50. Devin the Dude / The Dude 49. Windy & Carl / Depths 48. RZA / Bobby Digital in Stereo 47. Bright Eyes / Letting Off the Happiness 46. Blonde Redhead / In an Expression of the Inexpressible 45. GAS / Konigsfors 44. Theo Parrish / First Floor 43. Maxwell / Embrya 42. Mouse on Mars / Glam 41. Jeff Buckley / Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
40. The Smashing Pumpkins / Adore 39. A Tribe Called Quest / The Love Movement 38. Gastr Del Sol / Camoufleur 37. Death Cab for Cutie / Something About Airplanes 36. Spoon / A Series of Sneaks 35. JAY-Z / Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life 34. Plastikman / Consumed 33. DMX / It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot 32. Sunny Day Real Estate / How It Feels to Be Something On 31. Juvenile / 400 Degreez
30. Refused / The Shape of Punk to Come (A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts) 29. Royal Trux / Accelerator 28. Sonic Youth / A Thousand Leaves 27. Mercury Rev / Deserter’s Songs 26. Big Pun / Capital Punishment 25. Hole / Celebrity Skin 24. Fugazi / End Hits 23. Sparklehorse / Good Morning Spider 22. Autechre / LP5 21. Mark Hollis / Mark Hollis
20. Beastie Boys / Hello Nasty 19. Madonna / Ray of Light 18. Tortoise / TNT 17. Lucinda Williams / Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 16. Gang Starr / Moment of Truth 15. Pulp / This Is Hardcore 14. Beck / Mutations 13. Black Star / Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star 12. Silver Jews / American Water 11. Belle and Sebastian / The Boy With the Arab Strap
10. PJ Harvey / Is This Desire?
9. Boredoms / Super Ae
8. Air / Moon Safari
7. Massive Attack / Mezzanine
6. Cat Power / Moon Pix
5. Boards of Canada / Music Has the Right to Children
4. Neutral Milk Hotel / In the Aeroplane Over the Sea