1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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  1. Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
  2. Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956)
  3. Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
  4. Prima, Louis – Wildest
  5. Domino, Fats – This is Fats
  6. Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
  7. Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
  8. Crickets – Chirping…
  9. Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
  10. Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
  11. Sabú [Martínez] – PalCongo
  12. Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
  13. Machit– Kenya
  14. Little Richard – Here’s…
  15. Puente, Tit& His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
  16. Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
  17. Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
  18. Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
  19. Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
  20. Charles, Ray – Genius of… (1959)
  21. Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
  22. Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
  23. Brubeck, Dave – Time Out
  24. Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960)
  25. Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
  26. Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960)
  27. Everly Brothers – A Date with the…
  28. Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
  29. Muddy Waters – At Newport
  30. Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  31. Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
  32. Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
  33. Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
  34. Price, Ray – Night Life
  35. Beatles – With the…
  36. Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
  37. Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
  38. Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
  39. Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
  40. Brown, James – Live at the Apoll(1963)
  41. Getz, Stan & JoãGilbert– Getz/Gilberto
  42. Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
  43. Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64
  44. Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
  45. Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty
  46. Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album)
  47. Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
  48. Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
  49. Sonics – Here Are the…
  50. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
  51. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul
  52. Beach Boys – Today!
  53. Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
  54. King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
  55. Beatles – Rubber Soul
  56. Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album)
  57. Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
  58. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
  59. Wh– My Generation
  60. Beatles – Revolver
  61. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
  62. Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album)
  63. Byrds – Fifth Dimension
  64. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
  65. Monks – Black Monk Time
  66. Kinks – Face tFace
  67. Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
  68. Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
  69. Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
  70. Rolling Stones – Aftermath
  71. Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
  72. 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
  73. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
  74. Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
  75. Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
  76. Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
  77. Nic– Chelsea Girl
  78. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  79. Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
  80. BuffalSpringfield – Again
  81. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
  82. Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album)
  83. Love – Da Capo
  84. Beau Brummels – Triangle
  85. Monkees – Headquarters
  86. Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello
  87. Love – Forever Changes
  88. Cream – Disraeli Gears
  89. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
  90. Wh– Sell Out
  91. Velvet Underground - & Nico
  92. Sinatra, Frank - Frank Albert Sinatra & AntoniCarlos Jobim
  93. Doors – Doors (1st Album)
  94. Young Rascals – Groovin’
  95. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
  96. Kinks – Something Else by the…
  97. Donovan – Sunshine Superman
  98. Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
  99. Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
  100. Electric Prunes – I Had toMuch tDream (Last Night)
  101. Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
  102. Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
  103. Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
  104. Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
  105. Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  106. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
  107. Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
  108. Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
  109. Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
  110. Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
  111. Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
  112. Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
  113. Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
  114. Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
  115. Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
  116. Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
  117. Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
  118. Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
  119. Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
  120. United States of America – United States of America
  121. Dr John – Gris Gris
  122. Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
  123. Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
  124. Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
  125. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
  126. Band – Music from Big Pink
  127. Beck, Jeff – Truth
  128. Veloso, Caetan– CaetanVelos(1968)
  129. Walker, Scott – Scott 2
  130. Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
  131. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
  132. Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  133. Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
  134. Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
  135. Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
  136. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
  137. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
  138. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  139. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
  140. Flying BurritBrothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
  141. Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
  142. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
  143. Beatles – Abbey Road
  144. Who – Tommy
  145. Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
  146. Bee Gees – Odessa
  147. Pentangle – Basket of Light
  148. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
  149. Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
  150. Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
  151. Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
  152. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
  153. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
  154. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
  155. Band – Band (2nd Album)
  156. Led Zeppelin – II
  157. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
  158. Temptations – Cloud Nine
  159. Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
  160. Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
  161. ChicagTransit Authority [Chicago] - ChicagTransit Authority (1969)
  162. Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
  163. Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
  164. Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
  165. Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
  166. Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
  167. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
  168. Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
  169. Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
  170. Walker, Scott – Scott 4
  171. Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
  172. Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
  173. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
  174. Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
  175. Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
  176. Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
  177. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
  178. Doors – Morrison Hotel
  179. Carpenters – Close tYou
  180. Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album)
  181. Lennon, John – Plastic OnBand
  182. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
  183. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
  184. Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
  185. Led Zeppelin – III
  186. Deep Purple – In Rock
  187. Morrison, Van – Moondance
  188. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
  189. Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
  190. Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970)
  191. Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
  192. Soft Machine – Third
  193. Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
  194. Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
  195. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
  196. Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
  197. Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
  198. Stooges – Fun House
  199. McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970)
  200. Santana – Abraxas
  201. Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
  202. JethrTull – Aqualung
  203. Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
  204. Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
  205. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
  206. Yes – Yes Album
  207. Bee Gees – Trafalgar
  208. Who – Who’s Next
  209. King, Carole – Tapestry
  210. Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack
  211. Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
  212. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
  213. Lennon, John – Imagine
  214. Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
  215. Yes – Fragile
  216. Doors – LA Woman
  217. Can – TagMago
  218. John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
  219. Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
  220. McLean, Don – American Pie
  221. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
  222. Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
  223. Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
  224. Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
  225. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
  226. Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
  227. Mitchell, Joni – Blue
  228. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
  229. Joplin, Janis – Pearl
  230. Kuti, Fela - With Ginger Baker: Live!
  231. Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… Ta Blind Horse
  232. Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
  233. Clark, Gene – White Light
  234. Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
  235. Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
  236. T.Rex – Electric Warrior
  237. Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
  238. Newman, Randy – Sail Away
  239. Deep Purple – Machine Head
  240. Big Star – # 1 Record
  241. Black Sabbath – Vol 4
  242. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
  243. Young, Neil – Harvest
  244. Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  245. Slade – Slayed?
  246. Deep Purple – Made in Japan
  247. Yes – Close tthe Edge
  248. Reed, Lou – Transformer
  249. Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
  250. Nascimento, Milton & LBorges – Clube da Esquina (1972)
  251. Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
  252. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
  253. Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
  254. Still, Stephen – Manassas
  255. T.Rex – Slider
  256. Ackles, David – American Gothic
  257. Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
  258. Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA
  259. Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
  260. Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
  261. Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album)
  262. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
  263. Temptations – All Directions
  264. Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  265. War – World is a Ghetto
  266. Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
  267. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
  268. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
  269. Incredible BongBand – BongRock
  270. Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
  271. King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
  272. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
  273. Hawkwind – Space Ritual
  274. Cale, John – Paris 1919
  275. Can – Future Days
  276. Reed, Lou – Berlin
  277. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
  278. Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
  279. Martyn, John – Solid Air
  280. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
  281. Faust – IV
  282. Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
  283. Mott the Hoople – Mott
  284. Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
  285. Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
  286. John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  287. Steely Dan – Countdown tEcstasy
  288. Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
  289. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
  290. Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
  291. ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
  292. McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
  293. Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
  294. Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
  295. Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
  296. Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
  297. New York Dolls – New York Dolls (1st Album)
  298. Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
  299. Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
  300. Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  301. Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
  302. Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale
  303. Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
  304. Kraftwerk – Autobahn
  305. Morrison, Van – It’s ToLate tStop Now
  306. Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark
  307. Queen – II
  308. Roxy Music – Country Life
  309. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
  310. Sparks – KimonMy House
  311. Supertramp – Crime of the Century
  312. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want tSee the Bright Lights Tonight
  313. Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
  314. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
  315. 10cc – Sheet Music
  316. Young, Neil – On the Beach
  317. Jones, George – Grand Tour
  318. Clark, Gene – NOther
  319. Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
  320. Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
  321. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
  322. Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
  323. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
  324. Eno, Brian – Another Green World
  325. Dictators – GGirl Crazy!
  326. Neu! – ‘75
  327. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
  328. Jarrett, Keith – Köln Concert
  329. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
  330. Bowie, David – Young Americans
  331. Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
  332. Springsteen, Bruce – Born tRun
  333. Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky
  334. Dion – Born tBe With You
  335. Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns
  336. Burman, Rahul Dev – Shalimar (Soundtrack)
  337. Young, Neil – Tonight’s the Night
  338. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
  339. Smith, Patti – Horses
  340. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
  341. Queen – A Night at the Opera
  342. Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
  343. Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
  344. Mayfield, Curtis – There’s NPlace Like America Today
  345. Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
  346. Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
  347. Bowie, David – Station tStation
  348. Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
  349. Boston – Boston (1st Album)
  350. Eagles – Hotel California
  351. ABBA – Arrival
  352. Kiss – Destroyer
  353. Rush – 2112
  354. Ben, Jorge – África Brasil
  355. Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
  356. Aerosmith – Rocks
  357. Parliament – Mothership Connection
  358. Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café
  359. Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
  360. Ramones – Ramones (1st Album)
  361. Kuti, Fela – Zombie
  362. Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
  363. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
  364. Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
  365. Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
  366. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
  367. Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
  368. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
  369. Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
  370. Weather Report – Heavy Weather
  371. Muddy Waters – Hard Again
  372. Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
  373. Clash – Clash (1st Album)
  374. Bowie, David – Low
  375. Steely Dan – Aja
  376. Wire – Pink Flag
  377. Martyn, John – One World
  378. Talking Heads – 77
  379. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
  380. Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
  381. Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
  382. Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
  383. Iggy Pop – Idiot, the
  384. Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
  385. Television – Marquee Moon
  386. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
  387. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
  388. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
  389. Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!!
  390. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
  391. Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
  392. Kraftwerk – Man Machine
  393. Blondie – Parallel Lines
  394. Regina, Elís – Ventde Maio
  395. Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
  396. Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album)
  397. Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
  398. Jam – All Mod Cons
  399. Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
  400. Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
  401. Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
  402. Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
  403. Public Image Ltd – Public Image
  404. Magazine – Real Life
  405. Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
  406. Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
  407. Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report
  408. Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
  409. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
  410. Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
  411. Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
  412. Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra
  413. Cars – Cars (1st Album)
  414. Dev– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
  415. Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
  416. Saints – Eternally Yours
  417. Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
  418. Nelson, Willie – Stardust
  419. Chic – C’est Chic
  420. X-ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
  421. Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
  422. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Scream, the
  423. AC/DC – Highway tHell
  424. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
  425. Crusaders – Street Life
  426. Germs – GI
  427. B52s – B52s (1st Album)
  428. Czukay, Holger – Movies
  429. Police – Reggatta de Blanc
  430. Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
  431. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
  432. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
  433. Chic – Risqué
  434. Undertones – Undertones (1st Album)
  435. Clash – London Calling
  436. Japan – Quiet Life
  437. Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
  438. Slits – Cut
  439. Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
  440. Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
  441. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
  442. Cheap Trick – At Budokan
  443. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
  444. Pink Floyd – Wall, the
  445. Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
  446. Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
  447. Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
  448. Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
  449. Specials – Specials (1st Album)
  450. Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
  451. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
  452. AC/DC – Back in Black
  453. Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
  454. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
  455. Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
  456. Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
  457. Cure – Seventeen Seconds
  458. Ech& the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
  459. Motörhead – Ace of Spades
  460. Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album)
  461. Judas Priest – British Steel
  462. Circle Jerks – Group Sex
  463. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
  464. Joy Division – Closer
  465. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album)
  466. Undertones – Hypnotised
  467. Jam – Sound Affects
  468. Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine
  469. UB40 – Signing Off
  470. Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
  471. Specials – More Specials
  472. Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
  473. Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
  474. Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
  475. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
  476. Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
  477. Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat
  478. Motörhead – NSleep ‘Til Hammersmith
  479. Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
  480. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
  481. Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
  482. Black Flag – Damaged
  483. X – Wild Gift
  484. Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
  485. Human League – Dare
  486. Gun Club – Fire of Love
  487. Bauhaus – Mask
  488. Womack, Bobby – Poet
  489. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album)
  490. Rush – Moving Pictures
  491. ABBA – Visitors
  492. ABC – Lexicon of Love
  493. Prince – 1999
  494. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the
  495. Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
  496. Cure – Pornography
  497. Dexys Midnight Runners – ToRye Ay
  498. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
  499. Madness – Rise & Fall
  500. Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
  501. Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
  502. Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the
  503. Orange Juice – Rip it Up
  504. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
  505. Birthday Party – Junkyard
  506. Venom – Black Metal
  507. Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
  508. Associates – Sulk
  509. Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
  510. Duran Duran – Rio
  511. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
  512. McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
  513. Def Leppard – Pyromania
  514. REM – Murmur
  515. The The – Soul Mining
  516. Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
  517. Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
  518. Hanoi Rocks – Back tMystery City
  519. Lauper, Cyndi – She’s SUnusual
  520. Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones
  521. Ech& the Bunnymen – Porcupine
  522. ZZ Top – Eliminator
  523. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  524. U2 – War
  525. Police – Synchronicity
  526. Meat Puppets – II
  527. Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
  528. Frankie Goes tHollywood – Welcome tthe Pleasuredome
  529. Run DMC – Run DMC (1984)
  530. Sade – Diamond Life
  531. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
  532. Minor Threat – Out of Step
  533. Van Halen – 1984
  534. Prince – Purple Rain
  535. Replacements – Let it Be
  536. Style Council – Café Bleu
  537. Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
  538. Ech& the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
  539. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
  540. Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
  541. N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrés
  542. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
  543. Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
  544. Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
  545. Aha – Hunting High & Low
  546. Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
  547. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
  548. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka TwWheels Good)
  549. Mekons – Fear & Whiskey
  550. Big Black – Atomizer
  551. Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
  552. Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
  553. Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
  554. Smiths – Meat is Murder
  555. Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
  556. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
  557. New Order – Low Life
  558. Simply Red – Picture Book
  559. Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
  560. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
  561. Costello, Elvis – Blood & Chocolate
  562. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
  563. Beastie Boys – Licensed tIll
  564. Metallica – Master of Puppets
  565. The The – Infected
  566. Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
  567. Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
  568. Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
  569. Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
  570. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
  571. Sonic Youth – Evol
  572. Slayer – Reign in Blood
  573. Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses (1986)
  574. Simon, Paul – Graceland
  575. Run DMC – Raising Hell
  576. XTC – Skylarking
  577. Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
  578. Bad Brains – I Against I
  579. Baker, Anita – Rapture
  580. Smiths – Queen is Dead
  581. Gabriel, Peter – So
  582. Anthrax – Among the Living
  583. Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
  584. Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
  585. Def Leppard – Hysteria
  586. REM – Document
  587. Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
  588. Cult – Electric
  589. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
  590. Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
  591. Michael, George – Faith
  592. Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
  593. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
  594. Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
  595. Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
  596. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
  597. Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
  598. Ladysmith Black Mambaz– Shaka Zulu
  599. Laibach – Opus Dei
  600. Napalm Death – Scum
  601. Sonic Youth – Sister
  602. Triffids – Calenture
  603. Jackson, Michael – Bad
  604. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
  605. U2 – Joshua Tree
  606. D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
  607. Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
  608. Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
  609. Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
  610. Fishbone – Truth & Soul
  611. Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
  612. Living Colour - Vivid
  613. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
  614. REM – Green
  615. Happy Mondays – Bummed
  616. GBetweens – 16 Lovers Lane
  617. Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session
  618. Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album)
  619. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
  620. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
  621. Metallica – And Justice for All
  622. Dinosaur Jr – Bug
  623. Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
  624. lang, k.d. – Shadowland
  625. American Music Club – California
  626. Morrissey – Viva Hate
  627. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
  628. Sugarcubes – Life’s ToGood
  629. Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn
  630. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
  631. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions tHold Us Back
  632. Faith NMore – Real Thing
  633. Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
  634. Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the
  635. New Order – Technique
  636. Madonna – Like a Prayer
  637. Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
  638. Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
  639. fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
  640. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
  641. Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’
  642. Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
  643. Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
  644. Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
  645. Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
  646. Bush, Kate – Sensual World
  647. Cure – Disintegration
  648. 808 State – 808:90
  649. Coldcut – What’s That Noise?
  650. Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
  651. Aerosmith – Pump
  652. Pixies – Doolittle
  653. Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
  654. Fugazi – Repeater
  655. Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One
  656. De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
  657. Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814
  658. Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
  659. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
  660. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
  661. Shamen – En-Tact
  662. Deee Lite – World Clique
  663. La’s – La’s
  664. Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
  665. Depeche Mode – Violator
  666. Pixies – Bossanova
  667. Megadeth – Rust in Peace
  668. Digital Underground – Sex Packets
  669. Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
  670. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
  671. Michael, George – Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1
  672. Young, Neil – Ragged Glory
  673. Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
  674. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lHabitual
  675. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
  676. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
  677. O’Connor, Sinéad – I DNot Want What I Haven’t Got
  678. Tribe Called Quest, a – People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm
  679. Sonic Youth – Goo
  680. Ride – Nowhere
  681. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
  682. Nirvana – Nevermind
  683. Crowded House – Woodface
  684. Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
  685. Cope, Julian – Peggy Suicide
  686. Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
  687. MC Solaar - Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo
  688. Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
  689. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  690. Ice T – OG: Original Gangster
  691. Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
  692. Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back
  693. Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory
  694. Pearl Jam – Ten
  695. Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
  696. Sepultura – Arise
  697. Slint – Spiderland
  698. U2 – Achtung Baby
  699. KLF – White Room
  700. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
  701. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
  702. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
  703. Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album]
  704. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
  705. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  706. Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…
  707. Olomidé, Koffi – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
  708. Morrissey – Your Arsenal
  709. Maal, Baaba – Lam Toro
  710. Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
  711. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)
  712. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
  713. lang, k.d. – Ingénue
  714. Dr Dre – Chronic, the
  715. REM – Automatic for the People
  716. Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the…
  717. Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
  718. Sugar – Copper Blue
  719. Waits, Tom – Bone Machine
  720. Sonic Youth – Dirty
  721. StereMCs – Connected
  722. Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way tSucceed and the Way tSuck Eggs)
  723. Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
  724. Ice Cube – Predator
  725. Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
  726. Alice in Chains – Dirt
  727. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream, by…
  728. Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
  729. Harvey, P.J. – Dry
  730. Suede – Suede (1st Album)
  731. Weller, Paul – Wild Wood
  732. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
  733. Auteurs – New Wave
  734. Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
  735. Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
  736. Mann, Aimee – Whatever
  737. Grant Lee Buffal– Fuzzy
  738. Nirvana – In Utero
  739. Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
  740. Pet Shop Boys – Very
  741. Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
  742. Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
  743. Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
  744. Fall – Infotainment Scan
  745. Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
  746. Björk – Debut
  747. Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
  748. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
  749. Sebadoh – Bubble & Scrape
  750. BoRadleys – Giant Steps
  751. Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III
  752. Method Man – Tical
  753. Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year
  754. Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure N1 Baby
  755. Jeru the Damaja – Sun Rises in the East
  756. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  757. Portishead – Dummy
  758. Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
  759. Nas – Illmatic
  760. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
  761. Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
  762. Morrissey – Vauxhall & I
  763. TLC – CrazySexyCool
  764. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
  765. Soundgarden – Superunknown
  766. Offspring – Smash
  767. Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
  768. Blur – Parklife
  769. G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce (1994)
  770. Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
  771. Hole – Live Through This
  772. Massive Attack – Protection
  773. Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible
  774. Suede – Dog Man Star
  775. Notorious BIG – Ready tDie
  776. Buckley, Jeff – Grace
  777. Orbital – Snivilisation
  778. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
  779. Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
  780. Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
  781. Green Day – Dookie
  782. FoFighters – FoFighters (1st Album)
  783. Garbage – Garbage (1st Album)
  784. Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
  785. Tricky – Maxinquaye
  786. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
  787. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
  788. Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream
  789. Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
  790. 2Pac – Me Against the World
  791. Elastica – Elastica (1st Album)
  792. Supergrass – I Should Coco
  793. Radiohead – Bends, the
  794. Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
  795. Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti (1995)
  796. Verve – A Northern Soul
  797. Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
  798. Pulp – Different Class
  799. Leftfield – Leftism
  800. D’Angel– Brown Sugar
  801. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
  802. Goldie – Timeless
  803. Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
  804. Screaming Trees – Dust
  805. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
  806. Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
  807. Dr Octagon – Dr Octagonecologyst
  808. Stereolab – Emperor TomatKetchup
  809. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
  810. Beck – Odelay
  811. Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
  812. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
  813. Eels – Beautiful Freak
  814. Divine Comedy – Casanova
  815. Apple, Fiona – Tidal
  816. Wilc– Being There
  817. Sepultura – Roots
  818. Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
  819. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
  820. Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
  821. Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
  822. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
  823. Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
  824. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
  825. Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
  826. Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
  827. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
  828. Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
  829. Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
  830. Fugees – Score, the
  831. Ash – 1977
  832. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
  833. Blur – Blur (1997)
  834. Radiohead – OK Computer
  835. Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
  836. Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly
  837. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
  838. Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
  839. Wyatt, Robert – Shleep
  840. Holmes, David – Let’s Get Killed
  841. Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out
  842. Prodigy – Fat of the Land
  843. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
  844. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Boatman’s Call
  845. Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
  846. Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
  847. Daft Punk – Homework
  848. Williams, Robbie – Life Thru a Lens
  849. Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
  850. Supergrass – In it for the Money
  851. Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
  852. Size, Roni & Reprazent – New Forms
  853. Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
  854. Verve – Urban Hymns
  855. Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
  856. Dandy Warhols – Dandy Warhols (1997)
  857. Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester]
  858. Chao, Manu – Clandestino
  859. Bragg, Billy & Wilc– Mermaid Avenue
  860. Turbonegr– Apocalypse Dudes
  861. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
  862. Gray, David – White Ladder
  863. Williams, Lucinda – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
  864. Pulp – This is Hardcore
  865. Madonna – Ray of Light
  866. Hill, Lauryn – Miseducation of…
  867. Hole – Celebrity Skin
  868. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
  869. System of a Down - System of a Down (1st Album)
  870. Queen of the Stone Age - Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)
  871. Air – Moon Safari
  872. Singh, Talvin – OK
  873. Korn – Follow the Leader
  874. Khalèd, (Cheb) – Kenza
  875. Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
  876. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right tChildren
  877. Suba - SãPaulConfessions
  878. XTC – Apple Venus: Volume 1
  879. Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
  880. Incubus – Make Yourself
  881. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
  882. Travis – Man Who
  883. Slipknot – Slipknot (1st Album)
  884. Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
  885. Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin
  886. Death in Vegas – ContinSessions
  887. Moby – Play
  888. Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
  889. Rhymes Digitales, les – Darkdancer
  890. Tigre, le – Tigre, le (1999)
  891. Eminem – Slim Shady LP
  892. Spears, Britney – Baby One More Time
  893. Metallica – S&M
  894. Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
  895. Shack – HMS Fable
  896. Basement Jaxx – Remedy
  897. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
  898. Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun
  899. Doves – Lost Souls
  900. Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
  901. Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
  902. Gilberto, Bebel – TantTempo
  903. Cole, MJ – Sincere
  904. Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
  905. Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water
  906. Radiohead – Kid A
  907. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
  908. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
  909. Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
  910. Badly Drawn Boy – Hour of Bewilderbeast
  911. Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  912. Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
  913. Coldplay – Parachutes
  914. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
  915. Ladd, Mike – Welcome tthe Afterfuture
  916. Red Snapper – Our Aim is tSatisfy
  917. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
  918. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
  919. Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
  920. Lambchop – Nixon
  921. Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
  922. Madonna – Music
  923. Avalanches – Since I Left You
  924. OutKast – Stankonia
  925. Radiohead – Amnesiac
  926. Silver Jews – Bright Flight
  927. Björk – Vespertine
  928. Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
  929. Adams, Ryan – Gold
  930. Destiny’s Child – Survivor
  931. Strokes – Is This It
  932. Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
  933. Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la
  934. White Stripes – White Blood Cells
  935. Beta Band – Hot Shots II
  936. Jay Z – Blueprint
  937. Röyksopp – Melody AM
  938. Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
  939. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
  940. Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
  941. Wilc– Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  942. Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
  943. Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
  944. Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
  945. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood tthe Head
  946. Coral – Coral (2002)
  947. Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around
  948. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  949. Doves – Last Broadcast
  950. Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
  951. Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the
  952. Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
  953. Roots – Phrenology
  954. Beck – Sea Change
  955. Timberlake, Justin – Justified
  956. Vines – Highly Evolved
  957. Hives – Your New Favourite Band
  958. Radiohead – Hail tthe Thief
  959. Winehouse, Amy – Frank
  960. Calexic– Feast of Wire
  961. Darkness – Permission tLand
  962. White Stripes – Elephant
  963. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
  964. Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
  965. Thrills – SMuch for the City
  966. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever tTell
  967. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
  968. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
  969. Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
  970. Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
  971. Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
  972. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album)
  973. Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
  974. Björk – Medúlla
  975. Myl– Destroy Rock & Roll
  976. Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
  977. Icarus Line – Penance Soirée
  978. Arcade Fire – Funeral
  979. Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
  980. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
  981. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album)
  982. N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
  983. Beta Band – Heroes tZeros
  984. Ozamatli – Street Signs
  985. Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
  986. West, kanYe – College Dropout
  987. Green, Cee-L– Is the Soul Machine
  988. TV on the Radi– Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  989. Liars – They Were Wrong, SWe Drowned
  990. Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
  991. Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
  992. Zutons – WhKilled the Zutons?
  993. Killers – Hot Fuss
  994. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
  995. MIA (UK) – Arular
  996. Beck – Guero
  997. White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
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