- 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
infobox Book |
name = 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
author = General Editor: Robert Dimery, Preface by Michael Lydon. Selected and Written by Leading International Critics.
cover_artist = Jon Wainright
country =United States
language = English
genre =Reference work
publisher = Tristan de Lancey; Universe Publishing (first edition)
release_date = 2006
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 960 p.
isbn = ISBN 0-7893-1371-5, ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, released in 2006.
It consists of a list of
albums released between 1955 and 2005. The book is arranged chronologically, starting withFrank Sinatra 's "In the Wee Small Hours " and concluding with "Get Behind Me Satan " byThe White Stripes . Each entry in the list is accompanied by a shortessay written by a noted music critic. The entries are accompanied by pictures, quotes, and additional information (such as the album's running time and producer).Most albums are available as streaming from
Radio3Net in a special [http://www.radio3net.ro/1001/ minisite] .Genres
Although the vast majority of the book's recommendations are rock and/or pop albums, "1001 Albums" also features a healthy sample of
world music , R&B, rap,blues , hip hop, country,electronica , andjazz . The rock and pop albums included are also quite diverse, featuring such subgenres as punk,grindcore , heavy metal,alternative rock ,progressive rock ,easy listening , and 1950s-stylerock and roll .List
1950s
*Sinatra, Frank – "In the Wee Small Hours "
*Presley, Elvis – "Elvis Presley"
*Louvin Brothers – "Tragic Songs of Life "
*Prima, Louis – "Wildest"
*Domino, Fats – "This is Fats"
*Ellington, Duke – "Ellington at Newport "
*Sinatra, Frank – "Songs for Swingin' Lovers "
*The Crickets – "The "Chirping" Crickets "
*Basie, Count – "Atomic Mr Basie"
*Monk, Thelonious – "Brilliant Corners "
*Sabú Martínez – "Palo Congo"
*Davis, Miles – "Birth of the Cool "
*Machito – "Kenya"
*Little Richard – "Here's Little Richard "
*Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – "Dance Mania"
*Holiday, Billie – "Lady in Satin "
*Elliott, Jack – "Jack Takes the Floor"
*Vaughan, Sarah – "At Mister Kelly's "
*Fitzgerald, Ella – "Sings the Gershwin Song Book"
*Charles, Ray – "The Genius of Ray Charles "
*Davis, Miles – "Kind of Blue "
*Robbins, Marty – "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs "
*Brubeck, Dave – "Time Out"1960s
*Baez, Joan – "Joan Baez"
*Presley, Elvis – "Elvis is Back! "
*Makeba, Miriam – "Miriam Makeba"
*Everly Brothers – "A Date with The Everly Brothers "
*Smith, Jimmy – "Back at the Chicken Shack "
*Muddy Waters – "At Newport 1960 "
*Evans, Bill – "Sunday at the Village Vanguard "
*Charles, Ray - "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music "
*Booker T & the MG's – "Green Onions "
*Getz, Stan &Charlie Byrd – "Jazz Samba "
*Price, Ray – "Night Life"
*The Beatles – "With the Beatles "
*Dylan, Bob – "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan "
*Spector, Phil & Various Artists – "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector "
*Cooke, Sam – "Live at the Harlem Square"
*Mingus, Charles – "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady "
*Brown, James – "Live at the Apollo (1963)"
*Getz, Stan &João Gilberto – "Getz/Gilberto "
*The Beatles – "A Hard Day’s Night"
*Brel, Jacques – "Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964 "
*Burke, Solomon – "Rock ‘n’ Soul"
*Springfield, Dusty - "A Girl Called Dusty "
*The Rolling Stones – "Rolling Stones"
*Owens, Buck – "I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail"
*Lewis, Jerry Lee – "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg "
*The Sonics – "Here Are the Sonics "
*Dylan, Bob – "Bringing It All Back Home "
*Redding, Otis – "The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads "
*The Beach Boys – "The Beach Boys Today! "
*Coltrane, John – "A Love Supreme "
*King, B.B. – "Live at the Regal "
*The Beatles – "Rubber Soul "
*Jansch, Bert – "Bert Jansch"
*The Byrds – "Mr Tambourine Man"
*Dylan, Bob – "Highway 61 Revisited "
*The Who – "My Generation "
*The Beatles – "Revolver"
*The Beach Boys – "Pet Sounds "
*Neil, Fred – "Fred Neil"
*The Byrds – "Fifth Dimension"
*Dylan, Bob – "Blonde on Blonde "
*The Monks – "Black Monk Time "
*The Kinks – "Face to Face"
*The Mamas & the Papas – "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears "
*Revere, Paul & the Raiders – "Midnight Ride"
*The Mothers of Invention – "Freak Out! "
*The Rolling Stones – "Aftermath"
*Simon & Garfunkel – "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme "
*13th Floor Elevators – "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators "
*John Mayall & the Blues Breakers – "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton "
*The Yardbirds – "Roger the Engineer "
*Simone, Nina – "Wild is the Wind"
*Gilberto, Astrud – "Beach Samba"
*Nico – "Chelsea Girl"
*The Beatles – "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "
*Country Joe & the Fish – "Electric Music for the Mind and Body "
*Buffalo Springfield – "Buffalo Springfield Again "
*Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – "Safe as Milk "
*Moby Grape – "Moby Grape"
*Love – "Da Capo"
*The Beau Brummels – "Triangle"
*The Monkees – "Headquarters"
*Buckley, Tim – "Goodbye and Hello "
*Love – "Forever Changes "
*Cream – "Disraeli Gears "
*Pink Floyd – "Piper at the Gates of Dawn "
*The Who – "The Who Sell Out "
*The Velvet Underground - "The Velvet Underground & Nico "
*Sinatra, Frank - "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim "
*The Doors – "The Doors"
*The Byrds - "Younger Than Yesterday "
*Young Rascals – "Groovin’"
*Jefferson Airplane – "Surrealistic Pillow "
*The Kinks – "Something Else by The Kinks "
*Donovan – "Sunshine Superman"
*Haggard, Merle – "I’m a Lonesome Fugitive"
*Hendrix, Jimi – "Are You Experienced "
*The Electric Prunes – "The Electric Prunes"
*Lynn, Loretta – "Don't Come a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) "
*Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra /Hariprasad Chaurasia – "Call of the Valley"
*The Velvet Underground – "White Light/White Heat "
*Hendrix, Jimi – ""
*Franklin, Aretha – "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You "
*The Rolling Stones – "Beggars Banquet "
*Traffic – "Traffic"
*The Incredible String Band – "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter "
*The Kinks – "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society "
*Shankar, Ravi – "The Sounds of India "
*Os Mutantes – "Os Mutantes (album) "
*Hendrix, Jimi – "Electric Ladyland "
*Cohen, Leonard – "Songs of Leonard Cohen "
*Cash, Johnny – "At Folsom Prison "
*Nyro, Laura – "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession "
*Franklin, Aretha – "Lady Soul "
*Blue Cheer – "Vincebus Eruptum "
*The Byrds – "Notorious Byrd Brothers "
*Big Brother and the Holding Company – "Cheap Thrills "
*The United States of America – "The United States of America"
*Dr. John – "Gris-Gris "
*Iron Butterfly – "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
*The Pretty Things – "S.F. Sorrow "
*Simon & Garfunkel – "Bookends "
*Small Faces – "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake "
*The Band – "Music from Big Pink "
*Beck, Jeff – "Truth"
*Veloso, Caetano – "Caetano Veloso"
*Walker, Scott – "Scott 2 "
*The Zombies – "Odessey & Oracle "
*Morrison, Van – "Astral Weeks "
*The Byrds – "Sweetheart of the Rodeo "
*The Beatles – "The Beatles"
*Mothers of Invention – "We're Only in It for the Money "
*Young, Neil – "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere "
*Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – "Trout Mask Replica "
*Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Bayou Country "
*Crosby, Stills & Nash – "Crosby, Stills & Nash"
*Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
*The Flying Burrito Brothers – "The Gilded Palace of Sin "
*Cash, Johnny – "At San Quentin "
*Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Green River"
*The Beatles – "Abbey Road"
*The Who – "Tommy"
*Davis, Miles – "In a Silent Way "
*Bee Gees – "Odessa"
*Pentangle – "Basket of Light "
*The Rolling Stones – "Let it Bleed "
*Drake, Nick – "Five Leaves Left "
*Springfield, Dusty – "Dusty in Memphis "
*Presley, Elvis – "From Elvis in Memphis "
*The Velvet Underground – "The Velvet Underground"
*Quicksilver Messenger Service – "Happy Trails"
*Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin"
*The Band – "The Band"
*Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin II "
*MC5 – "Kick Out the Jams "
*The Temptations – "Cloud Nine"
*Sly & the Family Stone – "Stand! "
*Buckley, Tim – "Happy Sad "
*Chicago Transit Authority - "The Chicago Transit Authority"
*Fairport Convention – "Unhalfbricking "
*The Youngbloods – "Elephant Mountain "
*Hayes, Isaac – "Hot Buttered Soul "
*Grateful Dead – "Live/Dead "
*The Kinks – "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) "
*King Crimson – "In the Court of the Crimson King "
*Cohen, Leonard – "Songs from a Room "
*Fairport Convention – "Liege & Lief "
*Walker, Scott – "Scott 4 "
*The Stooges – "The Stooges"
*Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – "Oar"
*Zappa, Frank – "Hot Rats "1970s
*
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Cosmo's Factory "
*Derek and the Dominos – "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs "
*Davis, Miles – "Bitches Brew "
*Spirit – "Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus "
*Black Sabbath – "Black Sabbath"
*The Doors – "Morrison Hotel "
*The Carpenters – "Close to You"
*Stills, Stephen – "Stephen Stills"
*Lennon, John – "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band "
*Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – "Déjà Vu"
*Black Sabbath – "Paranoid"
*Young, Neil – "After the Gold Rush "
*Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin III "
*Deep Purple – "In Rock"
*Morrison, Van – "Moondance "
*Grateful Dead – "American Beauty"
*Drake, Nick – "Bryter Layter "
*Shankar, Ananda – "Ananda Shankar"
*The Who – "Live at Leeds "
*Soft Machine – "Third"
*Stewart, Rod – "Gasoline Alley"
*Harrison, George – "All Things Must Pass "
*Simon & Garfunkel – "Bridge Over Troubled Water "
*Stevens, Cat – "Tea for the Tillerman "
*Traffic – "John Barleycorn Must Die "
*The Stooges – "Fun House"
*Taylor, James - "Sweet Baby James "
*McCartney, Paul – "McCartney"
*Santana – "Abraxas"
*Barrett, Syd – "The Madcap Laughs "
*Jethro Tull – "Aqualung"
*Crosby, David – "If I Could Only Remember My Name "
*Sly & the Family Stone – "There's a Riot Goin' On "
*Gaye, Marvin – "What's Going On "
*Yes – "Yes"
*Bee Gees – "Trafalgar"
*The Who – "Who's Next "
*King, Carole – "Tapestry (album) "
*Hayes, Isaac – "Shaft"
*The Allman Brothers Band – "At Fillmore East "
*The Rolling Stones – "Sticky Fingers "
*Lennon, John – "Imagine"
*The Beach Boys – "Surf's Up"
*Yes – "Fragile"
*The Doors – "L.A. Woman "
*Can – "Tago Mago "
*John, Elton – "Madman Across the Water "
*Parton, Dolly – "Coat of Many Colors "
*McLean, Don – "American Pie"
*Emerson, Lake & Palmer – "Tarkus "
*Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin IV "
*Gainsbourg, Serge – "Histoire de Melody Nelson "
*Stewart, Rod – "Every Picture Tells a Story "
*Emerson, Lake & Palmer – "Pictures at an Exhibition"
*Cohen, Leonard – "Songs of Love and Hate "
*Mitchell, Joni – "Blue"
*Funkadelic – "Maggot Brain "
*Joplin, Janis – "Pearl"
*Kuti, Fela - "Live ! (with Ginger Baker) "
*Faces – "A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse "
*The Flamin’ Groovies – "Teenage Head"
*Clark, Gene – "White Light"
*Prine, John – "John Prine"
*Nilsson, Harry – "Nilsson Schmilsson "
*T. Rex – "Electric Warrior "
*Bowie, David – "Hunky Dory "
*Newman, Randy – "Sail Away"
*Deep Purple – "Machine Head"
*Big Star – "#1 Record"
*Black Sabbath – "Black Sabbath Vol. 4 "
*Steely Dan – "Can't Buy a Thrill "
*Young, Neil – "Harvest"
*Mayfield, Curtis – "Superfly"
*Slade – "Slayed? "
*Deep Purple – "Made in Japan"
*Yes – "Close to the Edge "
*Reed, Lou – "Transformer"
*Masekela, Hugh – "Home is Where the Music Is"
*Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – "Clube da Esquina"
*Rundgren, Todd – "Something/Anything "
*Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – "Will the Circle Be Unbroken "
*Wonder, Stevie – "Talking Book "
*Stills, Stephen – "Manassas"
*T. Rex – "The Slider "
*Ackles, David – "American Gothic"
*Eagles – "Eagles"
*Buckley, Tim – "Greetings from L.A. "
*Drake, Nick – "Pink Moon "
*Simon, Paul – "Paul Simon"
*Roxy Music – "Roxy Music"
*Alice Cooper – "School's Out"
*The Temptations – "All Directions "
*Bowie, David – "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars "
*War – "The World Is a Ghetto "
*Green, Al – "Let's Stay Together"
*The Rolling Stones – "Exile on Main St. "
*Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd "
*Incredible Bongo Band – "Bongo Rock"
*Bowie, David – "Aladdin Sane "
*King Crimson – "Lark's Tongues in Aspic"
*Marley, Bob & The Wailers – "Catch a Fire "
*Hawkwind – "Space Ritual "
*Cale, John – "Paris 1919"
*Can – "Future Days "
*Reed, Lou – "Berlin"
*Genesis – "Selling England by the Pound "
*Gaye, Marvin – "Let's Get it On "
*Martyn, John – "Solid Air "
*Roxy Music – "For Your Pleasure "
*Faust – "Faust IV "
*Hancock, Herbie – "Head Hunters "
*Mott the Hoople – "Mott"
*Oldfield, Mike – "Tubular Bells "
*Rundgren, Todd – "A Wizard, a True Star "
*John, Elton – "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road "
*Steely Dan – "Countdown to Ecstasy "
*Jennings, Waylon – "Honky Tonk Heroes "
*Pink Floyd – "Dark Side of the Moon "
*Wonder, Stevie – "Innervisions "
*ZZ Top – "Tres Hombres "
*McCartney, Paul & Wings – "Band on the Run "
*Sensational Alex Harvey Band – "Next"
*Alice Cooper – "Billion Dollar Babies "
*Iggy & the Stooges – "Raw Power "
*Isley Brothers – "3 + 3 "
*New York Dolls – "New York Dolls"
*Eno, Brian – "Here Come the Warm Jets "
*Bad Company – "Bad Company"
*Deep Purple – "Burn"
*Genesis – "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway "
*Otis, Shuggie – "Inspiration Information"
*Wonder, Stevie – "Fulfillingness' First Finale "
*Clapton, Eric – "461 Ocean Boulevard "
*Kraftwerk – "Autobahn"
*Morrison, Van – "It's Too Late to Stop Now "
*Mitchell, Joni – "Court and Spark "
*Queen – "Queen II "
*Roxy Music – "Country Life"
*Tangerine Dream – "Phaedra"
*Sparks – "Kimono My House "
*Supertramp – "Crime of the Century"
*Thompson, Richard & Linda – "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight "
*Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – "Winter in America "
*Queen – "Sheer Heart Attack "
*10cc – "Sheet Music"
*Young, Neil – "On the Beach"
*Jones, George – "The Grand Tour"
*Clark, Gene – "No Other "
*Steely Dan – "Pretzel Logic "
*Newman, Randy – "Good Old Boys "
*Marley, Bob & the Wailers – "Natty Dread "
*Wyatt, Robert – "Rock Bottom"
*Parsons, Gram – "Grievous Angel "
*Eno, Brian – "Another Green World "
*The Dictators – "The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! "
*Neu! – "Neu! '75 "
*Led Zeppelin – "Physical Graffiti "
*Jarrett, Keith – "Köln Concert "
*Aerosmith – "Toys in the Attic"
*Bowie, David – "Young Americans"
*Burning Spear – "Marcus Garvey"
*Springsteen, Bruce – "Born to Run "
*Harris, Emmylou – "Pieces of the Sky "
*Dion – "Born to Be with You"
*Mitchell, Joni – "Hissing of Summer Lawns "
*Waits, Tom - "Nighthawks at the Diner "
*Burman, Rahul Dev – "Shalimar (Soundtrack)"
*Young, Neil – "Tonight's the Night"
*Dylan, Bob – "Blood on the Tracks "
*Smith, Patti – "Horses"
*Pink Floyd – "Wish You Were Here"
*Queen – "A Night at the Opera"
*Nelson, Willie – "Red Headed Stranger "
*Earth, Wind & Fire – "That's the Way of the World "
*Mayfield, Curtis – "There's No Place Like America Today "
*Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers"
*The Modern Lovers – "The Modern Lovers"
*Bowie, David – "Station to Station "
*Mitchell, Joni – "Hejira"
*Boston – "Boston"
*The Eagles – "Hotel California "
*ABBA – "Arrival"
*Kiss – "Destroyer"
*Rush – "2112"
*Ben, Jorge – "África Brasil "
*Armatrading, Joan – "Joan Armatrading"
*Aerosmith – "Rocks"
*Parliament – "Mothership Connection "
*Penguin Cafe Orchestra – "Music from the Penguin Cafe "
*Jarre, Jean Michel – "Oxygène "
*Ramones – "Ramones"
*Kuti, Fela – "Zombie"
*Tosh, Peter – "Legalize It "
*Wonder, Stevie – "Songs in the Key of Life "
*Frampton, Peter – "Frampton Comes Alive "
*Eno, Brian – "Before and After Science "
*Kraftwerk – "Trans-Europe Express"
*Joel, Billy – "The Stranger"
*Marley, Bob & the Wailers – "Exodus"
*Electric Light Orchestra – "Out of the Blue"
*Weather Report – "Heavy Weather"
*Muddy Waters – "Hard Again "
*The Stranglers – "Rattus Norvegicus"
*The Clash – "Clash"
*Bowie, David – "Low"
*Steely Dan – "Aja"
*Wire – "Pink Flag "
*Martyn, John – "One World"
*Talking Heads – ""
*Fleetwood Mac – "Rumours "
*Bowie, David – ""Heroes" "
*Wilson, Dennis – "Pacific Ocean Blue "
*Suicide – "Suicide"
*Iggy Pop – "The Idiot"
*Gabriel, Peter – "Peter Gabriel"
*Television – "Marquee Moon "
*Meat Loaf – "Bat Out of Hell "
*Costello, Elvis – "My Aim is True "
*Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life"
*Dury, Ian – "New Boots and Panties!! "
*Sex Pistols – "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols "
*Pere Ubu – "The Modern Dance "
*Kraftwerk – "The Man-Machine "
*Blondie – "Parallel Lines "
*Regina, Elís – "Vento de Maio"
*Pere Ubu – "Dub Housing "
*The Only Ones – "The Only Ones"
*Costello, Elvis – "This Year's Model "
*The Jam – "All Mod Cons "
*Ely, Joe – "Honky Tonk Masquerade "
*The Adverts – "Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts "
*Big Star – "Third/Sister Lovers "
*The Residents – "Duck Stab/Buster & Glen "
*Public Image Ltd. – "First Issue "
*Magazine – "Real Life"
*Springsteen, Bruce – "Darkness on the Edge of Town "
*Funkadelic – "One Nation Under a Groove "
*Throbbing Gristle – ""
*Thin Lizzy – "Live and Dangerous "
*Talking Heads – "More Songs About Buildings and Food "
*Buzzcocks – "Another Music in a Different Kitchen "
*Van Halen – "Van Halen"
*Colón, Willie &Rubén Blades – "Siembra"
*The Cars – "The Cars"
*Devo – ""
*Dire Straits – "Dire Straits"
* The Saints – "Eternally Yours "
*Gaye, Marvin – "Here, My Dear "
*Nelson, Willie – "Stardust"
*Chic – "C'est Chic "
*X-Ray Spex – "Germ Free Adolescents "
*Eno, Brian – ""
*Siouxsie & the Banshees – "The Scream"
*AC/DC – "Highway to Hell"
*Sister Sledge – "We Are Family"
*The Crusaders – "Street Life"
*The Germs – "(GI) "
*The B-52's – "The B-52's"
*Czukay, Holger – "Movies"
*The Police – "Reggatta de Blanc "
*The Fall – "Live at the Witch Trials "
*Talking Heads – "Fear of Music"
*Joy Division – "Unknown Pleasures "
*Chic – "Risqué"
*The Undertones – "The Undertones"
*The Clash – "London Calling "
*Japan – "Quiet Life "
*Faithfull, Marianne – "Broken English"
*The Slits – "Cut"
*Costello, Elvis – "Armed Forces "
*Young, Neil – "Rust Never Sleeps "
*Gang of Four – "Entertainment! "
*Cheap Trick – "At Budokan"
*Fleetwood Mac – "Tusk"
*Pink Floyd – "The Wall "
*Public Image Ltd. – "Metal Box "
*Jackson, Michael – "Off the Wall"
*The Damned – "Machine Gun Etiquette "
*Numan, Gary – "The Pleasure Principle"
*The Specials – "The Specials"1980s
*Adam & the Ants –Kings of the Wild Frontier
*Dexys Midnight Runners –Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
*AC/DC –Back in Black
*Cramps –Songs the Lord Taught Us
*Dead Kennedys –Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
*Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel
*Soft Boys –Underwater Moonlight
*The Cure –Disintegration
*Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
*Motörhead – Ace of Spades
*Killing Joke – Killing Joke
*Judas Priest – British Steel
*Circle Jerks –Group Sex
*Talking Heads –Remain in Light
*Joy Division – Closer
*Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
*Undertones –Hypnotised
*Jam –Sound Affects
*Waits, Tom –Heartattack and Vine
*UB40 –Signing Off
*Toto -Toto IV
*The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
*The Specials –More Specials
*Winwood, Steve –Arc of a Diver
*Pretenders – Pretenders
*Einstürzende Neubauten –Kollaps
*Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
*Heaven 17 –Penthouse and Pavement
*Go-Gos –Beauty and the Beat
*Motörhead –No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
*Soft Cell –Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
*Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark –Architecture and Morality
*Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
*Black Flag – Damaged
*X –Wild Gift
*Psychedelic Furs –Talk Talk Talk
*Human League – Dare
*Gun Club –Fire of Love
*Bauhaus – Mask
*Womack, Bobby – Poet
*Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
*Rush – Moving Pictures
*ABBA – Visitors
*ABC –Lexicon of Love
*Prince – 1999
*Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – The Message
*Costello, Elvis –Imperial Bedroom
*The Cure – Pornography
*Dexys Midnight Runners –Too-Rye-Ay
*Simple Minds –New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
*Madness – The Rise & Fall
*Fagen, Donald –The Nightfly
*Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
*Bush, Kate – The Dreaming
*Orange Juice – Rip It Up
*Jackson, Michael – Thriller
*The Birthday Party – Junkyard
*Venom – Black Metal
*Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
*Associates – Sulk
*Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
*Duran Duran – Rio
*Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
*McLaren, Malcolm –Duck Rock
*Def Leppard – Pyromania
*R.E.M. – Murmur
*The The –Soul Mining
*Waits, Tom –Swordfishtrombones
*Blue Nile –A Walk Across the Rooftops
*Hanoi Rocks –Back to Mystery City
*Lauper, Cyndi –She's So Unusual
*Simon, Paul –Hearts and Bones
*Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
*ZZ Top – Eliminator
*Eurythmics –Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
*U2 – War
*The Police – Synchronicity
*Meat Puppets –Meat Puppets II
*Culture Club –Colour by Numbers
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood –Welcome to the Pleasuredome
*Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
*Sade –Diamond Life
*Cocteau Twins – Treasure
*Minor Threat – Out of Step
*Van Halen – 1984
*Prince – Purple Rain
*Replacements – Let It Be
*The Style Council –Café Bleu
*Turner, Tina –Private Dancer
*Echo & the Bunnymen –Ocean Rain
*Minutemen –Double Nickels on the Dime
*Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
*N’Dour, Youssou –Immigrés
*Springsteen, Bruce –Born in the USA
*The Fall –This Nation's Saving Grace
*Ibrahim, Abdullah –Water from an Ancient Well
*Aha –Hunting High and Low
*Tears for Fears –Songs from the Big Chair
*Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
*Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
*Mekons –Fear and Whiskey
*Big Black – Atomizer
*Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega
*The Pogues –Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
*Bush, Kate –Hounds of Love
*The Smiths –Meat is Murder
*Waits, Tom –Rain Dogs
*Jesus & Mary Chain –Psychocandy
*New Order –Low-Life
*Simply Red – Picture Book
*Dexys Midnight Runners –Don't Stand Me Down
*Scritti Politti –Cupid & Psyche 85
*Costello, Elvis – Blood and Chocolate
*Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force –
*Beastie Boys –Licensed to Ill
*Metallica –Master of Puppets
*The The – Infected
*Griffith, Nanci –Last of the True Believers
*Bragg, Billy –Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
*Talk Talk –The Colour of Spring
*Megadeth –Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
*Bon Jovi –Slippery When Wet
*Sonic Youth –Evol
*Slayer –Reign in Blood
*Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
*Simon, Paul – Graceland
*Run-D.M.C. –Raising Hell
*XTC –Skylarking
*Earle, Steve –Guitar Town
*Bad Brains –I Against I
*Baker, Anita – Rapture
*The Smiths –The Queen Is Dead
*Gabriel, Peter – So
*Anthrax –Among the Living
*Dinosaur Jr. –You're Living All Over Me
*Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
*Def Leppard – Hysteria
*R.E.M. – Document
*Prince – Sign o' the Times
*The Cult – Electric
*Depeche Mode –Music for the Masses
*Sisters of Mercy –Floodland
*Michael, George – Faith
*Hüsker Dü –
*Butthole Surfers –Locust Abortion Technician
*Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
*The Smiths –Strangeways Here We Come
*Guns N’ Roses –Appetite for Destruction
*Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
*Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
*Laibach – Opus Dei
*Napalm Death – Scum
*Sonic Youth – Sister
*Triffids – Calenture
*Jackson, Michael – Bad
*Pet Shop Boys –Actually
*U2 –The Joshua Tree
*D'Arby, Terence Trent –Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
*The Pogues –If I Should Fall from Grace with God
*Cohen, Leonard – I'm Your Man
*The Waterboys –Fisherman's Blues
*Fishbone –Truth and Soul
*Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
*Living Colour - Vivid
*Mudhoney –Superfuzz Bigmuff
*R.E.M. – Green
*Happy Mondays –Bummed
*Go Betweens –16 Lovers Lane
*Cowboy Junkies –The Trinity Session
*Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman
*My Bloody Valentine –Isn't Anything
*Pixies –Surfer Rosa
*Metallica – …And Justice for All
*Dinosaur Jr. – Bug
*Krause, Dagmar –Tank Battles
*lang, k.d. – Shadowland
*American Music Club – California
*Morrissey –Viva Hate
*Sonic Youth –Daydream Nation
*Sugarcubes –Life's Too Good
*Yoakam, Dwight –Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
*Jane's Addiction –Nothing's Shocking
*Public Enemy –It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
*Faith No More – The Real Thing
*Kravtiz, Lenny –Let Love Rule
*Hooker, John Lee –The Healer
*New Order – Technique
*Madonna –Like a Prayer
*Queen Latifah –All Hail the Queen
*Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
*fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
*Beastie Boys –Paul's Boutique
*Young Gods –L'Eau Rouge
*Zorn, John –
*The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
*Cherry, Neneh –Raw Like Sushi
*Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck –Djam Leelii
*Bush, Kate –The Sensual World
*The Cure –Head on the Door
*808 State – 808:90
*Coldcut – What's That Noise?
*Adamson, Barry –Moss Side Story
*Aerosmith – Pump
*Pixies – Doolittle
*Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
*Fugazi – Repeater
*Soul II Soul –Club Classics Vol. I
*De La Soul –3 Feet High and Rising
*Jackson, Janet –Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
*Jungle Brothers –Done by the Forces of Nature
*NWA –Straight Outta Compton 1990s
*Cocteau Twins –Heaven or Las Vegas
*Shamen –En-Tact
*Deee Lite –World Clique
*The La's – The La's
*Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
*Depeche Mode – Violator
*Pixies –Bossanova
*Megadeth –Rust in Peace
*Digital Underground –Sex Packets
*Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
*Happy Mondays –Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
*Michael, George –Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
*Young, Neil –Ragged Glory
*Ice Cube –AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
*Jane’s Addiction –Ritual de lo Habitual
*LL Cool J –Mama Said Knock You Out
*Public Enemy –Fear of a Black Planet
*O’Connor, Sinéad –I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
*Tribe Called Quest, a –People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
*Sonic Youth – Goo
*Ride – Nowhere
*My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
*Nirvana –Nevermind
*Crowded House –Woodface
*Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
*Cope, Julian –Peggy Suicide
*Gang Starr –Step in the Arena
*MC Solaar -Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
*Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
*Red Hot Chili Peppers –Blood Sugar Sex Magik
*Ice T –O.G. Original Gangster
*Mudhoney –Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
*Public Enemy –Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
*Tribe Called Quest, a –The Low End Theory
*Pearl Jam – Ten
*Saint Etienne –Foxbase Alpha
*Sepultura – Arise
*Slint –Spiderland
*U2 –Achtung Baby
*The KLF –The White Room
*Massive Attack –Blue Lines
*Primal Scream –Screamadelica
*Teenage Fanclub –Bandwagonesque
*Metallica – Metallica
*Pavement –Slanted and Enchanted
*Aphex Twin –Selected Ambient Works 85–92
*Arrested Development –3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
*Olomidé, Koffi – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
*Morrissey –Your Arsenal
*Maal, Baaba – Lam Toro
*Lemonheads –It's a Shame about Ray
*Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
*Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy –Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
*lang, k.d. – Ingénue
*Dr. Dre –The Chronic
*R.E.M. –Automatic for the People
*Pharcyde –Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
*Spiritualized –Lazer Guided Melodies
*Sugar –Copper Blue
*Waits, Tom –Bone Machine
*Sonic Youth – Dirty
*Stereo MCs – Connected
*Ministry –
*Amos, Tori –Little Earthquakes
*Ice Cube –The Predator
*Pantera –Vulgar Display of Power
*Alice in Chains – Dirt
*Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds –Henry's Dream
*Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
*Harvey, P.J. – Dry
*Suede – Suede
*Weller, Paul –Wild Wood
*Smashing Pumpkins –Siamese Dream
*The Auteurs – New Wave
*Phair, Liz –Exile in Guyville
*The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
*Mann, Aimee – Whatever
*Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
*Nirvana –In Utero
*Jamiroquai –Emergency on Planet Earth
*Pet Shop Boys – Very
*Harvey, P.J. –Rid of Me
*Blur –Modern Life Is Rubbish
*Crow, Sheryl –Tuesday Night Music Club
*Fall –The Infotainment Scan
*Wu Tang Clan –Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
*Björk – Debut
*Orbital – Orbital
*Snoop Doggy Dogg –Doggystyle
*Sebadoh –Bubble and Scrape
*Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
*Orbit, William –Strange Cargo III
*Method Man – Tical
*Black, Frank –Teenager of the Year
*Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
*Jeru the Damaja –The Sun Rises in the East
*Pavement –Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
*Portishead – Dummy
*Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
*Nas –Illmatic
*Beastie Boys –Ill Communication
*Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
*Morrissey –Vauxhall and I
*TLC –CrazySexyCool
*Oasis –Definitely Maybe
*Soundgarden –Superunknown
*Offspring – Smash
*Drive Like Jehu –Yank Crime
*Blur –Parklife
*G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce
*Touré, Ali Farka –Talking Timbuktu
*Hole –Live Through This
*Massive Attack – Protection
*Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
*Suede –Dog Man Star
*Notorious BIG –Ready to Die
*Buckley, Jeff – Grace
*Orbital –Snivilisation
*Nirvana –MTV Unplugged in New York
*Nine Inch Nails –The Downward Spiral
*Prodigy –Music for the Jilted Generation
*Green Day –Dookie
*Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
*Garbage – Garbage
*Nightmares on Wax –Smokers Delight
*Tricky –Maxinquaye
*Raekwon –Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
*Smashing Pumpkins –Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
*Rocket from the Crypt –Scream, Dracula, Scream!
*Chemical Brothers –Exit Planet Dust
*2Pac –Me Against the World
*Elastica – Elastica
*Supergrass –I Should Coco
*Radiohead –The Bends
*Guided by Voices –Alien Lanes
*Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti
*The Verve –A Northern Soul
*Genius GZA –Liquid Swords
*Pulp –Different Class
*Leftfield – Leftism
*D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
*Oasis –(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
*Goldie – Timeless
*Morissette, Alanis –Jagged Little Pill
*Screaming Trees – Dust
*Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
*Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
*Dr. Octagon –Dr. Octagonecologyst
*Stereolab –Emperor Tomato Ketchup
*Tortoise –Millions Now Living Will Never Die
*Beck –Odelay
*Belle & Sebastian –Tigermilk
*DJ Shadow –Endtroducing.....
*Eels –Beautiful Freak
*Divine Comedy – Casanova
*Apple, Fiona – Tidal
*Wilco – Being There
*Sepultura – Roots
*Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
*Fun Lovin’ Criminals –Come Find Yourself
*Maxwell –Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
*Charlatans –Tellin' Stories
*Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
*Everything But the Girl –Walking Wounded
*Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds –Murder Ballads
*Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
*Underworld –Second Toughest in the Infants
*Jon Spencer Blues Explosion –Now I Got Worry
*Cardigans –First Band on the Moon
*Marilyn Manson –Antichrist Superstar
*Fugees – The Score
*Ash – 1977
*Belle & Sebastian –If You're Feeling Sinister
*Blur – Blur
*Radiohead –OK Computer
*Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
*Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor –Supa Dupa Fly
*Chemical Brothers –Dig Your Own Hole
*Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
*Wyatt, Robert –Shleep
*Holmes, David –Let's Get Killed
*Sleater Kinney –Dig Me Out
*Prodigy –The Fat of the Land
*Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
*Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds –The Boatman's Call
*The Divine Comedy –A Short Album About Love
*Cornershop –When I Was Born for the 7th Time
*Daft Punk – Homework
*Williams, Robbie –Life thru a Lens
*Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
*Supergrass – In It for the Money
*Dylan, Bob –Time Out of Mind
*Size, Roni & Reprazent –New Forms
*Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
*The Verve –Urban Hymns
*Spiritualized –Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
*Dandy Warhols –…The Dandy Warhols Come Down
*Dylan, Bob –
*Chao, Manu –Clandestino
*Bragg, Billy & Wilco –Mermaid Avenue
*Turbonegro –Apocalypse Dudes
*Fatboy Slim –You've Come a Long Way, Baby
*Gray, David –White Ladder
*Williams, Lucinda –Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
*Pulp –This Is Hardcore
*Madonna –Ray of Light
*Hill, Lauryn –The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
*Hole –Celebrity Skin
*Mercury Rev –Deserter's Songs
*System of a Down - System of a Down
*Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
*Air –Moon Safari
*Singh, Talvin – Ok
*Korn – Follow the Leader
*Khalèd, (Cheb) –Kenza
*Kid Rock –Devil Without a Cause
*Boards of Canada –Music Has the Right to Children
*Suba -São Paulo Confessions
*XTC –Apple Venus Volume 1
*Skunk Anansie –Post Orgasmic Chill
*Incubus –Make Yourself
*The Magnetic Fields –69 Love Songs
*Travis –The Man Who
*Slipknot – Slipknot
*Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
*Sawhney, Nitin –Beyond Skin
*Death in Vegas –The Contino Sessions
*Moby – Play
*The Flaming Lips –The Soft Bulletin
*Rhymes Digitales, les –Darkdancer
*Tigre, le – Le Tigre
*Eminem –The Slim Shady LP
*Spears, Britney –...Baby One More Time
*Metallica – S&M
*Bonnie Prince Billy –I See a Darkness
*Shack –HMS Fable
*Basement Jaxx – Remedy
*Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
*Sigur Rós –Ágætis byrjun 2000s
*Doves – Lost Souls
*Air – The Virgin Suicides
*Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
*Gilberto, Bebel –Tanto Tempo
*M. J. Cole – Sincere
*Harris, Emmylou –Red Dirt Girl
*Limp Bizkit –Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
*Radiohead –Kid A
*U2 –All That You Can't Leave Behind
*Linkin Park –Hybrid Theory
*Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
*Badly Drawn Boy –The Hour of Bewilderbeast
*Harvey, P.J. –Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
*Badu, Erykah –Mama's Gun
*Coldplay –Parachutes
*Common – Like Water for Chocolate
*Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
*Red Snapper –Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper
*Eminem –The Marshall Mathers LP
*Goldfrapp –Felt Mountain
*Giant Sand –Chore of Enchantment
*Lambchop – Nixon
*Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
*Madonna – Music
*Avalanches –Since I Left You
*OutKast –Stankonia
*Radiohead –Amnesiac
*Silver Jews –Bright Flight
*Björk –Vespertine
*Gorillaz – Gorillaz
*Adams, Ryan – Gold
*Destiny’s Child – Survivor
*Strokes –Is This It
*Welch, Gillian –Time (The Revelator)
*Gotan Project –La Revancha del Tango
*White Stripes – White Blood Cells
*Beta Band –Hot Shots II
*Jay Z –The Blueprint
*Röyksopp –Melody A.M.
*Drive-By Truckers –Southern Rock Opera
*Super Furry Animals –Rings Around the World
*Jurassic 5 –Power in Numbers
*Wilco –Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
*Ms Dynamite –A Little Deeper
*Bees –Sunshine Hit Me
*Jones, Norah –Come Away with Me
*Coldplay –A Rush of Blood to the Head
*The Coral – The Coral
*Cash, Johnny –
*Flaming Lips –Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
*Doves – The Last Broadcast
*Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
*Springsteen, Bruce – The Rising
*Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
*Roots – Phrenology
*Beck – Sea Change
*Timberlake, Justin –Justified
*Vines –Highly Evolved
*Hives –Your New Favourite Band
*Radiohead –Hail to the Thief
*Winehouse, Amy – Frank
*Calexico –Feast of Wire
*Darkness –Permission to Land
*White Stripes – Elephant
*Dizzee Rascal –Boy in da Corner
*Kings of Leon –Youth and Young Manhood
*Thrills –So Much for the City
*Yeah Yeah Yeahs –Fever to Tell
*OutKast –Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
*50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
*The Mars Volta –De-Loused in the Comatorium
*Lightning Bolt –Wonderful Rainbow
*Wainwright, Rufus –Want One
*Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
*Morrissey –You Are the Quarry
*Björk –Medúlla
*Mylo –Destroy Rock & Roll
*Wilson, Brian – Smile
*Icarus Line –Penance Soiree
*Arcade Fire – Funeral
*Banhart, Devendra –Rejoicing in the Hands
*Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds –Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
*Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
*N*E*R*D –Fly or Die
*Beta Band –Heroes to Zeros
*Ozomatli – Street Signs
*The Libertines – The Libertines
*West, Kanye –The College Dropout
*Green, Cee-Lo –Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
*TV on the Radio –Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
*Liars –They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
*Streets –A Grand Don't Come for Free
*Wainwright, Rufus –Want Two
*Zutons –Who Killed...... The Zutons?
*Killers –Hot Fuss
*Kings of Leon –Aha Shake Heartbreak
*MIA (UK) –Arular
*Beck –Guero
*White Stripes –Get Behind Me Satan ee also
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