1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Rock이 탄생한지 50년이 되는 해 90년대를 선도하는 평론가 Robert Dimery를 축으로 선정한 앨범. 이 중에서 walrus가 들은 앨범은? DB와 권위에 집착하는 습성을 가지고 있어서 예상외로 좀 된다. 각 앨범의 트랙 리스트, 레이블, 프로듀서, 커버 디자인과 상세한 해설 그리고 가장 돋보이는 것은 해당 뮤지션이 이 앨범에 대해 한 comment가 있다. AMG와 더불어 곁에 두고 곱씹어볼(때로는 이건 아니야하면서도)만한 책.

1950s 
 
Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours 
Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley (1956) 
Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs of Life 
Prima, Louis – Wildest 
Domino, Fats – This is Fats 
Ellington, Duke – At Newport (1956) 
Sinatra, Frank – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! 
Crickets – Chirping… 
Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie 
Monk, Thelonious – Brilliant Corners 
Sabú [Martínez] – PalCongo 
Davis, Miles – Birth of the Cool 
Machit– Kenya 
Little Richard – Here’s… 
Puente, Tit& His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958) 
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 – Genius of… (1959) 
Davis, Miles – Kind of Blue 
Robbins, Marty – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs 
Brubeck, Dave – Time Out 
 
1960s 
 
Baez, Joan – Joan Baez (1960) 
Presley, Elvis – Elvis is Back! 
Makeba, Miriam – Miriam Makeba (1960) 
Everly Brothers – A Date with the… 
Smith, Jimmy – Back at the Chicken Shack 
Muddy Waters – At Newport 
Evans, Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard 
Charles, Ray - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music 
Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions 
Getz, Stan & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba 
Price, Ray – Night Life 
Beatles – With the… 
Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’… 
Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You 
Cooke, Sam – Live at the Harlem Square 
Mingus, Charles – Black Saint & the Sinner Lady 
Brown, James – Live at the Apoll(1963) 
Getz, Stan & JoãGilbert– Getz/Gilberto 
Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night 
Brel, Jacques – Olympia 64 
Burke, Solomon – Rock ‘n’ Soul 
Springfield, Dusty - A Girl Called Dusty 
Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (1st Album) 
Owens, Buck – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail 
Lewis, Jerry Lee – Live at the Star Club, Hamburg 
Sonics – Here Are the… 
Dylan, Bob – Bringing it All Back Home 
Redding, Otis – Otis Blue… Sings Soul 
Beach Boys – Today! 
Coltrane, John – A Love Supreme 
King, B.B. – Live at the Regal 
Beatles – Rubber Soul 
Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch (1st Album) 
Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man 
Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited 
Wh– My Generation 
Beatles – Revolver 
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 
Neil, Fred – Fred Neil (1st Album) 
Byrds – Fifth Dimension 
Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde 
Monks – Black Monk Time 
Kinks – Face tFace 
Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears 
Revere, Paul & the Raiders – Midnight Ride 
Mothers of Invention – Freak Out! 
Rolling Stones – Aftermath 
Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme 
13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the… 
John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton 
Yardbirds – Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer] (1st Album) 
Simone, Nina – Wild is the Wind 
Gilberto, Astrud – Beach Samba 
Nic– Chelsea Girl 
Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 
Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body 
BuffalSpringfield – Again 
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk 
Moby Grape – Moby Grape (1st Album) 
Love – Da Capo 
Beau Brummels – Triangle 
Monkees – Headquarters 
Buckley, Tim – Goodbye & Hello 
Love – Forever Changes 
Cream – Disraeli Gears 
Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn 
Wh– Sell Out 
Velvet Underground - & Nico 
Sinatra, Frank - Frank Albert Sinatra & AntoniCarlos Jobim 
Doors – Doors (1st Album) 
Young Rascals – Groovin’ 
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow 
Kinks – Something Else by the… 
Donovan – Sunshine Superman 
Haggard, Merle – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive 
Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced 
Electric Prunes – I Had toMuch tDream (Last Night) 
Lynn, Loretta – Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) 
Sharma, Shivkumar / Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley 
Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat 
Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold as Love 
Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 
Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet 
Traffic – Traffic (2nd Album) 
Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter 
Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society 
Shankar, Ravi – Sounds of India (1968) 
Mutantes, os – Mutantes, os (1st Album) 
Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland 
Cohen, Leonard – Songs of… 
Cash, Johnny – At Folsom Prison 
Nyro, Laura – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession 
Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul 
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum 
Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers 
Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills 
United States of America – United States of America 
Dr John – Gris Gris 
Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda da Vida 
Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow 
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends 
Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake 
Band – Music from Big Pink 
Beck, Jeff – Truth 
Veloso, Caetan– CaetanVelos(1968) 
Walker, Scott – Scott 2 
Zombies – Odessey & Oracle 
Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks 
Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo 
Beatles – Beatles [aka White Album] 
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 (2nd Album) 
Flying BurritBrothers – Gilded Palace of Sin 
Cash, Johnny – At San Quentin 
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River 
Beatles – Abbey Road 
Wh– Tommy 
Davis, Miles – In a Silent Way 
Bee Gees – Odessa 
Pentangle – Basket of Light 
Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed 
Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left 
Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis 
Presley, Elvis – From Elvis in Memphis 
Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album) 
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails 
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album) 
Band – Band (2nd Album) 
Led Zeppelin – II 
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams 
Temptations – Cloud Nine 
Sly & the Family Stone – Stand! 
Buckley, Tim – Happy Sad 
ChicagTransit Authority [Chicago] - ChicagTransit Authority (1969) 
Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking 
Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain 
Hayes, Isaac – Hot Buttered Soul 
Grateful Dead – Live/Dead 
Kinks – Arthur: Or the Decline & 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 
Stooges – Stooges (1st Album) 
Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar 
Zappa, Frank – Hot Rats 
 
1970s 
 
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory 
Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs 
Davis, Miles – Bitches Brew 
Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus 
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1st Album) 
Doors – Morrison Hotel 
Carpenters – Close tYou 
Still, Stephen – Stephen Stills (1st Album) 
Lennon, John – Plastic OnBand 
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu 
Black Sabbath – Paranoid 
Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush 
Led Zeppelin – III 
Deep Purple – In Rock 
Morrison, Van – Moondance 
Grateful Dead – American Beauty 
Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter 
Shankar, Ananda – Ananda Shankar (1970) 
Wh– Live at Leeds(1st Album) 
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 
Stooges – Fun House 
McCartney, Paul – McCartney (1970) 
Santana – Abraxas 
Barrett, Syd – Madcap Laughs 
JethrTull – Aqualung 
Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name 
Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On 
Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On 
Yes – Yes Album 
Bee Gees – Trafalgar 
Wh– Who’s Next 
King, Carole – Tapestry 
Hayes, Isaac – Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack 
Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East 
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers 
Lennon, John – Imagine 
Beach Boys – Surf’s Up 
Yes – Fragile 
Doors – LA Woman 
Can – TagMago 
John, Elton – Madman Across the Water 
Parton, Dolly – Coat of Many Colors 
McLean, Don – American Pie 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus 
Led Zeppelin – IV [aka Untitled / aka Four Symbols] 
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 & Hate 
Mitchell, Joni – Blue 
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain 
Joplin, Janis – Pearl 
Kuti, Fela - With Ginger Baker: Live! 
Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… Ta Blind Horse 
Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head 
Clark, Gene – White Light 
Prine, John – John Prine (1st Album) 
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 – Vol 4 
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill 
Young, Neil – Harvest 
Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 
Slade – Slayed? 
Deep Purple – Made in Japan 
Yes – Close tthe Edge 
Reed, Lou – Transformer 
Masekela, Hugh – Home is Where the Music Is 
Nascimento, Milton & LBorges – Clube da Esquina (1972) 
Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything 
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 
Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book 
Still, Stephen – Manassas 
T.Rex – Slider 
Ackles, David – American Gothic 
Eagles – Eagles (1st Album) 
Buckley, Tim – Greetings from LA 
Drake, Nick – Pink Moon 
Simon, Paul – Paul Simon (1972) 
Roxy Music – Roxy Music (1st Album) 
Alice Cooper – School’s Out 
Temptations – All Directions 
Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 
War – World is a Ghetto 
Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together 
Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St 
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd 
Incredible BongBand – BongRock 
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 – 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 tEcstasy 
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 (1st Album) 
Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets 
Bad Company – Bad Company (1st Album) 
Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 
Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information 
Wonder, Stevie – Fullfillingness’ First Finale 
Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard 
Kraftwerk – Autobahn 
Morrison, Van – It’s ToLate tStop Now 
Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark 
Queen – II 
Roxy Music – Country Life 
Tangerine Dream – Phaedra 
Sparks – KimonMy House 
Supertramp – Crime of the Century 
Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want tSee 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 – Grand Tour 
Clark, Gene – NOther 
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 
Dictators – GGirl Crazy! 
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 tRun 
Harris, Emmylou – Pieces of the Sky 
Dion – Born tBe With You 
Mitchell, Joni – Hissing of Summer Lawns 
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 NPlace Like America Today 
Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1st Album) 
Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers [Rec 1972, not released until 1976] 
Bowie, David – Station tStation 
Mitchell, Joni – Hejira 
Boston – Boston (1st Album) 
Eagles – Hotel California 
ABBA – Arrival 
Kiss – Destroyer 
Rush – 2112 
Ben, Jorge – África Brasil 
Armatrading, Joan – Joan Armatrading (1st Album) 
Aerosmith – Rocks 
Parliament – Mothership Connection 
Penguin Café Orchestra – Music from the Penguin Café 
Jarre, Jean Michel – Oxygene 
Ramones – Ramones (1st Album) 
Kuti, Fela – Zombie 
Tosh, Peter – Legalize It 
Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life 
Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive 
Eno, Brian – Before & After Science 
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express 
Joel, Billy – Stranger, the 
Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus 
Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue 
Weather Report – Heavy Weather 
Muddy Waters – Hard Again 
Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus 
Clash – Clash (1st Album) 
Bowie, David – Low 
Steely Dan – Aja 
Wire – Pink Flag 
Martyn, John – One World 
Talking Heads – 77 
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 
Bowie, David – ‘Heroes’ 
Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue 
Suicide – Suicide (1st Album) 
Iggy Pop – Idiot, the 
Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (I) 
Television – Marquee Moon 
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell 
Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True 
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life 
Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties!! 
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the… 
Pere Ubu – Modern Dance 
Kraftwerk – Man Machine 
Blondie – Parallel Lines 
Regina, Elís – Ventde Maio 
Pere Ubu – Dub Housing 
Only Ones – Only Ones (1st Album) 
Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model 
Jam – All Mod Cons 
Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade 
Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the… 
Big Star – Third (aka Sister Lovers) 
Residents – Duck Stab/Buster & Glen 
Public Image Ltd – Public Image 
Magazine – Real Life 
Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town 
Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove 
Throbbing Gristle – DOA: Third & Final Report 
Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous 
Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food 
Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen 
Van Halen – Van Halen (1st Album) 
Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades – Siembra 
Cars – Cars (1st Album) 
Dev– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo 
Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1st Album) 
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 – Scream, the 
AC/DC – Highway tHell 
Sister Sledge – We Are Family 
Crusaders – Street Life 
Germs – GI 
B52s – B52s (1st Album) 
Czukay, Holger – Movies 
Police – Reggatta de Blanc 
Fall – Live at the Witch Trials 
Talking Heads – Fear of Music 
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures 
Chic – Risqué 
Undertones – Undertones (1st Album) 
Clash – London Calling 
Japan – Quiet Life 
Faithfull, Marianne – Broken English 
Slits – Cut 
Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces 
Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps 
Gang of Four – Entertainment! 
Cheap Trick – At Budokan 
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk 
Pink Floyd – Wall, the 
Public Image Ltd – Metal Box 
Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall 
Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette 
Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle 
Specials – Specials (1st Album) 
 
1980s 
 
Adam & the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier 
Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels 
AC/DC – Back in Black 
Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us 
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables 
Gabriel, Peter – Peter Gabriel (III) 
Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight 
Cure – Seventeen Seconds 
Ech& the Bunnymen – Crocodiles 
Motörhead – Ace of Spades 
Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1st Album) 
Judas Priest – British Steel 
Circle Jerks – Group Sex 
Talking Heads – Remain in Light 
Joy Division – Closer 
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1st Album) 
Undertones – Hypnotised 
Jam – Sound Affects 
Waits, Tom – Heartattack & Vine 
UB40 – Signing Off 
Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro 
Specials – More Specials 
Winwood, Steve – Arc of a Diver 
Pretenders – Pretenders (1st Album) 
Einstürzende Neubauten – Kollaps 
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Juju 
Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement 
Go-Gos – Beauty & the Beat 
Motörhead – NSleep ‘Til Hammersmith 
Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret 
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Architecture & Morality 
Eno, Brian & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 
Black Flag – Damaged 
X – Wild Gift 
Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk 
Human League – Dare 
Gun Club – Fire of Love 
Bauhaus – Mask 
Womack, Bobby – Poet 
Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club (1st Album) 
Rush – Moving Pictures 
ABBA – Visitors 
ABC – Lexicon of Love 
Prince – 1999 
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – Message, the 
Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom 
Cure – Pornography 
Dexys Midnight Runners – ToRye Ay 
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) 
Madness – Rise & Fall 
Fagen, Donald – Nightfly 
Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West 
Bush, Kate – Dreaming, the 
Orange Juice – Rip it Up 
Jackson, Michael – Thriller 
Birthday Party – Junkyard 
Venom – Black Metal 
Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska 
Associates – Sulk 
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast 
Duran Duran – Rio 
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1st Album) 
McLaren, Malcolm – Duck Rock 
Def Leppard – Pyromania 
REM – Murmur 
The The – Soul Mining 
Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones 
Blue Nile – A Walk Across the Rooftops 
Hanoi Rocks – Back tMystery City 
Lauper, Cyndi – She’s SUnusual 
Simon, Paul – Hearts & Bones 
Ech& the Bunnymen – Porcupine 
ZZ Top – Eliminator 
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 
U2 – War 
Police – Synchronicity 
Meat Puppets – II 
Culture Club – Colour by Numbers 
Frankie Goes tHollywood – Welcome tthe Pleasuredome 
Run DMC – Run DMC (1984) 
Sade – Diamond Life 
Cocteau Twins – Treasure 
Minor Threat – Out of Step 
Van Halen – 1984 
Prince – Purple Rain 
Replacements – Let it Be 
Style Council – Café Bleu 
Turner, Tina – Private Dancer 
Ech& 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 
Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace 
Ibrahim, Abdullah – Water from an Ancient Well 
Aha – Hunting High & Low 
Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair 
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms 
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen (aka TwWheels Good) 
Mekons – Fear & Whiskey 
Big Black – Atomizer 
Vega, Suzanne – Suzanne Vega (1st Album) 
Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & the Lash 
Bush, Kate – Hounds of Love 
Smiths – Meat is Murder 
Waits, Tom – Rain Dogs 
Jesus & 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 & Chocolate 
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock: The Album 
Beastie Boys – Licensed tIll 
Metallica – Master of Puppets 
The The – Infected 
Griffith, Nanci – Last of the True Believers 
Bragg, Billy – Talking with the Taxman About Poetry 
Talk Talk – 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 (1986) 
Simon, Paul – Graceland 
Run DMC – Raising Hell 
XTC – Skylarking 
Earle, Steve – Guitar Town 
Bad Brains – I Against I 
Baker, Anita – Rapture 
Smiths – 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 
REM – Document 
Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times 
Cult – Electric 
Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses 
Sisters of Mercy – Floodland 
Michael, George – Faith 
Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs & Stories 
Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician 
Piazzolla, Astor & Gary Burton – New Tango 
Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come 
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction 
Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands 
Ladysmith Black Mambaz– Shaka Zulu 
Laibach – Opus Dei 
Napalm Death – Scum 
Sonic Youth – Sister 
Triffids – Calenture 
Jackson, Michael – Bad 
Pet Shop Boys – Actually 
U2 – Joshua Tree 
D’Arby, Terence Trent – Introducing the Hardline According to… 
Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God 
Cohen, Leonard – I’m Your Man 
Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues 
Fishbone – Truth & Soul 
Everything But the Girl – Idlewild 
Living Colour - Vivid 
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff 
REM – Green 
Happy Mondays – Bummed 
GBetweens – 16 Lovers Lane 
Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Session 
Chapman, Tracy – Tracy Chapman (1st Album) 
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 
Sugarcubes – Life’s ToGood 
Yoakam, Dwight – Beuenas Noches from a Lonely Roomn 
Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking 
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions tHold Us Back 
Faith NMore – Real Thing 
Kravtiz, Lenny – Let Love Rule 
Hooker, John Lee – Healer, the 
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 
Young Gods – Eau Rouge, l’ 
Zorn, John – Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman 
Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st Album) 
Cherry, Neneh – Raw Like Sushi 
Maal, Baaba & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii 
Bush, Kate – Sensual World 
Cure – Disintegration 
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 One 
De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising 
Jackson, Janet – Rhythm Nation 1814 
Jungle Brothers – Done by the Forces of Nature 
NWA – Straight Outta Compton 
 
1990s 
 
Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas 
Shamen – En-Tact 
Deee Lite – World Clique 
La’s – La’s 
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 lHabitual 
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out 
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet 
O’Connor, Sinéad – I DNot Want What I Haven’t Got 
Tribe Called Quest, a – People’s Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm 
Sonic Youth – Goo 
Ride – Nowhere 
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless 
Nirvana – Nevermind 
Crowded House – Woodface 
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1st Album) 
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 – OG: Original Gangster 
Mudhoney – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge 
Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… Enemy Strikes Back 
Tribe Called Quest, a – Low End Theory 
Pearl Jam – Ten 
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha 
Sepultura – Arise 
Slint – Spiderland 
U2 – Achtung Baby 
KLF – White Room 
Massive Attack – Blue Lines 
Primal Scream – Screamadelica 
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque 
Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album] 
Pavement – Slanted & 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 
Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray 
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1st Album) 
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury 
lang, k.d. – Ingénue 
Dr Dre – Chronic, the 
REM – Automatic for the People 
Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II the… 
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies 
Sugar – Copper Blue 
Waits, Tom – Bone Machine 
Sonic Youth – Dirty 
StereMCs – Connected 
Ministry – Psalm 69 (Way tSucceed and the Way tSuck Eggs) 
Amos, Tori – Little Earthquakes 
Ice Cube – Predator 
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power 
Alice in Chains – Dirt 
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Henry’s Dream, by… 
Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali – Devotional Songs 
Harvey, P.J. – Dry 
Suede – Suede (1st Album) 
Weller, Paul – Wild Wood 
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream 
Auteurs – New Wave 
Phair, Liz – Exile in Guyville 
Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen 
Mann, Aimee – Whatever 
Grant Lee Buffal– 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 
Fall – Infotainment Scan 
Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) 
Björk – Debut 
Orbital – Orbital [aka Brown Album] 
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle 
Sebadoh – Bubble & Scrape 
BoRadleys – Giant Steps 
Orbit, William – Strange Cargo: III 
Method Man – Tical 
Black, Frank – Teenager of the Year 
Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure N1 Baby 
Jeru the Damaja – Sun Rises in the East 
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 
Portishead – Dummy 
Sabres of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall 
Nas – Illmatic 
Beastie Boys – Ill Communication 
Costello, Elvis – Brutal Youth 
Morrissey – Vauxhall & I 
TLC – CrazySexyCool 
Oasis – Definitely Maybe 
Soundgarden – Superunknown 
Offspring – Smash 
Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime 
Blur – Parklife 
G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce (1994) 
Touré, Ali Farka – Talking Timbuktu 
Hole – Live Through This 
Massive Attack – Protection 
Manic Street Preachers – Holy Bible 
Suede – Dog Man Star 
Notorious BIG – Ready tDie 
Buckley, Jeff – Grace 
Orbital – Snivilisation 
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York 
Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral 
Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation 
Green Day – Dookie 
FoFighters – FoFighters (1st Album) 
Garbage – Garbage (1st Album) 
Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight 
Tricky – Maxinquaye 
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness 
Rocket from the Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream 
Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust 
2Pac – Me Against the World 
Elastica – Elastica (1st Album) 
Supergrass – I Should Coco 
Radiohead – Bends, the 
Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes 
Kuti, Femi – Femi Kuti (1995) 
Verve – A Northern Soul 
Genius GZA – Liquid Swords 
Pulp – Different Class 
Leftfield – Leftism 
D’Angel– 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 TomatKetchup 
Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die 
Beck – Odelay 
Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk 
DJ Shadow – Endtroducing 
Eels – Beautiful Freak 
Divine Comedy – Casanova 
Apple, Fiona – Tidal 
Wilc– Being There 
Sepultura – Roots 
Adamson, Barry – Oedipus Schmoedipus 
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Come Find Yourself 
Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite 
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 
Cardigans – First Band on the Moon 
Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar 
Fugees – Score, the 
Ash – 1977 
Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister 
Blur – Blur (1997) 
Radiohead – OK Computer 
Quaye, Finley – Maverick a Strike 
Elliott, Missy Misdemeanor – Supa Dupa Fly 
Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole 
Primal Scream – Vanishing Point 
Wyatt, Robert – Shleep 
Holmes, David – Let’s Get Killed 
Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out 
Prodigy – Fat of the Land 
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997) 
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Boatman’s Call 
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 
Verve – Urban Hymns 
Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space 
Dandy Warhols – Dandy Warhols (1997) 
Dylan, Bob – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966 [rec: 1966 at Free Trade Hall, Manchester] 
Chao, Manu – Clandestino 
Bragg, Billy & Wilc– Mermaid Avenue 
Turbonegr– 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 – Miseducation of… 
Hole – Celebrity Skin 
Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs 
System of a Down - System of a Down (1st Album) 
Queen of the Stone Age - Queen of the Stone Age (1st Album) 
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 tChildren 
Suba - SãPaulConfessions 
XTC – Apple Venus: Volume 1 
Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill 
Incubus – Make Yourself 
Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs 
Travis – Man Who 
Slipknot – Slipknot (1st Album) 
Orton, Beth – Central Reservation 
Sawhney, Nitin – Beyond Skin 
Death in Vegas – ContinSessions 
Moby – Play 
Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin 
Rhymes Digitales, les – Darkdancer 
Tigre, le – Tigre, le (1999) 
Eminem – 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 
 
2000s 
 
Doves – Lost Souls 
Air – Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score 
Adams, Ryan – Heartbreaker 
Gilberto, Bebel – TantTempo 
Cole, MJ – Sincere 
Harris, Emmylou – Red Dirt Girl 
Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & 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 – 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 tthe Afterfuture 
Red Snapper – Our Aim is tSatisfy 
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain 
Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment 
Lambchop – Nixon 
Lemper, Ute – Punishing Kiss 
Madonna – Music 
Avalanches – Since I Left You 
OutKast – Stankonia 
Radiohead – Amnesiac 
Silver Jews – Bright Flight 
Björk – Vespertine 
Gorillaz – Gorillaz (1st Album) 
Adams, Ryan – Gold 
Destiny’s Child – Survivor 
Strokes – Is This It 
Welch, Gillian – Time (The Revelator) 
Gotan Project – Revancha del Tango, la 
White Stripes – White Blood Cells 
Beta Band – Hot Shots II 
Jay Z – Blueprint 
Röyksopp – Melody AM 
Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera 
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World 
Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers 
Wilc– Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 
Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper 
Bees – Sunshine Hit Me 
Jones, Norah – Come Away with Me 
Coldplay – A Rush of Blood tthe Head 
Coral – Coral (2002) 
Cash, Johnny – American IV: Man Comes Around 
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 
Doves – Last Broadcast 
Elliott, Missy – Under Construction 
Springsteen, Bruce – Rising, the 
Aguilera, Christina – Stripped 
Roots – Phrenology 
Beck – Sea Change 
Timberlake, Justin – Justified 
Vines – Highly Evolved 
Hives – Your New Favourite Band 
Radiohead – Hail tthe Thief 
Winehouse, Amy – Frank 
Calexic– Feast of Wire 
Darkness – Permission tLand 
White Stripes – Elephant 
Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner 
Kings of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood 
Thrills – SMuch for the City 
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever tTell 
OutKast – Speakerboxxx/Love Below 
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 
Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium 
Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow 
Wainwright, Rufus – Want One 
Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters (1st Album) 
Morrissey – You Are the Quarry 
Björk – Medúlla 
Myl– Destroy Rock & Roll 
Wilson, Brian – SMiLE 
Icarus Line – Penance Soirée 
Arcade Fire – Funeral 
Banhart, Devendra – Rejoicing in the Hands 
Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus 
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (1st Album) 
N*E*R*D – Fly or Die 
Beta Band – Heroes tZeros 
Ozamatli – Street Signs 
Libertines – Libertines (1st Album) 
West, kanYe – College Dropout 
Green, Cee-L– Is the Soul Machine 
TV on the Radi– Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes 
Liars – They Were Wrong, SWe Drowned 
Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free 
Wainwright, Rufus – Want Two 
Zutons – WhKilled the Zutons? 
Killers – Hot Fuss 
Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak 
MIA (UK) – Arular 
Beck – Guero 
White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan