Amazon.com has released a list of The 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time on their website.
For the purposes of compiling the list they decided to use a combination of hard and fast rules and gut instinct. Here are the four rules they used for their selections:
- One album per artist.
- No EPs or singles, this list is about albums.
- No greatest hits collections or compilations of previously released tracks.
- Nominations must have been originally released on an independent label. Albums released on indies which were later acquired and/or re-released by majors are allowed (like Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation, originally released by a pre-1989 major label merger Enigma Records).
Amazon has also set up a discussion forum, which allows visitors to voice their opinions about the list. Naturally, there are customer disagreements (and surely there will be more), but this is a great starting point for music fans looking to get into the world of indie rock.
Here’s a glimpse of the their top 10 selections:
- Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Spiderland by Slint
- Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
- Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition) by Unrest
- Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement
- If You’re Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian
- Surfer Rosa by Pixies
- Either/Or by Elliott Smith
- Bakesale by Sebadoh
To view the entire list, click here. And while you’re on the page, don’t forget to take advantage of the free indie sampler album downloads towards the bottom.
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