1950s
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 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 Rats1970s
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 – Déjà 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 – África 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, Elís – 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 – Ágætis 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