Opinion by Michael Swartz

Here at The Spider, we love music… Obvi. That’s kinda our thing, and we love all kinds of music. You can say our taste is a little eclectic as our libraries are all over the place. As an elder millennial, I pride myself on being able to grow up with some of the most ICONIC pop culture musicians ever! Because of that, I wanted to share with you a list of 25 albums from the past 25 years that EVERYBODY should have in their collection. Especially if you love pop culture as much as I do! There are so many more AMAZING albums I wish I could include in this list, but if I listed every single album from the past 25 years that I am obsessed with we would be here for weeks! Happy listening, my friends!

25. Spice World - Spice Girls (1997)

24. Oops I did it again - Britney Spears (2000)

23. Believe - Cher (1998)

22. Red(Taylor's Version) *Originally released as Red in 2012 (2021)

21. Shut Up - Kelly Osbourne (2002)

20. Bangerz - Miley Cyrus (2013)

19. FanMail - TLC (1999)

18. M!ssundaztood - P!nk (2001)

17. The Duchess - Fergie (2006)

16. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (1999)

15. Take Me Home - One Direction (2012)

14. Flicker - Niall Horan (2017)

13. Fearless(Taylor's Version) *Originally released as Fearless in 2008)

12. Skin & Earth - LIGHTS (2017)

11. The Listening - LIGHTS (2009)

10. Can't Be Tamed - Miley Cyrus (2010)

9. The Fame - Lady Gaga (2008)

8. Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

7. Love, Angel, Music, Baby - Gwen Stefani (2004)

6. Speak - Lindsay Lohan (2004)

5. Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (2004)

4. Circus - Britney Spears (2008)

3. reputation - Taylor Swift (2017)

2. Femme Fatale - Britney Spears (2011)

1. 1989 - Taylor Swift (2014)

*Please note at the time of compiling this list Taylor Swift was still in the process of re-recording her first six albums, so we have noted the (Taylor’s version) releases instead of the originals, as much as we love her original works(they are amazing and you should listen to the originals at least once) we also firmly believe in artists rights, and want to support her in regaining control of her master recordings, and encourage you to remove the originals from your digital libraries in favor or the re-records as they are released, and we will do our best to update this list as she releases them.