Maggot Brain – Ten Minutes That Rewired the Guitar

Artist: Funkadelic · Album: Maggot Brain · Year: 1971 · Label: Westbound · Rank: 136 /…

The Joshua Tree – Faith, Politics, and Open Space

Artist: U2 · Album: The Joshua Tree · Year: 1987 · Label: Island · Rank: 135…

Hejira – Motion as Reflection

Artist: Joni Mitchell · Album: Hejira · Year: 1976 · Label: Asylum · Rank: 133 /…

40 Greatest Hits – The Architecture of Country Songwriting

Artist: Hank Williams · Album: 40 Greatest Hits · Year: 1978 · Label: Polydor · Rank:…

Dummy – Suspended Time, Fractured Intimacy

Artist: Portishead · Album: Dummy · Year: 1994 · Label: Go! Beat · Rank: 131 /…

1999 – Apocalypse as Dance Floor Theology

Artist: Prince · Album: 1999 · Year: 1982 · Label: Warner Bros. · Rank: 108 /…

Room on Fire – The Strokes Refine the Spark

Artist: The Strokes · Album: Room on Fire · Year: 2003 · Label: RCA · Rank:…

John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan Walks Into the Wilderness

Artist: Bob Dylan · Album: John Wesley Harding · Year: 1967 · Label: Columbia · Rank:…

Nebraska – When Bruce Springsteen Turned the Lights Off

Artist: Bruce Springsteen · Album: Nebraska · Year: 1982 · Label: Columbia · Rank: 101 /…

Siamese Dream – Beauty, Anxiety and the Loudest Whisper of the ’90s

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins · Album: Siamese Dream · Year: 1993 · Label: Virgin · Rank:…

Transformer – Glam, Decadence and Velvet Shadows

Artist: Lou Reed · Album: Transformer · Year: 1972 · Label: RCA · Rank: 95 /…

Rage Against the Machine – The Revolution Set to Drop-D Tuning

Artist: Rage Against the Machine · Album: Rage Against the Machine · Year: 1992 · Label:…

When Love Songs Don’t Sound Like Love Songs

Not all love songs declare love. Some circle around it. Some hesitate. Some sound emotionally distant,…

Wildflowers – Freedom, Renewal and the Beauty of Letting Go

Artist: Tom Petty · Album: Wildflowers · Year: 1994 · Label: Warner Bros. · Rank: 93…

Radiator – Psychedelia, Pop Oddities and Welsh Magic

Artist: Super Furry Animals · Album: Radiator · Year: 1997 · Label: Creation · Rank: 92…

After the Gold Rush – Fragile Folk, Rusted Dreams

Artist: Neil Young · Album: After the Gold Rush · Year: 1970 · Label: Reprise ·…

Baduizm – Soul, Incense, and a New Orbit for R&B

Artist: Erykah Badu · Album: Baduizm · Year: 1997 · Label: Kedar / Universal · Rank:…

Hunky Dory – Bowie Writes Himself into the Cosmos

Artist: David Bowie · Album: Hunky Dory · Year: 1971 · Label: RCA · Rank: 88…

The Doors – When Rock Turned into a Seance

Artist: The Doors · Album: The Doors · Year: 1967 · Label: Elektra · Rank: 86…

Born in the U.S.A. – Patriotism, Pain, and Stadium-Sized Catharsis

Artist: Bruce Springsteen · Album: Born in the U.S.A. · Year: 1984 · Label: Columbia ·…

Giant Steps – Jazz at the Speed of Thought

Artist: John Coltrane · Album: Giant Steps · Year: 1960 · Label: Atlantic · Rank: 82…