El sitio web Amazon publicó una lista de los 100 mejores discos 'indie' de todos los tiempos.
Ante las posibles críticas y referencias a discos ausentes,
los autores y editores de esta lista aclararon los criterios utilizados para realizarla.
Estos fueron: elegir sólo un álbum por cada artista; no incluir EP's o sencillos; no incluir recopilaciones; y, finalmente, cada nominado a esta lista debió haber firmado con un sello independiente.
01. Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices
02. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
03. Spiderland - Slint04. Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair
05. Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition) - Unrest
06. Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
07. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
08. Surfer Rosa - Pixies
09. Either/Or - Elliott Smith
10. Bakesale - Sebadoh
11. 69 Love Songs Volume 1 - The Magnetic Fields
12. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
13. Michigan - Sufjan Stevens
14. We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes - Death Cab For Cutie
15. I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
16. No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk
17. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
18. Give Up - The Postal Service
19. Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
20. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
30. Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
31. Repeater + 3 Songs - Fugazi
32. Let It Be [Expanded Edition] - The Replacements
33. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
34. Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura
35. Person Pitch - Panda Bear
36. Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
37. When Your Heartstrings Break - Beulah
38. I Am A Bird Now - Antony & The Johnsons
39. You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
40. This Nation's Saving Grace - The Fall
41. Gulag Orkestar - Beirut
42. Mass Romantic [Remastered] - The New Pornographers
43. On - Imperial Teen
44. On Fire - Galaxie 500
45. How Memory Works - Joan Of Arc
46. Advisory Committee - Mirah
47. Red House Painters I - Red House Painters
48. Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
49. Wild Love - Smog
50. And Don't The Kids Just Love It - Television Personalities
51. Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
52. Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express - The Go Betweens
53. Sing No Evil - Half Japanese
54. Pussy-Whipped - Bikini Kill
55. The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird
56. The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly - Heavenly
57. Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio
58. Fabulous Muscles - Xiu Xiu
59. Set Yourself On Fire - Stars
60. Daddy's Highway - The Bats
61. Neon Golden - The Notwist
62. TNT - Tortoise
63. Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
64. Rejoicing in The Hands - Devendra Banhart
65. Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies... - Of Montreal
66. Milk Man - Deerhoof
67. Will You Find Me - Ida
68. Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
69. Feast of Wire - Calexico
70. The Fawn - The Sea And Cake
71. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating... - Spiritualized
72. II & III - Camper Van Beethoven
73. The R&B Of Membership - The Delta 72
74. The Curtain Hits The Cast - Low
75. Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case
76. Jane From Occupied Europe - Swell Maps
77. The Smell Of Our Own - The Hidden Cameras
78. Nothing Feels Good - The Promise Ring
79. De Stijl - The White Stripes
80. The Ugly Organ - Cursive
81. The Sea and the Bells - Rachel's
82. The Last Match - The Aislers Set
83. Save Yourself - Make Up
84. Hearts Of Oak - Ted Leo/Pharmacists
85. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
86. Worn Copy - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
87. Cure For Pain - Morphine
88. The Power Out - Electrelane
89. The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
90. Louden Up Now - (!!! Chk Chik Chick)
91. Gallowsbird's Bark - The Fiery Furnaces
92. Horses In The Sky - Silver Mt. Zion
93. Alligator - The National
94. Waiter: 'You Vultures!' - Portugal The Man
95. The Discovery Of A World Inside... - The Apples In Stereo
96. Trans Am - Trans Am
97. Ultimate Alternative Wavers - Built To Spill
98. To Survive - Joan As Police Woman
99. Passover - The Black Angels
100. Dangerous Magical Noise - The Dirtbombs