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All 1,001 albums from 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, in the order the book places them. We have written about 212 of them so far — those are linked. The rest are on the way.

1950s · 21 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
3 The Louvin Brothers Tragic Songs Of Life reviewed 1956
4 Louis Prima The Wildest! reviewed 1956
5 Fats Domino This Is Fats reviewed
6 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Live at Newport reviewed 1956
7 Frank Sinatra Songs For Swingin' Lovers! reviewed
8 Buddy Holly and The Crickets The "Chirping" Crickets reviewed
9 Count Basie The Atomic Mr. Basie reviewed
10 Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners reviewed
11 Sabu Palo Congo reviewed
12 Miles Davis Birth Of The Cool reviewed
13 Machito Kenya reviewed 1957
14 Little Richard Here’s Little Richard reviewed
15 Tito Puente and his Orchestra Dance Mania, Vol.1 reviewed
16 Billie Holiday Lady In Satin reviewed 1958
17 Jack Elliott Jack Takes The Floor reviewed
18 Sarah Vaughan At Mr Kelly's reviewed
19 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book reviewed
20 Ray Charles The Genius of... reviewed
21 Miles Davis Kind Of Blue reviewed
22 Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs reviewed 1959
23 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out reviewed

1960s · 149 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
24 Joan Baez Joan Baez reviewed 1960
25 Elvis Presley Elvis Is Back! reviewed 1960
26 Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba reviewed 1960
27 The Everly Brothers A Date With The Everly Brothers reviewed
28 Jimmy Smith Back At The Chicken Shack reviewed
29 Muddy Waters Muddy Waters At Newport reviewed
30 Bill Evans Sunday At The Village Vanguard reviewed
31 Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music reviewed
32 Booker T. And The M.G.s Green Onions reviewed 1962
33 Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba reviewed 1962
34 Ray Price Night Life reviewed
35 The Beatles With The Beatles reviewed 1963
36 Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan reviewed 1963
37 Phil Spector and Friends A Christmas Gift For You reviewed
38 Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club reviewed
39 James Brown Live at the Apollo reviewed
40 Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady reviewed
41 Stan Getz/João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto reviewed
42 The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night reviewed 1964
43 Jacques Brel Olympia 64 reviewed 1964
44 : Rock'n’ Soul reviewed 1964
45 Dusty Springfield A Girl Called Dusty reviewed 1964
46 The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones reviewed
47 Buck Owens and his Buckaroos I've Got a Tiger by the Tail reviewed
48 Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club Hamburg reviewed
49 The Sonics Here Are The Sonics reviewed
50 Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home reviewed
51 Otis Redding Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul reviewed 1965
52 The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Today! reviewed
53 John Coltrane A Love Supreme reviewed
54 B.B. King Live at the Regal reviewed
55 Bert Jansch Bert Jansch reviewed
56 The Beatles Rubber Soul reviewed
57 The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man reviewed 1965
58 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited reviewed 1965
59 The Who My Generation reviewed
60 The Beatles Revolver reviewed 1966
61 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds reviewed 1966
62 The Byrds Fifth Dimension reviewed
63 Fred Neil Fred Neil reviewed
64 The Monks Black Monk Time reviewed
65 Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde reviewed
66 The Kinks Face To Face reviewed 1966
67 The Mama's and the Papa's If you can believe your eyes and ears reviewed
68 Paul Revere and the Raiders Midnight Ride reviewed
69 The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! reviewed
70 The Rolling Stones Aftermath reviewed
71 Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme reviewed 1966
72 The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic World of the 13th Floor Elevators reviewed
73 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton 1966
75 The Yardbirds The Yardbirds
77 Nina Simone Wild Is The Wind reviewed
78 Astrud Gilberto Beach Samba reviewed
79 Nico Chelsea Girl reviewed
80 The Band Band reviewed
82 Country Joe and the Fish Electric Music for Mind and Body reviewed 1967
83 Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again reviewed
84 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Safe As Milk reviewed
85 Love Da Capo reviewed
86 Moby Grape Moby Grape reviewed
87 The Monkees Headquarters reviewed
88 The Beau Brummels Triangle reviewed
89 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love reviewed
90 People! I Love You 1968
91 Tim Buckley Goodbye And Hello reviewed 1967
92 Love Forever Changes reviewed 1967
93 Cream Disraeli Gears reviewed 1967
94 Pink Floyd Piper at the Gates of Dawn reviewed
95 The Who The Who Sell Out reviewed 1967
96 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico reviewed
97 Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim reviewed
98 The Doors The Doors reviewed
99 The Byrds Younger Than Yesterday reviewed 1967
100 The Young Rascals Groovin’ reviewed 1967
101 The Kinks Something Else By The Kinks reviewed
102 Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow reviewed
103 Merle Haggard I'm A Lonesome Fugitive reviewed
104 Donovan Sunshine Superman reviewed
105 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced reviewed
106 The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night reviewed 1964
107 Loretta Lynn Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (with Lovin' on your Mind) reviewed
108 Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra and Hariprasad Charasia Call Of The Valley reviewed
109 The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat reviewed
111 The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet reviewed 1968
112 Traffic Traffic reviewed 1968
114 The Kinks The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society reviewed
115 Ravi Shankar The Sounds Of India reviewed 1968
116 Os Mutantes Os Mutantes reviewed 1968
117 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland reviewed
118 Leonard Cohen The Songs of Leonard Cohen reviewed
119 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison reviewed
120 Laura Nyro Eli and the Thirteenth Confession reviewed 1965
121 Aretha Franklin Aretha: Lady Soul reviewed
122 Blue Cheer Vincebus Eruptum reviewed 1968
123 The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers reviewed 1968
124 Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills reviewed
125 The United States of America The United States of America reviewed
126 Dr.John, The Night Tripper Gris-Gris reviewed 1968
127 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida reviewed 1968
128 The Pretty Things SF Sorrow reviewed 1968
129 Simon And Garfunkel Bookends reviewed 1968
130 The Small Faces Ogden's Nut Gone Flake reviewed 1968
131 The Band Music From Big Pink reviewed
132 | Producer Caetano Veloso reviewed
133 Jeff Beck Truth reviewed
134 The Zombies Odessey & Oracle reviewed
135 Scott Walker Scott 2 reviewed
136 Van Morrison Astral Weeks reviewed 1968
137 The Byrds Sweetheart Of The Rodeo reviewed 1968
139 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention We’re Only in it for The Money reviewed
140 Neil Young and Crazy Horse Everybody Knows This is Nowhere reviewed
141 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Trout Mask Replica reviewed
142 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country reviewed
143 Crosby, Stills and Nash Crosby, Stills And Nash reviewed
144 Blood, Sweat and Tears Blood, Sweat, And Tears reviewed
145 The Flying Burrito Bros The Gilded Palace Of Sin reviewed
146 Johnny Cash At San Quentin reviewed 1969
147 Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River reviewed 1969
148 The Beatles Abbey Road reviewed
149 The Who Tommy reviewed
150 Miles Davis In A Silent Way reviewed
151 The Bee Gees Odessa reviewed
152 The Pentangle Basket Of Light reviewed 1969
153 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed reviewed 1969
154 Nick Drake Five Leaves Left reviewed
155 Elvis Presley From Elvis In Memphis reviewed 1969
156 Dusty Springfield Dusty In Memphis reviewed
157 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground reviewed
158 Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails reviewed
159 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I reviewed 1969
160 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II reviewed
161 The Temptations Cloud Nine reviewed
162 MC5 Kick Out The Jams reviewed
163 Sly and the Family Stone Stand! reviewed
164 Tim Buckley Happy Sad reviewed
165 Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Transit Authority reviewed
166 The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain reviewed
167 Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking reviewed
168 Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul reviewed
169 The Grateful Dead Live/Dead reviewed
170 The Kinks Arthur (or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) reviewed
171 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King reviewed
172 Leonard Cohen Songs From A Room reviewed
173 Fairport Convention Liege And Lief reviewed
174 Scott Engel Scott 4 1969
175 Alexander Spence Oar reviewed
176 The Stooges The Stooges reviewed
177 Frank Zappa Hot Rats reviewed
178 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory reviewed

1970s · 275 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
113 The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter reviewed 1970
138 The Beatles The Beatles (aka The White Album) – Side A reviewed also: The White Album – Side B, The White Album – Side C, The White Album – Side D 1970
179 Derek and the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs reviewed 1972
180 Miles Davis Bitches Brew reviewed 1970
181 Spirit The Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus reviewed
182 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath reviewed
183 The Doors Morrison Hotel reviewed
184 Carpenters Close To You reviewed
185 Stephen Stills Stephen Stills reviewed
186 John Lennon Plastic Ono Band reviewed 1971
187 Crosby Stills Nash and Young Déjà Vu reviewed
188 Black Sabbath Paranoid reviewed
189 Neil Young After The Gold Rush reviewed
190 Led Zeppelin III reviewed
191 Deep Purple In Rock reviewed
192 Van Morrison Moondance reviewed
193 The Grateful Dead American Beauty reviewed
194 Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar reviewed
195 Nick Drake Bryter Later reviewed 1971
196 The Who Live at Leeds reviewed
197 Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley reviewed 1970
198 George Harrison All Things Must Pass reviewed
199 Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water reviewed
200 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die reviewed
201 Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman reviewed
202 The Stooges Fun House reviewed 1970
203 James Taylor Sweet Baby James reviewed 1970
204 Paul McCartney McCartney reviewed
205 Santana Abraxas reviewed 1970
206 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs reviewed 1970
207 Jethro Tull Aqualung reviewed
208 David Crosby If I could only remember my name reviewed 1973
209 Sly and the Family Stone There's A Riot Goin’ On reviewed
210 Marvin Gaye What's Going On reviewed
211 Yes The Yes Album reviewed
212 The Bee Gees Trafalgar reviewed
213 Carole King Tapestry 1971
214 The Who Who's Next 1971
215 Isaac Hayes Shaft 1971
216 The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East 1971
217 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971
218 John Lennon Imagine
219 Yes Fragile
220 The Beach Boys Surf's Up 1971
221 The Doors L.A. Woman 1971
222 Can Tago Mago
223 Elton John Madman Across The Water 1973
224 Dolly Parton Coat Of Many Colors 1971
225 Don McLean American Pie
226 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus
227 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1971
228 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story 1971
229 Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson 1971
230 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition 1971
231 Leonard Cohen Songs Of Love And Hate 1971
232 Joni Mitchell Blue
233 Funkadelic Maggot Brain 1971
234 Janis Joplin Pearl 1971
235 With Ginger Baker Live! 1971
236 Faces A Blind Horse 1971
237 Flamin’ Groovies Teenage Head 1971
238 White Light White Light 1970
239 John Prine John Prine 1972
240 Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson 1972
241 T. Rex Electric Warrior 1971
242 David Bowie Hunky Dory 1971
243 Randy Newman Sail Away 1972
244 Deep Purple Machine Head 1974
245 — No.1 Record
246 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Vol 4
247 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill 1972
248 Neil Young Harvest 1972
249 Curtis Mayfield Superfly 1972
250 Slade Slayed? 1972
251 Deep Purple Made In Japan 1972
252 Yes Close To The Edge 1973
253 Lou Reed Transformer 1972
254 Milton Nascimento Clube Da Esquina 1972
255 Hugh Masekela Home Is Where The Music Is 1972
256 — Something/Anything?
257 Ken Parker Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1972
258 Stevie Wonder Talking Book 1972
259 Manassas Manassas 1972
260 T. Rex The Slider 1975
261 David Ackles American Gothic
262 Eagles Eagles 1972
263 Tim Buckley Greetings From L.A. 1972
264 Nick Drake Pink Moon 1972
265 Paul Simon Paul Simon 1972
266 Roxy Music Roxy Music 1972
267 Alice Cooper School's Out 1972
268 The Temptations All Directions 1972
269 David Bowie Spiders From Mars 1972
270 War The World Ils A Ghetto
271 Al Green Let's Stay Together 1972
272 The Rolling Stones Exile On Main St
273 Lynyrd Skynyrd Skin-nerd 1973
274 Incredible Bongo Band Bongo Rock 1973
275 David Bowie Aladdin Sane 1973
276 King Crimson Larks’ Tongues In Aspic 1973
277 The Wailers Catch A Fire 1973
278 John Cale Paris 1919 1973
279 Hawkwind Space Ritual
280 — Berlin
281 Can Future Days
282 Genesis Selling England By The Pound 1973
283 — Let's Get lt On
284 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure 1973
285 John Martyn Solid Air 1973
286 Faust Faust IV 1973
287 — Headhunters
288 Mott The Hoople Mott 1973
289 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 1973
290 Todd Rundgren A Wizard, A True Star 1973
291 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973
292 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy
293 Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes 1973
294 Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
295 Stevie Wonder Innervisions 1973
296 ZZ Top Tres Hombres 1973
297 Paul McCartney & Wings Band On The Run 1973
298 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Next 1973
299 Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies 1973
300 Strange Raw Power 1976
301 The Isley Brothers 3+3 1973
302 New York Dolls New York Dolls 1973
303 Eno Here Come The Warm Jets 1973
304 Bad Company Bad Company 1974
305 Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information 1974
306 Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard
307 Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness' First Finale 1974
308 Kraftwerk Autobahn 1974
309 Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1974
310 Joni Mitchell Court And Spark 1974
311 — Queen Il
312 Roxy Music Country Life
313 Tangerine Dream Phaedra 1974
314 Sparks Kimono My House 1974
315 Supertramp Crime Of The Century 1974
316 — Tonight
317 Gil Scott‐Heron Winter In America 1974
318 Queen Sheer Heart Attack 1974
319 10cc Sheet Music 1974
320 Neil Young On The Beach 1974
321 — No Other
322 — The Grand Tour
323 Randy Newman Good Old Boys 1974
324 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
325 — Natty Dread
326 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom 1974
327 Gram Parsons Grievous Angel 1974
328 — Another Green World
329 The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
330 — Neu!
331 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975
332 — The Köln Concert
333 Aerosmith Toys In The Attic 1975
334 Burning Spear Marcus Garvey 1975
335 David Bowie Young Americans
336 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run 1975
337 Emmylou Harris Pieces Of The Sky
338 Dion Born To Be With You
339 Joni Mitchell The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 1975
340 Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner
341 Rahul Dev Burman Shalimar/College Girl
342 Neil Young Tonight's The Night 1975
343 Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks
344 th Horses 1975
345 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
346 Queen A Night At The Opera 1975
347 Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger
348 Earth, Wind & Fire That's The Way Of The World 1975
349 — Today
350 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Heartbreakers 1976
351 David Bowie Station To Station
352 The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers
353 Boston Boston 1976
354 Joni Mitchell Hejira
355 Eagles Hotel California 1976
356 Abba Arrival 1976
357 KISS Destroyer
358 Rush 2112
359 Jorge Ben Africa/Brasil
360 Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading 1976
361 Aerosmith Rocks
362 Parliament Mothership Connection 1976
363 The Nice People Café 1976
364 Jean Michel Jarre Oxygéne
365 Ramones Ramones 1976
366 Fela Kuti And The Afrika '70 Zombie 1976
367 Peter Tosh Legalize It
368 Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! 1976
369 Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
370 Brian Eno Before And After Science 1977
371 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express
372 Billy Joel The Stranger
373 Bob Marley And The Wailers Exodus 1977
374 Weather Report Heavy Weather 1977
375 “Blue” Gene Tyranny Out Of The Blue
376 Muddy Waters Hard Again
377 The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus
378 The Clash The Clash
379 Steely Dan Aja 1977
380 David Bowie Low
381 John Martyn One World
382 Wire Pink Flag 1977
383 Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77
384 Fleetwood Mac Rumours
386 Dennis Wilson Pacific Ocean Blue
387 Suicide Suicide
388 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (I)
389 Iggy Pop The Idiot
390 Television Marquee Moon
391 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell
392 Elvis Costello My Aim Is True
393 Iggy Pop Lust For Life 1977
394 Ian Dury New Boots And Panties!! 1977
395 — The Sex Pistols
396 Pere Ubu The Modern Dance 1978
397 Kraftwerk The Man-Machine 1978
398 Blondie Parallel Lines
399 Pere Ubu Dub Housing
400 — Vento De Maio
401 The Only Ones The Only Ones
402 Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year's Model 1978
403 The Jam All Mod Cons 1978
404 Joe Ely Honky Tonk Masquerade
405 The Adverts The Adverts
406 The Residents Duck Stab/Buster And Glen
407 Soft Machine Third reviewed
408 Public Image Ltd. Public Image 1978
409 Magazine Real Life 1978
410 — OfTown
411 Funkadelic One Nation Under A Groove 1978
412 Throbbing Gristle D.O.A. Third And Final Report
413 Thin Lizzy Live And Dangerous
414 Talking Heads And Food 1978
415 Family Fodder Kitchen
416 Van Halen Van Halen 1978
417 Willie Colón Siembra
418 The Cars The Cars 1978
419 — Devo!
420 Dire Straits Dire Straits 1978
421 The Saints Eternally Yous
422 Marvin Gaye Here, My Dear
423 Chic C'est Chic 1978
424 Willie Nelson Stardust
425 X-Ray Spex Germ Free Adolescents 1978
426 Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music For Airports 1978
427 Siouxsie And The Banshees The Scream 1978
428 AC/DC Highway To Hell
429 Sister Sledge We Are Family 1979
430 Germs (GI)
431 The Crusaders Street Life 1979
432 — Movies
433 — The B-525
434 The Police Regatta De Blanc
435 The Fall Live At The Witch Trials 1979
436 Talking Heads Fear Of Music
438 Chic Risqué
439 The Undertones The Undertones 1979
440 The Clash London Calling
442 Marianne Faithfull Broken English 1979
444 Elvis Costello & The Attractions Armed Forces
445 Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps 1979
446 Bob Dylan At Budokan
447 Gang of Four Entertainment!
449 Fleetwood Mac Tusk 1979
450 Public Image Ltd. Metal Box
451 Michael Jackson Off The Wall 1979
452 The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette 1979
453 Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle 1979
454 The Menton Specials 1979
456 Jazz Artists Guild Rebels
496 Gino Soccio The Visitors 1979

1980s · 210 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
385 Commodores “Heroes” 1980
437 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1980
441 Japan Quiet Life 1981
443 Ski Patrol Cut 1981
448 Bikini Atoll The Wall 1981
455 Adam and the Ants Kings Of The Wild Frontier 1980
457 AC/DC Back In Black 1980
458 The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us 1980
459 — Vegetables
460 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (II)
461 The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight 1980
462 The Cure Seventeen Seconds 1980
463 Echo and the Bunnymen Crocodiles
464 Motörhead Ace Of Spades 1980
465 Judas Priest British Steel
466 Killing Joke Killing Joke 1980
467 Circle Jerks Group Sex
468 Talking Heads Remain In Light
469 Joy Division Closer 1980
470 Iron Maiden Iron Maiden 1980
471 The Undertones Hypnotised 1980
472 The Jam Sound Affects 1980
473 Tom Waits Heartattack And Vine 1980
474 Letta Mbulu Kilimanjaro 1981
475 UB40 Signing Off 1980
476 Steve Winwood Arc Of A Diver
477 The Specials More Specials
478 Pretenders Pretenders 1983
479 Siouxsie and the Banshees Juju
480 Einstürzende Neubauten Kollaps 1981
481 Go‐Go’s Beauty And The Beat 1981
482 Heaven 17 Penthouse And Pavement
483 Motörhead No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith 1981
484 Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 1981
485 Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark Architecture And Morality 1981
486 Brian Eno My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
487 Black Flag Damaged 1982
488 X Wild Gift
489 The Human League Dare!
490 The Psychedelic Furs Talk, Talk, Talk 1982
491 The Gun Club Fire Of Love
492 Bauhaus Mask 1981
493 Bobby Womack The Poet
494 Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club
495 Rush Moving Pictures
497 ABC The Lexicon Of Love 1983
498 Prince 1999 1983
499 — The Message
500 Elvis Costello & The Attractions Imperial Bedroom 1982
501 The Cure Pornography 1982
502 Dexys Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay
503 — (81/82/83/84)
504 Madness The Rise And Fall
505 Haircut One Hundred Pelican West 1982
506 Donald Fagen The Nightfly 1984
507 Orange Juice Rip It Up
508 Kate Bush The Dreaming
509 — Thriller
510 Venom Black Metal 1982
511 The Birthday Party Junkyard 1982
512 Bruce Springsteen Nebraska
513 Associates Sulk
514 Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast
515 Duran Duran Rio 1982
516 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes 1982
517 Malcolm McLaren Duck Rock 1983
518 Def Leppard Pyromania
519 — Murmur
520 The The Soul Mining
521 Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones 1983
522 The Blue Nile A Walk Across The Rooftops 1984
523 Hanoi Rocks Back To Mystery City 1983
524 Paul Simon Hearts And Bones 1983
525 Cyndi Lauper She's So Unusual 1983
526 Echo And The Bunnymen Porcupine 1983
527 ZZ Top Eliminator 1983
528 — Of This)
529 The Police Synchronicity 1983
530 Bruce Springsteen War
531 Culture Club Colour By Numbers
532 Meat Puppets Meat Puppets Il
533 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Pleasuredome
534 Run-DMC Run-DMC 1984
535 Sade Diamond Life
536 Cocteau Twins Treasure
537 Nihilist Spasm Band 1984 1984
538 Minor Threat Qut Of Step
539 Prince And The Revolution Purple Rain 1984
540 Joe Cocker Let it Be 1981
541 The Style Council Café Bleu
542 Tina Turner Private Dancer 1984
543 José Luis Perales Dime 1986
544 Echo & the Bunnymen Ocean Rain 1984
545 Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar Immigrés
546 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Rattlesnakes 1984
547 Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA 1986
548 The Fall This Nation's Saving Grace
549 Abdullah Ibrahim Water From An Ancient Well 1986
550 a‐ha Hunting High And Low
551 Tears for Fears Songs From The Big Chair 1985
552 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
553 Mekons Fear And Whiskey
554 Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen 1985
555 Big Black Atomizer
556 Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega
557 — TheLash
558 Kate Bush Hounds Of Love 1985
559 The Smiths Meat Is Murder 1985
560 The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy 1985
561 Tom Waits Rain Dogs
562 New Order Low-Life
563 Simply Red Picture Book
564 Dexys Midnight Runners Don't Stand Me Down 1985
565 Scritti Politti Cupid And Psyche 85 1985
566 Elvis Costello & The Attractions Blood And Chocolate
567 Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force Planet Rock-The Album
568 Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill
569 Metallica Master Of Puppets 1986
570 The The Infected 1986
571 Billy Bragg About Poetry 1986
572 Nanci Griffith The Last Of The True Believers 1986
573 Megadeth Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying
574 Talk Talk The Colour Of Spring
575 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986
576 Sonic Youth Evol 1986
577 Slayer Reign In Blood 1986
578 Paul Simon Graceland
579 Throwing Muses Throwing Muses
580 Run‐D.M.C. Raising Hell 1986
581 Steve Earle Guitar Town 1986
582 XTC Skylarking 1988
583 Anita Baker Rapture
584 — l Against!
585 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1986
586 Peter Gabriel So 1986
587 Anthrax Among The Living 1987
588 Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me 1987
589 Jimmy Rowles Trio 1989
590 R.E.M. Document
591 Def Leppard Hysteria 1987
592 The Cult Electric 1987
593 — Sign O'The Times
594 Depeche Mode Music For The Masses
595 The Sisters Of Mercy Floodland 1987
596 George Michael Faith
597 Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician 1987
598 TUBE Stories 1989
599 The Smiths "Strangeways, Here We Come"
600 Astor Piazzolla The New Tango
601 Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction
602 The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands 1987
603 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shaka Zulu 1987
604 Laibach Opus Dei 1987
605 Napalm Death Scum
606 — Calenture
607 Richard Einhorn Sister 1987
609 Pet Shop Boys Actually 1987
610 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
611 Terence Trent D’Arby To Terence Trent D'Arby 1987
612 Sacrilege B.C. With God 1986
613 Wham! I'm Your Man 1985
614 The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues 1988
615 Everything but the Girl Idlewild
616 Fishbone Truth And Soul
617 Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff 1989
618 Living Colour Vivid
619 R.E.M Green 1988
620 The Go‐Betweens 16 Lovers Lane
622 Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
623 Tracy Chapman Tracey Chapman
624 My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything 1988
625 Pixies Surfer Rosa 1988
626 Metallica ... And Justice For All
627 Dinosaur Jr. Bug
629 Dagmar Krause Tank Battles 1988
630 Morrissey "Viva Hate" 1988
631 American Music Club California
632 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation 1988
633 The Sugarcubes Life's Too Good 1988
634 Dwight Yoakam A Lonely Room
635 Jane’s Addiction " Nothing's Shocking 1988
636 — Hold Us Back
637 — The RealThing
638 Len ny Kravitz Let Love Rule 1989
639 John Lee Hooker The Healer
640 New Order Technique 1989
641 Madonna Like A Prayer
642 Queen Latifah All Hail The Queen 1989
643 Spacemen 3 Playing With Fire
644 fIREHOSE Fromohio 1989
645 Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 1989
646 The Young Gods L'Eau Rouge 1989
647 Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman 1988
648 Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi
649 Baaba Maal Djam Leelii
650 Kate Bush The Sensual World 1989
651 The Cure Disintegration 1989
652 808 State 808:90 1989
653 Coldcut What's That Noise? 1989
654 Barry Adamson Moss Side Story 1989
655 Aerosmith Pump 1989
656 Pixies Doolittle 1989
657 Bonnie Raitt Nick Of Time 1989
659 Soul Il Soul Club Classics Vol. One 1989
660 De La Soul 3 Feet High And Rising 1989
661 Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 1989
662 Jungle Brothers Done By The Forces Of Nature 1989
663 N.W.A Straight Outta Compton 1988
711 南野陽子 Gauche 1989
723 Pixies Bone Machine 1989

1990s · 236 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
608 Fastway Bad 1990
621 Happy Mondays Bummed 1990
628 P.J. Powers Shadowland 1991
658 Fugazi Repeater 1990
664 Cocteau Twins Heaven Or Las Vegas 1990
665 The Shamen En-Tact 1990
666 Deee‐Lite World Clique
667 The La's The La's 1990
668 The Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker 1990
669 Depeche Mode Violator 1990
670 — Bossanova
671 Megadeth Rust In Peace 1990
672 Pet Shop Boys Behaviour
673 Digital Underground Sex Packets
674 Happy Mondays Pill'N'Thrills And Bellyaches
675 George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1
676 Neil Young Ragged Glory
677 Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
678 Jane’s Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual 1990
679 Public Enemy Fear Of A Black Planet 1990
680 L.L. Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out
681 — Got
682 A Tribe Called Quest The Paths Of Rhythm
683 Goo Goo Dolls Goo 1991
684 Ride Nowhere 1990
685 my bloody valentine Loveless
686 Nirvana Nevermind 1991
687 吉川洋一郎 Cyprus Hill
688 Crowded House Woodface 1991
689 Julian Cope Peggy Suicide
690 Gang Starr Step In The Arena
691 MC Solaar Le Tempo
692 Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart Rising Above Bedlam 1991
693 Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
694 — Fudge
695 Ice‐T OG Original Ganster
696 Public Enemy Strikes Black 1994
697 A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory 1991
698 Pearl Jam Ten 1991
699 Saint Etienne Foxbase Alpha 1991
700 Sepultura Arise 1991
701 Slint Spiderland 1991
702 U2 Achtung Baby 1991
703 The KLF The White Room 1991
704 Massive Attack Blue Lines 1991
705 Primal Scream Screamadelica 1991
706 Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque 1991
707 Metallica Metallica 1991
708 Pavement Slanted And Enchanted 1992
709 Staffan Hellstrand 85-92 1994
710 — Arrested Development
712 Morrissey "Your Arsenal" 1992
713 Baaba Maal Lam Toro 1992
714 Dr.Dre The Chronic 1992
715 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against The Machine
716 Genesis Luxury 1992
717 K.D.Lang Ingénue 1992
718 Lemonheads It's A Shame About Ray 1992
719 R.E.M. Automatic For The People 1992
720 The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride Il The Pharcyde
721 Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies 1992
722 Sugar Copper Blue
724 Sonic Youth Dirty 1992
725 Stereo MC’s Connected
726 Ministry Psalm 69 1992
727 Tori Amos Little Earthquakes 1992
728 Ice Cube The Predator
729 Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power 1992
730 Alice in Chains Dirt
731 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Henry's Dream 1992
732 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party Devotional Songs
733 The Durutti Column Dry 1991
734 Suede Suede
735 Paul Weller Wild Wood
736 Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream 1993
737 Liz Phair Exile In Guyville 1993
738 The Auteurs New Wave 1993
739 The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen 1993
740 — “Whatever”
741 Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy
742 Nirvana In Utero 1993
743 Jamiroquai Emergency On Planet Earth 1993
744 Pet Shop Boys Very 1993
745 P.J. Harvey Rid Of Me 1993
746 Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish
747 Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club
748 [unknown] (36 Chambers) 1996
749 The Fall The Infotainment Scan
750 Sarah Chang Debut 1992
751 Snoop Doggy Dogg Doggystyle
752 Orbital Orbital If
753 Sebadoh Bubble And Scrape 1993
754 The Boo Radleys Giant Steps
755 William Orbit Strange Cargo Ill
756 Method Man Tical
757 Frank Black Teenager Of The Year
758 Girls Against Boys Venus Luxure No.1 Baby 1993
759 Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
760 Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises In The East
761 Portishead Dummy 1994
762 The Sabres of Paradise Haunted Dancehall 1994
763 Nas Illmatic 1994
764 Elvis Costello Brutal Youth
765 Beastie Boys Ill Communication
766 TLC CrazySexyCool 1994
767 Morrissey Vauxhall And |.
768 Oasis Definitely Maybe 1994
769 Soundgarden Superunknown 1994
770 Various Artists Smash
771 Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime 1994
772 Blur Parklife 1994
773 G. Love & Special Sauce G. Love And Special Sauce 1994
774 — Talking Timbuktu
775 Hole Live Through This
776 Massive Attack Protection 1994
777 Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible 1994
778 Suede Dog Man Star 1994
779 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die
780 Kathleen Battle Grace
781 Orbital Snivilisation 1994
782 Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York 1994
783 Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral 1994
784 Pierre Porte Generation 1993
785 Green Day Dookie 1994
786 Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 1995
787 Garbage Garbage
788 Nightmares on Wax Smokers Delight 1995
789 Tricky Maxinquaye 1995
790 Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
791 DJ Yves Sadness 1996
792 The Chemical Brothers Exit Planet Dust 1995
793 Rocket From the Crypt Scream, Dracula, Scream! 1995
794 2Pac Me Against The World 1995
795 Elastica Elastica
796 Supergrass ! Should Coco
797 Radiohead The Bends 1996
798 Guided by Voices Alien Lanes
799 Femi Kuti Femi Kuti 1995
800 The Verve A Northern Soul 1995
801 Genius/GZA Liquid Swords
802 Pulp Different Class 1995
803 Leftfield Leftism 1995
804 D'Angelo Brown Sugar 1995
805 KMFDM Glory? 1996
806 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995
807 — Timeless
808 Steve Roach Dust
809 — Fuzzy Logic
810 Fatboy Slim Better Living Through Chemistry 1997
811 — Dr.Octagonecologyst
812 Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup
813 奥井雅美 Never Die 1998
814 Beck Odelay 1996
815 Belle and Sebastian “Tigermilk” 1996
816 DJ Shadow Endtroducing
817 eels Beautiful Freak
818 The Divine Comedy Casanova
819 Wilco Being There 1997
820 — Tidal
821 Sepultura Roots 1996
822 Fun Lovin’ Criminals Come Find Yourself 1996
823 Barry Adamson Oedipus Schmoedipus
824 Maxwell Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite 1996
825 Walter Trout Tellin' Stories 1994
826 Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go 1996
827 Everything but the Girl Walking Wounded
828 Neko Case Murder Ballads 1998
829 LTJ Bukem Logical Progression 1996
830 Underworld The Infants 1996
831 The Cardigans First Band On The Moon
832 — Now I Got Worry
833 Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar 1996
834 Fugees (Refugee Camp) The Score
835 Ash 1977 1996
836 Belle and Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
837 This Is ALow Blur)
838 Radiohead OK Computer
839 Finley Quaye Maverick A Strike 1997
840 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Supa Dupa Fly
841 The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole 1997
842 The (EC) Nudes Vanishing Point 1994
843 Robert Wyatt Shleep
844 David Holmes Let's Get Killed 1997
845 Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out 1997
846 Prodigy The Fat Of The Land 1997
848 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds The Boatman's Call 1997
849 The Divine Comedy A Short Album About Love 1997
850 Cornershop 7th Time 1997
851 Daft Punk Homework 1997
852 Robbie Williams Life Thru A lens 1997
853 Yazid Bahri Butterfly 1995
854 Supergrass In It For The Money 1997
855 Bob Dylan Time Out Of Mind 1997
856 Elliott Smith Either/Or
857 Roni Size / Reprazent New Forms
858 The Verve Urban Hymns 1997
859 — Floating In Space
860 Sentenced Down
861 Manu Chao Clandestino 1998
862 Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band Live 1966 1999
863 Turbonegro Apocalypse Dudes 1999
864 Billy Bragg Mermaid Avenue 1998
865 Fatboy Slim You've Come A Long Way, Baby 1998
866 David Gray White Ladder 1998
867 20th Century Road 1997
868 Pulp This Is Hardcore
869 Madonna Ray Of Light 1998
870 Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hil!
871 Hole Celebrity Skin 1999
872 Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs 1998
873 System of a Down System Of A Down 1998
874 Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age 1998
875 Air Moon Safari 1998
877 Korn Follow The Leader 1998
878 Khaled Kenza 1999
879 The Moody Blues Children 1996
880 Kid Rock Devil Without A Cause 1999
881 XTC Apple Venus Volume! 1999
883 Skunk Anansie Post Orgasmic Chill 1999
885 Incubus Make Yourself 1999
886 The Grifters Slipknot 1996
887 Travis The Man Who 1999
888 Beth Orton Central Reservation 1999
889 Nitin Sawhney Beyond Skin 1999
890 Death In Vegas The Contino Sessions 1999
891 Moby Play 1999
892 Les Rythmes Digitales Darkdancer 1999
895 Eminem The Slim Shady LP 1999
896 Britney Spears ... Baby One More Time
897 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy I See A Darkness 1999
899 Shack H.M.S. Fable 1999
900 Basement Jaxx Remedy 1999
902 Sigur Rós Ageetis Byrjun
905 Mariah Carey Heartbreaker 1999
909 Limp Bizkit Dog Flavored Water
951 Dimitri & Tom Around 1999

2000s · 104 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
847 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club 2000
876 Sista Mannen På Jorden OK 2001
882 Suba São Paulo Confessions 2000
884 The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 2000
893 The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin 2002
894 Brasilia Le Tigre 2000
898 San Francisco Symphony S&M 2000
901 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 2000
903 Spaccanapoli Lost Souls 2000
904 Air The Virgin Suicides 2000
906 Bebel Gilberto Tanto Tempo 2001
907 Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl 2000
908 MJ Cole Sincere 2000
910 Radiohead Kid A 2000
911 U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000
912 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
913 lliott Smith Figure 8 2000
914 Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast 2000
915 Exumer From The Sea 2001
916 Erykah Badu Mama's Gun 2000
917 Coldp lay Parachutes 2000
918 Common Like Water For Chocolate
919 Mike Ladd Welcome To The Afterfuture 2000
920 Red Snapper Our Aim Is To Satisfy
921 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP. 2000
922 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain
923 Giant Sand Chore Of Enchantment 2000
924 Lambchop Nixon 2000
925 Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss 2000
926 Hey Music 2003
927 The Avalanches Since I Left You 2000
928 OutKast Stankonia 2000
929 Radiohead Amnesiac 2001
930 Silver Jews Bright Flight 2001
931 Bjórk Vespertine 2001
932 Gorillaz Gorillaz 2001
933 Barclay James Harvest Gold 2003
934 Destiny’s Child Survivor 2001
935 The Strokes Is This It 2001
936 Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator) 2001
937 Gotan Project La Revancha Del Tango 2003
938 The White Stripes White Blood Cells 2001
939 The Beta Band Hot Shots I|
940 Jay-Z The Blueprint 2001
941 Royksopp Melody A.M
942 Super Furry Animals Rings Around The World 2001
943 Drive‐By Truckers Southern Rock Opera 2002
944 Jurassic 5 Power In Numbers 2002
945 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002
946 Ms. Dynamite A Little Deeper 2003
947 A Band of Bees Sunshine Hit Me 2003
948 Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002
949 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
950 The Coral The Coral 2002
952 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002
953 Doves The Last Broadcast 2002
954 Missy Elliott Under Construction 2003
955 — Stripped
956 Bruce Springsteen The Rising 2002
957 The Roots Phrenology 2002
958 Beck Sea Change 2002
959 Justin Timberlake Justified 2002
960 The Vines Highly Evolved 2002
961 — Your New Favorite Band
962 Radiohead Hail To The Thief 2003
963 Amy Winehouse Frank 2003
964 Calexico Feast Of Wire 2003
965 The Darkness Permission To Land 2003
966 Pele Elephant 2003
967 Dizzee Rascal Boy In Da Corner 2004
968 Kings of Leon Youth And Young Manhood 2003
969 The Thrills So Much For The City 2003
970 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell 2003
971 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ 2003
972 OutKast Speakerboxx/The Love Below
973 The Mars Volta De-loused In The Crematorium
974 Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow 2003
975 Rufus Wainwright Want One 2003
976 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 2004
977 Morrissey You Are The Quarry 2004
978 Björk Medülla
979 Mylo Destroy Rock And Roll 2005
980 Smile Smile Smile 2006
981 Arcade Fire Funeral 2005
982 The Icarus Line Penance Soirée 2004
983 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing In The Hands 2004
984 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Of Orpheus 2004
985 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004
986 N*E*R*D Fly Or Die 2004
987 The Beta Band Heroes To Zeros 2004
988 Ozomatli Street Signs 2004
989 The Libertines The Libertines
990 NRA Machine 2003
991 Kanye West The College Dropout 2004
992 Tingulli 3nt Babes 2006
993 Drowning the Light Drowned 2004
994 The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004
995 Rufus Wainwright Want Two 2004
996 The Zutons Who Killed ... The Zutons? 2004
997 The Killers Hot Fuss 2006
998 Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak 2006
999 M.I.A. Arular 2005
1000 Beck Guero 2005
1001 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan 2005

Undated · 6 albums

#ArtistAlbumYear
1 Frank Sinatra In The Wee Small Hours reviewed
2 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley reviewed
74 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton John Mayall's Blues Breakers reviewed
76 The Yardbirds Roger the Engineer reviewed
81 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band reviewed
110 Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You reviewed

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