MAGNET’s Thomas Reimel Picks His 30 Favorite LPs Of The Past 30 Years
To celebrate our 30th anniversary and all the great music that made the past three decades special, MAGNET contributors past and present chose their 30 favorite albums released between 1993 and 2022. The only rules were that each record has to be a full-length and that no artist could be represented more than once in […]
To celebrate our 30th anniversary and all the great music that made the past three decades special, MAGNET contributors past and present chose their 30 favorite albums released between 1993 and 2022. The only rules were that each record has to be a full-length and that no artist could be represented more than once in the same incarnation. We’re posting these lists throughout the rest of the year.
Thomas Reimel, contributing editor 1) Guided By VoicesAlien Lanes (Matador), 1995 2) SebadohBakesale (Sub Pop), 1994 3) Built To SpillKeep It Like A Secret (Warner Bros.), 1999 4) The Magnetic Fields69 Love Songs (Merge), 1999 5) Arcade FireThe Suburbs (Merge), 2010 6) InterpolTurn On The Bright Lights (Matador), 2002 7) The DecemberistsPicaresque (Kill Rock Stars), 2005 8) Death Cab For CutieTransatlanticism (Barsuk), 2003 9) RadioheadOK Computer (Capitol), 1997 10) Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand (Domino), 2004 11) The White StripesElephant (Third Man/V2), 2003 12) WilcoYankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch), 2002 13) Yo La TengoAnd Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (Matador), 2000 14) Foo FightersThe Color And The Shape (Roswell/Capitol), 1997 15) The ShinsOh, Inverted World (Sub Pop), 2001 16) Vampire WeekendModern Vampires Of The City (XL), 2013 17) The WrensThe Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher), 2003 18) Neutral Milk HotelIn The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge), 1998 19) The New PornographersElectric Version (Matador), 2003 20) BlurParklife (Food/EMI), 1994 21) Tame ImpalaLonerism (Modular), 2012 22) Johnny CashAmerican IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway), 2002 23) The Postal ServiceGive Up (Sub Pop), 2003 24) Daft PunkDiscovery (Virgin), 2001 25) MobyPlay (V2), 1999 26) Fiona AppleFetch The Bolt Cutters (Clean Slate/Epic), 2020 27) Lady GagaBorn This Way (Streamline/KonLive/Interscope), 2011 28) OutKastSpeakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista), 2003 29) TortoiseMillions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey), 1996 30) The StrokesIs This It (RCA), 2001