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Spin Magazine: The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014) - Page 5

SPIN hit a milestone this year: our 30th birthday. To celebrate, we caught up with some of the artists behind our past picks for Album of the Year, held a readers' poll, reminisced with former staffers, and now, we've ranked the 300 best albums of the past 30 years.
Drawing on ballots from more than a dozen contributors, the editors whittled a roster of just under 1,000 nominees to a list of undisputed masterpieces, longtime pleasures, and new favorites — all of them classics (well, according to us).
Before we get started, some ground rules: To prevent certain artists from having a stranglehold on the countdown (Radiohead and Kanye West come to mind immediately), we decided that no single act could have more than three entries on the list; studio albums were eligible, of course, as were EPs and live albums; compilations qualified only if the songs featured were most closely associated with said collection.
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Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
162
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
163
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
164
Janet Jackson - Janet
Janet Jackson - Janet
165
Le Tigre - Le Tigre
Le Tigre - Le Tigre
166
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Run DMC - Raising Hell
167
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
168
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
169
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
170
Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3
Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3
171
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Parklife
172
Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L
Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L
173
Disclosure - Settle
Disclosure - Settle
174
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
175
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
176
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
177
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
178
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
179
No Age - Everything in Between
No Age - Everything in Between
180
Four Tet - Rounds
Four Tet - Rounds
181
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jeff Buckley - Grace
182
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
183
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
184
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
185
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Jay-Z - The Black Album
186
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
187
Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
188
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
189
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
190
Boredoms - Super Æ
Boredoms - Super Æ
191
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
192
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
193
Wilco - Summerteeth
Wilco - Summerteeth
194
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
195
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
196
Various Artists - C86
Various Artists - C86
197
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
198
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
199
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Soundgarden - Superunknown
200
Moby - Everything Is Wrong
Moby - Everything Is Wrong
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