Thank you so much to everyone who supported KEXP in our successful Fall Fundraising Drive! You all truly power KEXP and allow us to continue to foster music discovery by listeners all over the world!
As you heard last week, we counted down the top albums of the past 40 years -- since the station began as KCMU in 1972 -- as voted on by you, our listeners. Finishing the Drive on Friday, we ended with the top album, Nirvana‘s Nevermind, an undeniable hallmark of Seattle’s music history. Here’s the rest of the Top 20 albums:
| Rank | Artist | Album | |
| 1 | Nirvana | Nevermind | |
| 2 | Radiohead | OK Computer | |
| 3 | Pixies | Doolittle | |
| 4 | The Clash | London Calling | |
| 5 | U2 | The Joshua Tree | |
| 6 | Arcade Fire | Funeral | |
| 7 | David Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust | |
| 8 | Radiohead | Kid A | |
| 9 | Pink Floyd | Dark Side Of The Moon | |
| 10 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | |
| 11 | Bob Dylan | Blood On The Tracks | |
| 12 | Sex Pistols | Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols | |
| 13 | Beastie Boys | Paul’s Boutique | |
| 14 | The Rolling Stones | Exile On Mainstreet | |
| 15 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | |
| 16 | Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures | |
| 17 | Pearl Jam | Ten | |
| 18 | Prince and the Revolution | Purple Rain | |
| 19 | The Cure | Disintegration | |
| 20 | Pixies | Surfer Rosa |
You can see what else made the full list of 650 albums here, and while the 2012 Fall Fundraising Drive may be over, it’s never too late to support listener powered KEXP!
