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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

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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

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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

  1. Offspring - Come Out And Play
  2. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice
  3. Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
  4. Des'ree - You Gotta Be
  5. 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

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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

Runner-Up Albums

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Entertainment Weekly - 1997

 

 

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

 

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