 Tom Waits Rain Dogs 1985
35 Dr. Dre The Chronic 1992
36 Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 1989
37 Air Moon Safari 1998
38 Pavement Slanted and Enchanted 1992
39 Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet 1990
40 Björk Debut 1993
41 The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin 1999
42 Nirvana In Utero 1993
43 Pulp Different Class 1995
44 Pearl Jam Ten 1991
45 Tricky Maxinquaye 1995
46 Metallica Master of Puppets 1986
47 OutKast Stankonia 2000
48 Radiohead In Rainbows 2007
49 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver 2007
50 Blur Parklife 1994
51 Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream 1993
52 Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1993
53 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998
54 PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love 1995
55 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004
56 Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell 1986
57 The White Stripes White Blood Cells 2001
58 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000
59 Metallica Metallica ("The Black Album") 1991
60 TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain 2006
61 Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill 1986
62 Kate Bush Hounds of Love 1985
63 Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
64 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine 1992
65 Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral 1994
66 Peter Gabriel So 1986
67 Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good 1985
68 Belle and Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister 1996
69 The Streets Original Pirate Material 2002
70 Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind 1997
71 The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 1999
72 Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994
73 Kanye West The College Dropout 2004
74 Jay-Z The Blueprint 2001
75 The Verve Urban Hymns 1997
76 R.E.M. Out of Time 1991
77 The Pogues Rum, Sodomy & the Lash 1985
78 Liz Phair Exile in Guyville 1993
79 Antony and The Johnsons I Am a Bird Now 2005
80 OutKast Speakerboxxx / The Love Below 2003
81 Sigur Rós Agaetis Byrjun 1999
82 A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory 1991
83 The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 1995
84 Soundgarden Superunknown 1994
85 Beastie Boys Ill Communication 1994
86 Portishead Third 2008
87 The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole 1997
88 Daft Punk Homework 1997
89 Fugees The Score 1996
90 Sonic Youth Sister 1987
91 Björk Homogenic 1997
92 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008
93 Slint Spiderland 1991
94 Slayer Reign in Blood 1986
95 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
96 Björk Post 1995
97 Hole Live Through This 1994
98 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 1997
99 Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs 1998
100 Nas Illmatic 1994
101 Moby Play 1999
102 Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full 1987
103 Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York 1994
104 Bonnie "Prince" Billy I See a Darkness 1999
105 New Order Technique 1989
106 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf 2002
107 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1998
108 Johnny Cash American Recordings 1994
109 M.I.A. Arular 2005
110 Happy Mondays Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches 1990
111 Joanna Newsom Ys 2006
112 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995
113 Arcade Fire Neon Bible 2007
114 Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking 1988
115 The Cure Disintegration 1989
116 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head 2002
117 M.I.A. Kala 2007
118 Beastie Boys Check Your Head 1992
119 Beck Mellow Gold 1994
120 Madonna Like a Prayer 1989
121 Massive Attack Mezzanine 1998
122 Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die 1996
123 PJ Harvey Rid of Me 1993
124 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2002
125 TV on the Radio Dear Science 2008