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