052 — David Bowie, Station to Station (1976)

Station to Station – The Cocaine Commuter Between Soul and Berlin Artist: David Bowie · Album:…

051 — Chuck Berry, The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)

The Great Twenty-Eight – Rock & Roll DNA in 28 Shots Artist: Chuck Berry · Album:…

050 — The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)

Axis: Bold as Love – Psychedelia with Heart, Humor and Cosmic Color Artist: The Jimi Hendrix…

Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music – A Boundary-Shattering Masterstroke Ray Charles took a genre…

Songs in the Key of Life – The Universe According to Stevie Wonder

Artist: Stevie Wonder · Year: 1976 · Label: Motown · Rank: 47 / 500 Few albums…

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…

Ready to Die – A Blueprint of East Coast Hip-Hop and a Life on the Edge

Artist: The Notorious B.I.G. · Year: 1994 · Label: Bad Boy Records · Rolling Stone Rank:…

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…