1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Originally in the 2018 edition of the book of the same title, and I will add to it when the new editions come out. (it only stands at 999 as I think I may have missed a two page spread as I was transcribing, I’ll find it as I review them)

In the Wee Small Hours (1955) Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley (1956) Elvis Presley
Tragic Songs of Life (1956) The Louvin Brothers
The Wildest! (1956) Louis Prima
This Is Fats (1956) Fats Domino
Ellington at Newport 1956 (1956) Duke Ellington
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956) Frank Sinatra
The “Chirping” Crickets (1957) The Crickets
The Atomic Mr. Basie (1957) Count Basie
Brilliant Corners (1957) Thelonious Monk
Palo Congo (1957) Sabu
Birth of the Cool (1957) Miles Davis
Kenya (1957) Machito
Here’s Little Richard (1957) Little Richard
Dance Mania, Vol.1 (1958) Tito Puente and His Orchestra
Lady In Satin (1958) Billie Holiday
Jack Takes the Floor (1958) Jack Elliott
Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly’s (1958) Sarah Vaughan
Sings the Gershwin Song Book (1959) Ella Fitzgerald
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Ray Charles
Kind of Blue (1959) Miles Davis
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) Marty Robbins
Time Out (1959) The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Joan Baez (1960) Joan Baez
Elvis Is Back! (1960) Elvis Presley
Miriam Makeba (1960) Miriam Makeba
A Date With The Everly Brothers (1960) The Everly Brothers
Back at the Chicken Shack (1960) Jimmy Smith
Muddy Waters at Newport (1960) Muddy Waters
Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) Bill Evans
Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1962) Ray Charles
Green Onions (1962) Booker T. and The M.G.s
Jazz Samba (1962) Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
Night Life (1962) Ray Price
With The Beatles (1963) The Beatles
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963) Bob Dylan
A Christmas Gift For You (1963) Phil Spector
Live at the Harlem Square Club (1963) Sam Cooke
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Charles Mingus
Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown
Getz / Gilberto (1963) Stan Getz and Joāo Gilberto
A Hard Day’s Night (1964) The Beatles
Olympia 64 (1964) Jacques Brel
Rock ‘n Soul (1964) Solomon Burke
A Girl Called Dusty (1964) Dusty Springfield
The Rolling Stones (1964) The Rolling Stones
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (1965) Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (1965) Jerry Lee Lewis
Here are the Sonics (1965) The Sonics
Bringing It All Back Home (1965) Bob Dylan
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) Otis Redding
The Beach Boys Today! (1965) The Beach Boys
A Love Supreme (1965) John Coltrane
Live at the Regal (1965) B.B. King
Rubber Soul (1965) The Beatles
Bert Jansch (1965) Bert Jansch
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) The Byrds
Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Bob Dylan
My Generation (1965) The Who
Revolver (1966) The Beatles
Pet Sounds (1966) The Beach Boys
Fred Neil (1966) Fred Neil
Fifth Dimension (1966) The Byrds
Blonde on Blonde (1966) Bob Dylan
Black Monk Time (1966) The Monks
Face to Face (1966) The Kinks
If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966) The Mama’s and The Papa’s
Midnight Ride (1966) Paul Revere and The Raiders
Freak Out! (1966) The Mothers of Invention
Aftermath (1966) The Rolling Stones
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) Simon and Garfunkel
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) The 13th Floor Elevators
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966) John Mayall’s Blues Breakers
The Yardbirds (1966) The Yardbirds
Wild Is the Wind (1966) by Nina Simone
Beach Samba (1967) Astrud Gilberto
Chelsea Girl (1967) Nico
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles
Electric Music for the Mind and Body (1967) Country Joe and the Fish
Buffalo Springfield Again (1967) Buffalo Springfield
Safe As Milk (1967) Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Moby Grape (1967) Moby Grape
Da Capo (1967) Love
Triangle (1967) The Beau Brummels
Headquarters (1967) The Monkees
Goodbye and Hello (1967) Tim Buckley
Forever Changes (1967) Love
Disraeli Gears (1967) Cream
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) Pink Floyd
The Who Sell Out (1967) The Who
The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967) The Velvet Underground
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967) Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Doors (1967) The Doors
Younger Than Yesterday (1967) The Byrds
Groovin’ (1967) The Young Rascals
Surrealistic Pillow (1967) Jefferson Airplane
Something Else by The Kinks (1967) The Kinks
Sunshine Superman (1967) Donovan
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive (1967) Merle Haggard
Are You Experienced (1967) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (1967) The Electric Prunes
Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on You Mind) (1967) Loretta Lynn
Call of the Valley (1967) Shivkumar Sharma / Bijbushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia
White Light / White Heat (1967) The Velvet Underground
Axis: Bold As Love (1967) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) Aretha Franklin
Beggars Banquet (1968) The Rolling Stones
Traffic (1968) Traffic
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968) The Incredible String Band
The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) The Kinks
The Sounds of India (1968) Ravi Shankar
Os Mutantes (1968) Os Mutantes
Electric Ladyland (1968) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) Leonard Cohen
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) Johnny Cash
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) Laura Nyro
Aretha: Lady Soul (1968) Aretha Franklin
Vincebus Eruptum (1968) by Blue Cheer
The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) The Byrds
Cheap Thrills (1968) Big Brother and The Holding Company
The United States of America (1968) The United States of America
Gris-Gris (1968) Dr. John, The Night Tripper
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) Iron Butterfly
S.F. Sorrow (1968) The Pretty Things
Bookends (1968) Simon and Garfunkel
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968) The Small Faces
Music from Big Pink (1968) The Band
Truth (1968) Jeff Beck
Caetano Veloso (1968) Caetano Veloso
Scott 2 (1968) Scott Walker
Odyssey & Oracle (1968) The Zombies
Astral Weeks (1968) Van Morrison
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968) The Byrds
The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album) (1968) The Beatles
We’re Only In It for the Money (1968) The Mothers of Invention
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Trout Mask Replica (1969) by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Bayou Country (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Still and Nash (1969) Crosby, Stills and Nash
Blood, Sweat and Tears (1969) Blood, Sweat and Tears
The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969) Flying Burrito Brothers
Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969) Johnny Cash
Green River (1969) Creedence Clearwater Revival
Abbey Road (1969) The Beatles
Tommy (1969) The Who
In A Silent Way (1969) Miles Davis
Odessa (1969) The Bee Gees
Basket of Light (1969) The Pentangle
Let It Bleed (1969) The Rolling Stones
Five Leaves Left (1969) Nick Drake
Dusty in Memphis (1969) Dusty Springfield
From Elvis In Memphis (1969) Elvis Presley
The Velvet Underground (1969) The Velvet Underground
Happy Trails (1969) Quicksilver Messenger Service
Led Zeppelin (1969) Led Zeppelin
The Band (1969) The Band
Led Zeppelin II (1969) Led Zeppelin
Kick Out the Jams (1969) MC5
Cloud Nine (1969) The Temptations
Stand! (1969) Sly and The Family Stone
Happy Sad (1969) Tim Buckley
Chicago Transit Authority (1969) Chicago
Unhalfbricking (1969) Fairport Convention
Elephant Mountain (1969) The Youngbloods
Hot Buttered Soul (1969) Isaac Hayes
Live / Dead (1969) The Grateful Dead
Arthur – or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1969) The Kinks
In the Court of The Crimson King (1969) King Crimson
Songs from a Room (1969) Leonard Cohen
Liege and Lief (1969) Fairport Convention
Scott 4 (1969) Scott Walker
The Stooges (1969) The Stooges
Oar (1969) Alexander Spence
Hot Rats (1969) Frank Zappa
Cosmo’s Factory (1970) Creedence Clearwater Revival
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) Derek and the Dominos
Bitches Brew (1970) Miles Davis
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) Spirit
Black Sabbath (1970) Black Sabbath
Morrison Hotel (1970) The Doors
Close To You (1970) The Carpenters
Stephen Stills (1970) Stephen Stills
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) John Lennon
Déjà Vu (1970) Cosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Paranoid (1970) Black Sabbath
After the Gold Rush (1970) Neil Young
Led Zeppelin III (1970) Led Zeppelin
In Rock (1970) Deep Purple
Moondance (1970) Van Morrison
American Beauty (1970) The Grateful Dead
Bryter Later (1970) Nick Drake
Ananda Shankar (1970) The Who
Third (1970) Soft Machine
Gasoline Alley (1970) Rod Stewart
All Things Must Pass (1970) George Harrison
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (1970) Simon and Garfunkel
Tea for the Tillerman (1970) Cat Stevens
John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) Traffic
Fun House (1970) The Stooges
Sweet Baby James (1970) James Taylor
McCartney (1970) Paul McCartney
Abraxas (1970) Santana
The Madcap Laughs (1970) Syd Barrett
Aqualung (1971) Jethro Tull
If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) David Crosby
There’s a Riot Going On (1971) Sly and The Family Stone
What’s Going On (1971) Marvin Gaye
The Yes Album (1971) Yes
Trafalgar (1971) The Bee Gees
Who’s Next (1971) The Who
Tapestry (1971) Carole King
Shaft (1971) Isaac Hayes
At Fillmore East (1971) The Allman Brothers Band
Sticky Fingers (1971) The Rolling Stones
Imagine (1971) John Lennon
Surf’s Up (1971) The Beach Boys
Fragile (1971) Yes
L.A. Woman (1971) The Doors
Tago Mago (1971) Can
Madman Across the Water (1971) Elton John
Coat of Many Colors (1971) Dolly Parton
American Pie (1971) Don McLean
Tarkus (1971) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Led Zeppelin IV (1971) Led Zeppelin
Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) Serge Gainsbourg
Every Picture Tells a Story (1971) Rod Stewart
Pictures at an Exhibition (1971) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Songs of Love and Hate (1971) Leonard Cohen
Blue (1971) Joni Mitchell
Maggot Brain (1971) Funkadelic
Pearl (1971) Janis Joplin
Live! (1971) Felafels Ransome-Kuti and The Afrika ’70 with Ginger Baker
A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse (1971) Faces
Teenage Head (1971) Flamin’ Groovies
White Light (1971) Gene Clark
John Prine (1971) John Prine
Nilsson Schmilsson (1971) Harry Nilsson
Electric Warrior (1971) T. Rex
Hunky Dory (1971) David Bowie
Sail Away (1971) Randy Newman
Machine Head (1972) Deep Purple
No. 1 Record (1972) Big Star
Black Sabbath Vol 4 (1972) Black Sabbath
Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972) Steely Dan
Harvest (1972) Neil Young
Superfly (1972) Curtis Mayfield
Slayed? (1972) Slade
Made in Japan (1972) Deep Purple
Close to the Edge (1972) Yes
Transformer (1972) Lou Reed
Home Is Where the Music Is (1972) Hugh Masekela
Clube da Esquina (1972) Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges
Something / Anything (1972) Todd Rundgren
Will the Circle be Unbroken (1972) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Talking Book (1972) Stevie Wonder
Manassas (1972) Stephen Stills
The Slider (1972) T. Rex
American Gothic (1972) David Ackles
Eagles (1972) The Eagles
Greetings from L.A. (1972) Tim Buckley
Pink Moon (1972) Nick Drake
Paul Simon (1972) Paul Simon
Roxy Music (1972) Roxy Music
School’s Out (1972) Alice Cooper
All Directions (1972) The Temptations
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) David Bowie
The World is a Ghetto (1972) War
Let’s Stay Together (1972) Al Green
Exile on Main St. (1972) The Rolling Stones
Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd (1973) Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bongo Rock (1973) Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band
Aladdin Sane (1973) David Bowie
Larks’ Tongue in Aspic (1973) King Crimson
Catch a Fire (1973) Bob Marley and The Wailers
Space Ritual (1973) Hawkwind
Paris 1919 (1973) John Cale
Future Days (1973) Can
Berlin (1973) Lou Reed
Selling England by the Pound (1973) Genesis
Let’s Get It On (1973) Marvin Gaye
Solid Air (1973) John Martyn
For Your Pleasure (1973) Roxy Music
Faust IV (1973) Faust
Headhunters (1973) Herbie Hancock
Mott (1973) Mott the Hoople
Tubular Bells (1973) Mike Oldfield
A Wizard, a True Star (1973) Todd Rundgren
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Elton John
Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Steely Dan
Honky Tonk Heroes (1973) Waylon Jennings
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Pink Floyd
Innervisions (1973) Stevie Wonder
Tres Hombres (1973) ZZ Top
Band on the Run (1973) Paul McCartney and Wings
Next… (1973) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Billion Dollar Babies (1973) Alice Cooper
Raw Power (1973) Iggy and The Stooges
3 + 3 (1973) The Isley Brothers
New York Dolls (1973) New York Dolls
Here Come the Warm Jets (1974) Eno
Bad Company (1974) Bad Company
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) Genesis
Inspiration Information (1974) Shuggie Otis
Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974) Stevie Wonder
461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) Eric Clapton
Autobahn (1974) Kraftwerk
It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974) Van Morrison
Court and Spark (1974) Joni Mitchell
Queen II (1974) Queen
Country Life (1974) Roxy Music
Phaedra (1974) Tangerine Dream
Kimono My House (1974) Sparks
Crime of the Century (1974) Supertramp
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Richard and Linda Thompson
Winter in America (1974) Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson
Sheer Heart Attack (1974) QueenSheet Music (1974) 10cc
On the Beach (1974) Neil Young
The Grand Tour (1974) George Jones
No Other (1974) Gene Clark
Pretzel Logic (1974) Steely Dan
Good Old Boys (1974) Randy Newman
Natty Dread (1974) Bob Marley and The Wailers
Rock Bottom (1974) Robert Wyatt
Grievous Angel (1974) Gram Parsons
Another Green World (1975) Eno
Go Girl Crazy! (1975) The Dictators
Neu! ’75 (1975) Neu!
Physical Graffiti (1975) Led Zeppelin
The Köln Concert (1975) Keith Jarrett
Toys in the Attic (1975) Aerosmith
Young Americans (1975) David Bowie
Marcus Garvey (1975) Burning Spear
Born to Run (1975) Bruce Springsteen
Pieces of the Sky (1975) Emmylou Harris
Born To Be With You (1975) Dion
The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) Joni Mitchell
Nighthawks at the Diner (1975) Tom Waits
Shalimar / College Girl (1975) R.D. Burman / Bappi Lahiri
Tonight’s the Night (1975) Neil Young
Blood on the Tracks (1975) Bob Dylan
Horses (1975) Patti Smith
Wish You Were Here (1975) Patti Smith
A Night at the Opera (1975) Queen
Red Headed Stranger (1975) Willie Nelson
That’s the Way of the World (1975) Earth, Wind, and Fire
There’s No Place Like America Today (1975) Curtis Mayfield
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1976) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
The Modern Lovers (1976) The Modern Lovers
Station to Station (1976) David Bowie
Hejira (1976) Joni Mitchell
Boston (1976) Boston
Hotel California (1976) Eagles
Arrival (1976) Abba
Destroyer (1976) Kiss
2112 (1976) Rush
Africa / Brasil (1976) Jorge Ben
Joan Armatrading (1976) Joan Armatrading
Rocks (1976) Aerosmith
Mothership Connection (1976) Parliament
Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976) The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Oxygene (1976) Jean Michel Jarre
Ramones (1976) Ramones
Zombie (1976) Fela Kuti and The Africa ’70
Legalize It (1976) Peter Tosh
Songs in the Key of Life (1976) Stevie Wonder
Frampton Comes Alive! (1976) Peter Frampton
Before and After Science (1977) Brian Eno
Trans-Europe Express (1977) Kraftwerk
The Stranger (1977) Billy Joel
Exodus (1977) Bob Marley and The Wailers
Out of the Blue (1977) Electric Light Orchestra
Heavy Weather (1977) Weather Report
Hard Again (1977) Muddy Waters
Rattus Norvegicus (1977) The Stranglers
The Clash (1977) The Clash
Low (1977) David Bowie
Aja (1977) Steely Dan
Pink Flag (1977) Wire
One World (1977) John Martyn
Talking Heads: 77 (1977) Talking Heads
Rumours (1977) Fleetwood Mac
“Heroes” (1977) David Bowie
Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) Dennis Wilson
Suicide (1977) Suicide
The Idiot (1977) Iggy Pop
Peter Gabriel (I) (1977) Peter Gabriel
Marquee Moon (1977) Television
Bat Out Of Hell (1977) Meat Loaf
My Aim Is True (1977) Elvis Costello
Lust For Life (1977) Iggy Pop
New Boots and Panties!! (1977) Ian Dury
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977) Sex Pistols
The Modern Dance (1978) Pere Ubu
The Man-Machine (1978) Kraftwerk
Parallel Lines (1978) Blondie
Vento de Maio (1978) Elis Regina
Dub Housing (1978) Pere Ubu
The Only Ones (1978) The Only Ones
This Year’s Model (1978) Elvis Costello
All Mod Cons (1978) The Jam
Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978) Joe Ely
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts (1978) The Adverts
Third / Sister Lovers (1978) Big Star
Duck Stab / Buster and Glen (1978) The Residents
Public Image (1978) Public Image Ltd.
Real Life (1978) Magazine
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) Bruce Springsteen
One Nation Under a Groove (1978) Funkadelic
D.O.A. Third and Final Report (1978) Throbbing Gristle
Live and Dangerous (1978) Thin Lizzy
More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) Talking Heads
Another Music In a Different Kitchen (1978) Buzzcocks
Van Halen (1978) Van Halen
Siembra (1978) Willie Colón and Ruben Bládes
The Cars (1978) The Cars
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) Devo
Dire Straits (1978) Dire Straits
Eternally Yours (1978) The Saints
Here, My Dear (1978) Marvin Gaye
Stardust (1978) Willie Nelson
C’est Chic (1978) Chic
Germ Free Adolescents (1978) X-Ray Spex
Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) Brian Eno
The Scream (1978) Siouxsie and The Banshees
Highway to Hell (1979) AC/DC
We Are Family (1979) Sister Sledge
Street Life (1979) Crusaders
(GI) (1979) The Germs
The B-52’s (1979) The B-52’s
Movies (1979) Holger Czukay
Reggatta de Blanc (1979) The Police
Live at the Witch Trials (1979) The Fall
Fear of Music (1979) Talking Heads
Unknown Pleasures (1979) Joy Division
Risqué (1979) Chic
The Undertones (1979) The Undertones
London Calling (1979) The Clash
Quiet Life (1979) Japan
Broken English (1979) Marianne Faithful
Cut (1979) The Slits
Armed Forces (1979) Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Rust Never Sleeps (1979) Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Entertainment (1979) Gang of Four
At Budokan (1979) Cheap Trick
Tusk (1979) Fleetwood Mac
The Wall (1979) Pink Floyd
Metal Box (1979) Public Image Ltd.
Off the Wall (1979) Michael Jackson
Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) The Damned
The Pleasure Principle (1979) Gary Numan
Specials (1979) The Specials
Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) Adam and The Ants
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980) Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Back in Black (1980) AC/DC
Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980) The Cramps
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) Dead Kennedys
Peter Gabriel III (a.k.a. Melt) (1980) Peter Gabriel
Underwater Moonlight (1980) The Soft Boys
Seventeen Seconds (1980) The Cure
Crocodiles (1980) Echo and The Bunnymen
Ace of Spade (1980) Motörhead
Killing Joke (1980) Killing Joke
British Steel (1980) Judas Priest
Group Sex (1980) The Circle Jerks
Remain in Light (1980) Talking Heads
Closer (1980) Joy Division
Iron Maiden (1980) Iron Maiden
Hypnotised (1980) The Undertones
Sound Affects (1980) The Jam
Heartattack and Vine (1980) Tom Waits
Signing Off (1980) UB40
Kilimanjaro (1980) The Teardrop Explodes
More Specials (1980) The Specials
Arc of a Diver (1980) Steve Winwood
Pretenders (1980) Pretenders
Kollaps (1981) Einstürzende Neubauten
Juju (1981) Siouxsie and The Banshees
Penthouse and Pavement (1981) Heaven 17
Beauty and the Beat (1981) The Go-Gos
No Sleep ’til Hammersmith (1981) Motörhead
Non-Stop Electric Cabaret (1981) Soft Cell
Architecture and Morality (1981) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
My Life In the Bush of Ghosts (1981) Brian Eno and David Byrne
Damaged (1981) Black Flag
Wild Gift (1981) X
Talk, Talk, Talk (1981) The Psychedelic Furs
Dare (1981) The Human League
Fire of Love (1981) The Gun Club
Mask (1981) Bauhaus
The Poet (1981) Bobby Womack
Tom Tom Club (1981) Tom Tom Club
Moving Pictures (1981) Rush
The Visitors (1981) Abba
The Lexicon of Love (1982) ABC
1999 (1982) Prince
The Message (1982) Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
Imperial Bedroom (1982) Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Pornography (1982) The Cure
Too-Rye-Ay (1982) Kevin Rowland and Dexy’s Midnight Runners
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (1982) Simple Minds
The Rise and Fall (1982) Madness
The Nightfly (1982) Donald Fagen
Pelican West (1982) Haircut One Hundred
The Dreaming (1982) Kate Bush
Rip It Up (1982) Orange Juice
Thriller (1982) Michael Jackson
Junkyard (1982) The Birthday Party
Black Metal (1982) Venom
Nebraska (1982) Bruce Springsteen
Sulk (1982) Associates
The Number of the Beast (1982) Iron Maiden
Rio (1982) Duran Duran
Violent Femmes (1982) Violent Femmes
Duck Rock (1983) Malcolm McLaren
Pyromania (1983) Def Leppard
Murmur (1983) R.E.M.
Soul Mining (1983) The The
Swordfishtrombones (1983) Tom Waites
A Walk Across the Rooftops (1983) The Blue Nile
Back to Mystery City (1983) Hanoi Rocks
She’s So Unusual (1983) Cyndi Lauper
Hearts and Bones (1983) Paul Simon
Porcupine (1983) Echo and The Bunnymen
Eliminator (1983) ZZ Top
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) Eurythmics
War (1983) U2
Synchronicity (1983) The Police
Meat Puppets II (1983) Meat Puppets
Colour by Numbers (1983) Culture Club
Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984) Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Run-DMC (1984) Run-DMC
Diamond Life (1984) Sade
Treasure (1984) Cocteau Twins
Out of Step (1984) Minor Threat
1984 (1984) Van Halen
Purple Rain (1984) Prince and the Revolution
Let It Be (1984) The Replacements
Café Bleu (1984) The Style Council
Private Dancer (1984) Tina Turner
Ocean Rain (1984) Echo and The Bunnymen
Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) Minutemen
Rattlesnakes (1984) Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
Immigrés (1984) Youssou N’Dour
Born in the USA (1984) Bruce Springsteen
This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985) The Fall
Water from an Ancient Well (1985) Abdullah Ibrahim
Hunting High and Low (1985) A-ha
Songs From the Big Chair (1985) Tears For Fears
Brothers in Arms (1985) Dire Straits
Steve McQueen (1985) Prefab Sprout
Fear and Whiskey (1985) Mekons
Suzanne Vega (1985) Suzanne Vega
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (1985) The Pogues
Hounds of Love (1985) Kate Bush
Meat is Murder (1985) The Smiths
Rain Dogs (1985) Tom Waits
Psychocandy (1985) The Jesus & Mary Chain
Low-Life (1985) New Order
Picture Book (1985) Simply Red
Don’t Stand Me Down (1985) Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Cupid and Psyche 85 (1985) Scritti Politti
Atomizer (1986) Big Black
Blood and Chocolate (1986) Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Planet Rock – The Album (1986) Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force
Licensed to Ill (1986) Beastie Boys
Master of Puppets (1986) Metallica
Infected (1986) The The
The Last of the True Believers (1986) Nanci Griffith
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986) Billy Bragg
The Colour of Spring (1986) Talk Talk
Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? (1986) Megadeath
Slippery When Wet (1986) Bon Jovi
Evol (1986) Sonic Youth
Reign in Blood (1986) Slayer
Throwing Muses (1986) Throwing Muses
Graceland (1986) Paul Simon
Raising Hell (1986) Run-DMC
Skylarking (1986) XTC
Guitar Town (1986) Steve Earle
I Against I (1986) Bad Brains
Rapture (1986) Anita Baker
The Queen Is Dead (1986) The Smiths
So (1986) Peter Gabriel
Among the Living (1987) Anthrax
You’re Living All Over Me (1987) Dinosaur Jr.
Trio (1987) Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmlou Harris
Hysteria (1987) Def Leppard
Document (1987) R.E.M.
Sign O’ the Times (1987) Prince
Electric (1987) The Cult
Music for the Masses (1987) Depeche Mode
Floodland (1987) The Sisters of Mercy
Faith (1987) George Michael
Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) Hüsker Dü
Locust Abortion Technician (1987) Butthole Surfers
The New Tango (1987) Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton
“Strangeways, Here We Come” (1987) The Smiths
Appetite for Destruction (1987) Guns N’ Roses
Darklands (1987) The Jesus and Mary Chain
Shaka Zulu (1987) Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Opus Dei (1987) Laibach
Scum (1987) Napalm Death
Sister (1987) Sonic Youth
Calenture (1987) The Triffids
Bad (1987) Michael Jackson
Actually (1987) Pet Shop Boys
The Joshua Tree (1987) U2
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987) Terence Trent D’Arby
If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988) The Pogues
I’m Your Man (1988) Leonard Cohen
Fisherman’s Blues (1988) The Waterboys
Truth and Soul (1988) Fishbone
Idlewild (1988) Everything But The Girl
Vivid (1988) Living Colour
Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988) Mudhoney
Green (1988) R.E.M.
Bummed (1988) Happy Mondays
16 Lovers Lane (1988) The Go-Betweens
The Trinity Session (1988) Cowboy Junkies
Tracy Chapman (1988) Tracy Chapman
Isn’t Anything (1988) My Bloody Valentine
Surfer Rosa (1988) Pixies
… And Justice For All (1988) Metallica
Bug (1988) Dinosaur Jr.
Tank Battles (1988) Dagmar Krause
Shadowland (1988) K.D. Lang
California (1988) American Music Club
“Viva Hate” (1988) Morrissey
Daydream Nation (1988) Sonic Youth
Life’s Too Good (1988) The Sugarcubes
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (1988) Dwight Yoakam
Nothing’s Shocking (1988) Jane’s Addiciton
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) Public Enemy
The Real Thing (1989) Faith No More
Let Love Rule (1989) Lenny Kravitz
The Healer (1989) John Lee Hooker
Technique (1989) New Order
Like a Prayer (1989) Madonna
All Hail the Queen (1989) Queen Latifah
Playing With Fire (1989) Spacemen 3
Fromohio (1989) Firehose
Paul’s Boutique (1989) Beastie Boys
L’Eau Rouge (1989) The Young Gods
Spy vs. Spy – The Music of Ornette Coleman (1989) John Zorn
The Stone Roses (1989) The Stone Roses
Raw Like Sushi (1989) Neneh Cherry
Djam Leelii (1989) Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck
The Sensual World (1989) Kate Bush
Disintegration (1989) The Cure
808:90 (1989) 808 State
What’s That Noise? (1989) Coldcut
Moss Side Story (1989) Barry Adamson
Pump (1989) Aerosmith
Doolittle (1989) Pixies
Nick of Time (1989) Bonnie Raitt
Repeater (1989) Fugazi
Club Classics Vol. One (1989) Soul II Soul
3 Feet High and Rising (1989) De La Soul
Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) Janet Jackson
Done by the Forces of Nature (1989) Jungle Brothers
Straight Outta Compton (1989) N.W.A.
Heaven or Las Vegas (1990) Cocteau Twins
En-Tact (1990) The Shamen
World Clique (1990) Deee-Lite
The La’s (1990) The La’s
Shake Your Money Maker (1990) The Black Crowes
Violator (1990) Depeche Mode
Bossanova (1990) Pixies
Rust in Peace (1990) Megadeth
Sex Packets (1990) Digital Underground
Behaviour (1990) Pet Shop Boys
Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) Happy Mondays
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) George Michael
Ragged Glory (1990) Neil Young and Crazy Horse
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990) Ice Cube
Ritual de Lo Habitual (1990) Jane’s Addiction
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) LL Cool J
Fear of a Black Planet (1990) Public Enemy
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990) Sinéad O’Connor
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) A Tribe Called Quest
Goo (1990) Sonic Youth
Nowhere (1990) Ride
Loveless (1991) My Bloody Valentine
Nevermind (1991) Nirvana
Woodface (1991) Crowded House
Cypress Hill (1991) Cypress Hill
Peggy Suicide (1991) Julian Cope
Step in the Arena (1991) Gang Starr
Qui Sème la Vent Récolte le Tempo (1991) MC Solaar
Rising Above Bedlam (1991) Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) Red Hot Chili Peppers
OG Original Gangster (1991) Ice-T
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991) Mudhoney
Apocalypse 91 … The Empire Strikes Black (1991) Public Enemy
The Low End Theory (1991) A Tribe Called Quest
Ten (1991) Pearl Jam
Foxbase Alpha (1991) Saint Etienne
Arise (1991) Sepultura
Spiderland (1991) Slint
Achtung Baby (1991) U2
The White Room (1991) The KLF
Blue Lines (1991) Massive Attack
Screamadelica (1991) Primal Scream
Bandwagonesque (1991) Teenage Fanclub
Metallica (1991) Metallica
Slanted and Enchanted (1992) Pavement
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992) Aphex Twins
3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of… (1992) Arrested Development
Haut de Gamme – Koweït, Rive Gauche (1992) Koffi Olomidé
“Your Arsenal” (1992) Morrissey
Lam Toro (1992) Baaba Maal
It’s a Shame About Ray (1992) Lemonheads
Rage Against The Machine (1992) Rage Against The Machine
Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury (1992) The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Ingénue (1992) K.D. Lang
The Chronic (1992) Dr. Dre
Automatic for the People (1992) R.E.M.
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992) The Pharcyde
Lazer Guided Melodies (1992) Spiritualized
Copper Blue (1992) Sugar
Bone Machine (1992) Tom Waits
Dirty (1992) Sonic Youth
Connected (1992) Stereo MCs
Psalm 69 (1992) Ministry
Little Earthquakes (1992) Tori Amos
The Predator (1992) Ice Cube
Vulgar Display of Power (1992) Pantera
Dirt (1992) Alice in Chains
Henry’s Dream (1992) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Devotional Songs (1992) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party
Dry (1992) P.J. Harvey
Suede (1993) Suede
Wild Wood (1993) Paul Weller
Siamese Dream (1993) The Smashing Pumpkins
New Wave (1993) Auteurs
Exile in Guyville (1993) Liz Phair
Gentlemen (1993) The Afghan Whigs
“Whatever” (1993) Aimee Mann
Fuzzy (1993) Grant Lee Buffalo
In Utero (1993) Nirvana
Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) Jamiroquai
Very (1993) Pet Shop Boys
Rid of Me (1993) P.J. Harvey
Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) Blur
Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) Sheryl Crow
The Infotainment Scan (1993) The Fall
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) Wu-Tang Clan
Debut (1993) Björk
Orbital II (1993) Orbital
Doggystyle (1993) Snoop Doggy Dogg
Bubble and Scrape (1993) Sebadoh
Giant Steps (1993) The Boo Radleys
Strange Cargo III (1993) William Orbit
Tical (1994) Method Man
Teenager of the Year (1994) Frank Black
Venus Luxure No.1 Baby (1994) Girls Against Boys
The Sun Rises In the East (1994) Jeru the Damaja
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) Pavement
Dummy (1994) Portishead
Haunted Dancehall (1994) The Sabres of Paradise
Illmatic (1994) Nas
Ill Communication (1994) Beastie Boys
Brutal Youth (1994) Elvis Costello
Vauxhall and I (1994) Morrissey
CrazySexyCool (1994) TLC
Definitely Maybe (1994) Oasis
Superunknown (1994) Soundgarden
Smash (1994) The Offspring
Yank Crime (1994) Drive Like Jehu
Parklife (1994) Blur
G. Love and Special Sauce (1994) G. Love and Special Sauce
Talking Timbuktu (1994) Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
Live Through This (1994) Hole
Protection (1994) Massive Attack
The Holy Bible (1994) Manic Street Preachers
Dog Man Star (1994) Suede
Ready to Die (1994) The Notorious B.I.G.
Grace (1994) Jeff Buckley
Snivilisation (1994) Orbital
MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) Nirvana
The Downward Spiral (1994) Nine Inch Nails
Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) The Prodigy
Dookie (1994) Green Day
Foo Fighters (1995) Foo Fighters
Garbage (1995) Garbage
Smokers Delight (1995) Nightmares On Wax
Maxinquaye (1995) Tricky
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) Raekwon
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) The Smashing Pumpkin
Scream, Dracula, Scream! (1995) Rocket from the Crypt
Exit Planet Dust (1995) The Chemical Brothers
Me Against The World (1995) Tupac
Elastica (1995) Elastica
I Should Coco (1995) Supergrass
The Bends (1995) Radiohead
Alien Lanes (1995) Guided by Voices
Femi Kuti (1995) Femi Kuti
A Northern Soul (1995) The Verve
Liquid Swords (1995) Genius / GZA
Different Class (1995) Pulp
Leftism (1995) Leftfield
Brown Sugar (1995) D’Angelo
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995) Oasis
Timeless (1995) Goldie
Jagged Little Pill (1995) Alanis Morissette
Dust (1996) Screaming Trees
Fuzzy Logic (1996) Super Furry Animals
Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) Fatboy Slim
Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996) Dr. Octagon
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) Stereolab
Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) Tortoise
Odelay (1996) Beck
“Tigermilk” (1996) Belle and Sebastian
Endtroducing… (1996) DJ Shadow
Beautiful Freak (!996) Eels
Casanova (1996) The Divine Comedy
Tidal (1996) Fiona Apple
Being There (1996) Wilco
Roots (1996) Sepultura
Oedipus Schmoedipus (1996) Barry Adamson
Come Find Yourself (1996) Fun Lovin’ Criminals
Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite (1996) Maxwell
Tellin’ Stories (1996) The Charlatans
Everything Must Go (1996) Manic Street Preachers
Walking Wounded (1996) Everything But The Girl
Murder Ballads (1996) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Logical Progression (1996) L.T.J. Bukem
Second Toughest in the Infants (1996) Underworld
Now I Got Worry (1996) The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
First Band on the Moon (1996) The Cardigans
Antichrist Superstar (1996) Marilyn Manson
The Score (1996) Fugees
1977 (1996) Ash
If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996) Belle and Sebastian
Blur (1997) Blur
OK Computer (1997) Radiohead
Maverick A Strike (1997) Finley Quaye
Supa Dupa Fly (1997) Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Dig Your Own Hole (1997) The Chemical Brothers
Vanishing Point (1997) Primal Scream
Shleep (1997) Robert Wyatt
Let’s Get Killed (1997) David Holmes
Dig Me Out (1997) Sleater-Kinney
The Fat of the Land (1997) Prodigy
Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Buena Vista Social Club
The Boatman’s Call (1997) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
A Short Album About Love (1997) The Divine Comedy
When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997) Cornershop
Homework (1997) Daft Punk
Life Thru a Lens (1997) Robbie Williams
Butterfly (1997) Mariah Carey
In It For the Money (1997) Supergrass
Time Out of Mind (1997) Bob Dylan
New Forms (1997) Roni Size / Reprazent
Either / Or (1997) Elliott Smith
Urban Hymns (1977) The Verve
Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space (1997) Spiritualized
System of a Down (1998) System of a Down
Live 1966 (1998) Bob Dylan
Clandestino (1998) Manu Chao
Mermaid Avenue (1998) Billy Bragg and Wilco
Apocalypse Dudes (1998) Turbonegro
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) Fatboy Slim
White Ladder (1998) David Gray
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) Lucinda Williams
This is Hardcore (1998) Pulp
Ray of Light (1998) Madonna
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Lauryn Hill
Celebrity Skin (1998) Hole
Deserter’s Songs (1998) Mercury Rev
Queens of the Stone Age (1998) Queens of the Stone Age
Moon Safari (1998) Air
OK (1998) Talvin Singh
Follow the Leader (1998) Korn
Devil Without a Cause (1998) Kid Rock
Music Has the Right to Children (1998) Boards of Canada
São Paulo Confessions (1999) Suba
Kenza (1999) Khaled
Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) XTC
Make Yourself (1999) Incubus
69 Love Songs (1999) The Magnetic Fields
The Man Who (1999) Travis
Slipknot (1999) Slipknot
Central Reservation (1999) Beth Orton
Beyond Skin (1999) Nitin Sawhney
The Contino Sessions (1999) Death in Vegas
Play (1999) Moby
The Soft Bulletin (1999) The Flaming Lips
Darkdancer (1999) Les Rythmes Digitales
Le Tigre (1999) Le Tigre
The Slim Shady LP (1999) Eminem
S&M (1999) Metallica
I See a Darkness (1999) Bonnie “Prince” Billy
H.M.S. Fable (1999) Shack
Remedy (1999) Basement Jaxx
Californication (1999) Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ágætis Byrjun (1999) Sigur Rós
Lost Souls (2000) Doves
The Virgin Suicides (2000) Air
Heartbreaker (2000) Ryan Adams
Tanto Tempo (2000) Bebel Gilberto
The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Eminem
Red Dirt Girl (2000) Emmylou Harris
Kid A (2000) Radiohead
All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000) U2
Parachutes (2000) Coldplay
Figure 8 (2000) Elliott Smith
Mama’s Gun (2000) Erykah Badu
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) P.J. Harvey
Nixon (2000) Lambchop
Welcome to the Afterfuture (2000) Mike Ladd
Felt Mountain (2000) Goldfrapp
Punishing Kiss (2000) Ute Lemper
Since I Left You (2000) The Avalanches
Stankonia (2000) OutKast
Like Water For Chocolate (2000) Common
Bright Flight (2001) Silver Jews
Vespertine (2001) Björk
Gold (2001) Ryan Adams
Is This It (2001) The Strokes
Time (The Revelator) (2001) Gillian Welch
La Revancha del Tango (2001) Gotan Project
White Blood Cells (2001) The White Stripes
The Blueprint (2001) Jay-Z
Melody A.M. (2001) Röyksopp
Southern Rock Opera (2001) Drive-By Truckers
Rings Around the World (2001) Super Furry Animals
Power in Numbers (2002) Jurassic 5
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) Wilco
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) Coldplay
The Rising (2002) Bruce Springsteen
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) The Flaming Lips
Sea Change (2002) Beck
Phrenology (2002) The Roots
Under Construction (2002) Missy Elliott
Spekearboxxx / The Love Below (2003) OutKast
Boy In Da Corner (2003) Dizzee Rascal
De-loused in the Comatorium (2003) The Mars Volta
Elephant (2003) The White Stripes
Fever to Tell (2003) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rejoicing in the Hands (2004) Devendra Banhart
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Cee-Lo Green… Is The Soul Machine (2004) Cee-Lo Green
Destroy Rock & Roll (2004) Mylo
Want Two (2004) Rufus Wainwright
A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004) The Streets
Funeral (2004) Arcade Fire
American Idiot (2004) Green Day
Be (2005) Common
Coles Corner (2005) Richard Hawley
Illinois (2005) Sufjan Stevens
Food & Liquor (2006) Lupe Fiasco
Savane (2006) Ali Farka Touré
Back to Black (2006) Amy Winehouse
Ys (2006) Joanna Newsom
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) Arctic Monkeys
Sound of Silver (2007) LCD Soundsystem
In Rainbows (2007) Radiohead
Kala (2007) M.I.A.
Cross (2007) Justice
The Renaissance (2008) Q-Tip
Fleet Foxes (2008) Fleet Foxes
The Seldom Seen Kid (2008) Elbow
Third (2008) Portishead
Dear Science (2008) TV on the Radio
Two Dancers (2009) Wild Beasts
Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) Animal Collective
It’s Blitz! (2009) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
xx (2009) The xx
Teen Dreams (2010) Beach House
Brothers (2010) The Black Keys
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) Kanye West
Queen of Denmark (2010) John Grant
The ArchAndroid (2010) Janelle Monáe
Halcyon Digest (2010) Deerhunter
Let England Shake (2011) P.J. Harvey
D (2011) White Denim
Django Django (2012) Django Django
In Our Heads (2012) Hot Chip
Channel Orange (2012) Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss (2012) Jack White
Yeezus (2013) Kanye West
Beyoncé (2013) Beyoncé
The Bones of What You Believe (2013) Chvrches
1989 (2014) Taylor Swift
LP1 (2014) FKA Twigs
Vulnicura (2015) Björk
To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) Kendrick Lamar
You Want It Darker (2016) Leonard Cohen
★ (2016) David Bowie
Konnichiwa (2016) Skepta
A Seat at the Table (2016) Solange
Modern Cosmology (2017) Jane Weaver
American Dream (2017) LCD Soundsystem
Melodrama (2017) Lorde
Drunk (2017) Thundercat
Take Me Apart (2017) Kelela
Ctrl (2017) SZA
Microshift (2018) Hookworms