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Entertainment Weekly

A North American Publication
It comes out weekly. And...it's about entertainment.

Thanks to Jeff Brown for the 100 & '94 '96 '97 & '98 lists and
Fairall Dennis for the '92, '93 '95 & Box Set lists.
 
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Box Sets.


ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S 100 Greatest CDs
(Published 1993)


1. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
2. Led Zeppelin - Remasters
3. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
4. Paul Simon - Graceland
5. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
6. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
7. Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
8. Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits
9. J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations
10. James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits
11. The Beatles - Abbey Road
12. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
13. Various Artists - Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
14. Phil Spector - Back To Mono (1958-1969)
15. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
16. Nirvana - Nevermind
17. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
18. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
19. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
20. Enya - Watermark
21. David Bowie - Changesbowie
22. Louis Armstrong - Hot Five And Hot Seven 1925-1928
23. Van Morrison - The Best Of Van Morrison
24. Michael Jackson - Thriller
25. Roxy Music - Avalon
26. The Beatles - 1962-1966
27. Prince - Sign O' The Times
28. U2 - Achtung Baby
29. Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely Dan
30. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
31. The Who - Who's Next
32. Sly And The Family Stone - Anthology
33. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
34. The Band - The Band
35. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
36. Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits
37. Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album
38. Bob Marley - Legend
39. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
40. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
41. Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973
42. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
43. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
44. Neil Young - Decade
45. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
46. Run-D.M.C. - Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991
47. Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band
48. Patti Smith - Horses
49. R.E.M. - Murmur
50. k.d. lang And The Reclines - Absolute Torch And Twang
51. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
52. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
53. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
54. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Girls Girls Girls
55. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
56. Various Artists - Turn The Beat Around: The Disco Years 1974-1978
57. Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
58. Santana - Lotus
59. Rod Stewart - The Mercury Anthology
60. Various Artists - The Best Of The Girl Groups, Volume 1
61. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
62. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
63. Billie Holiday - The Legacy (1933-1958)
64. The Stooges - Fun House
65. Various Artists - Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps
66. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook
67. The Clash - London Calling
68. The Spinners - A One Of A Kind Love Affair: The Anthology
69. Jefferson Airplane - 2400 Fulton Street-The CD Collection
70. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
71. The Police - Every Breath You Take: The Singles
72. Loretta Lynn - Country Music Hall Of Fame Series
73. Anita Baker - Rapture
74. The Smiths - Best...I
75. Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
76. Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
77. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
78. The Allman Brothers Band - The Fillmore Concerts
79. Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash (1955-1983)
80. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
81. The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
82. Eagles - Hotel California
83. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
84. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
85. Parliament - Tear The Roof Off 1974-1980
86. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
87. The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall
88. George Jones - The Best Of George Jones (1955-1967)
89. Buddy Holly - From The Original Master Tapes
90. Talking Heads - Popular Favourites 1976-1983 and Sand In The Vaseline 1984-1992
91. Bonnie Raitt - The Bonnie Raitt Collection
92. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
93. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold & Platinum
94. The Byrds - 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965-1990
95. The Weavers - At Carnegie Hall
96. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs And Stories
97. Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977
98. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
99. Neneh Cherry - Homebrew
100. Various Artists - Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off

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1992 - Albums

1. Sonic Youth - Dirty
2. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of...
3. Nenah Cherry - Homebrew
4. Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F
5. Loudon Wainwright III - History
6. Eye & I - Eye & I
7. Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On
8. Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
9. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
10. Julaina Hatfield - Hey Babe

Singels

• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
• John Secada - Just Another Day
• U2 - One
• L7 - Let's Pretend We're Dead
• Ce Ce Peniston - Finally

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1993 - Albums

1. U2 - Zooropa
2. PM Dawn - The Bliss Album...?
3. Sliver - Soundtrack (Sharon Stone Film)
4. Yo La Tengo - Painful
5. Nirvana - In Utero
6. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
7. Rosanne Cash - The Wheel
8. Come - Eleven: Eleven
9. LL Cool J - 14 Shots To The Dome
10. Tool - Undertow

Singles

• Toni Braxton - Another Sad Love Song
• Duran Duran - Come Undone
• Janet Jackson - If

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1994 - Albums

1. Beck - Mellow Gold
2. Hole - Live Through This
3. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. Various Artists - Above The Rim (Soundtrack)
5. Madonna - Bedtime Stories
6. Jeff Buckley - Grace
7. Waterlillies - Tempted
8. Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era
9. Sebadoh - Bakesale
10. Luscious Jackson - Natural Ingredients

Singles

• Offspring - Come Out And Play
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
• Des'ree - You Gotta Be
• Veruca Salt - Seether

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1995 - Albums

1. Joan Osborne - Relish
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness
3. Moby - Everything is Wrong
4. Coolio - Gagsta's Paradise
5. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
6. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
7. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
8. Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
9. k.d. lang - All you Can Eat
10. Count Bass-D - Pre-Life Crisis

Singles

• Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
• TLC - Waterfalls
• Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heart-Beat
• Blues Traveler - Run Around
• Seal - Kiss From a Rose
• Real McCoy - Another Night

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Best Box sets of all time

1. Bob Dylan - Biograph
2. James Brown - Star Time
3. Eric Clapton - Crossroads
4. Phil Spector - Back To Mono (1958-69)
5. Allman Brothers Band - Dreams
6. Muddy Waters - The Chess Box
7. The Byrds - The Byrds
8. Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin
9. Rolling Stones - The Singles Collection: The London Years
10. The Clash - Clash on Broadway

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Entertainment Weekly - Best of 1996

The British Reinvasion

• Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
• 2Pac - "California Love"
• R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
• Richard Thompson - You?Me?Us?
• Quad City DJ's - "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
• Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
• Tracy Bonham - "Mother Mother"
• Able Tasmans - Store In A Cool Place
• The Tony Rich Project - Words

Runner-Up Albums

• Beck - Odelay
• Patti Smith - Gone Again
• Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
• Dirty Three - Horse Stories
• Suzanne Vega - Nine Objects Of Desire
• Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter

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Entertainment Weekly - 1997

• Radiohead - OK Computer
• The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
• White Town - "Your Woman"
• Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
• Tuatara - Breaking The Ethers & Mark Eitzel - West
• Yo La Tengo - "Autumn Sweater"
• David Holmes - Let's Get Killed
• OMC - "How Bizarre" & Forest For The Trees - "Dream"
• Spice Girls - "Wannabe" & "Say You'll Be There"



Entertainment Weekly 1998

1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2. Fatboy Slim - "The Rockafeller Skank"
3. Pulp - This is Hardcore
4. R.E.M. - Up
5. Madonna - Ray of Light
6. Alan Jackson - "I’ll Go On Loving You"
7. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
8. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
9. Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert)
10. Eliza Carthy - Red Rice


Entertainment Weekly - Best of 1999

1. Robbie Williams – The Ego Has Landed
2. Fiona Apple – When The Pawn…
3. Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”
4. Moby – Play
5. TLC – “No Scrubs”
6. Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
7. Luscious Jackson – “Ladyfingers”
8. Beth Orton – Central Reservation
9. Mos Def – Black On Both Sides
10. The Beta Band – The Three EP’s