1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (My Progress: 0)
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- 1950s:
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
- Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
- The Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
- Louis Prima – The Wildest!
- Fats Domino – This is Fats
- Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport 1956
- Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
- The Crickets – The "Chirping" Crickets
- Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie
- Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
- Sabu – Palo Congo
- Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
- Machito – Kenya
- Little Richard – Here's Little Richard
- Tito Puente and His Orchestra – Dance Mania, Vol. 1
- Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
- Jack Elliott – Jack Takes the Floor
- Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's
- Ella Fitzgerald – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
- Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles
- Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
- Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
- 1960s:
- Joan Baez – Joan Baez
- Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back!
- Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba
- The Everly Brothers – A Date with the Everly Brothers
- Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack
- Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters at Newport
- Bill Evans – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
- Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Booker T. and The M.G.s – Green Onions
- Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
- Ray Price – Night Life
- The Beatles – With the Beatles
- Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
- Phil Spector & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
- Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club
- Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- James Brown – Live at the Apollo
- Stan Getz and João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
- The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
- Jacques Brel – Olympia 64
- Solomon Burke – Rock 'n' Soul
- Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
- The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones
- Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
- The Sonics – Here Are the Sonics
- Bob Dylan – Bringing it All Back Home
- Otis Redding – Otis Blues: Otis Redding Sings Soul
- The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
- John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
- B.B. King – Live at the Regal
- The Beatles – Rubber Soul
- Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch
- The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- The Who – My Generation
- The Beatles – Revolver
- The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
- Fred Neil – Fred Neil
- The Byrds – Fifth Dimension
- Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
- The Monks – Black Monk Time
- The Kinks – Face to Face
- The Mamas and The Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
- Paul Revere and The Raiders – Midnight Ride
- The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
- The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
- Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
- John Mayall's Blues Breakers – John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
- The Yardbirds – The Yardbirds
- Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind
- Astrud Gilberto – Beach Samba
- Nico – Chelsea Girl
- The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Country Joe and The Fish – Electric Music for the Mind and Body
- Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
- Moby Grape – Moby Grape
- Love – Da Capo
- The Beau Brummels – Triangle
- The Monkees – Headquarters
- Tim Buckley – Goodbye and Hello
- Love – Forever Changes
- Cream – Disraeli Gears
- Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- The Who – The Who Sell Out
- The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Undergroun and Nico
- Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
- The Doors – The Doors
- The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
- The Young Rascals – Groovin'
- Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
- The Kinks – Something Else by the Kinks
- Donovan – Sunshine Superman
- Merle Haggard – I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
- The Electric Prunes – I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)
- Loretta Lynn – Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
- Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
- The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold as Love
- Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
- The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
- Traffic – Traffic
- The Incredible String Band – The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
- The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
- Ravi Shankar – The Sounds of India
- Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
- Leonard Cohen – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
- Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
- Laura Nyro – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
- Aretha Franklin – Aretha: Lady Soul
- Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
- The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
- Big Brother and The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
- The United States of America – The United States of America
- Dr. John, The Night Tripper – Gris-Gris
- Iron Butterfly – In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
- The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
- Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
- The Small Faces – Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
- The Band – Music from Big Pink
- Jeff Beck – Truth
- Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso
- Scott Walker – Scott 2
- The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
- Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
- The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- The Beatles – Beatles (a.k.a. White Album)
- The Mothers of Invention – We're Only in it for the Money
- Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
- Crosby, Stills and Nash – Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
- Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
- Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash at San Quentin
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
- The Beatles – Abbey Road
- The Who – Tommy
- Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
- The Bee Gees – Odessa
- The Pentangle – Basket of Light
- The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
- Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
- Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
- Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
- The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
- Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
- The Band – The Band
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
- MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
- The Temptations – Cloud Nine
- Sly and The Family Stone – Stand!
- Tim Buckley – Happy Sad
- Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
- Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
- The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
- Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
- The Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
- The Kinks – Arthur, Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
- King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
- Leonard Cohen – Songs from a Room
- Fairport Convention – Liege and Lief
- Scott Walker – Scott 4
- The Stooges – The Stooges
- Alexander Spence – Oar
- Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
- 1970s:
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo's Factory
- Derek and The Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
- Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
- Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- The Doors – Morrison Hotel
- The Carpenters – Close to You
- Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills
- John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Déjà Vu
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
- Deep Purple – In Rock
- Van Morrison – Moondance
- The Grateful Dead – American Beauty
- Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
- Ananda Shankar – Ananda Shankar
- The Who – Live at Leeds
- Soft Machine – Third
- Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley
- George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
- Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
- Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
- The Stooges – Fun House
- James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
- Paul McCartney – McCartney
- Santana – Abraxas
- Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
- Jethro Tull – Aqualung
- David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name
- Sly and The Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On
- Marvin Gaye – What's Going On
- Yes – The Yes Album
- The Bee Gees – Trafalgar
- The Who – Who's Next
- Carole King – Tapestry
- Isaac Hayes – Shaft
- The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
- The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
- John Lennon – Imagine
- The Beach Boys – Surf's Up
- Yes – Fragile
- The Doors – L.A. Woman
- Can – Tago Mago
- Elton John – Madman Across the Water
- Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
- Don McLean – American Pie
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Tarkus
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
- Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson
- Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
- Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
- Joni Mitchell – Blue
- Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
- Janis Joplin – Pearl
- Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live!
- Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse
- Flamin' Groovies – Teenage Head
- Gene Clark – White Light
- John Prine – John Prine
- Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson
- T.Rex – Electric Warrior
- David Bowie – Hunky Dory
- Randy Newman – Sail Away
- Deep Purple – Machine Head
- Big Star – No. 1 Record
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Vol 4
- Steely Dan – Can't Buy a Thrill
- Neil Young – Harvest
- Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly
- Slade – Slayed?
- Deep Purple – Made in Japan
- Yes – Close to the Edge
- Lou Reed – Transformer
- Hugh Masekela – Home is Where the Music Is
- Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina
- Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
- Stephen Stills – Manassas
- T.Rex – The Slider
- David Ackles – American Gothic
- The Eagles – Eagles
- Tim Buckley – Greetings from L.A.
- Nick Drake – Pink Moon
- Paul Simon – Paul Simon
- Roxy Music – Roxy Music
- Alice Cooper – School's Out
- The Temptations – All Directions
- David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- War – The World is a Ghetto
- Al Green – Let's Stay Together
- The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
- Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
- David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
- King Crimson – Larks' Tongues in Aspic
- Bob Marley and The Wailers – Catch a Fire
- Hawkwind – Space Ritual
- John Cale – Paris 1919
- Can – Future Days
- Lou Reed – Berlin
- Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
- Marvin Gaye – Let's Get it On
- John Martyn – Solid Air
- Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
- Faust – Faust IV
- Herbie Hancock – Headhunters
- Mott the Hoople – Mott
- Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
- Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star
- Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
- Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes
- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
- Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
- ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
- Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
- Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
- Iggy and The Stooges – Raw Power
- The Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
- New York Dolls – New York Dolls
- Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
- Bad Company – Bad Company
- Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information
- Stevie Wonder – Fullfillingness' First Finale
- Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
- Kraftwerk – Autobahn
- Van Morrison – It's Too Late to Stop Now
- Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
- Queen – Queen II
- Roxy Music – Country Life
- Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
- Sparks – Kimono My House
- Supertramp – Crime of the Century
- Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson – Winter in America
- Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
- 10cc – Sheet Music
- Neil Young – On the Beach
- George Jones – The Grand Tour
- Gene Clark – No Other
- Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
- Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
- Bob Marley and The Wailers – Natty Dread
- Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
- Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
- Brian Eno – Another Green World
- The Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
- Neu! – Neu! '75
- Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
- Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert
- Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
- David Bowie – Young Americans
- Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
- Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
- Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky
- Dion – Born to Be With You
- Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
- R.D. Burman/Bappi Lahiri – Shalimar/College Girl
- Neil Young – Tonight's the Night
- Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
- Patti Smith – Horses
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
- Queen – A Night at the Opera
- Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
- Earth, Wind and Fire – That's the Way of the World
- Curtis Mayfield – There's No Place Like America Today
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
- The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
- David Bowie – Station to Station
- Joni Mitchell – Hejira
- Boston – Boston
- Eagles – Hotel California
- Abba – Arrival
- Kiss – Destroyer
- Rush – 2112
- Jorge Ben – Africa/Brasil
- Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading
- Aerosmith – Rocks
- Parliament – Mothership Connection
- The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Cafe
- Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene
- Ramones – Ramones
- Fela Kuti and The Africa '70 – Zombie
- Peter Tosh – Legalize It
- Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
- Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!
- Brian Eno – Before and After Science
- Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
- Billy Joel – The Stranger
- Bob Marley and The Wailers – Exodus
- Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
- Weather Report – Heavy Weather
- Muddy Waters – Hard Again
- The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
- The Clash – The Clash
- David Bowie – Low
- Steely Dan – Aja
- Wire – Pink Flag
- John Martyn – One World
- Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
- Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
- David Bowie – Heroes
- Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue
- Suicide – Suicide
- Iggy Pop – The Idiot
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (I)
- Television – Marquee Moon
- Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
- Elvis Costello – My Aim is True
- Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
- Ian Dury – New Boots and Panties!!
- Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
- Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
- Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
- Blondie – Parallel Lines
- Elis Regina – Vento de Maio
- Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
- The Only Ones – The Only Ones
- Elvis Costello – This Year's Model
- The Jam – All Mod Cons
- Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquerade
- The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
- Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
- The Residents – Duck Stab/Buster and Glen
- Public Image Ltd. – Public Image
- Magazine – Real Life
- Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
- Throbbing Gristle – D.O.A. Third and Final Report
- Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
- Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
- Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
- Van Halen – Van Halen
- Willie Colón and Ruben Bládes – Siembra
- The Cars - The Cars
- Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- Dire Straits – Dire Straits
- The Saints – Eternally Yours
- Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
- Willie Nelson – Stardust
- Chic – C'est Chic
- X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
- Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- Siouxsie and The Banshees – The Scream
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell
- Sister Sledge – We Are Family
- Crusaders – Street Life
- The Germs – (GI)
- The B52's – The B52's
- Holger Czukay – Movies
- The Police – Reggatta de Blanc
- The Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
- Talking Heads – Fear of Music
- Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
- Chic – Risqué
- The Undertones – The Undertones
- The Clash – London Calling
- Japan – Quiet Life
- Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
- The Slits – Cut
- Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Armed Forces
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
- Gang of Four – Entertainment!
- Cheap Trick – At Budokan
- Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
- Pink Floyd – The Wall
- Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
- Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
- The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
- Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle
- The Specials – Specials
- 1980s:
- Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
- Dexy's Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
- AC/DC – Back in Black
- The Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
- Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
- Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel III (a.k.a. Melt)
- The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
- The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
- Echo and The Bunnymen – Crocodiles
- Motörhead – Ace of Spades
- Killing Joke – Killing Joke
- Judas Priest – British Steel
- The Circle Jerks – Group Sex
- Talking Heads – Remain in Light
- Joy Division – Closer
- Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
- The Undertones – Hypnotised
- The Jam – Sound Affects
- Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine
- UB40 – Signing Off
- The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
- The Specials – More Specials
- Steve Winwood – Arc of a Diver
- Pretenders – Pretenders
- Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
- Siouxsie and The Banshees – Juju
- Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
- The Go-Gos – Beauty and the Beat
- Motörhead – No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
- Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture and Morality
- Brian Eno and David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- Black Flag – Damaged
- X – Wild Gift
- The Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
- The Human League – Dare!
- The Gun Club – Fire of Love
- Bauhaus – Mask
- Bobby Womack – The Poet
- Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
- Rush – Moving Pictures
- Abba – The Visitors
- ABC – The Lexicon of Love
- Prince – 1999
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Message
- Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
- The Cure – Pornography
- Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay
- Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
- Madness – The Rise and Fall
- Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
- Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
- Kate Bush – The Dreaming
- Orange Juice – Rip it Up
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- The Birthday Party – Junkyard
- Venom – Black Metal
- Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
- Associates – Sulk
- Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
- Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock
- Def Leppard – Pyromania
- R.E.M. – Murmur
- The The – Soul Mining
- Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
- The Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
- Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
- Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual
- Paul Simon – Hearts and Bones
- Echo and The Bunnymen – Porcupine
- ZZ Top – Eliminator
- Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- U2 – War
- The Police – Synchronicity
- Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
- Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- Run-DMC – Run-DMC
- Sade – Diamond Life
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure
- Minor Threat – Out of Step
- Van Halen – 1984
- Prince and The Revolution – Purple Rain
- The Replacements – Let it Be
- The Style Council – Café Bleu
- Tina Turner – Private Dancer
- Echo and The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
- Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
- Lloyd Cole and The Commotions – Rattlesnakes
- Youssou N'Dour – Immigrés
- Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
- The Fall – This Nation's Saving Grace
- Abdullah Ibrahim – Water from an Ancient Well
- A-ha – Hunting High and Low
- Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
- Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
- Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
- Mekons – Fear and Whiskey
- Big Black – Atomizer
- Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega
- The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
- Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
- The Smiths – Meat is Murder
- Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
- The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
- New Order – Low-Life
- Simply Red – Picture Book
- Dexy's Midnight Runners – Don't Stand Me Down
- Scritti Politti – Cupid and Psyche 85
- Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Blood and Chocolate
- Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
- Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
- Metallica – Master of Puppets
- The The – Infected
- Nanci Griffith – The Last of the True Believers
- Billy Bragg – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
- Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
- Megadeth – Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
- Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
- Sonic Youth – Evol
- Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
- Paul Simon – Graceland
- Run-DMC – Raising Hell
- XTC – Skylarking
- Steve Earle – Guitar Town
- Bad Brains – I Against I
- Anita Baker – Rapture
- The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
- Peter Gabriel – So
- Anthrax – Among the Living
- Dinosaur Jr. – You're Living All Over Me
- Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris – Trio
- Def Leppard – Hysteria
- R.E.M. – Document
- Prince – Sign O' the Times
- The Cult – Electric
- Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
- The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
- George Michael – Faith
- Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs and Stories
- Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
- Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton – The New Tango
- The Smiths – "Strangeways, Here We Come"
- Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
- Laibach – Opus Dei
- Napalm Death – Scum
- Sonic Youth – Sister
- The Triffids – Calenture
- Michael Jackson – Bad
- Pet Shop Boys – Actually
- U2 – The Joshua Tree
- Terence Trent D'Arby – Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
- The Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
- Leonard Cohen – I'm Your Man
- The Waterboys – Fisherman's Blues
- Fishbone – Truth and Soul
- Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
- Living Colour - Vivid
- Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
- R.E.M. – Green
- Happy Mondays – Bummed
- The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
- Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
- Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
- My Bloody Valentine – Isn't Anything
- Pixies – Surfer Rosa
- Metallica – ...And Justice for All
- Dinosaur Jr. – Bug
- Dagmar Krause – Tank Battles
- K.D. Lang – Shadowland
- American Music Club – California
- Morrissey – "Viva Hate"
- Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
- The Sugarcubes – Life's Too Good
- Dwight Yoakam – Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
- Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking
- Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Faith No More – The Real Thing
- Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
- John Lee Hooker – The Healer
- New Order – Technique
- Madonna – Like a Prayer
- Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
- Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
- Firehose – Fromohio
- Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique
- The Young Gods – L'Eau Rouge
- John Zorn – Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
- The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
- Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
- Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
- Kate Bush – Sensual World
- The Cure – Disintegration
- 808 State – 808:90
- Coldcut – What's That Noise?
- Barry Adamson – Moss Side Story
- Aerosmith – Pump
- Pixies – Doolittle
- Bonnie Raitt – Nick of Time
- Fugazi – Repeater
- Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
- De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
- Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
- Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
- N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
- 1990s:
- Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
- The Shamen – En-Tact
- Deee-Lite – World Clique
- The La's - The La's
- The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
- Depeche Mode – Violator
- Pixies – Bossanova
- Megadeth – Rust in Peace
- Digital Underground – Sex Packets
- Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
- Happy Mondays – Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
- George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory
- Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
- Jane's Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
- LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
- Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
- Sinéad O'Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
- A Tribe Called Quest – People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
- Sonic Youth – Goo
- Ride – Nowhere
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
- Nirvana – Nevermind
- Crowded House – Woodface
- Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
- Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide
- Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
- MC Solaar - Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo
- Jah Wobble and The Invaders of the Heart – Rising Above Bedlam
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Ice-T – OG Original Gangster
- Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
- Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Back
- A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
- Pearl Jam – Ten
- Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
- Sepultura – Arise
- Slint – Spiderland
- U2 – Achtung Baby
- The KLF – The White Room
- Massive Attack – Blue Lines
- Primal Scream – Screamadelica
- Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
- Metallica – Metallica
- Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
- Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of Arrested Development
- Koffi Olomidé – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
- Morrissey – "Your Arsenal"
- Baaba Maal – Lam Toro
- Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
- Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
- The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
- K.D. Lang – Ingénue
- Dr. Dre – The Chronic
- R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
- The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
- Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
- Sugar – Copper Blue
- Tom Waits – Bone Machine
- Sonic Youth – Dirty
- Stereo MCs – Connected
- Ministry – Psalm 69
- Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
- Ice Cube – The Predator
- Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
- Alice in Chains – Dirt
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Henry's Dream
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party – Devotional Songs
- P.J. Harvey – Dry
- Suede – Suede
- Paul Weller – Wild Wood
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
- Auteurs – New Wave
- Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
- The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
- Aimee Mann – "Whatever"
- Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
- Nirvana – In Utero
- Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
- Pet Shop Boys – Very
- P.J. Harvey – Rid of Me
- Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
- Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club
- The Fall – The Infotainment Scan
- Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
- Björk – Debut
- Orbital – Orbital II
- Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
- Sebadoh – Bubble and Scrape
- The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
- William Orbit – Strange Cargo III
- Method Man – Tical
- Frank Black – Teenager of the Year
- Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
- Jeru the Damaja – The Sun Rises in the East
- Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- Portishead – Dummy
- The Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
- Nas – Illmatic
- Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
- Elvis Costello – Brutal Youth
- Morrissey – Vauxhall and I
- TLC – CrazySexyCool
- Oasis – Definitely Maybe
- Soundgarden – Superunknown
- The Offspring – Smash
- Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
- Blur – Parklife
- G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce
- Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder – Talking Timbuktu
- Hole – Live Through This
- Massive Attack – Protection
- Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
- Suede – Dog Man Star
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
- Jeff Buckley – Grace
- Orbital – Snivilisation
- Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
- Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
- Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
- Green Day – Dookie
- Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
- Garbage – Garbage
- Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
- Tricky – Maxinquaye
- Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream!
- The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
- 2Pac – Me Against the World
- Elastica – Elastica
- Supergrass – I Should Coco
- Radiohead – The Bends
- Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
- Femi Kuti – Femi Kuti
- The Verve – A Northern Soul
- Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords
- Pulp – Different Class
- Leftfield – Leftism
- D'Angelo – Brown Sugar
- Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
- Goldie – Timeless
- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
- Screaming Trees – Dust
- Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
- Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
- Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst
- Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
- Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
- Beck – Odelay
- Belle and Sebastian – "Tigermilk"
- DJ Shadow – Endtroducing...
- Eels – Beautiful Freak
- The Divine Comedy – Casanova
- Fiona Apple – Tidal
- Wilco – Being There
- Sepultura – Roots
- Barry Adamson – Oedipus Schmoedipus
- Fun Lovin' Criminals – Come Find Yourself
- Maxwell – Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
- The Charlatans – Tellin' Stories
- Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
- Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
- Cave, Nick and The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
- L.T.J. Bukem – Logical Progression
- Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I GotWorry
- The Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
- Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
- Fugees – The Score
- Ash – 1977
- Belle and Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister
- Blur – Blur
- Radiohead – OK Computer
- Finley Quaye – Maverick a Strike
- Missy Misdemeanor Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly
- The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
- Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
- Robert Wyatt – Shleep
- David Holmes – Let's Get Killed
- Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
- Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
- Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Boatman's Call
- The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
- Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
- Daft Punk – Homework
- Robbie Williams – Life Thru a Lens
- Mariah Carey – Butterfly
- Supergrass – In it for the Money
- Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind
- Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms
- Elliott Smith – Either/Or
- The Verve – Urban Hymns
- Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
- The Dandy Warhols – The Dandy Warhols Come Down
- Bob Dylan – Live 1966
- Manu Chao – Clandestino
- Billy Bragg and Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
- Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
- Fatboy Slim – You've Come a Long Way, Baby
- David Gray – White Ladder
- Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- Pulp – This is Hardcore
- Madonna – Ray of Light
- Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs
- System of a Down - System of a Down
- Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
- Air – Moon Safari
- Talvin Singh – OK
- Korn – Follow the Leader
- Khaled – Kenza
- Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
- Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
- Suba - São Paulo Confessions
- XTC – Apple Venus Volume 1
- Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
- Incubus – Make Yourself
- The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
- Travis – The Man Who
- Slipknot – Slipknot
- Beth Orton – Central Reservation
- Nitin Sawhney – Beyond Skin
- Death in Vegas – The Contino Sessions
- Moby – Play
- The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
- Les Rythmes Digitales – Darkdancer
- Le Tigre – Le Tigre
- Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
- Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
- Metallica – S&M
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy – I See a Darkness
- Shack – H.M.S. Fable
- Basement Jaxx – Remedy
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
- Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun
- 2000s:
- Doves – Lost Souls
- Air – The Virgin Suicides
- Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
- Bebel Gilberto – Tanto Tempo
- M.J. Cole – Sincere
- Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
- Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
- Radiohead – Kid A
- U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind
- Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
- Elliott Smith – Figure 8
- Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
- P.J. Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- Erykah Badu – Mama's Gun
- Coldplay – Parachutes
- Common – Like Water for Chocolate
- Mike Ladd – Welcome to the Afterfuture
- Red Snapper – Our Aim is to Satisfy
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
- Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
- Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
- Lambchop – Nixon
- Ute Lemper – Punishing Kiss
- Madonna – Music
- The Avalanches – Since I Left You
- Outkast – Stankonia
- Radiohead – Amnesiac
- Silver Jews – Bright Flight
- Björk – Vespertine
- Gorillaz – Gorillaz
- Ryan Adam – Gold
- Destiny's Child – Survivor
- The Strokes – Is This It
- Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
- Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango
- The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
- The Beta Band – Hot Shots II
- Jay-Z – The Blueprint
- Röyksopp – Melody A.M.
- Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
- Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
- Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper
- The Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
- Norah Jones – Come Away with Me
- Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
- The Coral – The Coral
- Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
- The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Doves – The Last Broadcast
- Missy Elliott – Under Construction
- Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
- Christina Aguilera – Stripped
- The Roots – Phrenology
- Beck – Sea Change
- Justin Timberlake – Justified
- The Vines – Highly Evolved
- The Hives – Your New Favourite Band
- Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
- Amy Winehouse – Frank
- Calexico – Feast of Wire
- The Darkness – Permission to Land
- The White Stripes – Elephant
- Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
- Kings of Leon – Youth and Young Manhood
- The Thrills – So Much for the City
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
- Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below
- 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- The Mars Volta – De-loused in the Comatorium
- Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
- Rufus Wainwright – Want One
- Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
- Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
- Björk – Medúlla
- Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
- Brian Wilson – Smile
- The Icarus Line – Penance Soirée
- Arcade Fire – Funeral
- Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing in the Hands
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
- N.E.R.D. – Fly or Die
- The Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
- Ozamatli – Street Signs
- The Libertines – The Libertines
- Kanye West – The College Dropout
- Cee-Lo Green – Cee-Lo Green ...Is the Soul Machine
- TV on the Radio – Desperate Youths, Blood Thirsty Babes
- Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
- The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free
- Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
- The Zutons – Who Killed ...The Zutons?
- The Killers – Hot Fuss
- Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
- M.I.A. – Arular
- Beck – Guero
- The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan







