Best Opening Tracks of All-Time

The Best Opening Tracks of All Time

 

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As a part of KEXP's 2024 Fall Fundraising Drive, we asked our listeners to vote for their favorite opening tracks of all time. Check out the full list below. Countdowns like this only happen with your support. Consider supporting listener-powered KEXP by making a donation today

738. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time | "The First Song"
737. Elbow - Little Fictions | "Magnificent (She Says)"
736. INXS - X | "Suicide Blonde"
735. ELO - Out of the Blue | "Turn to Stone"
734. Washed Out - Within and Without | "Eyes Be Closed"
733. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy | "Last Exit"
732. Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust | "Cruel to Be Kind"
731. R.E.M. - Out of Time | Radio Song
730. Lush - Lovelife | "Ladykillers"



729. Prince - Musicology | "Musicology"
728. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You | "Cuz I Love You"
727. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full  | "I Ain't No Joke"
726. Jamie xx - In Colour | "Gosh"
725. REM - Reckoning | "Harborcoat"
724. Pearl Jam - No Code | "Sometimes"
723. Grandaddy - Sumday | "Now It's On"
722. DeVotchKa - How It Ends | "You Love Me"
721. Adorable - Against Perfection | "Sunshine Smile"

720.  Luna - Bewitched | "California (All The Way)"
719    Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek | "Hard Way Home"
718    Wild Nothing - Nocturne | "Shadow"
717    Morphine - Good | "Good"
716    Spoon - Girls Can Tell | "Everything Hits at Once"
715    Blonde Redhead - 23  | "23"
714    Cocteau Twins - Garlands | Blood Bitch
713    Blur - Leisure | "She's So High"
712    Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle  | "Web in Front"

711. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi | "Buffalo Stance"
710. Metallica - Kill 'Em All | "Hit The Lights"
709. Sparks - Angst In My Pants | "Angst in My Pants"
708. Black Angels - Passover | "Young Men Dead"
707. Sleigh Bells - Treats | "Tell 'Em"
706. Ramones - Rocket to Russia | "Cretin Hop"
705. Mac DeMarco - 2 | "Cooking Up Something Good"
704. Roxy Music - Roxy Music  | "Re-Make/Re-Model"
703. Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 | "Interstate 8"



702. Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun  | "Anywhere Out of the World" 
701.  Husker Du - Flip Your Wig | "Flip Your Wig"
700. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves | "Mahgeetah"
699. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides | "Fear Not of Man"
698. Pearl Jam - Yield | "Brain of J"
697. Gorillaz - Cracker Island  | "Cracker Island" Ft. Thundercat
696. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion | "In The Flowers"
695. Ben Harper - The Will To Live | "Faded"
694. Fontaines DC - Romance | "Romance"



693. Rocket from the Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream  | "Middle"
692. Bob Mould - Workbook  | "Sunspots"
691. Bad Religion - Suffer | "You Are (The Government)"
690. Big Star - Radio City | "O My Soul"
689. David Bowie - "Diamond Dogs" | Future Legend
688. Black Mountain - IV  | "Mothers of The Sun"
687. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond  | "More Than A Love Song"
686. Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes  | "Title Track"
685. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It | "Mirror in the Bathroom"

684. Leon Bridges - Coming Home  | "Coming Home"
683. Janet Jackson - Control | "Control"
682. Fela Kuti - Zombie | "Zombie"
681. Little Dragon - Ritual Union | "Ritual Union"
680. Elastica - Elastica  | "Line Up"
679. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin | "Is There a Ghost"
678. D'angelo - Voodoo | "Playa Playa"
677. James Blake - Overgrown | "Overgrown"
676. Al Green - Let's Stay Together | "Let's Stay Together"

675. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World  | "Shining Star"
674. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um | "Better Git it In Your Soul"
673. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul | "Chain of Fools"
672. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline | "Girl From The North Country"    
671. Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet  | "Sisyphus"
670. Cocteau Twins - Treasure | "Ivo"
669. Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight  | "Shattering the Hourglass"
668. Robyn - Honey | "Missing U"
667. Outkast - Stankonia | "Intro/Gasoline Dreams"

 

666. Manu Chao - Clandestino  | "Clandestino"
665. Beyonce - Lemonade | "Pray You Catch Me"
664. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in The Alps  | "Smoke Signals"
663. The The - Soul Mining | "I've Been Waiting For Tomorrow"
662. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker | "It Isn't Meant To Be"
661. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine | "Here's Your Future"
660. Visqueen - King Me | "Vaxxine"
659. Weezer - Pinkerton | "Tired of Sex"
658. X - Under the Big Black Sun | "The Hungry Wolf"

 

657. U2 - October  | "Gloria"
656. The Cult - Sonic Temple | "Sun King"
655. The Who - Quadrophenia  | "I Am The Sea"
654. The Kills - No Wow | "No Wow / Telephone Radio Germany"
653. Vampire Weekend - Contra | "Horchata"
652. Wire - Pink Flag | "Reuters"
651. Urge Overkill - Saturation | "Sister Havana"
650. The Breeders - All Nerve | "Nervous Mary"
649. The Stooges - The Stooges | "1969"

 

648. The Black Keys - Thickfreakness  | "Thickfreakness"
647. X - Wild Gift | "The Once Over Twice"
646. Supertramp - Crime of the Century | "School"
645. Lizzo - Special | "The Sign"
644. Pela - Anytown Graffiti | "Waiting on The Stairs"
643. Slowdive - Souvlaki | "Alison"
642. Mitski - Be the Cowboy | "Geyser"
641. John Prine - John Prine | "Illegal Smile"
640. Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker | "Facet Squared"

 

639. James - Laid | "Out To Get You"
638. Lush - Gala | "Sweetness & Light"
637. New Order - Technique | "Fine Time"
636. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff  | "No One Has"
635. Alice In Chains - Facelift | "We Die Young"
634. Broken Bells - Broken Bells | "The High Road"
633. Queen - A Day at the Races | "Tie Your Mother Down"
632. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | "Don't Make Me a Target"
631. New York Dolls - New York Dolls | "Personality Crisis"

 

630. Mad Season - Above | "Wake Up"
629. Beth Orton - Trailer Park | "She Cries Your Name"
628. Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club | "Wordy Rappinghood"
627. The Strokes - The New Abnormal | "The Adults Are Talking"
626. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak  | "Jailbreak"
625. Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere | "First Wave Intact"
624. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations  | "Take a Bow"
623. Pixies - Bossanova  | "Cecillia Ann"
622. Pulp - This Is Hardcore | "The Fear"

 

621. Joy Division - Closer | "Atrocity Exhibition"
620. Men at Work - Business as Usual  | "Who Can It Be Now"
619. Devo - Freedom of Choice | "Girl U Want"
618. L7 - Bricks are Heavy | "Wargasm"
617. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska | "Nebraska"
616. Digable Planets  - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) | "It's Good to Be Here"
615. Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside | "She's In Parties"
614. David Bowie - Low | "Speed of Life"
613. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry | "Boys Don't Cry"

 

612. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse | "Acts of Man"
611. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia  | "In ár gCroíthe go deo"
610. Handsome Boy Modeling School - So... How's Your Girl?  | "Rock N' Roll"
609. Genesis Owusu - Struggler | "Leaving The Light"
608. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain  | "I Was a Lover"
607. Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco | "Both Hands"
606. Aerosmith - Rocks | "Back in The Saddle"
605. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union | "Somebody To Shove"
604.  Elvis Costello - My Aim is True | "Welcome to The Working Week"

 

603. Frank Black - Frank Black | "Los Angeles"
602. Catherine Wheel - Ferment  | "Texture"
601. Throwing Muses - University  | "Bright Yellow Gun"
600. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe  | "The Mother We Share"
599. Moby - 18  | "We Are All Made of Stars"
598. XTC - Drums and Wires  | "Making Plans For Nigel"
597. REM - Green |  "Pop Song 89"
596. Johnny Cash - American Recordings | "Della's Gone"
595. Yes - 90125  | "Owner of a Lonely Heart"

 

594. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man  | "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
593. Tom Waits - Mule Variations | "Big in Japan"
592. Peter Tosh - Legalize It  | "Legalize It"
591. Santigold - Santigold | "L.E.S. Artistes"
590. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll  | "Blue Bell Knoll"
589. Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter | "Life on a Chain"
588. Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby | "Right Here, Right Now"
587. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way | "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
586. Goodness - Goodness | "Superwise"

 

585. Digital Underground - Sex Packets | "The Humpty Dance"
584. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland | "Crumbling Castle"
583. Jason Isbell - Southeastern | "Cover Me Up"
582. Cat Power - You Are Free | "I Don't Blame You"
581. Tame Impala - Lonerism | "Be Above It"
580. Bad Brains - Bad Brains  | "Sailin' On"
579. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne | "Radiation Vibe"
578. Gang of Four - Entertainment! | "Ether"
577. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun | "Up On The Sun"

 

576. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity | "Robot Stop"
575. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes  | "A Salty Salute"
574. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows | "What's In It For Me"
573. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor | "A More Perfect Union"
572. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy | "Bodhisattva"
571. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising | "A Lot's Gonna Change"
570. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush | "One More Year"
569. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive | "Ask Her For Aderall"
568. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy | "Pure Comedy"

 

567. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold  | "My Silver Lining"
566. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger | "Time of the Preacher"
565. Fontaines DC - Dogrel  | "Big"
564. Portishead - Third  | "Silence"
563.  Elliott Smith - XO | "Sweet Adeline"
562. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues  | "Montezuma"
561. Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears | "Fruits of My Labor"
560. Father John Misty - Fear Fun  | "Funtimes in Babylon"
559. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas  | "Day of the Deadringers"

 

558. AC/DC - High Voltage | "It's a Long Way To The Top (If You Want to Rock & Roll)"

557. Audioslave - Audioslave | "Cochise"

556. Big Star - #1 Record | "Feel"

555. Lou Reed - New York | "Romeo Had Juliette"

554. Jenny Lewis - On the Line | "Heads Gonna Roll"

553. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam | "Peacebone"

552. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | "Elevator Operator"

551. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors | "Lark"

550. Daft Punk - Homework | "Daftendirekt"

 

549. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate | "Black Man in a White World"

548. Primal Scream - Screamadelica | "Movin' on Up"

547. Guided by Voices - Do the Collapse | "Teenage FBI"

546. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | "Introvert"

545. Common - Be | "Be (Intro)"

544. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me | "Ambitionz Az A Ridah"

543. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me | "Don't Know Why"

542. Moby - Play | "Honey"

541. Pulp - Different Class | "Mis-Shapes"

 

540. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home | "Pay Your Way in Pain"

539. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple | "Weak in Your Light"

538. Neko Case - Blacklisted | "Things That Scare Me"

537. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema | "Twin Cinema"

536. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down | "Spitting Off The Edge of The World"

535. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand | "Hardcore UFOs"

534. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

533. Cut Copy - Zonoscope | "Need You Now"

532. Kraftwerk - Autobahn | "Autobahn"

 

 

531. Phil Collins - Face Value | "In The Air Tonight"

530. Isaac Hayes - Shaft | "Theme From Shaft"

529. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces | "Accidents Will Happen"

528. Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground | "Country Death Song"

527. The Church - Starfish | "Destination"

526. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde | "Trompe Le Monde"

525. Sade - Love Deluxe | "No Ordinary Love"

524. The Crystal Method - Vegas | "Trip Like I Do"

523. The Chemical Brothers - Come with Us | "Come With Us"

 

 

 

522. Neil Young - Harvest | "Out on the Weekend"

521. Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom | "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago"

520. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones | "Gold Lion"

519. PJ Harvey - Dry | "Oh My Lover"

518. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell | "Death with Dignity"

517. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs | "Singapore"

516. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky | "Either Way"

515. Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso | "Hey Mami"

514. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque | "The Concept"

 

 

513. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring | "Happiness Is Easy"

512. Tom Waits - Closing Time | "Ol' 55"

511. The Wailers - Catch a Fire | "Concrete Jungle"

510. The English Beat - Special Beat Service | "I Confess"

509. Ween - Quebec | "It's Gonna Be a Long Night"

508. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito | "Sacrilege"

507. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys | "10:15 Saturday Night"

506. The Black Keys - Brothers | "Everlasting Light"

505. Blur - 13 | "Tender"

 

 

 

504. alt-J - An Awesome Wave | "Intro"

503. Bob Marley - Legend | "Is This Love"

502. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes | "The Wrong Way"

501. T. Rex - Electric Warrior | "Mambo Sun"

500. The Mountain Goats - Goths | "Rain in Soho"

499. Wilco - The Whole Love | "Art of Almost"

498. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago | "Flume"

497. Interpol - Antics | "Next Exit"

496. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

 

 

 

495. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday | "I Wanna Get High"

494. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water | "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

493. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders | "Midnight Marauders Tour Guide/Steve Biko"

492. Pink Floyd - Piper at The Gates of Dawn | "Astronomy Domine"

491. Ween - The Mollusk | "I'm Dancing in The Show Tonight"

490. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door | "In The Evening"

489. Cracker - Cracker | "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"

488. The Specials - The Specials | "A Message to You Rudy"

487. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight | "Surrender"

 

 

 

486. Love And Rockets - Express | "It Could Be Sunshine"

485. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain | "Silver"

484. The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld | "Little Fluffy Clouds"

483. The Police - Ghost in the Machine | "Spirits in The Material World"

482. They Might Be Giants - Flood | "Theme From Flood/Birdhouse in.."

481. William Shatner - Has Been | "Common People"

480. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers | "Brill Bruisers"

479. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked | "She Drives Me Crazy"

478. Ramones - End of the Century | "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?"

 

 

 

477. James - Seven | "Born of Frustration"

476. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight | "I Wanna Destroy You"

475. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder | "The Headmaster Ritual"

474. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 | "Happy Hour"

473. The Jam - This is the Modern World | "The Modern World"

472. Van Halen - 1984 | "1984/JUMP"

471. Black Flag - Damaged | "Rise Above"

470. The Damned - Damned Damned Damned | "Neat Neat Neat"

469. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans | "Marching Bands of Manhattan"

 

 

 

468. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take them on, on your own | "Stop"

467. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona | "Counting Backwards"

466. The Cure - The Crow Soundtrack | "Burn"

465. Metallica - Ride the Lightning | "Fight Fire With Fire"

464. Whitney Houston - Whitney | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

463. Soundgarden - Superunknown | "Let Me Drown"

462. Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | "Turn it On"

461. Cake - Prolonging The Magic | "Satan is My Motor"

460. Erasure - The Innocents | "A Little Respect"

 

 

 

459. Spoon - Gimme Fiction [skip until next Spoon song] | "The Beast & Dragon, Adored"

458. Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music | "Dance to The Music"

457. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese | "Take Me Away"

456. Doves - Lost Souls | "Firesuite"

455. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark | "Court and Spark"

454. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country | "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"

453. Boygenius - The Record | "Without You Without Them"

452. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head | "Politik"

451. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (AND #459 Spoon) | "Hot Thoughts"

 

450. Charli XCX - Brat | "360"

449. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps | "My My, Hey Hey, Out of The Blue"

448. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | "Change"

447. Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castle | "Little Plastic Castle"

446. Orville Peck - Pony | "Dead of Night"

445. Japandroids - Celebration Rock | "The Nights of Wine and Roses"

444. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet | "Diving Women"

443. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon | "Sense"

442. Dinosaur Jr - Bug | "Freak Scene"

 

 

441. Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind | "The Wagon"

440. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies | "Rotten Apple"

439. Gorillaz - Gorillaz | "Re-Hash"

438. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear | "I Love You, Honeybear"

437. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk | "The State I Am In"

436. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast | "The Shining"

435. Adele - 21 | "Rolling in The Deep"

434. Steely Dan - Aja | "Black Cow"

433. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls | "Hold On"

 

 

432. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend | "Mansard Roof"

431. XTC - Skylarking | "Summer's Cauldron"

430. Wilco - A Ghost is Born | "At Least That's What You Said"

429. Tricky - Maxinquaye | "Overcome"

428. SZA - Ctrl | "Supermodel"

427. My Morning Jacket - Z | "LOZ Intro"

426. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone | "The Tornado Loves You"

425. Sonic Youth - Dirty | "100%"

424. The Stooges - Funhouse | "Down on the Street"

 

 

423. Police - Zenyatta Mondatta | "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

422. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion | "Shadow of the Season"

421. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | "Lisztomania"

420. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - God Fodder | "Kill Your Television"

419. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | "Silence Kid"

418. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In | "Do You Love Me?"

417. Kraftwerk - Computer World | "Computer World"

416. Bob Dylan - Desire | "Hurricane"

415. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You | "I Put a Spell on You"

 

414. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town | "Badlands"

413. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | "Blowin' in The Wind"

412. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | "Push It Along"

411. Blondie - Eat to the Beat | "Dreaming"

410. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell | "Rebel Yell"

409. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home | "subterranean homesick blues"

408. Steely Dan - Can't buy a thrill | "Do It Again"

407. The Breeders - Pod | "Glorious"

406. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's | "Don't Go"

 

405. The Beatles - Rubber Soul | "Drive My Car"

404. Prince - Controversy | "Controversy"

403. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat | "One Beat"

402. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer | "Dirty Computer"

401. Lou Reed - Transformer | "Vicious"

400. John Lennon - Imagine | "Imagine"

399. Elton John - Madman Across the Water | "Tiny Dancer"

398. Duran Duran - Duran Duran | "Girls on Film"

397. Eagles - Hotel California | "Hotel California"

396. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book | "You Are The Sunshine of My Life"

395. New Order - Republic | "Regret"

394. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour | "Slow Burn"

393. Geese - 3D Country | "2122"

392. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 | "State of the Nation"

391. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician | "Sweet Loaf"

390. Yves Tumor - Gospel for a New Century | "Gospel for a New Century"

389. Caribou - Swim | "Odessa"

388. Cake - Fashion Nugget | "Frank Sinatra"

387. Wilco - Being There | "Misunderstood"

386. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas | "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"

385. The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust | "Leave Home"

384. Sleater Kinney - The Woods | "The Fox"

383. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum | "The Dripping Tap"

382. Stone Temple Pilots - Core | "Dead & Bloated"

381. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something | "Never Ending Math Equation"

380. Talking Heads - Fear of Music | "I Zimbra"

379. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul | "Walk on By"

378. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden | "The Rainbow"

377. The Cranberries - No Need to Argue | "Ode To My Family"

376. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away | "Sleeping Lessons"

375. Morphine - Yes | "Honey White"

374. Run the Jewels - RTJ4 | "Yankees and The Braves Ep. 4"

373. Prince - Prince | "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

372. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure | "Float"

371. Garbage - Garbage | "Supervixen"

370. Talking Heads - 77 | "Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town"

369. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme | "A Love Supreme Pt 1: Acknowledgement"

368. Hole - Celebrity Skin | "Celebrity Skin"

367. Love - Forever Changes | "Alone Again Or"

366. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth | "You Only Live Once"

365. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde | "Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35"

364. Eric B and Rakim - Follow the Leader | "Follow The Leader"

363. Husker Du - Zen Arcade | "Something I Learned Today"

362. Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever | "Stayin' Alive"

361. Talking Heads - Little Creatures | "And She Was"

360. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues | "Fisherman's Blues"

359. TV on the Radio - Dear Science | "Halfway Home"

358. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass | "Blue"

357. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen | "Suzanne"

356. Nirvana - Bleach | "Blew"

355. Metric - Fantasies | "Help I'm Alive"

354. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles | "Testify"

353. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | "Thieves"

352. The Cars - Candy O | "Let's Go"

351. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets | "Needle in the Camel's Eye"

350. Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine | "The Cutter"

349. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been | "Out There"

348. Velvet Underground - Loaded | "Who Loves The Sun"

347. New Order - Movement | "Dreams Never End"

346. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim | "Caribou"

345. Pavement - Brighten the Corners | "Stereo"

344. The White Stripes - Icky Thump | "Icky Thump"

343. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA | "Born In The USA"

342. Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust | "Beds are Burning"

341. New Order - Low-Life | "Love Vigilantes"

340. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia | "Godless"

339. Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe | "Rush"

338. The Clash - The Clash | "Janie Jones"

337. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run | "Band on The Run"

336. The Beatles - Help | "Help!"

335. The Replacements - Tim | "Hold My Life"

334. Old 97's - Too Far to Care | "Timebomb"

333. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality | "Sweet Leaf"

332. Counting Crows - August and Everything After | "Round Here"

331. Björk - Vespertine | "Hidden Place"

330. Bob Marley - Exodus | "Natural Mystic"

329. The Clash - Sandinista! | "The Magnificent Seven"

328. Alvvays - Antisocialites | "In Undertow"

327. Joni Mitchell - Hejira | "Coyote"

326. Nas - Illmatic | "The Genesis"

325. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire | "People of the Sun"

324. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois | "Concerning the UFO..."

323. Sonic Youth - Sister | "Schizophrenia"

322. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell | "Norman Fucking Rockwell"

321. Björk - Homogenic | "Hunter"

320. Van Morrison - Moondance | "And It Stoned Me"

319. Foals - What Went Down | "What Went Down"

318. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire | "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"

317. Black Keys - El Camino | "Lonely Boy"

316. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color | "Sound & Color"

315. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command | "Arcarsenal"

314. Silver Jews - American Water | "Random Rules"

313. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool | "Burn The Witch"

312. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | "Right in Time"

311. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze | "Wakin on a Pretty Day"

310. Beck - Guero | "E-Pro"

309. Sigur Rós - () | "Untitled ("Vaka")"

308. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream | "Oh Baby"

307. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories | "Give Life Back to Music"

306. Frank Ocean - Blonde | "Nikes"

305. Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love | "In The Morning"

304. Rolling Stones - Some Girls | "Miss You"

303. Slayer - Reign in Blood | "Angel of Death"

302. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back | "Countdown to Armageddon"

301. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls | "It's Thunder It's Lightning"

300. The Killers - Hot Fuss | "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"

299. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary | "You Are a Runner, and I Am My Father’s Son"

298. Tyler, the Creator - Igor | "Igor's Theme"

297. Radiohead - Amnesiac | "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box"

296. Cheap Trick - In Color | "Hello There"

295. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz | "Zero"

294. The Knife - Silent Shout | "silent shout"

293. Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion | "I Feel You"

292. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field | "Dark Entries"

291. Beck - Sea Change | "The Golden Age"

290. Carole King - Tapestry | "I Feel The Earth Move"

289. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill | "All I Really Want"

288. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels | "Run The Jewels"

287. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic | "Mass Romantic"

286. The Cure - Wish | "Open"

285. Peter Gabriel - US | "Come Talk To Me"

284. Otis Redding - The Dock of The Bay | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

283. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers | "Roadrunner"

282. Madonna - Like a Prayer | "Like a Prayer"

281. Kermit the Frog - The Muppet Movie | "The Rainbow Connection"

280. Madness - One Step Beyond | "One Step Beyond"

279. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks | "Holidays in The Sun"

278. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall | "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"

277. George Michael - Faith | "Faith"

276. Bill Withers - Menagerie | "Lovely Day"

275. Lucy Dacus - Historian | "Night Shift"

274. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music | "Turtles all the way Down"

273. The Black Angels - Passover | "Young Men Dead"

272. Rush - Permanent Waves | "The Spirit of Radio"

271. Arctic Monkeys - AM | "Do I Wanna Know"

270. Son Volt - Trace | "Windfall"

269. Neil Young - Harvest Moon | "Unknown Legend"

268. The Knife - Deep Cuts | "HeartBeats"

267. Husker Du - New Day Rising | "New Day Rising"

266. Helmet - Meantime | "In The Meantime"

265. Ministry - Psalm 69 | "N.W.O."

264. Massive Attack - Protection | "Protection"

263. The Breeders - Last Splash | "New Year"

262. Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food | "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel"

261. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc | "Message in a Bottle"

260. Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu | "Carry On"

259. Beck - Midnite Vultures | "Sexx Laws"

258. David Bowie - Station to Station | "Station To Station"

257. Sonic Youth - Goo | "Dirty Boots"

256. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife | "The Crane Wife 3"

255. The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field | "Expert in a Dying Field"

254. The Shins - Chutes too Narrow | "Kissing the Lipless"

253. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland | "Dominion / Mother Russia"

252. David Bowie - Blackstar | "Blackstar"

251. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call | "Into My Arms"

250. Prince - Sign o' the Times | "Sign o' the Times"

249. Blondie - Parallel Lines | "Hanging on The Telephone"

248. Madonna - Madonna | "Lucky Star"

247. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty | "Super Disco Breakin'"

246. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables | "Kill The Poor"

245. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf | "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire"

244. The B-52's - The B-52's | "Planet Claire"

243. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog | "Say Hello 2 Heaven"

242. Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting | "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)"

241. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer"

240. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America | "Stuck Between Stations"

239. Robyn - Body Talk | "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do"

238. Beach House - Bloom | "Myth"

237. Beyonce - Cowboy Carter | "American Requiem"

236. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee | "Paprika"

235. Heart - Little Queen | "Barracuda"

234. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire | "A Sort of Homecoming"

233. INXS - Listen Like Thieves | "What You Need"

232. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson | "Gotta Get Up"

231. David Bowie - Young Americans | "Young Americans"

230. Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith | "Needle in the Hay"

229. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight | "The Modern Leper"

228. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls | "Closer to Fine"

227. The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl | "Middle of the Road"

226. Sugar - Copper Blue | "The Act We Act"

225. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange | "Bellbottoms"

224. Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss | "Super Bon Bon"

223. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night | "A Hard Day's Night"

222. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 | "Lost at Birth"

221. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole | "Block Rockin' Beats"

220. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind | "Beautiful Day"

219. INXS - Shabooh Shoobah | "The One Thing"

218. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln | "Ana Ng"

217. The Clash - Combat Rock | "Know Your Rights"

216. Queen - News of the World | "We Will Rock You"

215. INXS - Kick | "Guns in the Sky"

214. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular | "Time To Pretend"

213. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat | "White Light/White Heat"

212. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell | "Rich"

211. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"

210. The Police - Synchronicity | "Synchronicity I"

209. The Go-Go's - Vacation | "Vacation"

208. Michael Jackson - Thriller | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

207. Yes - Fragile | "Roundabout"

206. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | "At The Bottom of Everything"

205. The Cure - Pornography | "One Hundred Years"

204. Future Islands - Singles | "Seasons (Waiting on You)"

203. Fiona Apple - Tidal | "Sleep To Dream"

202. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God | "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"

201. Massive Attack - Blue Lines | "Safe From Harm"

200. Roxy Music - Avalon | "More Than This"

199. Ride - Going Blank Again | "Leave Them All Behind"

198. The National - High Violet | "Terrible Love"

197. Sade - Diamond Life | "Smooth Operator"

196. Rolling Stones - Tattoo You | "Start Me Up"

195. Beyoncé - Dangerously in Love | "Crazy in Love"

194. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People | "Drive"

193. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters | "I Want You To Love Me"

192. U2 - Zooropa | "Zooropa"

191. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman | "Talking About a Revolution"

190. R.E.M. - Monster | "What's The Frequency, Kenneth"

189. R.E.M. - Document | "Finest Worksong"

188. U2 - Boy | "I Will Follow"

187. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral | "Mr. Self Destruct"

186. Metallica - ...And Justice For All | "Blackened"

185. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash | "Suite Judy Blue Eyes"

184. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison | "Folsom Prison Blues"

183. The Beatles - Revolver | "Taxman"

182. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial | "Fill in The Blank"

181. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World | "Caring is Creepy"

180. Oasis - Definitely Maybe | "Rock N Roll Star"

179. Nirvana - In Utero | "Serve the Servants"

178. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love | "To Bring You My Love"

177. Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and The Cobra | "Jackie"

176. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy | "The Song Remains The Same"

175. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | "Respect"

174. Motörhead - Ace of Spades | "Ace of Spades"

173. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You | "Welcome to my Island"

172. Le Tigre - Le Tigre | "Deceptacon"

171. The Avalanches - Since I Left You | "Since I Left You"

170. Pink Floyd - The Wall | "In The Flesh"

169. Blur - Parklife | "Girls & Boys"

168. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks | "Astral Weeks"

167. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy | "Just Like Honey"

166. Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints | "The Obvious Child"

165. Green Day - American Idiot | "American Idiot"

164. Built to Spill - You in Reverse | "Goin' Against Your Mind"

163. Grateful Dead - American Beauty | "Box of Rain"

162. New Order - Substance | "Ceremony"

161. Peter Gabriel - So | "Red Rain"

160. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes | "Refugee"

159. The Beatles - The White Album | "Back in the USSR"

158. Songs:Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. | "Farewell Transmission"

157. U2 - Achtung Baby | "Zoo Station"

156. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin | "Race For The Prize (Sacrifice Of The New Scientists)"

155. Pretenders - Pretenders | "Precious"

154. Dolly Parton - Jolene | "Jolene"

153. Florence and the Machine - Lungs | "Dog Days Are Over"

152. Jeff Buckley - Grace | "Mojo Pin"

151. Heart - Dreamboat Annie | "Magic Man"

150. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm | "Like Eating Glass"

149. AIR - Moon Safari | "La Femme D'Argent"

148. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | "Cinnamon Girl"

147. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever | "Free Fallin'"

146. The Stooges - Raw Power | "Search and Destroy"

145. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | "Big Exit"

144. Living Colour - Vivid | "Cult of Personality"

143. The Go-Gos - Beauty and the Beat | "Our Lips Are Sealed"

142. Metallica - Metallica | "Enter Sandman"

141. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life | "Isn't She Lovely"

140. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico | "Sunday Morning"

139. Pearl Jam - Vs. | "Go"

138. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street | "Rocks Off"

137. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life | "Lust For Life"

136. AC/DC - Highway to Hell | "Highway to Hell"

135. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary | "Seven"

134. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out | "Dig Me Out"

133. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming | "Intro"

132. Tom Petty - Wildflowers | "Wildflowers"

131. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief | "2+2=5"

130. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space"

129. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King | "21st Century Schizoid Man"

128. Duran Duran - Rio | "Rio"

127. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | "Bring Da Ruckus"

126. David Bowie - David Bowie | "Space Oddity"

125. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West | "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine"

124. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver | "Get Innocuous"

123. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly | "Wesley's Theory"

122. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas | "Cherry Coloured-Funk"

121. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill | "Rhymin & Stealin"

120. Television - Marquee Moon | "See No Evil"

119. Alice In Chains - Dirt | "Them Bones"

118. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On | "Randy Described Eternity"

117. Joni Mitchell - Blue | "All I Want"

116. Pink Floyd - Meddle | "One of These Days"

115. The Strokes - Is This It | "Is This It"

114. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath | "Black Sabbath"

113. Portishead - Dummy | "Mysterons"

112. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | "The Kiss"

111. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead | "The Queen is Dead"

110. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes | "Crucify"

109. Nick Drake - Pink Moon | "Pink Moon"

108. The Verve - Urban Hymns | "Bittersweet Symphony"

107. Radiohead - The Bends | "Planet Telex"

106. The Postal Service - Give Up | "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"

105. Tears for Fears - Songs From The Big Chair | "Shout"

104. The Doors - The Doors | "Break on Through (To The Other Side)"

103. Depeche Mode - Violator | "World in My Eyes"

102. The Cure - The Head on the Door | "In Between Days"

101. David Bowie - Let's Dance | "Modern Love"

100. Paul Simon - Graceland | "The Boy in The Bubble"

99. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration | "Black Celebration"

98. AC/DC - Back In Black | "Hells Bells"

97. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish | "I am One"

96. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me | "Rid of Me"

95. Boston - Boston | "More Than a Feeling"

94. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville | "6'1"

93. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black | "Rehab"

92. DEVO - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! | "Uncontrollable Urge"

91. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted | "Summer Babe (Winter Version)"

90. The Cars - The Cars | "Good Times Roll"

89. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant | "Begin the Begin"

88. The Replacements - Let It Be | "I Will Dare"

87. Beck - Mellow Gold | "Loser"

86. Hole - Live Through This | "Violet"

85. Built to Spill - Keep it like a Secret | "The Plan"

84. Pixies - Surfer Rosa | "Bone Machine"

83. Prince - 1999 | "1999"

82. Rush - Moving Pictures | "Tom Sawyer"

81. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream | "Under the Pressure"

80. Tame Impala - Currents | "Let It Happen"

79. Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About | "Dramamine"

78. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica | "3rd Planet"

77. Metallica - Master of Puppets | "Battery"

76. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours | "Second Hand News"

75. The xx - xx | "Intro"

74. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem | "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"

73. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | "The King of Carrot Flowers PT 1"

72. Talking Heads - Remain in Light | "Born Under Punches"

71. Patti Smith - Horses | "Gloria"

70. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking | "Up the Beach"

69. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory | "Excursions"

68. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | "Fight Test"

67. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks | "Tangled Up in Blue"

66. IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance | "Colossus"

65. David Bowie - Hunky Dory | "Changes"

64. Van Halen - Van Halen | "Runnin' with the Devil"

63. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain | "Maggot Brain"

62. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense | "Psycho Killer"

61. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine | "Bombtrack"

60. Björk - Debut | "Human Behaviour"

59. Beck - Odelay | "Devil's Haircut"

58. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses | "Never Let Me Down Again"

57. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

56. Black Sabbath - Paranoid | "War Pigs / Luke's Wall"

55. U2 - War | "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

54. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton | "Straight Outta Compton"

53. Radiohead - In Rainbows | "15 Step"

52. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism | "The New Year"

51. Daft Punk - Discovery | "One More Time"

50. R.E.M. - Murmur | "Radio Free Europe"

49. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures | "Disorder"

48. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue | "So What"

47. The National - Boxer | "Fake Empire"

46. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV | "Black Dog"

45. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds | "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

44. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless | "Only Shallow"

43. Ramones - Ramones | "Blitzkrieg Bop"

42. Björk - Post | "Army of Me"

41. The White Stripes - Elephant | "Seven Nation Army"

40. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited | "Like a Rolling Stone"

39. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here | "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

38. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights | "Untitled"

37. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head | "Jimmy James"

36. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger | "Rusty Cage"

35. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love | "Running Up That Hill"

34. Pearl Jam - Ten | "Once"

33. Fugazi - 13 Songs | "Waiting Room"

32. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation | "Teen Age Riot"

31. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin | "Good Times Bad Times"

30. Massive Attack - Mezzanine | "Angel"

29. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes | "Blister in the Sun"

28. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run | "Thunder Road"

27. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II | "Whole Lotta Love"

26. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues | "Burning Down The House"

25. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual | "Stop!"

24. Weezer - Blue Album (aka "Weezer") | "My Name is Jonas"

23. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses | "I Wanna Be Adored"

22. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced | "Purple Haze"

21. New Order - Power Corruption and Lies | "Age of Consent"

20. The Beatles - Abbey Road | "Come Together"

19. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed | "Gimme Shelter"

18. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III | "Immigrant Song"

17. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars | "Five Years"

16. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | "I am Trying to Break Your Heart"

15. Radiohead - OK Computer | "Airbag"

14. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine | "Head Like a Hole"

13. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On | "What's Going On"

12. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication | "Sure Shot"

11. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction | "Welcome to the Jungle"

10. The Who - Who's Next | "Baba O'Riley"

9. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening | "Dance Yrself Clean"

8. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream | "Cherub Rock"

7. Pixies - Doolittle | "Debaser"

6. The Cure - Disintegration | "Plainsong"

5. U2 - The Joshua Tree | "Where The Streets Have No Name"

4. The Clash - London Calling | "London Calling"

3. Prince - Purple Rain | "Let's Go Crazy"

2. Radiohead - Kid A | "Everything in It's Right Place"

1. Nirvana - Nevermind | "Smells Like Teen Spirit"