Sub Pop celebrates 20 years this year!

Ever wonder what the “Sub Poppiest” records in Sub Pop History are? Well you’re in luck because in this week’s Bigger Than The Sound, writer James Montgomery traveled to the label’s Seattle offices and spoke with Sub Pop receptionist-turned-vice president and “Grunge Speak” hoaxer Megan Jasper. Below is her amazing list of top 20 (er, 21) Sub Poppiest Albums in Sub Pop Records history.

-Soundgarden’s Screaming Life EP (1987, Sub Pop # 12)
-Mudhoney’s Superfuzz Bigmuff EP (1988, SP #21)
-Nirvana’s Bleach (1989, SP #34)
-Thee Headcoats’ Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It’s Thee -Headcoats! (Already) (1990, SP #82)
-Tad’s 8 Way Santa (1991, SP #89)
-Mark Lanegan’s Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1993, SP #132)
-The Vaselines’ The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History (1992, SP #145)
-Sebadoh’s Bakesale (1994, SP #260)
-Sunny Day Real Estate’s LP2 (1995, SP #316)
-The Spinanes’ Arches + Aisles (1998, SP #417)
-The Murder City Devils’ In Blood and Name (2000, SP #497)
-The Shins’ Oh, Inverted World (2001, SP #550)
-The Postal Service’s Give Up (2003, SP #595)
-Iron + Wine’s The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002, SP #600)
-Wolf Parade’s Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005, SP #655)
-Love as Laughter’s Laughter’s Fifth (2005, SP #659)
-Sleater-Kinney’s The Woods (2005, SP #670)
-Band of Horses’ Everything All the Time (2006, SP #690)
-Pissed Jeans’ Hope for Men (2007, SP #730)
-Flight of the Conchords’ Flight of the Conchords (2008, SP #715)
-The Gutter Twins’ Saturnalia (2008, SP #761)

MP3> Mudhoney ‘Burn it Clean’

MP3> Murder City Devils ‘Rum to Whiskey’

MP3> Band of Horses ‘The Great Salt Lake’

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