What is the best Marshall Crenshaw album?

Four decades of studio records sit here: the Warner Bros. run of the 1980s, a stop at MCA, and the independent releases that came after.

1. 1
   Marshall Crenshaw

   His 1982 debut, which reached No. 50 on the Billboard album chart and carried his only solo top 40 hit, "Someday, Someway".
2. 2
   Field Day

   The 1983 follow-up produced by Steve Lillywhite, with the single "Whenever You're on My Mind"; it peaked at No. 52.
3. 3
   Downtown

   His 1985 album with a rootsier sound, produced by T Bone Burnett except for "Blues Is King", which Mitch Easter produced.
4. 4
   Mary Jean & 9 Others

   The 1987 album produced by Don Dixon, with Joe Jackson Band bassist Graham Maby on bass.
5. 5
   Good Evening

   His last album for Warner Bros., released in 1989, with several covers and the first released version of Diane Warren's "Some Hearts".
6. 6
   Life's Too Short

   The 1991 album on MCA Records whose song "Better Back Off" reached No. 17 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
7. 7
   Miracle of Science

   A 1996 album he produced and largely played himself, released on the independent label Razor & Tie.
8. 8
   #447

   His 1999 studio album, the first after Miracle of Science three years earlier.
9. 9
   What's in the Bag?

   The studio album he released in 2003, four years after #447.
10. 10
    Jaggedland

    His 2009 album on 429 Records, the last full-length studio record before a run of EPs in the 2010s.
11. 11
    From the Hellhole

    A 2025 Yep Roc collection of remixed tracks from his 2010s EPs plus rarities, also issued as a limited three-sided LP set.

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