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