Top 10 Albums of All Time

The Strokes - Is This It

Abbey Road (The Beatles)

OK Computer – Radiohead

Radiohead were the first band to fully capture the unprecedented contradiction and loneliness of living in this globalized digital age. The lyrics of OK Computer are almost unbearably melancholy in tone, but the fact that they’re set to some of the most gorgeous music every created makes the whole album strangely inspirational. Even if these times are as bleak as Thom Yorke seems to believe they are, at least we still have music to get us through it.

Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

We tend to credit bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for breaking all the musical ground during the mid-60s, but the decidedly poppy and mainstream band was ahead of the curve with Pet Sounds, their beautifully composed and orchestrated concept album. Legend has it that Paul McCartney went head-over-heels with appreciation and jealousy when hearing this album and was thus inspired to venture into the sonic experimentation of Sgt. Pepper. Legend aside, Pet Sounds stands as a great album, and while it wasn’t fully appreciated in its time, it’s become one of the most influential pieces of music to come out of the 60s.