1,001 Albums...

[Wryan]

So you know those books like 1,001 Movies to See Before You Die? Well someone put together an analogous list for albums. Then some crazy Romanian dude went and uploaded all of the albums online for your streaming (not DL-ing) pleasure. In chronological order, natch. Heavily favors Western music styles like rock-n-roll/pop, but generally covers a heckuva lot of music history anyway. Website seems a little twitchy now and then, so feel free to play around. It's my new project to listen to all of them in order. :D

http://www.radio3net.ro/dbalbums/albume1001

[Spinal]

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm listening to some Buddy Holly right now. Great stuff.

[Russ]

I don't think we'll ever again experience as impressive a streak as that seven-year run from 1967 to 1973. Pretty fucking amazing.

[Spinal]

Listening to The Killers. I've heard more of this album than I realized. I like it.

[MadMan]

Listening to The Killers. I've heard more of this album than I realized. I like it.I'm a big fan of them, with the only album of theirs that I haven't heard is that Sawdust album they did, which is really just some remixes of their previous tracks and a few new ones. Their cover of Joy Division's Shadowplay is one of my favorite tracks of theirs, along with Read My Mind, Dustland Fairytale and Believe Me Natalie, among others.

I'll have to dig through that list when I have more time.

[Spinal]

Last night, listened to Supergrass, Dagmar Krause and Elvis Costello. Enjoyed them all. Especially Supergrass. I knew a couple of their songs (Caught by the Fuzz, Alright), but I thought the whole album was strong.

[Kurosawa Fan]

This is awesome, Wryan. Thanks for pointing it out. Listening to some Ray Charles as we speak.

[D_Davis]

Nice find.

[Wryan]

Thank Wiki. Gotta be above-board if it's from Wiki....right?

I listened to the first album, Sinatra, during my lunch break, and the streaming was a little scratchy in places. Hope that doesn't happen too often. The album was great, if you love the same song 14 times.

[Spinal]

Hmmm ... Led Zeppelin III ... not really feeling it. I've always felt guilty for not being more familiar with Zeppelin, but this kind of made me feel like perhaps there was a reason for that. I guess I like my rock bands a bit more poppy or punky or glam or something. It's all so self-serious that I lost interest midway through. Apologies. Guess I failed this one.

[Hugh_Grant]

Hurray, crazy Romanian dude! Listening to the Soft Boys.

ETA: Orange Juice's Rip It Up?!? How awesome is that?

[Spinal]

ABBA's The Visitors was a surprising experience, filled with more depth and melancholy than I would have expected. Beautiful melodies, but with not as much saccharine as usual. Looking forward to hearing this one again.

[Russ]

It's easy to take issue with a few of the inclusions while bemoaning some overlooked "classics".

Which is what I'm most curious about: if you've had a chance to go through the entire (mostly excellent) list, what do you think are the most egregious snubs?

[Glass Co.]

I haven't had enough time to really glance at all of it, but the lack of King Crimson's Red was pretty weird I thought.

[Derek]

Which is what I'm most curious about: if you've had a chance to go through the entire (mostly excellent) list, what do you think are the most egregious snubs?

It'd take some serious research to come up with those. Off hand, I'm not pleased with the lack of Ege Bamyasi, though they do have Tago Mago and Future Days for Can.

[Spaceman Spiff]

It'd take some serious research to come up with those. Off hand, I'm not pleased with the lack of Ege Bamyasi, though they do have Tago Mago and Future Days for Can.

Those two are both better than the Bamyasi (have I sinned?) so I'm not overtly fussed.

It's a smashing list though.

[Derek]

Those two are both better than the Bamyasi (have I sinned?) so I'm not overtly fussed.

It's a smashing list though.

I think Boner'd agree with you too. I slightly prefer Tago Mago myself, but both are among my all-time faves. Future Days is fantastic as well, but with 1,000 slots, that's not one to leave out, especially with Linkin Park, Destiny's Child and Limp Bizkit needlessly taking up spots.

[Winston*]

I think Boner'd agree with you too. I slightly prefer Tago Mago myself, but both are among my all-time faves. Future Days is fantastic as well, but with 1,000 slots, that's not one to leave out, especially with Linkin Park, Destiny's Child and Limp Bizkit needlessly taking up spots.
These lists always get the most wonky when you get to the 2000's.

[MacGuffin]

I need to hear Tago Mago, but I think Ege Bamyasi is more of an interesting album then Future Days. That said, they're both great. Check out Sun Ra Tempel's New Age of Earth if you want to hear some more awesome krautrock with a progressive electronic vibe. I haven't really listened to a lot of "krautrock" (hate the term, love the style), but it's a really exciting and spiritual album.

[Derek]

These lists always get the most wonky when you get to the 2000's.

Very true, but usually the choices at least make some sense. I mean, I kinda hate The Mars Volta, but I can understand someone putting De-loused at the Comatorium on there. But at what point does a knowledgeable music buff go "You know what? You haven't lived until you've heard Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water cover-to-cover." I can't imagine even a moderate fan of music not to laugh in their face. Then again, I consider nu-metal to be among the most putrid music ever released.

[Wryan]

I think Boner'd agree with you too. I slightly prefer Tago Mago myself, but both are among my all-time faves. Future Days is fantastic as well, but with 1,000 slots, that's not one to leave out, especially with Linkin Park, Destiny's Child and Limp Bizkit needlessly taking up spots.

I don't think you're ready for this jelly.

Besides, the Criterion Collection has Armageddon and The Rock. Just different ideas about what a list like this "needs" to have on it.

[Derek]

I need to hear Tago Mago, but I think Ege Bamyasi is more of an interesting album then Future Days. That said, they're both great. Check out Sun Ra Tempel's New Age of Earth if you want to hear some more awesome krautrock with a progressive electronic vibe.

Do you mean Ashra's New Age of Earth? That's a great one. Just realized I have it tagged, but not rated at RYM...might as well give it another spin this week. :)


I haven't really listened to a lot of "krautrock" (hate the term, love the style), but it's a really exciting and spiritual album.

Heh, it's probably my favorite genre term.

[MacGuffin]

Do you mean Ashra's New Age of Earth? That's a great one. Just realized I have it tagged, but not rated at RYM...might as well give it another spin this week. :)

That's the one. I hope you enjoy it. I've been listening to their first album too and it's more rock-oriented and less electronic arpeggio sort of stuff. I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for more.


Heh, it's probably my favorite genre term.

Hah, it just seems kind of weird to say.

[Derek]

I don't think you're ready for this jelly.

I will never be ready for this jelly. I have spent years assuring that I will never be ready for this jelly and will never accidentally put myself in a situation when being ready for this jelly is vital.


Besides, the Criterion Collection has Armageddon and The Rock.

Criterion released those because they need money to stay in business and release the rarer films they want to release.


Just different ideas about what a list like this "needs" to have on it.

Fair enough. Some people may have consciously decided that out of 1,000 albums everyone needs to hear before they die, at least a couple of them should be complete and utter shit.

[Derek]

That's the one. I hope you enjoy it. I've been listening to their first album too and it's more rock-oriented and less electronic arpeggio sort of stuff. I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for more.

Yeah, I'll definitely check that one out.

[MacGuffin]

Yeah, I'll definitely check that one out.

That said, I did a RYM search and it's kind of interesting—it seems like there is an Ashra and an Ash Ra Tempel (seperate band pages), however they are the same band. Typically when a band goes by multiple names, the band just has the profile and the other names that they go by are mentioned there.

Also, did you ever try to seek out that Kreng album, L'autopsie phénoménale de Dieu? I just wanted to recommend it to you again and to anyone else who is interested while I'm here, specifically because I think you'd like it a lot. I definitely think that it should be considered for a list like this one. Probably the best jazz-noir dark ambient sound collage music I've ever heard.

Warning: it might actually frighten someone who isn't prepared. The atmosphere is thicker than most movies I've seen and is perfect dark room or rainy drive music.

-a9e3ayvUnw

[Spinal]

But at what point does a knowledgeable music buff go "You know what? You haven't lived until you've heard Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water cover-to-cover."

I was wondering the same about Dexy's Midnight Runners. Really? The whole album?

[Derek]

I was wondering the same about Dexy's Midnight Runners. Really? The whole album?

Actually, I have a friend who swears by all three of their albums, but of course I had the same initial response as you did. He's a whore for early 80s UK pop/rock though, so take that with a grain of salt. I did, however, just check RYM and, much to my surprise, all 3 scored a very respectable 3.8 or higher out of 5.

[Spinal]

Actually, I have a friend who swears by all three of their albums, but of course I had the same initial response as you did. He's a whore for early 80s UK pop/rock though, so take that with a grain of salt. I did, however, just check RYM and, much to my surprise, all 3 scored a very respectable 3.8 or higher out of 5.

I'll give them a shot at some point. I don't know that I'm going to make it through an entire Grateful Dead album though.

[Winston*]

Very true, but usually the choices at least make some sense. I mean, I kinda hate The Mars Volta, but I can understand someone putting De-loused at the Comatorium on there. But at what point does a knowledgeable music buff go "You know what? You haven't lived until you've heard Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water cover-to-cover." I can't imagine even a moderate fan of music not to laugh in their face. Then again, I consider nu-metal to be among the most putrid music ever released.

Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water deserves its inclusion due to its enduring status as the cultural nadir of the expressive medium known as "music". It is only through the prism of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water that we as a society can truly appreciate the aesthetic gifts which albums that are not Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water can deliver.

As a side note, in his early teens, the poster known as Winston* once owned Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. As of 2010, he remains not proud of this fact.

[MadMan]

I'll give them a shot at some point. I don't know that I'm going to make it through an entire Grateful Dead album though.Give Workingman's Dead a shot. I'm merely a casual fan of the band, but I listened to it recently and found it to be great.


Hmmm ... Led Zeppelin III ... not really feeling it. I've always felt guilty for not being more familiar with Zeppelin, but this kind of made me feel like perhaps there was a reason for that. I guess I like my rock bands a bit more poppy or punky or glam or something. It's all so self-serious that I lost interest midway through. Apologies. Guess I failed this one.:sad: I love me some Led Zeppelin III. Its my favorite album by the band. Oh well. How is the album self-serious? I don't understand that criticism.

Limp Bizcut exists as a guilty pleasure at best. I like their singles, but I'm in no rush to hear or buy any of their actual albums.

[Wryan]

Criterion released those because they need money to stay in business and release the rarer films they want to release.
...
Fair enough. Some people may have consciously decided that out of 1,000 albums everyone needs to hear before they die, at least a couple of them should be complete and utter shit.

I think the rationale standing behind whoever made this list is similar to the CC mission's ideals: "...a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films..." in that asking if The Rock is an important film alone is missing the point that it is a brilliant example of what it is, for what it is. I have a feeling that that's what they were shooting for (in both lists), though I'm sure I could take issue with some inclusions in this list as well. I'm sure that financial cushion was certainly a factor, too (in CC's list).

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think Boner'd agree with you too. I slightly prefer Tago Mago myself, but both are among my all-time faves. Future Days is fantastic as well, but with 1,000 slots, that's not one to leave out, especially with Linkin Park, Destiny's Child and Limp Bizkit needlessly taking up spots.

Don't be hatin' on the Bizkit.

[D_Davis]

Actually, I have a friend who swears by all three of their albums, but of course I had the same initial response as you did. He's a whore for early 80s UK pop/rock though, so take that with a grain of salt. I did, however, just check RYM and, much to my surprise, all 3 scored a very respectable 3.8 or higher out of 5.

Dexy's is brilliant. Their album Don't Stand Me Down is a pop masterpiece. Rowland's lyrics and passionate vocals create an intense sense of longing and romance, and the music is intricately arranged and expertly produced, and played with great skill.

"This is What She's Like," is one of the best "pop" songs ever written - although I don't know if a 12-minute song can really be called pop. It's more like a miniature pop-suite or something.

The entire album flows from one track to the next, there is a consistent theme to it, and thus it really needs to be listened to as a whole, without interruption.


I was wondering the same about Dexy's Midnight Runners. Really? The whole album?

Listen to Don't Stand Me Down. It's amazing.

[D_Davis]

Nothing from the Adrien Belew-era King Crimson is criminal. Discipline, Beat, or Three of a Perfect Pair...at least one of these should be on the list. Preferably Discipline.

[D_Davis]

Yeah - listening to Don't Stand Me Down right now...

So freaking amazing. This kind of pop just doesn't exist anymore. A true musical treasure.

[Wryan]

Listening to the Louvin Brothers today. Never heard of them, but I'm really liking their twangy country. It's exactly the kind of country that I love, along with bluegrass. Really quite a remarkable album so far. Very O Brother...

[Spinal]

Listened to The White Album, which, of course, I have heard many times before. I will be surprised if I hear another album that matches it.

[MadMan]

Abby Road and Sergent Peppers>The White Album

[Spinal]

Abby Road and Sergent Peppers>The White Album

Negatory. Excellent though they may be.

Listening to The Louvin Brothers now, based on Wryan's rec. They are indeed very fun.

[Wryan]

Listening to The Louvin Brothers now, based on Wryan's rec. They are indeed very fun.

Stunning harmony work. Crystal clear.

[Wryan]

I did listen to the Elvis album the other day, and I like Elvis just fine. Didn't realize how high he could get. His "hiccuping" sound is much like Buddy Holly's; not sure who did it first.

[Spinal]

Full list:

1950s

o Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
o Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956)
o Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
o Prima, Louis – Wildest
o Domino, Fats – This is Fats
o Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
o Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
o Crickets – Chirping…
o Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
o Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
o Sabú [MartÃ*nez] – Palo Congo
o Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
o Machito – Kenya
o Little Richard – Here’s…
o Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
o Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
o Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
o Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
o Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
o Charles, Ray – Genius of… (1959)
o Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
o Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
o Brubeck, Dave – Time Out

1960s

o Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960)
o Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
o Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960)
o Everly Brothers – A Date with the…
o Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
o Muddy Waters – At Newport
o Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
o Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
o Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
o Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
o Price, Ray – Night Life
o Beatles – With the…
o Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
o Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
o Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
o Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
o Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
o Getz, Stan & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
o Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
o Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64
o Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
o Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty
o Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album)
o Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
o Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
o Sonics – Here Are the…
o Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
o Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul
o Beach Boys – Today!
o Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
o King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
o Beatles – Rubber Soul
o Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album)
o Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
o Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
o Who – My Generation
o Beatles – Revolver
o Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
o Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album)
o Byrds – Fifth Dimension
o Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
o Monks – Black Monk Time
o Kinks – Face to Face
o Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
o Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
o Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
o Rolling Stones – Aftermath
o Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
o 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
o John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
o Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
o Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
o Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
o Nico – Chelsea Girl
o Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
o Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
o Buffalo Springfield – Again
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
o Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album)
o Love – Da Capo
o Beau Brummels – Triangle
o Monkees – Headquarters
o Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello
o Love – Forever Changes
o Cream – Disraeli Gears
o Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
o Who – Sell Out
o Velvet Underground - & Nico
o Sinatra, Frank - Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
o Doors – Doors (1st Album)
o The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterdayo
o Young Rascals – Groovin’
o Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
o Kinks – Something Else by the…
o Donovan – Sunshine Superman
o Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
o Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
o Electric Prunes – I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)
o Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
o Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
o Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
o Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
o Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
o Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
o Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
o Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
o Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
o Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
o Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
o Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
o Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
o Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
o Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
o Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
o Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
o Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
o Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
o United States of America – United States of America
o Dr John – Gris Gris
o Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
o Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
o Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
o Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
o Band – Music from Big Pink
o Beck, Jeff – Truth
o Veloso, Caetano – Caetano Veloso (1968)
o Walker, Scott – Scott 2
o Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
o Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
o Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
o Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
o Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
o Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
o Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
o Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
o Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
o Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
o Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
o Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
o Beatles – Abbey Road
o Who – Tommy
o Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
o Bee Gees – Odessa
o Pentangle – Basket of Light
o Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
o Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
o Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
o Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
o Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
o Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
o Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
o Band – Band (2nd Album)
o Led Zeppelin – II
o MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
o Temptations – Cloud Nine
o Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
o Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
o Chicago Transit Authority [Chicago] - Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
o Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
o Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
o Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
o Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
o Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
o King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
o Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
o Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
o Walker, Scott – Scott 4
o Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
o Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
o Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats

1970s

o Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
o Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
o Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
o Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
o Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
o Doors – Morrison Hotel
o Carpenters – Close to You
o Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album)
o Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
o Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – DéjÃ* vu
o Black Sabbath – Paranoid
o Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
o Led Zeppelin – III
o Deep Purple – In Rock
o Morrison, Van – Moondance
o Grateful Dead – American Beauty
o Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
o Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970)
o Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
o Soft Machine – Third
o Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
o Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
o Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
o Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
o Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
o Stooges – Fun House
o James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
o McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970)
o Santana – Abraxas
o Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
o Jethro Tull – Aqualung
o Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
o Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
o Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
o Yes – Yes Album
o Bee Gees – Trafalgar
o Who – Who’s Next
o King, Carole – Tapestry
o Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack
o Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
o Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
o Lennon, John – Imagine
o Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
o Yes – Fragile
o Doors – LA Woman
o Can – Tago Mago
o John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
o Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
o McLean, Don – American Pie
o Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
o Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
o Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
o Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
o Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
o Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
o Mitchell, Joni – Blue
o Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
o Joplin, Janis – Pearl
o Kuti, Fela - With Ginger Baker: Live!
o Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse
o Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
o Clark, Gene – White Light
o Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
o Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
o T.Rex – Electric Warrior
o Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
o Newman, Randy – Sail Away
o Deep Purple – Machine Head
o Big Star – # 1 Record
o Black Sabbath – Vol 4
o Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
o Young, Neil – Harvest
o Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
o Slade – Slayed?
o Deep Purple – Made in Japan
o Yes – Close to the Edge
o Reed, Lou – Transformer
o Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
o Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina (1972)
o Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
o Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
o Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
o Still, Stephen – Manassas
o T.Rex – Slider
o Ackles, David – American Gothic
o Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
o Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA
o Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
o Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
o Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album)
o Alice Cooper – School’s Out
o Temptations – All Directions
o Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
o War – World is a Ghetto
o Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
o Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
o Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
o Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
o Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
o King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
o Hawkwind – Space Ritual
o Cale, John – Paris 1919
o Can – Future Days
o Reed, Lou – Berlin
o Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
o Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
o Martyn, John – Solid Air
o Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
o Faust – IV
o Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
o Mott the Hoople – Mott
o Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
o Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
o John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
o Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
o Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
o Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
o Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
o ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
o McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
o Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
o Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
o Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
o Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
o New York Dolls – New York Dolls (1st Album)
o Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
o Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
o Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
o Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
o Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale
o Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
o Kraftwerk – Autobahn
o Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
o Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark
o Queen – II
o Roxy Music – Country Life
o Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
o Sparks – Kimono My House
o Supertramp – Crime of the Century
o Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
o Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
o Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
o 10cc – Sheet Music
o Young, Neil – On the Beach
o Jones, George – Grand Tour
o Clark, Gene – No Other
o Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
o Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
o Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
o Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
o Eno, Brian – Another Green World
o Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
o Neu! – ‘75
o Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
o Jarrett, Keith – Köln Concert
o Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
o Bowie, David – Young Americans
o Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
o Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky
o Dion – Born to Be With You
o Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns
o Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner
o Burman, Rahul Dev – Shalimar (Soundtrack)
o Young, Neil – Tonight’s the Night
o Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
o Smith, Patti – Horses
o Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
o Queen – A Night at the Opera
o Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
o Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
o Mayfield, Curtis – There’s No Place Like America Today
o Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
o Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
o Bowie, David – Station to Station
o Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
o Boston – Boston (1st Album)
o Eagles – Hotel California
o ABBA – Arrival
o Kiss – Destroyer
o Rush – 2112
o Ben, Jorge – �frica Brasil
o Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
o Aerosmith – Rocks
o Parliament – Mothership Connection
o Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café
o Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
o Ramones – Ramones (1st Album)
o Kuti, Fela – Zombie
o Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
o Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
o Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
o Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
o Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
o Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
o Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
o Weather Report – Heavy Weather
o Muddy Waters – Hard Again
o Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
o Clash – Clash (1st Album)
o Bowie, David – Low
o Steely Dan – Aja
o Wire – Pink Flag
o Martyn, John – One World
o Talking Heads – 77
o Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
o Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
o Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
o Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
o Iggy Pop – Idiot, the
o Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
o Television – Marquee Moon
o Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
o Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
o Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
o Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!!
o Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
o Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
o Kraftwerk – Man Machine
o Blondie – Parallel Lines
o Regina, ElÃ*s – Vento de Maio
o Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
o Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album)
o Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
o Jam – All Mod Cons
o Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
o Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
o Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
o Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
o Public Image Ltd – Public Image
o Magazine – Real Life
o Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
o Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
o Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report
o Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
o Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
o Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
o Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
o Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra
o Cars – Cars (1st Album)
o Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
o Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
o Saints – Eternally Yours
o Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
o Nelson, Willie – Stardust
o Chic – C’est Chic
o X-ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
o Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
o Siouxsie & the Banshees – Scream, the
o AC/DC – Highway to Hell
o Sister Sledge – We Are Family
o Crusaders – Street Life
o Germs – GI
o B52s – B52s (1st Album)
o Czukay, Holger – Movies
o Police – Reggatta de Blanc
o Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
o Talking Heads – Fear of Music
o Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
o Chic – Risqué
o Undertones – Undertones (1st Album)
o Clash – London Calling
o Japan – Quiet Life
o Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
o Slits – Cut
o Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
o Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
o Gang of Four – Entertainment!
o Cheap Trick – At Budokan
o Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
o Pink Floyd – Wall, the
o Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
o Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
o Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
o Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
o Specials – Specials (1st Album)

1980s

o Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
o Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
o AC/DC – Back in Black
o Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
o Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
o Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
o Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
o Cure – Seventeen Seconds
o Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
o Motörhead – Ace of Spades
o Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album)
o Judas Priest – British Steel
o Circle Jerks – Group Sex
o Talking Heads – Remain in Light
o Joy Division – Closer
o Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album)
o Undertones – Hypnotised
o Jam – Sound Affects
o Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine
o UB40 – Signing Off
o Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
o Specials – More Specials
o Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
o Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
o Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
o Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
o Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
o Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat
o Motörhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
o Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
o Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
o Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
o Black Flag – Damaged
o X – Wild Gift
o Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
o Human League – Dare
o Gun Club – Fire of Love
o Bauhaus – Mask
o Womack, Bobby – Poet
o Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album)
o Rush – Moving Pictures
o ABBA – Visitors
o ABC – Lexicon of Love
o Prince – 1999
o Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the
o Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
o Cure – Pornography
o Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
o Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
o Madness – Rise & Fall
o Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
o Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
o Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the
o Orange Juice – Rip it Up
o Jackson, Michael – Thriller
o Birthday Party – Junkyard
o Venom – Black Metal
o Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
o Associates – Sulk
o Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
o Duran Duran – Rio
o Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
o McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
o Def Leppard – Pyromania
o REM – Murmur
o The The – Soul Mining
o Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
o Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
o Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
o Lauper, Cyndi – She’s So Unusual
o Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones
o Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
o ZZ Top – Eliminator
o Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
o U2 – War
o Police – Synchronicity
o Meat Puppets – II
o Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
o Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
o Run DMC – Run DMC (1984)
o Sade – Diamond Life
o Cocteau Twins – Treasure
o Minor Threat – Out of Step
o Van Halen – 1984
o Prince – Purple Rain
o Replacements – Let it Be
o Style Council – Café Bleu
o Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
o Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
o Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
o Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
o N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrés
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
o Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
o Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
o Aha – Hunting High & Low
o Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
o Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
o Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka Two Wheels Good)
o Mekons – Fear & Whiskey
o Big Black – Atomizer
o Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
o Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
o Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
o Smiths – Meat is Murder
o Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
o Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
o New Order – Low Life
o Simply Red – Picture Book
o Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
o Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
o Costello, Elvis – Blood & Chocolate
o Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
o Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
o Metallica – Master of Puppets
o The The – Infected
o Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
o Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
o Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
o Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
o Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
o Sonic Youth – Evol
o Slayer – Reign in Blood
o Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses (1986)
o Simon, Paul – Graceland
o Run DMC – Raising Hell
o XTC – Skylarking
o Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
o Bad Brains – I Against I
o Baker, Anita – Rapture
o Smiths – Queen is Dead
o Gabriel, Peter – So
o Anthrax – Among the Living
o Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
o Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
o Def Leppard – Hysteria
o REM – Document
o Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
o Cult – Electric
o Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
o Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
o Michael, George – Faith
o Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
o Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
o Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
o Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
o Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
o Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
o Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
o Laibach – Opus Dei
o Napalm Death – Scum
o Sonic Youth – Sister
o Triffids – Calenture
o Jackson, Michael – Bad
o Pet Shop Boys – Actually
o U2 – Joshua Tree
o D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
o Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
o Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
o Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
o Fishbone – Truth & Soul
o Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
o Living Colour - Vivid
o Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
o REM – Green
o Happy Mondays – Bummed
o Go Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
o Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session
o Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album)
o My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
o Pixies – Surfer Rosa
o Metallica – And Justice for All
o Dinosaur Jr – Bug
o Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
o lang, k.d. – Shadowland
o American Music Club – California
o Morrissey – Viva Hate
o Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
o Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
o Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn
o Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
o Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
o Faith No More – Real Thing
o Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
o Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the
o New Order – Technique
o Madonna – Like a Prayer
o Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
o Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
o fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
o Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
o Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’
o Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
o Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
o Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
o Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
o Bush, Kate – Sensual World
o Cure – Disintegration
o 808 State – 808:90
o Coldcut – What’s That Noise?
o Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
o Aerosmith – Pump
o Pixies – Doolittle
o Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
o Fugazi – Repeater
o Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One
o De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
o Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814
o Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
o NWA – Straight Outta Compton

1990s

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

2000s

o Doves – Lost Souls
o Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
o Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
o Gilberto, Bebel – Tanto Tempo
o Cole, MJ – Sincere
o Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
o Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water
o Radiohead – Kid A
o U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
o Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
o Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
o Badly Drawn Boy – Hour of Bewilderbeast
o Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
o Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
o Coldplay – Parachutes
o Common – Like Water for Chocolate
o Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
o Red Snapper – Our Aim is to Satisfy
o Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
o Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
o Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
o Lambchop – Nixon
o Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
o Madonna – Music
o Avalanches – Since I Left You
o OutKast – Stankonia
o Radiohead – Amnesiac
o Silver Jews – Bright Flight
o Björk – Vespertine
o Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
o Adams, Ryan – Gold
o Destiny’s Child – Survivor
o Strokes – Is This It
o Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
o Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la
o White Stripes – White Blood Cells
o Beta Band – Hot Shots II
o Jay Z – Blueprint
o Röyksopp – Melody AM
o Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
o Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
o Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
o Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
o Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
o Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
o Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
o Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
o Coral – Coral (2002)
o Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around
o Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
o Doves – Last Broadcast
o Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
o Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the
o Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
o Roots – Phrenology
o Beck – Sea Change
o Timberlake, Justin – Justified
o Vines – Highly Evolved
o Hives – Your New Favourite Band
o Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
o Winehouse, Amy – Frank
o Calexico – Feast of Wire
o Darkness – Permission to Land
o White Stripes – Elephant
o Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
o Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
o Thrills – So Much for the City
o Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
o OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
o 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
o Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
o Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
o Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
o Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album)
o Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
o Björk – Medúlla
o Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
o Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
o Icarus Line – Penance Soirée
o Arcade Fire – Funeral
o Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
o Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
o Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album)
o N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
o Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
o Ozamatli – Street Signs
o Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
o West, kanYe – College Dropout
o Green, Cee-Lo – Is the Soul Machine
o TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
o Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
o Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
o Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
o Zutons – Who Killed the Zutons?
o Killers – Hot Fuss
o Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
o MIA (UK) – Arular
o Beck – Guero
o White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan


There are different revisions of the book, so this may not exactly match the website linked above.

[MadMan]

I've only heard 85 albums off of the list. I have a long, long ways to go....

[Derek]

Just realized Homogenic isn't on there. Bjork's on there three times, but weird that Medúlla gets a spot over that one.

[Spinal]

Just realized Homogenic isn't on there. Bjork's on there three times, but weird that Medúlla gets a spot over that one.

Yeah, I would say that her two best albums are not represented. Homogenic and Post.

Also, no To Bring You My Love from PJ Harvey, though she is represented strongly with three other albums.

[Derek]

353. Definitely better than I thought, though I was surprised by how many I haven't heard from the 90s.

1950s

o Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
o Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
o Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue

1960s

o Muddy Waters – At Newport
o Beatles – With the…
o Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
o Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
o Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
o Sonics – Here Are the…
o Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
o Beach Boys – Today!
o Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
o Beatles – Rubber Soul
o Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
o Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
o Who – My Generation
o Beatles – Revolver
o Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
o Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
o Monks – Black Monk Time
o Kinks – Face to Face
o John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
o Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
o Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
o Love – Forever Changes
o Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
o Who – Sell Out
o Velvet Underground - & Nico
o Doors – Doors (1st Album)
o The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
o Kinks – Something Else by the…
o Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
o Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
o Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
o Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
o Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
o Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
o Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
o Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
o Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
o United States of America – United States of America
o Band – Music from Big Pink
o Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
o Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
o Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
o Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
o Beatles – Abbey Road
o Who – Tommy
o Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
o Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
o Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
o Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
o Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
o Band – Band (2nd Album)
o Led Zeppelin – II
o Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
o Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
o Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
o Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
o King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
o Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
o Walker, Scott – Scott 4
o Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
o Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats

1970s

o Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
o Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
o Doors – Morrison Hotel
o Led Zeppelin – III
o Grateful Dead – American Beauty
o Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
o Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
o Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
o Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
o Stooges – Fun House
o Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
o Jethro Tull – Aqualung
o Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
o Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
o Yes – Yes Album
o Who – Who’s Next
o Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
o Yes – Fragile
o Doors – LA Woman
o Can – Tago Mago
o Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
o Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
o Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
o T.Rex – Electric Warrior
o Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
o Big Star – # 1 Record
o Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
o Young, Neil – Harvest
o Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
o Yes – Close to the Edge
o Reed, Lou – Transformer
o Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
o Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
o Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
o Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
o Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
o Hawkwind – Space Ritual
o Cale, John – Paris 1919
o Can – Future Days
o Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
o Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
o Faust – IV
o Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
o Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
o Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
o Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
o Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
o Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
o Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
o Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
o Kraftwerk – Autobahn
o Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
o Sparks – Kimono My House
o Supertramp – Crime of the Century
o Clark, Gene – No Other
o Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
o Eno, Brian – Another Green World
o Neu! – ‘75
o Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
o Bowie, David – Young Americans
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
o Smith, Patti – Horses
o Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
o Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
o Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
o Bowie, David – Station to Station
o Boston – Boston (1st Album)
o Eagles – Hotel California
o Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café
o Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
o Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
o Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
o Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
o Bowie, David – Low
o Steely Dan – Aja
o Wire – Pink Flag
o Talking Heads – 77
o Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
o Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
o Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
o Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
o Television – Marquee Moon
o Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
o Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
o Kraftwerk – Man Machine
o Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
o Jam – All Mod Cons
o Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
o Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
o Public Image Ltd – Public Image
o Magazine – Real Life
o Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
o Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
o Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
o Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
o Cars – Cars (1st Album)
o Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
o Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
o Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
o AC/DC – Highway to Hell
o Talking Heads – Fear of Music
o Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
o Clash – London Calling
o Gang of Four – Entertainment!
o Pink Floyd – Wall, the
o Public Image Ltd – Metal Box

1980s

o AC/DC – Back in Black
o Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
o Talking Heads – Remain in Light
o Joy Division – Closer
o Jam – Sound Affects
o Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
o Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
o Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
o Black Flag – Damaged
o Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
o Human League – Dare
o Gun Club – Fire of Love
o Bauhaus – Mask
o Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
o Jackson, Michael – Thriller
o Birthday Party – Junkyard
o Duran Duran – Rio
o Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
o Def Leppard – Pyromania
o REM – Murmur
o The The – Soul Mining
o U2 – War
o Police – Synchronicity
o Cocteau Twins – Treasure
o Replacements – Let it Be
o Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
o Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
o Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
o Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
o Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
o Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
o New Order – Low Life
o Simply Red – Picture Book
o Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
o Metallica – Master of Puppets
o Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
o Sonic Youth – Evol
o Simon, Paul – Graceland
o XTC – Skylarking
o Smiths – Queen is Dead
o Gabriel, Peter – So
o Anthrax – Among the Living
o Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
o Def Leppard – Hysteria
o Michael, George – Faith
o Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
o Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
o Sonic Youth – Sister
o U2 – Joshua Tree
o My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
o Pixies – Surfer Rosa
o Metallica – And Justice for All
o Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
o Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
o Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
o New Order – Technique
o Madonna – Like a Prayer
o Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
o Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
o Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
o Cure – Disintegration
o Pixies – Doolittle
o NWA – Straight Outta Compton

1990s

o Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
o La’s – La’s
o Depeche Mode – Violator
o Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
o Sonic Youth – Goo
o Ride – Nowhere
o My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
o Nirvana – Nevermind
o Crowded House – Woodface
o Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
o Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
o Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory
o Pearl Jam – Ten
o Slint – Spiderland
o U2 – Achtung Baby
o Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album]
o Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
o Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
o Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album)
o Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
o Harvey, P.J. – Dry
o Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
o Nirvana – In Utero
o Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
o Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
o Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
o Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
o Björk – Debut
o Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
o Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
o Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
o Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
o Portishead – Dummy
o Nas – Illmatic
o Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
o Oasis – Definitely Maybe
o Soundgarden – Superunknown
o Offspring – Smash
o Blur – Parklife
o G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce (1994)
o Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
o Buckley, Jeff – Grace
o Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
o Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
o Green Day – Dookie
o Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1st Album)
o Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
o Radiohead – Bends, the
o Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
o Verve – A Northern Soul
o Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
o Pulp – Different Class
o Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
o Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
o Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
o Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
o Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
o Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
o Beck – Odelay
o DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
o Apple, Fiona – Tidal
o Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
o Blur – Blur (1997)
o Radiohead – OK Computer
o Daft Punk – Homework
o Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
o Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
o Verve – Urban Hymns
o Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
o Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
o Pulp – This is Hardcore
o Queen of the Stone Age - Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)
o Air – Moon Safari
o Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
o Incubus – Make Yourself
o Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
o Travis – Man Who
o Moby – Play
o Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
o Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
o Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
o Sigur Rós – �gætis Byrjun

2000s

o Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
o Radiohead – Kid A
o U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
o Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
o Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
o Coldplay – Parachutes
o Avalanches – Since I Left You
o OutKast – Stankonia
o Radiohead – Amnesiac
o Silver Jews – Bright Flight
o Björk – Vespertine
o Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
o Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
o Jay Z – Blueprint
o Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
o Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
o Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
o Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
o Doves – Last Broadcast
o Beck – Sea Change
o Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
o Winehouse, Amy – Frank
o OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
o Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
o Björk – Medúlla
o Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
o Arcade Fire – Funeral
o Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
o Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
o Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
o Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
o TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
o Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
o Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
o MIA (UK) – Arular
o Beck – Guero

[Derek]

Yeah, I would say that her two best albums are not represented. Homogenic and Post.

I know it's a bit weird, but Vespertine is my favorite of hers, although Homogenic and Post are perfect albums. Both should be on there.


Also, no To Bring You My Love from PJ Harvey, though she is represented strongly with three other albums.

Huh. I somehow haven't heard Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea yet. I will have to rectify. And to continue my strange opinions on your favorite singers, I prefer White Chalk to Dry, Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love. I like 'em all though. :)

[Spinal]

Huh. I somehow haven't heard Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea yet.

It's probably my favorite.


And to continue my strange opinions on your favorite singers, I prefer White Chalk to Dry, Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love. I like 'em all though. :)

I have a strange relationship with White Chalk. I initially considered it somewhat slight. But then I used it as mood music for the last play I was in to help me get into a somber state of mind. I listened to it several times a week for a couple of months. I grew to appreciate its subtle power and chilling starkness. I don't even know if I can rank it anymore because it now carries associations for me that go beyond the music itself.

[soitgoes...]

I'm surprised Mingus Ah Um isn't listed. I would consider it a top 5 jazz album (and I'm sure I'm not alone here).

[Derek]

I'm surprised Mingus Ah Um isn't listed. I would consider it a top 5 jazz album (and I'm sure I'm not alone here).

Well, only one Mingus album is criminal, but they did at least choose the right one with Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, my favorite jazz album. Mingus Ah Um is great, but I'd put Pithecanthropus Erectus and Blues & Roots a touch above it. It's pretty clear jazz was an afterthought in this list.

[soitgoes...]

I should mention that The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is a close second for Mingus. Let's just say the man deserves more than one mention.

[Derek]

I should mention that The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is a close second for Mingus. Let's just say the man deserves more than one mention.

They blew their load on Miles. He's great, but if they were gonna have that few jazz albums, they could've spread the wealth a little better.

[soitgoes...]

They blew their load on Miles. He's great, but if they were gonna have that few jazz albums, they could've spread the wealth a little better.
Well, he's the safe bet, though with greats like Mingus, Monk, Basie and Coltrane getting one mention each, it safe to say that they should've just left jazz off the list altogether.

[Milky Joe]

I don't understand why they'd include a Silver Jews album that isn't American Water, especially if it's the only Silver Jews album they're going to put on the list. Then again, I disagree with probably >80% of this list so who cares.

[B-side]

Why is _____ not on the list, but _______ is? I am angry/disappointed/upset/laughing at their failure.

[D_Davis]

I'm trying to do a Top 10 for each decade...


1990s

1 Primal Scream – Screamadelica

- For me, Primal Scream's album is the definitive album of the 1990s. It's the decade's Dark Side of the Moon if you will. It still sounds like it's from the future, and laid the foundation for so many genres to come. Truly one of the great artistic statements of my lifetime.

2 Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
3 Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
4 Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
5 Depeche Mode – Violator
6 Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
7 Ride – Nowhere
8 Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
9 Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10 Eels – Beautiful Freak

[Wryan]

Listening to Louis Prima today. Didn't realize explicitly that "Jump, Jive an Wail" was either his or a common standard. Really rockin...

[MadMan]

Why is _____ not on the list, but _______ is? I am angry/disappointed/upset/laughing at their failure.That's the classic response to any Top *Insert Large or Small Number Here* list. But there in lies the fun.

[Spinal]

Just realized that Dreamboat Annie is not on here.

[Russ]

Just realized that Dreamboat Annie is not on here.
Well, neither is Pat Benatar, Loverboy, Foreigner...


..wait, this is a good thing, right?

/not a hater, I like Heart..

[Spinal]

Well, neither is Pat Benatar, Loverboy, Foreigner...


..wait, this is a good thing, right?

/not a hater, I like Heart..

Bah, Pat Benetar is one of the top artists of the 80s. Suck on her four Grammys!

/has never listened to a Pat Benetar album all the way through ...

[Milky Joe]

Why is _____ not on the list, but _______ is? I am angry/disappointed/upset/laughing at their failure.

More like just confused.

[Spinal]

Loving the Louis Prima!

[Derek]

I don't understand why they'd include a Silver Jews album that isn't American Water, especially if it's the only Silver Jews album they're going to put on the list.

True. The one they put on there is still pretty great, but it's still a little strange.


Then again, I disagree with probably >80% of this list so who cares.

Wow. I'm impressed you've heard over 800 of the albums on there!


Why is _____ not on the list, but _______ is? I am angry/disappointed/upset/laughing at their failure.

Yes, I realize that you are "above" ratings and lists, but for us low-lifes willing to stoop so low, voicing our disagreements and agreements with these kind of lists is kinda like 99% of the fun. But keep on fighting the good fight with your meta-commentary.

[Milky Joe]

True. The one they put on there is still pretty great, but it's still a little strange.

Yeah, all the Silver Jews albums are stellar, but for such a mostly mainstream list it just surprises me.


Wow. I'm impressed you've heard over 800 of the albums on there!

Well. I'm extrapolating a bit. :)

[Kurosawa Fan]

You know what's really sad? I find myself continually gravitating to albums I already own and listening to them again. I'm supposed to be exploring and finding new music, and instead I keep falling back on old favorites.

[MadMan]

You know what's really sad? I find myself continually gravitating to albums I already own and listening to them again. I'm supposed to be exploring and finding new music, and instead I keep falling back on old favorites.I have this problem a lot, but I still keep pressing on ahead to listening to music I've never heard before. I find that having a healthy balance of both is best.

[Wryan]

You know what's really sad? I find myself continually gravitating to albums I already own and listening to them again. I'm supposed to be exploring and finding new music, and instead I keep falling back on old favorites.

I just start a new album up during my lunch break and listen to it while surfing. Easy way to sorta "force" myself to listen to the stuff I haven't heard. And listening to them in order gives me a reason not to surf around for something else I might want to listen to more. So far so good, tho admittedly only 4 albums in.

[B-side]

Yes, I realize that you are "above" ratings and lists, but for us low-lifes willing to stoop so low, voicing our disagreements and agreements with these kind of lists is kinda like 99% of the fun. But keep on fighting the good fight with your meta-commentary.

Apparently, my self-deprecating humor is lost on you. I don't think I'm "above" ratings or lists. I just choose not to do them very often because they make me uncomfortable. That says nothing about you or the others that engage with them. And my remark in here was a joke, but I guess it hit too close to home?:P

[MadMan]

I like meta-commentary. Or meta-within-meta-commentary. Or meta on meta-commentary.

[Spinal]

Listening to an Iron Maiden album for the first time in my life. So this is what the 'bad boys' were listening to on their Walkmans when I was in high school. More melodic and less abrasive than I would have expected.

[Spinal]

T. Rex. So smooth. A new favorite.

[soitgoes...]

Listening to an Iron Maiden album for the first time in my life. So this is what the 'bad boys' were listening to on their Walkmans when I was in high school. More melodic and less abrasive than I would have expected.I went to probably 6 Iron Maiden concerts in high school, and never once thought of myself as a 'bad boy.' I saved that for my 2 year dive into rap. Nothing says 'bad boy' like a 160 lb. white guy blasting Tupac while driving his 87 Celica. Bitches.

[Spinal]

I went to probably 6 Iron Maiden concerts in high school, and never once thought of myself as a 'bad boy.' I saved that for my 2 year dive into rap. Nothing says 'bad boy' like a 160 lb. white guy blasting Tupac while driving his 87 Celica. Bitches.

What years did you go to high school?

[soitgoes...]

What years did you go to high school?
89-93. I'm one of the oldies here.

[Spinal]

89-93. I'm one of the oldies here.

Ah, so only a couple years behind me. Yeah, I put bad boy in quotes, because that was my perception at the time. Not that it really jived with reality.

[soitgoes...]

Ah, so only a couple years behind me. Yeah, I put bad boy in quotes, because that was my perception at the time. Not that it really jived with reality.You're older than me? Hmm, maybe I knew that.

I think that some of the other music that I listened to at that time would be more hardcore, but I was to meek to ever think of myself as a bad boy. Others I knew did, but it wasn't because of Iron Maiden. More for Slayer and Megadeth methinks. Iron Maiden always seemed one step beyond say Def Leppard to me. Early pre-Black album Metallica fans also had that bad boy chip on their shoulder.

[soitgoes...]

Also as a side note, I think it's been a good 15 years since I last played an Iron Maiden album. I can say the same for a good chunk of music I used to listen to in high school. That's kinda weird to me.

[B-side]

I think sometime soon I'll do a thread of sorts where I actually listen to music. I've been stuck in my little bubble for too long. My musical knowledge is embarrassingly scant.

[Spaceman Spiff]

T. Rex. So smooth. A new favorite.

Have you never heard them before? They're amazing. Bolan's death is one of rock music's truly great tragedies.

[Spinal]

Have you never heard them before? They're amazing. Bolan's death is one of rock music's truly great tragedies.

Well, Bang a Gong, naturally. But not much beyond that.

[Spinal]

Ugh, don't like Orange Juice much at all. It's like the worst parts of alternative, disco, new wave and reggae all thrown together into a hellish stew.

[Acapelli]

Ugh, don't like Orange Juice much at all. It's like the worst parts of alternative, disco, new wave and reggae all thrown together into a hellish stew.
i would neg rep you for this if i could

;)

[MadMan]

I've only heard two T-Rex songs: Bang The Gong, and the other being Jeepster, which was featured in the Death Proof soundtrack. I'd like to hear more.

[D_Davis]

89-93. I'm one of the oldies here.

Same here - nice! :)

[D_Davis]

I've only heard two T-Rex songs: Bang The Gong, and the other being Jeepster, which was featured in the Death Proof soundtrack. I'd like to hear more.

Be prepared to have your mind blown:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:mGASm2jzXey-5M:http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/downarchive/member2/03TRex_FuturisticDragon.jpg&t=1

[Spinal]

Seems like an Ani DiFranco album could have been included. My vote would be Dilate.

[Hugh_Grant]

Well, I guess that Spinal won't care about this news. :P

Orange Juice Box Set. (http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/08/24/orange-juice-coals-to-newcastle-box-set-track-list/)

I'll just do a little happy dance. Acapelli, feel free to join me.
:pritch:

[SirNewt]

I didn't see Power, Corruption, and Lies on there which I find pretty strange.

[Acapelli]

Well, I guess that Spinal won't care about this news. :P

Orange Juice Box Set. (http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/08/24/orange-juice-coals-to-newcastle-box-set-track-list/)

I'll just do a little happy dance. Acapelli, feel free to join me.
:pritch:
nice

i've actually only heard "you can't hide your love forever" (one of the best album titles ever btw) all the way through, so i look forward to checking all of this out