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.
M.J. Fine, contributing writer
1) Tori Amos From The Choirgirl Hotel (Atlantic), 1998
2) Hole Live Through This (DGC), 1994
3) PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (Island), 1995
4) Old 97’s Too Far To Care (Elektra), 1997
5) Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch), 2002
6) Scrawl Travel On, Rider (Elektra), 1996
7) Belly Star (Reprise/Sire), 1993
8) Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (Kill Rock Stars), 1997
9) The Afghan Whigs 1965 (Columbia), 1998
10) The Breeders Last Splash (4AD/Elektra), 1993
11) Le Tigre Le Tigre (Mr. Lady), 1999
12) The Faint Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek), 2001
13) R.E.M. New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Warner Bros.), 1996
14) Anaïs Mitchell Young Man In America (Wilderland), 2012
15) Kristin Hersh Hips And Makers (4AD/Sire), 1994
16) Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York (DGC), 1994
17) Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway (Nonesuch), 2017
18) The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Island), 1993
19) Dessa Chime (Doomtree), 2018
20) Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Arista), 1993
21) Mirah Advisory Committee (K), 2002
22) Peaches The Teaches Of Peaches (Kitty-Yo), 2000
23) Liz Phair whitechocolatespaceegg (Matador), 1998
24) Ani DiFranco Dilate (Righteous Babe), 1996
25) The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls (8 Ft.), 2003
26) Low Trust (Kranky), 2002
27) Tegan And Sara The Con (Sire/Vapor), 2007
28) The White Stripes Elephant (Third Man/V2), 2003
29) Strand Of Oaks Heal (Dead Oceans), 2014
30) Wild Flag Wild Flag (Merge), 2011
