Wow! It sure is reassuring to see that Beck's Sea Change made #440! Thanks, Rolling Stone, for drowing me in a near-meaningless list of records and full page ads!
For a more useful and enjoyable mega-list, top 100s do the job for me. To see two excellent examples, check out:
1. MOJO issue #120, their 10th anniversary issue, now dwindling on shelves.
http://www.mojo4music.com/2. Pitchforkmedia.com has an excellent top 100 of the 1990s
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com-pu