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Top 50 Albums of All Time

Kurt kept a journal. In it, he wrote his fifty favorite albums of all time - a document that reads like a syllabus for the underground: Iggy, Pixies, The Vaselines, Shonen Knife, Leadbelly, and a handful of records almost no one else had heard of. This is that list, in his order.

The 50 albums, in Kurt's order

The 50

Curated by Kurt Cobain
  1. 01

    Raw Power

    Iggy & The Stooges

    1973
  2. 02

    Surfer Rosa

    Pixies

    1988
  3. 03

    POD

    The Breeders

    1990
  4. 04

    Son of a Gun EP

    The Vaselines

    1987
  5. 05

    Philosophy of the World

    Shaggs

    1969
  6. 06

    Land Shark

    Fang

    1982
  7. 07

    Millions of Dead Cops

    M.D.C.

    1982
  8. 08

    1st EP

    Scratch Acid

    1984
  9. 09

    1st EP

    Saccharine Trust

    1981
  10. 10

    Pee Pee The Sailor

    Butthole Surfers

    1983
  11. 11

    My War

    Black Flag

    1984
  12. 12

    Rock for Light

    Bad Brains

    1983
  13. 13

    Entertainment!

    Gang of Four

    1979
  14. 14

    Never Mind the Bollocks

    Sex Pistols

    1977
  15. 15

    It's Only Right and Natural

    Frogs

    1989
  16. 16

    Dry

    PJ Harvey

    1992
  17. 17

    Daydream Nation

    Sonic Youth

    1988
  18. 18

    Get the Knack

    The Knack

    1979
  19. 19

    Know Your Product

    The Saints

    1978
  20. 20

    Anything by Kleenex

    Kleenex

    1978
  21. 21

    The Raincoats

    The Raincoats

    1982
  22. 22

    Colossal Youth

    Young Marble Giants

    1980
  23. 23

    Rocks

    Aerosmith

    1976
  24. 24

    What Is This?

    Punk Compilation California

    -
  25. 25

    Green

    R.E.M.

    1988
  26. 26

    Burning Farm

    Shonen Knife

    1985
  27. 27

    Typical Girls

    Slits

    1979
  28. 28

    Combat Rock

    The Clash

    1982
  29. 29

    Void/Faith EP

    Void/Faith

    1982
  30. 30

    Rites of Spring

    Rites of Spring

    1985
  31. 31

    Jamboree

    Beat Happening

    1988
  32. 32

    Tales of Terror

    Tales of Terror

    1984
  33. 33

    Last Session Vol.1

    Leadbelly

    -
  34. 34

    Superfuzz Bigmuff

    Mudhoney

    1988
  35. 35

    Yip Jump Music

    Daniel Johnston

    1983
  36. 36

    Generic

    Flipper

    1982
  37. 37

    Meet the Beatles

    The Beatles

    1964
  38. 38

    We Are Those Who Ache for Amorous Love

    Half Japanese

    1990
  39. 39

    Locust Abortion Technician

    Butthole Surfers

    1987
  40. 40

    Damaged

    Black Flag

    1981
  41. 41

    The Record

    Fear

    1982
  42. 42

    Flowers of Romance

    Public Image Ltd

    1981
  43. 43

    It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    Public Enemy

    1988
  44. 44

    Beach Party

    Marine Girls

    1982
  45. 45

    The Man Who Sold the World

    David Bowie

    1970
  46. 46

    Is This Real?

    The Wipers

    1979
  47. 47

    Youth of America

    The Wipers

    1981
  48. 48

    Over the Edge

    The Wipers

    1983
  49. 49

    Mazzy Star

    Mazzy Star

    1990
  50. 50

    Raping a Slave

    Swans

    1984

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