I know this list probably won't be eligible for inclusion on AM but still a pretty interesting list with some surprising choices. The list is from the December issue of Blender.


100 The Shaggs - Philosophy Of The World
99 Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses
98 Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
97 The Mekons - Rock 'N' Roll
96 TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
95 The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
94 Half Japanese - Greatest Hits
93 Big Black - Atomizer
92 Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
91 The Chills - Kaleidoscope World
90 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
89 Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
88 Daniel Johnston - Yip/Jump Music
87 Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
86 Flipper - Album - Generic Flipper
85 The Clean - Anthology
84 Beat Happening - You Turn Me On
83 The Misfits - Walk Among Us
82 The Embarrassment - Heyday 1979-83
81 The Vaselines - The Way Of The Vaselines
80 Feist - The Reminder
79 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
78 The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
77 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
76 Le Tigre - Le Tigre
75 Galaxie 500 - Today
74 The Fall - 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong
73 Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
72 The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
71 Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm
70 Mudhoney - Superfruzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles
69 Nick Drake - Pink Moon
68 Descendents - Milo Goes To College
67 Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
66 Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
65 Various Artists - No New York
64 Cat Power - The Greatest
63 Nirvana - Bleach
62 The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
61 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
60 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
59 Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
58 Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
57 Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
56 Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle
55 Bad Brains - Bad Brains
54 Unrest - Imperial F.F.R.R.
53 Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
52 Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
51 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
50 Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
49 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
48 Mission Of Burma - Vs.
47 Green Day - Kerplunk
46 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
45 Fugazi - Repeater
44 Various Artists - Wanna Buy A Bridge?
43 Black Flag - Damaged
42 Brian Eno - Another Green World
41 Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
40 New Order - Power Corruption & Lies
39 Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
38 The Strokes - Is This It
37 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
36 Elliott Smith - Either/Or
35 Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
34 Superchunk - On The Mouth
33 The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
32 Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
31 Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
30 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
29 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
28 The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
27 M.I.A. - Arular
26 Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
25 Sebadoh - III
24 The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
23 Yo La Tengo - Painful
22 Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
21 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
20 The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
19 Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
18 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
17 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
16 Slint - Spiderland
15 X - Wild Gift
14 De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
13 Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
12 Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
11 Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
10 The Smiths - The Smiths
09 Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
08 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
07 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
06 Arcade Fire - Funeral
05 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
04 R.E.M. - Murmur
03 The Replacements - Let It Be
02 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
01 Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted

Can we really talk about "indie" for albums released before the early 80s ? For me, indie started with 80's post-punk and new-age, didn't it ?

"new wave" I meant to say, not "new age"...

miss small letters, some early ep:s and variable band width, pretty much everything except 192 kbps. come on pilgrim.

fred

Brian Eno and The Velvet Underground do not belong on this list.

But The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a better album than "Another Green World", do they. I learn something new every day.

Wait, how can you count the Smiths as indie and not have Queen Is Dead in your top ten?

Not a bad list, except the #1 is a really weak choice for #1. Daydream Nation should be #1.

There are also a few questionable inclusions and a few "Uhh...isn't that...not indie?" inclusions, like Nine Inch Nails.

Nah, that album's definitely indie. It was released on TV Tunes first. It wasn't until the early 90's that Interscope picked up NIN and rereleased the catalogue.

Another month, another awful Blender list.

It's time to stop using the word indie. College rock works much better.

The inclusion of acts like 13th Floor Elevators, De La Soul, Nick Drake and LCD Soundsystem-all wonderful but all completely unrelated to the genre in question-tends to make a mockery of this list.Other than these bizarre entries this is a strong and eclectic collection of albums.
I have to say 'Let It Be' gets far too high a placing-The Replacements were always the poor relation to Husker Du in the mid-80s twin cities mix-up.As for the no.1 being a "really weak choice", well, et tu BillAdama?

Labeling the list "Indie Rock" was kind of pointless, but that doesn't change the fact that I really like a lot of the albums on it. Especially glad to see newer favorites like Cat Power and Rilo Kiley on the list.

No list is perfect to the reader except for the one they make themselves. And even then it's open for debate.

Hey, Henrik - I was going through the forum compiling lists that haven't been added yet and I noticed that you never issued a "ruling" on this thread as to whether this one was eligible for inclusion or not. So - yea or nay?

Genre-specific list from a non-genre-specific magazine, doubtful.

Genre-specific list from a non-genre-specific magazine, definitely.

Huh? "Genre-specific best-of-lists are only included if they are from a magazine specialised in this genre."

Indie technically isn't a genre. Sometimes it's couped with genres though (Lo-Fi for example)

Indie is a genre in the sense that it excludes other kinds of music (non rock, mainstream)
If it is not the definition of a genre, tell me what it is