PLAYLISTICLE: Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Albums EVER! [2013]

Entertainment Weekly‘s 100 Greatest Albums Ever is published in their annual summer Special Double Issue cover dated July 5/12, 2013.  The mag published a list it dubbed the New Classics just five years ago in celebration of it's 1000th issue - the 100 Greatest Albums 1983-2008.  Purple Rain topped that list, natch, and it's the penultimate album on the new list.  Not too shabby for the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known As Prince.

Here are those 100 Greatest Albums Ever in album by album Spotify playlist form.  As he does, HERC includes expanded, remastered and deluxe editions of the original, sometimes explicit albums whenever possible.  Usually.  Unless, the newish version messed too much with the original artwork.  Album covers are placeholders for albums not yet on Spotify.

100

Ramones

Ramones

1976

99

Mama’s Gun

Erykah Badu

2000

98
Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age
2002

97
Dusty in Memphis
Dusty Springfield
1969


96
Home

Dixie Chicks
2002

95
Saturday Night Fever
[soundtrack]
various artists
1977

94
B’Day
Beyoncé
2006

93
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
1988

92
Either/Or
Elliott Smith
1997

91
There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Sly and the Family Stone
1971

90
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
2001

89
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
1997

88
Power, Corruption and Lies
New Order
1983

87
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
1971

86
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
PJ Harvey
2000

85
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
1985

84
Horses
Patti Smith
1975

83

In the Jungle Groove

[anthology]

James Brown

82

Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement
1992

81
Doolittle
Pixies
1989

80
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
1973

79
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
1971

78
Post
Björk
1995

77
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
1991

76
Remain in Light
Talking Heads
1980

75
My Aim is True
Elvis Costello
1977

74
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
2006

73
The Harder They Come
[soundtrack]
various artists
1972

72
Paul’s Boutique
Beastie Boys
1989

71
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
1968

70
Raw Power
Iggy and the Stooges
1973

69
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth

1988

68

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

1988

67
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
1970

66
Live Through This
Hole
1994

65
Forever Changes
Love
1967

64
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails

1994


63
Marquee Moon
Television

1977


62
Let It Be
The Replacements
1984

61
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
1989

60
Odelay
Beck
1996

59
Master of Puppets
Metallica
1986

58
The Chronic
Dr. Dre

1992


57
Songs in A Minor
Alicia Keys

2001


56
Funeral
Arcade Fire
2004

55
Illmatic
Nas
1994

54
Lifes Rich Pageant
R.E.M.

1986


53
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
1999

52
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
1991

51
The Great Twenty-Eight
[anthology]
Chuck Berry
1982

50
The Queen is Dead
The Smiths
1986

49
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
2007

48
Stankonia
Outkast
2000

47
Disintegration
The Cure
1989

46
Rubber Soul
The Beatles

1965


45
OK Computer
Radiohead

1997


44
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson

1979


43
Madonna
Madonna

1983

42
Back in Black
AC/DC

1980


41
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem

2000

40
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
1970

39
Who’s Next
The Who
1971

38
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
1967

37
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
1973

36
The Blueprint
Jay-Z

2001


35
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones

1978


34
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie

1972


33
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan

1993


32
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N Roses
1987

31
Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1994

30
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
1965

29
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
1977

28
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
1998

27
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan

1965


26
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix Experience
1967

25
Catch a Fire
Bob Marley and the Wailers
1973

24
Discovery
Daft Punk

2001


23
Achtung Baby
U2
1991

22
Abbey Road
The Beatles
1969

21
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder

1973


20
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones

1968


19
Call Me
Al Green
1973

18
Graceland
Paul Simon
1986

17
21
Adele
2011

16
Sunrise
[anthology]
Elvis Presley
1999

15
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
1975

14
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
1968

13

What’s Going On

Marvin Gaye

1971

12
"The White Album"
The Beatles
1968

11
Blue
Joni Mitchell
1971

10
Nevermind
Nirvana
1991

9
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
1966

8
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
2010

7
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
1968

6
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
1975

5
London Calling
The Clash
1979

4
Thriller
Michael Jackson
1982

3
Exile on Main Street
The Rolling Stones

1972


2
Purple Rain
Prince
1984

1

Revolver
The Beatles
1966

Turns out that the greatest album ever came out the same year HERC did!