The Current realized a dream this year, a dream to compile a definitive list of the 893 most essential albums of all time (according to nearly 8,000 listeners, readers and members of The Current). We couldn't have done this without you, seriously.

Because we're a radio station that likes to have fun with programming, we're broadcasting the full countdown of The Current's 893 Essential Albums during Minnesota Public Radio's spring member drive this May 5 to 12 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT with each album's defining track, adding up to more than 82 hours of music.

There will be upsets and there will be surprises, so as you follow along on-air and online, be sure to share your thoughts with the hashtag #893albums and tag @TheCurrent so we can find you on social media. Reaction GIFs are encouraged.

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NirvanaNevermind The ClashLondon Calling The BeatlesAbbey Road PrincePurple Rain Pink FloydDark Side of the Moon RadioheadOK Computer Bob DylanBlood on the Tracks David BowieThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The BeatlesWhite Album U2The Joshua Tree Miles DavisKind of Blue The BeatlesRevolver Fleetwood MacRumours The Rolling StonesExile on Main Street The Beach BoysPet Sounds Led ZeppelinIV Michael JacksonThriller The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Pearl JamTen The ReplacementsLet It Be Bruce SpringsteenBorn to Run WilcoYankee Hotel Foxtrot Bob DylanHighway 61 Revisited The BeatlesRubber Soul Paul SimonGraceland WeezerBlue Album Pink FloydThe Wall PixiesDoolittle The Velvet UndergroundThe Velvet Underground & Nico Guns N RosesAppetite for Destruction Johnny CashAt Folsom Prison Bob DylanBlonde on Blonde The ReplacementsTim Carole KingTapestry Neutral Milk HotelIn the Aeroplane Over the Sea Beastie BoysPaul's Boutique Joni MitchellBlue RadioheadKid A Stevie WonderSongs in the Key of Life The Rolling StonesSticky Fingers David BowieHunky Dory Arcade FireFuneral Neil YoungHarvest Jimi HendrixAre You Experienced The StrokesIs This It R.E.M.Murmur Bon IverFor Emma, Forever Ago Pink FloydWish You Were Here The CureDisintegration The Rolling StonesLet it Bleed Marvin GayeWhat's Going On RadioheadThe Bends Smashing PumpkinsSiamese Dream The WhoWho's Next U2Achtung Baby Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin II Led ZeppelinPhysical Graffiti The SmithsThe Queen is Dead Beastie BoysLicensed to Ill Amy WinehouseBack to Black AC/DCBack in Black Bob MarleyLegend Elvis CostelloMy Aim Is True Van MorrisonAstral Weeks R.E.M.Automatic for the People Simon and GarfunkelBridge Over Troubled Water RadioheadIn Rainbows RamonesRamones The White StripesElephant QueenA Night at the Opera Jeff BuckleyGrace Green DayDookie Bob DylanThe Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Kanye WestMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Led ZeppelinHouses of the Holy Lauryn HillThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Sufjan StevensIllinois Talking HeadsRemain in Light Arcade FireThe Suburbs Violent FemmesViolent Femmes A Tribe Called QuestThe Low End Theory John ColtraneA Love Supreme Bon IverBon Iver Van MorrisonMoondance The ReplacementsPleased to Meet Me Liz PhairExile in Guyville BeckOdelay The Rolling StonesBeggars Banquet Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty Bruce SpringsteenDarkness on the Edge of Town My Bloody ValentineLoveless Elton JohnGoodbye Yellow Brick Road Prince1999 Patti SmithHorses Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back Nine Inch NailsPretty Hate Machine The Postal ServiceGive Up WeezerPinkerton NirvanaMTV Unplugged in New York

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Hosts' and Staffers' Essential Albums

Mary Lucia • Bill DeVille • Mark Wheat • Jill Riley • Brian Oake • Mac Wilson • Jade • Andrea Swensson • Sean McPherson • Lindsay Kimball • Jake Rudh • Leah Garaas • Mike DeMark • Brett Baldwin • Kelsey • Nate Ryan • Anna Reed • Jay Gabler • Luke Taylor • John Moe • Dan Nass • Cecilia Johnson