One point over the weekend I heard an explosion outside of my window. I think it was Saturday night. I originally thought it was a neighbor lighting off fireworks a couple of weeks early. I was wrong, it was the sound of the heads of about 7,500 music bloggers' heads spontaneously combusting after reviewing Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Albums since 1983 list.

Reading the comments from people on Stereogum, Idolator and Lineout, you'd think that EW said that Kelly Clarkson's second best record is better than Radiohead's best. Or that Britney Spears' Britney is better than anything Death Cab has ever put out.

Oh wait.

100 George Michael – Faith (1987)
99 Hole – Live Through This (1994)
98 Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism (2003)
97 Britney Spears – Britney (2001)
96 PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
95 T.I. – Trap Muzik (2003)
94 The Police – Synchronicity (1983)
93 Elliott Smith – Either/Or (1997)
92 Destiny's Child – The Writing's on the Wall (1999)
91 Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (1993)
90 System of a Down – Toxicity (2001)
89 Aimee Mann – Bachelor No. 2 (2000)
88 Peter Gabriel – So (1986)
87 2Pac – All Eyez on Me (1996)
86 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
85 Dixie Chicks – Home (2002)
84 New Order – Low-Life (1985)
83 The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl (1984)
82 Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
81 Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994)
80 Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics (2006)
79 The Replacements – Let It Be (1984)
78 Pearl Jam – Vs. (1993)
77 Portishead – Dummy (1994)
76 Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000)
75 Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
74 Moby – Play (1999)
73 Smiths – The Queen is Dead (1986)
72 Van Halen – 1984 (1984)
71 No Doubt – Rock Steady (2001)
70 Mary J. Blige – My Life (1994)
69 The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)
68 Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball (1995)
67 Metallica – Metallica (1991)
66 Dr. Dre – The Chronic (1992)
65 The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
64 Erykah Badu – Mama's Gun (2000)
63 U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
62 Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
61 Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full (1987)
60 Pavement – Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (1994)
59 Madonna – Ray of Light (1998)
58 The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
57 Neil Young – Harvest Moon (1992)
56 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
55 Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions… (1988)
54 Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
53 Elvis Costello – King of America (1986)
52 Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
51 Fugees – The Score (1996)
50 LCD Soundsystem – Sounds of Silver (2007)
49 Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
48 Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
47 Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville (1993)
46 Björk – Homogenic (1997)
45 Belle and Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
44 Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)
43 Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique (1989)
42 Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
41 Bob Marley and the Wailers (1984) – Legend
40 The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die (1994)
39 Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow (1996)
38 Run-DMC – Raising Hell (1986)
37 Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
36 TLC – CrazySexyCool (1994)
35 Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
34 The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
33 Alicia Keys – As I Am (2007)
32 R.E.M. – Life's Rich Pageant (1985)
31 Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
30 Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
29 Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway (2004)
28 Nas – Illmatic (1994)
27 Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
26 Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind (1997)
25 Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)
24 Shania Twain – Come On Over (1997)
23 The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
22 De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
21 Mariah Carey – The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
20 Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)
19 Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love (2003)
18 A Tribe Called Quest – People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
17 Beck – Odelay (1996)
16 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
15 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
14 The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
13 Cat Power – You Are Free (2003)
12 OutKast – Stankonia (2000)
11 Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
10 Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
09 Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2007)
08 Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
07 Jay-Z – The Blueprint (2001)
06 Green Day – American Idiot (2004)
05 Madonna – Madonna (1983)
04 Kanye West – The College Dropout (2004)
03 U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
02 Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
01 Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain (1984)

When it adds up, I don't really have too much of a problem with the list. I certainly wouldn't have put two records from 2007 in the top 10 (neither of which made my own top 10 list). I'm scratching my head at Sheryl Crow at #39 (her s/t album wasn't a mega-hit, a critic's favorite or hugely influential – as far as I remember) and I love Cat Power more than I love people in my own family, but 13, really?? Plus, a Bob Marley greatest hits collection doesn't belong on this list (especially since his Royal Bobness died in 1981). Exile in Guyville and It Take a Nation of Millions…are also considerably lower than I'd rank them.

Still, though, the Britney and Kelly C. examples I mentioned above are too awesome (and funny!) for me to hate on the list too much. I also think EW got it exactly right at one and two.

How's your blood pressure after reading this list?