Artist: Fugees · Year: 1996 · Label: Ruffhouse / Columbia · Rolling Stone Rank: 35 /…
Author: SlaveToMusic
#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 /…
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Pop Music Enters the Psychedelic Theater
Artist: The Beatles · Year: 1967 · Label: Parlophone · Rolling Stone Rank: 24 / 500…
London Calling – Punk Grows Up and Looks at the World
Artist: The Clash · Year: 1979 · Label: CBS / Epic · Rolling Stone Rank: 16…
What’s Going On – Soul Music as a Question to the World
Artist: Marvin Gaye · Year: 1971 · Label: Tamla / Motown · Rolling Stone Rank: 1…
Pet Sounds – When Pop Grew Up
Artist: The Beach Boys · Year: 1966 · Label: Capitol Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 2…
Blue – The Anatomy of a Broken Heart
Artist: Joni Mitchell · Year: 1971 · Label: Reprise Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 3 /…
Rumours – Beautiful Music Made from Broken Hearts
Artist: Fleetwood Mac · Year: 1977 · Label: Warner Bros. · Rolling Stone Rank: 7 /…
Songs in the Key of Life – When One Artist Tried to Contain the Universe
Artist: Stevie Wonder · Year: 1976 · Label: Tamla / Motown · Rolling Stone Rank: 4…
Purple Rain – Rock, Funk and the Making of a Myth
Artist: Prince · Year: 1984 · Label: Warner Bros. · Rolling Stone Rank: 8 / 500…
Blood on the Tracks – Love, Memory, and the Echo of Regret
Artist: Bob Dylan · Year: 1975 · Label: Columbia Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 9 /…
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Soul, Vulnerability and a New Blueprint for Hip-Hop
Artist: Lauryn Hill · Year: 1998 · Label: Ruffhouse / Columbia · Rolling Stone Rank: 10…
Revolver – Pop Music Discovers the Fourth Dimension
Artist: The Beatles · Year: 1966 · Label: Parlophone · Rolling Stone Rank: 11 / 500…
Thriller – The Album That Redefined Global Pop Stardom
Artist: Michael Jackson · Year: 1982 · Label: Epic Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 12 /…