One listener, 212 albums, in order
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a long list, and the only sensible way through it is one record at a time. That is what happens here — 212 albums played in list order, each with an honest write-up of what it is actually like to sit down with.
Browse the list Artists A–ZSome of the records covered
Start at the beginning
#1
Frank Sinatra — In the Wee Small Hours
#2
Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley
#3
The Louvin Brothers — Tragic Songs of Life
#4
Louis Prima — The Wildest!
#5
Fats Domino — This is Fats!
#6
Frank Sinatra — Songs for Swingin' Lovers
#7
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra — Live at Newport
#8
Buddy Holly and The Crickets — The "Chirping" Crickets
#9
Count Basie — The Atomic Mr Basie
#10
Thelonious Monk — Brilliant Corners
#11
Sabú Martinez — Palo Congo
#12
Miles Davis — Birth of the Cool