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Top 20 Merge Album's of All-Time

Tomorrow marks the start of the huge celebration Merge has planned for its 20th Anniversary! It seems fitting that we take a look at the great albums the label has released over the years, the ones that brought us to this insane world of independent music and endeared us to it forever. Merge has obviously been wildly influential over the years and looking at the list below you will immediately see how far it reached and the true power of the label. Obviously not all of you will agree with the list, some will want re-number, some will change an [...]
Artist:Camera Obscura
Title:Before you cry
Link Text:Camera Obscura - "Before You Cry"
File Name:Camera Obscura - Before You Cry.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Caribou
Title:Irene
Link Text:Caribou - "Irene"
File Name:Caribou - Irene.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Destroyer
Title:The Music Lovers
Link Text:Destroyer - "The Music Lovers"
File Name:04 The Music Lovers.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Destroyer
Title:Watercolours Into the Ocean
Link Text:Destroyer - "Watercolours Into the Ocean"
File Name:09 Watercolours Into the Ocean.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:East River Pipe
Title:Down 42nd Street to the Light
Link Text:East River Pipe - "Down 42nd Street to the Light"
File Name:East River Pipe - Down 42nd Street to the Light.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1999
Artist:Lambchop
Title:Smuckers
Link Text:Lambchop - "Smuckers"
File Name:09 Smuckers 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:M. Ward
Title:Helicopter
Link Text:M. Ward - "Helicopter"
File Name:08 Helicopter.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Neutral Milk Hotel
Title:Holland, 1945
Link Text:Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"
File Name:06 Holland, 1945.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1998
Artist:Neutral Milk Hotel
Title:Holland, 1945
Link Text:Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"
File Name:06%20Holland%2C%201945.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1998
Artist:Polvo
Title:My Kimono
Link Text:Polvo - "My Kimono"
File Name:03 My Kimono 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1993
Artist:Portastatic
Title:polaroid
Link Text:Portastatic - "Polaroid"
File Name:Portastatic - polaroid.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:1994
Artist:Spoon
Title:I Turn My Camera On
Link Text:Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On"
File Name:03 I Turn My Camera On.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Spoon
Title:Take A Walk
Link Text:Spoon - "Take A Walk"
File Name:07 Take A Walk 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Spoon
Title:The Way We Get By
Link Text:Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
File Name:02 The Way We Get By.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2002
Artist:Superchunk
Title:Kicked In
Link Text:Superchunk - "Kicked In"
File Name:06 Kicked In 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1993
Artist:The Arcade Fire
Title:Rebellion (Lies)
Link Text:Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
File Name:09 Rebellion (Lies).mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:The Clean
Title:Safe in the Rain
Link Text:The Clean - "Safe In the Rain"
File Name:09 Safe in the Rain 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:The Clientele
Title:Isn't Life Strange
Link Text:The Clientele - "Isn't Life Strange"
File Name:03 Isn't Life Strange.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:The Clientele
Title:Porcelain
Link Text:The Clientele - "Porcelain"
File Name:08 Porcelain 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:The Clientele
Title:Since K Got Over Me
Link Text:The Clientele - "Since K Got Over Me"
File Name:01 Since K Got Over Me.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Magnetic Fields
Title:The One You Really Love
Link Text:The Magnetic Fields - "The One You Really Love"
File Name:1-15 The One You Really Love.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1999
Location: Staten Island, NY