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1950s
* Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours
* Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley
* Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life
* Prima, Louis – Wildest
* Domino, Fats – This is Fats
* Ellington, Duke – Ellington at Newport
* Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin' Lovers
* The Crickets – The "Chirping" Crickets
* Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
* Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners
* Sabú Martínez – Palo Congo
* Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool
* Machito – Kenya
* Little Richard – Here's Little Richard
* Puente, Tito & His Orchestra – Dance Mania
* Holiday, Billie – Lady in Satin
* Elliott, Jack – Jack Takes the Floor
* Vaughan, Sarah – At Mister Kelly's
* Fitzgerald, Ella – Sings the Gershwin Song Book
* Charles, Ray – The Genius of Ray Charles
* Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue
* Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
* Brubeck, Dave – Time Out
[edit] 1960s
* Baez, Joan – Joan Baez
* Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back!
* Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba
* Everly Brothers – A Date with The Everly Brothers
* Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack
* Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
* Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
* Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
* Booker T & the MG's – Green Onions
* Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
* Price, Ray – Night Life
* The Beatles – With the Beatles
* Dylan, Bob – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
* Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
* Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square
* Mingus, Charles – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
* Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
* Getz, Stan & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
* The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
* Brel, Jacques – Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964
* Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul
* Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty
* The Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones
* Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
* Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
* The Sonics – Here Are the Sonics
* Dylan, Bob – Bringing It All Back Home
* Redding, Otis – The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
* The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
* Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme
* King, B.B. – Live at the Regal
* The Beatles – Rubber Soul
* Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch
* The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
* Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
* The Who – My Generation
* The Beatles – Revolver
* The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
* Neil, Fred – Fred Neil
* The Byrds – Fifth Dimension
* Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
* The Monks – Black Monk Time
* The Kinks – Face to Face
* The Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
* Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride
* The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
* The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
* Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
* 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
* John Mayall & the Blues Breakers – Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
* The Yardbirds – Roger the Engineer
* Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind
* Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba
* Nico – Chelsea Girl
* The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
* Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind and Body
* Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
* Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
* Moby Grape – Moby Grape
* Love – Da Capo
* The Beau Brummels – Triangle
* The Monkees – Headquarters
* Buckley, Tim – Goodbye and Hello
* Love – Forever Changes
* Cream – Disraeli Gears
* Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
* The Who – The Who Sell Out
* The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
* Sinatra, Frank - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
* The Doors – The Doors
* The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
* Young Rascals – Groovin’
* Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
* The Kinks – Something Else by The Kinks
* Donovan – Sunshine Superman
* Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
* Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
* The Electric Prunes – The Electric Prunes
* Lynn, Loretta – Don't Come a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
* Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley
* The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
* Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love
* Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
* The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
* Traffic – Traffic
* The Incredible String Band – The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
* The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
* Shankar, Ravi – The Sounds of India
* Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes (album)
* Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
* Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Leonard Cohen
* Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison
* Nyro, Laura – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
* Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
* Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
* The Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
* Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
* The United States of America – The United States of America
* Dr. John – Gris-Gris
* Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
* The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
* Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
* Small Faces – Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
* The Band – Music from Big Pink
* Beck, Jeff – Truth
* Veloso, Caetano – Caetano Veloso
* Walker, Scott – Scott 2
* The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
* Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
* The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
* The Beatles – The Beatles
* Mothers of Invention – We're Only in It for the Money
* Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
* Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
* Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
* Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
* The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
* Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
* The Beatles – Abbey Road
* The Who – Tommy
* Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way
* Bee Gees – Odessa
* Pentangle – Basket of Light
* The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
* Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
* Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
* Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis
* The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
* Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
* Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
* The Band – The Band
* Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
* MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
* The Temptations – Cloud Nine
* Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
* Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad
* Chicago Transit Authority - The Chicago Transit Authority
* Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
* The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
* Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul
* Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
* The Kinks – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
* King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
* Cohen, Leonard – Songs from a Room
* Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
* Walker, Scott – Scott 4
* The Stooges – The Stooges
* Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
* Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats
[edit] 1970s
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo's Factory
* Derek and the Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
* Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew
* Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
* Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
* The Doors – Morrison Hotel
* The Carpenters – Close to You
* Stills, Stephen – Stephen Stills
* Lennon, John – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu
* Black Sabbath – Paranoid
* Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
* Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
* Deep Purple – In Rock
* Morrison, Van – Moondance
* Grateful Dead – American Beauty
* Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
* Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar
* The Who – Live at Leeds
* Soft Machine – Third
* Stewart, Rod – Gasoline Alley
* Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
* Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
* Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
* Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
* The Stooges – Fun House
* Taylor, James - Sweet Baby James
* McCartney, Paul – McCartney
* Santana – Abraxas
* Barrett, Syd – The Madcap Laughs
* Jethro Tull – Aqualung
* Crosby, David – If I Could Only Remember My Name
* Sly & the Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On
* Gaye, Marvin – What's Going On
* Yes – The Yes Album
* Bee Gees – Trafalgar
* The Who – Who's Next
* King, Carole – Tapestry (album)
* Hayes, Isaac – Shaft
* The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
* The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
* Lennon, John – Imagine
* The Beach Boys – Surf's Up
* Yes – Fragile
* The Doors – L.A. Woman
* Can – Tago Mago
* John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
* Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors
* McLean, Don – American Pie
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
* Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
* Gainsbourg, Serge – Histoire de Melody Nelson
* Stewart, Rod – Every Picture Tells a Story
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
* Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love and Hate
* Mitchell, Joni – Blue
* Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
* Joplin, Janis – Pearl
* Kuti, Fela - Live ! (with Ginger Baker)
* Faces – A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
* The Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head
* Clark, Gene – White Light
* Prine, John – John Prine
* Nilsson, Harry – Nilsson Schmilsson
* T. Rex – Electric Warrior
* Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
* Newman, Randy – Sail Away
* Deep Purple – Machine Head
* Big Star – #1 Record
* Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Vol. 4
* Steely Dan – Can't Buy a Thrill
* Young, Neil – Harvest
* Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly
* Slade – Slayed?
* Deep Purple – Made in Japan
* Yes – Close to the Edge
* Reed, Lou – Transformer
* Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is
* Nascimento, Milton & Lo Borges – Clube da Esquina
* Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything
* Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
* Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
* Stills, Stephen – Manassas
* T. Rex – The Slider
* Ackles, David – American Gothic
* Eagles – Eagles
* Buckley, Tim – Greetings from L.A.
* Drake, Nick – Pink Moon
* Simon, Paul – Paul Simon
* Roxy Music – Roxy Music
* Alice Cooper – School's Out
* The Temptations – All Directions
* Bowie, David – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
* War – The World Is a Ghetto
* Green, Al – Let's Stay Together
* The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
* Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
* Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
* Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
* King Crimson – Lark's Tongues in Aspic
* Marley, Bob & The Wailers – Catch a Fire
* Hawkwind – Space Ritual
* Cale, John – Paris 1919
* Can – Future Days
* Reed, Lou – Berlin
* Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
* Gaye, Marvin – Let's Get it On
* Martyn, John – Solid Air
* Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
* Faust – Faust IV
* Hancock, Herbie – Head Hunters
* Mott the Hoople – Mott
* Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
* Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
* John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
* Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstasy
* Jennings, Waylon – Honky Tonk Heroes
* Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
* Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
* ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
* McCartney, Paul & Wings – Band on the Run
* Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
* Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
* Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
* Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
* New York Dolls – New York Dolls
* Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
* Bad Company – Bad Company
* Deep Purple – Burn
* Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
* Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
* Wonder, Stevie – Fulfillingness' First Finale
* Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard
* Kraftwerk – Autobahn
* Morrison, Van – It's Too Late to Stop Now
* Mitchell, Joni – Court and Spark
* Queen – Queen II
* Roxy Music – Country Life
* Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
* Sparks – Kimono My House
* Supertramp – Crime of the Century
* Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
* Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
* Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
* 10cc – Sheet Music
* Young, Neil – On the Beach
* Jones, George – The Grand Tour
* Clark, Gene – No Other
* Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
* Newman, Randy – Good Old Boys
* Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
* Wyatt, Robert – Rock Bottom
* Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
* Eno, Brian – Another Green World
* The Dictators – The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
* Neu! – Neu! '75
* Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
* Jarrett, Keith – Köln Concert
* Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
* Bowie, David – Young Americans
* Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
* Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
* Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky
* Dion – Born to Be with You
* Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns
* Waits, Tom - Nighthawks at the Diner
* Burman, Rahul Dev – Shalimar (Soundtrack)
* Young, Neil – Tonight's the Night
* Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
* Smith, Patti – Horses
* Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
* Queen – A Night at the Opera
* Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
* Earth, Wind & Fire – That's the Way of the World
* Mayfield, Curtis – There's No Place Like America Today
* Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
* Bowie, David – Station to Station
* Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
* Boston – Boston
* The Eagles – Hotel California
* ABBA – Arrival
* Kiss – Destroyer
* Rush – 2112
* Ben, Jorge – África Brasil
* Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading
* Aerosmith – Rocks
* Parliament – Mothership Connection
* Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Cafe
* Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygène
* Ramones – Ramones
* Kuti, Fela – Zombie
* Tosh, Peter – Legalize It
* Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
* Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive
* Eno, Brian – Before and After Science
* Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
* Joel, Billy – The Stranger
* Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
* Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
* Weather Report – Heavy Weather
* Muddy Waters – Hard Again
* The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
* The Clash – Clash
* Bowie, David – Low
* Steely Dan – Aja
* Wire – Pink Flag
* Martyn, John – One World
* Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
* Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
* Bowie, David – "Heroes"
* Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
* Suicide – Suicide
* Iggy Pop – The Idiot
* Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel
* Television – Marquee Moon
* Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
* Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
* Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
* Dury, Ian – New Boots and Panties!!
* Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
* Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
* Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
* Blondie – Parallel Lines
* Regina, Elís – Vento de Maio
* Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
* The Only Ones – The Only Ones
* Costello, Elvis – This Year's Model
* The Jam – All Mod Cons
* Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
* The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
* Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
* The Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
* Public Image Ltd. – First Issue
* Magazine – Real Life
* Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
* Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
* Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A: The Third and Final Report
* Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
* Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
* Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
* Van Halen – Van Halen
* Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra
* The Cars – The Cars
* Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
* Dire Straits – Dire Straits
* The Saints – Eternally Yours
* Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear
* Nelson, Willie – Stardust
* Chic – C'est Chic
* X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
* Eno, Brian – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
* Siouxsie & the Banshees – The Scream
* AC/DC – Highway to Hell
* Sister Sledge – We Are Family
* The Crusaders – Street Life
* The Germs – (GI)
* The B-52's – The B-52's
* Czukay, Holger – Movies
* The Police – Reggatta de Blanc
* The Fall – Live at the Witch Trials
* Talking Heads – Fear of Music
* Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
* Chic – Risqué
* The Undertones – The Undertones
* The Clash – London Calling
* Japan – Quiet Life
* Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English
* The Slits – Cut
* Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
* Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
* Gang of Four – Entertainment!
* Cheap Trick – At Budokan
* Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
* Pink Floyd – The Wall
* Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
* Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
* The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
* Numan, Gary – The Pleasure Principle
* The Specials – The Specials
[edit] 1980s
* Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
* Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
* AC/DC – Back in Black
* The Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
* Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
* Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel
* The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
* The Cure – Disintegration
* Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
* Motörhead – Ace of Spades
* Killing Joke – Killing Joke
* Judas Priest – British Steel
* Circle Jerks – Group Sex
* Talking Heads – Remain in Light
* Joy Division – Closer
* Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
* The Undertones – Hypnotised
* The Jam – Sound Affects
* Waits, Tom – Heartattack and Vine
* UB40 – Signing Off
* Toto - Toto IV
* The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
* The Specials – More Specials
* Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver
* The Pretenders – Pretenders
* Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps
* Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju
* Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
* The Go-Go's – Beauty and the Beat
* Motörhead – No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
* Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
* Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture and Morality
* Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
* Black Flag – Damaged
* X – Wild Gift
* The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
* The Human League – Dare
* The Gun Club – Fire of Love
* Bauhaus – Mask
* Womack, Bobby – Poet
* Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
* Rush – Moving Pictures
* ABBA – Visitors
* ABC – Lexicon of Love
* Prince – 1999
* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message
* Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
* The Cure – Pornography
* Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay
* Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
* Madness – The Rise & Fall
* Fagen, Donald – The Nightfly
* Haircut 100 – Pelican West
* Bush, Kate – The Dreaming
* Orange Juice – Rip It Up
* Jackson, Michael – Thriller
* The Birthday Party – Junkyard
* Venom – Black Metal
* Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
* Associates – Sulk
* Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
* Duran Duran – Rio
* Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
* McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock
* Def Leppard – Pyromania
* R.E.M. – Murmur
* The The – Soul Mining
* Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
* The Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops
* Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City
* Lauper, Cyndi – She's So Unusual
* Simon, Paul – Hearts and Bones
* Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine
* ZZ Top – Eliminator
* Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
* U2 – War
* The Police – Synchronicity
* Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
* Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome
* Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
* Sade – Diamond Life
* Cocteau Twins – Treasure
* Minor Threat – Out of Step
* Van Halen – 1984
* Prince – Purple Rain
* The Replacements – Let It Be
* The Style Council – Café Bleu
* Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
* Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
* Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
* Cole, Lloyd & the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
* N’Dour, Youssou – Immigrés
* Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
* The Fall – This Nation's Saving Grace
* Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well
* a-ha – Hunting High and Low
* Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
* Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
* Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
* The Mekons – Fear and Whiskey
* Big Black – Atomizer
* Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega
* The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
* Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love
* The Smiths – Meat is Murder
* Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs
* Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
* New Order – Low-Life
* Simply Red – Picture Book
* Dexys Midnight Runners – Don't Stand Me Down
* Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85
* Costello, Elvis – Blood and Chocolate
* Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album
* Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
* Metallica – Master of Puppets
* The The – Infected
* Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers
* Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
* Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
* Megadeth – Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
* Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
* Sonic Youth – Evol
* Slayer – Reign in Blood
* Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
* Simon, Paul – Graceland
* Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
* XTC – Skylarking
* Earle, Steve – Guitar Town
* Bad Brains – I Against I
* Baker, Anita – Rapture
* The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
* Gabriel, Peter – So
* Anthrax – Among the Living
* Dinosaur Jr. – You're Living All Over Me
* Parton, Dolly with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Trio
* Def Leppard – Hysteria
* R.E.M. – Document
* Prince – Sign o' the Times
* The Cult – Electric
* Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
* The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
* Michael, George – Faith
* Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs and Stories
* Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
* Piazzolla, Ástor & Gary Burton – New Tango
* The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
* Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
* The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
* Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu
* Laibach – Opus Dei
* Napalm Death – Scum
* Sonic Youth – Sister
* The Triffids – Calenture
* Jackson, Michael – Bad
* Pet Shop Boys – Actually
* U2 – The Joshua Tree
* D'Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
* The Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God
* Cohen, Leonard – I'm Your Man
* The Waterboys – Fisherman's Blues
* Fishbone – Truth and Soul
* Everything but the Girl – Idlewild
* Living Colour - Vivid
* Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
* R.E.M. – Green
* Happy Mondays – Bummed
* The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
* Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
* Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman
* My Bloody Valentine – Isn't Anything
* Pixies – Surfer Rosa
* Metallica – …And Justice for All
* Dinosaur Jr. – Bug
* Krause, Dagmar – Tank Battles
* lang, k.d. – Shadowland
* American Music Club – California
* Morrissey – Viva Hate
* Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
* The Sugarcubes – Life's Too Good
* Yoakam, Dwight – Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
* Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking
* Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
* Faith No More – The Real Thing
* Kravitz, Lenny – Let Love Rule
* Hooker, John Lee – The Healer
* New Order – Technique
* Madonna – Like a Prayer
* Queen Latifah – All Hail the Queen
* Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
* fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
* Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique
* The Young Gods – L'Eau Rouge
* Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
* The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
* Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi
* Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
* Bush, Kate – The Sensual World
* The Cure – Head on the Door
* 808 State – 808:90
* Coldcut – What's That Noise?
* Adamson, Barry – Moss Side Story
* Aerosmith – Pump
* Pixies – Doolittle
* Raitt, Bonnie – Nick of Time
* Fugazi – Repeater
* Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. I
* De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
* Jackson, Janet – Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
* Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature
* N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
[edit] 1990s
* Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
* The Shamen – En-Tact
* Deee-Lite – World Clique
* The La's – The La's
* The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
* Depeche Mode – Violator
* Pixies – Bossanova
* Megadeth – Rust in Peace
* Digital Underground – Sex Packets
* Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
* Happy Mondays – Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
* Michael, George – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
* Young, Neil – Ragged Glory
* Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
* Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
* LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
* Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
* O’Connor, Sinéad – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
* A Tribe Called Quest – People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
* Sonic Youth – Goo
* Ride – Nowhere
* My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
* Nirvana – Nevermind
* Crowded House – Woodface
* Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
* Cope, Julian – Peggy Suicide
* Gang Starr – Step in the Arena
* MC Solaar - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
* Jah Wobble – Rising Above Bedlam
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
* Ice-T – O.G. Original Gangster
* Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
* Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
* A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
* Pearl Jam – Ten
* Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
* Sepultura – Arise
* Slint – Spiderland
* U2 – Achtung Baby
* The KLF – The White Room
* Massive Attack – Blue Lines
* Primal Scream – Screamadelica
* Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
* Metallica – Metallica
* Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
* Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85–92
* Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
* Olomidé, Koffi – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
* Morrissey – Your Arsenal
* Maal, Baaba – Lam Toro
* The Lemonheads – It's a Shame about Ray
* Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
* The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
* lang, k.d. – Ingénue
* Dr. Dre – The Chronic
* R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
* The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
* Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
* Sugar – Copper Blue
* Waits, Tom – Bone Machine
* Sonic Youth – Dirty
* Stereo MCs – Connected
* Ministry – Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
* Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes
* Ice Cube – The Predator
* Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
* Alice in Chains – Dirt
* Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds – Henry's Dream
* Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs
* Harvey, P.J. – Dry
* Suede – Suede
* Weller, Paul – Wild Wood
* The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
* The Auteurs – New Wave
* Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville
* The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
* Mann, Aimee – Whatever
* Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy
* Nirvana – In Utero
* Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth
* Pet Shop Boys – Very
* Harvey, P.J. – Rid of Me
* Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
* Crow, Sheryl – Tuesday Night Music Club
* The Fall – The Infotainment Scan
* Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
* Björk – Debut
* Orbital – Orbital
* Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
* Sebadoh – Bubble and Scrape
* The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
* Orbit, William – Strange Cargo III
* Method Man – Tical
* Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year
* Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
* Jeru the Damaja – The Sun Rises in the East
* Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
* Portishead – Dummy
* The Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall
* Nas – Illmatic
* Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
* Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth
* Morrissey – Vauxhall and I
* TLC – CrazySexyCool
* Oasis – Definitely Maybe
* Soundgarden – Superunknown
* The Offspring – Smash
* Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
* Blur – Parklife
* G. Love & Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce
* Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu
* Hole – Live Through This
* Massive Attack – Protection
* Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
* Suede – Dog Man Star
* The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
* Buckley, Jeff – Grace
* Orbital – Snivilisation
* Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
* Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
* The Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
* Green Day – Dookie
* Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
* Garbage – Garbage
* Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
* Tricky – Maxinquaye
* Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
* Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
* Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream!
* The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
* 2Pac – Me Against the World
* Elastica – Elastica
* Supergrass – I Should Coco
* Radiohead – The Bends
* Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes
* Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti
* The Verve – A Northern Soul
* Genius GZA – Liquid Swords
* Pulp – Different Class
* Leftfield – Leftism
* D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
* Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
* Goldie – Timeless
* Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill
* Screaming Trees – Dust
* Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
* Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry
* Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst
* Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
* Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
* Beck – Odelay
* Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk
* DJ Shadow – Endtroducing.....
* Eels – Beautiful Freak
* The Divine Comedy – Casanova
* Apple, Fiona – Tidal
* Wilco – Being There
* Sepultura – Roots
* Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus
* Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself
* Maxwell – Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
* The Charlatans – Tellin' Stories
* Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
* Everything but the Girl – Walking Wounded
* Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
* Bukem, LTJ – Logical Progression
* Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
* Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry
* The Cardigans – First Band on the Moon
* Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
* Fugees – The Score
* Ash – 1977
* Belle & Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister
* Blur – Blur
* Radiohead – OK Computer
* Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike
* Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly
* The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
* Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
* Wyatt, Robert – Shleep
* Holmes, David – Let's Get Killed
* Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
* The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
* Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
* Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – The Boatman's Call
* The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
* Cornershop – When I Was Born for the 7th Time
* Daft Punk – Homework
* Williams, Robbie – Life thru a Lens
* Carey, Mariah – Butterfly
* Supergrass – In It for the Money
* Dylan, Bob – Time Out of Mind
* Size, Roni & Reprazent – New Forms
* Smith, Elliott – Either/Or
* The Verve – Urban Hymns
* Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
* The Dandy Warhols – …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
* Dylan, Bob – The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
* Chao, Manu – Clandestino
* Bragg, Billy & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
* Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes
* Fatboy Slim – You've Come a Long Way, Baby
* Gray, David – White Ladder
* Williams, Lucinda – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
* Pulp – This Is Hardcore
* Madonna – Ray of Light
* Hill, Lauryn – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
* Hole – Celebrity Skin
* Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs
* System of a Down - System of a Down
* Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
* Air – Moon Safari
* Singh, Talvin – Ok
* Korn – Follow the Leader
* Khalèd, (Cheb) – Kenza
* Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
* Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
* Suba - São Paulo Confessions
* XTC – Apple Venus Volume 1
* Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill
* Incubus – Make Yourself
* The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
* Travis – The Man Who
* Slipknot – Slipknot
* Orton, Beth – Central Reservation
* Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin
* Death in Vegas – The Contino Sessions
* Moby – Play
* The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
* Les Rythmes Digitales – Darkdancer
* Le Tigre – Le Tigre
* Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
* Spears, Britney – ...Baby One More Time
* Metallica – S&M
* Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
* Shack – HMS Fable
* Basement Jaxx – Remedy
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
* Sigur Rós – Ágætis byrjun
[edit] 2000s
* Doves – Lost Souls
* Air – The Virgin Suicides
* Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker
* Gilberto, Bebel – Tanto Tempo
* M. J. Cole – Sincere
* Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl
* Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
* Radiohead – Kid A
* U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind
* Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
* Smith, Elliott – Figure 8
* Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
* Harvey, P.J. – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
* Badu, Erykah – Mama's Gun
* Coldplay – Parachutes
* Common – Like Water for Chocolate
* Ladd, Mike – Welcome to the Afterfuture
* Red Snapper – Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper
* Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
* Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
* Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment
* Lambchop – Nixon
* Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss
* Madonna – Music
* The Avalanches – Since I Left You
* OutKast – Stankonia
* Radiohead – Amnesiac
* Silver Jews – Bright Flight
* Björk – Vespertine
* Gorillaz – Gorillaz
* Adams, Ryan – Gold
* Destiny’s Child – Survivor
* The Strokes – Is This It
* Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator)
* Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango
* The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
* Beta Band – Hot Shots II
* Jay-Z – The Blueprint
* Röyksopp – Melody A.M.
* Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
* Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
* Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
* Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
* Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper
* The Bees – Sunshine Hit Me
* Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me
* Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
* The Coral – The Coral
* Cash, Johnny – American IV: The Man Comes Around
* The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
* Doves – The Last Broadcast
* Elliott, Missy – Under Construction
* Springsteen, Bruce – The Rising
* Aguilera, Christina – Stripped
* The Roots – Phrenology
* Beck – Sea Change
* Timberlake, Justin – Justified
* The Vines – Highly Evolved
* The Hives – Your New Favourite Band
* Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
* Winehouse, Amy – Frank
* Calexico – Feast of Wire
* The Darkness – Permission to Land
* The White Stripes – Elephant
* Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
* Kings of Leon – Youth and Young Manhood
* The Thrills – So Much for the City
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
* OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
* 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
* The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium
* Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
* Wainwright, Rufus – Want One
* Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
* Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
* Björk – Medúlla
* Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
* Wilson, Brian – Smile
* The Icarus Line – Penance Soiree
* Arcade Fire – Funeral
* Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands
* Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
* Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
* N*E*R*D – Fly or Die
* Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros
* Ozomatli – Street Signs
* The Libertines – The Libertines
* West, Kanye – The College Dropout
* Green, Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
* TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
* Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
* The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free
* Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two
* The Zutons – Who Killed...... The Zutons?
* The Killers – Hot Fuss
* Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
* M.I.A. (UK) – Arular
* Beck – Guero
* The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
Glaring omissions? Daft additions? Bare in mind the book is a couple of years old now.
