1001 Albums
By Tim0
Here is the 1001 albums you must hear before you die from 1001beforeyoudie.com
I’ve heard 48 of them (marked with ***). Got a bit of listening to do.
- Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours
- Duke Ellington – Ellington At Newport ’56
- Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
- Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers
- Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool
- The Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs Of Life
- Count Basie – The Atomic Mr Basie
- Fats Domino – This Is Fats Domino
- Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
- Louis Prima – The Wildest
- Machito – Kenya
- Sabu – Palo Congo
- The Crickets – The Chirping Crickets
- Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners
- Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin
- Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Jack Takes The Floor
- Sarah Vaughan – Live At Mister Kelly’s
- Tito Puente – Dance Mania
- Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
- Ella Fitzgerald – George Gershwin Songbook
- Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
- Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
- Ray Charles – The Genius Of Ray Charles
- The Everly Brothers – A Date With The Everly Brothers
- Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back!
- Joan Baez – Joan Baez
- Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba
- Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters At Newport
- Bill Evans – Sunday At The Village Vanguard
- Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
- Booker T & The MGs – Green Onions
- Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
- Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
- Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
- James Brown – Live At The Apollo
- Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift To You
- Ray Price – Night Life
- Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club
- The Beatles – With The Beatles
- Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch
- Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
- Dusty Springfield – A Girl Called Dusty
- Jacques Brel – Olympia ’64
- John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
- Solomon Burke – Rock & Soul
- Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto
- The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
- The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones
- BB King – Live At The Regal
- Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- Buck Owens – I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
- Otis Redding – Otis Blue
- The Beach Boys – Today!
- The Beatles – Rubber Soul
- The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
- The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics
- The Who – My Generation
- Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
- Donovan – Sunshine Superman
- Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention
- Fred Neil – Fred Neil
- John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
- Mamas And The Papas – Mamas And The Papas
- Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind
- Paul Revere And The Raiders – Midnight Ride
- Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
- The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
- The Beatles – Revolver
- The Byrds – Fifth Dimension
- The Kinks – Face To Face
- The Monks – Black Monk Time
- The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
- The Yardbirds – Yardbirds
- Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way That I Loved You
- Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Safe As Milk
- Country Joe And The Fish – Electric Music For The Mind And Body
- Cream – Disraeli Gears
- Francis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim – Francis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
- Loretta Lynn – Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’
- Love – Da Capo
- Love – Forever Changes
- Merle Haggard – I’m A Lonesome Fugitive
- Moby Grape – Moby Grape
- Nico – Chelsea Girl
- Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
- The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beau Brummels – Triangle
- The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
- The Doors – The Doors
- The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
- The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
- The Monkees – Headquarters
- The Mothers Of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money
- The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
- The Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat
- The Who – The Who Sell Out
- The Young Rascals – Groovin’
- Tim Buckley – Goodbye And Hello
- Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence – Oar
- Aretha Franklin – Aretha: Lady Soul
- Astrud Gilberto – Beach Samba
- Big Brother And The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
- Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
- Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso
- Iron Butterfly – In-a-gadda-da-vida
- Jeff Beck Group – Truth
- Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
- Laura Nyro – Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
- Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen
- Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes
- Ravi Shankar – The Sounds Of India
- Scott Walker – Scott 2
- Shivkumar Sharma / Brijbushan Kabra / Hariprasad – The Call Of The Valley
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
- The Band – Music From Big Pink
- *** The Beatles – The Beatles (White Album)
- The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
- The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
- The Incredible String Band – The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
- The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
- The Pretty Things – SF Sorrow
- The Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet
- The Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
- The United States Of America – The United States Of America
- The Who – Tommy
- The Zombies – Odessey And Oracle
- Tim Buckley – Happy Sad
- Traffic – Traffic
- Blood, Sweat And Tears – Blood, Sweat And Tears
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
- Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
- Crosby, Stills And Nash – Crosby, Stills And Nash
- Dr John – Gris Gris
- Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
- Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis
- Fairport Convention – Liege And Lief
- Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
- Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
- Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
- Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash At San Quentin
- King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin I
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
- Leonard Cohen – Songs From A Room
- Miles Davis – In A Silent Way
- Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
- Pentangle – Basket Of Light
- Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
- Scott Walker – Scott 4
- Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
- The Band – The Band
- *** The Beatles – Abbey Road
- The Bee Gees – Odessa
- The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
- The Kinks – Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
- The MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
- *** The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
- The Stooges – The Stooges
- The Temptations – Cloud Nine
- The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
- The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
- Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
- Ananda Shankar – Ananda Shankar
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Cat Stephens – Tea For The Tillerman
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Deja Vu
- Deep Purple – Deep Purple In Rock
- Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Lovesongs
- George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
- Iggy Pop & The Stooges – Fun House
- James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
- John Lennon – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
- McCartney – McCartney
- Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
- Neil Young – After The Goldrush
- Nick Drake – Bryter Later
- Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley
- Santana – Abraxas
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Soft Machine – Third
- Spirit – Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
- Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills
- Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
- The Carpenters – Close To You
- The Doors – Morrison Hotel
- The Grateful Dead – American Beauty
- The Grateful Dead – Live / Dead
- The Who – Live At Leeds
- Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
- Van Morrison – Moondance
- Can – Tago Mago
- Carole King – Tapestry
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
- David Crosby – If Only I Could Remember My Name
- Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
- Don McLean – American Pie
- *** Elton John – Madman Across The Water
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition
- Fela Kuti – Live With Ginger Baker
- Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
- Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson
- Isaac Hayes – Shaft
- Janis Joplin – Pearl
- Jethro Tull – Aqualung
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Joni Mitchell – Blue
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
- Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
- Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On
- Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
- Serge Gainsbourg – Historie de Melody Nelson
- Sly And The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
- T Rex – Electric Warrior
- The Allman Brothers – The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East
- The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
- The Bee Gees – Trafalgar
- The Doors – LA Woman
- The Faces – A Nod’s As Good As A Wink
- The Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
- The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
- The Who – Who’s Next
- Yes – The Yes Album
- Yes – Fragile
- Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
- Alice Cooper – School’s Out
- Big Star – No.1 Record
- *** Black Sabbath – Volume 4
- Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
- Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
- David Ackles – American Gothic
- David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- David Bowie – Hunky Dory
- Deep Purple – Machine Head
- Gene Clark – White Light
- Hugh Masekela – Home Is Where The Music Is
- John Prine – John Prine
- Lou Reed – Transformer
- Milton Nascimento – Clube Da Esquina
- Neil Young – Harvest
- Nick Drake – Pink Moon
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Paul Simon – Paul Simon
- Randy Newman – Sail Away
- Roxy Music – Roxy Music
- Slade – Slayed?
- Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
- Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
- T Rex – The Slider
- The Eagles – The Eagles
- The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
- The Temptations – All Directions
- Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything?
- War – The World Is A Ghetto
- Yes – Close To The Edge
- Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
- Can – Future Days
- David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
- Deep Purple – Made In Japan
- *** Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Faust – Faust IV
- Genesis – Selling England By The Pound
- Gram Parsons – Grevious Angel
- Hawkwind – Space Ritual
- Iggy Pop & The Stooges – Raw Power
- John Cale – Paris 1919
- John Martyn – Solid Air
- King Crimson – Larks Tongues In Aspic
- Lou Reed – Berlin
- *** Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
- Manassas – Stephen Stills
- Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
- Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
- *** Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
- Mott The Hoople – Mott
- Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
- *** Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
- Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
- Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy
- Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
- The Isley Bros – 3 + 3
- The New York Dolls – The New York Dolls
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
- Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, A True Star
- Waylon Jennings – Honky Tonk Heroes
- ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
- 10cc – Sheet Music
- Bad Company – Bad Company
- Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
- Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
- Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue
- Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
- Gene Clark – No Other
- Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
- George Jones – The Grand Tour
- Gill Scott-Heron – Winter In America
- Herbie Hancock – Headhunters
- Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
- Kraftwerk – Autobahn
- Neil Young – On The Beach
- Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
- Queen – Queen II
- Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
- Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
- Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
- Roxy Music – Country Life
- Sparks – Kimono My House
- Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
- Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale
- Supertramp – Crime Of The Century
- Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
- Van Morrison – It’s Too Late To Stop Now
- Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
- Brian Eno – Another Green World
- Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
- Curtis Mayfield – There’s No Place Like America Today
- David Bowie – Young Americans
- Dion – Born To Be With You
- Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World
- Emmylou Harris – Pieces Of The Sky
- Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
- Keith Jarrett – The Kiln Concert
- Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
- Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
- Neu! – Neu! 75
- Patti Smith – Horses
- Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
- Queen – A Night At The Opera
- R. D. Burman / Bappi Lahiri – Shalimar / College Girl
- Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information
- The Dictators – Go Girl Crazy
- Tim Buckley – Greetings From LA
- Tom Waits – Nighthawks At The Diner
- Willie Nelson – Redheaded Stranger
- Abba – Arrival
- Aerosmith – Rocks
- Boston – Boston
- David Bowie – Station To Station
- Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading
- Joni Mitchell – Hejeira
- Jorge Ben – Africa / Brasil
- Kiss – Destroyer
- Parliament – Mothership Connection
- Peter Tosh – Legalize It
- Rush – 2112
- Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
- The Eagles – Hotel California
- The Ramones – The Ramones
- Billy Joel – The Stranger
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus
- Brian Eno – Before & After Science
- Chic Manish – C’est Chic
- David Bowie – Low
- David Bowie – Heroes
- *** Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue
- Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
- Fela Kuti – Zombie
- Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
- Ian Dury & The Blockheads – New Boots & Panties
- Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
- Iggy Pop – The Idiot
- Jean Michel-Jarre – Oxygene
- John Martyn – One World
- Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
- Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
- Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
- Peter Gabriel – I
- Steely Dan – Aja
- Suicide – Suicide
- Talking Heads – Talking Heads ’77
- The Clash – The Clash
- The Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music From The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
- The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Weather Report – Heavy Weather
- Wire – Pink Flag
- Big Star – Third / Sister Lovers
- Blondie – Parallel Lines
- Brian Eno – Ambient No. 1: Music For Airports
- Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Buzzcocks – Another Music In A Different Kitchen
- Cheap Tricks – At Budokan
- Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- Dire Straits – Dire Straits
- Elis Regina – Vento De Maio
- Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
- Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
- Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquarade
- Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
- Magazine – Real Life
- Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
- *** Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
- Muddy Waters – Hard Again
- Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
- Public Image – Public Image
- Ruben Blades & Willie Colon-Pedro – Siembra
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Scream
- Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food
- Television – Marquee Moon
- The Adverts – Tori Amos
- The Cars – The Cars
- The Jam – All Mod Cons
- The Only Ones – The Only Ones
- The Residents – Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
- The Saints – Eternally Yours
- Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
- Throbbing Gristle – DOA
- Van Halen – Van Halen 1
- Willie Nelson – Stardust
- X-Ray Spex – Germ-Free Adolescents
- AC / DC – Highway To Hell
- Chic – Risque
- Elvis Costello – Armed Forces
- Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
- Gang Of Four – Entertainment!
- Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle
- Germs – GI
- Holger Czukay – Movies
- Japan – Quiet Life
- Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
- Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
- Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
- Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps
- *** Pink Floyd – The Wall
- Pretenders – Pretenders
- Public Image – Metal Box / Second Edition
- Sister Sledge – We Are Family
- Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
- The B-52′s – The B-52′s
- The Clash – London Calling
- The Crusaders – Street Life
- The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
- The Fall – Live At The Witch Trials
- The Police – Regatta De Blanc
- The Slits – Cut
- The Specials – Specials
- The Undertones – The Undertones
- AC / DC – Back In Black
- Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
- Circle Jerks – Group Sex
- Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Crocodiles
- Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
- Joy Division – Closer
- Judas Priest – British Steel
- Killing Joke – Killing Joke
- Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
- Peter Gabriel – III
- Steve Winwood – Arc Of A Diver
- Talking Heads – Remain In Light
- Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
- The Cramps – Songs The Lord Taught Us
- The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
- The Jam – Sound Affects
- The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
- The Specials – More Specials
- The Undertones – Hypnotised
- Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine
- UB40 – Signing Off
- Abba – The Visitors
- Bauhaus – Mask
- Black Flag – Damaged
- Bobbie Womack – The Poet
- Brian Eno – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
- Einsturzende – Kollaps
- Go-Go’s – Beauty And The Beat
- Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement
- Human League – Dare
- Motorhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
- Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
- Rush – Moving Pictures
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Juju
- Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
- The Gun Club – Fire Of Love
- The Tom Tom Club – The Tom Tom Club
- X – Wild Gift
- ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
- Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
- Dexy’s Midnight Lovers – Too Rye-Ay
- Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
- Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
- Haircut 100 – Pelican West
- Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast
- Kate Bush – The Dreaming
- Madness – Rise & Fall
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- Orange Juice – Rip It Up
- Prince – 1999
- Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
- The Associates – Sulk
- The Birthday Party – Junkyard
- The Cure – Pornography
- Venom – Black Metal
- Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
- Culture Club – Colour By Numbers
- Def Leppard – Pyromania
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Porcupine
- Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
- Hanoi Rocks – Back To Mystery City
- Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock
- Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
- Minor Threat – Out Of Step
- OMD – Architecture & Morality
- Paul Simon – Hearts And Bones
- REM – Murmur
- The Police – Synchronicity
- The The – Soul Mining
- Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
- U2 – War
- *** ZZ Top – Eliminator
- Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
- Cindy Lauper – She’s So Unusual
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
- Lloyd Cole And The Commotions – Rattlesnakes
- Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
- Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain
- Run-DMC – Run-DMC
- Sade – Diamond Life
- Style Council – Cafe Bleu
- The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops
- The Replacements – Let It Be
- Tina Turner – Private Dancer
- Van Halen – 1984
- Youssou N’Dour – Immigres
- Abdullah Ibrahim – Water From An Ancient Well
- A-Ha – Hunting High And Low
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
- Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
- Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
- New Order – Low Life
- Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
- Scritti Politti – Cupid And Psyche
- Simply Red – Picture Book
- Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega
- Tears For Fear – Songs From The Big Chair
- The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
- The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
- The Mekons – Fear And Whiskey
- The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy And The Lash
- The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
- Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
- Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock: The Album
- Anita Baker – Rapture
- Bad Brains – I Against I
- *** Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill
- Big Black – Atomizer
- Billy Bragg – Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
- Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
- Elvis Costello – Blood And Chocolate
- Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying
- *** Metallica – Master Of Puppets
- Nanci Griffith – Last For The True Believers
- *** Paul Simon – Graceland
- Peter Gabriel – So
- Run-DMC – Raising Hell
- Slayer – Reign In Blood
- Sonic Youth – EVOL
- Steve Earle – Guitar Town
- The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
- The The – Infected
- Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
- XTC – Skylarking
- Anthrax – Among The Living
- Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
- Def Leppard – Hysteria
- Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses
- Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
- Emmylou Harris, Linda Rondstat & Dolly Parton – Trio
- George Michael – Faith
- Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
- Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs And Stories
- John Zorn – Spy Vs Spy
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
- Laibach – Opus Dei
- Michael Jackson – Bad
- Napalm Death – Scrum
- Pet Shop Boys – Actually
- Prince – Sign O’ The Times
- REM – Document
- Sisters Of Mercy – Floodland
- Sonic Youth – Sister
- Talk Talk – Colour Of Spring
- Terence Trent D’Arby – Introducing The Hardline
- The Cult – Electric
- The Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
- The New Tango (With Gary Burton) – Astor Piazzolla
- The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
- The Triffids – Calenture
- U2 – The Joshua Tree
- American Music Club – California
- Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Sessions
- Dagmar Krause – Tank Battles
- Dinosaur Jr – Bug
- Dwight Yoakam – Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room
- Everything But The Girl – Idlewild
- Fishbone – Truth And Soul
- Go-Betweens – 16 Lover’s Lane
- Happy Mondays – Bummed
- Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
- K.D. Lang – Shadowland
- Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
- Living Colour – Vivid
- *** Metallica – …And Justice For All
- Morrissey – Viva Hate
- Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
- My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
- NWA – Straight Outta Compton
- Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
- The Pixies – Surfer Rosa
- The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
- The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
- The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
- *** Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
- 808 State – 808:90
- Aerosmith – Pump
- Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck – Djam Leeli
- Barry Adamson – Moss Side Story
- Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
- Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
- Coldcut – What’s The Noise?
- De La Soul – Three Feet High And Rising
- Faith No More – The Real Thing
- Firehose – Fromohio
- Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
- John Lee Hooker – The Healer
- Jungle Brothers – Done By The Forces Of Nature
- Kate Bush – The Sensual World
- Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
- Madonna – Like A Prayer
- Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
- New Order – Technique
- Queen Latifah – All Hail The Queen
- REM – Green
- Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
- Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
- The Pixies – Doolittle
- The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
- The Young Gods – L’eau Rouge
- A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Paths
- Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
- Deee-Lite – World Clique
- Depeche Mode – Violator
- Digital Underground – Sex Packets
- Fugazi – Repeater
- George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice
- Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills ‘n’ Bellyaches
- Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
- KLF – The White Room
- LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
- Megadeth – Rust In Peace
- Neil Young – Ragged Glory
- Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
- Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
- Ride – Nowhere
- Sinead O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- Sonic Youth – Goo
- The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
- *** The Cure – Disintegration
- The La’s – The La’s
- The Pixies – Bossanova
- The Shamen – En-Tact
- Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
- A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
- Crowded House – Woodface
- Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
- Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
- Ice-T – O. G. Original Gangster
- Jah Wobbie And The Invaders – Rising Above Bedlam
- Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide
- Koffi Olomide – Haut De Gammme Koweit Rive Gauche
- *** Massive Attack – Blue Lines
- *** Metallica – Metallica
- Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
- *** Nirvana – Nevermind
- Primal Scream – Screamadelica
- Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Back
- *** Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
- Sepultura – Arise
- Slint – Spiderband
- Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
- U2 – Achtung Baby
- Alice In Chains – Dirt
- Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- Arrested Development – Three Years, Five Months, And Two Days
- Baaba Maal – Lam Toro
- Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy – Hiphoprisy Is The Greatest Luxury
- K. D. Lang – Ingenue
- Ministry – Psalm 69
- Morrissey – Your Arsenal
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn & Party – Devotional Songs
- P. J. Harvey – Dry
- Pantera – A Vulgar Display Of Power
- Pearl Jam – Ten
- REM – Automatic For The People
- Sonic Youth – Dirty
- Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
- Stereo MC’s – Connected
- Sugar – Copper Blue
- The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
- The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
- Tom Waits – Bone Machine
- Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
- Auteurs – New Wave
- *** Bjork – Debut
- Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
- Dr Dre – The Chronic
- Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No1 Baby
- Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
- Ice Cube – The Predator
- Jamiroquai – Emergency On Planet Earth
- MC Solar – Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo
- Nirvana – In Utero
- Orbital – Orbital II
- P. J. Harvey – Rid Of Me
- Paul Weller – Wild Wood
- Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted
- Pet Shop Boys – Very
- *** Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
- Sebadoh – Bobble And Squeak
- Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club
- *** Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
- Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggy Style
- Suede – Suede
- The Afgham Whigs – Gentleman
- The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
- The Fall – The Infotainment Scan
- Whatever – Aimee Mann
- William Orbit – Strange Cargo III
- Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
- Ali Farka Toure With Ry Cooder – Talking Timbuktu
- Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
- Blur – Parklife
- Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
- Elvis Costello – Brutal Youth
- Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year
- G Love & Special Sauce – G Love & Special Sauce
- Green Day – Dookie
- Hole – Live Through This
- Jeru The Damaja – The Sun Rises In The East
- Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville
- Massive Attack – Protection
- Method Man – Tical
- Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
- Nas – Illmatic
- *** Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
- Nirvana – Unplugged
- Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
- Oasis – Definitely Maybe
- Offspring – Smash
- Orbital – Snivilisation
- Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- Portishead – Dummy
- *** Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation
- Sabres Of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
- Soundgarden – Superunknown
- Suede – Dog Man Star
- The Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
- Tupac Shakur – Me Against The World
- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
- D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
- Elastica – Elastica
- Femi Kuti – Femi Kuti
- Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
- Garbage – Garbage
- Genius / GZA – Liquid Swords
- Goldie – Timeless
- Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes
- Jeff Buckley – Grace
- Leftfield – Leftism
- Nightmares On Wax – Smoker’s Delight
- Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
- Pulp – Different Class
- Radiohead – The Bends
- Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx
- Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream!
- *** Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
- Supergrass – I Should Coco
- The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
- The Verve – A Northern Soul
- TLC – CrazySexyCool
- Tricky – Mixinquaye
- Ash – 1977
- Barry Adamson – Oedipus Schmoedipus
- *** Beck – Odelay
- Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
- Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
- DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
- *** Dr Octagon – Dr Octagonecologyst
- Everything But The Girl – Walking Wounded
- Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
- Fiona Apple – Tidal
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
- LTJ Bukem – Logical Progression
- Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
- Maxwell – Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
- Screaming Trees – Dust
- Sepultura – Roots
- Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
- Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
- The Cardigans – First Band On The Moon
- The Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
- The Divine Comedy – Casanova
- The Eels – Beautiful Freak
- The Fugees – The Score
- The Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
- The Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
- Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
- Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
- Wilco – Being There
- *** Blur – Blur
- Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
- Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
- Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
- Daft Punk – Homework
- David Holmes – Let’s Get Killed
- Elliott Smith – Either / Or
- Finlay Quaye – Maverick A Strike
- Mariah Carey – Butterfly
- Missy Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
- Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
- *** Prodigy – The Fat Of The Land
- *** Radiohead – OK Computer
- Robbie Williams – Life Thru A Lens
- Robert Wyatt – Schleep
- Roni Size / Reprazent – New Forms
- Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
- Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
- Supergrass – In It For The Money
- The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
- The Dandy Warhols – The Dandy Warhols Come Down
- The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
- The Verve – Urban Hymns
- Air – Moon Safari
- Billy Bragg / Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
- Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
- Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan Live 1966 (Royal Albert Hall)
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See A Darkness
- Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
- David Gray – White Ladder
- *** Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- Khaled – Kenza
- Kid Rock – Devil Without A Cause
- Korn – Follow The Leader
- Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
- Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
- Madonna – Ray Of Light
- Manu Chao – Clandestino
- Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Song
- Pulp – This Is Hardcore
- *** Queens Of The Stone Age – Queens Of The Stone Age
- *** System Of A Down – System Of A Down
- Talvin Singh – OK
- Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
- Basement Jaxx – Remedy
- Beth Orton – Central Reservation
- Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
- Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
- Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
- Incubus – Make Yourself
- Le Tigre – Le Tigre
- Les Rhythmes Digitales – Darkdancer
- Metallica – S&M
- *** Moby – Play
- Nitin Sawhney – Beyond Skin
- *** Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
- Sao Paulo Tales – Suba
- Shack – HMS Fable
- Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
- Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
- Slipknot – Slipknot
- The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
- Travis – The Man Who
- XTC – Apple Venus Vol. 1
- Air – The Virgin Suicides
- Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
- Bebel Gilberto – Tanto Tempo
- *** Coldplay – Parachutes
- Common – Like Water For Chocolate
- Elliott Smith – Figure 8
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
- Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
- Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun
- Giant Sand – Chore Of Enchantment
- Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
- Lambchop – Nixon
- Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
- *** Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
- Madonna – Music
- Mike Ladd – Welcome To The Afterfuture
- MJ Cole – Sincere
- Outkast – Stankonia
- PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
- Radiohead – Kid A
- Red Snapper – Our Aim Is To Satisfy
- Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
- The Avalanches – Since I Left You
- The Doves – Lost Souls
- U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
- Ute Lemper – Punishing Kiss
- Bjork – Vespertine
- Destiny’s Child – Survivor
- Drive By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
- Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
- Gorrilaz – Gorrilaz
- Gotan Project – La Revancha Del Tango
- Jay-Z – The Blueprint
- Radiohead – Amnesiac
- Royksopp – Melody A.M.
- Ryan Adams – Gold
- Silver Jews – Bright Flight
- Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
- The Beta Band – Hot Shots II
- The Strokes – This Is It
- The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
- Beck – Sea Change
- Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
- *** Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
- Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Come Around
- Jurassic 5 – Power In Numbers
- Missy Elliott – Under Construction
- Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
- Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
- The Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
- The Coral – The Coral
- The Doves – The Last Broadcast
- The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
- The Roots – Phrenology
- Wilco – Hotel Yankee Foxtrot
- Dizzee Rascals – Boy In Da Corner
- Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
- Outkast – Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
- Rufus Wainwright – Want One
- The Mars Volta – Le-loused At The Crematorium
- *** The White Stripes – Elephant
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
- Arcade Fire – Funeral
- Bjork – Medulla
- Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
- Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Heads
- *** Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
- Green Day – American Idiot
- Kanye West – The College Dropout
- Liars – They Were Wrong So We Drowned
- Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
- Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
- Ozomatli – Street Signs
- Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
- *** Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
- The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree
- *** The Killers – Hot Fuss
- *** The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
- TV On The Radio – Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babies
- Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
- Common – Be
- Richard Hawley – Cole’s Cornes
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
- Ali Farka Toure – Savane
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
- Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am
- Christina Aguilera – Back To Basics
- Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
- Joanna Newsom – Ys
- Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liqour
- *** Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
- Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
- Justice – Cross
- LCD Soundsystem – The Sound Of Silver
- MIA – Kala
- Radiohead – In Rainbows
- The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
- The Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future