A Note on Selection and Organization Criteria
The albums in our canon were categorized according to the year and label that granted them their earliest release anywhere in the world — except in certain cases where a later release may have been deemed more “canonical” (for instance choosing to list Public Image Ltd.’s Second Edition over Metal Box). We also chose to allow only one album per year per artist/band—except in cases where the album was credited to more than one artist (most common with jazz releases), in which case that combined credit was considered separately from whatever the individual artists has released that year. Generally, albums were selected for this canon based on their critical regard, their subject matter, their historical relevance, and/or popularity. As such, not all albums in our canon are great, or even necessarily good. They are, however, in our estimation, important: worthy of time from any discerning listener who seeks to understand and appreciate music. They are the result of a selection process that privileged the notion of a canonization that pushes beyond the stigma of rockism, of predominantly English-language music, and which opened up the discussion to a variety of genres, including: blues, country, bluegrass, ragtime, bebop, salsa, bossa nova, jazz, free-jazz, hip-hop, EDM, French chanson, Brazilian tropicalia, African highlife, Algerian rai, Argentinian tango, Spanish flamenco, South Asian Qawwali, Indian ragas, and Chinese Mandopop.
The 2000s
2009
- Lady Gaga / The Fame Monster (Interscope, Konlive)
- Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
- The xx / xx (Young Turks)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs / It’s Blitz! (Interscope, DGC)
- The Black Eyed Peas / The E.N.D. (Interscope)
- Rihanna / Rated R (Def Jam)
- Grizzly Bear / Veckatimest (Warp)
- Raekwon / Only Built for Cuban Linx… Pt. II (EMI)
- Paramore / Brand New Eyes (Fuled by Ramen)
- Brad Paisley / American Saturday Night (Arista Nashville)
- Kid Cudi: Man on the Moon / The End of Day (GOOD, Universal Motown)
- Maxwell / Blacksummers’night (Columbia)
- Dirty Projectors / Bitte Orca (Domino)
- Mastodon / Crack the Skye (Relapse, Reprise)
- The Antlers / Hospice (Frenchkiss)
- Tyler, the Creator / Bastard (Self-released)
- Lily Allen / It’s Not Me, It’s You (Parlophone)
- Fever Ray / Fever Ray (Rabid)
- DJ Sprinkles: Midtown 120 Blues (Mule Musiq)
- Mos Def / The Ecstatic (Downtown)
- Florence + the Machine / Lungs (Island)
- The Matthew Shipp Trio / Harmonic Disorder (Thirsty Ear)
- Girls / Album (True Panther Sounds)
- Allen Toussaint / The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
- Passion Pit / Manners (Frenchkiss)
- G-Dragon / Heartbreaker (YG)
- Tune-Yards / BiRd-BrAiNs (Marriage)
- Wang Feng / Belief Flies in the Wind (MusicNationGroup)
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Slumberland)
- Vijay Iver / Historicity (ACT Music)
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2008
- Lil Wayne / The Carter III (Cash Money, Universal Motown)
- Kanye West / 808s and Heartbreak (Roc-a-Fella, Def Jam)
- Portishead / Third (Mercury)
- Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend (XL)
- Coldplay / Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Capitol)
- Bon Iver / For Emma Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
- Taylor Swift / Fearless (Big Machine)
- Randy Newman / Harps and Angels (Nonesuch)
- Erykah Badu / New Amerykah Part One (Universal Motown)
- Fleet Foxes / Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
- Gang Gang Dance / Saint Dymphna (The Social Registry)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Dig, Lazarus, Dig! (ANTI-)
- Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em / iSouljaBoyTellEm (Interscope)
- Crystal Castles / Crystal Castles (Lies Records)
- Santigold / Santigold (Downtown: Atlantic)
- WHY? / Alopecia (Anticon)
- Drive-by Truckers / Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West)
- Amadou & Mariam / Welcome to Mali (Nonesuch)
- Have a Nice Life / Deathconsciousness (Enemies List)
- Perfume / Game (Tokuma)
- Buena Vista Social Club / At Carnegie Hall (Nonesuch)
- Hercules & Love Affair / Hercules & Love Affair (DFA)
- Philip Glass / Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective (Nonesuch)
- Basic Channel / BCD-2 (Basic Channel)
- Fuck Buttons / Street Horrrsing (ATP)
- BIG BANG / Remember (YG)
- Grouper / Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)
- Nina Simone / To Be Free / The Nina Simone Story (Legacy)
- El Guincho / Alegranza (Young Turks)
- Brian Blade Fellowship / Season of Changes (Verve)
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2007
- M.I.A. / Kala (Interscope)
- Burial / Untrue (Hyperdub)
- Miranda Lambert / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Columbia Nashville)
- Kanye West / Graduation (Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam)
- Radiohead / In Rainbows (TBD)
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand (Rounder)
- Panda Bear / Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
- The-Dream / Love/Hate (Island Def Jam)
- MGMT / Oracular Spectacular (Red Ink, Columbia)
- Animal Collective / Strawberry Jam (Domino)
- Paramore / Riot! (Fueled by Ramen)
- LCD Soundsystem / Sound of Silver (Capitol, DFA)
- Britney Spears / Blackout (Jive)
- Spoon / Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge, ANTI-)
- The National / Boxer (Beggars Banquet)
- Rilo Kiley / Under the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
- Mavis Staples / We’ll Never Turn Back (ANTI-)
- Gogol Bordello / Super Taranta! (SideOneDummy)
- The Field / From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt)
- Battles / Mirrored (Warp
- Jens Lekman / Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian)
- Lil Wayne / Da Draught 3 (Young Money)
- Justice / † (Downtown, Vice)
- Of Montreal / Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
- Roscoe Mitchell / Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3 (ECM)
- Patty Griffin / Children Running Through (ATO Records)
- Girls’ Generation / Girls’ Generation (S.M. Entertainment)
- Tegan and Sara / The Con (Sire)
- Carsick Cars / Carsick Cars (Maybe Mars)
- Billie Holiday / Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia)
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2006
- J Dilla / Donuts (Stones Throw)
- Amy Winehouse / Back to Black (Island)
- Bob Dylan / Modern Times (Columbia)
- Justin Timberlake / Futuresex/Lovesounds (Jive)
- Joanna Newsom / Ys (Drag City)
- Clipse / Hell Hath No Fury (Jive, Star Trak)
- My Chemical Romance / The Black Parade (Reprise)
- Ghostface Killah / Fishscale (Def Jam)
- Arctic Monkeys / Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (Domino)
- Brand New / The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (Interscope, Procrastinate!)
- TV on the Radio / Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope, Touch and Go)
- John Mayer / Continuum (Aware, Columbia)
- Jay Reatard / Blood Visions (Fat Possum, In the Red)
- The Decemberists / The Crane Wife (Capitol)
- The Knife / Silent Shout (Rabid)
- Destroyer / Destroyer’s Rubies (Merge)
- E-40 / My Ghetto Report Card (Warner Bros.)
- Vince Gill / These Days (MCA Nashville)
- Cat Power / The Greatest (Matador)
- Tom Waits / Orphans / Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (ANTI-)
- Ali Farka Touré / Savane (World Circuit)
- The Hold Steady / Boys and Girls in America (Vagrant)
- Ornette Coleman / Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar)
- Scott Walker / The Drift (4AD)
- Rodrigo y Gabriela / Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO Records)
- Javiera Mena / Esquemas Juveniles (MENI)
- Sunset Rubdown / Shut Up I am Dreaming (Absolutely Kosher)
- Rosanne Cash / Black Cadillac (Capitol)
- Ran Blake / All That Is Tied (Tompkins Square)
- Andrew Hill / Time Lines (Blue Note)
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2005
- Sufjan Stevens / Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty/Secretly Candian, Rough Trade)
- Kanye West / Late Registration (Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella)
- Sleater-Kinney / The Woods (Sub Pop)
- M.I.A. / Arular (XL, Interscope)
- Madonna / Confessions on a Dance Floor (Warner Bros.)
- Gorillaz / Demon Days (Parlophone, Virgin
- Fiona Apple / Extraordinary Machine (Epic, Clean Slate)
- Antony & the Johnsons / I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
- Wolf Parade / Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
- Bright Eyes / I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creek)
- Young Jeezy / Let’s Get It / Thug Motivation 101 (Corporate Thugz, Def Jam)
- Mariah Carey / The Emancipation of Mimi (Island Def Jam)
- The Hold Steady / Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
- Fall Out Boy / From Under the Cork Tree (Island)
- My Morning Jacket / Z (ATO)
- The Mars Volta / Frances the Mute (Gold Standard Laboratories, Universal, Strummer)
- Kate Bush / Aerial (EMI, Columbia)
- Bloc Party / Silent Alarm (Wichita)
- Animal Collective / Feels (FatCat)
- Lee Ann Womack / There’s More Where That Came From (MCA Nashville)
- Girls Aloud / Chemistry (Polydor)
- Boris / Pink (DiwphalanxK)
- Cui Jian / Show You Colour (JingWen Records)
- Alexander von Schlippenbach / Monk’s Casino (Intakt)
- Gepe / Gepinto (Quemasucabeza, Astro Discos, Darla Records)
- Hank Williams / Turn Back the Years / The Essential Collection (Mercury)
- Vitalic / OK Cowboy (UWe/Pias)
- Lucero / Nobody’s Darlings (Liberty & Lament)
- Nat King Cole / The World of Nat King Cole (Capitol)
- VA / One Kiss Can Lead to Another (Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found)
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2004
- Arcade Fire / Funeral (Merge)
- Usher / Confessions (Arista)
- Brian Wilson / Smile (Nonesuch)
- Kanye West / The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam)
- Iron & Wine / Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
- Kelly Clarkson / Breakaway (RCA)
- Madvillain / Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
- Green Day / American Idiot (Reprise)
- Cam’ron / Purple Haze (Roc-A-Fella)
- The Streets / A Grand Don’t Come for Free (679)
- The Killers / Hot Fuss (Island)
- The Fiery Furnaces / Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Abattoir Blues: The Lyre of Orpheus (Mute)
- U2 / How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)
- Daddy Yankee / Barrio Fino (El Cartel)
- Annie / Anniemal (679)
- Youssou N’Dour / Egypt (Nonesuch)
- Smoosh / She Like Electric (Pattern 25)
- Joanna Newsom / The Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City)
- Le Tigre / This Island (Universal)
- Squarepusher / Ultravisitor (Warp)
- Rilo Kiley / More Adventurous (Warner Bros.)
- Loretta Lynn / Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
- The Go! Team / Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Memphis Industries)
- The Platters / All Time Greatest Hits (Mercury)
- Papa Wemba / The First Twenty Years (Stern’s Africa)
- Alison Krauss and Union Station / Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder)
- Matthew Shipp / Harmony and Abyss (Thirsty Ear)
- Charlie Haden / The Land of the Sun (Verve)
- Amadou & Mariam / Dimanche á Bamako (Nonesuch)
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2003
- OutKast / Speakerboxxx: The Love Below (LaFace, Arista)
- Dizzee Rascal / Boy in Da Corner (XL)
- The White Stripes / Elephant (V2, XL, Third Man)
- Britney Spears / In the Zone (Jive)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Fever to Tell (Interscope)
- 50 Cent / Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (G-Unit, Interscope)
- The Postal Service / Give Up (Sub Pop)
- Death Cab for Cutie / Transatlanticism (Barsuk)
- William Basinski / The Disintegration Loops IV (2062)
- The Shins / Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
- The Wrens / The Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher)
- The Black Eyed Peas / Elephunk (A&M, will.i.am)
- Four Tet / Rounds (Domino)
- Ricardo Villalobos / Alcachofa (Playhouse)
- Cursive / The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek)
- Belle & Sebastian / Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade)
- The Books / The Lemon of Pink (Tomlab)
- Warren Zevon / The Wind (Artemis)
- The Unicorns / Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (Alien8, Rough Trade)
- Sleep / Dopesmoker (Rise Above/The Music Cartel, Tee Pee)
- Café Tacvba / Cuatro Caminos (Universal Music Mexico)
- Regina Spektor / Soviet Kitsch (Sire)
- Joe Henry / Tiny Voices (ANTI-)
- Ms Dynamite / A Little Deeper (Interscope)
- Oumou Sangaré / Oumou Sangaré (World Circu)
- Cat Power / You are Free (Matadorit)
- Taj Mahal & the Hulu Blues / Hanapepe Dream (Tradition & Moderne, Tone-Cool Records)
- Vijay Iyer Quartet / Blood Sutra (Artists House)
- Dave Holland Quintet / Extended Play / Live at Birdland (ECM)
- King Sunny Adé / The Best of the Classic Years (Shanachie)
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2002
- Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
- Norah Jones / Come Away With Me (Blue Note)
- Eminem / The Eminem Show (Interscope, Aftermath)
- The Flaming Lips / Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
- Beck / Sea Change (Geffen)
- Queens of the Stone Age / Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
- Interpol / Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)
- Broken Social Scene / You Forgot It in People (Paper Bag)
- The Chicks / Home (Monument, Columbia Nashville)
- Boards of Canada / Geogaddi (Warp)
- Coldplay / A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol)
- Avril Lavigne / Let Go (Arista)
- Johnny Cash / American IV: The Man Comes Around (Universal)
- Maroon 5 / Songs About Jane (Octone)
- …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
- Isis / Oceanic (Ipecac)
- Taking Back Sunday / Tell All Your Friends (Victory)
- Sigur Ros / ( ) (MCA, Fatcat)
- The Streets / Original Pirate Material (679)
- The Mountain Goats / Tallahassee (4AD)
- El-P / Fantastic Damage (Definitive Jux)
- Scarface / The Fix (Def Jam)
- Drexciya / Harnessed the Storm (Tresor)
- William Parker / Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear)
- The Libertines / Up the Bracket (Rough Trade)
- Black Uhuru / The Best of Black Uhuru (Island)
- Tribalistas / Tribalistas (EMI)
- The Notwist / Neon Golden (City Slang)
- Isabel Pantoja / Donde El Corazón Me Lleve (Mercury)
- Na Ying / Journey (Warner Music Taiwan)
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2001
- Missy Elliott / Miss E… So Addictive (The Goldmind, Elektra)
- Daft Punk / Discovery (Virgin)
- Björk / Vespertine (One Little Indian, Elektra)
- Jay-Z / The Blueprint (Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella)
- The Strokes / Is This It? (RCA, Rough Trade)
- N.E.R.D. / In Search of… (Star Trak, Virgin, EMI)
- Sigur Ros / Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat, Smekkleysa)
- Alicia Keys / Songs In A Minor (J)
- The White Stripes / White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
- System of a Down / Toxicity (American, Columbia)
- Converge / Jane Doe (Equal Vision)
- The Shins / Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
- Gillian Welch / Time (The Revelator) (Acony)
- Aaliyah / Aaliyah (Blackground, Virgin America)
- Tool / Lateralus (Volcano)
- Ludacris / Word of Mouf (Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam South)
- Ryan Adams / Gold (Lost Highway)
- Bob Dylan / “Love and Theft” (Columbia)
- Kylie Minogue / Fever (Parlophone)
- Sam Phillips / Fan Dance (Nonesuch)
- Drive-By Truckers / Southern Rock Opera (Soul Dump)
- Orchestra Baobab / Pirate’s Choice (Nonesuch)
- Fennesz / Endless Summer (Mego)
- Manu Chao / Próxima Estación / Esperanza (Virgin Records)
- The Moldy Peaches / The Moldy Peaches (Rough Trade)
- Orlando Cachaito Lopez / Cachaito (World Circuit)
- Sum 41 / All Killer, No Filler (Aquarius, Island)
- Gotan Project / Revancha del Tango (XL, Ya Basta!)
- David S. Ware / Corridors and Parallels (AUM Fidelity)
- René Marie / Vertigo (Maxjazz)
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2000
- Eminem / The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope, Aftermath)
- Radiohead / Kid A (Capitol)
- OutKast / Stankonia (Arista)
- D’Angelo / Voodoo (Virgin)
- Avalanches / Since I Left You (Modular)
- Modest Mouse / The Moon & Antarctica (Epic)
- At the Drive In / Relationship of Command (Grand Royal, Fearless)
- Nelly / Country Grammar (Universal)
- Erykah Badu / Mama’s Gun (Motown/Puppy Love)
- PJ Harvey / Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Island)
- Linkin Park / Hybrid Theory (Warner Bros.)
- Ghostface Killah / Supreme Clientele (Epic, Razor Sharp)
- Jill Scott / Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (Hidden Beach)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Kranky)
- Nelly Furtado / Whoa, Nelly! (Dreamworks)
- Deftones / White Pony (Maverick)
- Common / Like Water for Chocolate (MCA)
- N*SYNC / No Strings Attached (Jive)
- Gas / Pop (Mille Plateaux)
- Yo La Tengo / And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (Matador)
- Tom Zé / Jogos de Armar (Trama)
- Smog / Dongs of Sevotion (Drag City)
- Sonny Rollins / This Is What I Do (Milestone)
- Craig David / Born to Do It (Atlantic)
- Limp Bizkit / Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (Interscope)
- Rachid Taha / Made in Medina (Barclay)
- Merle Haggard / If I Could Only Fly (ANTI-, Epitaph)
- Bebel Gilberto / Tanto Tempo (Ziriguiboom)
- Aimee Mann / Bachelor No. 2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo (SuperEgo)
- James Carter / Chasin’ the Gypsy (Atlantic)
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The 1990s
1999
- Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (Merge)
- The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros.)
- Beck: Midnite Vultures (DGC)
- Moby: Play (V2)
- Tom Waits: Mule Variations (Anti-/Epitaph)
- Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic)
- Fiona Apple: When the Pawn… (Clean Slate/Epic)
- Beth Orton: Central Reservation (Arista)
- Wilco: Summerteeth (Reprise)
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy: I See a Darkness (Palace)
- The Roots: Things Fall Apart (MCA)
- Mos Def: Black on Both Sides (Rawkus)
- Eminem: The Slim Shady LP (Interscope)
- Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile (Nothing/Interscope)
- Basement Jaxx: Remedy (XL)
- TLC: Fanmail (LaFace)
- Destiny’s Child: The Writing’s on the Wall (Columbia)
- The Chicks: Fly (Monument)
- Blink 182: Enema of the State (MCA)
- Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives and Sevens (JSP)
- Fela Kuti: The Best of the Black President (Barclay/Universal)
- Toumani Diabaté / Ballake Sissoko: New Ancient Strings (Rykodisc)
- Blumfeld: Old Nobody (Rough Trade)
- Gustavo Cerati: Bocanada (Ariola)
- Khaled: Kenza (Barclay)
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1998
- Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse)
- Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
- Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge)
- Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Warp/Skam)
- Massive Attack: Mezzanine (Circa/Virgin)
- Madonna: Ray of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
- Air: Moon Safari (Source/Virgin)
- Outkast: Aquemini (LaFace)
- Fatboy Slim: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (Skint)
- Pulp: This Is Hardcore (Island)
- Elliott Smith: XO (DreamWorks)
- Beck: Mutations (DGC)
- Mercury Rev: Deserter’s Songs (V2)
- Silver Jews: American Water (Drag City)
- Black Star: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (Rawkus)
- DMX: It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (Def Jam)
- Gang Starr: Moment of Truth (Noo Trybe)
- Bob Dylan: Live 1966 (The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert) (Columbia)
- The Chicks: Wide Open Spaces (Monument)
- Billy Bragg, Wilco: Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
- Turbonegro: Apocalypse Dudes (Boomba)
- Dave Douglas: Convergence (Soul Note)
- Shakira: Dondé Están Los Ladrones? (Sony Latin)
- Manu Chao: Clandestino (Virgin)
- Rachid Taha: Diwan (Barclay)
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1997
- Radiohead: OK Computer (’97; Parlophone)
- Björk: Homogenic (’97; One Little Indian)
- Daft Punk: Homework (’97; Virgin)
- Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind (’97; Columbia)
- Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space (’97; Dedicated)
- The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole (’97; Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
- Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out (’97; Kill Rock Stars)
- Elliott Smith: Either/Or (’97; Kill Rock Stars)
- The Verve: Urban Hymns (’97; Hut/Virgin)
- Missy Misdemeanour Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly (’97; EastWest)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: Life After Death (’97; Bad Boy)
- Cornershop: When I Was Born for the 7th Time (’97; Wiiija)
- Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (’97; Matador)
- Erykah Badu: Baduizm (’97; Universal)
- Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope (’97; Virgin/JDJ)
- Mariah Carey: Butterfly (’97; Columbia)
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Boatman’s Call (’97; Mute)
- Deftones: Around the Fur (’97; Maverick)
- Shania Twain: Come on Over (’97; Mercury)
- Roni Size / Reprazent: New Forms (’97; Talkin’ Loud/Mercury)
- Tomasz Stanko: Leosia (’97; ECM)
- Lee “Scratch” Perry: Arkology (’97; Island Jamaica)
- Buena Vista Social Club: Buena Vista Social Club (’97; Nonesuch)
- Cornelius: Fantasma (’97; Trattoria)
- Andrés Calamaro: Alta Suciedad (’97; Gasa)
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- DJ Shadow: Endtroducing….. (‘96; FFRR/Mo Wax)
- Beck: Odelay (‘96; DGC/Bong Load)
- Fugees: The Score (‘96; Columbia)
- Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt (‘96; Roc-A-Fella/Freeze/Priority)
- 2Pac: All Eyez on Me (‘96; Interscope/Death Row)
- Belle & Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister (‘96; Jeepster)
- Weezer: Pinkerton (‘96; DGC)
- Sleater-Kinney: Call the Doctor (’96; Chainsaw)
- Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (‘96; Elektra)
- Sublime: Sublime (’96; Gasoline Alley)
- Wilco: Being There (‘96; Reprise)
- Fiona Apple: Tidal (’96; Epic/Clean Slate)
- Aphex Twin: Richard D. James Album (‘96; Sire)
- Tortoise: Millions Now Living Will Never Die (‘96; Thrill Jockey)
- Outkast: ATLiens (‘96; Bulk)
- UGK: Ridin’ Dirty (‘96; Jive)
- Lil Kim: Hard Core (’96; Big Beat/UNDEAS)
- Steve Earle: I Feel Alright (‘96; Warner Bros.)
- Ani DiFranco: Dilate (‘96; Righteous Babe)
- Neurosis: Through Silver in Blood (‘96; Relapse)
- David S. Ware: Godspelized (‘96; DIW)
- Chico Science & Nação Zumbi: Afrociberdelia (’96; Columbia)
- Faye Wong: Fu Zao (’96; Cinepoly)
- Oumou Sangare: Worotan (’96; World Circuit)
- Cheikh Lô: Ne La Thiass (‘96; World Circuit)
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- PJ Harvey: To Bring You My Love (‘95; Island)
- Björk: Post (‘95; One Little Indian)
- Radiohead: The Bends (‘95; Parlophone)
- Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (‘95; Creation)
- Pulp: Different Class (‘95; Island)
- The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (‘95; Virgin)
- Tricky: Maxinquaye (‘95; 4th & Broadway/Island)
- Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (‘95; RCA/Loud)
- The Chemical Brothers: Exit Planet Dust (‘95; Freestyle Dust/Virgin)
- Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (‘95; Maverick/Reprise)
- Garbage: Garbage (‘95; Mushroom)
- Elastica: Elastica (‘95; DGC)
- GZA: Liquid Swords (‘95; Geffen)
- 2Pac: Me Against the World (‘95; Interscope)
- Mobb Deep: The Infamous (‘95; Loud)
- Leftfield: Leftism (‘95; Columbia/Hard Hands)
- Goldie: Timeless (‘95; FFRR)
- Three 6 Mafia: Mystic Stylez (‘95; Prophet)
- The Meters: Funkify Your Life (Anthology) (’95; Rhino)
- D’Angelo: Brown Sugar (‘95; EMI)
- Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball (‘95; Elektra)
- Junior Kimbrough & the Soul Boys: All Night Long (’95; Fat Possum)
- Cassandra Wilson: New Moon Daughter (‘95; Blue Note)
- Henry Threadgill: Carry the Day (‘95; Columbia)
- Buju Banton: ‘Til Shiloh (‘95; Loose Cannon)
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- Nas: Illmatic (‘94; Columbia)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die (‘94; Bad Boy)
- Jeff Buckley: Grace (‘94; Columbia)
- Hole: Live Through This (‘94; DGC)
- Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (‘94; Matador/Atlantic)
- Johnny Cash: American Recordings (‘94; American)
- Oasis: Definitely, Maybe (‘94; Epic)
- Blur: Parklife (‘94; SBK)
- Portishead: Dummy (‘94; Go! Beat)
- Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral (‘94; Nothing/Interscope)
- Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York (‘94; DGC)
- Beck: Mellow Gold (‘94; DGC)
- Green Day: Dookie (‘94; Reprise)
- Weezer: Weezer [The Blue Album] (‘94; DGC)
- Soundgarden: Superunknown (‘94; A&M)
- Guided by Voices: Bee Thousand (‘94; Scat)
- TLC: Crazysexycool (‘94; LaFace)
- Mary J. Blige: My Life (‘94; MCA)
- Iris DeMent: My Life (’94; Warner Bros.)
- Emperor: In the Nightside Eclipse (‘94; Candlelight)
- The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame (‘94; MCA)
- Evan Parker: 50th Birthday Concert (‘94; Leo)
- Marisa Monte: Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão (‘94; EMI)
- Selena: Amor Prohibido (‘94; EMI Latin)
- Cafe Tacuba: Re (‘94; WEA)
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- Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (‘93; Matador)
- PJ Harvey: Rid of Me (‘93; Island)
- Björk: Debut (‘93; One Little Indian)
- Nirvana: In Utero (‘93; DGC)
- Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (‘93; Virgin)
- The Breeders: Last Splash (‘93; 4AD/Elektra)
- Suede: Suede (‘93; Nude)
- Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (‘93; RCA/Loud)
- A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders (‘93; Jive)
- Pet Shop Boys: Very (‘93; Parlophone)
- Pearl Jam: Vs (‘93; Epic)
- The Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen (‘93; Elektra)
- Underworld: Dubnobasswithmyheadman (‘93; Junior Boy’s Own)
- Orbital: Orbital 2 [The Brown Album] (‘93; Internal)
- The Fall: The Infotainment Scan (’93; Permanent)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle (‘93; Death Row/Interscope)
- Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (‘93; Arista/Nettwerk)
- Janet Jackson: Janet. (’93; Virgin)
- R. Kelly: 12 Play (’93; Jive)
- Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne (’93; Sire/Reprise)
- Bikini Kill: Pussy Whipped (’93; Kill Rock Stars)
- Morphine: Cure for Pain (‘93; Rykodisc)
- Ella Fitzgerald: The Best of the Song Books (’93; Verve)
- Charles Gayle: Touchin’ on Trane (‘93; FMP)
- Sepultura: Chaos A.D. (‘93; Roadrunner)
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- R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (‘92; Warner Bros.)
- Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (‘92; Matador)
- Madonna: Erotica (‘92; Maverick/Sire)
- PJ Harvey: Dry (‘92; Indigo/Too Pure)
- Dr. Dre: The Chronic (‘92; Interscope)
- Beastie Boys: Check Your Head (‘92; Capitol)
- Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine (‘92; Epic)
- Los Lobos: Kiko (‘92; Slash)
- Sonic Youth: Dirty (‘92; DGC)
- Arrested Development: 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of… (‘92; Chrysalis)
- Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85–92 (‘92; Apollo)
- Sugar: Copper Blue (‘92; Rykodisc)
- The Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (‘92; Delicious Vinyl)
- Alice in Chains: Dirt (‘92; Columbia)
- Tom Waits: Bone Machine (‘92; Island)
- K.D. Lang: Ingénue (‘92; Sire)
- Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (‘92; Atlantic)
- Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power (’92; ATCO)
- Annie Lennox: Diva (‘92; Arista)
- Trisha Yearwood: Hearts in Armor (’92; MCA)
- Joe Lovano: From the Soul (‘92; Blue Note)
- David S. Ware: Flight of I (‘92; DIW)
- Cesária Évora: Miss Perfumado (‘92; Nonesuch)
- Koffi Olomide: Haut de Gamme — Koweït, Rive Ganche (’92; Tamaris)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Devotional Songs (‘92; Real World/Virgin)
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- Nirvana: Nevermind (‘91; DGC)
- My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (‘91; Creation/Sire/Warner Bros.)
- Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (‘91; Polydor/Verve)
- A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (‘91; Jive)
- Public Enemy: Apocalypse ‘91… The Enemy Strikes Black (‘91; Def Jam)
- U2: Achtung Baby (‘91; Island)
- Pearl Jam: Ten (‘91; Epic)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik (‘91; Warner Bros.)
- Metallica: Metallica [The Black Album] (‘91; Vertigo)
- R.E.M.: Out of Time (‘91; Warner Bros.)
- Primal Scream: Screamadelica (‘91; Warner Bros.)
- Massive Attack: Blue Lines (‘91; Wild Bunch)
- The Orb: The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (‘91; Big Life)
- Slint: Spiderland (‘91; Touch and Go)
- The Jesus Lizard: Goat (‘91; Touch and Go)
- Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend (‘91; Zoo Entrainment/BMG)
- Saint Etienne: Foxbase Alpha (‘91; Warner Bros.)
- Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque (‘91; DGC)
- Ice Cube: Death Certificate (’91; Priority)
- James Brown: Star Time (‘91; Polydor)
- Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul — The Complete Atlantic Recordings (’91; Atlantic)
- Phil Spector: Back to Mono (1958–1969) (‘91; ABKCO)
- Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages (‘91; Axiom)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson: Tings An’ Times (‘91; Shanachie)
- MC Solaar: Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo (‘91; Polydor)
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- Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (‘90; Def Jam)
- A Tribe Called Quest: People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (‘90; Jive)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory (‘90; Reprise)
- Sinéad O’Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (’90; Ensign)
- Sonic Youth: Goo (‘90; DGC)
- Pixies: Bossanova (‘90; 4AD/Elektra)
- Depeche Mode: Violator (‘90; Mute)
- Happy Mondays: Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches (‘90; Factory)
- Jane’s Addiction: Ritual De Lo Habitual (’90; Warner Bros.)
- LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out (‘90; Def Jam)
- Ice Cube: Amerikkka’s Most Wanted (‘90; Priority)
- Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour (‘90; Parlophone/EMI)
- Cocteau Twins: Heaven or Las Vegas (‘90; Capitol)
- Fugazi: Repeater (’90; Dischord)
- Deee-Lite: World Clique (‘90; Elektra)
- Megadeath: Rust in Peace (’90; Capitol)
- George Michael: Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (‘90; Columbia)
- Rosanne Cash: Interiors (‘90; Columbia)
- Dwight Yoakam: If There Was a Way (‘90; Reprise)
- Ride: Nowhere (’90; Creation)
- The KLF: Chill Out (‘90; Wax Trax!)
- Angelo Badalamenti: Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (‘90; Warner Bros.)
- John Zorn: Naked City (‘90; Nonesuch)
- Ali Farka Touré: The River (‘90; Mango/World Circuit)
- Soda Stereo: Canción Animal (‘90; CBS)
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The 1980s
- Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique (‘89; Capitol)
- De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising (‘89; Tommy Boy Music)
- Madonna: Like a Prayer (‘89; Sire)
- Janet Jackson: Rhythm Nation 1814 (‘89; A&M)
- Pixies: Doolittle (‘89; 4AD/Elektra)
- The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (‘89; Silvertone)
- The Cure: Disintegration (‘89; Elektra)
- Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (‘89; TVT)
- The Mekons: The Mekons Rock N’ Roll (‘89; A&M)
- Galaxie 500: On Fire (‘89; Rough Trade)
- Lou Reed: New York (’89; Sire)
- Bonnie Raitt: Nick of Time (‘89; Capitol)
- Neneh Cherry: Raw Like Sushi (‘89; Virgin/Circa)
- Chris Isaak: Heart Shaped World (‘89; Reprise)
- Soul II Soul: Keep on Movin’ (‘89; Virgin)
- 808 State: Ninety (‘89; ZTT)
- The Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon (‘89; A&M)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step (‘89; Epic)
- George Strait: Beyond the Blue Neon (‘89; MCA)
- Keith Whitley: I Wonder Do You Think of Me (‘89; RCA/BMG Music)
- Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck: Djam Leelii (‘89; Mango)
- Mano Negra: Puta’s Fever (’89; Virgin)
- Caetano Veloso: Estrangeiro (‘89; Elektra Musician)
- Boredoms: Soul Discharge (‘89; Shimmy Disc)
- Cui Jian: Rock ‘n’ Roll on the New Long March (’89; Coden Records)
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- N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton (‘88; Ruthless)
- Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (‘88; Def Jam)
- Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (‘88; Enigma)
- Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden (‘88; Parlophone)
- The Beatles: Past Masters Volume 1 & 2 (‘88; Capitol)
- EPMD: Strictly Business (‘88; Fresh)
- Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown (‘88; Next Plateau)
- Boogie Productions: By All Means Necessary (‘88; Jive)
- Eric B. & Rakim: Follow the Leader (‘88; UNI)
- Jungle Brothers: Straight Out the Jungle (‘88; Warlock)
- Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (‘88; Def Jam)
- Eazy-E: Eazy-Duz-It (‘88; Ruthless/Priority)
- Stetasonic: In Full Gear (‘88; Tommy Boy Music)
- Pixies: Surfer Rosa (‘88; 4AD/Rough Trade)
- My Bloody Valentine: Isn’t Anything (’88; Creation)
- The Pogues: If I Should Fall from Grace With God (’88; Pogue Mahone)
- Jane’s Addiction: Nothing’s Shocking (‘88; Warner Bros.)
- Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman (‘88; Elektra)
- Lucinda Williams: Lucinda Williams (’88; Rough Trade)
- Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (‘88; Columbia)
- Living Colour: Vivid (‘88; Epic)
- Rodney Crowell: Diamonds & Dirt (‘88; Columbia)
- Art Farmer: Blame It on My Youth (‘88; Contemporary)
- Miriam Makeba: Sangoma (‘88; Warner Bros.)
- Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens: Paris — Soweto (‘88; Polydor)
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- U2: The Joshua Tree (‘87; Island)
- Prince: Sign ‘O’ the Times (‘87; Paisley Prak)
- Eric B. & Rakim: Paid in Full (‘87; 4th & Broadway)
- Boogie Down Productions: Criminal Minded (‘87; B-Boy)
- Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush the Show (‘87; Def Jam)
- Michael Jackson: Bad (‘87; Epic)
- R.E.M.: Document (‘87; I.R.S.)
- George Michael: Faith (‘87; Columbia)
- Guns ‘N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction (‘87; Geffen)
- Sonic Youth: Sister (‘87; SST)
- Pet Shop Boys: Actually (‘87; Parlophone)
- New Order: Substance (‘87; Factory)
- The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (‘87; Sire)
- Def Leopard: Hysteria (‘87; Mercury)
- Dinosaur Jr.: You’re Living All Over Me (‘87; SST)
- Big Black: Songs About Fucking (‘87; Touch and Go)
- Sinéad O’Connor: The Lion and the Cobra (‘87; Chrysalis)
- Marianna Faithfull: Strange Weather (‘87; Island)
- Ornette Coleman: In All Languages (‘87; Harmolodic)
- Cecil Taylor: For Olim (’87; Soul Note)
- Sonny Rollins: G-Man (‘87; Milestone)
- Salif Keita: Soro (‘87; Mango)
- Ali Farka Touré: Ali Farka Touré (’87; Mango)
- Franco: Attention Na Sida (‘87; African Sun Music)
- Najma: Qareeb (‘87; Triple Earth)
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- The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (‘86; Rough Trade)
- Paul Simon: Graceland (‘86; Warner Bros.)
- Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (‘86; Def Jam)
- Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell (‘86; Profile)
- Peter Gabriel: So (‘86; Geffen)
- Metallica: Master of Puppets (‘86; Elektra)
- Slayer: Reign in Blood (‘86; Def Jam)
- XTC: Skylarking (‘86; Virgin)
- R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant (‘86; I.R.S.)
- Sonic Youth: EVOL (‘86; SST)
- Janet Jackson: Control (‘86; A&M)
- Anita Baker: Rapture (‘86; Elektra)
- Prince and the Revolution: Parade (‘86; Paisley Park/RCA)
- Salt-N-Pepa: Hot, Cool & Vicious (‘86; Next Plateu)
- Bad Brains: I Against I (‘86; SST)
- Arthur Russell: World of Echo (’86; Upsidee)
- Steve Earle: Guitar Town (‘86; MCA)
- Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (‘86; Reprise)
- The Robert Cray Band: Strong Persuader (‘86; Mercury)
- Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band (’86; RCA/Bluebird)
- John Zorn: The Big Gundown (‘86; Nonesuch)
- Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman: Song X (‘86; Geffen)
- Astor Piazzolla: Tango: Zero Hour (’86; American Clavé)
- Africa Bombaataa & Soulsonic Force: Plant Rock (’86; Tommy Boy)
- Titãs: Cabeça Dinossauro (‘86; WEA)
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- Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (‘85; EMI)
- Tom Waits: Rain Dogs (‘85; Island)
- The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy (‘85; Blanco y Negro)
- The Fall: This Nation’s Saving Grace (‘85; Beggars Banquet)
- Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising (‘85; SST)
- The Replacements: Tim (‘85; Sire)
- Talking Heads: Little Creatures (‘85; Sire)
- Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair (‘85; Phonogram)
- Mekons: Fear and Whiskey (‘85; Sin Record Company)
- The Pogues: Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (‘85; Stiff)
- New Order: Low-Life (‘85; Factory)
- Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen (‘85; Kitchenware)
- Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche 85 (‘85; Virgin)
- Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (‘85; Vertigo)
- The Velvet Underground: VU (‘85; Verve)
- LL Cool J: Radio (‘85; Def Jam)
- Aretha Franklin: Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (‘85; Arista)
- Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (‘85; Arista)
- Sam Cooke: Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 (‘85; RCA)
- Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes (from the Underground) (‘85; Columbia)
- James Newton: The African Flower — The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Blue Note)
- Abdullah Ibrahim: Water from an Ancient Well (‘85; Enja)
- Various Artists: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (‘85; Shanachie)
- Youssou N’Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar: Immigrés (‘85; Virgin)
- Bola Sete: Jungle Suite (‘85; Dancing Cat)
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- Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (‘84; Warner Bros.)
- Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (‘84; Columbia)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers: Legend (The Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers) (‘84; Island)
- The Replacements: Let It Be (‘84; Twin/Tone)
- Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (‘84; SST)
- Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime (‘84; SST)
- Metallica: Ride the Lightning (‘84; Megaforce)
- U2: The Unforgettable Fire (‘84; Island)
- Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C. (‘84; Profile)
- Echo and the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (‘84; Korova/WEA)
- R.E.M.: Reckoning (‘84; I.R.S.)
- The Bangles: All Over the Place (‘84; Columbia)
- Cocteau Twins: Treasure (‘84; 4AD)
- Madonna: Like a Virgin (‘84; Sire)
- Tina Turner: Private Dancer (‘84; Capitol)
- Sade: Diamond Life (‘84; Epic)
- George Strait: Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (‘84; MCA)
- The Judds: Why Not Me (‘84; RCA/Curb)
- Los Lobos: How Will the Wolf Survive? (‘84; Slash)
- Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (‘84; ECM New Series)
- Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4 (‘84; Inteam)
- Rubén Blades, Seis Del Solar: Buscando América (‘84; Elektra)
- Los Prisioneros: La Voz de Los ‘80 (‘84; EMI-Odeon S.A.I.C.)
- Fabrizio de André: Creuza de mä (‘84; Elektra)
- Ofsa Haza: Yemenite Songs (‘84; Hed-Arzi)
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- Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual (‘83; Portrait)
- Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (‘83; Island)
- R.E.M.: Murmur (‘83; I.R.S.)
- The Police: Synchronicity (‘83; A&M)
- Lou Reed: Legendary Hearts (‘83; RCA Victor)
- U2: War (‘83; Island)
- Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes (‘83; Slash)
- New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies (‘83; Factory)
- Eurythmics: Touch (‘83; RCA)
- Madonna: Madonna (‘83; Sire)
- Aztec Camera: High Land, Hard Rain (‘83; Sire)
- Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues (‘83; Sire)
- The Fall: Perverted by Language (‘83; Ikon)
- Metallica: Kill ‘Em All (‘83; Megaforce)
- Womack & Womack: Love Wars (‘83; Elektra)
- The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (‘83; Sire)
- DeBarge: In a Special Way (‘83; Gordy)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Texas Flood (‘83; Epic)
- Swans: Filth (‘83; Neutral)
- James Blood Ulmer: Odyssey (‘83; CBS)
- Henry Threadgill Sextet: Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (‘83; About Time)
- Abdullah Ibrahim: Ekaya (‘83; Ekapa)
- UB40: Labour of Love (‘83; DEP International)
- Chief Ebenezer Obey: Je ka jo (‘83; Virgin)
- Charly García: Clics modernos (‘83; Interdisc)
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- Michael Jackson: Thriller (‘82; Epic)
- Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (‘82; Columbia)
- Prince: 1999 (‘82; Warner Bros.)
- Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights (‘82; Hannibal)
- Lou Reed: The Blue Mask (‘82; RCA)
- Laurie Anderson: Big Science (‘82; Warner Bros.)
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Imperial Bedroom (‘82; F-Beat)
- Chuck Berry: The Great Twenty-Eight (‘82; Chess)
- Roxy Music: Avalon (‘82; EG)
- Misfits: Walk Among Us (’82; Ruby)
- Marshall Crenshaw: Marshall Crenshaw (‘82; Warner Bros.)
- ABC: The Lexicon of Love (‘82; Neutron)
- Flipper: Generic Flipper (‘82; Subterranean)
- Mission of Burma: Vs. (‘82; Ace of Hearts)
- The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour (‘82; Kamera)
- Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (‘82; Warner Bros.)
- George Clinton: Computer Games (‘82; Capitol)
- Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five: The Message (‘82; Sugar Hill)
- Iron Maiden: The Number of the Beast (‘82; EMI)
- George Strait: Strait from the Heart (‘82; MCA)
- Philip Glass: Glassworks (‘82; CBS)
- Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings (‘82; Antilles)
- Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance (‘82; Columbia)
- King Sunny Adé & His African Beats: Juju Music (‘82; Mango)
- Sister Nancy: One, Two (‘82; Technique)
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- Grace Jones: Nightclubbing (‘81; Island)
- Brian Eno, David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (‘81; Sire)
- The Human League: Dare! (‘81; Virgin)
- Kraftwerk: Computerwelt (‘81; Kling Klang/EMI Electrola)
- Black Flag: Damaged (‘81; Unicorn/SST)
- X: Wild Gift (‘81; Slash)
- The Gun Club: Fire of Love (‘81; Ruby)
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Trust (‘81; F-Beat)
- Prince: Controversy (‘81; Warner Bros.)
- The Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat (‘81; I.R.S.)
- Rush: Moving Pictures (‘81; Mercury)
- Rickie Lee Jones: Pirates (’81; Warner Bros.)
- Rick James: Street Songs (‘81; Gordy)
- Squeeze: East Side Story (‘81; A&M)
- The Blasters: The Blasters (‘81; Slash)
- Tom Tom Club: Tom Tom Club (‘81; Sire)
- The Sound: From the Lions Mouth (‘81; Korova)
- Motörhead: No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (‘81; Bronze)
- Merle Haggard: Big City (‘81; Epic)
- Chick Corea: Three Quartets (‘81; Warner Bros.)
- Billy Bang: Rainbow Gladiator (‘81; Soul Note)
- Dick Gaughan: Handful of Earth (‘81; Topic)
- Einstürzende Neubauten: Kollaps (‘81; Zickzack)
- Black Uhuru: Red (‘81; Mango)
- Djavan: Seduzir (‘81; EMI)
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- Talking Heads: Remain in Light (‘80; Sire)
- Joy Division: Closer (‘80; Factory)
- The Pretenders: Pretenders (‘80; Real)
- Prince: Dirty Mind (‘80; Warner Bros.)
- Bruce Springsteen: The River (‘80; Columbia)
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Get Happy!! (‘80; Columbia)
- Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (‘80; Cherry Red)
- The Clash: Sandinista! (‘80; CBS)
- John Lennon, Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy (‘80; Geffen)
- David Bowie: Scary Monsters (‘80; RCA)
- Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July (‘80; Tamla)
- Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel [Melt] (‘80; Charisma)
- X: Los Angeles (‘80; Slash)
- AC/DC: Back in Black (‘80; Atlantic)
- The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (‘80; Stiff)
- Dexys Midnight Runners: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (‘80; EMI)
- Young Marble Giants: Colossal Youth (‘80; Rough Trade)
- Motörhead: Ace of Spades (‘80; Bronze)
- Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues (‘80; Columbia)
- Professor Longhair: Crawfish Fiesta (‘80; Alligator)
- George Jones: I Am What I Am (‘80; Epic)
- Emmylou Harris: Roses in the Snow (‘80; Warner Bros.)
- David Murray: Ming (‘80; Black Saint)
- Ganelion Trio: Ancora Da Capo (‘80; Leo)
- Fehlfarben: Monarchie und Alltag (‘80; Welt-Rekord/EMI Electrola)
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The 1970s
- The Clash: London Calling (‘79; Epic)
- Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (‘79; Warner Bros.)
- Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (‘79; Factory)
- Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (‘79; Epic)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (‘79; Reprise)
- Pink Floyd: The Wall (‘79; Columbia)
- Public Image, Ltd.: Second Edition (‘79; Virgin)
- Gang of Four: Entertainment! (‘79; EMI)
- Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady (‘79; I.R.S.)
- Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (‘79; Island)
- The Specials: The Specials (‘79; Two-Tone)
- Donna Summer: Bad Girls (’79; Casablanca)
- Talking Heads: Fear of Music (‘79; Sire)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes (‘79; MCA)
- Graham Parker & the Rumour: Squeezing Out Sparks (’79; Vertigo)
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Armed Forces (‘79; Radar)
- The B-52’s: The B-52’s (‘79; Warner Bros.)
- The Pop Group: Y (‘79; Radar)
- Throbbing Gristle: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (‘79; Fetish)
- Arthur Blythe: Lenox Avenue Breakdown (‘79; Columbia)
- George Lewis: Homage to Charles Parker (‘79; Black Saint)
- Johnny Osbourne: Truths and Rights (‘79; Studio One)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra: Solid State Survivor (‘79; Alfa)
- El Camarón de la Isla: La leyenda del tiempo (‘79; Philips)
- François Hardy: Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles (’79; Mode)
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- Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (‘78; Warner Bros.)
- Blondie: Parallel Lines (‘78; Chrysalis)
- Elvis Costello: This Year’s Model (‘78; Radar)
- Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town (‘78; Columbia)
- The Rolling Stones: Some Girls (‘78; Rolling Stones)
- Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear (’78; Tamla)
- Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food (‘78; Sire)
- Pere Ubu: Dub Housing (‘78; Chrysalis)
- The Jam: All Mod Cons (‘78; Polydor)
- Van Halen: Van Halen (‘78; Warner Bros.)
- Big Star: 3rd (‘78; PVC)
- Wire: Chairs Missing (‘78; Harvest)
- The Cars: The Cars (‘78; Elektra)
- Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (‘78; Warner Bros.)
- Chic: C’est Chic (‘78; Atlantic)
- Albert Collins: Ice Pickin’ (‘78; Alligator)
- Willie Nelson: Stardust (‘78; Columbia)
- Joe Ely: Honky Tonk Masquerade (‘78; MCA)
- Eno: Ambient 1: Music for Airports (‘78; EG/Polydor)
- Kraftwerk: The Man Machine (‘78; Capitol)
- Cecil Taylor: Cecil Taylor Unit (‘78; New World)
- Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (‘78; ECM)
- Lee Perry: Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread (‘78; Upsetter)
- Poet and the Roots: Dread, Beat an’ Blood (‘78; Front Line)
- Rubén Blades, Willie Colón: Siembra (‘78; Fania)
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- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (‘77; Warner Bros.)
- Television: Marquee Moon (‘77; Elektra)
- The Clash: The Clash (‘77; CBS)
- The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (‘77; Virgin)
- Ramones: Rocket to Russia (‘77; Sire)
- Richard Hell & the Voidoids: Blank Generation (‘77; Sire)
- David Bowie: Low (‘77; RCA Victor)
- Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (‘77; Stiff)
- Iggy Pop: Lust for Life (‘77; RCA Victor)
- Wire: Pink Flag (‘77; Harvest)
- Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77 (‘77; Sire)
- Suicide: Suicide (‘77; Red Star)
- Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Soundtrack) (‘77; RSO)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Dancer With Bruised Knees (’77; Warner Bros.)
- Steely Dan: Aja (‘77; ABC)
- Al Green: The Bell Album (‘77; Hi)
- The Damned: Damned Damned Damned (‘77; Stiff)
- Muddy Waters: Hard Again (‘77; Blue Sky)
- Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (‘77; Capitol)
- Popol Vuh: Coeur de Verre (‘77; Brain)
- Weather Report: Heavy Weather (‘77; Columbia)
- Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head (‘77; Horizon)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers: Exodus (‘77; Island)
- The Congos: Heart of the Congos (‘77; Black Art)
- João Gilberto: Amoroso (‘77; Warner Bros.)
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- Elvis Presley: The Sun Sessions (‘76; RCA)
- Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (‘76; Motown)
- David Bowie: Station to Station (‘76; RCA)
- The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers (‘76; Beserkley)
- Ramones: Ramones (‘76; Sire)
- Joni Mitchell: Hejira (‘76; Asylum)
- Eagles: Hotel California (‘76; Asylum)
- Aerosmith: Rocks (‘76; Columbia)
- ABBA: Arrival (‘76; Polar)
- Boston: Boston (‘76; Epic)
- The Unholy Modal Rounders: Have Moicy (‘76; Rounder)
- The Wild Tchoupitoulas: The Wild Tchoupitoulas (‘76; Island)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle — The 20 Greatest Hits (‘76; Fantasy)
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygène (‘76; Polydor)
- Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti, the Beautiful One (‘76; Arista-Freedom)
- George Benson: Breezin’ (‘76; Warner Bros.)
- Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior (‘76; Columbia)
- Fela Anikulapo Kuti & the Africa ‘70: Zombie (‘76; Polydor)
- Augustus Pablo: King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (‘76; Yard Music)
- Mighty Diamonds: Right Time (‘76; Virgin)
- Bunny Wailer: Blackheart Man (‘76; Island)
- Peter Tosh: Legalize It (‘76; Columbia)
- The Upsetters: Super Ape (‘76; Island)
- Tom Zé: Estudando o Samba (‘76; Continental)
- Jorge Ben: África Brazil (‘76; Philips)
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- Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (‘75; Swan Song)
- Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (‘75; Columbia)
- Bob Dylan & the Band: The Basement Tapes (‘75; Columbia)
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (‘75; Columbia)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Tonight’s the Night (‘75; Reprise)
- Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac (‘75; Reprise)
- Patti Smith: Horses (‘75; Arista)
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (‘75; Harvest)
- Queen: A Night at the Opera (‘75; Elektra)
- Parliament: Mothership Connection (‘75; Casablanca)
- Earth, Wind & Fire: That’s the Way of the World (‘75; Columbia)
- Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic (‘75; Columbia)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kate & Anna McGarrigle (‘75; Warner Bros.)
- Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (‘75; Columbia)
- James Talley: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love (‘75; Columbia)
- Eno: Another Green World (‘75; Island)
- Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert (‘75; ECM)
- Miles Davis: Agharta (‘75; CBS)
- Wayne Shorter, Milton Nascimento: Native Dancer (‘75; Columbia)
- Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues: Live at Montreux ‘74 (‘75; Arista/Freedom)
- Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben: Gil e Jorge (‘75; Philips)
- Francesco de Gregori: Rimmel (‘75; RCA)
- Toots and the Maytals: Funky Kingston (‘75; Island)
- Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey (‘75; Island)
- Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (‘75; Disques Cellier)
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- Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (‘74; Asylum)
- Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel (‘74; Reprise)
- Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic (‘74; ABC)
- New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon (‘74; Mercury)
- Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights (‘74; Island)
- Randy Newman: Good Old Boys (‘74; Reprise)
- Big Star: Radio City (‘74; Ardent)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers: Natty Dread (‘74; Island)
- Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (‘74; Virgin)
- Jackson Brown: Late for the Sky (‘74; Asylum)
- Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like a Wheel (‘74; Capitol)
- Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (‘74; Charisma)
- Roxy Music: Country Life (‘74; Island)
- Millie Jackson: Caught Up (‘74; Spring)
- Minnie Riperton: Perfect Angel (‘74; Epic)
- Barry White: Can’t Get Enough (’74; 20th Century)
- Fenton Robinson: Somebody Loan Me a Dime (‘74; Alligator)
- George Jones: The Grand Tour (‘74; Epic)
- Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (‘74; Island)
- Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (‘74; Virgin)
- Kraftwerk: Autobahn (‘74; EMI)
- Miles Davis: Get Up with It (‘74; Columbia)
- Steve Reich: Drumming / Music for 18 Musicians (‘74; Deutsche Grammophon)
- Keith Hudson: Pick a Dub (‘74; Mamba)
- Elis & Tom: Elis & Tom (‘74; Philips)
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- The Wailers: Catch a Fire (‘73; Island)
- Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On (‘73; Tamla)
- Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (‘73; Tamla)
- Al Green: Call Me (‘73; Hi)
- New York Dolls: New York Dolls (‘73; Mercury)
- Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (‘73; Harvest)
- Lou Reed: Berlin (‘73; RCA Victor)
- John Cale: Paris 1919 (‘73; Reprise)
- Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power (‘73; Columbia)
- The Who: Quadrophenia (‘73; MCA)
- The Isley Brothers: 3+3 (‘73; T-Neck)
- Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure (‘73; Warner Bros.)
- Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (‘73; MCA)
- Tanya Tucker: What’s Your Mama’s Name (‘73; Columbia)
- Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Heroes (‘73; RCA)
- Carpenters: The Singles 1969 — 1973 (‘73; A&M)
- Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets (‘73; Island)
- Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (‘73; Virgin)
- Can: Future Days (‘73; United Artists)
- Dave Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds (‘73; ECM/Polydor)
- Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (‘73; Columbia)
- McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment (‘73; Milestone)
- Donald Byrd: Black Byrd (’73; Blue Note)
- Secos & Molhados: Secos & Molhados (‘73; Continental)
- Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh (‘73; A&M)
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- The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. (‘72; Rolling Stones)
- David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (‘72; RCA Victor)
- Roxy Music: Roxy Music (‘72; Reprise)
- Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything? (‘72; Bearsville)
- Nick Drake: Pink Moon (‘72; Island)
- Lou Reed: Transformer (‘72; RCA Victor)
- Neil Young: Harvest (‘72; Reprise)
- Randy Newman: Sail Away (‘72; Reprise)
- Paul Simon: Paul Simon (‘72; Columbia)
- Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up (‘72; Warner Bros.)
- Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (‘72; Tamla)
- Curtis Mayfteld: Super Fly (‘72; Curtom)
- Various Artists: Jimmy Cliff in ‘The Harder They Come’ (‘72; Mango)
- Al Green: I’m Still in Love With You (‘72; Hi)
- Big Star: #1 Record (’72; Ardent)
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (‘72; United Artists)
- Otis Spann: Walking the Blues (‘72; Barnaby)
- Deep Purple: Machine Head (‘72; Warner Bros.)
- Neu!: Neu! (‘72; Brain)
- Miles Davis: On the Corner (‘72; Columbia)
- Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music (‘72; Columbia)
- Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D. (‘72; Mbari)
- Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges: Clube da Esquina (‘72; Odeon)
- Os Novos Baianos: Acabou Chorare (‘72; Som Livre)
- Cheo Feliciano: Cheo (‘72; Vaya)
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- Sly & the Family Stone: There’s a Riot Goin’ On (‘71; Epic)
- Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (‘71; Tamla)
- Carole King: Tapestry (‘71; Ode)
- Joni Mitchell: Blue (‘71; Reprise)
- Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (‘71; Mercury)
- Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (‘71; Atlantic)
- The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (‘71; Rolling Stones)
- The Who: Who’s Next (‘71; Decca)
- John Lennon: Imagine (‘71; Apple)
- David Bowie: Hunky Dory (‘71; RCA Victor)
- Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson (‘71; RCA Victor)
- The Allman Brothers Band: At the Fillmore East (‘71; Capricorn)
- Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (‘71; Westbound)
- T. Rex: Electric Warrior (‘71; Reprise)
- Janis Joplin: Pearl (‘71; Columbia)
- Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors (‘71; RCA Victor)
- Tom T. Hall: In Search of a Song (‘71; Mercury)
- Faust: Faust (‘71; Polydor)
- Can: Tago Mago (‘71; United Artists)
- John Prine: John Prine (‘71; Atlantic)
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame (‘71; Columbia)
- John Surman / John Warren: Tales of the Algonquin (‘71; Deram)
- Carla Bley, Paul Haines: Escalator Over the Hill (‘71; JCOA)
- Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson (‘71; Philips)
- Chico Buraque: Construção (‘71; Philips)
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- The Stooges: Fun House (‘70; Elektra)
- Derek & the Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (‘70; ATCO)
- Neil Young: After the Gold Rush (‘70; Reprise)
- Randy Newman: 12 Songs (‘70; Reprise)
- Van Morrison: Moondance (‘70; Warner Bros.)
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (‘70; Apple)
- George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (‘70; Apple)
- Sly & the Family Stone: Greatest Hits (‘70; Epic)
- James Brown: Sex Machine (‘70; King)
- Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark (‘70; Atlantic)
- Donny Hathaway: Everything Is Everything (‘70; ATCO)
- Curtis Mayfield: Curtis (‘70; Curtom)
- Santana: Abraxas (‘70; Columbia)
- The Grateful Dead: American Beauty (‘70; Warner Bros.)
- The Velvet Underground: Loaded (‘70; Cotillion)
- Soft Machine: Third (‘70; Columbia)
- Black Sabbath: Paranoid (‘70; Vertigo)
- Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (‘70; Columbia)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déjà Vu (‘70; Atlantic)
- Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (‘70; Island)
- Tim Buckley: Starsailor (‘70; Straight)
- Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (‘70; Columbia)
- Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay (‘70; CTI)
- Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (’70; Impulse!)
- Amália Rodriguez: Com Que Voz (‘70; EMI/Odeon)
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The 1960s
- Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (‘69; Atlantic)
- The Beatles: Abbey Road (‘69; Apple)
- The Band: The Band (‘69; Capitol)
- The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed (‘69; Decca)
- Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II (‘69; Atlantic)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (‘69; Straight)
- King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (‘69; Atlantic)
- The Flying Burrito Bros: The Gilded Palace of Sin (‘69; A&M)
- Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (‘69; Island)
- The Who: Tommy (‘69; Track Record)
- The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (‘69; MGM)
- The Stooges: The Stooges (‘69; Elektra)
- Neil Young With Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (‘69; Reprise)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash (‘69; Atlantic)
- The Kinks: Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (‘69; Pye)
- Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul (‘69; Enterprise)
- Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (‘69; Bizarre/Reprise)
- Elvis Presley: From Elvis in Memphis (‘69; RCA Victor)
- Miles Davis: In a Silent Way (‘69; Columbia)
- Anthony Braxton: For Alto (‘69; Delmark)
- John McLaughlin: Extrapolation (‘69; Polydor)
- Pharoah Sanders: Karma (‘69; Impulse!/ABC)
- Gal Costa: Gal Costa (‘69; Philips)
- Caetano Veloso: Caetano Veloso [Álbum Blanco] (‘69; Philips)
- Victor Jara: Pongo en tus manos abiertas… (‘69; Jota Jota)
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- Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (‘68; Warner Bros./Seven Arts)
- The Beatles: The Beatles [The White Album] (‘68; Apple)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (‘68; Track Record)
- The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle (‘68; CBS)
- The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet (‘68; Decca)
- The Band: Music from Big Pink (‘68; Capitol)
- The Kinks: The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (‘68; Pye)
- The Byrds: Sweetheart of the Rodeo (‘68; Columbia)
- Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison (‘68; Columbia)
- Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (‘68; Columbia)
- The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat (‘68; Verve)
- The Mothers of Invention: We’re Only in It for the Money (‘68; Verve)
- Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (‘68; Atlantic)
- Otis Redding: The Immortal Otis Redding (‘68; ATCO)
- Etta James: Tell Mama (‘68; Cadet)
- The Staple Singers: Soul Folk in Action (‘68; Stax)
- Simon & Garfunkel: Bookends (‘68; Columbia)
- The Incredible String Band: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (‘68; Elektra)
- Laura Nyro: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (‘68; Columbia)
- Peter Brötzmann: Machine Gun (‘68; BRÖ)
- Walter Carlos: Switched-On Bach (‘68; Columbia)
- Dr. John, the Night Tripper: Gris-Gris (‘68; ATCO)
- Various Artists: Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (‘68; Philips)
- Os Mutantes: Os Mutantes (‘68; Polydor)
- Various Artists: Call of the Valley (‘68; His Master’s Voice)
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- The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico (‘67; Verve)
- The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (‘67; Parlophone)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced? (‘67; Reprise)
- Love: Forever Changes (‘67; Elektra)
- Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (‘67; Atlantic)
- Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (‘67; Columbia)
- The Doors: The Doors (‘67; Elektra)
- Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (‘67; Columbia)
- Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow (‘67; RCA Victor)
- Cream: Disraeli Gears (‘67; Reaction)
- Big Brother & the Holding Company: Cheap Thrills (‘67; CBS)
- The Who: The Who Sell Out (‘67; Track Record)
- The Byrds: Greatest Hits (‘67; Columbia)
- Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again (‘67; ATCO)
- Moby Grape: Moby Grape (‘67; Columbia)
- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Safe as Milk (‘67; Buddah)
- Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign (‘67; Stax)
- Magic Sam: West Side Soul (‘67; Delmark)
- McCoy Tyner: The Real McCoy (‘67; Blue Note)
- Albert Ayler: In Greenwich Village (‘67; Impulse!)
- Loretta Lynn: Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) (‘67; Decca)
- Merle Haggard and the Strangers: I’m a Lonesome Fugitive (‘67; Capitol)
- Ennio Morricone: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (‘67; United Artists)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim: Wave (‘67; A&M/CTI)
- Astrud Gilberto: Beach Samba (‘67; Verve)
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- The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (‘66; Capitol)
- Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (‘66; Columbia)
- The Beatles: Revolver (‘66; Parlophone)
- The Rolling Stones: Aftermath (‘66; Decca)
- The Kinks: Face to Face (‘66; Pye)
- The Mothers of Invention: Freak Out! (‘66; Verve)
- Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep–Mountain High(‘66; London)
- Wilson Pickett: The Exciting Wilson Pickett (‘66; Atlantic)
- Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind (‘66; Philips)
- John Mayall With Eric Clapton: Blues Breakers (‘66; Decca)
- The Mamas and the Papas: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (‘66; Dunhill)
- 13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (‘66; Int. Artists)
- Yardbirds: The Yardbirds (‘66; Columbia)
- Paul Revere & the Raiders: Midnight Ride (‘66; Columbia)
- Donovan: Sunshine Superman (‘66; Epic)
- Monks: Black Monk Time (‘66; International Polydor)
- Miles Davis: Miles Smiles (‘66; Columbia)
- Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (‘66; Blue Note)
- Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (‘66; Blue Note)
- Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite (‘66; RCA Victor)
- Cannonball Adderley : Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! – Live at “The Club” (‘66; Columbia)
- Roscoe Mitchell Sextet: Sound (‘66; Delmark)
- Skip James: Skip James Today! (‘66; Vanguard)
- Krzysztof Komeda: Astigmatic (‘66; Polskie Nagrania Muza)
- Violeta Parra: Las Ultimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra (‘66; RCA Victor)
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- John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (’65; Impulse!)
- Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (‘65; Columbia)
- The Beatles: Rubber Soul (‘65; Parlophone)
- Otis Redding: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (‘65; ATCO)
- The Who: My Generation (‘65; Brunswick)
- Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity (‘65; ESP Disk)
- Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (‘65; Blue Note)
- Frank Sinatra: September of My Years (‘65; Reprise)
- The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys Today! (‘65; Capitol)
- The Rolling Stones: Out of Our Heads (‘65; Decca)
- Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence (‘65; Columbia)
- Phil Ochs: I Ain’t Marching Anymore (‘65; Elektra)
- The Sonics: Here Are the Sonics!!! (‘65; Etiquette)
- The Roland Kirk Quartet: Rip, Rig & Panic (’65; Limelight)
- Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (’65; ESP-Disk)
- Larry Young: Unity (‘65; Blue Note)
- Buddy Hutcherson: Dialogue (‘65; Blue Note)
- Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream & Other Delights (‘65; A&M)
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (‘65; Elektra)
- Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band: Hoodoo Man Blues (‘65; Delmark)
- B.B. King: Live at the Regal (‘65; ABC-Paramount)
- Buck Owens: I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (‘65; Capitol)
- Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas (‘65; Fantasy)
- Cornelis Vreeswijk: Ballader Och Grimascher (‘65; Metronome)
- Eddie Palmieri: Azucar Pa’ Ti (‘65; Tico)
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- The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night (‘64; Parlophone)
- Bob Dylan: The Times They Are a-Changin’ (‘64; Columbia)
- Stan Getz/João Gilberto: Getz / Gilberto (‘64; Verve)
- Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (‘64; Blue Note)
- The Ronettes: …Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (‘64; Philles)
- The Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go (‘64; Motown)
- The Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones (‘64; Decca)
- The Beach Boys: All Summer Long (‘64; Capitol)
- Jerry Lee Lewis: “Live” at the Star-Club, Hamburg (‘64; Philips)
- Chuck Berry: St. Louis to Liverpool (‘64; Chess)
- Muddy Waters: Folk Singer (‘64; Chess)
- Otis Redding: Pain in My Heart (‘64; ATCO)
- Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (‘64; Blue Note)
- The Horace Silver Quintet: Song for My Father (‘64; Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land (‘64; Blue Note)
- Archie Shepp: Four for Trane (‘64; Impulse!)
- John Coltrane Quartet: Crescent (’64; Impulse!)
- Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (‘64; Impulse!)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Free for All (‘64; Blue Note)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie: It’s My Way! (‘64; Vanguard)
- John Fahey: Blind Joe Death (‘64; Takoma)
- Mississippi Fred McDowell: Delta Blues (‘64; Arhoolie)
- Bill Cosby: I Started Out as a Child (‘64; Warner Bros.)
- Jan Johansson: Jazz på Svenska (‘64; Megafon)
- Jacques Brel: Jacques Brel (‘64; Barclay)
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- Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (‘63; Impulse!)
- James Brown: James Brown Live at the Apollo (‘63; King)
- Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (‘63; Columbia)
- The Beatles: Please Please Me (‘63; Parlophone)
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith: Back at the Chicken Shack (‘63; Blue Note)
- Duke Ellington: Money Jungle (‘63; United Artists)
- Various Artists: A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (‘63; Philles)
- Sam Cooke: Night Beat (‘63; RCA Victor)
- The Impressions: The Impressions (‘63; ABC-Paramount)
- Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk’s Dream (‘63; Columbia)
- John Coltrane: Ballads (‘63; Impulse!)
- John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (‘63; Impulse!)
- The Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train (‘63; Verve)
- Jimmy Giuffre: Free Fall (‘63; Columbia)
- Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris (‘63; Blue Note)
- Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila (‘63; Blue Note)
- Joe Henderson: Page One (‘63; Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (‘63; Blue Note)
- Grant Green: Idle Moments (‘63; Blue Note)
- Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue (‘63; Blue Note)
- Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcome (‘63; Columbia)
- Ray Price: Night Life (‘63; Columbia)
- James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir: Peace Be Still (‘63; Savoy)
- Jorge Ben: Samba Esquema Novo (‘63; Philips)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim: The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (‘63; Verve)
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- Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (‘62; ABC-Paramount)
- Howlin’ Wolf: Howlin’ Wolf (‘62; Chess)
- Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan (‘62; Columbia)
- Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba (‘62; Verve)
- John Coltrane: “Live” at the Village Vanguard (‘62; Impulse!)
- Duke Ellington / Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (‘62; Impulse!)
- Booker T. & the M.G.’s: Green Onions (‘62; Stax)
- Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (‘62; RCA Victor)
- Sonny Rollins: The Bridge (‘62; RCA)
- Dexter Gordon: Go! (‘62; Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock: Takin’ Off (‘62; Blue Note)
- Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring (‘62; Blue Note)
- Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones (‘62; Blue Note)
- Ike Quebec: Blue & Sentimental (‘62; Blue Note)
- Wes Montgomery: Full House (‘62; Riverside)
- Ornette Coleman: Town Hall, 1962 (‘62; ESP-Disk)
- Benny Carter and His Orchestra: Further Definitions (‘62; Impulse!)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: We Free Kings (‘62; Mercury)
- Hank Thompson: Hank Thompson at the Golden Nugget (‘62; Capitol)
- Dick Dale & His Del-Tones: Surfer’s Choice (‘62; Deltone)
- Peter, Paul and Mary: Peter, Paul and Mary (‘62; Warner Bros.)
- Kid Thomas, George Lewis: Ragtime Stompers (‘62; G.H.B.)
- Various Artists: The First Family (‘62; Cadence)
- Monica Zetterlund: Ahh! Monica! (‘62; Philips)
- Luigi Tenco: Luigi Tenco (‘62; Ricordi)
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- Etta James: At Last! (‘61; Argo)
- Bobby Bland: Two Steps from the Blues (‘61; Duke)
- Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (‘61; Riverside)
- John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (‘61; Atlantic)
- The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet: Free Jazz (‘61; Atlantic)
- Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers (‘61; Columbia)
- Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (‘61; Jazzland)
- Miles Davis Sextet: Someday My Prince Will Come (‘61; Columbia)
- Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth (‘61; Impulse!)
- Ray Charles: The Genius Sings the Blues (‘61; Atlantic)
- The Gil Evans Orchestra: Out of the Cool (‘61; Impulse!)
- Stan Getz / Eddie Sauter: Focus (‘61; Verve)
- Lee Konitz: Motion (‘61; Verve)
- Jimmy Reed: Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (‘61; Exodus)
- Booker Little: Out Front (‘61; Candid)
- Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall — Judy in Person (‘61; Capitol)
- Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (‘61; Capitol)
- Patsy Cline: Showcase (‘61; Brunswick)
- Django Reinhardt / Stephane Grappelly: Djangology (‘61; RCA Victor)
- Abbey Lincoln: Straight Ahead (‘61; Candid)
- Helen Humes: Songs I Like to Sing! (‘61; Contemporary)
- Buck Owens: Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (‘61; Capitol)
- Freddy King: Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away With Freddy King (‘61; King)
- João Gilberto: João Gilberto (‘61; Odeon)
- Elza Soares: A Bossa Negra (‘61; Odeon)
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- Ornette Coleman: Change of the Century (‘60; Atlantic)
- Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (‘60; Columbia)
- Muddy Waters: Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (‘60; Chess)
- Elvis Presley: Elvis Is Back! (‘60; RCA Victor)
- Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (‘60; Riverside)
- Bill Evans Trio: Portrait in Jazz (‘60; Riverside)
- The Everly Brothers: A Date With the Everly Brothers (‘60; Warner Bros.)
- Joan Baez: Joan Baez (‘60; Vanguard)
- Charles Mingus: Presents Charles Mingus (‘60; Candid)
- Ray Charles: Ray Charles in Person (‘60; Atlantic)
- Frank Sinatra: Nice ’N’ Easy (‘60; Capitol)
- Hank Mobley: Soul Station (‘60; Blue Note)
- Freddie Hubbard: Open Sesame (‘60; Blue Note)
- Ella Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife — Ella in Berlin (‘60; Verve)
- Max Roach: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (‘60; Candid)
- Art Pepper Quintet: Smack Up (‘60; Contemporary)
- Lefty Frizzell: Sings Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (‘60; Harmony)
- Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury (‘60; Decca)
- Bob Newhart: The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (‘60; Warner Bros.)
- Otis Spann: Otis Spann Is the Blues (‘60; Candid)
- John Lee Hooker: House of the Blues (‘60; Chess)
- Joseph Lamb: A Study in Classic Ragtime (‘60; Folkways)
- Mance Lispcomb: Texas Sharecropper & Songster (‘60; Arhoolie)
- Miriam Makeba: Miriam Makeba (‘60; RCA Victor)
- Mina: Tintarella Di Luna (‘60; Italdisc)
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