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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• different class, pulp (1995)
• automatic for the people, r.e.m. (1992)
• africa brasil, jorge ben jor (1976)
• moving pictures, rush (1981)
• the downward spiral, nine inch nails (1994)
• songs for swingin' lovers!, frank sinatra (1956)
• gasoline alley, rod stewart (1970)
• get behind me satan, the white stripes (2005)
• off the wall, michael jackson (1970)
• yoshimi battles the pink robots, the flaming lips (2002)
• disraeli gears, cream (1967)
• c'est chic, chic (1978)
• war, u2 (1983)
• life's too good, the sugarcubes (1988)
• metal box, public image ltd. (1979)
• songs of leonard cohen, leonard cohen (1967)
• a walk across the rooftops, the blue nile (1984)
• nighthawks at the diner, tom waits (1975)
• in utero, nirvana (1993)
• sheer heart attack, queen (1974)
• cheap thrills, big brother & the holding company (1968)
• steve mcqueen, prefab sprout (1985)
• qui sème le vent récolte le tempo, mc solaar (1991)
• elvis presley, elvis presley (1956)
• queens of the stone age, queens of the stone age (1998)
• horses, patti smith (1975)
• ingenue, k.d. lang (1992)
• zombie, fela kuti (1977)
• birth of the cool, miles davies (1957)
• live at the witch trials, the fall (1979)
• endtroducing....., dj shadow (1996)
• gold, ryan adams (2001)
• selected ambient works 85-92, aphex twin (1992)
• the dreaming, kate bush (1982)
• cosmo's factory, creedence clearwater revival (1970)
• blur, blur (1997)
• vento de maio, elis regina (1978)
• figure 8, elliot smith (2000)
• searching for the young soul rebels, dexys midnight runners (1980)
• at san quentin, johnny cash (1969)
• dr. octagonecologyst, dr. octagon (1996)
• the wall, pink floyd (1979)
• caetano veloso, caetano veloso (1968)
• heartattack and vine, tom waits (1980)
• meat is murder, the smiths (1985)
• in the wee small hours, frank sinatra (1955)
• world clique, deee-lite (1990)
• virgin suicides, air (2000)
• strangeways, here we come, the smiths (1987)
• i’ve got a tiger by the tail, buck owens (1965)
• bringing it all back home, bob dylan (1965)
• with the beatles, the beatles (1962)
• power in numbers, jurassic 5
• dub housing, pere ubu
• the low end theory, a tribe called quest
• here's little richard, little richard
• joan baez, joan baez
• the seldom seen kid,
• aladdin sane, david bowie
• eliminator, zz top
• brutal youth, elvis costello
• devil without a cause, kid rock
• siamese dream, the smashing pumpkins
• wonderful rainbow, lightning bolt
• shaft, isaac hayes
• it's blitz!, yeah yeah yeahs
• da capo, love
• blood sweat & tears, blood, seat & tears
• raising hell, run-d.m.c.
• green onions, booker t. & the mg's
• slipknot, slipknot
• a rush of blood to the head, coldplay
• 1999, prince
• ramones, ramones
• brothers, the black keys
• ragged glory, neil young & crazy horse
• in a silent way, miles davis