1,001 albums you must hear before you die. chosen by a panel of music critics to be the most important, influential, and best in popular music between the 1950s and the 2010s.
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- ↺ blood sugar sex magick, red hot chili peppers (1991)
- ↺ the doors, the doors (1967)
- ↺ physical graffiti, led zeppelin (1975)
- innervisions, stevie wonder (1973)
- ↺ superunknown, soundgarden (1994)
- 2112, rush (1976)
- ↺ at folsom prison, johnny cash (1968)
- ↺ odelay, beck (1996)
- ↺ young americans, david bowie (1975)
- she's so unusual, cyndi lauper (1983)
- ella fitzgerald sings the george and ira gershwin song book, ella fitzgerald (1959)
- fun house, the stooges (1970)
- oedipus schmoedipus, barry adamson (1996)
- the velvet underground, the velvet underground (1969)
- ↺ ke*a*h** (psalm 69), ministry (1992)
- cloud nine, the temptations (1969)
- jazz samba, stan getz & charlie byrd (1962)
- ↺ lust for life, iggy pop (1977)
- songs in the key of life, stevie wonder (1976)
- ↺ appetite for destruction, guns n' roses (1987)
- green river, creedence clearwater revival (1969)
- pieces of the sky, emmylou harris (1975)
- ↺ if you're feeling sinister, belle & sebastian (1996)
- snivilisation, orbital
- ↺ 21, adele
- all mod cons, the jam (1978)
- stardust, willie nelson (1978)
- ↺ rumours, fleetwood mac (1977)
- imagine, john lennon (1971)
- infected, the the (1986)
- groovin', the young rascals (1967)
- live at the star-club hamburg, jerry lee lewis (1964)
- home is where the music is, hugh masekela (1972)
- ↺ i do not want what i haven't got, sinead o'connor (1990)
- ↺ abbey road, the beatles (1969)
- ↺ definitely maybe, oasis (1994)
- ↺ like a prayer, madonna (1989)
- ↺ ray of light, madonna (1998)
- lady soul, aretha franklin (1968)
- (pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd), lynyrd skynyrd (1973)
- 1989, taylor swift (2014)
- so, peter gabriel (1986)
- paul simon, paul simon (1972)
- music has the right to children, boards of canada (1998)
- atomizer, big black (1986)
- when i was born for the 7th time, cornershop (1997)
- hot buttered soul, isaac hayes (1969)
- ↺ rhythm nation 1814, janet jackson (1989)
- the visitors, abba (1981)
- talking book, stevie wonder (1972)
- love and devotion, nusrat fateh ali khan (1988)
- ↺ people's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm, a tribe called quest (1990)
- the stooges, the stooges (1969)
- ↺ the suburbs, arcade fire (2010)
- surrealistic pillow, jefferson airplane (1967)
- here's little richard, little richard (1957)
- electric music for the mind and body, country joe & the fish (1967)
- os mutantes, os mutantes (1968)
- liquid swords, gza (1995)
- the chronic, dr. dre (1992)
- ↺ that's the way of the world, earth, wind & fire (1975)
- legalize it, peter tosh (1976)
- ↺ ok computer, radiohead (1997)
- sticky fingers, the rolling stones (1971)
- cut, the slits (1979)
- ↺ mellon collie and the infinite sadness, the smashing pumpkins (1995)
- slippery when wet, bon jovi (1986)
- five leaves left, nick drake (1969)
- pictures at an exhibition, emerson, lake & palmer (1971)
- ↺ figure 8, elliott smith (2000)
- ↺ regatta de blanc, the police (1979)
- reign in blood, slayer (1986)
- seventeen seconds, the cure (1980)
- killing joke, killing joke (1980)
- highly evolved, the vines (2002)
- heartbreaker, ryan adams (2000)
- ↺ led zeppelin iv, led zeppelin (1971)
- don't stand me down, dexys midnight runners (1985)
- tapestry, carole king (1971)
- music in exile, songhoy blues (2015)
- repeater, fugazi (1990)
- here come the warm jets, brian eno (1974)
- blood and chocolate, elvis costello & the attractions (1986)
- ↺ "heroes", david bowie (1977)
- frampton comes alive, peter frampton (1976)
- coles corner, richard hawley (2005)
- ↺ at san quentin, johnny cash (1969)
- evermore, taylor swift (2020)
- copper blue, sugar (1992)
- ↺ mama's gun, erykah badu (2000)
- ↺ garbage, garbage (1995)
- another music in a different kitchen, buzzcocks (1978)
- ↺ the marshall mathers lp, eminem (2000)
- risque, chic (1979)
- the real thing, faith no more (1989)
- the scream, siouxsie and the banshees (1978)
- grace, jeff buckley (1994)
- ↺ black sabbath, black sabbath (1970)
- ↺ is this it, the strokes (2001)
- ↺ tigermilk, belle & sebastian (1996)
- ↺ debut, björk (1993)
- happy sad, tim buckley (1969)
- the lamb lies down on broadway, genesis (1974)
- black monk time, the monks (1966)
- ↺ dookie, green day (1994)
- ↺ led zeppelin ii, led zeppelin (1969)
- ↺ the queen is dead, the smiths (1986)
- the kinks are the village green preservation society, the kinks (1968)
- ↺ hounds of love, kate bush (1985)
- real life, magazine (1978)
- head hunters, herbie hancock (1973)
- abattoir blues / the lyre of orpheus, nick cave & the bad seeds (2004)
- younger than yesterday, the byrds (1967)
- ↺ a rush of blood to the head, coldplay (2002)
- ↺ blunderbuss, jack white (2012)
- the healer, john lee hooker (1989)
- buffalo springfield again, buffalo springfield (1967)
- the stranger, billy joel (1977)
- ↺ music for the masses, depeche mode (1987)
- neu! 75, neu (1975)
- sheer heart attack, queen (1974)
- ↺ boston, boston (1976)
- the slider, t. rex (1972)
- dog man star, (the london) suede (1994)
- every good boy deserves fudge, mudhoney (1991)
- the joshua tree, u2 (1987)
- introducing the hardline according to terence trent d'arby, terence trent d'arby (1987)
- rock bottom, robert wyatt (1974)
- ↺ violator, depeche mode (1990)
- eli and the thirteenth confession, laura nyro (1968)
- ↺ chris, christine and the queens (2018)
- tea for the tillerman, cat stevens (yusuf) (1970)
- ↺ yoshimi battles the pink robots, the flaming lips (2002)
- safe as milk, captain beefheart & his magic band (1967)
- everybody knows this is nowhere, neil young & crazy horse (1969)
- ↺ straight outta compton, n.w.a. (1988)
- suicide, suicide (1977)
- the cars, the cars (1978)
- our aim is to satisfy red snapper, red snapper (2000)
- ↺ ágætis byrjun, sigur rós (1999)
- after the gold rush, neil young (1970)