Mojo's Top Modern 100 Tracks

To celebrate the 150th issue of Mojo, the mag's writers, readers, and on-line users were asked to name the best albums released since the magazine started (in October 1993). According to the folks at Mojo, the "first past-the-post system - though the best available - tended to penalise prolific bands with uncertainty over their best work. Hence, Lampchop lose out."

Mojo's Top Modern 100:

100. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
99. Sizzla - Black Woman & Child
98. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
97. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
96. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Universe
95. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
94. Michael Head & The Strands - The Magical World Of The Strands
93. System Of A Down - Toxicity
92. Manu Chao - Clandestino
91. Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

90. Maria McKee - Life Is Sweet

Maria McKee - I'm Awake

89. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
88. R.L. Burnside - A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
87. The Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies
86. Paul Weller - Stanley Road
85. Salif Keita - Moffou
84. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
83. The Prodigy - Songs For The Jilted Generation
82. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
81. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

80. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist

79. Tinariwen - The Radio Tisdas Sessions
78. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
77. Tricky - Maxinquaye
76. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
75. The Verve - A Northern Soul
74. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
73. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
72. Blur - Parklife
71. Al Green - I Can't Stop
70. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
69. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space
68. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
67. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
66. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Sleeps With Angels
65. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr

64. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise - Glass Museum

63. Morrissey - Vauxhaul And I
62. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
61. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
60. Arcade Fire - Funeral
59. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
58. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
57. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
56. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
55. The Beta Band - The 3 EPs
54. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
53. Bjork - Post
52. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
51. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
50. Blur - Blur
49. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
48. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust)
47. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
46. Supergrass - In It For The Money
45. Kate Bush - Aerial
44. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
43. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
42. Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - No Quarter
41. Elvis Costello & the Imposters - The Delivery Man
40. P.J. Harvey - To Bring You My Love
39. Pulp - Different Class
38. Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
37. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Presents Smile
36. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
35. Portishead - Dummy
34. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
33. The Strokes - Is This It
32. Beck - Mutations
31. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
30. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
29. Madonna - Ray Of Light
28. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
27. Air - Moon Safari
26. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

25. P.J. Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

P.J. Harvey - The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore

24. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
23. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
22. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
21. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
20. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
19. D.J. Shadow - Entroducing...
18. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
17. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
16. Radiohead - The Bends
15. Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
14. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
13. Nirvana - In Utero

12. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
10. Beck - Odelay
9. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
8. The White Stripes - Elephant
7. Radiohead - Kid A
6. The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
5. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
4. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
1. Jeff Buckley - Grace

Check out the May issue of Mojo for a close-up look at some of these albums, and some interesting related lists (such as "10 albums with only one vote" - poor Travis' The Man Who)