EW New Classics (Music)

From Entertainment Weekly

Here's their list of the top 25 "new classic" Music. Bold the ones you've heard, italicize the ones you like/agree should be on the list/own, strikeout any you think should NOT be on the list.

1. Purple Rain--Prince and the Revolution (1984) I love love love this CD!
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill--Lauryn Hill (1998) Not sure this should be so high on the list...but it's very good.
3. Achtung Baby--U2 (1991)
4. The College Dropout--Kanye West (2004)
5. Madonna--Madonna (1983)
6. American Idiot--Green Day (2004) Technically, my son owns this. And he plays it every day. It is pretty good, but don't tell him I said so. ;-)
7. The Blueprint--Jay-Z (2001)
8. Graceland--Paul Simon (1986)
9. Back to Black--Amy Winehouse (2007) [WAAAYYYY too high!]
10. In Rainbows--Radiohead (2007)
11. MTV Unplugged in New York--Nirvana (1994)
12. Stankonia--OutKast (2000)
13. You Are Free--Cat Power (2003) [Really? Over Eminem, Beck, Alanis Morissette, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits...?! No]
14. Disintegration--The Cure (1989)
15. The Marshall Mathers LP--Eminem (2000)
16. Rain Dogs--Tom Waits (1985)
17. Odelay--Beck (1996)
18. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm--A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
19. Dangerously in Love--Beyoncé (2003) [I'm very tired of her...]
20. Tidal--Fiona Apple (1996) [Definitely belongs above Beyonce, and I don't like her much at all!]
21. The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey (2005) [Go. Away.]
22. 3 Feet High and Rising--De La Soul (1989)
23. The Soft Bulletin--The Flaming Lips (1999)
24. Come On Over--Shania Twain (1997) [I love this CD, but it's WAY too high on the overall list--see comments above re Cat Power]
25. Turn On the Bright Lights--Interpol (2002)