Jul 25 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
4
Jul 28 2024
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Composed jazz with third stream elements, at its best among the best of 50βs jazz all time. Propelled by its two centrepieces - Blue Rondo and Take Five - and otherwise filled with attractive piano-trio structured songs, elevated by the extrarodinary talent of Paul Desmond on alto sax in mellifluous and tone-perfect (though often-brief) solos.
5
Jul 28 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
5
Jul 29 2024
S&M
Metallica
3
Jul 30 2024
Bossanova
Pixies
4
Jul 31 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
4
Aug 03 2024
Queen II
Queen
3
Aug 05 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
Aug 07 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
5
Aug 09 2024
Rio
Duran Duran
4
Aug 12 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
4
Aug 13 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
4
Aug 14 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Aug 15 2024
Green
R.E.M.
3
Aug 16 2024
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
The best album by the best band in the 90βs alt rock movement
5
Aug 17 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
4
Aug 18 2024
Future Days
Can
5
Aug 19 2024
Boston
Boston
Essential seventies classic that has lived on for almost fifty years due to its sparkling production, technical innovation, and a few brilliant songs.
4
Aug 20 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
Aug 23 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
Aug 24 2024
The Clash
The Clash
5
Aug 28 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
5
Sep 01 2024
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
3
Sep 02 2024
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
3
Sep 03 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
3
Sep 04 2024
This Nationβs Saving Grace
The Fall
5
Sep 05 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
4
Sep 06 2024
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Sep 08 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
Sep 09 2024
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
4
Sep 10 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
The song writing is very high quality at times, but the album is ultimately by the mundanity of 1/2 or more of the songs. Absent any noticeable passion, the well-constructed nature of the music is such that it begs you to listen carefully, which for me at least lacks the payoff in the songs themselves.
3
Sep 13 2024
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
Sep 14 2024
Moving Pictures
Rush
3
Sep 15 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
Sep 16 2024
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
4
Sep 18 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Sep 20 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Sep 22 2024
Cross
Justice
2
Sep 23 2024
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
4
Sep 26 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5
Sep 28 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
5
Sep 30 2024
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
Oct 01 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
5
Oct 02 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
4
Oct 03 2024
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
5
Oct 04 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
3
Oct 05 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
4
Oct 06 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Oct 07 2024
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
2
Oct 08 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
5
Oct 09 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
HΓΌsker DΓΌ
5
Oct 10 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
4
Oct 11 2024
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
Oct 12 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Oct 13 2024
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
3
Oct 14 2024
Savane
Ali Farka TourΓ©
4
Oct 15 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
5
Oct 16 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
Oct 18 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
3
Oct 19 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
4
Oct 21 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
4
Oct 22 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Oct 24 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Oct 25 2024
Who's Next
The Who
The gold standard for anthemic full-throated guitar rock. Extraordinary song writing and performance.
5
Oct 27 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
A remarkable partnership that cemented a genre in North America and featured 2 or 3 of the greatest songs injure modern pop oeuvre.
5
Oct 28 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
4
Oct 30 2024
Dare!
The Human League
4
Oct 31 2024
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
3
Nov 01 2024
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
5
Nov 02 2024
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
3
Nov 03 2024
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
4
Nov 05 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
3
Nov 06 2024
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
4
Nov 07 2024
Chris
Christine and the Queens
3
Nov 08 2024
Low
David Bowie
4
Nov 09 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
5
Nov 10 2024
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
2
Nov 11 2024
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
5
Nov 12 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
3
Nov 13 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
A remarkable leap forward from β77, groove filled with crisp and trend setting production from Brian Eno, and three or four utterly remarkable songs. Extraordinary record
5
Nov 14 2024
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
Nov 16 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
Nov 17 2024
Slayed?
Slade
4
Nov 20 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Overlong but with some extraordinary songs and sounds. My one complaint is the metallic and flangey guitar sound throughout much of the album
4
Nov 22 2024
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5
Nov 23 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
4
Nov 24 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
Nov 26 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
Although it was an album recorded together and mostly live, itβs not an in the evolved state that the form took later in the sixties and beyond. For the quality of the songs and moreso the energy of the performances, a clear 4
4
Nov 28 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
Nov 29 2024
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
3
Nov 30 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Among the best debuts in rock history, played in a day and featuring a fully mature voice, rich in subtle harmonics and laced with biting and hilarious lyrics.
5
Dec 01 2024
The Joshua Tree
U2
4
Dec 02 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
3
Dec 03 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Probably the single most important jazz piano recording from the pre-eminent creator of modern jazz piano. Incalculably vital.
5
Dec 04 2024
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
Dec 05 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
2
Dec 06 2024
Wild Gift
X
4
Dec 07 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
Dec 08 2024
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
5
Dec 09 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Dec 10 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
4
Dec 11 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
4
Dec 12 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
4
Dec 13 2024
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
4
Dec 14 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
3
Dec 16 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Among the very best rock records of all time.
5
Dec 17 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Dec 19 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Third stream classic nonet recording, immensely important in its day, somewhat of a timepiece, as Jazz moved in different directions afterwards, largely due to the influence of a number of these participants
4
Dec 20 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
Dec 21 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
Dec 22 2024
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
3
Dec 23 2024
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
2
Dec 24 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
3
Dec 25 2024
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
4
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
3
Dec 28 2024
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
5
Dec 29 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
Dec 30 2024
Horses
Patti Smith
5
Dec 31 2024
The Score
Fugees
3
Jan 01 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
5
Jan 02 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
3
Jan 04 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell
5
Jan 05 2025
Trio
Dolly Parton
3
Jan 06 2025
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
Jan 07 2025
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
Jan 09 2025
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
3
Jan 10 2025
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
5
Jan 12 2025
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
4
Jan 13 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
3
Jan 14 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band
5
Jan 15 2025
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
3
Jan 16 2025
The College Dropout
Kanye West
3
Jan 17 2025
Headquarters
The Monkees
Surprisingly strong record written and recorded largely by the band. Mickey Dolenz learned the drums, and Pete and Michael played a lot of the guitars. Chip Douglas was the George Martin for the record, a key collaborator and played the bass guitar. Nesmithβs steel guitar and storkβs keyboards are standouts in an otherwise appealingly garage-sounding band. Most importantly the songs are of a high standard and contain some of their very best : You Just May be the One, For Peteβs Sake, Sunny Girlfriend, You Told Me, and the truly remarkable Randy Scouse Git were never bested by the band. Very much worth a listen for those who think of them only as βthe Pre Fab Fourβ.
4
Jan 18 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead
4
Jan 20 2025
Suicide
Suicide
4
Jan 21 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
4
Jan 22 2025
War
U2
4
Jan 23 2025
Is This It
The Strokes
This record defined the rock scene in the early 00βs.
5
Jan 24 2025
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
Interesting but not essential
3
Jan 25 2025
Debut
BjΓΆrk
4
Jan 26 2025
Smash
The Offspring
3
Jan 27 2025
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4
Jan 28 2025
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
Jan 29 2025
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
Jan 30 2025
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jan 31 2025
Mott
Mott The Hoople
5
Feb 01 2025
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
3
Feb 02 2025
Beautiful Freak
Eels
3
Feb 03 2025
Iβm a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
4
Feb 04 2025
Achtung Baby
U2
3
Feb 05 2025
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
5
Feb 06 2025
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Simply one of the greatest albums of the 1960βs. Perhaps a little overlooked among so many βPantheonβ releases from the 1966-1968 period, and even among Byrdsβ albums themselves, but for me, doubtlessly their greatest synthesis of psychedelic rock, jazz-rock, folk-rock, early (and better than later) country rock, in pristine 2-4 minute songs. Post Gene Clark, it showcases the surprising emergence of Hillman and Crosby as major songwriters. The sonic landscape on the album is extraordinarily rich, and their guitars and harmonies never sounded better.
5
Feb 07 2025
Music
Madonna
2
Feb 09 2025
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
Feb 10 2025
Tapestry
Carole King
Simply iconic and changed the game for female singer songwriter music
5
Feb 11 2025
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
2
Feb 12 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Epochal pantheon record of dirty blues rock, backed up with numerous extraordinary songs.
5
Feb 14 2025
NEU! 75
Neu!
5
Feb 16 2025
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Massive leap towards country rock in one record. Gram Parsonsβ impact is inescapable. For those like me who love βthe Byrdsβ, this is not them. Go backwards to the glory of their first five records.
5
Feb 17 2025
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Great songs donβt constitute a great album. But these are great songs
3
Feb 18 2025
Van Halen
Van Halen
4
Feb 19 2025
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
3
Feb 22 2025
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
1
Feb 23 2025
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4
Feb 25 2025
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
A top 10 album of all time, with extraordinarily rich, complex melodic pop songs, perfumes with muscular simplicity and grace. To my ears, far beyond anything the Beach Boys did, and equivalent to the best of the Beatles from the same era.
5
Feb 27 2025
B-52's
The B-52's
5
Feb 28 2025
Different Class
Pulp
3
Mar 01 2025
Hot Fuss
The Killers
2
Mar 03 2025
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Mar 04 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2
Mar 05 2025
OK Computer
Radiohead
Essential album that re-established thinking-personβs rock as a viable form of popular music
5
Mar 06 2025
Marquee Moon
Television
Absolute classic CBGB stalwarts create a new sub genre of edgy guitar art pop.
5
Mar 07 2025
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
Mar 08 2025
Bad
Michael Jackson
2
Mar 09 2025
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
1
Mar 10 2025
School's Out
Alice Cooper
3
Mar 11 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Mar 12 2025
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
4
Mar 13 2025
C'est Chic
CHIC
4
Mar 14 2025
The Doors
The Doors
One of the top two or three debut albums of all time. An utterly unique format for a band - no bass player, a jazz-obsessed drummer, and a keyboard player with a wacky setup, not to mention a sui generis guitar player AND Jim Morrison - the instantly create a sound and a style that both reflected current LA sounds and broke stunning new ground. And this album has some of their and the rock eraβs greatest songs.
5
Mar 15 2025
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Epochal !
5
Mar 16 2025
More Specials
The Specials
3
Mar 17 2025
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
4
Mar 18 2025
Parklife
Blur
4
Mar 19 2025
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
5
Mar 20 2025
John Prine
John Prine
3
Mar 21 2025
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
3
Mar 22 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
5
Mar 23 2025
Being There
Wilco
4
Mar 24 2025
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Very good but not classic Costello
3
Mar 25 2025
Blur
Blur
3
Mar 26 2025
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
4
Mar 28 2025
Abraxas
Santana
4
Mar 29 2025
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
Mar 30 2025
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
4
Mar 31 2025
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Apr 01 2025
Garbage
Garbage
3
Apr 02 2025
Destroyer
KISS
Great music at times, but doesnβt belong on this list.
2
Apr 03 2025
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
Apr 04 2025
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
4
Apr 05 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Perhaps the first real rock album with sonic themes and mature lyrics. A major stepping stone for the band and the rock movement as a whole.
5
Apr 06 2025
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5
Apr 07 2025
The Slider
T. Rex
4
Apr 08 2025
25
Adele
2
Apr 09 2025
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
5
Apr 11 2025
Scum
Napalm Death
2
Apr 12 2025
Illmatic
Nas
2
Apr 14 2025
I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
Apr 15 2025
xx
The xx
4
Apr 16 2025
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Soulful and excellent group of tracks played some of 60βs jazz pantheon, highly valued in any jazz collection. But nothing more than that.
3
Apr 17 2025
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Just love this record and the journey that FP took from folk-rock inspired by the American movement, to leaders of the traditional English folk movement with Liege and Lief (which should be on this list)
5
Apr 19 2025
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
A more sophisticated version of themselves, capped with some of the most enduring songs.
5
Apr 20 2025
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
5
Apr 21 2025
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Remarkable
4
Apr 22 2025
Harvest
Neil Young
Epochal 70βs (or post sixties if you will) singer-songwriter that captured the zeitgeist and made Neil Young a star forever
5
Apr 23 2025
Sister
Sonic Youth
These early-mid period Sonic Youth records are classics in the guitar-noise art-rock milieu. Their previous albums EVOL is my personal favourite (stacked with remarkable noise pop like Tom Violence, Star Power, Madonna, Sean and Me) but many fans prefer Sister, which is tougher and noisier than EVOL. Highly recommended.
5
Apr 26 2025
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
1
Apr 27 2025
Black Monk Time
The Monks
Essential proto punk garage
4
Apr 29 2025
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
3
Apr 30 2025
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
4
May 02 2025
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
3
May 03 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
4
May 04 2025
Pyromania
Def Leppard
Ugh
1
May 05 2025
Woodface
Crowded House
3
May 06 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
May 09 2025
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
May 10 2025
Odelay
Beck
4
May 11 2025
Paris 1919
John Cale
5
May 12 2025
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Extraordinary album that bridged the sixties and seventies
5
May 13 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
May 14 2025
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
3
May 15 2025
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
4
May 17 2025
Kid A
Radiohead
5
May 18 2025
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
May 19 2025
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
4
May 20 2025
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
A great collection of songs but not a cohesive album
3
May 23 2025
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
4
May 24 2025
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4
May 25 2025
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
4
May 26 2025
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
4
May 30 2025
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
5
May 31 2025
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
3
Jun 01 2025
A Seat at the Table
Solange
4
Jun 03 2025
1984
Van Halen
1
Jun 04 2025
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
3
Jun 05 2025
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
3
Jun 06 2025
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Jun 07 2025
London Calling
The Clash
Epochal
5
Jun 08 2025
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
4
Jun 10 2025
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Extraordinary record combining social history, outre jazz and remarkable songwriting
5
Jun 11 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
4
Jun 12 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4
Jun 13 2025
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Jun 14 2025
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Jun 15 2025
White Ladder
David Gray
3
Jun 17 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Honestly I was surprised how unimpressed I was with this one when I revisited it. The blues songs, played well of course, are nevertheless somewhat desultory, and the folk-based songs - typically talked about as the defining sound of the record - are a bit hit and miss. It certainly pales substantially versus II and IV, perhaps that its biggest problem.
3
Jun 18 2025
Teen Dream
Beach House
4
Jun 19 2025
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
2
Jun 20 2025
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
2
Jun 21 2025
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
It suffers from overexposure but no matter how you cut it, this is a brilliant album, ahead of its time and yet timeless.
5
Jun 23 2025
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
4
Jun 24 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Essential Manchester zeitgeist album, ultimately a one trick pony band, but at the time it was splendid.
4
Jun 26 2025
I Against I
Bad Brains
4
Jun 27 2025
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
4
Jun 29 2025
evermore
Taylor Swift
1
Jun 30 2025
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
1
Jul 01 2025
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
Jul 02 2025
Low-Life
New Order
4
Jul 07 2025
Night Life
Ray Price
3
Jul 08 2025
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Brilliant atmospheric chamber folk
4
Jul 10 2025
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
4
Jul 15 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon
Popularized township jive and brought African music to the fore. The combination with Simonβs voice and poetry works brilliantly at times.
5
Jul 16 2025
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
1
Jul 18 2025
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Classic blue eyed soul with strong songs
4
Jul 20 2025
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
90βs chamber pop with some outstanding tracks
4
Jul 22 2025
Eliminator
ZZ Top
1
Jul 23 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
Jul 24 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Essential ! Heavy if simple no holds barred guitar trio with Osborneβs sui generis vocals. Template for much that came after.
4
Jul 26 2025
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
Jul 29 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
A glossy and successful version of of the Pogues, with some great songs though arguably not their best. For those, go to Rum Sodomy and the Lash.
4
Jul 31 2025
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
Aug 02 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
3