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We've made a lot of lists here at Pitchfork but few of them were as difficult as narrowing our favorite albums in Sub Pop history to 20 choices. For one thing, despite the label's rise during its self-proclaimed "grunge years," it has become a wildly diverse imprint, a celebration of the depth and breadth of North American indie rock over the past three decades. Not surprisingly then, there was little consensus on which SP records were the best. To celebrate additional releases from the label, on Monday more than 20 of our writers will each present a few words about a record or Sub Pop artifact that's meaningful to them but that didn't make the cut here.
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Sleater-Kinney: The Woods [2005] | 9 |
| Beat Happening: You Turn Me On [1992] | 7 |
| Iron and Wine: The Creek Drank the Cradle [2002] | 6 |
| The Shins: Oh, Inverted World [2001] | 5 |
| Sebadoh: Bakesale [1994] | 4 |
| Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary [2005] | 3 |
| Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary [1994] | 3 |
| Velocity Girl: ¡Simpatico! [1994] | 2 |
| The Vaselines: The Way of the Vaselines [compilation of previously released material; 1992] | 1 |
| Comets on Fire: Blue Cathedral [2004] | 1 |
| Nirvana: Bleach [1989] | 1 |
| Six Finger Satellite: The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird [1993] | 1 |
| The Spinanes: Manos [1993] | 0 |
| Red Red Meat: Bunny Gets Paid [1995] | 0 |
| Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles [compilation of previously released material; 1990] | 0 |
| Green River: Rehab Doll / Dry as a Bone EP [1988/1986; re: 1990] | 0 |
| Fastbacks: Zücker [1993] | 0 |
| Earth: Earth 2 [1993] | 0 |
| Codeine: Frigid Stars [1990] | 0 |
| Afghan Whigs: Congregation [1991] | 0 |
― stephen, Friday, 11 July 2008 20:00 (seventeen years ago)
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