The latest (May 2022) issue of Uncut Magazine celebrated not only 300 issues but also a lifetime of quarter of a century. They did so with a CD featuring some of the musical highlights of these last 25 years, as well as with a special feature presenting the "300 Greatest Albums Of Uncut's Lifetime". You know I'm a sucker for lists, so of course I got it, and I am presenting the list here. If I haven't miscounted, I own 121 of these. Some are minor albums from major artists, some have left their mark on modern music, others are already forgotten. Unfairly? The list provides us with an incentive to take them out for re-appraisal! Every time I review one of them, I'll add the relevant link here.
1. David Bowie - Blackstar - 2016
2. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind - 1997
3. Gillian Welch - Time - 2001
4. Spritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - 1997
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows - 2007
6. LCD Soundsystem - Sounds Of Silver - 2007
7. The Strokes - Is This It - 2001
8. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 2006
9. Kate Bush - Aerial - 2005
10. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2015
12. Air - Moon Safari - 1998
13. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake - 2011
14. Radiohead - Ok Computer - 1997
16. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - 2002
17. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On Gravel Road - 1998
18. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs - 1998
19. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away - 2013
20. Bjork - Vespertine - 2001
21. Radiohead - Kid A - 2000
22. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - 1998
23. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin - 1999
24. Robert Plant And Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - 2007
25. Daft Punk - Discovery - 2001
26. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 2005
27. Paul McCartney - McCartney III - 2020
28. Bruce Sprinsteen - The Rising - 2002
29. Massive Attack - Mezzanine - 1998
30. Portishead - Third - 2008
31. The Avalanches - Since I Left You - 2000
32. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 1999
33. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell - 2019
34. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - 2008
35. Outkast - Stankonia - 2000
36. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream - 2014
37. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange - 2012
39. Bob Dylan - Love And Theft - 2011
40. D'Angelo - Black Messiah - 2014
41. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See Darkness - 1999
43. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday - 2005
44. The Streets - Original Pirate Material - 2002
45. Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation - 2010
46. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen - 2019
47. Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - 1998
48. Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis - 1998
49. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - 2007
50. Yo La Tengo - And Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out - 2000
51. Bjork - Homogenic - 1997
52. Tortoise - TNT - 1998
54. Beyonce - Lemonade - 2015
56. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - 1999
57. D'Angelo - Voodoo - 2000
58. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day - 2003
59. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells - 2001
60. Bob Dylan - Modern Times - 2006
61. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - 2000
62. Low - Double Negative - 2018
63. Jason Isbell - Southeaston - 2013
64. Destroyer - Kaputt - 2011
65. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising - 2019
66. J Dilla - Donuts - 2006
67. The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart - 2005
68. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 2010
69. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around - 2002
70. Super Furry Animals - Radiator - 1997
71. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish I Was An Eagle - 2009
72. Silver Jews - American Water - 1998
73. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric - 2003
74. Broadcast - Haha Sound - 2003
75. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain - 1997
76. The Coral - The Coral - 2002
77. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of… - 1998
78. Pulp - This Is Hardcore - 1998
79. My Bloody Valentine - mbv - 2013
80. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born - 2004
81. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker - 2016
82. Tom Waits - Mule Variations - 1999
83. Roy Harper - Man & Myth - 2013
84. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - 2006
85. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool - 2016
86. The National - High Velvet - 2010
87. Cat Power - The Greatest - 2006
88. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - 2004
89. Lift To Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - 2001
90. Calexico - Feast Of Wire - 2003
91. Neil Young - Peace Trail - 2016
93. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 2009
94. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 2003
95. Roddy Frame - Surf - 2002
96. Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - 2005
97. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - 2008
98. Sonic Youth - Murry Street - 2002
99. The Weather Station - Ignorance - 2021
100. Lambchop - FLOTUS - 2016
102. Brian Wilson - Smile - 2004
103. Scott Walker - The Drift - 2006
104. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - 2006
105. Bon Iver - 22, A Million - 2016
106. Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera - 2001
107. Elliott Smith - Xo - 1998
108. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - 2009
109. The XX - XX - 2009
110. Beasty Boys - Hello Nasty - 1998
111. Warren Zevon - The Wind - 2003
112. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains - 2019
113. Tinariwen - Aman Iman - 2007
114. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter - 2016
115. The White Stripes - Elephant - 2003
116. Big Thief – UFOF - 2019
117. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell - 2003
118. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season - 2002
119. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl - 2000
120. The Cure - Bloodflowers - 2000
121. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire - 2001
122. Modern Nature - How To Live - 2019
123. The Black Keys - Brothers - 2010
124. Stereolab - Dots And Loops - 1997
126. The Weather Station - Loyalty - 2015
127. Broadcast - Tender Buttons - 2005
128. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest - 2011
129. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig - 2008
130. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - 2011
131. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights - 2002
132. Israel Nash - Lifted - 2016
133. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner - 2003
134. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi - 2002
135. Blur - 13 - 1999
136. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - 2002
137. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - 2005
138. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel - 2018
139. Smog - Knock Knock - 1999
140. Solange - A Seat At The Table - 2016
141. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell - 2015
142. The National - Boxer - 2007
143. Jay-Z - The Blueprint - 2001
144. Aphex Twin - Drukqs - 2001
145. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour - 2018
146. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - 2010
147. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera - 2007
148. Mia - Kala - 2007
149. Shack - HMS Fable - 1999
150. Burial - Untrue - 2007
151. Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won - 2017
152. Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer - 2006
153. Slowdive - Slowdive - 2017
154. Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again - 2015
155. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark - 2010
156. Father John Misty - Fear Fun - 2012
157. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - 2006
158. Prefab Sprout/Paddy McAloon - I Trawl The Megahertz - 2003
159. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - In The Heart Of The Moon - 2005
160. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem - 2005
161. Wilco - Summerteeth - 1999
162. Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash - 2008
163. Metronomy - The English Riviera - 2011
164. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City - 2012
165. Beck - Sea Change - 2002
166. Stereolab - Sound-Dust - 2001
167. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr - 2000
169. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream - 2017
170. Broadcast - The Noise Made By People - 2000
171. Brian Eno - The Ship - 2016
172. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo - 2011
173. John Murry - The Graceless Age - 2012
174. Dr John - Locked Down - 2012
175. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance - 2001
176. Silver Jews - Bright Flight - 2001
177. Tame Impala - Lonerism - 2012
178. Randy Newman - Dark Matter - 2017
179. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue - 1998
180. Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost & Other Songs - 2013
181. Comets On Fire - Field Recordings From The Sun - 2002
182. Floating Points, Pharoh Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises - 2021
183. Jim O'Rourke - Eureka - 1999
184. Patti Smith - Banga - 2012
185. Whisky Town - Strangers Almanac - 1997
186. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club - 1997
187. Bill Fay - Life Is People - 2012
188. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams - 2008
189. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars - 2019
190. Cornershop - Handcream For A Generation - 2002
191. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan - 2005
192. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 - 2000
193. Scott Walker & Sunn 0))) - Soused - 2014
194. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas - 2012
195. Richard Dawson - Peasant - 2017
196. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap - 1998
197. Booker T Jones - Potato Hole - 2009
198. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies - 2006
199. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow - 2011
200. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Americana - 2012
201. Real Estate - In Mind - 2017
202. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle - 2013
203. Tame Impala - Currents - 2015
204. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - 2007
205. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs - 2018
206. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump - 2000
207. Cate Le Bon - Reward - 2019
208. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse - 2011
209. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - 2004
210. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo - 2018
211. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator - 2017
212. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile - 2018
213. Tom Waits - Bad As Me - 2011
214. Calexico - Hot Rail - 2000
215. The Black Keys - El Camino - 2011
216. Jack Rose - Jack Rose - 2006
217. Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard - 2005
218. The Necks - Drive By - 2003
219. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - 2009
220. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - 2010
221. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey - 2003
222. Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos - 2012
223. Allah-Las - Allah-Las - 2012
224. Bon Iver - Bon Iver - 2011
225. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther - 2006
226. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki - 2021
227. Manu Chao - Clandestino - 1998
228. Myriam Gendron - Not So Deep As A Well - 2014
229. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa - 1997
230. James Blackshaw - The Cloud Of Unknowing - 2007
231. Lou Reed And Metallica - Lulu - 2011
232. Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things - 2002
233. Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock - 1999
234. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen - 2007
235. Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline - 2004
236. The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage - 1999
237. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Irm - 2009
238. Aphex Twin - Syro - 2014
239. Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold - 2012
240. Big Thief - Capacity - 2017
241. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain - 2000
242. Joan Shelly - Over And Even - 2015
243. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues - 2010
244. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra - Not In Our Name - 2005
245. Mark Eitzel - The Ugly American - 2003
246. R.E.M. - Up - 1998
247. Burial - Burial - 2006
248. William Tyler - Modern Country - 2016
249. The Handsome Family - In The Air - 2000
250. White Denim - D - 2011
251. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg - 2021
252. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much - 2005
253. Ian Hunter And The Rant Band - Fingers Crossed - 2016
254. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There - 2014
255. Four Tet - Rounds - 2003
256. Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar - 2012
257. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine - 2011
258. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers - 2020
259. Natural Information Society - Simultonality - 2017
260. Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratification - 1999
261. Fleet Foxes - Shore - 2020
262. Sault - Untitled (Rise) - 2020
263. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - 2003
264. Sleaford Mods - Key Markets - 2015
265. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow - 2005
266. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night - 2010
267. Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks - 2003
268. The Delgados - The Great Eastern - 2000
269. Arctic Monkeys - Am - 2013
270. Bitchin Bajas - Banjas Fresh - 2017
271. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Sings Greatest Palace Music - 2004
272. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now - 2005
274. Beth Orton - Central Reservation - 1999
275. Fennesz - Endless Summer - 2001
276. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color - 2015
277. Janelle Monae - The Arch Android - 2010
278. Pj Harvey - White Chalk - 2007
279. Neil Young - Le Noise - 2010
280. Pink Floyd - The Endless River - 2014
281. The Breeders - Title Tk - 2002
282. Hiss Golden Messenger - Bad Debt - 2010
283. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides - 1999
285. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time - 1997
286. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest - 2010
287. Kamasi Washington - The Epic - 2015
288. Cat Power - Moon Pix - 1998
290. Timikrest - Tamotait - 2020
291. Mogwai - Come On Die Young - 1999
292. Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin - 2018
293. Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death - 2020
294. Panda Bear - Person Pitch - 2007
295. The Who - Endless Wire - 2006
296. The Oh Sees - Floating Coffin - 2013
298. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Counrty Music - 2014
299. Thundercat - Drunk - 2017
300. Ryley Walker - Course In Fable - 2021
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