Artist: Stevie Wonder · Year: 1976 · Label: Motown · Rank: 47 / 500 Few albums…
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The Sun Sessions – The Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll in a Memphis Room
Artist: Elvis Presley · Recorded: 1954–1955 · Released: 1976 (Compilation) · Label: RCA · Rank: 46…
Rubber Soul – When Pop Grew Brains, Soul, and New Horizons
Artist: The Beatles · Year: 1965 · Label: Parlophone · Rank: 45 / 500 Rubber Soul…
Horses – Poetry, Punk and the Birth of a New Language
Artist: Patti Smith · Year: 1975 · Label: Arista Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 26 /…
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Shaolin Myths and Dusty Loops from Staten Island
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan · Year: 1993 · Label: Loud Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 27 /…
Voodoo – Neo-Soul Time Travel and the Art of the Groove
Artist: D’Angelo · Year: 2000 · Label: Virgin Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 28 / 500…
The Beatles (“The White Album”) – Beautiful Fracture on Double Vinyl
Artist: The Beatles · Year: 1968 · Label: Apple Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 29 /…
Are You Experienced – When the Guitar Became a Spaceship
Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Year: 1967 · Label: Track / Reprise · Rolling Stone…
Kind of Blue – The Blueprint of Modern Jazz and Eternal Cool
Artist: Miles Davis · Year: 1959 · Label: Columbia Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 31 /…
Lemonade – A Multimedia Masterpiece of Grief, Fury and Rebirth
Artist: Beyoncé · Year: 2016 · Label: Parkwood / Columbia · Rolling Stone Rank: 32 /…
The Doors – Psychedelic Noir and the Theater of Desire
Artist: The Doors · Year: 1967 · Label: Elektra Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 33 /…
The Dark Side of the Moon – Time, Money and the Weight of Existence
Artist: Pink Floyd · Year: 1973 · Label: Harvest Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 34 /…
The Score – Refugee Camp Revolution and Hip-Hop in Full Bloom
Artist: Fugees · Year: 1996 · Label: Ruffhouse / Columbia · Rolling Stone Rank: 35 /…
#36 – Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (1979)
Disco • Soul • Pop • Epic Records Before Thriller rewrote every commercial record in pop…
#37 – Dr. Dre, The Chronic (1992)
West Coast Hip-Hop • G-Funk • Death Row Records The Chronic is a pivot point: the…
#38 – Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde (1966)
Folk-Rock • Electric Blues • Columbia Records By 1966, Bob Dylan had already scandalized the folk…
#39 – Talking Heads, Remain in Light (1980)
Art-Rock • Afrobeat-inspired • New Wave • Sire Records Remain in Light is what happens when…
#40 – David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Glam Rock • Concept Album • RCA Records Before “concept album” became a cliché, Bowie invented…
The Velvet Underground & Nico – Art, Noise and the Birth of Alternative Music
Artist: The Velvet Underground · Year: 1967 · Label: Verve Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 23…
Tapestry – Songwriting as Intimacy, Comfort and Quiet Revolution
Artist: Carole King · Year: 1971 · Label: Ode Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 25 /…