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In Journals, Kurt Cobain made a list of his Top 50 favorite albums under the title "Top 50 by Nirvana."

Kurt Cobain's Top 50 Albums

  1. Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
  2. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
  3. The Breeders - Pod (1990)
  4. The Vaselines - Dying for It (1988, listed as Pink EP)
  5. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World (1969)
  6. Fang - Landshark (1982)
  7. MDC - Millions of Dead Cops (1981)
  8. Scratch Acid - Scratch Acid (1984, listed as 1st EP)
  9. Saccharine Trust - Paganicons (1981, listed as 1st EP)
  10. Butthole Surfers - Pee Pee the Sailor (1983)
  11. Black Flag - My War (1984)
  12. Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
  13. Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)
  14. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
  15. The Frogs - It's Only Right and Natural (1989)
  16. PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
  17. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
  18. The Knack - Get the Knack (1979)
  19. The Saints - Know Your Product (1978)
  20. Kleenex - "anything by:" (1978-1983, possibly referring to 1993's Kleenex/LiLiPUT compilation)
  21. The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
  22. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980)
  23. Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)
  24. Various Artists - What Is It. (1982, erroneously listed as What Is This?)
  25. R.E.M. - Green (1988)
  26. Shonen Knife - Burning Farm (K Records version, 1985)
  27. The Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
  28. The Clash - Combat Rock (1982)
  29. The Faith/Void - The Faith/Void (1982)
  30. Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
  31. Beat Happening - Jamboree (1988)
  32. Tales of Terror - Tales of Terror (1984)
  33. Leadbelly - Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume One (1953)
  34. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
  35. Daniel Johnston - Yip/Jump Music (1983)
  36. Flipper - Album – Generic Flipper (1982)
  37. The Beatles - Meet the Beatles! (1964)
  38. Half Japanese - We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love (1990)
  39. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
  40. Black Flag - Damaged (1981)
  41. Fear - The Record (1982)
  42. Public Image Ltd - The Flowers of Romance (1981)
  43. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  44. Melvins- Houdini
  45. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
  46. Wipers - Is This Real? (1980)
  47. Wipers - Youth of America (1981)
  48. Wipers - Over the Edge (1983)
  49. Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly (1990)
  50. Swans - Young God (1984, erroneously listed as Raping a Slave)
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