The Pitchfork 500 — nevertwenty

1
Heroes
David Bowie
2
The Passenger
Iggy Pop
3
Street Hassle
Lou Reed
4
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
5
1/1
Brian Eno
6
Rockaway Beach
Ramones
7
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
8
Marquee Moon
Television
9
Rock N Roll Nigger
Patti Smith
10
God Save the Queen
Sex Pistols
11
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Clash
12
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
Buzzcocks
13
Parallel Lines
Vic Godard and the Subway Sect
14
Oh Bondage Up Yours!
X-Ray Spex
15
One Chord Wonders
The Adverts
16
Ex-Lion Tamer
Wire
17
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
18
Chase
Giorgio Moroder
19
Good Times
Chic
20
Don't Leave Me This Way
Thelma Houston
21
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
22
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
23
Flash Light
Parliament
24
Got To Give It Up
Marvin Gaye
25
Public Image
Public Image Ltd
26
Damaged Goods
Gang of Four
27
Shot by Both Sides
Magazine
28
Human Fly
The Cramps
29
Night of the Living Dead
Misfits
30
Outdoor Miner
Wire
31
Disorder
Joy Division
32
Uptown Top Ranking
Althea and Donna
33
Roast Fish and Cornbread
Lee Perry
34
Fisherman
The Congos
35
Armagideon Time
Willi Williams
36
24 Track Loop
This Heat
37
Typical Girls
The Slits
38
She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Pop Group
39
The Guns of Brixton
The Clash
40
Contort Yourself
James Chance and the Contortions
41
Dream Baby Dream
Suicide
42
Nag Nag Nag
Cabaret Voltaire
43
Hot on the Heels of Love
Throbbing Gristle
44
Mongoloid
Devo
45
Jingo
Candido
46
Kiss Me Again
Dinosaur
47
There but for the Grace of God Go I
Machine
48
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush
49
Suspiria
Goblin
50
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult
51
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
52
Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen
53
The Chain
Fleetwood Mac
54
Deacon Blues
Steely Dan
55
Mr. Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra
56
Another Girl, Another Planet
The Only Ones
57
Teenage Kicks
The Undertones
58
Ça Plane Pour Moi
Plastic Bertrand
59
Starry Eyes
The Records
60
Surrender
Cheap Trick
61
Just What I Needed
The Cars
62
Radio Radio
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
63
Boys Don't Cry
The Cure
64
Making Plans for Nigel
XTC
65
Atomic
Blondie
66
Memories Can't Wait
Talking Heads
67
The Breaks
Kurtis Blow
68
Monster Jam
Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence
69
Eighth Wonder
The Sugarhill Gang
70
The New Rap Language
The Treacherous Three
71
The Magnificent Seven
The Clash
72
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Talking Heads
73
Walking on Thin Ice
Yoko Ono
74
Dirty Talk
Klein + M.B.O.
75
Moody
ESG
76
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
77
That's The Joint
Funky 4+1
78
Numbers/Computer World 2
Kraftwerk
79
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
80
The Message
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
81
Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
Glenn Branca
82
O Superman (For Massenet)
Laurie Anderson
83
Atmosphere
Joy Division
84
Totally Wired
The Fall
85
Beyond Belief
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
86
Back on the Chain Gang
The Pretenders
87
Private Idaho
The B-52's
88
There There My Dear
Dexys Midnight Runners
89
Final Day
Young Marble Giants
90
Happy Birthday
Altered Images
91
Ghost Town
The Specials
92
Shipbuilding
Robert Wyatt
93
Third Uncle
Bauhaus
94
Kings of the Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
95
The Sweetest Girl
Scritti Politti
96
Don't You Want Me
The Human League
97
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
98
Party Fears Two
The Associates
99
All of My Heart
ABC
100
Temptation
New Order
101
Town Called Malice
The Jam
102
The Chauffeur
Duran Duran
103
Save It for Later
The Beat
104
Our Lips Are Sealed
The Go-Go's
105
Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club
106
Dirty Mind
Prince
107
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Daryl Hall & John Oates
108
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
109
The Day Before You Came
Abba
110
More Than This
Roxy Music
111
Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
112
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen
113
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
114
Pay to Cum
Bad Brains
115
Minor Threat
Minor Threat
116
Holiday in Cambodia
Dead Kennedys
117
Rise Above
Black Flag
118
Youth of America
Wipers
119
Sex Bomb
Flipper
120
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
121
Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden
122
Blue Boy
Orange Juice
123
This Angry Silence
Television Personalities
124
The Classical
The Fall
125
Tally Ho!
The Clean
126
The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
The Feelies
127
Radio Free Europe
R.E.M.
128
Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes
129
That's When I Reach for My Revolver
Mission of Burma
130
This Charming Man
The Smiths
131
Death Valley '69
Sonic Youth
132
Pink Turns to Blue
Hüsker Dü
133
Plateau
Meat Puppets
134
I Will Dare
The Replacements
135
History Lesson (Part II)
Minutemen
136
So. Central Rain
R.E.M
137
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen
138
Close to Me
The Cure
139
Cities in Dust
Siouxsie and the Banshees
140
It's Like That
Run-D.M.C.
141
On the Radio
Crash Crew
142
Beat Bop
Rammellzee vs K-Rob
143
South Bronx
Boogie Down Productions
144
Blue Monday
New Order
145
When Doves Cry
Prince and the Revolution
146
This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Talking Heads
147
Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)
Kate Bush
148
New Year's Day
U2
149
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
150
Bastards of Young
The Replacements
151
Last Dance
The Mekons
152
Kerosene
Big Black
153
The Greatest Gift
Scratch Acid
154
Just Like Honey
The Jesus and Mary Chain
155
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
156
Lorelei
Cocteau Twins
157
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
158
A New England
Billy Bragg
159
Battery
Metallica
160
Angel of Death
Slayer
161
Clear Windowpane
Saint Vitus
162
Halber Mensch
Einstürzende Neubauten
163
Beat Box (Diversion One)
Art of Noise
164
Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
165
Optimo
Liquid Liquid
166
Problèmes d'Amour
Alexander Robotnick
167
Let the Music Play
Shannon
168
Looking from a Hilltop (Restructure)
Section 25
169
Holiday
Madonna
170
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
171
Kiss
Prince and the Revolution
172
Rock Box
Run-D.M.C.
173
I Can't Live Without My Radio
LL Cool J
174
No Sleep till Brooklyn
Beastie Boys
175
Needle to the Groove
Mantronix
176
Cattle and Cane
The Go-Betweens
177
Pink Frost
The Chills
178
Primitive Painters
Felt
179
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
180
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tom Waits
181
I'm on Fire
Bruce Springsteen
182
Rawhide
Scott Walker
183
Bad
U2
184
The Boys of Summer
Don Henley
185
Graceland
Paul Simon
186
Under Me Sleng Teng
Wayne Smith
187
Tempo
Anthony Red Rose
188
No UFOs
Model 500
189
Can You Feel It?
Mr Fingers
190
Strings of Life
Rhythim Is Rhythim
191
Voodoo Ray
A Guy Called Gerald
192
Pump Up The Volume
MARRS
193
You Made Me Realise
My Bloody Valentine
194
Walking With Jesus
Spacemen 3
195
Dreams Burn Down
Ride
196
Blue Thunder
Galaxie 500
197
Kinky Afro
Happy Mondays
198
She Bangs the Drums
The Stone Roses
199
Teen Age Riot
Sonic Youth
200
Freak Scene
Dinosaur Jr
201
Human Cannonball
Butthole Surfers
202
Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
203
Waiting Room
Fugazi
204
Top Billin'
Audio Two
205
I Know You Got Soul
Eric B & Rakim
206
Rebel Without a Pause
Public Enemy
207
Straight Outta Compton
NWA
208
The Mercy Seat
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
209
Stigmata
Ministry
210
Head On
The Jesus and Mary Chain
211
Birthday
The Sugarcubes
212
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
213
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey
214
Fairytale of New York
The Pogues
215
My Favourite Dress
The Wedding Present
216
Emma's House
The Field Mice
217
You Should All Be Murdered
Another Sunny Day
218
Punk Rock Girl
The Dead Milkmen
219
Crash
The Primitives
220
There She Goes
The La's
221
Birdhouse in Your Soul
They Might Be Giants
222
Slack Motherfucker
Superchunk
223
Merchandise
Fugazi
224
Mouth Breather
The Jesus Lizard
225
Children's Story
Slick Rick
226
Just to Get a Rep
Gang Starr
227
It Takes Two
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
228
Push It
Salt n Pepa
229
Hey Ladies
Beastie Boys
230
Me Myself and I
De La Soul
231
Just a Friend
Biz Markie
232
Fight the Power
Public Enemy
233
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N Roses
234
Beautiful Child
Swans
235
The Sicilian Clan
John Zorn
236
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince
237
Like a Prayer
Madonna
238
Groove Is in the Heart
Deee-Lite
239
Being Boring
Pet Shop Boys
240
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
241
Little Fluffy Clouds
The Orb
242
Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard
The KLF
243
Pacific State
808 State
244
Chime
Orbital
245
Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode
246
Soon
My Bloody Valentine
247
Son of a Gun
The Vaselines
248
Indian Summer
Beat Happening
249
Some Things Last a Long Time
Daniel Johnston
250
Touch Me I'm Sick
Mudhoney
251
Wave of Mutilation
Pixies
252
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
253
Summer Babe
Pavement
254
Web in Front
Archers of Loaf
255
From a Motel 6
Yo La Tengo
256
The Freed Pig
Sebadoh
257
Check the Rhime
A Tribe Called Quest
258
A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
De La Soul
259
The Choice Is Yours
Black Sheep
260
Unfinished Sympathy
Massive Attack
261
Aftermath (Version 1)
Tricky
262
Higher Than the Sun
Primal Scream
263
Step into the Breeze
Spiritualized
264
Alison
Slowdive
265
Xtal
Aphex Twin
266
Ascension Day
Talk Talk
267
Good Morning, Captain
Slint
268
The Last Dance
Disco Inferno
269
French Disko
Stereolab
270
Trip II the Moon Pts. 1 and 2
Acen
271
Papua New Guinea
The Future Sound of London
272
Dominator (Joey Beltram Mix)
Human Resource
273
Terminator
Metalheadz
274
Renegade Snares
Omni Trio
275
New Jersey
Red House Painters
276
The Concept
Teenage Fanclub
277
C Is the Heavenly Option
Heavenly
278
City Sickness
Tindersticks
279
Make Out Club
Unrest
280
Ring the Alarm Quick
Tenor Saw & Buju Banton
281
Nuthin' but a G Thang
Dr. Dre
282
It Was a Good Day
Ice Cube
283
I Get Around
2Pac
284
93 'til Infinity
Souls of Mischief
285
The Drowners
Suede
286
For Tomorrow
Blur
287
Stutter
Elastica
288
Doctor Rock
Ween
289
Protect Ya Neck
Wu-Tang Clan
290
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Geto Boys
291
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
292
Rebel Girl
Bikini Kill
293
Hooch
Melvins
294
Start Choppin
Dinosaur Jr.
295
U-Mass
Pixies
296
Divorce Song
Liz Phair
297
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
298
Debonair
The Afghan Whigs
299
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
300
It's a Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
301
Loser
Beck
302
Cannonball
The Breeders
303
Scentless Apprentice
Nirvana
304
Violet
Hole
305
1979
Smashing Pumpkins
306
Longview
Green Day
307
Say It Ain't So
Weezer
308
Girls & Boys
Blur
309
Live Forever
Oasis
310
Common People
Pulp
311
Juicy
The Notorious B.I.G.
312
It Ain't Hard to Tell
Nas
313
Shook Ones, Pt. 2
Mobb Deep
314
4th Chamber
GZA
315
Gold Soundz
Pavement
316
Car
Built to Spill
317
Broke
Modest Mouse
318
Headache
Frank Black
319
Bellbottoms
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
320
I Am a Scientist
Guided by Voices
321
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
322
Hyper-Ballad
Björk
323
Devils Haircut
Beck
324
Sour Times
Portishead
325
Like a Motorway
Saint Etienne
326
Octagon
Basic Channel
327
Throw
Paperclip People
328
Midnight in a Perfect World
DJ Shadow
329
Blue Flowers
Dr. Octagon
330
I Used to Love H.E.R.
Common
331
Grace
Jeff Buckley
332
Fade Into You
Mazzy Star
333
This Is How We Walk on the Moon
Arthur Russell
334
Words
Low
335
Unsolved Child Murder
The Auteurs
336
Savory
Jawbox
337
Luau
Drive Like Jehu
338
Pussyfootin'
Brainiac
339
Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Napalm Death
340
En As I Dype Skogen
Darkthrone
341
Brooklyn Zoo
Ol' Dirty Bastard
342
Gin and Juice
Snoop Doggy Dogg
343
I Got 5 on It
Luniz
344
Limb by Limb
Cutty Ranks
345
No Good (Start the Dance)
The Prodigy
346
Born Slippy .NUXX
Underworld
347
Setting Sun
The Chemical Brothers
348
Da Funk
Daft Punk
349
The State I Am In
Belle and Sebastian
350
Needle in the Hay
Elliott Smith
351
Take Ecstasy with Me
The Magnetic Fields
352
New Partner
Palace Music
353
The First Big Weekend
Arab Strap
354
Gamera
Tortoise
355
Parasol
The Sea and Cake
356
Rattled by the Rush
Pavement
357
Game of Pricks
Guided by Voices
358
El Scorcho
Weezer
359
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
360
Jóga
Björk
361
Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
362
Between the Bars
Elliott Smith
363
Cross Bones Style
Cat Power
364
Reflections After Jane
The Clientele
365
I See a Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
366
Teenage Spaceship
Smog
367
Random Rules
Silver Jews
368
Arch Carrier
Autechre
369
Happy Cycling
Boards of Canada
370
So Now
Herbert
371
Windowlicker
Aphex Twin
372
St. Elmo's Fire
Uilab
373
Le Soleil est Pres de Moi
Air
374
Teardrop
Massive Attack
375
Respiration
Black Star
376
Hypnotize
The Notorious B.I.G.
377
Spottieottiedopaliscious
OutKast
378
The Next Movement
The Roots
379
Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
380
Dry the Rain
The Beta Band
381
Hideway
The Olivia Tremor Control
382
Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel
383
Ice Hockey Hair
Super Furry Animals
384
Music Sounds Better with You
Stardust
385
Jump N' Shout
Basement Jaxx
386
Via Chicago
Wilco
387
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
388
Lazy Line Painter Jane
Belle & Sebastian
389
Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
390
One More Hour
Sleater-Kinney
391
New Noise
Refused
392
The City
The Dismemberment Plan
393
Super Shine
Boredoms
394
Like Herod
Mogwai
395
Halfway to a Threeway
Jim O'Rourke
396
Svefn-g-englar
Sigur Rós
397
One More Time
Daft Punk
398
Idioteque
Radiohead
399
Storm
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
400
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
401
Come On Let's Go
Broadcast
402
Try Again
Aaliyah
403
Cry Me a River
Justin Timberlake
404
Tessio
Luomo
405
La Rock 01
Vitalic
406
Love at First Sight
Kylie Minogue
407
Big Pimpin'
Jay-Z
408
B.O.B.
Outkast
409
The Real Slim Shady
Eminem
410
Nutmeg
Ghostface Killah
411
Get Ur Freak On
Missy Elliott
412
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
The White Stripes
413
The Modern Age
The Strokes
414
Another Morning Stoner
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
415
Obstacle 1
Interpol
416
Danger! High Voltage
Electric Six
417
Rippin Kittin
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin
418
So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Jürgen Paape
419
Intro-Inspection
Osymyso
420
Heartbeats
The Knife
421
Losing My Edge
LCD Soundsystem
422
House of Jealous Lovers
The Rapture
423
Weak Become Heroes
The Streets
424
Daylight
Aesop Rock
425
Good Times Roll Pt. 2
RJD2
426
The Calendar Hung Itself
Bright Eyes
427
Poor Places
Wilco
428
No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age
429
The Way That He Sings
My Morning Jacket
430
3rd Planet
Modest Mouse
431
Distortions
Clinic
432
Prayer to God
Shellac
433
To Hell with Good Intentions
Mclusky
434
Ride the Sky
Lightning Bolt
435
The Moon
The Microphones
436
Letter from an Occupant
The New Pornographers
437
New Slang
The Shins
438
Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
The Decemberists
439
Life in a Glasshouse
Radiohead
440
Cause = Time
Broken Social Scene
441
This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Deerhoof
442
The Way We Get By
Spoon
443
I Luv U
Dizzee Rascal
444
Ante Up
M.O.P.
445
Grindin'
Clipse
446
Get By
Talib Kweli
447
Takeover
Jay-Z
448
Hey Ya!
Outkast
449
Through The Wire
Kanye West
450
Ignition (Remix)
R. Kelly
451
Crazy In Love
Beyoncé
452
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
453
Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
!!!
454
Staring at the Sun
TV on the Radio
455
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
456
The Rat
The Walkmen
457
A Sight to Behold
Devendra Banhart
458
Peach, Plum, Pear
Joanna Newsom
459
Casimir Pulaski Day
Sufjan Stevens
460
Hope There's Someone
Antony and the Johnsons
461
Leaf House
Animal Collective
462
Take Time
The Books
463
Don't Save Us from the Flames
M83
464
Such Great Heights
The Postal Service
465
Heartbeat
Annie
466
Galang
M.I.A.
467
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
468
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
469
Here Comes the Summer
The Fiery Furnaces
470
No Children
The Mountain Goats
471
She Sends Kisses
The Wrens
472
The Sweat Descends
Les Savy Fav
473
Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
474
Modern Kicks
The Exploding Hearts
475
Formed a Band
Art Brut
476
Farewell
Boris
477
Sleeping Giant
Mastodon
478
America's Most Blunted
Madvillain
479
What You Know
T.I.
480
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson
481
1 Thing
Amerie
482
Oh
Ciara
483
The Power Is On
The Go! Team
484
Mushaboom
Feist
485
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire
486
I'll Believe in Anything
Wolf Parade
487
The Funeral
Band of Horses
488
Stuck Between Stations
The Hold Steady
489
Postcards from Italy
Beirut
490
You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
Johnny Boy
491
Busy Doing Nothing
Love Is All
492
Black Cab
Jens Lekman
493
Dream On
Christian Falk
494
Young Folks
Peter Bjorn and John
495
We Are Your Friends
Justice vs. Simian
496
Boy from School
Hot Chip
497
Grass
Animal Collective
498
Cone Toaster
Black Dice
499
The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
Liars
500
Bros
Panda Bear