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I pulled data from this thread to make this list. Please see the criteria and stats page for information on how I composed it, plus some more info about the data. You can also see the raw data on this google doc. Feel free to PM me at rhettmd if you have any suggestions or corrections.
The links below the song titles and albums take you to the respective site where you can purchase or listen to the item in question.
| Rank | Song | Album | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special thanks to Smashing Magazine and bioinforx.com for the tools to make this info look good. | ||||
1 | Feather amazon spotify youtube | Modal Soul amazon itunes | Nujabes | 2005 |
2 | Time | Dark Side of the Moon amazon itunes | Pink Floyd | 1973 |
3 | Paranoid Android | OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 |
4 | Rebellion (lies) | Funeral | Arcade Fire | 2004 |
5 | For Emma | For Emma, Forever Ago | Bon Iver | 2008 |
6 | When the Levee Breaks | Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) | Led Zeppelin | 1971 |
7 | 5th Symphony | Symphonies 5 & 7 | Beethoven | 1808 |
8 | First Breath After a Coma | The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place | Explosions in the Sky | 2003 |
9 | Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, IL | Come On Feel the Illinoise | Sufjan Stevens | 2005 |
10 | All My Friends | Sound of Silver | LCD Soundsystem | 2007 |
11 | Trains | In Absentia | Porcupine Tree | 2002 |
12 | So What | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 |
13 | Blackwater Park | Blackwater Park | Opeth | 2001 |
14 | Everything In Its Right Place | Kid A | Radiohead | 2000 |
15 | Midnight in a perfect world | Endtroducing | DJ Shadow | 1996 |
16 | Gobbledigook | Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust | Sigur Ros | 2008 |
17 | Vicarious amazon spotify youtube | 10,000 Days amazon itunes | Tool | 2006 |
18 | Teen Age Riot | Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1993 |
19 | England | High Violet | The National | 2010 |
20 | Sprawl 2 (mountains beyond mountains) | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | 2010 |
21 | Luv (Sic) Part 2 amazon spotify youtube | Hydeout Productions 1st Collection amazon itunes | Nujabes | 2003 |
22 | London Calling | London Calling | The Clash | 1979 |
23 | Transatlanticism | Transatlanticism | Death Cab for Cutie | 2003 |
24 | Where Do My Bluebird Fly | Shallow Grave | The Tallest Man On Earth | 2010 |
25 | Dance Yrself Clean | This is Happening | LCD Soundsystem | 2010 |
26 | The District Sleeps Alone Tonight | Give Up | The Postal Service | 2003 |
27 | Only In Dreams | Weezer | Weezer | 1994 |
28 | Dramamine | This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About | Modest Mouse | 1996 |
29 | In Fiction | Panopticon | Isis | 2004 |
30 | The Crane Wife 3 | The Crane Wife | The Decemberists | 2006 |
31 | Collapse the light into earth | In Absentia | Porcupine Tree | 2002 |
32 | Little Secrets | Manners | Passion Pit | 2009 |
33 | I'll Believe in Anything | Apologies to the Queen Mary | Wolf Parade | 2005 |
34 | Welcome Home | Ghost | Radical Face | 2007 |
35 | Thank You | I'm Back! Family & Friends | Sly and the Family Stone | 1969 |
36 | Peacebone | Peacebone | Animal Collective | 2007 |
37 | Gathering Storm | Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven | godspeed you! black emperor | 2007 |
38 | Casmir Pulaski Day | Come On Feel the Illinoise | Sufjan Stevens | 2005 |
39 | Soothsayer | Crime Slunk Scene | Buckethead | 2007 |
40 | Debaser | Doolittle | The Pixies | 1990 |
41 | Fairytale of New York | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | The Pogues | 1987 |
42 | Takk | Takk | Sigur Ros | 2005 |
43 | Keep Yourself Warm | The Midnight Organ Fight | Frightened Rabbit | 2008 |
44 | Someone Great | Sound of Silver | LCD Soundsystem | 2007 |
45 | Holy Wars | Rust in Peace | Megadeath | 1990 |
46 | The Drapery Falls | Blackwater Park | Opeth | 2001 |
47 | You Never Give Me Your Money | Abbey Road | The Beatles | 1969 |
48 | Time Flies | The Incident | Porcupine Tree | 2009 |
49 | The Wilhelm Scream | James Blake | James Blake | 2011 |
50 | Octavarium | Octavarium | Dream Theater | 2005 |
51 | Definition | Black Star | Black Star | 2002 |
52 | Age of Adz | The Age of Adz | Sufjan Stevens | 2010 |
53 | If You're Feeling Sinister | If You're Feeling Sinister | Belle and Sebastian | 1997 |
54 | Blue in Green | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 |
55 | Sea of Love | The Covers Record | Cat Power | 2000 |
56 | Bleak | Blackwater Park | Opeth | 2001 |
57 | Only Shallow | Loveless | My Bloody Valentine | 1991 |
58 | Sound of Muzak | In Absentia | Porcupine Tree | 2002 |
59 | The Way Home! | Addicted | The Devin Townsend Project | 2009 |
60 | Strobe | For Lack of a Better Name | Deadmau5 | 2009 |
61 | Somebody I Used to Know amazon spotify youtube | Making Mirrors | Gotye, Featuring Kimbra | 2011 |
62 | Such Great Heights | 99 Songs of Revolution | Streetlight Manifesto | 2010 |
63 | In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | Coheed and Cambria | 2003 |
64 | Insurgentes | Insurgentes | Steve Wilson | 2009 |
65 | In the Mood | Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits | Glenn Miller | 1939 |
66 | Day 19: Disclosure | The Human Equation | Ayreon | 2004 |
67 | How to Dissappear Completely | Kid A | Radiohead | 2000 |
68 | Holocene | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | 2011 |
69 | Two Headed Boy | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | 1998 |
70 | Four Seasons | Four Seasons | Vivaldi | 1723 |
71 | Pepper | Electriclarryland | Butthole Surfers | 1996 |
72 | Galaxy In Janaki | Cosmogramma | Flying Lotus | 2010 |
73 | Hajnal | Rossz Csillag Allat | Venetian Snares | 2005 |
74 | Mad World | The Hurting | tears for fears | 1982 |
75 | Mad World | Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets | Gary Jules | 2009 |
76 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | 1965 |
77 | Szamar Madar | Rossz Csillag Allat | Venetian Snares | 2005 |
78 | Sleepyhead | Manners | Passion Pit | 2009 |
79 | Space Walk | Lost Horizons | Lemon Jelly | 2002 |
80 | New Born | Origin of Symmetry | Muse | 2005 |
81 | Open Car | Deadwing | Porcupine Tree | 2005 |
82 | Fur Alina | none amazon itunes | Arvo Part | 1976 |
83 | Cote | Themata | Karnivool | 2007 |
84 | Nutshell | Jar of Flies amazon itunes | Alice in Chains | 1993 |
85 | Slowdive amazon spotify youtube | Slowdive EP | Slowdive | 1990 |
86 | Nantes | The Flying Club Cup | Beirut | 2007 |
87 | Rosetta Stoned amazon spotify youtube | 10,000 Days amazon itunes | Tool | 2006 |
88 | Your English is Good | Elephant Shell | Tokyo Police Club | 2008 |
89 | The Reeling | Manners | Passion Pit | 2009 |
90 | Not Unlike the Waves | Ashes Against the Grain | Agalloch | 2006 |
91 | This Year | The Sunset Tree | The Mountain Goats | 2005 |
92 | Demons of the Fall | My Arms, Your Hearse | Opeth | 1998 |
93 | 7th symphony | Symphonies 5 & 7 | Beethoven | 1812 |
94 | The Mariner's Revenge Song | Picaresque | The Decemberists | 2005 |
95 | Windowpane | Damnation | Opeth | 2003 |
96 | The Gardener | Shallow Grave | The Tallest Man On Earth | 2010 |
97 | Sitting on top of the world | Wheels of Fire | Cream | 1968 |
98 | Freddie Freeloader | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 |
99 | Elevator Love Letter | Heart | Stars | 2003 |
100 | Cross the Breeze | Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1993 |
101 | Piece of My Heart | Cheap Thrills | Janice Joplin | 1968 |
102 | Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright | The Lonesome Crowded West | Modest Mouse | 2010 |
103 | Poison Oak | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | Bright Eyes | 2005 |
104 | Runaway | It's Blitz! | The Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 2009 |
105 | Take Five | Time Out | Dave Brubeck | 1959 |
106 | What You Know | Tourist History | Two Door Cinema Club | 2010 |
107 | Somewhere in the Between | Somewhere in the Between | Streetlight Manifesto | 2007 |
108 | My Body | Young the Giant | Young the Giant | 2011 |
109 | The Crane Wife 1 and 2 | The Crane Wife | The Decemberists | 2006 |
110 | Across the Sea | Pinkerton | Weezer | 1996 |
111 | When the Levee Breaks | Emotive | A Perfect Circle | 2004 |
112 | I'll Come Running | Another Green World | Brian Eno | 1975 |
113 | It's A Wonderful Life | A Call to Arms | Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution | 1999 |
114 | Cemetery Gates | The Queen is Dead | The Smiths | 1990 |
115 | Rock & Roll | Loaded | The Velvet Underground | 1970 |
116 | Leave House | Swim | Caribou | 2010 |
117 | A Glorious Dawn amazon spotify youtube | none amazon itunes | Carl Sagan | 2009 |
118 | La Gloria | Tango 3.0 | Gotan Project | 2010 |
119 | Rainmaker | Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot | Sparklehorse | 1995 |
120 | The Ocean | The Rising Tide | Sunny Day Real Estate | 2000 |
121 | Fenix Funk 5 amazon spotify youtube | Chosen Lords amazon itunes | Aphex Twin | 2006 |
122 | Forsaken | Systemic Chaos | Dream Theater | 2007 |
123 | Helix Nebula | Power Supply amazon itunes | Anamanaguchi | 2006 |
124 | Your Way | Your Way/Daydreamin' amazon itunes | Netsky | 2010 |
125 | Music | Music | Erick Sermon | 2001 |
126 | I'm Good, I'm Gone | Youth Novels | Lykke Li | 2008 |
127 | Seasons | Southernunderground | Cunninlynguists | 2003 |
128 | Lights | Lights | Ellie Goulding | 2011 |
129 | John Wayne Gacy Jr. | Come On Feel the Illinoise | Sufjan Stevens | 2005 |
130 | Raise Your Weapon | 4x4=12 | Deadmau5 | 2010 |
131 | Don't Stop the Sandman amazon spotify youtube | Reimaginator amazon itunes | Rock Sugar | 2010 |
132 | Poison & Wine | Barton Hollow | The Civil Wars | 2011 |
133 | Organ Donor | Endtroducing | DJ Shadow | 1996 |
134 | Hey | Doolittle | The Pixies | 1990 |