My Top 25 Albums from 1996-2021 (Pitchfork Poll)

 For their 25th anniversary, Pitchfork asked their readers to list their Top 25 albums from 1996-2021. Not an easy task, which is why I went and did it anyway.  The list below is not in any kind of order, although my top 2 picks would probably be the same if I spent a few more days thinking about it. Most of these 25 choices were taken from my musical memory bank, but I did consult my year-end lists from the last couple of decades. Of course, right after hitting the send button, a bunch of albums popped up in my brain that I would have loved to include.   

• #1 : Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
• #2 : Adele: 21
• #3 : Moby - Play
• #4 : Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway  
• #5 : Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue 
• #6 : Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
• #7 : Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
• #8 : DJ Shadow: Endtroducing...
• #9 : D'Angelo - Voodoo
• #10 : Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
• #11 : The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
• #12 : Rodney Crowell - Houston Kid
• #13 : Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• #14 : Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
• #15 : Dixie Chicks - Fly
• #16 : The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
• #17 : Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• #18 : Maxwell: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
• #19 : Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
• #20 : Lizzo - 'Cuz I Love You
• #21 : Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
• #22 : Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
• #23 : Chris Stapleton - Traveller
• #24 : Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
• #25 : Jason Isbell - Nashville Sound
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