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Average ratings by musical style, using Spotify's own style tags. A legacy categorization we kept around for fun.

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Swing: 5 (3 albums)

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

Neo-soul: 4.8 (5)

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

21 - Adele

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

Heavy-metal: 4.67 (9)

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Van Halen - Van Halen

S&M - Metallica

Metallica - Metallica

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

...And Justice For All - Metallica

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - Megadeth

Roots-reggae: 4.67 (3)

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Acid-rock: 4.67 (3)

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Psychedelic: 4.67 (3)

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Aor: 4.6 (5)

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Green - R.E.M.

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Soul-jazz: 4.6 (5)

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Street Life - The Crusaders

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Moondance - Van Morrison

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

Vocal: 4.55 (11)

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

The Stranger - Billy Joel

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

Stardust - Willie Nelson

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

Tapestry - Carole King

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Dance-pop: 4.5 (4)

Like A Prayer - Madonna

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

Melodrama - Lorde

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Hard-rock: 4.34 (32)

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Vivid - Living Colour

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Van Halen - Van Halen

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

Moving Pictures - Rush

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Dust - Screaming Trees

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Metallica - Metallica

Boston - Boston

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Live At Leeds - The Who

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Bad Company - Bad Company

Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

1984 - Van Halen

Live: 4.33 (12)

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

S&M - Metallica

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

Alternative-metal: 4.33 (3)

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Make Yourself - Incubus

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Nu-metal: 4.33 (3)

Make Yourself - Incubus

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Arise - Sepultura

Classic-rock: 4.27 (11)

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Live At Leeds - The Who

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Moondance - Van Morrison

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Contemporary-rb: 4.22 (9)

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Take Me Apart - Kelela

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé

Crazysexycool - TLC

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

Rock-and-roll: 4.22 (9)

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

Born To Be With You - Dion

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

Blues-rock: 4.2 (35)

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

Pearl - Janis Joplin

Brothers - The Black Keys

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Blunderbuss - Jack White

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

Live At Leeds - The Who

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse - Faces

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

The Band - The Band

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Bad Company - Bad Company

Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

Soft-rock: 4.17 (24)

Graceland - Paul Simon

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Hotel California - Eagles

So - Peter Gabriel

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

McCartney - Paul McCartney

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Boston - Boston

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Picture Book - Simply Red

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Aja - Steely Dan

Moondance - Van Morrison

Tapestry - Carole King

The Band - The Band

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

Fusion: 4.17 (6)

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Groovin' - The Young Rascals

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

Disco: 4.13 (8)

Bad - Michael Jackson

Risque - CHIC

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Street Life - The Crusaders

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

Arrival - ABBA

Thrash: 4.13 (8)

S&M - Metallica

Metallica - Metallica

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Scum - Napalm Death

Arise - Sepultura

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

...And Justice For All - Metallica

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - Megadeth

Singer-songwriter: 4.11 (37)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

On The Beach - Neil Young

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Stardust - Willie Nelson

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Moondance - Van Morrison

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

Tapestry - Carole King

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Gold - Ryan Adams

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Pop-rock: 4.09 (67)

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Graceland - Paul Simon

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Pretenders - Pretenders

1999 - Prince

So - Peter Gabriel

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

McCartney - Paul McCartney

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Abbey Road - Beatles

The Joshua Tree - U2

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Young Americans - David Bowie

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Manassas - Stephen Stills

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Woodface - Crowded House

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Boston - Boston

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Kimono My House - Sparks

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

The White Album - Beatles

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Calenture - The Triffids

Groovin' - The Young Rascals

Smile - Brian Wilson

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

War - U2

Pelican West - Haircut 100

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Achtung Baby - U2

Station To Station - David Bowie

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor

Revolver - Beatles

Tapestry - Carole King

Born To Be With You - Dion

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

American Idiot - Green Day

New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears - The Mamas & The Papas

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Skylarking - XTC

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Grunge: 4 (10)

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Dust - Screaming Trees

In Utero - Nirvana

Live Through This - Hole

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Dirt - Alice In Chains

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

Acoustic: 4 (9)

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Being There - Wilco

21 - Adele

Achtung Baby - U2

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Jazz-rock: 4 (5)

Third - Soft Machine

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

Aja - Steely Dan

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Chamber-pop: 4 (5)

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Southern-rock: 4 (5)

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Funk-metal: 4 (4)

Vivid - Living Colour

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Country-rock: 3.92 (12)

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Hotel California - Eagles

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

On The Beach - Neil Young

Dust - Screaming Trees

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

Being There - Wilco

Prog-rock: 3.9 (10)

Moving Pictures - Rush

Third - Soft Machine

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

Close To The Edge - Yes

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Rhythm-blues: 3.88 (8)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

Picture Book - Simply Red

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Moondance - Van Morrison

Ballad: 3.86 (7)

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

Picture Book - Simply Red

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

Achtung Baby - U2

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Power-pop: 3.83 (6)

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

#1 Record - Big Star

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Synth-pop: 3.8 (20)

Bad - Michael Jackson

Quiet Life - Japan

So - Peter Gabriel

Moon Safari - Air

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Debut - Björk

Like A Prayer - Madonna

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

Achtung Baby - U2

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Very - Pet Shop Boys

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

Violator - Depeche Mode

Melodrama - Lorde

Conscious: 3.8 (10)

Be - Common

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... - Arrested Development

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy

Afrobeat: 3.8 (5)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Zombie - Fela Kuti

Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti

Folk-rock: 3.76 (45)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Hotel California - Eagles

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

McCartney - Paul McCartney

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Chelsea Girl - Nico

Calenture - The Triffids

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Feast of Wire - Calexico

The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

#1 Record - Big Star

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Moondance - Van Morrison

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor

Tapestry - Carole King

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

The Band - The Band

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears - The Mamas & The Papas

Gold - Ryan Adams

Alternative-rock: 3.75 (71)

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Make Yourself - Incubus

Murmur - R.E.M.

Bossanova - Pixies

Dust - Screaming Trees

Brothers - The Black Keys

In Utero - Nirvana

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Live Through This - Hole

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Blunderbuss - Jack White

Woodface - Crowded House

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Smash - The Offspring

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

Green - R.E.M.

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey

Spiderland - Slint

Sea Change - Beck

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Being There - Wilco

OK Computer - Radiohead

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Achtung Baby - U2

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

Dirty - Sonic Youth

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Odelay - Beck

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blur - Blur

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

I Should Coco - Supergrass

American Idiot - Green Day

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Gold - Ryan Adams

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Indie-pop: 3.75 (8)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Teen Dream - Beach House

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

I See You - The xx

Melodrama - Lorde

Post-hardcore: 3.75 (4)

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Repeater - Fugazi

Spiderland - Slint

Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket From The Crypt

Symphonic-rock: 3.75 (4)

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Close To The Edge - Yes

Baroque-pop: 3.67 (9)

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Chelsea Girl - Nico

Smile - Brian Wilson

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Madchester: 3.67 (3)

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Grime: 3.67 (3)

Kala - M.I.A.

Konnichiwa - Skepta

Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal

Ambient: 3.67 (3)

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Psychedelic-rock: 3.48 (33)

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

Third - Soft Machine

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Pearl - Janis Joplin

Dust - Screaming Trees

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit

The White Album - Beatles

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Smile - Brian Wilson

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Rubber Soul - Beatles

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Revolver - Beatles

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band

Da Capo - Love

New-wave: 3.44 (34)

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Pretenders - Pretenders

Quiet Life - Japan

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Kimono My House - Sparks

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Pelican West - Haircut 100

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Very - Pet Shop Boys

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Violator - Depeche Mode

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Skylarking - XTC

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Glam: 3.44 (9)

Heroes - David Bowie

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Young Americans - David Bowie

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Kimono My House - Sparks

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

Britpop: 3.44 (9)

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Blur - Blur

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Elastica - Elastica

Parklife - Blur

Garage-rock: 3.4 (10)

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Brothers - The Black Keys

Blunderbuss - Jack White

The Stooges - The Stooges

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Indie-rock: 3.36 (55)

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Repeater - Fugazi

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Murmur - R.E.M.

Bossanova - Pixies

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Brothers - The Black Keys

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Amnesiac - Radiohead

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Calenture - The Triffids

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Two Dancers - Wild Beasts

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Spiderland - Slint

Sea Change - Beck

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

OK Computer - Radiohead

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

Dirty - Sonic Youth

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Odelay - Beck

Blur - Blur

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Elastica - Elastica

Parklife - Blur

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Electro: 3.33 (6)

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

Yeezus - Kanye West

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

Ska: 3.33 (3)

The Specials - The Specials

More Specials - The Specials

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Post-rock: 3.33 (3)

Spiderland - Slint

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

Post-punk: 3.29 (17)

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Elastica - Elastica

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Dub: 3.29 (7)

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

Protection - Massive Attack

Krautrock: 3.25 (4)

Phaedra - Tangerine Dream

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

Tago Mago - Can

Art-rock: 3.23 (39)

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Heroes - David Bowie

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Quiet Life - Japan

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

So - Peter Gabriel

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Young Americans - David Bowie

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Kimono My House - Sparks

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Chelsea Girl - Nico

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Smile - Brian Wilson

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

OK Computer - Radiohead

Station To Station - David Bowie

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

The Next Day - David Bowie

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Close To The Edge - Yes

Tago Mago - Can

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Music From The Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Lo-fi: 3.17 (6)

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Downtempo: 3.08 (13)

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Moon Safari - Air

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney

Protection - Massive Attack

Achtung Baby - U2

I See You - The xx

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Odelay - Beck

Dummy - Portishead

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Trip-hop: 3 (8)

Moon Safari - Air

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney

Protection - Massive Attack

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Dummy - Portishead

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Noise-rock: 3 (6)

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

Dirty - Sonic Youth

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

Hardcore-hip-hop: 3 (5)

Tical - Method Man

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Yeezus - Kanye West

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

Jangle-pop: 3 (5)

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Murmur - R.E.M.

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Pop-rap: 3 (5)

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

Yeezus - Kanye West

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Uk-garage: 3 (3)

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

Sincere - Mj Cole

Shoegaze: 3 (3)

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Avantgarde: 2.88 (8)

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Tago Mago - Can

Dream-pop: 2.83 (6)

Moon Safari - Air

Teen Dream - Beach House

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

I See You - The xx

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Experimental: 2.76 (21)

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Heroes - David Bowie

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Debut - Björk

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

The White Album - Beatles

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Suicide - Suicide

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

Yeezus - Kanye West

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Dirty - Sonic Youth

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Opus Dei - Laibach

Tago Mago - Can

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

House: 2.75 (4)

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Debut - Björk

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Boom-bap: 2.67 (3)

Tical - Method Man

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... - Arrested Development

Industrial: 2.33 (3)

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) - Ministry

Yeezus - Kanye West

Opus Dei - Laibach

Hardcore: 2.33 (3)

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Scum - Napalm Death

Group Sex - Circle Jerks

Leftfield: 2.29 (7)

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Space-rock: 2.25 (4)

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Tago Mago - Can