1001 Albums You Must Hear – 2008 Edition
- Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
- Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956)
- Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
- Prima, Louis – Wildest
- Domino, Fats – This is Fats
- Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956)
- Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
- Crickets – Chirping…
- Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
- Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
- Sabú [Martínez] – Palo Congo
- Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
- Machito – Kenya
- Little Richard – Here’s…
- Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
- Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
- Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
- Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly’s
- Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
- Charles, Ray – Genius of… (1959)
- Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
- Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
- Brubeck, Dave – Time Out
- Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960)
- Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
- Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960)
- Everly Brothers – A Date with the…
- Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
- Muddy Waters – At Newport
- Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
- Charles, Ray – Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
- Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
- Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
- Price, Ray – Night Life
- Beatles – With the…
- Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’…
- Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
- Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
- Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
- Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
- Getz, Stan & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
- Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
- Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64
- Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
- Springfield, Dusty – A Girl Called Dusty
- Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album)
- Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
- Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
- Sonics – Here Are the…
- Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home
- Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul
- Beach Boys – Today!
- Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
- King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
- * Beatles – Rubber Soul
- Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album)
- Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man
- Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
- Who – My Generation
- * Beatles – Revolver
- Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
- Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album)
- Byrds – Fifth Dimension
- Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
- Monks – Black Monk Time
- Kinks – Face to Face
- Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
- Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
- Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
- Rolling Stones – Aftermath
- Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
- 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
- John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton
- Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album)
- Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
- Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
- Nico – Chelsea Girl
- * Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
- Buffalo Springfield – Again
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
- Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album)
- Love – Da Capo
- Beau Brummels – Triangle
- Monkees – Headquarters
- Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello
- Love – Forever Changes
- Cream – Disraeli Gears
- Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Who – Sell Out
- Velvet Underground – & Nico
- Sinatra, Frank – Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Doors – Doors (1st Album)
- Byrds – Younger than Yesterday
- Young Rascals – Groovin’
- Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
- Kinks – Something Else by the…
- Donovan – Sunshine Superman
- Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
- Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
- Electric Prunes – I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night)
- Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)
- Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
- Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
- Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
- Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
- Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
- Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album)
- Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
- Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
- Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968)
- Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album)
- Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
- Cohen, Leonard – Songs of…
- Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
- Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
- Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
- Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
- Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
- Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
- United States of America – United States of America
- Dr John – Gris Gris
- Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida
- Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
- Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
- Band – Music from Big Pink
- Beck, Jeff – Truth
- Veloso, Caetano – Caetano Veloso (1968)
- Walker, Scott – Scott 2
- Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
- Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
- Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album]
- Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
- Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
- Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd Album)
- Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
- Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
- * Beatles – Abbey Road
- Who – Tommy
- Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
- Bee Gees – Odessa
- Pentangle – Basket of Light
- Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
- Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
- Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
- Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
- Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
- Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
- Band – Band (2nd Album)
- Led Zeppelin – II
- MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
- Temptations – Cloud Nine
- Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
- Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
- Chicago Transit Authority [Chicago] – Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
- Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
- Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
- Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
- Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
- Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire
- King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
- Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
- Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
- Walker, Scott – Scott 4
- Stooges – Stooges (1st Album)
- Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
- Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
- Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
- Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
- Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album)
- Doors – Morrison Hotel
- Carpenters – Close to You
- Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album)
- Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
- Led Zeppelin – III
- Deep Purple – In Rock
- Morrison, Van – Moondance
- Grateful Dead – American Beauty
- Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
- Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970)
- Who – Live at Leeds(1st Album)
- Soft Machine – Third
- Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
- Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
- Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
- Stooges – Fun House
- Taylor, James – Sweet Baby James
- McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970)
- Santana – Abraxas
- Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs
- Jethro Tull – Aqualung
- Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
- Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
- Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
- Yes – Yes Album
- Bee Gees – Trafalgar
- Who – Who’s Next
- King, Carole – Tapestry
- Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack
- Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
- Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
- Lennon, John – Imagine
- Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
- Yes – Fragile
- Doors – LA Woman
- Can – Tago Mago
- John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
- Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
- McLean, Don – American Pie
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
- Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols]
- Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
- Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
- Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love & Hate
- Mitchell, Joni – Blue
- Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
- Joplin, Janis – Pearl
- Kuti, Fela – With Ginger Baker: Live!
- Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse
- Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
- Clark, Gene – White Light
- Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album)
- Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
- T.Rex – Electric Warrior
- Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
- Newman, Randy – Sail Away
- Deep Purple – Machine Head
- Big Star – # 1 Record
- Black Sabbath – Vol 4
- Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
- Young, Neil – Harvest
- Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Slade – Slayed?
- Deep Purple – Made in Japan
- Yes – Close to the Edge
- Reed, Lou – Transformer
- Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
- Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina (1972)
- Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
- Still, Stephen – Manassas
- T.Rex – Slider
- Ackles, David – American Gothic
- Eagles – Eagles (1st Album)
- Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA
- Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
- Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972)
- Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album)
- Alice Cooper – School’s Out
- Temptations – All Directions
- Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- War – World is a Ghetto
- Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
- Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
- Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
- Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
- King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic
- Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
- Hawkwind – Space Ritual
- Cale, John – Paris 1919
- Can – Future Days
- Reed, Lou – Berlin
- Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
- Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it On
- Martyn, John – Solid Air
- Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
- Faust – IV
- Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
- Mott the Hoople – Mott
- Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
- Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
- John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
- Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
- Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
- Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
- ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
- McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
- Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
- Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
- Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
- New York Dolls – New York Dolls (1st Album)
- Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
- Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album)
- Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
- Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale
- Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
- Kraftwerk – Autobahn
- Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
- Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark
- Queen – II
- Roxy Music – Country Life
- Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
- Sparks – Kimono My House
- Supertramp – Crime of the Century
- Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
- Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
- 10cc – Sheet Music
- Young, Neil – On the Beach
- Jones, George – Grand Tour
- Clark, Gene – No Other
- Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
- Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
- Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
- Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
- Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
- Eno, Brian – Another Green World
- Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
- Neu! – ‘75
- Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
- Jarrett, Keith – 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 & the Heartbreakers (1st Album)
- Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976]
- Bowie, David – Station to Station
- Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
- Boston – Boston (1st Album)
- Eagles – Hotel California
- ABBA – Arrival
- Kiss – Destroyer
- Rush – 2112
- Ben, Jorge – África Brasil
- Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album)
- Aerosmith – Rocks
- Parliament – Mothership Connection
- Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café
- Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene
- Ramones – Ramones (1st Album)
- Kuti, Fela – Zombie
- Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
- Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
- Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
- Eno, Brian – Before & After Science
- Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
- Joel, Billy – Stranger, the
- Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
- Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
- Weather Report – Heavy Weather
- Muddy Waters – Hard Again
- Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
- Clash – Clash (1st Album)
- Bowie, David – Low
- Steely Dan – Aja
- Wire – Pink Flag
- Martyn, John – One World
- Talking Heads – 77
- Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
- Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’
- Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
- Suicide – Suicide (1st Album)
- Iggy Pop – Idiot, the
- Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I)
- Television – Marquee Moon
- Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
- Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
- Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
- Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!!
- * Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
- Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
- Kraftwerk – Man Machine
- Blondie – Parallel Lines
- Regina, Elís – Vento de Maio
- Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
- Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album)
- Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
- Jam – All Mod Cons
- Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
- Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
- Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers)
- Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
- Public Image Ltd – Public Image
- Magazine – Real Life
- Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
- Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report
- Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
- Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food
- Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
- Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album)
- Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra
- Cars – Cars (1st Album)
- Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
- Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album)
- Saints – Eternally Yours
- Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
- Nelson, Willie – Stardust
- Chic – C’est Chic
- X-ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
- Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- Siouxsie & the Banshees – Scream, the
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell
- Sister Sledge – We Are Family
- Crusaders – Street Life
- Germs – GI
- B52s – B52s (1st Album)
- Czukay, Holger – Movies
- Police – Reggatta de Blanc
- Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
- Talking Heads – Fear of Music
- Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
- Chic – Risqué
- Undertones – Undertones (1st Album)
- Clash – London Calling
- Japan – Quiet Life
- Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
- Slits – Cut
- Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
- Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
- Gang of Four – Entertainment!
- Cheap Trick – At Budokan
- Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
- Pink Floyd – Wall, the
- Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
- Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
- Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
- Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
- Specials – Specials (1st Album)
- Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
- AC/DC – Back in Black
- Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
- * Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
- Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III)
- Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
- Cure – Seventeen Seconds
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
- Motörhead – Ace of Spades
- Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album)
- Judas Priest – British Steel
- Circle Jerks – Group Sex
- Talking Heads – Remain in Light
- *Joy Division – Closer
- Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album)
- Undertones – Hypnotised
- Jam – Sound Affects
- Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine
- UB40 – Signing Off
- Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
- Specials – More Specials
- Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
- Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album)
- Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
- Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
- Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
- Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat
- Motörhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
- Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality
- Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- * Black Flag – Damaged
- X – Wild Gift
- Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
- Human League – Dare
- Gun Club – Fire of Love
- Bauhaus – Mask
- Womack, Bobby – Poet
- Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album)
- Rush – Moving Pictures
- ABBA – Visitors
- ABC – Lexicon of Love
- Prince – 1999
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the
- Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
- Cure – Pornography
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
- Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
- Madness – Rise & Fall
- Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
- Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
- Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the
- Orange Juice – Rip it Up
- Jackson, Michael – Thriller
- Birthday Party – Junkyard
- Venom – Black Metal
- Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
- Associates – Sulk
- Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
- Duran Duran – Rio
- Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album)
- McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
- Def Leppard – Pyromania
- REM – Murmur
- The The – Soul Mining
- Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
- Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
- Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
- Lauper, Cyndi – She’s So Unusual
- Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones
- Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
- ZZ Top – Eliminator
- Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- U2 – War
- Police – Synchronicity
- Meat Puppets – II
- Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- Run DMC – Run DMC (1984)
- Sade – Diamond Life
- Cocteau Twins – Treasure
- Minor Threat – Out of Step
- Van Halen – 1984
- Prince – Purple Rain
- Replacements – Let it Be
- Style Council – 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
- Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
- Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
- Aha – Hunting High & Low
- Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
- Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
- Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka Two Wheels Good)
- Mekons – Fear & Whiskey
- Big Black – Atomizer
- Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
- Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
- Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
- Smiths – Meat is Murder
- Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
- Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
- New Order – Low Life
- Simply Red – Picture Book
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
- Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
- Costello, Elvis – Blood & Chocolate
- Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
- Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
- * Metallica – Master of Puppets
- The The – Infected
- Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
- Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
- Talk Talk – Colour of Spring
- Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
- Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
- Sonic Youth – Evol
- * Slayer – Reign in Blood
- Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses (1986)
- Simon, Paul – Graceland
- Run DMC – Raising Hell
- XTC – Skylarking
- Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
- Bad Brains – I Against I
- Baker, Anita – Rapture
- Smiths – Queen is Dead
- Gabriel, Peter – So
- Anthrax – Among the Living
- Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
- Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
- Def Leppard – Hysteria
- REM – Document
- Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
- Cult – Electric
- Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
- Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
- Michael, George – Faith
- Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
- Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
- Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango
- Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
- * Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
- Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
- Laibach – Opus Dei
- Napalm Death – Scum
- Sonic Youth – Sister
- Triffids – Calenture
- Jackson, Michael – Bad
- Pet Shop Boys – Actually
- U2 – Joshua Tree
- D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to…
- Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
- Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man
- Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
- Fishbone – Truth & Soul
- Everything But the Girl – Idlewild
- Living Colour – Vivid
- Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
- REM – Green
- Happy Mondays – Bummed
- Go Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
- Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session
- Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album)
- My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
- * Pixies – Surfer Rosa
- * Metallica – And Justice for All
- Dinosaur Jr – Bug
- Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
- lang, k.d. – Shadowland
- American Music Club – California
- Morrissey – Viva Hate
- * Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
- Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
- Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn
- Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
- Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Faith No More – Real Thing
- Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
- Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the
- New Order – Technique
- Madonna – Like a Prayer
- Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
- Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
- * fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
- Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
- Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’
- Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
- Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album)
- Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
- Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
- Bush, Kate – Sensual World
- Cure – Disintegration
- 808 State – 808:90
- Coldcut – What’s That Noise?
- Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
- Aerosmith – Pump
- * Pixies – Doolittle
- Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
- * Fugazi – Repeater
- Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One
- De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
- Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814
- Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
- * NWA – Straight Outta Compton
- Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
- Shamen – En-Tact
- Deee Lite – World Clique
- La’s – La’s
- Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
- Depeche Mode – Violator
- * Pixies – Bossanova
- Megadeth – Rust in Peace
- Digital Underground – Sex Packets
- Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
- Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
- Michael, George – Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1
- Young, Neil – Ragged Glory
- Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
- Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
- LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
- Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
- O’Connor, Sinéad – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- Tribe Called Quest, a – People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm
- * Sonic Youth – Goo
- Ride – Nowhere
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
- * Nirvana – Nevermind
- Crowded House – Woodface
- * Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album)
- Cope, Julian – Peggy Suicide
- Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
- MC Solaar – Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo
- Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Ice T – OG: Original Gangster
- Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
- Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back
- Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory
- Pearl Jam – Ten
- Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
- * Sepultura – Arise
- Slint – Spiderland
- U2 – Achtung Baby
- KLF – White Room
- Massive Attack – Blue Lines
- Primal Scream – Screamadelica
- Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
- Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album]
- Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
- Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of…
- 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 (1st Album)
- Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
- lang, k.d. – Ingénue
- Dr Dre – Chronic, the
- REM – Automatic for the People
- Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the…
- Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
- Sugar – Copper Blue
- Waits, Tom – Bone Machine
- * Sonic Youth – Dirty
- Stereo MCs – Connected
- * Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)
- Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
- Ice Cube – Predator
- * Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
- Alice in Chains – Dirt
- Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream, by…
- Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
- Harvey, P.J. – Dry
- Suede – Suede (1st Album)
- Weller, Paul – Wild Wood
- Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
- Auteurs – New Wave
- Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
- Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
- Mann, Aimee – Whatever
- Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
- * Nirvana – In Utero
- * Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
- Pet Shop Boys – Very
- Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
- Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
- Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
- Fall – Infotainment Scan
- Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
- Björk – Debut
- Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album]
- Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
- Sebadoh – Bubble & Scrape
- Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
- Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III
- Method Man – Tical
- Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year
- Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
- Jeru the Damaja – Sun Rises in the East
- Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- * Portishead – Dummy
- Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
- Nas – Illmatic
- * Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
- Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
- Morrissey – Vauxhall & I
- TLC – CrazySexyCool
- Oasis – Definitely Maybe
- Soundgarden – Superunknown
- * Offspring – Smash
- Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
- Blur – Parklife
- G Love & Special Sauce – G Love & Special Sauce (1994)
- Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
- Hole – Live Through This
- Massive Attack – Protection
- Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible
- Suede – Dog Man Star
- Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
- Buckley, Jeff – Grace
- Orbital – Snivilisation
- * Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
- * Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
- Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
- Green Day – Dookie
- Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1st Album)
- * Garbage – Garbage (1st Album)
- Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
- Tricky – Maxinquaye
- Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
- Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
- Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream
- Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
- 2Pac – Me Against the World
- Elastica – Elastica (1st Album)
- Supergrass – I Should Coco
- Radiohead – Bends, the
- Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
- Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti (1995)
- Verve – A Northern Soul
- Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
- Pulp – Different Class
- * Leftfield – Leftism
- D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
- Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
- Goldie – Timeless
- * Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
- Screaming Trees – Dust
- Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
- Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
- Dr Octagon – Dr Octagonecologyst
- Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
- Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
- Beck – Odelay
- Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
- * DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
- Eels – Beautiful Freak
- Divine Comedy – Casanova
- Apple, Fiona – Tidal
- Wilco – Being There
- * Sepultura – Roots
- Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
- Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
- Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
- Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
- Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
- Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
- * Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
- Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
- Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
- Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
- Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
- Fugees – Score, the
- * Ash – 1977
- Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
- Blur – Blur (1997)
- * Radiohead – OK Computer
- Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
- Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly
- Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
- Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
- Wyatt, Robert – Shleep
- Holmes, David – Let’s Get Killed
- Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out
- Prodigy – Fat of the Land
- * Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Boatman’s Call
- Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
- Cornershop – When I was Born for the 7th Time
- * Daft Punk – Homework
- Williams, Robbie – Life Thru a Lens
- Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
- Supergrass – In it for the Money
- Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
- Size, Roni & Reprazent – New Forms
- Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
- Verve – Urban Hymns
- Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
- Dandy Warhols – Dandy Warhols (1997)
- Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester]
- Chao, Manu – Clandestino
- Bragg, Billy & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
- Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
- Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
- Gray, David – White Ladder
- Williams, Lucinda – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- Pulp – This is Hardcore
- Madonna – Ray of Light
- Hill, Lauryn – Miseducation of…
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
- * System of a Down – System of a Down (1st Album)
- Queen of the Stone Age – Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album)
- Air – Moon Safari
- Singh, Talvin – OK
- * Korn – Follow the Leader
- 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
- Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
- Travis – Man Who
- * Slipknot – Slipknot (1st Album)
- Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
- Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin
- Death in Vegas – Contino Sessions
- Moby – Play
- Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
- Rhymes Digitales, les – Darkdancer
- Tigre, le – Tigre, le (1999)
- Eminem – Slim Shady LP
- Spears, Britney – Baby One More Time
- Metallica – S&M
- Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
- Shack – HMS Fable
- Basement Jaxx – Remedy
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
- Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun
- Doves – Lost Souls
- Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
- Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
- Gilberto, Bebel – Tanto Tempo
- Cole, MJ – Sincere
- Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
- Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water
- Radiohead – Kid A
- U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
- * Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
- Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
- Badly Drawn Boy – Hour of Bewilderbeast
- Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
- Coldplay – Parachutes
- Common – Like Water for Chocolate
- Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
- Red Snapper – Our Aim is to Satisfy
- * Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
- Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
- Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
- Lambchop – Nixon
- Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
- Madonna – Music
- * Avalanches – Since I Left You
- OutKast – Stankonia
- Radiohead – Amnesiac
- Silver Jews – Bright Flight
- Björk – Vespertine
- Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album)
- Adams, Ryan – Gold
- Destiny’s Child – Survivor
- Strokes – Is This It
- Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
- Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la
- White Stripes – White Blood Cells
- Beta Band – Hot Shots II
- Jay Z – Blueprint
- Röyksopp – Melody AM
- Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
- Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
- Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
- Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
- * Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
- Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Coral – Coral (2002)
- Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around
- Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Doves – Last Broadcast
- Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
- Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the
- Beck – Sea Change
- Roots – Phrenology
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
- * White Stripes – Elephant
- Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
- * OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below
- Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
- * Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
- Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
- Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
- Björk – Medúlla
- Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
- Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album)
- Icarus Line – Penance Soirée
- Arcade Fire – Funeral
- Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
- Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album)
- West, Kanye – College Dropout
- Green, Cee-Lo – Is the Soul Machine
- TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
- Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
- Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
- Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
- Killers – Hot Fuss
- Ozamatli – Street Signs
- Green Day – American Idiot
- Common – Be
- Hawley, Richard – Coles Corner
- * Antony and the Johnsons – I Am Bird Now
- Stevens, Sufjan – Come on Feel the Illinoise
- Toure, Ali Farke – Savane
- Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
- Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
- Winehouse, Amy – Back to Back
- Fiasco, Lupe – Food & Liquor
- Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
- Aguilera, Christina – Back to Basics
- Newsom, Joanna – Ys
- Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
- The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
- LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
- * Radiohead – In Rainbows
- * M.I.A – Kala
- * Justice – Cross
- * Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
Changes Since 2005
- Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
- Timberlake, Justin – Justified
- Vines – Highly Evolved
- Hives – Your New Favourite Band
- Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
- Winehouse, Amy – Frank
- Calexico – Feast of Wire
- Darkness – Permission to Land
- Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
- Thrills – So Much for the City
- 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
- Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
- N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
- Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
- Libertines – Libertines (1st Album)
- Zutons – Who Killed the Zutons?
- Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
- MIA (UK) – Arular
- Beck – Guero
- White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan