1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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  1. In the Wee Small Hours (1954) (5-star) (Frank Sinatra) (1In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, 4I Get Along Without You Very Well, 9What Is This Thing Called Love?)
  2. Elvis Presley (1956) (5-star) (Elvis Presley) (1Blue Suede Shoes, 9I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), 11Blue Moon)
  3. Tragic Songs of Life (1956) (5-star) (Louvin Brothers) (members:Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin)(1Kentucky, 3Let Her Go, God Bless Her, 10Knoxville Girl)
  4. Wildest! (1957) (5-star) (Louis Prima) (3The Lip, 4Oh Marie, 7Jump, Jive, An' Wail)
  5. This is Fats (1958) (3-star) (Fats Domino) (1Rooster Song, 2My Happiness, 3As Time Goes by, 4Hey! La Bas Boogie, 5Love Me, 6Don't You Hear Me Calling You, 7It's You I Love, 8Valley of Tears, 9Where Did You Stay, 10Baby Please, 11Thinking of You, 12You Know I Miss You)
  6. At Newport (1956) (5-star) (Duke Ellington) (3Black and Tan Fantasy, 7Take the "A" Train, 15Sophisticated Lady, 19Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, 28Skin Deep, 29Mood Indigo, 39Jeep's Blues)
  7. Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1955) (5-star) (Frank Sinatra) (1You Make Me Feel So Young, 4You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me, 5Too Marvelous for Words, 9I've Got You Under My Skin)
  8. Chirpin' Crickets (1957) (4.5-star) (The Crickets) (members:Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin)(1I'm Looking For Someone To Love, 2That'll Be The Day, 3Not Fade Away, 4Oh Boy!)
  9. Atomic Mr Basie (1957) (5-star) (Count Basie) (1The Kid from Red Bank, 4Flight of the Foo Birds, 7Whirlybird, 11Lil' Darlin')
  10. Brilliant Corners (1956) (5-star) (Thelonious Monk) (1Brilliant Corners, 5Bemsha Swing)
  11. Palo Congo (1957) (4.5-star) (Sabú) (members:Luis Sabú Martínez) (4Asabache, 6Rhapsodia del Maravilloso)
  12. Birth of the Cool (1949) (5-star) (Miles Davis) (2Jeru, 4Venus de Milo, 8Boplicity)
  13. Kenya: Afro-Cuban Jazz (1957) (3-star) (Machito & His Orchestra) (members:Frank "Machito" Grillo)(3Kenya, 10Tin Tin Deo)
  14. Here's Little Richard (1957) (4.5-star) (Little Richard) (1Tutti Frutti, 7Long Tall Sally)
  15. Dance Mania (1958) (5-star) (Tito Puente & His Orchestra) (1El Cayuco, 5Cuando Te Vea, 10Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti)
  16. Lady in Satin (1958) (4.5-star) (Billie Holiday) (1I'm a Fool to Want You, 3You Don't Know What Love Is, 7You've Changed)
  17. Jack Takes the Floor (1958) (N/A-star) (Ramblin' Jack Elliott) (1San Francisco Bay Blues, 3The Boll Weevil, 8Mule Skinner Blues)
  18. At Mister Kelly’s (1957) (4.5-star) (Sarah Vaughan) (2Willow Weep for Me, 5Thou Swell, 7Honeysuckle Rose)
  19. Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) (4.5-star) (Ella Fitzgerald) (4But Not for Me, 6Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, 8Oh, Lady Be Good, 9Nice Work If You Can Get It, 17Someone to Watch Over Me, 21They All Laughed, 24A Foggy Day, 31I've Got a Crush on You, 46They Can't Take That Away from Me, 55I Got Rhythm)
  20. The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) (4.5-star) (Ray Charles) (1Let the Good Times Roll, 6Deed I Do)
  21. Kind of Blue (1959) (5-star) (Miles Davis) (1So What, 2Freddie Freeloader, 4All Blues)
  22. Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs (1959) (4.5-star) (Marty Robbins) (1Big Iron, 2Cool Water, 7El Paso)
  23. Time Out (1959) (5-star) (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) (members:Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader, Ron Crotty, Paul Desmond) (1Blue Rondo a La Turk, 3Take Five)
  24. Joan Baez (1960) (5-star) (Joan Baez) (1Silver Dagger, 4House of the Rising Sun, 6Wildwood Flower)
  25. Elvis is Back! (1960) (4.5-star) (Elvis Presley) (5Dirty, Dirty Feeling, 8Such a Night, 12Reconsider Baby)
  26. Miriam Makeba (1960) (4-star) (Miriam Makeba) (1The Naughty Little Flea, 2Mbube, 3One More Dance, 4House of the Rising Sun)
  27. A Date with the Everly Brothers (1961) (4.5-star) (Everly Brothers) (members:Don Everly, Phil Everly) (7Love Hurts, 8Lucille, 9So How Come (No One Loves Me), 12Cathy's Clown)
  28. Back at the Chicken Shack (1960) (5-star) (Jimmy Smith) (1Back at the Chicken Shack, 3Minor Chant)
  29. At Newport (1960) (5-star) (Muddy Waters) (members:Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Pat Hare) (1I Got My Brand on You, 5Tiger in Your Tank, 7I've Got My Mojo Working)
  30. Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) (5-star) (Bill Evans Trio) (members:Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian) (2My Man's Gone Now, 5All of You(Take 2))
  31. Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (1962) (5-star) (Ray Charles) (2You Don't Know Me, 6Born to Lose, 9You Win Again, 11I Can't Stop Loving You)
  32. Green Onions (1962) (4.5-star) (Booker T & the MGs) (members:Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson, Jr.)(1Green Onions, 4Mo' Onions, 12Comin' Home Baby)
  33. Jazz Samba (1962) (5-star) (Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd) (1Desafinado, 2Samba Dees Days, 3O Pato, 4Samba Triste, 5Samba de uma Nota So, 6E Luxo So, 7Baia)
  34. Night Life (1962) (5-star) (Ray Price) (5The Twenty-Fourth Hour, 7Pride)
  35. With the Beatles (1963) (5-star) (Beatles) (members:George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe)(1It Won't Be Long, 3All My Loving, 4Don't Bother Me, 11I Wanna Be Your Man)
  36. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) (5-star) (Bob Dylan) (1Blowin' in the Wind, 2Girl from the North Country, 3Masters of War, 6A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, 7Don't Think Twice, It's All Right)
  37. A Christmas Gift for You (1963) (5-star) (Phil Spector & Various Artists) (2Frosty the Snowman performed by: Ronettes, 4Santa Claus Is Coming to Town performed by: The Crystals, 11Christmas(Baby Please Come Home) performed by: Darlene Love , 12Here Comes Santa Claus performed by: Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans)
  38. Live at the Harlem Square (1963) (5-star) (Sam Cooke) (members:Sam Cooke, King Curtis and his band, Clifford White, Albert "June" Gardner)(1Feel It, 5Twistin' the Night Away, 9Having a Party)
  39. Black Saint & the Sinner Lady (1963) (5-star) (Charles Mingus) (1Track A-Solo Dancer, 3Track C-Group Dance)
  40. Live at the Apollo (1963) (5-star) (James Brown) (members:James Brown, Bobby Bennett, Les Buie, Bobby Byrd, Al "Brisco" Clark, Clayton Fillyau, Lucas Fats Gonder, Louis Hamblin, Mack Johnson, Sam Latham, Clifford MacMillan, Hubert Perry, St. Clair Pinckney, Lloyd Stallworth, Teddy Washington, Waldo Weathers, Dicky Wells)(2I'll Go Crazy, 5Think, 11Night Train(Closing))
  41. Getz/Gilberto (1963) (5-star) (Stan Getz & João Gilberto) (members:Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Banana, Tommy Williams)(1The Girl from Ipanema, 2Doralice, 3P'ra Machucar Meu Coracao, 4Desafinado, 5Corcovado, 6So Danco Samba, 7O Grande Amor, 8Vivo Sohando)
  42. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (5-star) (Beatles) (members:George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe)(1A Hard Day's Night, 2I Should Have Known Better, 5And I Love Her, 7Can't Buy Me Love)
  43. Olympia 64 (1964) (4-star) (Jacques Brel) (members:Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) (1Amsterdam, 4Le Plat Pays)
  44. Rock ‘n’ Soul (1964) (3.5-star) (Solomon Burke) (2Cry to Me)
  45. A Girl Called Dusty (1964) (3-star) (Dusty Springfield) (9Anyone Who Had a Heart, 11Wishin' and Hopin', 13I Only Want to Be With You, 17All Cried Out)
  46. Rolling Stones(England's Newest Hit Makers) (1964) (4.5-star) (Rolling Stones) (members:Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Phil Spector, Gene Pitney, Jack Nitzsche)(1Not Fade Away, 3I Just Want to Make Love to You, 9Tell Me)
  47. I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (1965) (5-star) (Buck Owens and His Buckaroos) (members:Buck Owens, Jerry Brightman, Don Rich)
  48. Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (1964) (5-star) (Jerry Lee Lewis) (1Mean Woman Blues, 3Money (That's What I Want), 13Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)
  49. Here Are the Sonics (1965) (4.5-star) (The Sonics) (members:Rob Lind, Andy Parypa, Larry Parypa, Gerry Roslie, Bob Bennett) (1The Witch, 4Boss Hoss, 7Psycho, 11Strychnine)
  50. Bringing it All Back Home (1965) (5-star) (Bob Dylan) (1Subterranean Homesick Blues, 3Maggie's Farm, 8Mr. Tambourine Man, 11It's All over Now, Baby Blue)
  51. The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) (3-star) (Otis Redding) (1That's How Strong My Love Is, 12Mr. Pitiful)
  52. Today! (1965) (4.5-star) (Beach Boys) (members:Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine)
  53. A Love Supreme (1964) (5-star) (John Coltrane) (1A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement, 3A Love Supreme, Pt. 3: Pursuance/Pt. 4: Psalm)
  54. Live at the Regal (1965) (5-star) (B.B. King) (1Every Day I Have the Blues, 2Sweet Little Angel, 4How Blue Can You Get?)
  55. Rubber Soul (1965) (5-star) (Beatles) (members:George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr + Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe) (1Drive My Car, 2Norwegian Wood, 4Nowhere Man, 7Michelle, 11In My Life)
  56. Bert Jansch (1st Album) (1965) (4.5-star) (Bert Jansch) (8Needle of Death, 15Angi)
  57. Mr Tambourine Man (1965) (5-star) (Byrds) (members:Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman) (1Mr. Tambourine Man, 2I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better, 7All I Really Want to Do, 8I Knew I'd Want You)
  58. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) (5-star) (Bob Dylan) (1Like a Rolling Stone, 5Ballad of a Thin Man, 7Highway 61 Revisited, 8Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues)
  59. My Generation (1965) (5-star) (Who) (members:Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle) (1Out in the Street, 6My Generation, 7The Kids Are Alright, 11A Legal Matter)
  60. Revolver (1966) (5-star) (Beatles) (members:George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr + Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe) (1Taxman, 2Eleanor Rigby, 5Here, There and Everywhere, 8Good Day Sunshine, 14Tomorrow Never Knows)
  61. Pet Sounds (1966) (5-star) (Beach Boys) (members:Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine) (1Wouldn't It Be Nice, 4Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder), 8God Only Knows, 13Caroline No)
  62. Fred Neil (1st Album) (1967) (4.5-star) (Fred Neil) (1The Dolphins, 2I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree), 6Everybody's Talkin')
  63. Fifth Dimension (1966) (4.5-star) (Byrds) (members:Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman) (15D (Fifth Dimension), 5What's Happening?!?!, 7Eight Miles High)
  64. Blonde on Blonde (1966) (5-star) (Bob Dylan) (1Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, 3Visions of Johanna, 5I Want You Dylan, 6Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again, 8Just Like a Woman)
  65. Black Monk Time (1965) (4.5-star) (Monks) (members:Gary Burger, Larry Clark, Roger Johnston, Eddie Shaw, Dave Day) (2Shut Up, 5I Hate You, 7Complication, 14Cuckoo, 16He Went Down to the Sea)
  66. Face to Face (1966) (5-star) (Kinks) (members:Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Mick Avory, John Dalton, Ian Gibbons, John Gosling, Andy Pyle, Peter Quaife, Jim Rodford) (2Rosie Won't You Please Come Home, 7A House in the Country, 10Fancy, 13Sunny Afternoon)
  67. If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears (1966) (4.5-star) (Mamas & the Papas) (members:Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Cass Elliot) (1Monday, Monday, 2Straight Shooter, 7California Dreamin')
  68. Midnight Ride (1966) (3-star) (Paul Revere & the Raiders) (members:Paul Revere, Mark Lindsay, Drake Levin, Russell Smith) (1Kicks, 9Louie, Go Home)
  69. Freak Out! (1966) (5-star) (Mothers of Invention) (members:Don Preston, Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, Ray Hunt) (1Hungry Freaks, Daddy, 3Who Are the Brain Police?, 8You Didn't Try to Call Me, 9Any Way the Wind Blows, 12Trouble Every Day)
  70. Aftermath (1966) (5-star) (Rolling Stones) (members:Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Phil Spector, Gene Pitney, Jack Nitzsche) (1Paint It Black, 2Stupid Girl, 4Under My Thumb, 10I Am Waiting)
  71. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966) (4.5-star) (Simon & Garfunkel) (members:Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1Scarborough Fair/Canticle, 4Homeward Bound, 6The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), 10For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her)
  72. The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) (4.5-star) (13th Floor Elevators) (members:Roky Erickson, Dan Galindo, Ronnie Leatherman, Benny Thurman, Stacy Sutherland, Tommy Hall, John Ike Walton, Danny Thomas) (1You're Gonna Miss Me, 2Roller Coaster, 3Splash 1)
  73. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1966) (5-star) (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) (members:John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser, John Almond, Jon Mark) (1All Your Love, 2Hideaway, 10Rambling on My Mind, 11 Steppin' Out)
  74. Roger the Engineer (1966) (4.5-star) (Yardbirds) (members:Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty, Eric Clapton, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham) (2Over, Under, Sideways, Down, 3The Nazz Are Blue, 13Psycho Daisies, 14Happenings Ten Years Time Ago)
  75. Wild is the Wind (1966) (3-star) (Nina Simone) (1I Love Your Lovin' Ways, 3What More Can I Say?, 7Why Keep on Breaking My Heart)
  76. Beach Samba(Astrud Gilberto)
  77. Chelsea Girl(Nico)
  78. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band(Beatles)
  79. Electric Music for the Mind & Body(Country Joe & the Fish)
  80. Again(Buffalo Springfield)
  81. Safe as Milk(Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
  82. Moby Grape (1st Album)(Moby Grape)
  83. Da Capo(Love)
  84. Triangle(Beau Brummels)
  85. Headquarters(Monkees)
  86. Goodbye & Hello(Tim Buckley)
  87. Forever Changes(Love)
  88. Disraeli Gears(Cream)
  89. Piper at the Gates of Dawn(Pink Floyd)
  90. Sell Out(The Who)
  91. & Nico(Velvet Underground)
  92. Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim(Frank Sinatra)
  93. Doors (1st Album)(Doors)
  94. Groovin’(Young Rascals)
  95. Surrealistic Pillow(Jefferson Airplane)
  96. Something Else by the…(Kinks)
  97. Sunshine Superman(Donovan)
  98. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive(Merle Haggard)
  99. Are You Experienced(Jimi Hendrix)
  100. I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)(Electric Prunes)
  101. Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)(Loretta Lynn)
  102. Call of the Valley(Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia)
  103. White Light/White Heat(Velvet Underground)
  104. Axis: Bold as Love(Jimi Hendrix)
  105. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You(Aretha Franklin)
  106. Beggars Banquet(Rolling Stones)
  107. Traffic (2nd Album)(Traffic)
  108. Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter(Incredible String Band)
  109. Village Green Preservation Society(Kinks)
  110. Sounds of India (1968)(Ravi Shankar)
  111. Os Mutantes(1st Album)(os Mutantes)
  112. Electric Ladyland(Jimi Hendrix)
  113. Songs of…(Leonard Cohen)
  114. At Folsom Prison(Johnny Cash)
  115. Eli & the Thirteenth Confession(Laura Nyro)
  116. Lady Soul(Aretha Franklin)
  117. Vincebus Eruptum(Blue Cheer)
  118. Notorious Byrd Brothers(Byrds)
  119. Cheap Thrills(Big Brother & the Holding Company)
  120. United States of America(United States of America)
  121. Gris Gris(Dr John)
  122. In a Gadda da Vida(Iron Butterfly)
  123. S.F. Sorrow(Pretty Things)
  124. Bookends(Simon & Garfunkel)
  125. Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake(Small Faces)
  126. Music from Big Pink(Band)
  127. Truth(Jeff Beck)
  128. Caetano Veloso (1968)(Caetano Veloso)
  129. Scott 2(Scott Walker)
  130. Odessey & Oracle(Zombies)
  131. Astral Weeks(Van Morrison)
  132. Sweetheart of the Rodeo(Byrds)
  133. Beatles (aka White Album)(Beatles)
  134. We’re Only in it for the Money(Mothers of Invention)
  135. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere(Neil Young)
  136. Trout Mask Replica(Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
  137. Bayou Country(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  138. Crosby, Stills & Nash(Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  139. Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)(Blood, Sweat & Tears)
  140. Gilded Palace of Sin(Flying Burrito Brothers)
  141. At San Quentin(Johnny Cash)
  142. Green River(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  143. Abbey Road(Beatles)
  144. Tommy(Who)
  145. In a Silent Way(Miles Davis)
  146. Odessa(Bee Gees)
  147. Basket of Light(Pentangle)
  148. Let it Bleed(Rolling Stones)
  149. Five Leaves Left(Nick Drake)
  150. Dusty in Memphis(Dusty Springfield)
  151. From Elvis in Memphis(Elvis Presley)
  152. Velvet Underground (3rd Album)(Velvet Underground)
  153. Happy Trails(Quicksilver Messenger Service)
  154. Led Zeppelin (1st Album)(Led Zeppelin)
  155. Band (2nd Album)(Band)
  156. II(Led Zeppelin)
  157. Kick Out the Jams(MC5)
  158. Cloud Nine(Temptations)
  159. Stand!(Sly & the Family Stone)
  160. Happy Sad(Tim Buckley)
  161. Chicago Transit Authority (1969)(Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago))
  162. Unhalfbricking(Fairport Convention)
  163. Elephant Mountain(Youngbloods)
  164. Hot Buttered Soul(Isaac Hayes)
  165. Live/Dead(Grateful Dead)
  166. Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire(Kinks)
  167. In the Court of the Crimson King(King Crimson)
  168. Songs from a Room(Leonard Cohen)
  169. Liege & Lief(Fairport Convention)
  170. Scott 4(Scott Walker)
  171. Stooges (1st Album)(Stooges)
  172. Oar(Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence)
  173. Hot Rats(Frank Zappa)
  174. Cosmo’s Factory(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  175. Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs(Derek & the Dominos)
  176. Bitches Brew(Miles Davis)
  177. Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus(Spirit)
  178. Black Sabbath (1st Album)(Black Sabbath)
  179. Morrison Hotel(Doors)
  180. Close to You(Carpenters)
  181. Stephen Stills (1st Album)(Stephen Still)
  182. Plastic Ono Band(John Lennon)
  183. Déjà vu(Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
  184. Paranoid(Black Sabbath)
  185. After the Gold Rush(Neil Young)
  186. III(Led Zeppelin)
  187. In Rock(Deep Purple)
  188. Moondance(Van Morrison)
  189. American Beauty(Grateful Dead)
  190. Bryter Layter(Nick Drake)
  191. Ananda Shankar (1970)(Ananda Shankar)
  192. Live at Leeds(1st Album)(The Who)
  193. Third(Soft Machine)
  194. Gasoline Alley(Rod Stewart)
  195. All Things Must Pass(George Harrison)
  196. Bridge Over Troubled Water(Simon & Garfunkel)
  197. Tea for the Tillerman(Cat Stevens)
  198. John Barleycorn Must Die(Traffic)
  199. Fun House(Stooges)
  200. McCartney (1970)(Paul McCartney)
  201. Abraxas(Santana)
  202. Madcap Laughs(Syd Barrett)
  203. Aqualung(Jethro Tull)
  204. If Only I Could Remember My Name(David Crosby)
  205. There’s a Riot Goin’ On(Sly & the Family Stone)
  206. What’s Going On(Marvin Gaye)
  207. Yes Album(Yes)
  208. Trafalgar(Bee Gees)
  209. Who’s Next(The Who)
  210. Tapestry(Carole King)
  211. Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack(Isaac Hayes)
  212. At Fillmore East(Allman Brothers)
  213. Sticky Fingers(Rolling Stones)
  214. Imagine(John Lennon)
  215. Surf’s Up(Beach Boys)
  216. Fragile(Yes)
  217. LA Woman(Doors)
  218. Tago Mago(Can)
  219. Madman Across the Water(Elton John)
  220. Coat of Many Colors(Dolly Parton)
  221. American Pie(Don McLean)
  222. Tarkus(Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
  223. IV (aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols)(Led Zeppelin)
  224. Histoire de Melody Nelson(Serge Gainsbourg)
  225. Every Picture Tells a Story(Rod Stewart)
  226. Pictures at an Exhibition(Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
  227. Songs of Love & Hate(Leonard Cohen)
  228. Blue(Joni Mitchell)
  229. Maggot Brain(Funkadelic)
  230. Pearl(Janis Joplin)
  231. With Ginger Baker: Live!(Fela Kuti)
  232. A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse(Faces)
  233. Teenage Head(Flamin’ Groovies)
  234. White Light(Gene Clark)
  235. John Prine (1st Album)(John Prine)
  236. Nilsson Schmilsson(Harry Nilsson)
  237. Electric Warrior(T.Rex)
  238. Hunky Dory(David Bowie)
  239. Sail Away(Randy Newman)
  240. Machine Head(Deep Purple)
  241. # 1 Record(Big Star)
  242. Vol 4(Black Sabbath)
  243. Can’t Buy a Thrill(Steely Dan)
  244. Harvest(Neil Young)
  245. Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(Curtis Mayfield)
  246. Slayed?(Slade)
  247. Made in Japan(Deep Purple)
  248. Close to the Edge(Yes)
  249. Transformer(Lou Reed)
  250. Home is Where the Music Is(Hugh Masekela)
  251. Clube da Esquina (1972)(Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges)
  252. Something/Anything(Todd Rundgren)
  253. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
  254. Talking Book(Stevie Wonder)
  255. Manassas(Stephen Still)
  256. Slider(T.Rex)
  257. American Gothic(David Ackles)
  258. Eagles (1st Album)(Eagles)
  259. Greetings from LA(Tim Buckley)
  260. Pink Moon(Nick Drake)
  261. Paul Simon (1972)(Paul Simon)
  262. Roxy Music (1st Album)(Roxy Music)
  263. School’s Out(Alice Cooper)
  264. All Directions(Temptations)
  265. Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars(David Bowie)
  266. World is a Ghetto(War)
  267. Let’s Stay Together(Al Green)
  268. Exile on Main St(Rolling Stones)
  269. Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd(Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  270. Bongo Rock(Incredible Bongo Band)
  271. Aladdin Sane(David Bowie)
  272. Lark’s Tongues in Aspic(King Crimson)
  273. Catch a Fire(Bob Marley & the Wailers)
  274. Space Ritual(Hawkwind)
  275. Paris 1919(John Cale)
  276. Future Days(Can)
  277. Berlin(Lou Reed)
  278. Selling England by the Pound(Genesis)
  279. Let’s Get it On(Marvin Gaye)
  280. Solid Air(John Martyn)
  281. For Your Pleasure(Roxy Music)
  282. IV(Faust)
  283. Head Hunters(Herbie Hancock)
  284. Mott(Mott the Hoople)
  285. Tubular Bells(Mike Oldfield)
  286. A Wizard, a True Star(Todd Rundgren)
  287. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road(Elton John)
  288. Countdown to Ecstasy(Steely Dan)
  289. Honky Tonk Heroes(Waylon Jennings)
  290. Dark Side of the Moon(Pink Floyd)
  291. Innervisions(Stevie Wonder)
  292. Tres Hombres(ZZ Top)
  293. Band on the Run(Paul McCartney & Wings)
  294. Next(Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
  295. Billion Dollar Babies(Alice Cooper)
  296. Raw Power(Iggy & the Stooges)
  297. 3 + 3(Isley Brothers)
  298. New York Dolls (1st Album)(New York Dolls)
  299. Here Come the Warm Jets(Brian Eno)
  300. Bad Company (1st Album)(Bad Company)
  301. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway(Genesis)
  302. Inspiration Information(Shuggie Otis)
  303. Fullfillingness’ First Finale(Stevie Wonder)
  304. 461 Ocean Boulevard(Eric Clapton)
  305. Autobahn(Kraftwerk)
  306. It’s Too Late to Stop Now(Van Morrison)
  307. Court & Spark(Joni Mitchell)
  308. II(Queen)
  309. Country Life(Roxy Music)
  310. Phaedra(Tangerine Dream)
  311. Kimono My House(Sparks)
  312. Crime of the Century(Supertramp)
  313. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight(Richard & Linda Thompson)
  314. Winter in America(Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson)
  315. Sheer Heart Attack(Queen)
  316. Sheet Music(10cc)
  317. On the Beach(Neil Young)
  318. Grand Tour(George Jones)
  319. No Other(Gene Clark)
  320. Pretzel Logic(Steely Dan)
  321. Good Old Boys(Randy Newman)
  322. Natty Dread(Bob Marley & the Wailers)
  323. Rock Bottom(Robert Wyatt)
  324. Grievous Angel(Gram Parsons)
  325. Another Green World(Brian Eno)
  326. Go Girl Crazy!(Dictators)
  327. ‘75(Neu!)
  328. Physical Graffiti(Led Zeppelin)
  329. Köln Concert(Keith Jarrett)
  330. Toys in the Attic(Aerosmith)
  331. Young Americans(David Bowie)
  332. Marcus Garvey(Burning Spear)
  333. Born to Run(Bruce Springsteen)
  334. Pieces of the Sky(Emmylou Harris)
  335. Born to Be With You(Dion)
  336. Hissing of Summer Lawns(Joni Mitchell)
  337. Shalimar (Soundtrack)(Rahul Dev Burman)
  338. Tonight’s the Night(Neil Young)
  339. Blood on the Tracks(Bob Dylan)
  340. Horses(Patti Smith)
  341. Wish You Were Here(Pink Floyd)
  342. A Night at the Opera(Queen)
  343. Red Headed Stranger(Willie Nelson)
  344. That’s the Way of the World(Earth, Wind & Fire)
  345. There’s No Place Like America Today(Curtis Mayfield)
  346. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)(Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
  347. Modern Lovers(1976)(Modern Lovers)
  348. Station to Station(David Bowie)
  349. Hejira(Joni Mitchell)
  350. Boston (1st Album)(Boston)
  351. Hotel California(Eagles)
  352. Arrival(ABBA)
  353. Destroyer(Kiss)
  354. 2112(Rush)
  355. África Brasil(Jorge Ben)
  356. Joan Armatrading (1st Album)(Joan Armatrading)
  357. Rocks(Aerosmith)
  358. Mothership Connection(Parliament)
  359. Music from the Penguin Café(Penguin Café Orchestra)
  360. Oxygene(Jean Michel Jarre)
  361. Ramones (1st Album)(Ramones)
  362. Zombie(Fela Kuti)
  363. Legalize It(Peter Tosh)
  364. Songs in the Key of Life(Stevie Wonder)
  365. Frampton Comes Alive(Peter Frampton)
  366. Before & After Science(Brian Eno)
  367. Trans-Europe Express(Kraftwerk)
  368. The Stranger(Billy Joel)
  369. Exodus(Bob Marley & the Wailers)
  370. Out of the Blue(Electric Light Orchestra)
  371. Heavy Weather(Weather Report)
  372. Hard Again(Muddy Waters)
  373. Rattus Norvegicus(Stranglers)
  374. Clash (1st Album)(Clash)
  375. Low(David Bowie)
  376. Aja(Steely Dan)
  377. Pink Flag(Wire)
  378. One World(John Martyn)
  379. 77(Talking Heads)
  380. Rumours(Fleetwood Mac)
  381. ‘Heroes’(David Bowie)
  382. Pacific Ocean Blue(Dennis Wilson)
  383. Suicide (1st Album)(Suicide)
  384. The Idiot(Iggy Pop)
  385. Peter Gabriel (I)(Peter Gabriel)
  386. Marquee Moon(Television)
  387. Bat Out of Hell(Meat Loaf)
  388. My Aim is True(Elvis Costello)
  389. Lust for Life(Iggy Pop)
  390. New Boots & Panties!!(Ian Dury)
  391. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…(Sex Pistols)
  392. Modern Dance(Pere Ubu)
  393. Man Machine(Kraftwerk)
  394. Parallel Lines(Blondie)
  395. Vento de Maio(Elís Regina)
  396. Dub Housing(Pere Ubu)
  397. Only Ones (1st Album)(Only Ones)
  398. This Year’s Model(Elvis Costello)
  399. All Mod Cons(Jam)
  400. Honky Tonk Masquerade(Joe Ely)
  401. Crossing the Red Sea with the…(Adverts)
  402. Third (aka Sister Lovers)(Big Star)
  403. Duck Stab/Buster & Glen(Residents)
  404. Public Image(Public Image Ltd)
  405. Real Life(Magazine)
  406. Darkness on the Edge of Town(Bruce Springsteen)
  407. One Nation Under a Groove(Funkadelic)
  408. DOA: Third & Final Report(Throbbing Gristle)
  409. Live & Dangerous(Thin Lizzy)
  410. More Songs About Buildings & Food(Talking Heads)
  411. Another Music in a Different Kitchen(Buzzcocks)
  412. Van Halen (1st Album)(Van Halen)
  413. Siembra(Willie Colón & Rubén Blades)
  414. Cars (1st Album)(Cars)
  415. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo(Devo)
  416. Dire Straits (1st Album)(Dire Straits)
  417. Eternally Yours(Saints)
  418. Here, My Dear(Marvin Gaye)
  419. Stardust(Willie Nelson)
  420. C’est Chic(Chic)
  421. Germ Free Adolescents(X-ray Spex)
  422. Ambient 1: Music for Airports(Brian Eno)
  423. The Scream(Siouxsie & the Banshees)
  424. Highway to Hell(AC/DC)
  425. We Are Family(Sister Sledge)
  426. Street Life(Crusaders)
  427. GI(Germs)
  428. B52s (1st Album)(B52s)
  429. Movies(Holger Czukay)
  430. Reggatta de Blanc(Police)
  431. Live at the Witch Trials(Fall)
  432. Fear of Music(Talking Heads)
  433. Unknown Pleasures(Joy Division)
  434. Risqué(Chic)
  435. Undertones (1st Album)(Undertones)
  436. London Calling(Clash)
  437. Quiet Life(Japan)
  438. Broken English(Marianne Faithfull)
  439. Cut(Slits)
  440. Armed Forces(Elvis Costello)
  441. Rust Never Sleeps(Neil Young)
  442. Entertainment!(Gang of Four)
  443. At Budokan(Cheap Trick)
  444. Tusk(Fleetwood Mac)
  445. The Wall(Pink Floyd)
  446. Metal Box(Public Image Ltd)
  447. Off the Wall(Michael Jackson)
  448. Machine Gun Etiquette(Damned)
  449. Pleasure Principle(Gary Numan)
  450. Specials (1st Album)(Specials)
  451. Kings of the Wild Frontier(Adam & the Ants)
  452. Searching for the Young Soul Rebels(Dexys Midnight Runners)
  453. Back in Black(AC/DC)
  454. Songs the Lord Taught Us(Cramps)
  455. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables(Dead Kennedys)
  456. Peter Gabriel (III)(Peter Gabriel)
  457. Underwater Moonlight(Soft Boys)
  458. Seventeen Seconds(Cure)
  459. Crocodiles(Echo & the Bunnymen)
  460. Ace of Spades(Motörhead)
  461. Killing Joke (1st Album)(Killing Joke)
  462. British Steel(Judas Priest)
  463. Group Sex(Circle Jerks)
  464. Remain in Light(Talking Heads)
  465. Closer(Joy Division)
  466. Iron Maiden (1st Album)(Iron Maiden)
  467. Hypnotised(Undertones)
  468. Sound Affects(Jam)
  469. Heartattack & Vine(Tom Waits)
  470. Signing Off(UB40)
  471. Kilimanjaro(Teardrop Explodes)
  472. More Specials(Specials)
  473. Arc of a Diver(Steve Winwood)
  474. Pretenders (1st Album)(Pretenders)
  475. Kollaps(Einstürzende Neubauten)
  476. Juju(Siouxsie & the Banshees)
  477. Penthouse & Pavement(Heaven 17)
  478. Beauty & the Beat(Go-Gos)
  479. No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith(Motörhead)
  480. Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) (4.5-star) (Soft Cell) (members: Marc Almond, David Ball)(2Tainted Love, 5Sex Dwarf, 10Say Hello, Wave Goodbye)
  481. Architecture & Morality (1981) (4.5-star) (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)(members:Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey, Martin Cooper, Dave Fairbairn, Malcolm Holmes, David Hughes, Graham Weir, Paul Collister, Nigel Ippinson, Neil Weir, Stuart Boyle, Stuart Kershaw)
  482. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) (5-star) (Brian Eno & David Byrne)
  483. Damaged (1981) (5-star) (Black Flag) (members:Henry Rollins, Anthony Martinez, Greg Ginn, Chuck Biscuits, Chuck Dukowski, Emil, Kira Roessler, Keith Morris, Bill Stevenson, Dez Cadena, Robo, Brian Migdol, Chavo Pederast)
  484. Wild Gift (1981) (5-star) (X) (members:John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, D.J. Bonebrake, Tony Gilkyson) (1The Once Over Twice, 2We're Desperate, 9White Girl)
  485. Talk, Talk, Talk (1981) (4.5-star) (Psychedelic Furs) (members:Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn, Roger Morris, John Ashton, Vince Ely + Keith Forsey, Paul Garisto, Joe McGinty, Mars Williams) (1Pretty in Pink, 3No Tears, 6Into You Like a Train)
  486. Dare! (1981) (5-star) (Human League) (members:Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh, Adrian Wright, Ian Burden, Susanne Sulley, Joanne Catherall, Jo Callis) (7I Am the Law, 9Love Action(I Believe in Love), 10Don't You Want Me)
  487. Fire of Love (1981) (4.5-star) (Gun Club) (members:Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Ward Dotson, Rob Ritter, Terry Graham, Jim Duckworth, Romi Mori, Kid Congo Powers, Nick Sanderson, Patricia Morrison, Dee Pop) (1Sex Beat, 5For the Love of Ivy, 8Jack on Fire)
  488. Mask (1981) (4-star) (Bauhaus) (members:Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins)(1Hair of the Dog, 3Of Lillies and Remains, 15Satori)
  489. Poet (1981) (4-star) (Bobby Womack) (1So Many Sides of You, 3Secrets, 7If You Think You're Lonely Now)
  490. Tom Tom Club(1st Album) (1981) (4-star) (Tom Tom Club) (members:Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Adrian Belew, Steven Stanley + Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie, Mark Roule, Steve Scales, Alex Weir, Bruce Martin) (1Wordy Rappinghood, 2Genius of Love, 5As Above, So Below)
  491. Moving Pictures (1981) (4.5-star) (Rush) (members:Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, John Rutsey) (1Tom Sawyer, 2Red Barchetta, 4Limelight)
  492. The Visitors (1981) (4-star) (ABBA) (members:Frida(Anni-Frid), Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog) (2Head Over Heels, 5I Let the Music Speak, 6One of Us)
  493. Lexicon of Love (1982) (5-star) (ABC) (members:Martin Fry, Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Mark Lickley, Andy Newmark, David Robinson, Steve Singleton, Alan Spenner, Mark White, David Yarritu, David Palmer, Dave Wyndham, Eden) (2Poison Arrow, 4Tears Are Not Enough, 6The Look of Love)
  494. 1999 (1983) (5-star) (Prince) (members:Prince Rogers Nelson, Brownmark, Lisa Coleman, The Count, kerson, Jill Jones, Peggy McCreary, Wendy Melvoin, Poochie, Jamie Starr, Vanity) (11999, 2Little Red Corvette, 3Delirious)
  495. The Message (1982) (4.5-star) (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five) (members:Joseph Saddler, Melle Mel, Cowboy, Kid Creole, Mr. Ness aka Scorpio, Rahiem) (1She's Fresh, 2It's Nasty, 3Scorpio, 4It's a Shame, 5Dreamin', 6You Are, 7The Message)
  496. Imperial Bedroom (1982) (5-star) (Elvis Costello & the Attractions) (members:Declan Patrick McManus, Bruce Thomas, Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas) (1Beyond Belief, 5Man out of Time, 13Pidgin English, 15Town Cryer)
  497. Pornography (1982) (3.5-star) (Cure) (members:Robert Smith, Phil Thornalley, Andy Anderson, Perry Bamonte, Michael Dempsey, Simon Gallup, Mathieu Hartley, Porl Thompson, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams, Roger O'Donnell, Jason Cooper) (1One Hundred Years, 3The Hanging Garden, 6A Strange Day)
  498. Too Rye Ay (1982) (5-star) (Dexys Midnight Runners) (members:Kevin Rowland, Al Archer, Jimmy Paterson, Jeff Blythe, Steve Spooner, Mick Talbot, Pete Williams, Andy Growcott) (2Let's Make This Precious, 4Jackie Wilson Said(I'm in Heaven When You Smile), 9Until I Believe in My Soul,10Come on Eileen)
  499. New Gold Dream (1982) (4.5-star) (81, 82, 83, 84) (Simple Minds) (members: Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, Derek Forbes, Malcolm Foster, Mel Gaynor, Mick MacNeil, Brian McGee, Mark Taylor, Tony Donald) (1Someone, Somewhere in Summertime, 3Promised You a Miracle, 6New Gold Dream(81-82-83-84), 7Glittering Prize)
  500. Madness Presents the Rise & Fall (1982) (4.5-star) (Madness) (members:Mike Barson, Chris Foreman, Lee Thompson + Steve Nieve, Mark Bedford, Jerry Dammers, Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Chas Smash, Bruce Thomas, Dan Woodgate) (1Rise and Fall, 2Tomorrow's(Just Another Day), 4Primrose Hill, 7Our House)
  501. Nightfly (1982) (4.5-star) (Donald Fagen) (1I.G.Y., 5New Frontier, 6The Nightfly, 7The Goodbye Look)
  502. Pelican West (1982) (4-star) (Haircut One Hundred) (members:Nick Heyward, Blair Cunningham, Mark Fox, Graham Jones, Les Nemes, Phil Smith) (1Love Plus One, 2Favourite Shirts(Boys Meets Girl), 7Fantastic Day, 10Love's Got Me in Triangles)
  503. The Dreaming (1982) (3.5-star) (Kate Bush) (1Sat in Your Lap, 6The Dreaming, 10Get out of My House)
  504. Rip it Up (1982) (4-star) (Orange Juice) (members:Edwyn Collins, Zeke Manyika, Malcolm Ross, David McClymont, James Kirk, Steven Daly) (1Rip It Up, 4Turn Away, 6I Can't Help Myself, 7Flesh of My Flesh)
  505. Thriller (1982) (5-star) (Michael Jackson) (1Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', 5Beat It, 6Billie Jean, 7Human Nature)
  506. Junkyard (1982) (3-star) (Birthday Party) (members:Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland Howard, Tracy Pew, Des Heffner, Phill Calvert) (2She's Hit, 7Big Jesus Trash Can, 8Kiss Me Black)
  507. Black Metal (1982) (4.5-star) (Venom) (members:Cronos, Abaddon, Mantas, Tony Bray, Jeff Dunn, Conrad Lant, Antton, Mykvs)
  508. Nebraska (1982) (5-star) (Bruce Springsteen) (2Atlantic City, 4Johnny 99, 6State Trooper, 10Reason to Believe)
  509. Sulk (1982) (4.5-star) (Associates) (members:Michael Dempsey, Nigel Glockler, Billy Mackenzie, John Murphy, Alan Rankine) (2Party Fears Two, 3Club Country, 8Skipping, 9White Car in Germany)
  510. Number of the Beast (1982) (4.5-star) (Iron Maiden) (members:Steve Harris, Tony Parsons, Doug Sampson, Paul Di'Anno, Dennis Stratton) (5The Number of the Beast, 6Run to the Hills)
  511. Rio (1982) (4.5-star) (Duran Duran) (members:Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon Colley, Roger Taylor, Simon LeBon, Stephen Duffy) (1Rio, 4Hungry Like the Wolf, 8Save a Prayer)
  512. Violent Femmes(1st Album) (1983) (5-star) (Violent Femmes) (members:Brian Ritchie, Victor de Lorenzo, Gordon Gano, Guy Hoffman) (1Blister in the Sun, 2Kiss Off, 4Add It Up, 9Gone Daddy Gone)
  513. Duck Rock (1983) (4.5-star) (Malcolm McLaren) (2Buffalo Gals, 3Double Dutch, 9Soweto)
  514. Pyromania (1983) (5-star) (Def Leppard) (members:Vivian Campbell, Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Pete Willis, Rick Allen) (2Photograph, 6Foolin', 7Rock of Ages )
  515. Murmur (1983) (5-star) (REM) (members:Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry) (1Radio Free Europe, 4Talk About the Passion, 6Perfect Circle)
  516. Soul Mining (1983) (3.5-star) (The The) (members:Matt Johnson, Keith Laws) (2This Is the Day, 4Uncertain Smile, 7Giant)
  517. Swordfishtrombones (1983) (5-star) (Tom Waits) (4Johnsburg, Illinois, 516 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six, 9Frank's Wild Years)
  518. A Walk Across the Rooftops(Blue Nile)
  519. Back to Mystery City(Hanoi Rocks)
  520. She’s So Unusual(Cyndi Lauper)
  521. Hearts & Bones(Paul Simon)
  522. Porcupine(Echo & the Bunnymen)
  523. Eliminator(ZZ Top)
  524. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(Eurythmics)
  525. War(U2)
  526. Synchronicity(Police)
  527. Rumble Fish(Original Score)(1983)(Stewart Copeland)
  528. II(Meat Puppets)
  529. Colour by Numbers(Culture Club)
  530. Welcome to the Pleasuredome(Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
  531. Run DMC (1984)(Run DMC)
  532. Diamond Life(Sade)
  533. Treasure(Cocteau Twins)
  534. Out of Step(Minor Threat)
  535. 1984(Van Halen)
  536. Purple Rain(Prince)
  537. Let it Be(Replacements)
  538. Café Bleu(Style Council)
  539. Private Dancer(Tina Turner)
  540. Ocean Rain(Echo & the Bunnymen)
  541. Double Nickels on the Dime(Minutemen)
  542. Rattlesnakes(Lloyd Cole & the Commotions)
  543. Immigrés(Youssou N’Dour)
  544. Born in the USA(Bruce Springsteen)
  545. This Nation’s Saving Grace(Fall)
  546. Water from an Ancient Well(Abdullah Ibrahim)
  547. Hunting High & Low(Aha)
  548. Songs from the Big Chair(Tears for Fears)
  549. Brothers in Arms(Dire Straits)
  550. Steve McQueen (aka Two Wheels Good)(Prefab Sprout)
  551. Fear & Whiskey(Mekons)
  552. Atomizer(Big Black)
  553. Suzanne Vega (1st Album)(Suzanne Vega)
  554. Rum, Sodomy & the Lash(Pogues)
  555. Hounds of Love(Kate Bush)
  556. Meat is Murder(Smiths)
  557. Rain Dogs(Tom Waits)
  558. Psychocandy(Jesus & Mary Chain)
  559. Low Life(New Order)
  560. Picture Book(Simply Red)
  561. Don’t Stand Me Down(Dexys Midnight Runners)
  562. Cupid & Psyche 85(Scritti Politti)
  563. Blood & Chocolate(Elvis Costello)
  564. Planet Rock: The Album(Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force)
  565. Licensed to Ill(Beastie Boys)
  566. Master of Puppets(Metallica)
  567. Infected(The The)
  568. Last of the True Believers(Nanci Griffith)
  569. Talking with the Taxman About Poetry(Billy Bragg)
  570. Colour of Spring(Talk Talk)
  571. Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?(Megadeth)
  572. Slippery When Wet(Bon Jovi)
  573. Evol(Sonic Youth)
  574. Reign in Blood(Slayer)
  575. Throwing Muses (1986)(Throwing Muses)
  576. Graceland(Paul Simon)
  577. Raising Hell(Run DMC)
  578. Skylarking(XTC)
  579. Guitar Town(Steve Earle)
  580. I Against I(Bad Brains)
  581. Rapture(Anita Baker)
  582. Queen is Dead(Smiths)
  583. So(Peter Gabriel)
  584. Among the Living(Anthrax)
  585. You’re Living All Over Me(Dinosaur Jr)
  586. Trio(Dolly Parton with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)
  587. Hysteria(Def Leppard)
  588. Document(REM)
  589. Sign ‘O’ the Times(Prince)
  590. Electric(Cult)
  591. Music for the Masses(Depeche Mode)
  592. Floodland(Sisters of Mercy)
  593. Faith(George Michael)
  594. Warehouse: Songs & Stories(Hüsker Dü)
  595. Locust Abortion Technician(Butthole Surfers)
  596. New Tango(Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton)
  597. Strangeways Here We Come(Smiths)
  598. Appetite for Destruction(Guns N’ Roses)
  599. Darklands(Jesus & Mary Chain)
  600. Shaka Zulu(Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  601. Opus Dei(Laibach)
  602. Scum(Napalm Death)
  603. Sister(Sonic Youth)
  604. Calenture(Triffids)
  605. Bad(Michael Jackson)
  606. Actually(Pet Shop Boys)
  607. Joshua Tree(U2)
  608. Introducing the Hardline According to…(Terence Trent D’Arby)
  609. If I Should Fall from Grace with God(Pogues)
  610. I’m Your Man(Leonard Cohen)
  611. Fisherman’s Blues(Waterboys)
  612. Truth & Soul(Fishbone)
  613. Idlewild(Everything But the Girl)
  614. Vivid(Living Colour)
  615. Superfuzz Bigmuff(Mudhoney)
  616. Green(REM)
  617. Bummed(Happy Mondays)
  618. 16 Lovers Lane(Go Betweens)
  619. Trinity Session(Cowboy Junkies)
  620. Tracy Chapman (1st Album)(Tracy Chapman)
  621. Isn’t Anything(My Bloody Valentine)
  622. Surfer Rosa(Pixies)
  623. And Justice for All(Metallica)
  624. Bug(Dinosaur Jr)
  625. Tank Battles(Dagmar Krause)
  626. Shadowland(k.d. lang)
  627. California(American Music Club)
  628. Viva Hate(Morrissey)
  629. Daydream Nation(Sonic Youth)
  630. Life’s Too Good(Sugarcubes)
  631. Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn(Dwight Yoakam)
  632. Nothing’s Shocking(Jane’s Addiction)
  633. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back(Public Enemy)
  634. Real Thing(Faith No More)
  635. Let Love Rule(Lenny Kravtiz)
  636. The Healer(John Lee Hooker)
  637. Technique(New Order)
  638. Like a Prayer(Madonna)
  639. All Hail the Queen(Queen Latifah)
  640. Playing with Fire(Spacemen 3)
  641. fROMOHIO(fIREHOSE)
  642. Paul’s Boutique(Beastie Boys)
  643. L'Eau Rouge(Young Gods)
  644. Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman(John Zorn)
  645. Stone Roses (1st Album)(Stone Roses)
  646. Raw Like Sushi(Neneh Cherry)
  647. Djam Leelii(Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck)
  648. Sensual World(Kate Bush)
  649. Disintegration(Cure)
  650. Paris, Texas(original score)(1989)(Ry Cooder)
  651. 808:90(808 State)
  652. What’s That Noise?(Coldcut)
  653. Moss Side Story(Barry Adamson)
  654. Pump(Aerosmith)
  655. Doolittle(Pixies)
  656. Nick of Time(Bonnie Raitt)
  657. Repeater(Fugazi)
  658. Club Classics: Vol One(Soul II Soul)
  659. 3 Feet High & Rising(De La Soul)
  660. Rhythm Nation 1814(Janet Jackson)
  661. Done by the Forces of Nature(Jungle Brothers)
  662. Straight Outta Compton(NWA)
  663. Heaven or Las Vegas(Cocteau Twins)
  664. En-Tact(Shamen)
  665. World Clique(Deee Lite)
  666. La’s(La’s)
  667. Shake Your Money Maker(Black Crowes)
  668. Violator(Depeche Mode)
  669. Bossanova(Pixies)
  670. Rust in Peace(Megadeth)
  671. Sex Packets(Digital Underground)
  672. Behaviour(Pet Shop Boys)
  673. Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches(Happy Mondays)
  674. Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1(George Michael)
  675. Ragged Glory(Neil Young)
  676. AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted(Ice Cube)
  677. Ritual de lo Habitual(Jane’s Addiction)
  678. Mama Said Knock You Out(LL Cool J)
  679. Fear of a Black Planet(Public Enemy)
  680. I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got(Sinéad O’Connor)
  681. People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm(A Tribe Called Quest)
  682. Goo(Sonic Youth)
  683. Nowhere(Ride)
  684. Loveless(My Bloody Valentine)
  685. Nevermind(Nirvana)
  686. Woodface(Crowded House)
  687. Cypress Hill (1st Album)(Cypress Hill)
  688. Peggy Suicide(Julian Cope)
  689. Step in the Arena(Gang Starr)
  690. Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo(MC Solaar)
  691. Rising Above Bedlam(Jah Wobble)
  692. Blood Sugar Sex Magik(Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  693. OG: Original Gangster(Ice T)
  694. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge(Mudhoney)
  695. Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back(Public Enemy)
  696. Low End Theory(A Tribe Called Quest)
  697. Ten(Pearl Jam)
  698. Foxbase Alpha(Saint Etienne)
  699. Arise(Sepultura)
  700. Spiderland(Slint)
  701. Achtung Baby(U2)
  702. White Room(KLF)
  703. Blue Lines(Massive Attack)
  704. Screamadelica(Primal Scream)
  705. Bandwagonesque(Teenage Fanclub)
  706. Metallica (aka Black Album)(Metallica)
  707. Slanted & Enchanted(Pavement)
  708. Selected Ambient Works 85-92(Aphex Twin)
  709. 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…(Arrested Development)
  710. Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche(Koffi Olomidé)
  711. Your Arsenal(Morrissey)
  712. Lam Toro(Baaba Maal)
  713. It’s a Shame About Ray(Lemonheads)
  714. Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)(Rage Against the Machine)
  715. Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury(Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy)
  716. Ingénue(k.d. lang)
  717. The Chronic(Dr Dre)
  718. Automatic for the People(REM)
  719. Bizarre Ride II the…(Pharcyde)
  720. Lazer Guided Melodies(Spiritualized)
  721. Copper Blue(Sugar)
  722. Bone Machine(Tom Waits)
  723. Dirty(Sonic Youth)
  724. Connected(Stereo MCs)
  725. Psalm 69 (Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)(Ministry)
  726. Little Earthquakes(Tori Amos)
  727. Predator(Ice Cube)
  728. Vulgar Display of Power(Pantera)
  729. Dirt(Alice in Chains)
  730. Henry’s Dream, by…(Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
  731. Devotional Songs(Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
  732. Dry(P.J. Harvey)
  733. Suede (1st Album)(Suede)
  734. Wild Wood(Paul Weller)
  735. Siamese Dream(Smashing Pumpkins)
  736. New Wave(Auteurs)
  737. Exile in Guyville(Liz Phair)
  738. Gentlemen(Afghan Whigs)
  739. Whatever(Aimee Mann)
  740. Fuzzy(Grant Lee Buffalo)
  741. In Utero(Nirvana)
  742. Emergency on Planet Earth(Jamiroquai)
  743. Very(Pet Shop Boys)
  744. Rid of Me(P.J. Harvey)
  745. Modern Life is Rubbish(Blur)
  746. Tuesday Night Music Club(Sheryl Crow)
  747. Infotainment Scan(Fall)
  748. Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)(Wu Tang Clan)
  749. Debut(Björk)
  750. Orbital (aka Brown Album)(Orbital)
  751. Doggystyle(Snoop Doggy Dogg)
  752. Bubble & Scrape(Sebadoh)
  753. Giant Steps(Boo Radleys)
  754. Strange Cargo: III(William Orbit)
  755. Tical(Method Man)
  756. Teenager of the Year(Frank Black)
  757. Venus Luxure No 1 Baby(Girls Against Boys)
  758. Sun Rises in the East(Jeru the Damaja)
  759. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain(Pavement)
  760. Dummy(Portishead)
  761. Haunted Dancehall(Sabres of Paradise)
  762. Illmatic(Nas)
  763. Ill Communication(Beastie Boys)
  764. Brutal Youth(Elvis Costello)
  765. Vauxhall & I(Morrissey)
  766. CrazySexyCool(TLC)
  767. Definitely Maybe(Oasis)
  768. Superunknown(Soundgarden)
  769. Smash(Offspring)
  770. Yank Crime(Drive Like Jehu)
  771. Parklife(Blur)
  772. G Love & Special Sauce (1994)(G Love & Special Sauce)
  773. Talking Timbuktu(Ali Farka Touré)
  774. Live Through This(Hole)
  775. Protection(Massive Attack)
  776. Holy Bible(Manic Street Preachers)
  777. Dog Man Star(Suede)
  778. Ready to Die(Notorious BIG)
  779. Grace(Jeff Buckley)
  780. Snivilisation(Orbital)
  781. MTV Unplugged in New York(Nirvana)
  782. Downward Spiral(Nine Inch Nails)
  783. Music for the Jilted Generation(Prodigy)
  784. Dookie(Green Day)
  785. Foo Fighters (1st Album)(Foo Fighters)
  786. Garbage (1st Album)(Garbage)
  787. Smokers Delight(Nightmares on Wax)
  788. Maxinquaye(Tricky)
  789. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx(Raekwon)
  790. Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness(Smashing Pumpkins)
  791. Scream, Dracula, Scream(Rocket from the Crypt)
  792. Exit Planet Dust(Chemical Brothers)
  793. Me Against the World(2Pac)
  794. Elastica (1st Album)(Elastica)
  795. I Should Coco(Supergrass)
  796. The Bends(Radiohead)
  797. Alien Lanes(Guided by Voices)
  798. Femi Kuti (1995)(Femi Kuti)
  799. A Northern Soul(Verve)
  800. Liquid Swords(Genius GZA)
  801. Different Class(Pulp)
  802. Leftism(Leftfield)
  803. Brown Sugar(D’Angelo)
  804. (What’s the Story)Morning Glory?(Oasis)
  805. Timeless(Goldie)
  806. Jagged Little Pill(Alanis Morissette)
  807. Dust(Screaming Trees)
  808. Fuzzy Logic(Super Furry Animals)
  809. Better Living Through Chemistry(Fatboy Slim)
  810. Dr Octagonecologyst(Dr Octagon)
  811. Emperor Tomato Ketchup(Stereolab)
  812. Millions Now Living Will Never Die(Tortoise)
  813. Odelay(Beck)
  814. Tigermilk(Belle & Sebastian)
  815. Endtroducing(DJ Shadow)
  816. Beautiful Freak(Eels)
  817. Casanova(Divine Comedy)
  818. Tidal(Fiona Apple)
  819. Being There(Wilco)
  820. Roots(Sepultura)
  821. Oedipus Schmoedipus(Barry Adamson)
  822. Come Find Yourself(Fun Lovin’ Criminals)
  823. Urban Hang Suite(Maxwell)
  824. Tellin’ Stories(Charlatans)
  825. Everything Must Go(Manic Street Preachers)
  826. Walking Wounded(Everything But the Girl)
  827. Murder Ballads(Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
  828. Logical Progression(LTJ Bukem)
  829. Second Toughest in the Infants(Underworld)
  830. Now I Got Worry(Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
  831. First Band on the Moon(Cardigans)
  832. Antichrist Superstar(Marilyn Manson)
  833. The Score(Fugees)
  834. 1977(Ash)
  835. If You’re Feeling Sinister(Belle & Sebastian)
  836. Blur (1997)(Blur)
  837. OK Computer(Radiohead)
  838. Maverick a Strike(Finley Quaye)
  839. Supa Dupa Fly(Missy Misdemeanor Elliott)
  840. Dig Your Own Hole(Chemical Brothers)
  841. Vanishing Point(Primal Scream)
  842. Shleep(Robert Wyatt)
  843. Let’s Get Killed(David Holmes)
  844. Dig Me Out(Sleater Kinney)
  845. Fat of the Land(Prodigy)
  846. Buena Vista Social Club (1997)(Buena Vista Social Club)
  847. Boatman’s Call(Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
  848. A Short Album About Love(Divine Comedy)
  849. When I was Born for the 7th Time(Cornershop)
  850. Homework(Daft Punk)
  851. Life Thru a Lens(Robbie Williams)
  852. Butterfly(Mariah Carey)
  853. In it for the Money(Supergrass)
  854. Time Out of Mind(Bob Dylan)
  855. New Forms(Roni Size & Reprazent)
  856. Either/Or(Elliott Smith)
  857. Urban Hymns(Verve)
  858. Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space(Spiritualized)
  859. Dandy Warhols (1997)(Dandy Warhols)
  860. Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 (rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester)(Bob Dylan)
  861. Clandestino(Manu Chao)
  862. Mermaid Avenue(Billy Bragg & Wilco)
  863. Apocalypse Dudes(Turbonegro)
  864. You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby(Fatboy Slim)
  865. White Ladder(David Gray)
  866. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road(Lucinda Williams)
  867. This is Hardcore(Pulp)
  868. Ray of Light(Madonna)
  869. Miseducation of…(Lauryn Hill)
  870. Celebrity Skin(Hole)
  871. Deserter’s Songs(Mercury Rev)
  872. System of a Down (1st Album)(System of a Down)
  873. Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)(Queen of the Stone Age)
  874. Moon Safari(Air)
  875. OK(Talvin Singh)
  876. Follow the Leader(Korn)
  877. Kenza((Cheb) Khalèd)
  878. Devil Without a Cause(Kid Rock)
  879. Music Has the Right to Children(Boards of Canada)
  880. São Paulo Confessions(Suba)
  881. Apple Venus: Volume 1(XTC)
  882. Post Orgasmic Chill(Skunk Anansie)
  883. Make Yourself(Incubus)
  884. 69 Love Songs(Magnetic Fields)
  885. Man Who(Travis)
  886. Slipknot (1st Album)(Slipknot)
  887. Central Reservation(Beth Orton)
  888. Beyond Skin(Nitin Sawhney)
  889. Contino Sessions(Death in Vegas)
  890. Play(Moby)
  891. Soft Bulletin(Flaming Lips)
  892. Darkdancer(Les Rhymes Digitales)
  893. Le Tigre(1999)(Le Tigre)
  894. Slim Shady LP(Eminem)
  895. Baby One More Time(Britney Spears)
  896. S&M(Metallica)
  897. I See a Darkness(Bonnie Prince Billy)
  898. HMS Fable(Shack)
  899. Remedy(Basement Jaxx)
  900. Californication(Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  901. Ágætis Byrjun(Sigur Rós)
  902. Lost Souls(Doves)
  903. Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score(Air)
  904. Heartbreaker(Ryan Adams)
  905. Tanto Tempo(Bebel Gilberto)
  906. Sincere(MJ Cole)
  907. Red Dirt Girl(Emmylou Harris)
  908. Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water(Limp Bizkit)
  909. Kid A(Radiohead)
  910. All That You Can’t Leave Behind(U2)
  911. Hybrid Theory(Linkin Park)
  912. Figure 8(Elliott Smith)
  913. Hour of Bewilderbeast(Badly Drawn Boy)
  914. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea(P.J. Harvey)
  915. Mama’s Gun(Erykah Badu)
  916. Parachutes(Coldplay)
  917. Like Water for Chocolate(Common)
  918. Welcome to the Afterfuture(Mike Ladd)
  919. Our Aim is to Satisfy(Red Snapper)
  920. Marshall Mathers LP(Eminem)
  921. Felt Mountain (2000) (4.5-star) (Goldfrapp)
  922. Chore of Enchantment (2000) (4-star) (Giant Sand)
  923. Nixon (2000) (3-star) (Lambchop)
  924. Punishing Kiss (2000) (4-star) (Ute Lemper)
  925. Music (2000) (4-star) (Madonna)
  926. Since I Left You (2000) (5-star) (Avalanches)
  927. Stankonia (2000) (5-star) (OutKast)
  928. Amnesiac (2001) (3.5-star) (Radiohead)
  929. Bright Flight (2001) (4-star) (Silver Jews)
  930. Vespertine (2001) (4.5-star) (Björk)
  931. Gorillaz(1st Album) (2001) (4.5-star) (Gorillaz)
  932. Gold (2001) (3.5-star) (Ryan Adams)
  933. Survivor (2001) (3-star) (Destiny’s Child)
  934. Is This It (2001) (5-star) (Strokes)
  935. Time(The Revelator) (2001) (4-star) (Gillian Welch)
  936. La Revancha del Tango (2001) (4-star) (Gotan Project)
  937. White Blood Cells (2001) (5-star) (White Stripes)
  938. Hot Shots II (2001) (4.5-star) (Beta Band)
  939. Blueprint (2001) (5-star) (Jay Z)
  940. Melody AM (2001) (4.5-star) (Röyksopp)
  941. Southern Rock Opera (2001) (4.5-star) (Drive-By Truckers)
  942. Rings Around the World (2001) (4-star) (Super Furry Animals) (members:Huw Bunford, Dafydd Ieuan, Cian Ciárán, Guto Pryce, Gruff Rhys)
  943. Power in Numbers (2002) (4-star) (Jurassic 5)
  944. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) (4-star) (Wilco)(SMPL)
  945. A Little Deeper (2002) (4-star) (Ms Dynamite)
  946. Sunshine Hit Me (2002) (4-star) (A Band of Bees)
  947. Come Away with Me (2002) (4-star) (Norah Jones)(SMPL)
  948. A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) (4-star) (Coldplay)(SMPL)
  949. The Coral (2002) (4-star) (The Coral)
  950. American IV: Man Comes Around (2002) (2.5-star) (Johnny Cash)
  951. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) (4.5-star) (Flaming Lips) (members:Michael Ivins, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Ronald Jones, Jonathan Donah, Richard English, Nathan Roberts, Mark Coyne) (1Fight Test, 6Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, 9Do You Realize??)
  952. Last Broadcast (2002) (4-star) (Doves) (members: Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams, Martin Rebelski) (2Words, 3There Goes the Fear, 9Pounding)
  953. Under Construction (2002) (4.5-star) (Missy Elliott) (3Gossip Folks, 4Work It, 5Back in the Day, 9Slide)
  954. The Rising (2002) (4-star) (Bruce Springsteen) (1Lonesome Day, 11Mary's Place, 13The Rising, 15My City of Ruins)
  955. Stripped (2002) (2-star) (Christina Aguilera) (9Impossible, 11Beautiful, 16Dirrty, 19I'm OK)
  956. Phrenology (2002) (4.5-star) (Roots) (members:Malik B., Black Thought, ?uestlove, Hub, Rahzel, Scratch) (7Thought @ Work, 8The Seed(2.0), 10Water)
  957. Sea Change (2002) (4.5-star) (Beck) (1The Golden Age, 3Guess I'm Doing Fine, 5Lost Cause, 10Sunday Sun)
  958. Justified (2002) (3-star) (Justin Timberlake) (2Like I Love You, 5Cry Me A River, 6Rock Your Body, 11Right For Me)
  959. Highly Evolved (2002) (4-star) (Vines) (members:Craig Nicholls, Patrick Matthews, David Oliffe, Hamish Rosser, Ryan Griffiths) (1Highly Evolved, 6Get Free, 8Factory, 11Ain't No Room)
  960. Your New Favourite Band (2002) (4.5-star) (Hives) (members:Nicholaus Arson, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, Chris Dangerous, Dr. Matt Destruction, Vigilante Carlstroem) (1Hate to Say I Told You So, 3Supply and Demand, 5Untutored Youth)
  961. Hail to the Thief (2003) (4-star) (Radiohead) (members:Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke) (12+2=5, 9There There, 14A Wolf at the Door)
  962. Frank (2003) (4-star) (Amy Winehouse) (2You Sent Me Flying, 4Fuck Me Pumps, 8In My Bed, 9Take the Box)
  963. Feast of Wire (2003) (4-star) (Calexico) (members:Joey Burns, John Convertino)(2Quattro(World Drifts In), 4Black Heart, 6Not Even Stevie Nicks..., 11Across the Wire, 15Crumble)
  964. Permission to Land (2003) (4-star) (The Darkness) (members:Justin Hawkins, Frankie Poullain, Dan Hawkins, Ed Graham, Richie Edwards) (2Get Your Hands Off My Woman, 3Growing on Me, 4I Believe in a Thing Called Love, 6Givin' Up)
  965. Elephant (2003) (5-star) (White Stripes) (members:Meg White, Jack White)(1Seven Nation Army, 2Black Math, 5In the Cold, Cold Night, 9The Hardest Button to Button, 13Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine)
  966. Boy in da Corner (2004) (4.5-star) (Dizzee Rascal) (3I Luv U, 4Brand New Day, 6Fix Up, Look Sharp, 15Do It)
  967. Youth & Young Manhood (2003) (3-star) (Kings of Leon) (members:Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill)
  968. So Much for the City(2003) (4-star) (The Thrills) (members:Daniel Ryan, Ben Carrigan, Conor Deasy, Kevin Horan, Pádraic McMahon) (1Santa Cruz(You're Not That Far), 2Big Sur, 5One Horse Town, 8Hollywood Kids)
  969. Fever to Tell (2003)(4-star) (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) (members:Nicolas Zinner, Karen O, Brian Chase) (1Rich, 2Date with the Night, 6Pin, 9Maps)
  970. Speakerboxxx/Love Below (2003) (4.5-star) (OutKast) (members:Dré(Andre 3000), Big Boi) (2Ghetto Musick, 4Bowtie, 5The Way You Move, 26Prototype, 27She Lives in My Lap, 28Hey Ya!)
  971. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003) (4-star) (50 Cent) (Curtis James Jackson III) (3Patiently Waiting, 5In da Club, 1421 Questions, 17Wanksta)
  972. De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) (4.5-star) (The Mars Volta) (members:Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez + Jeremy Ward, Ikie Owens, Juan Alderete) (3Roulette Dares(The Haunt Of), 5Drunkship of Lanterns, 7Cicatriz ESP)
  973. Wonderful Rainbow (2003) (4-star) (Lightning Bolt) (members:Brian Chippendale, Hisham Baroocha, Brian Gibson) (2Assassins, 3Dracula Mountain, 5On Fire, 6Crown of Storms)
  974. Want One (2003) (2.5-star) (Rufus Wainwright) (3Vicious World, 6Go or Go Ahead, 814th Street)
  975. Scissor Sisters (2004) (4.5-star) (1st Album) (Scissor Sisters) (members:Jake Shears, Babydaddy, Paddy Boom, Ana Matronic, Del Marquis, Derek G) (1Laura, 2Take Your Mama, 3Comfortably Numb, 6Tits on the Radio, 8Music Is the Victim)
  976. You Are the Quarry (2004) (4-star) (Morrissey) (members:Steven Patrick Morrissey)(1America Is Not the World, 2Irish Blood, English Heart, 8First of the Gang to Die)
  977. Medúlla (2004) (4-star) (Björk) (members:Björk Guðmundsdóttir) (1Pleasure Is All Mine, 3Where Is the Line, 6Who Is It, 14Triumph of a Heart)
  978. Destroy Rock & Roll (2004) (4-star) (Mylo) (members:Myles MacInnes) (2Sunworshipper, 5In My Arms, 6Guilty of Love)
  979. SMiLE (2004) (4.5-star) (Brian Wilson) (3Roll Plymouth Rock, 6Cabin Essence, 10Surf's Up)
  980. Penance Soirée (2004) (4.5-star) (Icarus Line) (members:Jeff Watson, Joe Cardamone, Lance Arnao, Alvin DeGuzman, Aaron North) (1Up Against the Wall, 3On the Lash, 11Virgin Velcro, 13Party the Baby Off)
  981. Funeral (2004) (4.5-star) (Arcade Fire) (members:Howard Bilerman, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Will Butler) (1Neighborhood #1(Tunnels), 4Neighborhood #3(Power Out), 6Crown of Love, 9Rebellion(Lies))
  982. Rejoicing in the Hands (2004) (4-star) (Devendra Banhart) (1This Is the Way, 3The Body Breaks, 6Will Is My Friend)
  983. Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus (2004) (4.5-star) (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) (members:Barry Adamson, Nick Cave, Anita Lane, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn Casey, Warren Ellis, Mick Harvey, Tracy Pew, Kid Congo Powers, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, Thomas Wydler, Hugo Race, Roland Wolf, Edward Clayton Jones)(1Get Ready for Love, 2Cannibal's Hymn, 6Nature Boy, 8Let the Bells Ring, 10The Lyre of Orpheus, 12Babe, You Turn Me On, 16Carry Me, 17O Children)
  984. Franz Ferdinand (2004) (1st Album) (4-star) (Franz Ferdinand) (members:Bob Hardy, Paul Thomson, Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy) (2Tell Her Tonight, 3Take Me Out, 6Cheating on You, 8Darts of Pleasure)
  985. Fly or Die (2004) (3-star) (N*E*R*D) (members:Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Shay) (2Fly or Die, 6Breakout, 7Wonderful Place, 10Maybe)
  986. Heroes to Zeros (2004) (4.5-star) (Beta Band) (members:Stephen Mason, Robin Jones, Richard Greentree, John Maclean) (1Assessment, 5Wonderful, 11Simple)
  987. Street Signs (2004) (3.5-star) (Ozamatli) (members:Tony Lujan, David Ralicke, Ulises Bella, Cut Chemist, Asdrubal Sierra, Mario Calire, Asfru Sierra, Wil-Dog Abers, Jose Espinoza, William Marrufo, Raúl Pacheco, Justin "Niño" Porée, Chali 2na, Jiro Yamaguchi, DJ Spinobi, Jabu)(1Believe, 7Saturday Night, 11Doña Isabelle, 12Nadie Te Tira)
  988. Libertines(1st Album) (2004) (4-star) (The Libertines) (members:Carl Barat, Pete Doherty, John Hassall, Gary Powell) (1Can't Stand Me Now, 4The Man Who Would Be King, 9Campaign of Hate, 13Road to Ruin, 14 What Became of the Likely Lads)
  989. College Dropout (2004) (4.5-star) (Kanye West) (4All Falls Down, 7Jesus Walks, 12Slow Jamz, 19Through the Wire)
  990. Is the Soul Machine (2004) (4-star) (Cee-Lo Green) (members:Thomas DeCarlo Callaway) (4Living Again, 5I'll Be Around, 6The One, 7My Kind of People)
  991. Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004) (4-star) (TV on the Radio) (members:David Andrew Sitek, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone) (1The Wrong Way, 2Staring at the Sun, 5Ambulance)
  992. They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004) (4-star) (Liars) (members:Ron Albertson, Pat Noecker, Aaron Hemphill, Angus Andrew, Julian Gross) (3There's Always Room on the Broom, 6They Don't Want Your Corn-They Want Your Kids, 8Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway)
  993. A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004) (4.5-star) (The Streets) (members:Mike Skinner) (1It Was Supposed to Be So Easy, 4Blinded by the Lights, 7Fit But You Know It, 10Dry Your Eyes)
  994. Want Two (2004) (4-star) (Rufus Wainwright) (2The One You Love, 4Little Sister, 5The Art Teacher, 8Gay Messiah)
  995. Who Killed the Zutons? (2004) (2.5-star) (Zutons) (members:Russell Pritchard, Sean Payne, Boyan Chowdhury, David McCabe, Abi Harding) (2Pressure Point, 5Havana Gang Brawl, 9Not a Lot to Do)
  996. Hot Fuss (2004) (3-star) (Killers) (members:Brandon Flowers, David Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci) (1Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, 2Mr. Brightside, 4Somebody Told Me)
  997. Aha Shake Heartbreak (2005) (3.5-star) (Kings of Leon) (members:Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill) (4Pistol of Fire, 6The Bucket, 9Day Old Blues)
  998. Arular (2005) (4-star) (MIA(UK)) (members:Mathangi Arulpragasam) (2Pull Up the People, 3Bucky Done Gun, 1010 Dollar, 12Galang)
  999. Guero (2005) (4-star) (Beck) (members:Beck Hansen) (1E-Pro, 2Qué Onda Guero, 3Girl)
  1000. Get Behind Me Satan (2005) (4-star) (White Stripes) (members:Meg White, Jack White) (1Blue Orchid, 3My Doorbell, 4Forever for Her(Is Over for Me), 10Take, Take, Take, 13I'm Lonely(But I Ain't That Lonely Yet))
  1001. Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2, Vol. 3-4 (2007) (4-star) (Madlib) (members:Otis Jackson, Jr.) (3Face the Sun(Africa), 7Third Ear(More), 8Stax(Strings), 14Pyramids(Change), 19West Zone(Coastin), 28Understanding(Comprehension), 33Whutkanido(Can Do It))
Author Comments: 

pretty standard stuff; it shows
Album title(release year)(AMG rating, out of 5 stars)(band/artist)(band members)(AMG recommended tracks)