999 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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  1. 1950s
  2. Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
  3. Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956)
  4. Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
  5. Prima, Louis – Wildest
  6. Domino, Fats – This is Fats
  7. Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
  8. Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
  9. Crickets – Chirping…
  10. Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
  11. Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
  12. Sabú [Martínez] – Palo Congo
  13. Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
  14. Machito – Kenya
  15. Little Richard – Here’s…
  16. Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
  17. Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
  18. Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
  19. Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
  20. Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
  21. Charles, Ray – Genius of… (1959)
  22. Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
  23. Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
  24. Brubeck, Dave – Time Out
  25. 1960s
  26. Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960)
  27. Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
  28. Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960)
  29. Everly Brothers – A Date with the…
  30. Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
  31. Muddy Waters – At Newport
  32. Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  33. Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
  34. Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
  35. Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
  36. Price, Ray – Night Life
  37. Beatles – With the…
  38. Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
  39. Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
  40. Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
  41. Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
  42. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
  43. Getz, Stan & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
  44. Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
  45. Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64
  46. Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
  47. Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty
  48. Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album)
  49. Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
  50. Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
  51. Sonics – Here Are the…
  52. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
  53. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul
  54. Beach Boys – Today!
  55. Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
  56. King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
  57. Beatles – Rubber Soul
  58. Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album)
  59. Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
  60. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
  61. Who – My Generation
  62. Beatles – Revolver
  63. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
  64. Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album)
  65. Byrds – Fifth Dimension
  66. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
  67. Monks – Black Monk Time
  68. Kinks – Face to Face
  69. Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
  70. Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
  71. Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
  72. Rolling Stones – Aftermath
  73. Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
  74. 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
  75. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
  76. Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
  77. Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
  78. Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
  79. Nico – Chelsea Girl
  80. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  81. Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
  82. Buffalo Springfield – Again
  83. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
  84. Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album)
  85. Love – Da Capo
  86. Beau Brummels – Triangle
  87. Monkees – Headquarters
  88. Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello
  89. Love – Forever Changes
  90. Cream – Disraeli Gears
  91. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
  92. Who – Sell Out
  93. Velvet Underground - & Nico
  94. Sinatra, Frank - Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
  95. Doors – Doors (1st Album)
  96. Young Rascals – Groovin’
  97. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
  98. Kinks – Something Else by the…
  99. Donovan – Sunshine Superman
  100. Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
  101. Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
  102. Electric Prunes – I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)
  103. Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
  104. Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
  105. Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
  106. Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
  107. Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  108. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
  109. Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
  110. Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
  111. Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
  112. Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
  113. Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
  114. Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
  115. Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
  116. Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
  117. Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
  118. Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
  119. Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
  120. Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
  121. Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
  122. United States of America – United States of America
  123. Dr John – Gris Gris
  124. Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
  125. Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
  126. Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
  127. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
  128. Band – Music from Big Pink
  129. Beck, Jeff – Truth
  130. Veloso, Caetano – Caetano Veloso (1968)
  131. Walker, Scott – Scott 2
  132. Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
  133. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
  134. Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  135. Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
  136. Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
  137. Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
  138. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
  139. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
  140. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  141. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
  142. Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
  143. Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
  144. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
  145. Beatles – Abbey Road
  146. Who – Tommy
  147. Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
  148. Bee Gees – Odessa
  149. Pentangle – Basket of Light
  150. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
  151. Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
  152. Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
  153. Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
  154. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
  155. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
  156. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
  157. Band – Band (2nd Album)
  158. Led Zeppelin – II
  159. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
  160. Temptations – Cloud Nine
  161. Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
  162. Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
  163. Chicago Transit Authority [Chicago] - Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
  164. Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
  165. Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
  166. Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
  167. Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
  168. Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
  169. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
  170. Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
  171. Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
  172. Walker, Scott – Scott 4
  173. Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
  174. Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
  175. Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats
  176. 1970s
  177. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
  178. Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
  179. Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
  180. Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
  181. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
  182. Doors – Morrison Hotel
  183. Carpenters – Close to You
  184. Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album)
  185. Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
  186. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
  187. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
  188. Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
  189. Led Zeppelin – III
  190. Deep Purple – In Rock
  191. Morrison, Van – Moondance
  192. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
  193. Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
  194. Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970)
  195. Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
  196. Soft Machine – Third
  197. Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
  198. Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
  199. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
  200. Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
  201. Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
  202. Stooges – Fun House
  203. McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970)
  204. Taylor, James - Sweet Baby James
  205. Santana – Abraxas
  206. Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
  207. Jethro Tull – Aqualung
  208. Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
  209. Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
  210. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
  211. Yes – Yes Album
  212. Bee Gees – Trafalgar
  213. Who – Who’s Next
  214. King, Carole – Tapestry
  215. Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack
  216. Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
  217. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
  218. Lennon, John – Imagine
  219. Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
  220. Yes – Fragile
  221. Doors – LA Woman
  222. Can – Tago Mago
  223. John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
  224. Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
  225. McLean, Don – American Pie
  226. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
  227. Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
  228. Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
  229. Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
  230. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
  231. Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
  232. Mitchell, Joni – Blue
  233. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
  234. Joplin, Janis – Pearl
  235. Kuti, Fela - With Ginger Baker: Live!
  236. Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse
  237. Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
  238. Clark, Gene – White Light
  239. Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
  240. Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
  241. T.Rex – Electric Warrior
  242. Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
  243. Newman, Randy – Sail Away
  244. Deep Purple – Machine Head
  245. Big Star – # 1 Record
  246. Black Sabbath – Vol 4
  247. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
  248. Young, Neil – Harvest
  249. Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  250. Slade – Slayed?
  251. Deep Purple – Made in Japan
  252. Yes – Close to the Edge
  253. Reed, Lou – Transformer
  254. Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
  255. Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina (1972)
  256. Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
  257. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
  258. Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
  259. Still, Stephen – Manassas
  260. T.Rex – Slider
  261. Ackles, David – American Gothic
  262. Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
  263. Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA
  264. Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
  265. Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
  266. Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album)
  267. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
  268. Temptations – All Directions
  269. Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  270. War – World is a Ghetto
  271. Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
  272. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
  273. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
  274. Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
  275. Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
  276. King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
  277. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
  278. Hawkwind – Space Ritual
  279. Cale, John – Paris 1919
  280. Can – Future Days
  281. Reed, Lou – Berlin
  282. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
  283. Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
  284. Martyn, John – Solid Air
  285. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
  286. Faust – IV
  287. Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
  288. Mott the Hoople – Mott
  289. Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
  290. Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
  291. John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  292. Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
  293. Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
  294. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
  295. Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
  296. ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
  297. McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
  298. Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
  299. Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
  300. Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
  301. Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
  302. New York Dolls – New York Dolls (1st Album)
  303. Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
  304. Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
  305. Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  306. Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
  307. Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale
  308. Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
  309. Kraftwerk – Autobahn
  310. Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
  311. Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark
  312. Queen – II
  313. Roxy Music – Country Life
  314. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
  315. Sparks – Kimono My House
  316. Supertramp – Crime of the Century
  317. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
  318. Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
  319. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
  320. 10cc – Sheet Music
  321. Young, Neil – On the Beach
  322. Jones, George – Grand Tour
  323. Clark, Gene – No Other
  324. Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
  325. Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
  326. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
  327. Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
  328. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
  329. Eno, Brian – Another Green World
  330. Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
  331. Neu! – ‘75
  332. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
  333. Jarrett, Keith – Köln Concert
  334. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
  335. Bowie, David – Young Americans
  336. Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
  337. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
  338. Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky
  339. Dion – Born to Be With You
  340. Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns
  341. Burman, Rahul Dev – Shalimar (Soundtrack)
  342. Young, Neil – Tonight’s the Night
  343. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
  344. Smith, Patti – Horses
  345. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
  346. Queen – A Night at the Opera
  347. Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
  348. Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
  349. Mayfield, Curtis – There’s No Place Like America Today
  350. Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
  351. Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
  352. Bowie, David – Station to Station
  353. Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
  354. Boston – Boston (1st Album)
  355. Eagles – Hotel California
  356. ABBA – Arrival
  357. Kiss – Destroyer
  358. Rush – 2112
  359. Ben, Jorge – África Brasil
  360. Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
  361. Aerosmith – Rocks
  362. Parliament – Mothership Connection
  363. Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café
  364. Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
  365. Ramones – Ramones (1st Album)
  366. Kuti, Fela – Zombie
  367. Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
  368. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
  369. Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
  370. Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
  371. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
  372. Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
  373. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
  374. Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
  375. Weather Report – Heavy Weather
  376. Muddy Waters – Hard Again
  377. Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
  378. Clash – Clash (1st Album)
  379. Bowie, David – Low
  380. Steely Dan – Aja
  381. Wire – Pink Flag
  382. Martyn, John – One World
  383. Talking Heads – 77
  384. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
  385. Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
  386. Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
  387. Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
  388. Iggy Pop – Idiot, the
  389. Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
  390. Television – Marquee Moon
  391. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
  392. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
  393. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
  394. Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!!
  395. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
  396. Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
  397. Kraftwerk – Man Machine
  398. Blondie – Parallel Lines
  399. Regina, Elís – Vento de Maio
  400. Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
  401. Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album)
  402. Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
  403. Jam – All Mod Cons
  404. Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
  405. Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
  406. Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
  407. Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
  408. Public Image Ltd – Public Image
  409. Magazine – Real Life
  410. Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
  411. Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
  412. Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report
  413. Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
  414. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
  415. Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
  416. Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
  417. Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra
  418. Cars – Cars (1st Album)
  419. Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
  420. Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
  421. Saints – Eternally Yours
  422. Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
  423. Nelson, Willie – Stardust
  424. Chic – C’est Chic
  425. X-ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
  426. Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
  427. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Scream, the
  428. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
  429. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
  430. Crusaders – Street Life
  431. Germs – GI
  432. B52s – B52s (1st Album)
  433. Czukay, Holger – Movies
  434. Police – Reggatta de Blanc
  435. Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
  436. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
  437. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
  438. Chic – Risqué
  439. Undertones – Undertones (1st Album)
  440. Clash – London Calling
  441. Japan – Quiet Life
  442. Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
  443. Slits – Cut
  444. Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
  445. Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
  446. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
  447. Cheap Trick – At Budokan
  448. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
  449. Pink Floyd – Wall, the
  450. Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
  451. Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
  452. Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
  453. Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
  454. Specials – Specials (1st Album)
  455. 1980s
  456. Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
  457. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
  458. AC/DC – Back in Black
  459. Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
  460. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
  461. Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
  462. Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
  463. Cure – Seventeen Seconds
  464. Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
  465. Motörhead – Ace of Spades
  466. Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album)
  467. Judas Priest – British Steel
  468. Circle Jerks – Group Sex
  469. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
  470. Joy Division – Closer
  471. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album)
  472. Undertones – Hypnotised
  473. Jam – Sound Affects
  474. Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine
  475. UB40 – Signing Off
  476. Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
  477. Specials – More Specials
  478. Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
  479. Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
  480. Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
  481. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
  482. Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
  483. Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat
  484. Motörhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
  485. Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
  486. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
  487. Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
  488. Black Flag – Damaged
  489. X – Wild Gift
  490. Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
  491. Human League – Dare
  492. Gun Club – Fire of Love
  493. Bauhaus – Mask
  494. Womack, Bobby – Poet
  495. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album)
  496. Rush – Moving Pictures
  497. ABBA – Visitors
  498. ABC – Lexicon of Love
  499. Prince – 1999
  500. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the
  501. Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
  502. Cure – Pornography
  503. Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
  504. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
  505. Madness – Rise & Fall
  506. Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
  507. Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
  508. Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the
  509. Orange Juice – Rip it Up
  510. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
  511. Birthday Party – Junkyard
  512. Venom – Black Metal
  513. Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
  514. Associates – Sulk
  515. Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
  516. Duran Duran – Rio
  517. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
  518. McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
  519. Def Leppard – Pyromania
  520. REM – Murmur
  521. The The – Soul Mining
  522. Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
  523. Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
  524. Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
  525. Lauper, Cyndi – She’s So Unusual
  526. Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones
  527. Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
  528. ZZ Top – Eliminator
  529. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  530. U2 – War
  531. Police – Synchronicity
  532. Meat Puppets – II
  533. Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
  534. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
  535. Run DMC – Run DMC (1984)
  536. Sade – Diamond Life
  537. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
  538. Minor Threat – Out of Step
  539. Van Halen – 1984
  540. Prince – Purple Rain
  541. Replacements – Let it Be
  542. Style Council – Café Bleu
  543. Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
  544. Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
  545. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
  546. Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
  547. N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrés
  548. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
  549. Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
  550. Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
  551. Aha – Hunting High & Low
  552. Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
  553. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
  554. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka Two Wheels Good)
  555. Mekons – Fear & Whiskey
  556. Big Black – Atomizer
  557. Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
  558. Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
  559. Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
  560. Smiths – Meat is Murder
  561. Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
  562. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
  563. New Order – Low Life
  564. Simply Red – Picture Book
  565. Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
  566. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
  567. Costello, Elvis – Blood & Chocolate
  568. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
  569. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
  570. Metallica – Master of Puppets
  571. The The – Infected
  572. Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
  573. Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
  574. Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
  575. Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
  576. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
  577. Sonic Youth – Evol
  578. Slayer – Reign in Blood
  579. Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses (1986)
  580. Simon, Paul – Graceland
  581. Run DMC – Raising Hell
  582. XTC – Skylarking
  583. Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
  584. Bad Brains – I Against I
  585. Baker, Anita – Rapture
  586. Smiths – Queen is Dead
  587. Gabriel, Peter – So
  588. Anthrax – Among the Living
  589. Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
  590. Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
  591. Def Leppard – Hysteria
  592. REM – Document
  593. Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
  594. Cult – Electric
  595. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
  596. Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
  597. Michael, George – Faith
  598. Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
  599. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
  600. Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
  601. Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
  602. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
  603. Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
  604. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
  605. Laibach – Opus Dei
  606. Napalm Death – Scum
  607. Sonic Youth – Sister
  608. Triffids – Calenture
  609. Jackson, Michael – Bad
  610. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
  611. U2 – Joshua Tree
  612. D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
  613. Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
  614. Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
  615. Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
  616. Fishbone – Truth & Soul
  617. Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
  618. Living Colour - Vivid
  619. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
  620. REM – Green
  621. Happy Mondays – Bummed
  622. Go Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
  623. Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session
  624. Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album)
  625. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
  626. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
  627. Metallica – And Justice for All
  628. Dinosaur Jr – Bug
  629. Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
  630. lang, k.d. – Shadowland
  631. American Music Club – California
  632. Morrissey – Viva Hate
  633. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
  634. Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
  635. Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn
  636. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
  637. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  638. Faith No More – Real Thing
  639. Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
  640. Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the
  641. New Order – Technique
  642. Madonna – Like a Prayer
  643. Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
  644. Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
  645. fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
  646. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
  647. Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’
  648. Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
  649. Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
  650. Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
  651. Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
  652. Bush, Kate – Sensual World
  653. Cure – Disintegration
  654. 808 State – 808:90
  655. Coldcut – What’s That Noise?
  656. Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
  657. Aerosmith – Pump
  658. Pixies – Doolittle
  659. Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
  660. Fugazi – Repeater
  661. Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One
  662. De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
  663. Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814
  664. Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
  665. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
  666. 1990s
  667. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
  668. Shamen – En-Tact
  669. Deee Lite – World Clique
  670. La’s – La’s
  671. Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
  672. Depeche Mode – Violator
  673. Pixies – Bossanova
  674. Megadeth – Rust in Peace
  675. Digital Underground – Sex Packets
  676. Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
  677. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
  678. Michael, George – Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1
  679. Young, Neil – Ragged Glory
  680. Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
  681. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
  682. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
  683. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
  684. O’Connor, Sinéad – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
  685. Tribe Called Quest, a – People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm
  686. Sonic Youth – Goo
  687. Ride – Nowhere
  688. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
  689. Nirvana – Nevermind
  690. Crowded House – Woodface
  691. Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
  692. Cope, Julian – Peggy Suicide
  693. Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
  694. MC Solaar - Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo
  695. Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
  696. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  697. Ice T – OG: Original Gangster
  698. Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
  699. Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back
  700. Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory
  701. Pearl Jam – Ten
  702. Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
  703. Sepultura – Arise
  704. Slint – Spiderland
  705. U2 – Achtung Baby
  706. KLF – White Room
  707. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
  708. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
  709. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
  710. Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album]
  711. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
  712. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  713. Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…
  714. Olomidé, Koffi – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
  715. Morrissey – Your Arsenal
  716. Maal, Baaba – Lam Toro
  717. Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
  718. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)
  719. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
  720. lang, k.d. – Ingénue
  721. Dr Dre – Chronic, the
  722. REM – Automatic for the People
  723. Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the…
  724. Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
  725. Sugar – Copper Blue
  726. Waits, Tom – Bone Machine
  727. Sonic Youth – Dirty
  728. Stereo MCs – Connected
  729. Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)
  730. Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
  731. Ice Cube – Predator
  732. Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
  733. Alice in Chains – Dirt
  734. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream, by…
  735. Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
  736. Harvey, P.J. – Dry
  737. Suede – Suede (1st Album)
  738. Weller, Paul – Wild Wood
  739. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
  740. Auteurs – New Wave
  741. Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
  742. Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
  743. Mann, Aimee – Whatever
  744. Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
  745. Nirvana – In Utero
  746. Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
  747. Pet Shop Boys – Very
  748. Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
  749. Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
  750. Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
  751. Fall – Infotainment Scan
  752. Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
  753. Björk – Debut
  754. Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
  755. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
  756. Sebadoh – Bubble & Scrape
  757. Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
  758. Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III
  759. Method Man – Tical
  760. Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year
  761. Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
  762. Jeru the Damaja – Sun Rises in the East
  763. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  764. Portishead – Dummy
  765. Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
  766. Nas – Illmatic
  767. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
  768. Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
  769. Morrissey – Vauxhall & I
  770. TLC – CrazySexyCool
  771. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
  772. Soundgarden – Superunknown
  773. Offspring – Smash
  774. Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
  775. Blur – Parklife
  776. G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce (1994)
  777. Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
  778. Hole – Live Through This
  779. Massive Attack – Protection
  780. Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible
  781. Suede – Dog Man Star
  782. Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
  783. Buckley, Jeff – Grace
  784. Orbital – Snivilisation
  785. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
  786. Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
  787. Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
  788. Green Day – Dookie
  789. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1st Album)
  790. Garbage – Garbage (1st Album)
  791. Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
  792. Tricky – Maxinquaye
  793. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
  794. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
  795. Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream
  796. Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
  797. 2Pac – Me Against the World
  798. Elastica – Elastica (1st Album)
  799. Supergrass – I Should Coco
  800. Radiohead – Bends, the
  801. Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
  802. Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti (1995)
  803. Verve – A Northern Soul
  804. Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
  805. Pulp – Different Class
  806. Leftfield – Leftism
  807. D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
  808. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
  809. Goldie – Timeless
  810. Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
  811. Screaming Trees – Dust
  812. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
  813. Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
  814. Dr Octagon – Dr Octagonecologyst
  815. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
  816. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
  817. Beck – Odelay
  818. Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
  819. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
  820. Eels – Beautiful Freak
  821. Divine Comedy – Casanova
  822. Apple, Fiona – Tidal
  823. Wilco – Being There
  824. Sepultura – Roots
  825. Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
  826. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
  827. Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
  828. Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
  829. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
  830. Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
  831. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
  832. Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
  833. Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
  834. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
  835. Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
  836. Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
  837. Fugees – Score, the
  838. Ash – 1977
  839. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
  840. Blur – Blur (1997)
  841. Radiohead – OK Computer
  842. Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
  843. Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly
  844. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
  845. Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
  846. Wyatt, Robert – Shleep
  847. Holmes, David – Let’s Get Killed
  848. Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out
  849. Prodigy – Fat of the Land
  850. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
  851. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Boatman’s Call
  852. Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
  853. Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
  854. Daft Punk – Homework
  855. Williams, Robbie – Life Thru a Lens
  856. Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
  857. Supergrass – In it for the Money
  858. Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
  859. Size, Roni & Reprazent – New Forms
  860. Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
  861. Verve – Urban Hymns
  862. Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
  863. Dandy Warhols – Dandy Warhols (1997)
  864. Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester]
  865. Chao, Manu – Clandestino
  866. Bragg, Billy & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
  867. Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
  868. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
  869. Gray, David – White Ladder
  870. Williams, Lucinda – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
  871. Pulp – This is Hardcore
  872. Madonna – Ray of Light
  873. Hill, Lauryn – Miseducation of…
  874. Hole – Celebrity Skin
  875. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
  876. System of a Down - System of a Down (1st Album)
  877. Queen of the Stone Age - Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)
  878. Air – Moon Safari
  879. Singh, Talvin – OK
  880. Korn – Follow the Leader
  881. Khalèd, (Cheb) – Kenza
  882. Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
  883. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
  884. Suba - São Paulo Confessions
  885. XTC – Apple Venus: Volume 1
  886. Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
  887. Incubus – Make Yourself
  888. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
  889. Travis – Man Who
  890. Slipknot – Slipknot (1st Album)
  891. Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
  892. Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin
  893. Death in Vegas – Contino Sessions
  894. Moby – Play
  895. Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
  896. Rhymes Digitales, les – Darkdancer
  897. Tigre, le – Tigre, le (1999)
  898. Eminem – Slim Shady LP
  899. Spears, Britney – Baby One More Time
  900. Metallica – S&M
  901. Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
  902. Shack – HMS Fable
  903. Basement Jaxx – Remedy
  904. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
  905. Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun
  906. 2000s
  907. Doves – Lost Souls
  908. Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
  909. Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
  910. Gilberto, Bebel – Tanto Tempo
  911. Cole, MJ – Sincere
  912. Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
  913. Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water
  914. Radiohead – Kid A
  915. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
  916. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
  917. Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
  918. Badly Drawn Boy – Hour of Bewilderbeast
  919. Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  920. Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
  921. Coldplay – Parachutes
  922. Common – Like Water for Chocolate
  923. Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
  924. Red Snapper – Our Aim is to Satisfy
  925. Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
  926. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
  927. Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
  928. Lambchop – Nixon
  929. Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
  930. Madonna – Music
  931. Avalanches – Since I Left You
  932. OutKast – Stankonia
  933. Radiohead – Amnesiac
  934. Silver Jews – Bright Flight
  935. Björk – Vespertine
  936. Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
  937. Adams, Ryan – Gold
  938. Destiny’s Child – Survivor
  939. Strokes – Is This It
  940. Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
  941. Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la
  942. White Stripes – White Blood Cells
  943. Beta Band – Hot Shots II
  944. Jay Z – Blueprint
  945. Röyksopp – Melody AM
  946. Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
  947. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
  948. Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
  949. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  950. Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
  951. Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
  952. Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
  953. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
  954. Coral – Coral (2002)
  955. Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around
  956. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  957. Doves – Last Broadcast
  958. Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
  959. Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the
  960. Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
  961. Roots – Phrenology
  962. Beck – Sea Change
  963. Timberlake, Justin – Justified
  964. Vines – Highly Evolved
  965. Hives – Your New Favourite Band
  966. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
  967. Winehouse, Amy – Frank
  968. Calexico – Feast of Wire
  969. Darkness – Permission to Land
  970. White Stripes – Elephant
  971. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
  972. Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
  973. Thrills – So Much for the City
  974. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
  975. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
  976. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
  977. Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
  978. Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
  979. Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
  980. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album)
  981. Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
  982. Björk – Medúlla
  983. Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
  984. Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
  985. Icarus Line – Penance Soirée
  986. Arcade Fire – Funeral
  987. Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
  988. Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
  989. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album)
  990. N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
  991. Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
  992. Ozamatli – Street Signs
  993. Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
  994. West, kanYe – College Dropout
  995. Green, Cee-Lo – Is the Soul Machine
  996. TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  997. Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
  998. Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
  999. Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
  1000. Zutons – Who Killed the Zutons?
  1001. Killers – Hot Fuss
  1002. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
  1003. MIA (UK) – Arular
  1004. Beck – Guero
  1005. White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan