May 05 2024
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Janis Joplin4
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May 06 2024
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Low-Life
New Order4
May 07 2024
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac4
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The xx4
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Oasis4
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May 11 2024
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Ravi Shankar3
May 13 2024
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols4
May 14 2024
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Aretha Franklin4
May 15 2024
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Isn't Anything
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Björk3
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails4
May 18 2024
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Live!
Fela Kuti3
May 19 2024
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan4
May 20 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
May 21 2024
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane3
May 22 2024
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Maxinquaye
Tricky3
May 23 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues4
May 24 2024
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Sisters Of Mercy3
May 25 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan4
May 26 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds3
May 27 2024
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney3
May 28 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.4
May 29 2024
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Electric
The Cult4
May 30 2024
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde2
May 31 2024
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Timeless
Goldie3
Jun 01 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.4
Jun 02 2024
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious FiveHow often are we going to allow influence to carry the day? This album is embarrassing to listen to most of the time, the lyrics are the same level of the first year teacher who wants to teach his 8th grade students Algebra through the magic of hip-hop. If this album is indeed a foundational text in the genre, then what a shaky foundation it is. P.S. the group is called Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five but the album has seven guys on the cover? The f$%&?
2
Jun 03 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel3
Jun 04 2024
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Dookie
Green Day4
Jun 05 2024
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Strange Cargo III
William OrbitMost of this album sounds like the soundtrack for a 90s JRPG with a beat underneath. Nothing wrong with it, but not very interesting unless i'm min/maxing my emo loner teen protagonist at the same time.
3
Jun 06 2024
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The BunnymenAn album that's well on its way to 3 star forgettability and then boom, Killing Moon forces the adjustment.
4
Jun 07 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina3
Jun 08 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith4
Jun 09 2024
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo4
Jun 10 2024
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Quiet Life
JapanThis is what people who don't like new wave think new wave sounds like. Repetitive, unadventurous, and uninteresting.
2
Jun 11 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly PartonI sure do wish contemporary country stars would ask themselves, "are you sure Dolly done it this way"?
4
Jun 12 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash4
Jun 13 2024
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Document
R.E.M.4
Jun 14 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf4
Jun 15 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks4
Jun 16 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.4
Jun 17 2024
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned3
Jun 18 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder4
Jun 19 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison4
Jun 20 2024
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Hypnotised
The Undertones3
Jun 21 2024
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch3
Jun 22 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes3
Jun 23 2024
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Killing Joke
Killing Joke4
Jun 24 2024
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King CrimsonThis is your God?!?
3
Jun 25 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys3
Jun 26 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz4
Jun 27 2024
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra4
Jun 28 2024
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Manassas
Stephen StillsNo songs here that I would describe as unimpeachable bangers, but still, a double album that avoids anything resembling an obvious skip is worthy of some admiration.
4
Jun 29 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull3
Jun 30 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones4
Jul 01 2024
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McCartney
Paul McCartney4
Jul 02 2024
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz4
Jul 03 2024
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Amnesiac
RadioheadThere's 1001 albums here, right? So there's a limited amount of space. Did we really need to carve out a place for the Kid A outtakes?
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Jul 04 2024
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Traffic
Traffic3
Jul 05 2024
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band3
Jul 06 2024
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem4
Jul 07 2024
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow3
Jul 08 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk3
Jul 09 2024
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino4
Jul 10 2024
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Damaged
Black Flag2
Jul 11 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica4
Jul 12 2024
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand3
Jul 13 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan5
Jul 14 2024
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London Calling
The ClashProbably the only double album i've ever heard that I wish was longer. Just outrageously good.
5
Jul 15 2024
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Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets3
Jul 16 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5I've heard this album categorized as alternative hip-hop several times. No chance, it's positively retro. And pining for an era much better left in the 80s.
3
Jul 17 2024
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J3
Jul 18 2024
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam4
Jul 19 2024
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Infected
The The3
Jul 20 2024
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1989
Taylor SwiftThis album really does slap, but let's just not tell Gen Z I said so
4
Jul 21 2024
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy3
Jul 22 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie4
Jul 23 2024
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies2
Jul 24 2024
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Disintegration
The Cure4
Jul 25 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert WyattI'm sure "talk about ROCK BOTTOM" jokes have been made so thoroughly that I'm ashamed to mention them, but sometimes cliches are razor apt.
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Jul 26 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The BandThis is the stuff that raised me. Hard to disentangle critical appreciation from sentimentality but I don't even care to try. Banger
5
Jul 27 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company4
Jul 28 2024
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized4
Jul 29 2024
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem4
Jul 30 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen4
Jul 31 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen5
Aug 01 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy3
Aug 02 2024
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream3
Aug 03 2024
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L.A. Woman
The Doors4
Aug 04 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters4
Aug 05 2024
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On WaxIf I was on molly, walking the streets of Ibiza past midnight, this would probably slap.
3
Aug 06 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs4
Aug 07 2024
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters3
Aug 08 2024
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd3
Aug 09 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys3
Aug 10 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads4
Aug 11 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge4
Aug 12 2024
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand4
Aug 13 2024
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters4
Aug 14 2024
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90
808 State3
Aug 15 2024
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu4
Aug 16 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents"You're just too stupid to get it, it's supposed to sound awful, that's what makes it good." Yeah...pass
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Aug 17 2024
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Be
Common4
Aug 18 2024
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES4
Aug 19 2024
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake4
Aug 20 2024
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters3
Aug 21 2024
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Copper Blue
Sugar3
Aug 22 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith4
Aug 23 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke4
Aug 24 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin4
Aug 25 2024
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez3
Aug 26 2024
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk2
Aug 27 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins4
Aug 28 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast3
Aug 29 2024
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1977
Ash3
Aug 30 2024
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn3
Aug 31 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan5
Sep 01 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk2
Sep 02 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Sep 03 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles4
Sep 04 2024
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#1 Record
Big Star3
Sep 05 2024
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Shadowland
k.d. lang4
Sep 06 2024
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In It For The Money
Supergrass3
Sep 07 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day4
Sep 08 2024
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys4
Sep 09 2024
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley4
Sep 10 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash4
Sep 11 2024
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin4
Sep 12 2024
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Clandestino
Manu Chao3
Sep 13 2024
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Pump
Aerosmith3
Sep 14 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green4
Sep 15 2024
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Ctrl
SZA3
Sep 16 2024
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Abraxas
Santana4
Sep 17 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack WhiteThis is an absolutely absurd inclusion. There's nothing wrong with this album, in fact it is pretty decent, but by no means do you have to hear it "before you die". The White Stripes is the only thing from White's career that merits inclusion in this list. Don't put more recent stuff on the list just for the sake of its recency.
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Sep 18 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul4
Sep 19 2024
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra3
Sep 20 2024
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Arular
M.I.A.3
Sep 21 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure4
Sep 22 2024
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys4
Sep 23 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan4
Sep 24 2024
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Fragile
Yes3
Sep 25 2024
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Revolver
Beatles3
Sep 26 2024
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices3
Sep 27 2024
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Chelsea Girl
Nico3
Sep 28 2024
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones4
Sep 29 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock3
Sep 30 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown4
Oct 01 2024
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys4
Oct 02 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney3
Oct 03 2024
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The Last Broadcast
Doves3
Oct 04 2024
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service3
Oct 05 2024
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Crime Of The Century
SupertrampSupertramp is the English equivalent of the Steve Miller Band. Forgettable, paint by numbers, 70s rock. Yet another bizarre inclusion on this list.
3
Oct 06 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues3
Oct 07 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead5
Oct 08 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses4
Oct 09 2024
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill3
Oct 10 2024
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Whatever
Aimee Mann3
Oct 11 2024
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey2
Oct 12 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone3
Oct 13 2024
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Opus Dei
Laibach2
Oct 14 2024
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Chris
Christine and the Queens3
Oct 15 2024
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson3
Oct 16 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground5
Oct 17 2024
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers3
Oct 18 2024
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Reign In Blood
Slayer4
Oct 19 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili PeppersNot a huge fan of RHCP, but this record is solid as a rock, if a little long.
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Oct 20 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple3
Oct 21 2024
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods3
Oct 22 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana5
Oct 23 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix4
Oct 24 2024
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur3
Oct 25 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle3
Oct 26 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers4
Oct 27 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath4
Oct 28 2024
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop3
Oct 29 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman4
Oct 30 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile3
Oct 31 2024
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The Doors
The Doors4
Nov 01 2024
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Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons3
Nov 02 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay4
Nov 03 2024
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Sincere
Mj ColeGen X British music critics are going to be flabbergasted when they find out that nobody but them cares anything about English house and jungle. Have fun in that perpetual Ibiza of the mind though, must be nice.
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Nov 04 2024
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Arrival
ABBAA good example of music that I don't particularly enjoy, but merits an inclusion on a list like this because you can't tell the history of Western popular music without mentioning them.
3
Nov 05 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young4
Nov 06 2024
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush3
Nov 07 2024
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds4
Nov 08 2024
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Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions4
Nov 09 2024
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath4
Nov 10 2024
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla3
Nov 11 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies3
Nov 12 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War3
Nov 13 2024
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report3
Nov 14 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel4
Nov 15 2024
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs4
Nov 16 2024
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Is This It
The StrokesOne of the indispensable rock albums. If you were to remove this record from history of popular music than nothing that came after it would have been the same.
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Nov 17 2024
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth3
Nov 18 2024
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics3
Nov 19 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio3
Nov 20 2024
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin4
Nov 21 2024
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone2
Nov 22 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica4
Nov 23 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead4
Nov 24 2024
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes4
Nov 25 2024
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd5
Nov 26 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young4
Nov 27 2024
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Sulk
The Associates2
Nov 28 2024
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Boston
Boston4
Nov 29 2024
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1999
Prince3
Nov 30 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran3
Dec 01 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins4
Dec 02 2024
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes2
Dec 03 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass3
Dec 04 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's4
Dec 05 2024
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground4
Dec 06 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen4
Dec 07 2024
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Station To Station
David Bowie3
Dec 08 2024
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Suede
Suede3
Dec 09 2024
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Close To You
CarpentersSurprised by how much I was enjoying this until the last three songs. It's like they padded out the album with dreck because they just had to be near 40 minutes. Last track is actually called "another song"... Example #3847 of solid curation being the most important element to making a quality record.
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Dec 10 2024
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor3
Dec 11 2024
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Your Arsenal
Morrissey4