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.
Raymond Cummings, contributing writer
PJ Harvey Rid Of Me (Island), 1993
Shellac At Action Park (Touch And Go), 1994
Pavement Wowee Zowee (Matador), 1995
Fugazi Red Medicine (Dischord), 1995
Green Day Insomniac (Reprise), 1995
The Amps Pacer (4AD/Elektra), 1995
The Dead C The White House (Siltbreeze), 1995
Silver Jews The Natural Bridge (Drag City), 1996
Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey), 1996
Helium The Magic City (Matador), 1997
Yo La Tengo I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador), 1997
The Smashing Pumpkins Adore (Virgin), 1998
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (Constellation/Kranky), 2000
Circulatory System Circulatory System (Cloud), 2001
Sightings Sightings (Load), 2002
The Walkmen Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone (Startime International), 2002
Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow (Load), 2003
Animal Collective Feels (FatCat), 2005
Phill Niblock Touch Three (Touch), 2006
Taylor Deupree Northern (12k), 2006
Wolf Eyes Human Animal (Sub Pop), 2006
Matmos Supreme Balloon (Matador), 2008
The-Dream Love Vs. Money (Radio Killa/Def Jam), 2009
Danny Brown XXX (Fool’s Gold), 2011
Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel… (Clean Slate/Epic), 2012
Melody’s Echo Chamber Melody’s Echo Chamber (Fat Possum), 2012
My Bloody Valentine m b v (m b v), 2013
Grouper The Man Who Died In His Boat (Kranky), 2013
Brian Eno Reflection (Opal/Warp), 2017
Deerhunter Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? (4AD), 2019
These are unranked and listed chronologically.
