The Big List: Music
“Does your taste suck? Use this list as a point of reference when you build your musical library. It is probably the best and most famous musical list ever - so much so, that they made it into a book. I personally bought this collector’s edition magazine in December 2003, and I find it to be a beacon of light in the dark passages of crap music. It’s a bible. So, how many do you have?” - Andy
THE RS 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME:
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1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
6. What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles (”The White Album”), The Beatles
11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley
12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground
14. Abbey Road, The Beatles
15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
17. Nevermind, Nirvana
18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
20. Thriller, Michael Jackson
21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry
22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon
23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder
24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown
25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree, U2
27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson
28. Who’s Next, The Who
29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
30. Blue, Joni Mitchell
31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
33. Ramones, Ramones
34. Music From Big Pink, The Band
35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
36. Tapestry, Carole King
37. Hotel California, The Eagles
38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters
39. Please Please Me, The Beatles
40. Forever Changes, Love
41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors, The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
44. Horses, Patti Smith
45. The Band, The Band
46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band
50. Here’s Little Richard, Little Richard
51. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
52. Greatest Hits, Al Green
53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959, Ray Charles
54. Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55. Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley
56. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
57. Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones
58. Trout Mask Replica, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
59. Meet the Beatles, The Beatles
60. Greatest Hits, Sly and the Family Stone
61. Appetite for Destruction, Guns n’ Roses
62. Achtung Baby, U2
63. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
64. Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969), Various Artists
65. Moondance, Van Morrison
66. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin
67. The Stranger, Billy Joel
68. Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
69. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield
70. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin
71. After the Gold Rush, Neil Young
72. Purple Rain, Prince
73. Back in Black, AC/DC
74. Otis Blue, Otis Redding
75. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
76. Imagine, John Lennon
77. The Clash, The Clash
78. Harvest, Neil Young
79. Star Time, James Brown
80. Odessey and Oracle, The Zombies
81. Graceland, Paul Simon
82. Axis: Bold as Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
83. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Aretha Franklin
84. Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin
85. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
86. Let It Be, The Beatles
87. The Wall, Pink Floyd
88. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
89. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield
90. Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
92. 20 Golden Greats, Buddy Holly
93. Sign ‘o’ the Times, Prince
94. Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
95. Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival
96. Tommy, The Who
97. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan
98. This Year’s Model, Elvis Costello
99. There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Sly and the Family Stone
100. In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra
101. Fresh Cream, Cream
102. Giant Steps, John Coltrane
103. Sweet Baby James, James Taylor
104. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles
105. Rocket to Russia, Ramones
106. Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964, Sam Cooke
107. Hunky Dory, David Bowie
108. Aftermath, The Rolling Stones
109. Loaded, The Velvet Underground
110. The Bends, Radiohead
111. Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell
112. Disraeli Gears, Cream
113. The Who Sell Out, The Who
114. Out of Our Heads, The Rolling Stones
115. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek and the Dominos
116. At Last, Etta James
117. Sweetheart of the Rodeo , The Byrds
118. Stand!, Sly and the Family Stone
119. The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack, Various Artists
120. Raising Hell, Run-DMC
121. Moby Grape, Moby Grape
122. Pearl, Janis Joplin
123. Catch a Fire, Bob Marley and the Wailers
124. Younger Than Yesterday, The Byrds
125. Raw Power, The Stooges
126. Remain in Light, Talking Heads
127. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, The Mamas and the Papas
128. Marquee Moon, Television
129. 40 Greatest Hits, Hank Williams
130. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
131. Saturday Night Fever, Various Artists
132. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen
133. Ready to Die, The Notorious B.I.G.
134. Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
135. Greatest Hits, Elton John
136. Tim, The Replacements
137. The Chronic, Dr. Dre
138. Rejuvenation, The Meters
139. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2
140. Parallel Lines, Blondie
141. Live at the Regal, B.B. King
142. Phil Spector, A Christmas Gift for You, Various Artists
143. Gris-Gris, Dr. John
144. Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A
145. Aja, Steely Dan
146. Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane
147. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology, Otis Redding
148. Deja Vu, Crosby Stills Nash and Young
149. Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin
150. Santana, Santana
151. Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen
152. The B-52’s, The B-52’s
153. Moanin’ in the Moonlight, Howlin’ Wolf
154. The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest
155. Pretenders, The Pretenders
156. Paul’s Boutique, Beastie Boys
157. Closer, Joy Division
158. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Elton John
159. Alive, Kiss
160. Electric Warrior, T. Rex
161. The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
162. OK Computer, Radiohead
163. 1999, Prince
164. Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt
165. Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye
166. Imperial Bedroom , Elvis Costello
167. Master of Puppets, Metallica
168. My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello
169. Exodus, Bob Marley
170. Live at Leeds, The Who
171. The Notorious Byrd Brothers, The Byrds
172. Every Picture Tells a Story, Rod Stewart
173. Something/Anything?, Todd Rundgren
174. Desire, Bob Dylan
175. Close to You, The Carpenters
176. Rocks, Aerosmith
177. One Nation Under a Groove, Parliament/Funkadelic
178. Greatest Hits, The Byrds
179. The Anthology 1961 - 1977, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
180. The Definitive Collection, Abba
181. The Rolling Stones, Now!, The Rolling Stones
182. Natty Dread, Bob Marley and the Wailers
183. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
184. Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson
185. The Stooges, The Stooges
186. Fresh, Sly and the Family Stone
187. So, Peter Gabriel
188. Buffalo Springfield Again, Buffalo Springfield
189. Happy Trails, Quicksilver Messenger Service
190. From Elvis in Memphis, Elvis Presley
191. Funhouse, The Stooges
192. The Gilded Palace of Sin, The Flying Burrito Brothers
193. Dookie, Green Day
194. Transformer, Lou Reed
195. Bluesbreakers, John Mayall With Eric Clapton
196. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 - 1968, Various Artists
197. Murmur, R.E.M.
198. The Best of, Little Walter
199. Highway to Hell, AC/DC
200. The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails
201. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Simon and Garfunkel
202. Bad, Michael Jackson
203. Wheels of Fire, Cream
204. Dirty Mind, Prince
205. Abraxas, Santana
206. Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens
207. Ten, Pearl Jam
208. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young With Crazy Horse
209. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
210. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement
211. Tattoo You, The Rolling Stones
212. Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner, Ike and Tina Turner
213. New York Dolls, New York Dolls
214. Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley
215. Two Steps From the Blues, Bobby Bland
216. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
217. Licensed to Ill, Beastie Boys
218. Look-Ka Py Py, The Meters
219. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
220. New Orleans Piano, Professor Longhair
221. War, U2
222. The Neil Diamond Collection, Neil Diamond
223. Howlin’ Wolf, Howlin’ Wolf
224. Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen
225. The Complete Hank Williams, Hank Williams
226. Doolittle, Pixies
227. Paid in Full, Eric B. and Rakim
228. Toys in the Attic, Aerosmith
229. Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
230. A Night at the Opera, Queen
231. The Kink Kronikles, The Kinks
232. Mr. Tambourine Man, The Byrds
233. Bookends, Simon and Garfunkel
234. The Ultimate Collection, Patsy Cline
235. Mr. Excitement!, Jackie Wilson
236. The Who Sings My Generation, The Who
237. Like a Prayer, Madonna
238. Can’t Buy a Thrill, Steely Dan
239. Let It Be, The Replacements
240. Run-DMC, Run-DMC
241. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
242. The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler!, Jerry Lee Lewis
243. Freak Out!, The Mothers of Invention
244. Live Dead, Grateful Dead
245. Bryter Layter, Nick Drake
246. The Shape of Jazz to Come, Ornette Coleman
247. Automatic for the People, R.E.M.
248. Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z
249. Low, David Bowie
250. The River, Bruce Springsteen
251. The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, Otis Redding
252. Metallica, Metallica
253. Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk
254. Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston
255. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks
256. The Velvet Rope, Janet Jackson
257. Stardust, Willie Nelson
258. American Beauty, Grateful Dead
259. Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills and Nash
260. Buena Vista Social Club , Buena Vista Social Club
261. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
262. Workingman’s Dead, Grateful Dead
263. The Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles
264. Child Is Father to the Man, Blood, Sweat and Tears
265. Cosmo’s Factory, Creedence Clearwater Revival
266. Quadrophenia, The Who
267. There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Paul Simon
268. Psycho Candy, The Jesus and Mary Chain
269. Some Girls, The Rolling Stones
270. The Beach Boys Today!, The Beach Boys
271. Going to a Go-Go, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
272. Nightbirds, Labelle
273. The Slim Shady LP, Eminem
274. Mothership Connection, Parliament
275. Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet Jackson
276. Anthology of American Folk Music, Harry Smith, ed.
277. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
278. The Immaculate Collection, Madonna
279. My Life, Mary J. Blige
280. Folk Singer, Muddy Waters
281. Can’t Get Enough, Barry White
282. The Cars, The Cars
283. Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake
284. Music of My Mind, Stevie Wonder
285. I’m Still in Love With You, Al Green
286. Los Angeles, X
287. Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead
288. Something Else by the Kinks, The Kinks
289. Call Me, Al Green
290. Talking Heads: 77, Talking Heads
291. The Basement Tapes, Bob Dylan and the Band
292. White Light / White Heat, The Velvet Underground
293. Greatest Hits, Simon and Garfunkel
294. Kick Out the Jams, MC5
295. Meat Is Murder, The Smiths
296. We’re Only In It For the Money, The Mothers of Invention
297. Weezer (Blue Album), Weezer
298. Master of Reality, Black Sabbath
299. Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton
300. Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy
301. John Wesley Harding, Bob Dylan
302. The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
303. Grace, Jeff Buckley
304. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams
305. Odelay, Beck
306. Songs for Swingin’ Lovers, Frank Sinatra
307. Avalon, Roxy Music
308. The Sun Records Collection, Various Artists
309. Nothing’s Shocking, Jane’s Addiction
310. BloodSugarSexMagik, Red Hot Chili Peppers
311. Unplugged in New York, Nirvana
312. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
313. Damn the Torpedoes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
314. The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground
315. Surfer Rosa, Pixies
316. Rock Steady, No Doubt
317. The Eminem Show, Eminem
318. Back Stabbers, The O’Jays
319. Burnin’, Bob Marley and the Wailers
320. Pink Moon, Nick Drake
321. Sail Away, Randy Newman
322. Ghost in the Machine, The Police
323. Station to Station, David Bowie
324. The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt
325. Slowhand, Eric Clapton
326. Disintegration, The Cure
327. Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
328. Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair
329. Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
330. In the Jungle Groove, James Brown
331. Tonight’s the Night, Neil Young
332. Help!, The Beatles
333. Shoot Out the Lights, Richard and Linda Thompson
334. Wild Gift, X
335. Squeezing Out Sparks, Graham Parker
336. Superunknown, Soundgarden
337. Aqualung, Jethro Tull
338. Cheap Thrills, Big Brother and the Holding Company
339. The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits
340. Damaged, Black Flag
341. Play, Moby
342. Violator, Depeche Mode
343. Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf
344. Berlin, Lou Reed
345. Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads
346. 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul
347. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd
348. At Newport 1960, Muddy Waters
349. Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down), The Yardbirds
350. Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
351. Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits
352. 52nd Street, Billy Joel
353. Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds, The Yardbirds
354. 12 Songs, Randy Newman
355. Between the Buttons, The Rolling Stones
356. Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis
357. Honky Chateau, Elton John
358. Singles Going Steady, Buzzcocks
359. Stankonia, Outkast
360. Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins
361. Substance, New Order
362. L.A. Woman, The Doors
363. Ray of Light, Madonna
364. American Recordings, Johnny Cash
365. Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
366. Mott, Mott the Hoople
367. Is This It, The Strokes
368. Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
369. Reggatta de Blanc, The Police
370. Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane
371. Siren, Roxy Music
372. Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne
373. Post, Bjork
374. The Eagles, The Eagles
375. The Ultimate Collection (1948 - 1990), John Lee Hooker
376. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
377. CrazySexyCool, TLC
378. Funky Kingston, Toots and the Maytals
379. Greetings from Asbury Park, Bruce Springsteen
380. Sunflower, The Beach Boys
381. Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers
382. More Songs About Buildings and Food, Talking Heads
383. A Quick One (Happy Jack), The Who
384. Pyromania, Def Leppard
385. Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan
386. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, Wu-Tang Clan
387. Country Life, Roxy Music
388. A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles
389. The End of the Innocence, Don Henley
390. Elephant, The White Stripes
391. The Pretender, Jackson Browne
392. Willy and the Poor Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival
393. Good Old Boys, Randy Newman
394. For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music
395. Blue Lines, Massive Attack
396. Eliminator, ZZ Top
397. Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
398. Anthology, The Temptations
399. Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
400. Illmatic, Nas
401. (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd), Lynyrd Skynyrd
402. Dr. John’s Gumbo, Dr. John
403. Radio City, Big Star
404. Sandinista!, The Clash
405. Rid of Me, PJ Harvey
406. I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, Sinead O’ Connor
407. Strange Days, The Doors
408. Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan
409. 461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric Clapton
410. Pink Flag, Wire
411. Double Nickels on the Dime, Minutemen
412. Mezzanine, Massive Attack
413. Beauty and the Beat, Go-Go’s
414. Greatest Hits, James Brown
415. Van Halen , Van Halen
416. Mule Variations, Tom Waits
417. Boy, U2
418. Band on the Run, Wings
419. Dummy, Portishead
420. With the Beatles, The Beatles
421. The “Chirping” Crickets, Buddy Holly and the Crickets
422. The Best of the Girl Groups, Volumes 1 and 2 , Various Artists
423. Greatest Hits, The Mamas and the Papas
424. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2, Robert Johnson
425. Changesone, David Bowie
426. The Battle of Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine
427. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica, The Ronettes
428. Kid A, Radiohead
429. Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons
430. At Budokan, Cheap Trick
431. Anthology, Diana Ross and the Supremes
432. Sleepless, Peter Wolf
433. Another Green World, Brian Eno
434. Outlandos D’Amour, The Police
435. To Bring You My Love, PJ Harvey
436. Here Come the Warm Jets, Brian Eno
437. All Things Must Pass, George Harrison
438. #1 Record, Big Star
439. In Utero, Nirvana
440. Sea Change, Beck
441. Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt
442. Boys Don’t Cry, The Cure
443. Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, Sam Cooke
444. Criminal Minded, Boogie Down Productions
445. Rum Sodomy and the Lash, The Pogues
446. Suicide, Suicide
447. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Devo>
448. In Color, Cheap Trick
449. The World Is a Ghetto, War
450. Fly Like an Eagle, Steve Miller Band
451. Back in the USA, MC5
452. Music, Madonna
453. Ritual de lo Habitual, Jane’s Addiction
454. Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
455. Synchronicity, The Police
456. Third/Sister Lovers, Big Star
457. For Everyman, Jackson Browne
458. John Prine, John Prine
459. Strictly Business, EPMD
460. Love It to Death, Alice Cooper
461. How Will the Wolf Survive?, Los Lobos
462. Here, My Dear, Marvin Gaye
463. Tumbleweed Connection, Elton John
464. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
465. Golden Hits, The Drifters
466. Live Through This, Hole
467. Love and Theft, Bob Dylan
468. Elton John, Elton John
469. Metal Box, Public Image Ltd.
470. Document, R.E.M.
471. Heaven Up Here, Echo and the Bunnymen
472. Hysteria, Def Leppard
473. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay
474. Live in Europe, Otis Redding
475. Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen
476. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
477. The Score, Fugees
478. Radio, LL Cool J
479. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Richard and Linda Thompson
480. Faith, George Michael
481. The Smiths, The Smiths
482. Armed Forces, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
483. Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G.
484. Branded Man, Merle Haggard
485. All Time Greatest Hits, Loretta Lynn
486. Maggot Brain, Funkadelic
487. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins
488. Voodoo, D’Angelo
489. Guitar Town, Steve Earle
490. Entertainment!, Gang of Four
491. All the Young Dudes, Mott the Hoople
492. Vitalogy, Pearl Jam
493. That’s the Way of the World, Earth, Wind and Fire
494. She’s So Unusual, Cyndi Lauper
495. New Day Rising, Husker Du
496. Destroyer, Kiss
497. Yo! Bum Rush the Show, Public Enemy
498. Tres Hombres, ZZ Top
499. Born Under a Bad Sign, Albert King
500. Touch, Eurythmics
[official website: www.rollingstone.com]
“And that’s all she wrote. Now you never have to listen to crap music anymore - unless you want to, of course. As far as I’m concerned, no further lists are necessary… but in the name of equal opportunity I’ve decided to make room for one more; behold the New Music Express top 100.” - Andy
THE NME’s 100 BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME:
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1. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
2. Pixies – Doolittle
3. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
4. Television – Marquee Moon
5. The Beatles – Revolver
6. Love – Forever Changes
7. The Strokes – Is This It
8. The Smiths – The Queen In Dead
9. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
10. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks…
11. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
12. The Clash – London Calling
13. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
14. Joy Division – Closer
15. Nirvana – In Utero
16. Radiohead – Ok Computer
17. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
18. Blondie – Parallel Lines
19. Nirvana – Nevermind
20. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
21. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
22. New Order – Technique
23. Primal Scream – Screamadellica
24. The Beatles – The Beatles [Aka The White Album]
25. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
26. David Bowie – Low
27. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
28. The Verve – A Northern Soul
29. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
30. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
31. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
32. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
33. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
34. Patti Smith – Horses
35. Jeff Buckley – Grace
36. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
37. Oasis – [What’s The Story] Morning Glory
38. Scott Walker – Scott 4
39. Ramones – Ramones
40. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
41. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
42. The Stooges – Fun House
43. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
44. Radiohead – The Bends
45. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
46. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
47. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
48. REM – Automatic For The People
49. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
50. Blur – Parklife
51. The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow
52. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Mainstreet
53. Slint – Spiderland
54. The Smiths – The Smiths
55. Aphex Twin – Richard D James Album
56. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
57. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
58. The Rolling Stones – Stick Fingers
59. The Specials – The Specials
60. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
61. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
62. Pulp – His ‘N Hers
63. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
64. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
65. Duran Duran – Rio
66. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
67. Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
68. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
69. Andrew WK – I Get Wet
70. The Verve – Urban Hymns
71. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
72. AC/DC – Back In Black
73. Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
74. The White Stripes – Elephant
75. Lou Reed – Transformer
76. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
77. The Coral – The Coral
78. Suede – Dog Man Star
79. The Clash – The Clash
80. Neil Young – After The Goldrush
81. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
82. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
83. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
84. De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
85. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
86. David Bowie – Heroes
87. The Slits – Cut
88. Primal Scream – Exterminator
89. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
90. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
91. Queens Of The Stoneage –Rated R
92. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
93. Joni Mitchell – Hejira
94. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
95. Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
96. The Vines – Highly Evolved
97. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
98. Madonna – Like A Prayer
99. The Congos – Heart Of The Congos
100. The Beach Boys – Surfs Up
[official website: www.nme.com]
“Ok. One more. The alternative one… and may I say that this is an absolutely superb opportunity for you, yes you, to discover artists you may not otherwise have had the intense delight in knowing. This list, which I dig very much, was written by Elvis Costello and published in Vanity Fair in 2000, and I distinctly remember picking up the magazine on my way home from university in London one rainy fall in Piccadilly… clipped it out later, saved it in my big scrapbook. Just for you.” - Andy
[PS - Work your eyes: alphabetical order, band in black, their album(s) in white.]
COSTELLO’S 500:
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• Abba
o Abba Gold - 1992
• David Ackless
o The Road To Cairo - 1968
o Subway To The Country - 1969
• Cannonball Adderley
o The Best Of… - 1968
• Amy Allison
o The Maudlin Years - 1996
• Mose Alison
o The Best Of… - 1970
• Almamegretta
o Lingo - 1998
• Louis Armstrong
o The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings - 2000
• Fred Astaire
o The Astaire Recordings – 1952
• Johann Sebastian Bach
o The Well Tempered Clavier – 1934
o The Six Cello Suites – 1936
o Six Partitas – 1984
o Mass In B Minor – 1999
• Burt Bacharach
o The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection – 1998
• Chet Baker
o The Best Of Chet Baker Sings – 1989
o Broken Wing - 1978
• The Band
o Music From Big Pink - 1968
o The Band – 1969
• Dave Bartholemew
o The Monkey - 1985
• Bela Bartok
o Six String Quartets – 1988
• Cecilia Bartoli
o If You Love Me:18th Century Italian Love Songs – 1992
• Count Basie
o The Atomic Mr Basie – 1957
• The Beach Boys
o Pet Sounds – 1966
o Carl And The Passions – So Tough – 1972
o Holland – 1973
o Good Vibrations – 30 Years Of The Beach Boys – 1993
• Beastie Boys
o Paul’s Boutique – 1989
• The Beatles
o With The Beatles – 1963
o A Hard Days Night – 1964
o Help – 1965
o Rubber Soul – 1965
o Revolver – 1966
o Sgt Pepper – 1967
o Past Masters Vol. 2 – 1988
• Beck
o Odelay
• Bee Gees
o Best Of The Bee Gees
• Ludwig Van Beethoven
o Otto Klemperer Live At The Concertgebouw – Symphony #9 – 1965
o Symphony #7 - 1975
o Late Quartets – 1997
o Violin Concerto – 1997
• Derek Bell
o Derek Bell Plays With Himself - 1981
• Tony Bennett And Bill Evans
o The Tony Bennett And Bill Evans Album – 1975
• Alban Berg
o Violin Concerto – 1993
• Hector Berlioz
o Damnation Of Faust – 1987
• Agnes Bernelle
o Farther’s Lying Dead On The Ironing Board – 1995
• Leonard Bernstein
o West Side Story – 1957
• Chuck Berry
o Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade – 1967
• Bjork
o Debut – 1993
o Post – 1995
• Ruben Blades
o Buscando America – 1984
• Bobby Blue Bland
o Two Steps From The Blues – 1961
• Blondie
o The Best Of Blondie - 1981
• Blur
o 13 – 1999
• Dirk Bogarde
o Lyrics For Lovers – 1960
• David Bowie
o Hunky Dory - 1971
o Station To Station – 1976
o Low - 1977
o Heroes – 1977
• Johannes Brahms
o Ein Deutsches Requiem – 1962
• Johnny Bristol
o Hang On In There Baby – 1974
• Benjamin Britten
o Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings – 1996
• Charles Brown
o Driftin’ Blues: The Best Of Charles Brown – 1996
• Clifford Brown
o Clifford Brown With Strings – 1955
• James Brown
o Live At The Apollo – 1963
o Star Time – 1991
• Jackson Brown
o Jackson Brown (Saturate Before Using) – 1972
• Anton Bruckner
o Symphony #9 – 1990
• Jeff Buckley
o Grace – 1994
• Harold Budd & Brian Eno
o Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror – 1980
• Buffalo Springfield
o Retrospective: The Best Of.. – 1969
• Bulgarian State Radio & Television Choir
o Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares – 1990
• T Bone Burnette
o Proof Through The Night – 1983
o T Bone Burnette – 1986
o The Talking Animals – 1988
• The Byrds
o Younger Than Yesterday – 1967
o The Notorious Byrd Brothers – 1968
o Sweetheart Of The Rodeo – 1968
• John Cale
o Music For A New Society – 1982
• Maria Callas
o Five Heroines-Operatic Extracts – 1990
• Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
o Trout Mask Replica - 1969
o Clear Spot – 1972
• Hoagy Carmichael
o Hoagy Sings Carmichael – 1956
• James Carr
o At The Dark End Of The Street – 1987
• Johnny Cash
o The Essential Johnny Cash – 1992
• June Carter Cash
o Press On – 1999
• Ray Charles
o Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music – 1962
o A Life In Music – 1982
• Chic
o Chic’s Greatest Hits – 1979
• Frederic Chopin
o Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 – 1978
• The Clash
o London’s Calling – 1979
o The Singles – 1991
• Patsy Cline
o Greatest Hits – 1973
• The Coasters
o The Ultimate Coasters – 1986
• Leonard Cohen
o The Best Of Leonard Cohen – 1976
o More Best Of … - 1997
• Ornette Coleman
o The Shape Of Jazz To Come – 1959
• John Coltrane
o My Favorite Things – 1961
o The Impulse! Years – 1993
• Ry Cooder
o Paradise And Lunch – 1974
• Sam Cooke
o Night Beat – 1963
• Don Covay
o Checkin’ In With Don Covay – 1989
• Noel Coward
o The Masters Voice: His HMV Recordings – 1993
• Bing Crosby
o His Legendary Years – 1993
• David Crosby
o If Only I Could Remember My Name – 1971
• Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
o Déjà Vu – 1970
• Crowded House
o Temple Of Low Men – 1988
• D’Angelo
o Voodoo – 2000
• Miles Davis
o Birth Of The Cool – 1956
o Miles Ahead – 1957
o Porgy And Bess – 1958
o Kind Of Blue – 1959
o Sketches Of Spain – 1960
o My Funny Valentine – 1964
o In A Silent Way – 1969
o On The Corner – 1969
• Miles Davis And Stan Getz And Lee Konitz
o Conception – 1975
• Claude Debussy
o Pelleas Et Melisande – 1992
o Preludes – 1994
• Alfred Deller
o William Byrd And His Age – 1956
• Destiny’s Child
o The Writing’s On The Wall – 1999
• Bo Diddley
o His Best – 1997
• Dr John
o Dr John’s Gumbo – 1972
• Eric Dolphy
o Outward Bound – 1960
o Iron Man – 1969
• Lee Dorsey
o Ride Your Pony - 1966
o Yes We Can – 1970
• John Dowland
o Awake Sweet Love – 1965
o Dowland: The Collective Works – 1980
• John Dowland And William Byrd
o Night’s Black Bird – 1989
• Henri Dupark
o Melodies – 1971
• Jimmy Durante
o September Song – 1963
• Ian Dury
o New Boots And Panties – 1977
• Dyke And The Blazers
o So Sharp – 1983
• Bob Dylan
o Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
o Blond On Blond – 1966
o John Wesly Harding – 1968
o Planet Waves – 1974
o Blood On The Tracks – 1974
o The Basement Tapes – 1975
o Shot Of Love – 1981
o Time Out Of Mind – 1997
o Bob Dylan Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert – 1998
• Edward Elgar
o Symphony #1 – 1957
o Cello Concerto – 1965
• Duke Ellington
o Anatomy Of A Murder – 1959
o ….And His Mother Called Him Bill – 1968
o The Centennial Edition: The Complete Rca Victor Recordings – 1999
• Duke Ellington With Charles Mingus And Max Roach
o Money Jungle – 1962
• Eminem
o The Marshall Mathers LP – 2000
• The Bill Evans Trio
o Waltz For Debby – 1961
• The Gill Evens Orchestra
o Out Of The Cool – 1960
• The Everly Brothers
o It’s Every Time – 1960
• The Fairfield Four
o I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray – 1997
• Marianne Faithfull
o Blazing Away – 1990
• Georgie Fame
o Sound Venture – 1966
• Gabriel Faure
o L’horizon Chimerique – 1999
• Morton Filedman
o Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety – 1991
• Ella Fitzgerald
o Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook – 1956
• Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong
o The Complete Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong On Verve – 1997
• Fleetwood Mac
o Greatest Hits – 1971
• The Flying Burrito Brothers
o The Gilded Palace Of Sin – 1969
• The Four Tops
o Anthology – 1974
• Aretha Franklin
o I Never Loved A Man They Way I Loved You – 1967
o Aretha’s Gold – 1967
o Amazing Grace - 1972
• Bill Frisell
o Quartet – 1996
• Fugees
o The Score – 1996
• Funkadelic
o One Nation Under A Groove – 1978
• Marvin Gaye
o Super Hits – 1970
o What’s Going On – 1971
o Lets Get It On – 1973
o Here My Dear – 1979
• Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
o Greatest Hits – 1970
• Stan Getz
o Stan Getz Plays – 1952
• Stan Getz And Astrid Gilberto
o Getz/Gilberto – 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie
o Perceptions – 1961
• Allen Ginsburg
o The Lion For Real – 1989
• Graham Central Station
o Release Yourself – 1974
• Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five & The Sugar Hill Gang
o Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five Vs. The Sugar Hill Gang
• Grateful Dead
o Workman’s Dead – 1970
o American Beauty - 1970
o Europe ’72 – 1972
o Wake Of The Flood – 1973
• Al Green
o Call Me – 1973
o You Say It! Raw! Rare! And Unreleased!
• Edvard Grieg
o Lieder – 1993
• Charles Haden And Hank Jones
o Steal Away – 1995
• Merle Haggard
o The Best Of The Best Of.. – 1972
• George Frideric Handle
o Marian Cantatas – 1994
o Heroes – 1999
• Tim Harden
o Tim Harden – 1966
• Slim Harpo
o The Best Of Slim Harpo – 1997
• Emmylou Harris
o Elite Hotel – 1976
• PJ Harvey
o Rid Of Me – 1993
• Coleman Hawkins
o Body And Soul – 1988
o Rainbow Mist – 1993
• Joseph Haydn
o Complete Piano Sonatas – 1987
o String Quartets – 1990
• Tubby Hayes
o Tubby’s Groove – 1959
• Richard Hell And The Voidoids
o Blank Generation – 1977
• Jimi Hendrix
o Smash Hits – 1968
o Electric Ladyland – 1968
o Live At Woodstock – 1994
• The Heptones
o Night Fool – 1976
• Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks
o Last Train To Hicksville.. The Home To Happy Feet – 1973
• Lauryn Hill
o The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill – 1998
• Johnny Hodges
o Passion Flower – 1995
• Billy Holiday
o Lady In Satin –1958
o The Billy Holiday Story – 1972
o The Complete Decca Recordings – 1991
• The Hollies
o The Best Of The Hollies – 1978
• Howlin’ Wolf
o His Best – 1997
• The Isley Brothers
o Super Hits – 1976
• Charles Ives
o The Unanswered Question Of Orchestra – 1998
• Jackson Five
o Greatest Hits – 1971
• The Jam
o All Mod Cons – 1978
• Skip James
o The Complete Early Recordings Of Skip James – 1994
• Leos Janacek
o String Quartets – 1994
• Jefferson Airplane
o Crown Of Creation – 1968
• The Jesus And Mary Chain
o Psychocandy – 1985
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
o Jazz Masters 13 – 1995
• Little Willie John
o Free At Last – 1970
• Robert Johnson
o Complete Recordings – 1990
• George Jones
o Anniversary: Ten Years Of Hits – 1982
o Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years – 1994
• Oum Kaltsoum
o Anthologie De La Musique Arabe, Vol 1-8 – 1989
• The Kinks
o The Ultimate Collection – 1989
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
o The Inflated Tear – 1968
• Erich Korngold
o From The Operas Of Erich Korngold – 1993
• The La’s
o The La’s – 1990
• Peggy Lee
o Mill Peggy Lee- 1998
• John Lennon
o Plastic Ono Band – 1970
o Imagine – 1971
o Shaved Fish – 1975
• Alan Jay Lerner And Fredrich Lowe
o My Fair Lady – 1956
• Jerry Lee Lewis
o Rockin’ My Life Away – 1991
• Little Feat
o Sailin’ Shoes – 1972
o Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – 1974
• Little Richard
o Here’s Little Richard – 1957
o The Explosive Little Richard – 1967
• The Louvin Brothers
o When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers – 1995
• The Lovin’ Spoonful
o Anthology – 1990
• Nick Lowe
o Jesus Of Cool – 1978
o The Impossible Bird – 1994
• Donal Lunny
o Donal Lunny – 1987
• Loretta Lynn
o The Best Of Loretta Lynn – 1999
• Machito And His Afro-Cubans
o Cubop City – 1992
• Madness
o The Rise And Fall – 1982
• Gustav Mahler
o Symphony #1 – 1968
• The Mamas And The Papas
o A Gathering Of Flowers – 1970
• Aimee Mann
o Whatever – 1993
• Bob Marley And The Wailers
o African Herbsman – 1972
o Natty Dread – 1975
• The Marvelettes
o The Return Of The Marvelettes – 1970
• Groucho Marx
o An Evening With Groucho – 1972
• Massive Attack
o Protection – 1994
• Matching Mole
o Matching Mole – 1972
• Curtis Mayfield
o The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield – 1996
• Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions
o The Anthology 1961 – 1977 – 1992
• Paul McCartney
o McCartney – 1970
o Flaming Pie – 1997
• Kate And Anna McGarrigle
o Kate And Anna McGarrigle – 1975
• Tommy Mclain
o The Essential Collection – 1997
• The Meters
o The Best Of The Meters – 1975
• Mina
o Gli Anni D’oro – 1984
• Charles Mingus
o Blues And Roots – 1959
o Mingus Ah-Um – 1959
o Pre-Bird – 1960
o Mingus At Antibes - 1960
o Mingus Plays Piano - 1963
o Let My Children Hear Music – 1971
o Epiaph – 1990
• Joni Mitchell
o Blue - 1971
o For The Roses – 1972
o Court And Spark – 1974
o The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – 1975
o Hejira – 1976
o Taming The Tiger – 1998
• The Modern Lovers
o The Modern Lovers – 1976
• Thelonious Monk
o Genius Of Modern Music Vol. 1 – 1951
o Brilliant Corners – 1957
o Monk’s Music – 1958
• Bill Monroe
o The Music Of Bill Monroe – 1994
• Claudio Monteverdi
o L’incoronazione Di Poppea – 1993
• Moondog
o The Story Of Moondog – 1957
• Van Morrison
o Astral Weeks – 1968
o Moondance – 1970
o His Band And Street Choir – 1970
o Veedon Fleece – 1974
• Jelly Roll Morton
o Birth Of The Hot – 1995
• The Mothers Of Invention
o We’re Only In It For The Money – 1968
• The Move
o The Best Of The Move – 1974
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
o Piano Concerto #20 – 1970
o Requiem – 1986
o Quartets Dedicated To Hayden – 1991
o La Clemenza Di Tito – 1993
o Le Nozze Di Figaro – 1993
• Modest Mussorgsky
o Songs Of Dances And Death – 1995
• Roy Nathanson
o Fire At Keaton’s Bar And Grill – 2000
• Oliver Nelson
o The Blues And Abstract Truth – 1961
o Straight Ahead – 1961
• Willie Nelson
o Stardust – 1978
• Bob Neuwirth
o Back To The Front – 1988
• Aaron Neville
o Greatest Hits – 1990
• Randy Newman
o Randy Newman – 1968
o Sail Away 1972
o Good Old Boys – 1974
o Trouble In Paradise – 1983
• New York Dolls
o New York Dolls – 1973
• Nirvana
o Nevermind – 1991
• Luigi Nono
o Fragmente-Stille An Diotima – 1983
• NRBQ
o NRBQ – 1969
• Laura Nyro And Labelle
o Gonna Take A Miracle – 1971
• Roy Orbison
o The Orbison Way – 1966
• Augustas Pablo
o El Rockers – 2000
• Giovanni Palestrina
o Missa Viri Galiaei – 1992
• Charlie Parker
o The Complete Studio Sessions – 1978
• Van Dyke Parks
o Discover America – 1972
• Gram Parsons
o Gp – 1973
o Grievous Angel – 1974
• Ann Peebles
o I Can’t Stand The Rain – 1974
• Dan Penn
o Nobody’s Fool – 1973
• Dan Penn And Spooner Oldham
o Moments From This Theater – 1999
• Sam Phillips
o Martinis And Bikinis – 1994
• The Pogues
o Rum, Sodomy And The Lash – 1985
• Dulce Pontes
o Caminhos – 1998
• Iggy Pop
o The Idiot – 1977
o Lust For Life – 1977
• Portishead
o Dummy – 1994
o Portishead – 1997
• Francis Poulenc
o Melodies – 1950
• Bud Powell
o The Best Of Bud Powell – 1994
• Elvis Presley
o The Sun Sessions – 1976
o The Memphis Album – 1987
• Pretenders
o Pretenders – 1980
o The Singles – 1987
• Prince
o Around The World In A Day – 1985
o Parade – 1986
o Sign Of The Times – 1987
• John Prine
o John Prine – 1972
• Sergey Prokofiev
o Romeo And Juliet – 1998
• Pulp
o Different Class – 1995
• Henry Purcell
o Dido And Aeneas – 1993
o Fantasias & In Nominees – 1995
• Radiohead
o The Bends – 1995
o O.K. Computer 1997
• Bonnie Raitt
o Give It Up – 1972
• Otis Redding
o The Very Best Of Otis Redding – 1992
• Jimmy Reed
o The Best Of Jimmy Reed – 1962
• Lou Reed
o Berlin – 1973
• R.E.M.
o Reckoning – 1984
o Green – 1988
• The Replacements
o All Shook Down – 1990
• Marc Ribot
o Marc Robot Y Los Cubanos Postizos – 1998
• Charlie Rich
o Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich – 1997
• Jeannie Robertson
o The Queen Among The Heather – 1998
• Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
o The Anthology – 1973
• The Rolling Stones
o Aftermath – 1966
o Between The Buttons – 1967
o Let It Bleed – 1969
o Some Girls – 1978
• Sonny Rollins
o Saxophone Colossus – 1964
• Diana Ross And The Supremes
o The Ultimate Collection – 1997
• Gioacchino Rossini
o Rossini Arias – 1989
• Otis Rush
o His Cobra Recordings – 1989
• George Russell
o The Jazz Workshop – 1956
• Salt ‘N Pepa
o The Best Of Salt ‘N Pepa – 1999
• Sam And Dave
o The Best Of Sam And Dave – 1969
• Franz Schubert
o B-Flat Major Piano Sonata – 1971
o F-Sharp Minor Piano Sonata – 1993
o Winterreise – 1996
o Lieder – 1997
• Jimmy Scott
o Heaven - 1996
• Raymond Scott
o Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights – 1992
o Manhattan Research Inc. – 2000
• Andress Segovia
o Andress Segovia And His Contemporaries Vol 6. – 1999
• The Sex Pistols
o Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – 1977
• Ron Sexsmith
o Ron Sexsmith – 1995
• Dmitry Shostakovich
o Cello Concerto #1 – 1959
o The String Quartets – 1991
o 24 Preludes And Fugues – 1995
o Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich, Cello Sonata – 1998
o Symphony #14 – 2000
• Paul Simon
o Paul Simon – 1972
o There Goes Rhymin’ Simon – 1973
• Simon And Garfunkel
o Bookends – 1968
• Nina Simone
o The Best Of Nina Simone – 1969
• Frank Sinatra
o In The Wee Small Hours – 1955
o Songs For Swingin’ Lovers – 1956
o Only The Lonely – 1958
o No One Cares – 1959
o Live In Paris – 1962
• Frank Sinatra And Antono Carlos Jobim
o Frank Sinatra And Antono Carlos Jobim – 1967
• Percy Sledge
o When A Man Loves A Woman – 1967
• Sly And The Family Stone
o Anthology – 1981
• The Small Faces
o The Immediate Years – 1995
• Elliott Smith
o Xo – 1998
• The Smiths
o The Smiths – 1984
• Son Volt
o Trace – 1995
• The Specials
o The Specials – 1979
• Phil Spector
o Back To Mono – 1991
• The Spinners
o The Best Of The Spinners – 1978
• Dusty Springfield
o Dusty In Memphis – 1969
o Greatest Hits – 1979
• Bruce Springsteen
o The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle – 1973
o The River – 1980
o Tunnel Of Love – 1987
o The Ghost Of Tom Joad – 1995
• Squeeze
o East Side Story – 1981
• The Stanley Brothers
o The Complete Colombia Stanley Brothers – 1996
• Steely Dan
o Countdown To Ecstasy – 1973
• Rod Stewart
o The Mercury Anthology – 1992
• Richard Strauss
o Der Rosenkavalier – 1934
o Four Last Songs – 1996
• Igor Stravinsky
o L’histoire Du Soldat – 1938
o Le Sacre Du Printemps – 1958
o Igor Stravinsky Edition – 1963
• The Stylistics
o The Best Of The Stylistics – 1975
• June Tabor
o Abyssinians – 1983
• Howard Tate
o Get It While You Can – 1967
• Art Tatum
o 20th Century Piano Genius – 1992
• Johnnie Taylor
o Raw Blues – 1968
• Television
o Marquee Moon – 1977
• The Temptations
o Anthology – 1973
• Joe Tex
o The Best Of Joe Tex – 1965
• Them
o The Story Of Them – 1997
• Irma Thomas
o Ruler Of Hearts – 1989
• Richard And Linda Thompson
o I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – 1974
• Henry Theradgill
o Easley Slip Into Another World – 1987
• T.L.C.
o Fanmail – 1999
• Mel Torme
o Easy To Remember – 1979
• Tribe Called Quest
o Anthology – 1999
• Tricky
o Maxinquaye – 1995
• Lennie Tristano
o The New Tristano – 1960
• Big Joe Turner
o The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner – 1998
• U2
o The Unforgettable Fire - 1984
o Achtung Baby – 1991
o Pop – 1997
• The Undertones
o The Undertones – 1980
• Velvet Underground
o The Velvet Underground And Nico – 1966
• The Verve
o Urban Hymns – 1997
• Anne Sofie Von Otter
o Wings In The Night – 1996
• Richard Wagner
o Tristan And Isolde – 1952
o Der Ring Des Nibelungen – 1983
• Porter Wagner And Dolly Parton
o The Right Combination: Burning The Midnight Oil – 1972
• Tom Waits
o Swardfishtrombones – 1983
o Rain Dogs – 1985
o Frank’s Wild Years – 1987
o Bone Machine – 1992
o Mule Variations – 1999
• Scott Walker
o Tilt – 1995
• Dionne Warwick
o The Windows Of The World – 1968
• Muddy Waters
o More Real Folk Blues – 1967
• Doc Watson
o The Essential Doc Watson – 1973
• Anton Webern
o Complete Works – 2000
• Kurt Weill
o O Moon Of Alabama
• Kenny Wheeler With Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell And Dave Holland
o Angel Song – 1997
• The Who
o My Generation – 1965
o Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy – 1971
• Hank Williams
o 40 Greatest Hits – 1978
• Lucinda Williams
o Car Wheels On Gravel Road – 1998
• Sonny Boy Williamson
o The Best Of Sonny Boy Williamson – 1986
• Jesse Winchester
o Jesse Winchester – 1970
• Wings
o Band On The Run – 1973
• Hugo Wolf
o Lieder – 2000
• Bobby Womack
o The Best Of Bobby Womack – 1992
• Stevie Wonder
o Talking Book – 1972
o Innervisions – 1973
o Fulfillingness’ First Finale – 1974
• Betty Wright
o The Best Of Betty Wright – 1992
• Robert Wyatt
o Mid-Eighties – 1993
• Lester Young
o Ultimate Lester Young – 1998
• Neil Young
o Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1969
o After The Goldrush – 1970
o Time Fades Away – 1973
o On The Beach – 1974
o Freedom – 1989
o Ragged Glory – 1990
• Zamballarana
o Zamballarana – 1997
[original source: Vanity Fair, November 2000, Issue No. 483]