Kurt’s 50 Favourite albums

In Journals, Kurt Cobain made a list of his Top 50 favourite 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. Marine Girls -Beach Party
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)

source: Nirvana Wikia