1001 Albums You Must Hear - 2008 & 2019 Editions

1001Albums
These are updated lists from the 2005 version.




In Chronological Order

 

Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956)
Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
Prima, Louis – Wildest
Domino, Fats – This is Fats
Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
Crickets – Chirping…
Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
Sabϊ [Martνnez] – Palo Congo
Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
Machito – Kenya
Little Richard – Here’s…
Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
Charles, Ray – Genius of… (1959)
Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
Brubeck, Dave – Time Out
Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960)
Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960)
Everly Brothers – A Date with the…
Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
Muddy Waters – At Newport
Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
Price, Ray – Night Life
Beatles – With the…
Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
Getz, Stan & Joγo Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64
Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty
Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album)
Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
Sonics – Here Are the…
Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul
Beach Boys – Today!
Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
Beatles – Rubber Soul
Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album)
Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
Who – My Generation
Beatles – Revolver
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album)
Byrds – Fifth Dimension
Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
Monks – Black Monk Time
Kinks – Face to Face
Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
Rolling Stones – Aftermath
Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
Nico – Chelsea Girl
Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
Buffalo Springfield – Again
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album)
Love – Da Capo
Beau Brummels – Triangle
Monkees – Headquarters
Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello
Love – Forever Changes
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Who – Sell Out
Velvet Underground - & Nico
Sinatra, Frank - Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Doors – Doors (1st Album)
Byrds – Younger than Yesterday
Young Rascals – Groovin’
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
Kinks – Something Else by the…
Donovan – Sunshine Superman
Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
Electric Prunes – I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)
Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
United States of America – United States of America
Dr John – Gris Gris
Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
Band – Music from Big Pink
Beck, Jeff – Truth
Veloso, Caetano – Caetano Veloso (1968)
Walker, Scott – Scott 2
Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
Beatles – Abbey Road
Who – Tommy
Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
Bee Gees – Odessa
Pentangle – Basket of Light
Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
Band – Band (2nd Album)
Led Zeppelin – II
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
Temptations – Cloud Nine
Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
Chicago Transit Authority [Chicago] - Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
Walker, Scott – Scott 4
Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
Doors – Morrison Hotel
Carpenters – Close to You
Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album)
Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Dιjΰ vu
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
Led Zeppelin – III
Deep Purple – In Rock
Morrison, Van – Moondance
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970)
Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
Soft Machine – Third
Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
Stooges – Fun House
Taylor, James – Sweet Baby James
McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970)
Santana – Abraxas
Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
Yes – Yes Album
Bee Gees – Trafalgar
Who – Who’s Next
King, Carole – Tapestry
Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack
Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Lennon, John – Imagine
Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
Yes – Fragile
Doors – LA Woman
Can – Tago Mago
John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
McLean, Don – American Pie
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
Mitchell, Joni – Blue
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
Joplin, Janis – Pearl
Kuti, Fela - With Ginger Baker: Live!
Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse
Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
Clark, Gene – White Light
Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
T.Rex – Electric Warrior
Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
Newman, Randy – Sail Away
Deep Purple – Machine Head
Big Star – # 1 Record
Black Sabbath – Vol 4
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
Young, Neil – Harvest
Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Slade – Slayed?
Deep Purple – Made in Japan
Yes – Close to the Edge
Reed, Lou – Transformer
Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina (1972)
Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
Still, Stephen – Manassas
T.Rex – Slider
Ackles, David – American Gothic
Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA
Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album)
Alice Cooper – School’s Out
Temptations – All Directions
Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
War – World is a Ghetto
Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
Hawkwind – Space Ritual
Cale, John – Paris 1919
Can – Future Days
Reed, Lou – Berlin
Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
Martyn, John – Solid Air
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
Faust – IV
Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
Mott the Hoople – Mott
Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
New York Dolls – New York Dolls (1st Album)
Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale
Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark
Queen – II
Roxy Music – Country Life
Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
Sparks – Kimono My House
Supertramp – Crime of the Century
Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
10cc – Sheet Music
Young, Neil – On the Beach
Jones, George – Grand Tour
Clark, Gene – No Other
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
Eno, Brian – Another Green World
Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
Neu! – ‘75
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Jarrett, Keith – Kφln Concert
Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
Bowie, David – Young Americans
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky
Dion – Born to Be With You
Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns
Waits, Tom – Nighthawks at the Diner
Burman, Rahul Dev – Shalimar (Soundtrack)
Young, Neil – Tonight’s the Night
Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
Smith, Patti – Horses
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
Mayfield, Curtis – There’s No Place Like America Today
Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
Bowie, David – Station to Station
Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
Boston – Boston (1st Album)
Eagles – Hotel California
ABBA – Arrival
Kiss – Destroyer
Rush – 2112
Ben, Jorge – Αfrica Brasil
Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
Aerosmith – Rocks
Parliament – Mothership Connection
Penguin Cafι Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Cafι
Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
Ramones – Ramones (1st Album)
Kuti, Fela – Zombie
Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
Weather Report – Heavy Weather
Muddy Waters – Hard Again
Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
Clash – Clash (1st Album)
Bowie, David – Low
Steely Dan – Aja
Wire – Pink Flag
Martyn, John – One World
Talking Heads – 77
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
Iggy Pop – Idiot, the
Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
Television – Marquee Moon
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!!
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
Kraftwerk – Man Machine
Blondie – Parallel Lines
Regina, Elνs – Vento de Maio
Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album)
Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
Jam – All Mod Cons
Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
Public Image Ltd – Public Image
Magazine – Real Life
Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report
Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
Colσn, Willie & Rubιn Blades – Siembra
Cars – Cars (1st Album)
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
Saints – Eternally Yours
Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
Nelson, Willie – Stardust
Chic – C’est Chic
X-ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Scream, the
AC/DC – Highway to Hell
Sister Sledge – We Are Family
Crusaders – Street Life
Germs – GI
B52s – B52s (1st Album)
Czukay, Holger – Movies
Police – Reggatta de Blanc
Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Chic – Risquι
Undertones – Undertones (1st Album)
Clash – London Calling
Japan – Quiet Life
Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
Slits – Cut
Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
Gang of Four – Entertainment!
Cheap Trick – At Budokan
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Pink Floyd – Wall, the
Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
Specials – Specials (1st Album)
Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
AC/DC – Back in Black
Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
Cure – Seventeen Seconds
Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
Motφrhead – Ace of Spades
Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album)
Judas Priest – British Steel
Circle Jerks – Group Sex
Talking Heads – Remain in Light
Joy Division – Closer
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album)
Undertones – Hypnotised
Jam – Sound Affects
Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine
UB40 – Signing Off
Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
Specials – More Specials
Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
Einstόrzende Neubauten – Kollaps
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat
Motφrhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Black Flag – Damaged
X – Wild Gift
Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
Human League – Dare
Gun Club – Fire of Love
Bauhaus – Mask
Womack, Bobby – Poet
Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album)
Rush – Moving Pictures
ABBA – Visitors
ABC – Lexicon of Love
Prince – 1999
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the
Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
Cure – Pornography
Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
Madness – Rise & Fall
Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the
Orange Juice – Rip it Up
Jackson, Michael – Thriller
Birthday Party – Junkyard
Venom – Black Metal
Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
Associates – Sulk
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Duran Duran – Rio
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
Def Leppard – Pyromania
REM – Murmur
The The – Soul Mining
Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
Lauper, Cyndi – She’s So Unusual
Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones
Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
ZZ Top – Eliminator
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
U2 – War
Police – Synchronicity
Meat Puppets – II
Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Run DMC – Run DMC (1984)
Sade – Diamond Life
Cocteau Twins – Treasure
Minor Threat – Out of Step
Van Halen – 1984
Prince – Purple Rain
Replacements – Let it Be
Style Council – Cafι Bleu
Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrιs
Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
Aha – Hunting High & Low
Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka Two Wheels Good)
Mekons – Fear & Whiskey
Big Black – Atomizer
Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
Smiths – Meat is Murder
Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
New Order – Low Life
Simply Red – Picture Book
Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
Costello, Elvis – Blood & Chocolate
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
Metallica – Master of Puppets
The The – Infected
Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
Sonic Youth – Evol
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses (1986)
Simon, Paul – Graceland
Run DMC – Raising Hell
XTC – Skylarking
Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
Bad Brains – I Against I
Baker, Anita – Rapture
Smiths – Queen is Dead
Gabriel, Peter – So
Anthrax – Among the Living
Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
Def Leppard – Hysteria
REM – Document
Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
Cult – Electric
Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
Michael, George – Faith
Hόsker Dό – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
Laibach – Opus Dei
Napalm Death – Scum
Sonic Youth – Sister
Triffids – Calenture
Jackson, Michael – Bad
Pet Shop Boys – Actually
U2 – Joshua Tree
D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
Fishbone – Truth & Soul
Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
Living Colour - Vivid
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
REM – Green
Happy Mondays – Bummed
Go Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session
Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album)
My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
Pixies – Surfer Rosa
Metallica – And Justice for All
Dinosaur Jr – Bug
Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
lang, k.d. – Shadowland
American Music Club – California
Morrissey – Viva Hate
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn
Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Faith No More – Real Thing
Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the
New Order – Technique
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’
Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
Bush, Kate – Sensual World
Cure – Disintegration
808 State – 808:90
Coldcut – What’s That Noise?
Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
Aerosmith – Pump
Pixies – Doolittle
Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
Fugazi – Repeater
Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One
De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814
Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
NWA – Straight Outta Compton
Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
Shamen – En-Tact
Deee Lite – World Clique
La’s – La’s
Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
Depeche Mode – Violator
Pixies – Bossanova
Megadeth – Rust in Peace
Digital Underground – Sex Packets
Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
Michael, George – Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1
Young, Neil – Ragged Glory
Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
O’Connor, Sinιad – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Tribe Called Quest, a – People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm
Sonic Youth – Goo
Ride – Nowhere
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Nirvana – Nevermind
Crowded House – Woodface
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
Cope, Julian – Peggy Suicide
Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
MC Solaar - Qui Sθme le Vent Rιcolte le Tempo
Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Ice T – OG: Original Gangster
Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back
Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory
Pearl Jam – Ten
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
Sepultura – Arise
Slint – Spiderland
U2 – Achtung Baby
KLF – White Room
Massive Attack – Blue Lines
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album]
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…
Olomidι, Koffi – Haut de Gamme: Koweοt, Rive Gauche
Morrissey – Your Arsenal
Maal, Baaba – Lam Toro
Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
lang, k.d. – Ingιnue
Dr Dre – Chronic, the
REM – Automatic for the People
Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the…
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
Sugar – Copper Blue
Waits, Tom – Bone Machine
Sonic Youth – Dirty
Stereo MCs – Connected
Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)
Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
Ice Cube – Predator
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Alice in Chains – Dirt
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream, by…
Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
Harvey, P.J. – Dry
Suede – Suede (1st Album)
Weller, Paul – Wild Wood
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Auteurs – New Wave
Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
Mann, Aimee – Whatever
Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
Nirvana – In Utero
Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
Pet Shop Boys – Very
Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
Fall – Infotainment Scan
Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Bjφrk – Debut
Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
Sebadoh – Bubble & Scrape
Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III
Method Man – Tical
Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year
Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
Jeru the Damaja – Sun Rises in the East
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Portishead – Dummy
Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
Nas – Illmatic
Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
Morrissey – Vauxhall & I
TLC – CrazySexyCool
Oasis – Definitely Maybe
Soundgarden – Superunknown
Offspring – Smash
Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
Blur – Parklife
G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce (1994)
Tourι, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
Hole – Live Through This
Massive Attack – Protection
Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible
Suede – Dog Man Star
Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
Buckley, Jeff – Grace
Orbital – Snivilisation
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
Green Day – Dookie
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1st Album)
Garbage – Garbage (1st Album)
Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
Tricky – Maxinquaye
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream
Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
2Pac – Me Against the World
Elastica – Elastica (1st Album)
Supergrass – I Should Coco
Radiohead – Bends, the
Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti (1995)
Verve – A Northern Soul
Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
Pulp – Different Class
Leftfield – Leftism
D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Goldie – Timeless
Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
Screaming Trees – Dust
Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
Dr Octagon – Dr Octagonecologyst
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Beck – Odelay
Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
Eels – Beautiful Freak
Divine Comedy – Casanova
Apple, Fiona – Tidal
Wilco – Being There
Sepultura – Roots
Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
Fugees – Score, the
Ash – 1977
Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
Blur – Blur (1997)
Radiohead – OK Computer
Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly
Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
Wyatt, Robert – Shleep
Holmes, David – Let’s Get Killed
Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out
Prodigy – Fat of the Land
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Boatman’s Call
Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
Daft Punk – Homework
Williams, Robbie – Life Thru a Lens
Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
Supergrass – In it for the Money
Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
Size, Roni & Reprazent – New Forms
Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
Verve – Urban Hymns
Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
Dandy Warhols – Dandy Warhols (1997)
Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester]
Chao, Manu – Clandestino
Bragg, Billy & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Gray, David – White Ladder
Williams, Lucinda – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Pulp – This is Hardcore
Madonna – Ray of Light
Hill, Lauryn – Miseducation of…
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
System of a Down - System of a Down (1st Album)
Queen of the Stone Age - Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)
Air – Moon Safari
Singh, Talvin – OK
Korn – Follow the Leader
Khalθd, (Cheb) – Kenza
Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
Suba - Sγo Paulo Confessions
XTC – Apple Venus: Volume 1
Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
Incubus – Make Yourself
Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Travis – Man Who
Slipknot – Slipknot (1st Album)
Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin
Death in Vegas – Contino Sessions
Moby – Play
Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
Rhymes Digitales, les – Darkdancer
Tigre, le – Tigre, le (1999)
Eminem – Slim Shady LP
Spears, Britney – Baby One More Time
Metallica – S&M
Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
Shack – HMS Fable
Basement Jaxx – Remedy
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Sigur Rσs – Αgζtis Byrjun
Doves – Lost Souls
Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
Gilberto, Bebel – Tanto Tempo
Cole, MJ – Sincere
Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Radiohead – Kid A
U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
Badly Drawn Boy – Hour of Bewilderbeast
Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
Coldplay – Parachutes
Common – Like Water for Chocolate
Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
Red Snapper – Our Aim is to Satisfy
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
Lambchop – Nixon
Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
Madonna – Music
Avalanches – Since I Left You
OutKast – Stankonia
Radiohead – Amnesiac
Silver Jews – Bright Flight
Bjφrk – Vespertine
Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
Adams, Ryan – Gold
Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Strokes – Is This It
Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la
White Stripes – White Blood Cells
Beta Band – Hot Shots II
Jay Z – Blueprint
Rφyksopp – Melody AM
Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coral – Coral (2002)
Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Doves – Last Broadcast
Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the
Beck – Sea Change
Roots – Phrenology
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
White Stripes – Elephant
Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
Bjφrk – Medϊlla
Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album)
Icarus Line – Penance Soirιe
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album)
West, Kanye – College Dropout
Green, Cee-Lo – Is the Soul Machine
TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
Killers – Hot Fuss
Ozamatli – Street Signs
Green Day – American Idiot
Common – Be
Hawley, Richard – Coles Corner
Antony and the Johnsons – I Am Bird Now
Stevens, Sufjan – Come on Feel the Illinoise
Toure, Ali Farke – Savane
Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Winehouse, Amy – Back to Back
Fiasco, Lupe – Food & Liquor
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Aguilera, Christina – Back to Basics
Newsom, Joanna – Ys
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Radiohead – In Rainbows
M.I.A – Kala
Justice – Cross
Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future


Changes Since 2005

 

Out

Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
Timberlake, Justin – Justified
Vines – Highly Evolved
Hives – Your New Favourite Band
Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
Winehouse, Amy – Frank
Calexico – Feast of Wire
Darkness – Permission to Land
Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
Thrills – So Much for the City
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
Zutons – Who Killed the Zutons?
Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
MIA (UK) – Arular
Beck – Guero
White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan


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Green Day – American Idiot
Common – Be
Hawley, Richard – Coles Corner
Antony and the Johnsons – I Am Bird Now
Stevens, Sufjan – Come on Feel the Illinoise
Toure, Ali Farke – Savane
Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Winehouse, Amy – Back to Back
Fiasco, Lupe – Food & Liquor
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Aguilera, Christina – Back to Basics
Newsom, Joanna – Ys
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Radiohead – In Rainbows
M.I.A – Kala
Justice – Cross
Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future

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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 2018 Edition

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• Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours - 1955
• Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley - 1956
• The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs Of Life - 1956
• Louis Prima - The Wildest! - 1956
• Fats Domino - This Is Fats - 1956
• Duke Ellington - Ellington At Newport 1956 - 1956
• Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swinging Lovers! - 1956
• The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets - 1957
• Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie - 1957
• Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners - 1957
• Sabu - Palo Congo - 1957
• Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool - 1957
• Machito - Kenya - 1957
• Little Richard - Here's Little Richard - 1957
• Tito Puenete And His Orchestra - Dance Mania, Vol.1 - 1958
• Billie Holliday - Lady In Satin - 1958
• Jack Elliott - Jack Takes The Floor - 1958
• Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan At Mister Kelly's - 1958
• Ella Fitzgerald - Sing The Gershwin Song Book - 1959
• Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles - 1959
• Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue - 1959
• Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - 1959
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - 1959

• Joan Baez - Joan Baez - 1960
• Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back - 1960
• Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba - 1960
• The Everley Brothers - A Date With The Everley Brothers - 1960
• Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack - 1960
• Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters At Newport - 1960
• Bill Evans - Sunday At The Village Vanguard - 1961
• Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - 1962
• Booker T And The Mg's - Green Onions - 1962
• Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba - 1962
• Ray Price - Night Life - 1962
• The Beatles - With The Beatles - 1963
• Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963
• Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You - 1963
• Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club - 1963
• Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - 1963
• James Brown - Live At The Apollo - 1963
• Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto - Gets/Gilberto - 1963
• The Beatles - A Hard Days Night - 1964
• Jacques Brel - Olympia 64 - 1964
• Soloman Burke - Rock 'N Soul - 1964
• Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty - 1964
• The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones - 1964
• Buck Owens And His Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - 1965
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club Hamburg - 1965
• The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics - 1965
• Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - 1965
• Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul - 1965
• The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today - 1965
• John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - 1965
• B.B. King - Live At The Regal - 1965
• The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1965
• Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch - 1965
• The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man - 1965
• Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - 1965
• The Who - My Generation - 1965
• The Beatles - Revolver - 1966
• The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - 1966
• Fred Neil - Fred Neil - 1966
• The Byrds - Fifth Dimension - 1966
• Bob Dylan - Blond On Blond - 1966
• The Monks - Black Monk Time - 1966
• The Kinks - Face To Face - 1966
• The Mama's And The Papa's - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears - 1966
• Paul Revere And The Raiders - Midnight Ride - 1966
• The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out - 1966
• The Rolling Stones - Aftermath - 1966
• Simon And Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - 1966
• The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators - 1966
• John Mayall'e Blues Breakers - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Beano) - 1966
• The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds - 1966
• Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind - 1966
• Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba - 1967
• Nico - Chelsea Girl - 1967
• The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967
• Country Joe And The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body - 1967
• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Sprinfield Again - 1967
• Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Safe As Milk - 1967
• Moby Grape - Moby Grape - 1967
• Love - Da Capo - 1967
• The Beau Brummels - Triangle - 1967
• The Monkees - Headquarters - 1967
• Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello - 1967
• Love - Forever Changes - 1967
• Cream - Disraeli Gears - 1967
• Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - 1967
• The Who - The Who Sell Out - 1967
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico - 1967
• Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & …. - 1967
• The Doors - The Doors - 1967
• The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday - 1967
• The Young Rascals - Groovin' - 1967
• Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - 1967
• The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks - 1967
• Donovan - Sunshine Superman - 1967
• Maele Haggard - I'm A Lonesome Fugitive - 1967
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced - 1967
• The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - 1967
• Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Love On Your Mind) - 1967
• Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call Of The Valley - 1967
• The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - 1967
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love - 1967
• Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - 1967
• The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet - 1968
• Traffic - Traffic - 1968
• The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - 1968
• The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - 1968
• Ravi Shankar - The Sound Of India - 1968
• Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes - 1968
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland - 1968
• Leonard Cohen - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen - 1968
• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash At Falsom Prison - 1968
• Laura Nyro - Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - 1968
• Aretha Franklin - Aretha: Lady Soul - 1968
• Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum - 1968
• The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers - 1968
• Big Brother And The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills - 1968
• The United States Of America - The United States Of America - 1968
• Dr. John And The Night Tripper - Gris-Gris - 1968
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 1968
• The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow - 1968
• Simon And Garfunkel - Bookends - 1968
• The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - 1968
• The Band - Music From Big Pink - 1968
• Jeff Beck - Truth - 1968
• Caetano Veloso - Caetano Velose - 1968
• Scott Walker - Scott 2 - 1968
• The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle - 1968
• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - 1968
• The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - 1968
• The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) - 1968
• The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money - 1968
• Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Everybody Know This Is Nowhere - 1969
• Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica - 1969
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country - 1969
• Crosby, Stills And Nash - Crosby, Stills And Nash - 1969
• Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blood, Sweat And Tears - 1969
• Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin - 1969
• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash At San Quentin - 1969
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 1969
• The Beatles - Abbey Road - 1969
• The Who - Tommy - 1969
• Miles Davis - In A Silent Way - 1969
• The Bee Gees - Odessa - 1969
• The Pentangle - Basket Of Light - 1969
• The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - 1969
• Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - 1969
• Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis - 1969
• Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis - 1969
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 1969
• Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails - 1969
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 1969
• The Band - The Band - 1969
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 1969
• Mc5 - Kick Out The Jams - 1969
• The Temptations - Cloud Nine - 1969
• Sly And The Family Stone - Stand! - 1969
• Tim Buckley - Happy Sad - 1969
• Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority - 1969
• Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking - 1969
• The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain - 1969
• Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul - 1969
• The Greatful Dead - Live/Dead - 1969
• The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline Anf Fall Of The British Empire - 1969
• King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King - 1969
• Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room - 1969
• Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief - 1969
• Scott Walker - Scott 4 - 1969
• The Stooges - The Stooges - 1969
• Alexander Spence - Oar - 1969
• Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - 1969

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory - 1970
• Derek And The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - 1970
• Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - 1970
• Sprit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Saedonicus - 1970
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - 1970
• The Doors - Morrison Hotel - 1970
• The Carpenters - Close To You - 1970
• Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills - 1970
• John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - 1970
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Dιjΰ Vu - 1970
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1970
• Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - 1970
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III - 1970
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock - 1970
• Van Morrison - Moondance - 1970
• The Grateful Dead - American Beauty - 1970
• Nick Drake - Bryter Later - 1970
• Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar - 1970
• The Who - Live At Leeds - 1970
• Soft Machine - Third - 1970
• Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley - 1970
• George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 1970
• Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 1970
• Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman - 1970
• Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die - 1970
• The Stooges - Fun House - 1970
• James Taylor - Sweet Baby James - 1970
• Paul McCartney - McCartney - 1970
• Santana - Abraxis - 1970
• Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs - 1970
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung - 1971
• David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name - 1971
• Sly And The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On - 1971
• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 1971
• Yes - The Yes Album - 1971
• The Bee Gees - Trafalgar - 1971
• The Who - Who's Next - 1971
• Carole King - Tapestry - 1971
• Isaac Hayes - Shaft - 1971
• The Allman Brothers Band - At The Fillmore East - 1971
• The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - 1971
• John Lennon - Imagine - 1971
• The Beach Boys - Surf's Up - 1971
• Yes - Fragile - 1971
• The Doors - L.A. Woman - 1971
• Can - Tago Mago - 1971
• Elton John - Madman Across The Water - 1971
• Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors - 1971
• Don Mclean - American Pie - 1971
• Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Tarkus - 1971
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (IV) - 1971
• Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson - 1971
• Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story - 1971
• Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition - 1971
• Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate - 1971
• Joni Mitchell - Blue - 1971
• Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - 1971
• Janis Joplin - Pearl - 1971
• Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70 With Ginger Baker - Live! - 1971
• Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse - 1971
• Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head - 1971
• Gene Clark - White Light - 1971
• John Prine - John Prine - 1971
• Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - 1971
• T.Rex - Electric Warrior - 1971
• David Bowie - Hunky Dory - 1971
• Randy Newman - Sail Away - 1972
• Deep Purple - Machine Head - 1972
• Big Star - No. 1 Record - 1972
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4 - 1972
• Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill - 1972
• Neil Young - Harvest - 1972
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly - 1972
• Slade - Slayed? - 1972
• Deep Purple - Made In Japan - 1972
• Yes - Close To The Edge - 1972
• Lou Reed - Transformer - 1972
• Hugh Masekela - Home Is Where The Music Is - 1972
• Milton Nascimento And Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina - 1972
• Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything - 1972
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - 1972
• Stevie Wonder - Talking Book - 1972
• Stephen Stills - Manassas - 1972
• T.Rex - The Slider - 1972
• David Ackles - American Gothic - 1972
• The Eagles - Eagles - 1972
• Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A. - 1972
• Nick Drake - Pink Moon - 1972
• Paul Simon - Paul Simon - 1972
• Roxy Music - Roxy Music - 1972
• Alice Cooper - Schools Out - 1972
• The Temptations - All Directions - 1972
• David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - 1972
• War - The World Is A Ghetto - 1972
• Al Green - Let's Stay Together - 1972
• The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. - 1972
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd - 1973
• Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock - 1973
• David Bowie - Aladdin Sane - 1973
• King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic - 1973
• Bob Marley And The Wailers - Catch A Fire - 1973
• Hawkwind - Space Ritual - 1973
• John Cale - Paris 1919 - 1973
• Can - Future Days - 1973
• Lou Reed - Berlin - 1973
• Genesis - Selling England By The Pound - 1973
• Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On - 1973
• John Martyn - Solid Air - 1973
• Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure - 1973
• Faust - Faust Iv - 1973
• Herbie Hancock - Headhunters - 1973
• Mott The Hoople - Mott - 1973
• Mile Oldfield - Tubular Bells - 1973
• Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star - 1973
• Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973
• Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy - 1973
• Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes - 1973
• Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 1973
• Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - 1973
• Zz Top - Tres Hombres - 1973
• Paul McCartney And Wings - Band On The Run - 1973
• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next… - 1973
• Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies - 1973
• Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power - 1973
• The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 - 1973
• New York Dolls - New York Dolls - 1973
• Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets - 1974
• Bad Company - Bad Company - 1974
• Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - 1974
• Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information - 1974
• Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale - 1974
• Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard - 1974
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn - 1974
• Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now - 1974
• Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark - 1974
• Queen - Queen II - 1974
• Roxy Music - Country Life - 1974
• Tangerine Dream - Phaedra - 1974
• Sparks - Kimono My House - 1974
• Supertramp - Crime Of The Century - 1974
• Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - 1974
• Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter In America - 1974
• Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1974
• 10cc - Sheet Music - 1974
• Neil Young - On The Beach - 1974
• George Jones - The Grand Tour - 1974
• Gene Clark - No Other - 1974
• Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - 1974
• Randy Newman - Good Old Boys - 1974
• Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread - 1974
• Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - 1974
• Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel - 1974
• Eno - Another Green World - 1975
• The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy - 1975
• Neu! - Neu! - 1975
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 1975
• Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - 1975
• Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic - 1975
• David Bowie - Young Americans - 1975
• Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey - 1975
• Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run - 1975
• Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky - 1975
• Dion - Born To Be With You - 1975
• Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - 1975
• Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner - 1975
• R.D. Burman/Bappi Lahiri - Shalimar/College Girl - 1975
• Neil Young - Tonights The Night - 1975
• Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks - 1975
• Patti Smith - Horses - 1975
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975
• Queen - A Night At The Opera - 1975
• Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - 1975
• Earth, Wind, And Fire - That's The Way Of The World - 1975
• Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today - 1975
• Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - 1976
• The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers - 1976
• David Bowie - Station To Station - 1976
• Joni Mitchell - Hejira - 1976
• Boston - Boston - 1976
• Eagles - Hotel California - 1976
• Abba - Arrival - 1976
• Kiss - Destroyer - 1976
• Rush - 2112 - 1976
• Jorge Ben - Africa/Brasil - 1976
• Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading - 1976
• Aerosmith - Rocks - 1976
• Parliament - Mothership Conection - 1976
• The Penguin Cafι Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Cafι - 1976
• Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene - 1976
• Ramones - Ramones - 1976
• Fela Kuti And The Africa '70 - Zombie - 1976
• Peter Tosh - Legalize It - 1976
• Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life - 1976
• Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! - 1976
• Brian Eno - Before And After Science - 1977
• Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express - 1977
• Billy Joel - The Stranger - 1977
• Bob Marley And The Wailers - Exodus - 1977
• Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue - 1977
• Weather Report - Heavy Weather - 1977
• Muddy Waters - Hard Again - 1977
• The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (IV) - 1977
• The Clash - The Clash - 1977
• David Bowie - Low - 1977
• Steely Dan - Aja - 1977
• Wire - Pink Flag - 1977
• John Martyn - One World - 1977
• Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 - 1977
• Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 1977
• David Bowie - "Heroes" - 1977
• Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue - 1977
• Suicide - Suicide - 1977
• Iggy Pop - The Idiot - 1977
• Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) - 1977
• Television - Marquee Moon - 1977
• Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell - 1977
• Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - 1977
• Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - 1977
• Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties - 1977
• Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - 1977
• Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance - 1978
• Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine - 1978
• Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978
• Elis Regina - Vento De Maio - 1978
• Pere Ubu - Dub Housing - 1978
• The Only Ones - The Only Ones - 1978
• Elvis Costello - This Years Model - 1978
• The Jam - All Mod Cons - 1978
• Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade - 1978
• The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts - 1978
• Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers - 1978
• The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster And Glen - 1978
• Public Image Ltd. - Public Image - 1978
• Magazine - Real Life - 1978
• Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - 1978
• Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove - 1978
• Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. Third And Final Report - 1978
• Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous - 1978
• Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildins And Food - 1978
• Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen - 1978
• Van Halen - Van Halen - 1978
• Willie Colon And Ruben Blades - Siembra - 1978
• The Cars - The Cars - 1978
• Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - 1978
• Dire Strates - Dire Straits - 1978
• The Saints - Eternally Yours - 1978
• Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear - 1978
• Willie Nelson - Stardust - 1978
• Chic - C'est Chic - 1978
• X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents - 1978
• Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports - 1978
• Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream - 1978
• Ac/Dc - Highway To Hell - 1979
• Sister Sledge - We Are Family - 1979
• Crusaders - Street Life - 1979
• The Germs - (GI) - 1979
• The B-52's - The B-52's - 1979
• Holger Czukay - Movies - 1979
• Police - Regatta De Blanc - 1979
• The Fall - Live At The Witch Trials - 1979
• Talking Heads - Fear Of Music - 1979
• Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures - 1979
• Chic - Risque - 1979
• The Undertones - The Undertones - 1979
• The Clash - London Calling - 1979
• Japan - Quiet Life - 1979
• Marianne Faithful - Broken English - 1979
• The Slits - Cut - 1979
• Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Armed Forces - 1979
• Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps - 1979
• Gang Of Four - Entertainment! - 1979
• Cheap Trick - At Budokan - 1979
• Fleetwood Mac - Tusk - 1979
• Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979
• Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box - 1979
• Michael Jackson - Off The Wall - 1979
• The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette - 1979
• Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle - 1979
• The Specials - Special - 1979

• Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Fronier - 1980
• Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - 1980
• Ac/Dc - Back In Black - 1980
• The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us - 1980
• Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - 1980
• Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) - 1980
• The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight - 1980
• The Cure - Seventeen Seconds - 1980
• Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles - 1980
• Motorhead - Ace Of Spades - 1980
• Killing Joke - Killing Joke - 1980
• Judas Priest - British Steel - 1980
• The Circle Jerks - Group Sex - 1980
• Talking Heads - Remain In Light - 1980
• Joy Division - Closer - 1980
• Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden - 1980
• The Undertones - Hypnotised - 1980
• The Jam - Sound Affects - 1980
• Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine - 1980
• Ub40 - Signing Off - 1980
• The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro - 1980
• The Specials - More Specials - 1980
• Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver - 1980
• Pretenders - Pretenders - 1980
• Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps - 1981
• Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju - 1981
• Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement - 1981
• The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beast - 1981
• Motorhead - No Sleep 'Till Hammersmith - 1981
• Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - 1981
• Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark - Architecture And Morality - 1981
• Brian Eno And David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - 1981
• Black Flag - Damaged - 1981
• X - Wild Gift - 1981
• The Psychedelic Furs - Talk, Talk, Talk - 1981
• The Human League - Dare - 1981
• The Gun Club - Fire Of Love - 1981
• Bauhaus - Mask - 1981
• Bobby Womack - The Poet - 1981
• Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club - 1981
• Rush - Moving Pictures - 1981
• Abba - The Visitors - 1981
• ABC - The Lexicon Of Love - 1982
• Prince - 1999 - 1982
• Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message - 1982
• Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom - 1982
• The Cure - Pornography - 1982
• Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay - 1982
• Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - 1982
• Madness - The Rise And Fall - 1982
• Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - 1982
• Haircut 100 - Pelican West - 1982
• Kate Bush - The Dreaming - 1982
• Orange Juice - Rip It Up - 1982
• Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982
• The Birthday Party - Junkyard - 1982
• Venom - Black Metal - 1982
• Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - 1982
• Associates - Sulk - 1982
• Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast - 1982
• Duran Duran - Rio - 1982
• Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes - 1982
• Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock - 1983
• Def Leppard - Pyromania - 1983
• R.E.M. - Murmer - 1983
• The The - Soul Mining - 1983
• Tom Waits - Swardfishtrombones - 1983
• The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops - 1983
• Hanoi Rocks - Back To Mystery City - 1983
• Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual - 1983
• Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones - 1983
• Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine - 1983
• Zz Top - Eliminator - 1983
• Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - 1983
• U2 - War - 1983
• The Police - Synchronicity - 1983
• Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II - 1983
• Culture Club - Colour By Numbers - 1983
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome - 1984
• Run-DMC - Run-DMC - 1984
• Sade - Diamond Life - 1984
• Cocteau Twins - Treasure - 1984
• Minor Threat - Out Of Step - 1984
• Van Halen - 1984 - 1984
• Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain - 1984
• The Replacements - Let It Be - 1984
• The Style Council - Cafι Bleu - 1984
• Tina Turner - Private Dancer - 1984
• Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain - 1984
• Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime - 1984
• Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes - 1984
• Youssou N' Dour - Immigres - 1984
• Bruce Springsteen - Born In The Usa - 1984
• The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace - 1985
• Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From An Ancient Well - 1985
• A-Ha - Hunting High And Low - 1985
• Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair - 1985
• Dire Strates - Brothers In Arms - 1985
• Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen - 1985
• Mekons - Fear And Whiskey - 1985
• Big Black - Atomizer - 1985
• Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega - 1985
• The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash - 1985
• Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - 1985
• The Smiths - Meat Is Murder - 1985
• Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - 1985
• The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy - 1985
• New Order - Low-Life - 1985
• Simply Red - Picture Book - 1985
• Dexy's Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down - 1985
• Scritti Politti - Cupid And Psyche 85 - 1985
• Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Blood And Chocolate - 1986
• Afrika Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album - 1986
• Beastie Boys - Licenced To Ill - 1986
• Metallica - Master Of Puppets - 1986
• The The - Infected - 1986
• Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers - 1986
• Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry - 1986
• Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring - 1986
• Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? - 1986
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 1986
• Sonic Youth - Evol - 1986
• Slayer - Reign In Blood - 1986
• Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses - 1986
• Paul Simon - Graceland - 1986
• Run-DMC - Raising Hell - 1986
• XTC - Skylarking - 1986
• Steve Earle - Guitar Town - 1986
• Bad Brains - I Against I - 1986
• Anita Baker - Rapture - 1986
• The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - 1986
• Peter Gabriel - So - 1986
• Anthrax - Among The Living - 1987
• Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me - 1987
• Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio - 1987
• Def Leppard - Hysteria - 1987
• R.E.M. - Document - 1987
• Prince - Sign O' The Times - 1987
• The Cult - Electric - 1987
• Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses - 1987
• The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland - 1987
• George Michael - Faith - 1987
• Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories - 1987
• Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician - 1987
• Astor Pizzolla And Gary Burton - The New Tango - 1987
• The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come - 1987
• Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - 1987
• The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands - 1987
• Ladysmith Balck Mambazo - Shaka Zulu - 1987
• Laibach - Opus Dei - 1987
• Napalm Death - Scum - 1987
• Sonic Youth - Sister - 1987
• The Triffids - Calenture - 1987
• Michael Jackson - Bad - 1987
• Pet Shop Boys - Actually - 1987
• U2 - The Joshua Tree - 1987
• Terence Trent D'arby - Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'arby - 1987
• The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God - 1988
• Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man - 1988
• The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues - 1988
• Fishbone - Truth And Soul - 1988
• Everything But The Girl - Idlewild - 1988
• Living Colour - Vivid - 1988
• Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff - 1988
• R.E.M. - Green - 1988
• Happy Mondays - Bummed - 1988
• The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane - 1988
• Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session - 1988
• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman - 1988
• My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - 1988
• Pixies - Surfer Rosa - 1988
• Metallica - …And Justice For All - 1988
• Dinosaur Jr. - Bug - 1988
• Dagmar Krause - Tank Battles - 1988
• K.D. Lang - Shadowland - 1988
• American Music Club - California - 1988
• Morrissey - "Viva Hate" - 1988
• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - 1988
• The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good - 1988
• Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room - 1988
• Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking - 1988
• Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - 1988
• Faith No More - The Real Thing - 1989
• Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule - 1989
• John Lee Hooker - The Healer - 1989
• New Order - Technique - 1989
• Madonna - Like A Prayer - 1989
• Queen Latifah - All Hail The Queen - 1989
• Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire - 1989
• Firehouse - Fromohio - 1989
• Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - 1989
• The Young Gods - L'eau Rouge - 1989
• John Zorn - Spy Vs. Spy - The Music Of Ornette Coleman - 1989
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - 1989
• Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi - 1989
• Baaba Maal And Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii - 1989
• Kate Bush - The Sensual World - 1989
• The Cure - Disintegration - 1989
• 808 State - 808:90 - 1989
• Coldcut - What's That Noise - 1989
• Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story - 1989
• Aerosmith - Pump - 1989
• Pixies - Doolittle - 1989
• Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time - 1989
• Fugazi - Repeater - 1989
• Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One - 1989
• De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising - 1989
• Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 - 1989
• Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature - 1989
• N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 1989

• Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas - 1990
• The Shaman - Eb-Tact - 1990
• Deee-Lite - World Clique - 1990
• The La's - The La's - 1990
• The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker - 1990
• Depeche Mode - Violater - 1990
• Pixies - Bossanova - 1990
• Megadeth - Rust In Peace - 1990
• Digital Underground - Sex Packets - 1990
• Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour - 1990
• Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches - 1990
• George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - 1990
• Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory - 1990
• Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted - 1990
• Janes Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual - 1990
• Ll Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out - 1990
• Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet - 1990
• Sinead O' Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - 1990
• A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm - 1990
• Sonic Youth - Goo - 1990
• Ride - Nowhere - 1990
• My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - 1991
• Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991
• Crowded House - Woodface - 1991
• Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill - 1991
• Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide - 1991
• Gang Starr - Step In The Arena - 1991
• Mc Solaar - Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo - 1991
• Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - Rising Above Bedlam - 1991
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - 1991
• Ice-T - Og Original Gangster - 1991
• Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - 1991
• Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 …The Enemy Strikes Black - 1991
• A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory - 1991
• Pearl Jam - Ten - 1991
• Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha - 1991
• Sepultura - Arise - 1991
• Slint - Spiderland - 1991
• U2 - Achtung Baby - 1991
• The KLF - The White Room - 1991
• Massive Attack - Blue Lines - 1991
• Primal Scream - Screamadelica - 1991
• Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque - 1991
• Metallica - Metallica - 1991
• Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted - 1992
• Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Workss 85-92 - 1992
• Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of - 1992
• Koffi Olomide - Haut De Gamme-Koweit, Rive Gauche - 1992
• Morrissey - "Your Arsenal" - 1992
• Baaba Maal - Lam Toro - 1992
• Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray - 1992
• Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 1992
• The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - 1992
• K.D. Lang - Ingenue - 1992
• Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 1992
• R.E.M. - Automatic For The People - 1992
• The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - 1992
• Spritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies - 1992
• Sugar - Copper Blue - 1992
• Tom Waits - Bone Machine - 1992
• Sonic Youth - Dirty - 1992
• Stereo MC's - Connected - 1992
• Ministry - Psalm 69 - 1992
• Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes - 1992
• Ice Cube - The Predator - 1992
• Pentera - Vulgar Display Of Power - 1992
• Alice In Chains - Dirt - 1992
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream - 1992
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Party - Devotional Songs - 1992
• P.J. Harvey - Dry - 1992
• Suede - Suede - 1993
• Paul Weller - Wild Wood - 1993
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - 1993
• Auteurs - New Wave - 1993
• Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville - 1993
• The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen - 1993
• Aimee Mann - "Whatever" - 1993
• Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy - 1993
• Nirvana - In Utero - 1993
• Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth - 1993
• Pet Shop Boys - Very - 1993
• P.J. Harvey - Rid Of Me - 1993
• Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish - 1993
• Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club - 1993
• The Fall - The Infotainment Scan - 1993
• Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - 1993
• Bjork - Debut - 1993
• Orbital - Orbital (Brown Album) - 1993
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 1993
• Sebadoh - Bubble And Scrape - 1993
• The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps - 1993
• William Orbit - Strange Cargo III - 1993
• Method Man - Tical - 1994
• Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year - 1994
• Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - 1994
• Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East - 1994
• Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - 1994
• Portishead - Dummy - 1994
• The Sabres Of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall - 1994
• Nas - Illmatic - 1994
• Beastie Boys - Ill Comunication - 1994
• Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth - 1994
• Morrissey - Vauxhall And I - 1994
• TLC - Crazysexycool - 1994
• Oasis - Definitely Maybe - 1994
• Soundgarden - Superunknown - 1994
• The Offspring - Smash - 1994
• Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime - 1994
• Blur - Parklife - 1994
• G.Love And Special Sauce - G.Love And Special Sauce - 1994
• Ali Farka With Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu - 1994
• Hole - Live Through This - 1994
• Massive Attack - Protection - 1994
• Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible - 1994
• Suede - Dog Man Star - 1994
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die - 1994
• Jeff Buckley - Grace - 1994
• Orbital - Snivilisation - 1994
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York - 1994
• Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - 1994
• The Prodigy - Music For A Jilted Generation - 1994
• Green Day - Dookie - 1994
• Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters - 1995
• Garbage - Garbage - 1995
• Nightmares On Wax - Smokers Delight - 1995
• Tricky - Maxinquaye - 1995
• Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - 1995
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - 1995
• Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula Scream! - 1995
• The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust - 1995
• Tupac - Me Against The World - 1995
• Elastica - Elastica - 1995
• Supergrass - I Should Coco - 1995
• Radiohead - The Bends - 1995
• Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes - 1995
• Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti - 1995
• The Verve - A Northern Soul - 1995
• Genius/Gza - Liquid Swords - 1995
• Pulp - Different Class - 1995
• Leftfield - Leftism - 1995
• D'angelo - Brown Sugar - 1995
• Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - 1995
• Goldie - Timeless - 1995
• Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 1995
• Screaming Trees - Dust - 1996
• Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic - 1996
• Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry - 1996
• Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst - 1996
• Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup - 1996
• Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - 1996
• Beck - Odelay - 1996
• Belle And Sebastian - "Tigermilk" - 1996
• Dj Shadow - Endtroducing - 1996
• Eels - Beautiful Freak - 1996
• The Divine Comedy - Casanova - 1996
• Fiona Apple - Tidal - 1996
• Wilco - Being There - 1996
• Sepultura - Roots - 1996
• Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus - 1996
• Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself - 1996
• Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suete - 1996
• The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories - 1996
• Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go - 1996
• Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded - 1996
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads - 1996
• L.T.J. Burkem - Logical Progression - 1996
• Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants - 1996
• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry - 1996
• The Cardigans - First Band On The Moon - 1996
• Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar - 1996
• Fugees - The Score - 1996
• Ash - 1977 - 1996
• Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 1996
• Blur - Blur - 1997
• Radiohead - Ok Computer - 1997
• Finley Quaye - Maverick A Strike - 1997
• Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Super Dupa Fly - 1997
• The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole - 1997
• Primal Scream - Vanishing Point - 1997
• Robert Wyatt - Shleep - 1997
• David Holmes - Let's Get Killed - 1997
• Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out - 1997
• Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land - 1997
• Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club - 1997
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call - 1997
• The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love - 1997
• Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time - 1997
• Daft Punk - Homework - 1997
• Robbie Williams - Life Through A Lens - 1997
• Mariah Carey - Butterfly - 1997
• Supergrass - In It For The Money - 1997
• Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind - 1997
• Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms - 1997
• Elliott Smith - Either/Or - 1997
• The Verve - Urban Hymns - 1997
• Spritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space - 1997
• System Of A Down - System Of A Down - 1998
• Bob Dylan - Live 1966 - 1998
• Manu Chao - Clandestino - 1998
• Billy Bragg And Wilco - Mermaid Avenue - 1998
• Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes - 1998
• Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby - 1998
• David Gray - White Ladder - 1998
• Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - 1998
• Pulp - This Is Hardcore - 1998
• Madonna - Ray Of Light - 1998
• Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - 1998
• Hole - Celebrity Skin - 1998
• Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs - 1998
• Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age - 1998
• Air - Moon Safari - 1998
• Talvin Singh - Ok - 1998
• Korn - Follow The Leader - 1998
• Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause - 1998
• Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - 1998
• Suba - Sao Paulo Confessions - 1999
• Khaled - Kenza - 1999
• Xtc - Apple Venus Volume 1 - 1999
• Incubus - Make Yourself - 1999
• The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 1999
• Travis - The Man Who - 1999
• Slipknot - Slipknot - 1999
• Beth Orton - Central Reservation - 1999
• Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin - 1999
• Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions - 1999
• Moby - Play - 1999
• The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin - 1999
• Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer - 1999
• Le Tigre - Le Tigre - 1999
• Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - 1999
• Metallica - S&M - 1999
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See Darkness - 1999
• Shack - H.M.S. Fable - 1999
• Basement Jaxx - Remedy - 1999
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 1999
• Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - 1999

• Doves - Lost Souls - 2000
• Air - The Virgin Suicides - 2000
• Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker - 2000
• Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo - 2000
• Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 2000
• Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl - 2000
• Radiohead - Kid A - 2000
• U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind - 2000
• Coldplay - Parachutes - 2000
• Elliott Smith - Figure 8 - 2000
• Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun - 2000
• P.J. Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - 2000
• Lambchop - Nixon - 2000
• Mike Ladd - Welcome To The Afterfuture - 2000
• Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain - 2000
• Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss - 2000
• The Avalanches - Since I Left You - 2000
• Outkast - Stanonia - 2000
• Common - Like Water For Chocolate - 2001
• Silver Jews - Bright Flight - 2001
• Bjork - Vespertine - 2001
• Ryan Adams - Gold - 2001
• The Strokes - Is This It - 2001
• Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) - 2001
• Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango - 2001
• The White Stripes - White Blood Cells - 2001
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint - 2001
• Royksopp - Melody A.M. - 2001
• Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera - 2001
• Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World - 2001
• Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers - 2002
• Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - 2002
• Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - 2002
• Bruce Springsteen - The Rising - 2002
• The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - 2002
• Beck - Sea Change - 2002
• The Roots - Phrenology - 2002
• Missy Elliott - Under Construction - 2002
• Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 2003
• Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner - 2003
• The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium - 2003
• The White Stripes - Elephant - 2003
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell - 2003
• Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands - 2004
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - 2004
• Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo Green… Is The Soul Machine - 2004
• Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll - 2004
• Rufus Wainwright - Want Two - 2004
• The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free - 2004
• Arcade Fire - Funeral - 2004
• Green Day - American Idiot - 2004
• Common - Be - 2005
• Richard Hawley - Coles Corner - 2005
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 2005
• Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor - 2006
• All Farka Toure - Savane - 2006
• Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 2006
• Joanna Newsom - Ys - 2006
• Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - 2006
• LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver - 2007
• Radiohead - In Rainbows - 2007
• M.I.A. - Kala - 2007
• Justice - Cross - 2007
• Q-Tip - The Renaissance - 2007
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - 2008
• Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - 2008
• Portishead - Third - 2008
• Tv On The Radio - Dear Science - 2008
• Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - 2009
• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 2009
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - 2009
• The Xx - Xx - 2009
• Beach House - Teen Dream - 2010
• The Black Keys - Brothers - 2010
• Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 2010
• John Grant - Queen Of Denmark - 2010
• Janelle Monae - The Archandroid - 2010
• Deerhunter - Halcyon Days - 2010
• P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake - 2011
• White Denim - D - 2011
• Django Django - Django Django - 2012
• Hot Chip - In Our Heads - 2012
• Frank Ocean - Channel Orange - 2012
• Jack White - Blunderbuss - 2012
• Kanye West - Yeezus - 2013
• Beyonce - Beyonce - 2013
• Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe - 2013
• Taylor Swift - 1989 - 2014
• FKA Twigs - LP1 - 2014
• Bjork - Vulnicura - 2015
• Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - 2015
• Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker - 2016
• David Bowie - "Black Star" - 2016
• Skepta - Konnichiwa - 2016
• Solange - A Seat At The Table - 2016
• Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology - 2017
• LCD Soundsystem - American Dream - 2017
• Lord - Melodrama - 2017
• Thundercat - Drunk - 2017
• Kelela - Take Me Apart - 2017
• Sza - Ctrl - 2017
• Hookworms - Microshift - 2018

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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 2021 Edition


1001 albums - 2021

2018 - 2021 changes

Out

• Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands - 2004
• Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo Green… Is The Soul Machine - 2004
• Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll - 2004
• Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor - 2006
• Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - 2008
• The Xx - Xx - 2009
• Deerhunter - Halcyon Days - 2010
• Thundercat - Drunk - 2017
• Kelela - Take Me Apart - 2017
• Sza - Ctrl - 2017

In

• Christine And The Queens - Chris - 2018
• Kacey Musgroves - Golden Hour - 2018
• Little Simz - Grey Area - 2019
• Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka - 2019
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen - 2019
• Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters - 2020
• Sault - Untitled (Black Is) - 2020
• Taylor Swift - Evermore - 2020
• Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club - 2021
• Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales - 2021