Top 250 Albums (Part One)
No order. Can't add more than 100 items to a list, so doing this in three parts. Stay tuned. |
| 1 |  | Ahmed Abdul-Malik
East Meets West
Arabic Jazz |
| 2 |  | Air
Moon Safari
Downtempo, Ambient Pop |
| 3 |  | Al Green
Call Me
Soul |
| 4 |  | Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity
Free Jazz |
| 5 |  | Alice Coltrane
Journey in Satchidananda
Spiritual Jazz, Avantgarde Jazz |
| 6 |  | Alice in Chains
Dirt
Grunge |
| 7 |  | Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks
Ambient, Dark Jazz, Soundtrack |
| 8 |  | Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Psychedelic Pop |
| 9 |  | Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Ambient |
| 10 |  | Arcade Fire
Funeral
Art Pop, Indie Rock |
| 11 |  | Archie Shepp
The Magic of Ju-Ju
Free Jazz |
| 12 |  | Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Deep Soul |
| 13 |  | Astor Piazzolla
Tango: Zero Hour
Tango Nuevo |
| 14 |  | At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
Post-Hardcore |
| 15 |  | Belle and Sebastian
If You're Feeling Sinister
Chamber Pop, Indie Pop |
| 16 |  | Bernard Parmegiani
Sonare
Musique concrète, Electroacoustic |
| 17 |  | Billie Holiday
Lady Sings The Blues
Vocal Jazz |
| 18 |  | Bjork
Homogenic
Art Pop |
| 19 |  | Boards of Canada
Music Has the Right to Children
IDM, Ambient Techno |
| 20 |  | Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks
Singer/Songwriter |
| 21 |  | Burzum
Filosofem
Black Metal |
| 22 |  | Can
Tago Mago
Krautrock |
| 23 |  | Charles Mingus
The Clown
Post-Bop |
| 24 |  | Coil
The Ape Of Naples
Electronic, Post-Industrial |
| 25 |  | Arnold Schoenberg
Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
Expressionism, Modern Classical |
| 26 |  | Dalek
Absence
Abstract Hip Hop |
| 27 |  | David Bowie
Low
Art Rock |
| 28 |  | Death
Human
Technical Death Metal |
| 29 |  | Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
Experimental Hip Hop |
| 30 |  | Dexter Gordon
Go!
Hard Bop |
| 31 |  | Dionne Warwick
The Windows of the World
Smooth Soul |
| 32 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing...
Instrumental Hip Hop, Plunderphonics |
| 33 |  | The Doors
The Doors
Psychedelic Rock |
| 34 |  | Duke Ellington
Masterpieces By Ellington
Big Band |
| 35 |  | Ennio Morricone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Soundtrack, Spaghetti Western |
| 36 |  | Fields of the Nephilim
Elizium
Gothic Rock |
| 37 |  | Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma
IDM, Glitch Hop |
| 38 |  | Frank Zappa
Joe’s Garage
Comedy Rock |
| 39 |  | Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
Funk |
| 40 |  | Fushitsusha
Withdrawe, This Sable Disclosure Ere Devot'd
Noise Rock |
| 41 |  | George Crumb
Black Angels
Modern Classical |
| 42 |  | Goldie
Timeless
Atmospheric Drum and Bass |
| 43 |  | Harry Partch
Delusion of the Fury
Microtonal, Opera |
| 44 |  | Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters
Jazz Fusion |
| 45 |  | Iannis Xenakis
Orchestral Works, Vol II
Modern Classical, Stochastic Music |
| 46 |  | Jeff Buckley
Grace
Singer/Songwriter |
| 47 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Baroque Music |
| 48 |  | Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar
Country, Rockabilly |
| 49 |  | Lou Reed
Transformer
Glam Rock |
| 50 |  | Love
Forever Changes
Psychedelic Pop |
| 51 |  | Madvillain
Madvillainy
Abstract Hip Hop |
| 52 |  | Mahmoud Ahmed
Soul of Addis
Ethio-Jazz, Tizita |
| 53 |  | Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Soul |
| 54 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Trip Hop |
| 55 |  | Merzbow
Venereology
Harsh Noise |
| 56 |  | Neil Young
On the Beach
Folk Rock |
| 57 |  | Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Contemporary Folk |
| 58 |  | Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue
Vocal Jazz |
| 59 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
Industrial Rock |
| 60 |  | Deftones
White Pony
Alternative Metal |
| 61 |  | Oliver Nelson
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Hard Bop |
| 62 |  | OutKast
Aquemini
Southern Hip Hop |
| 63 |  | Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Indie Rock |
| 64 |  | Pedestrian Deposit
Fatale
Noise |
| 65 |  | Philip Glass
Glassworks
Minimalism |
| 66 |  | Popol Vuh
Hosianna Mantra
Neoclassical New Age |
| 67 |  | Ramones
Ramones
Punk |
| 68 |  | Sam Cooke
Night Beat
Soul |
| 69 |  | Diamanda Galas
Plague Mass
Experimental, A cappella |
| 70 |  | Annette Peacock
I'm the One
Singer/Songwriter, Experimental Rock |
| 71 |  | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Trout Mask Replica
Experimental Rock |
| 72 |  | Devin Townsend
Ocean Machine: Biomech
Progressive Metal |
| 73 |  | Miles Davis
On the Corner
Jazz Fusion |
| 74 |  | Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree
Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock |
| 75 |  | Ornette Coleman
Science Fiction
Free Jazz |
| 76 |  | Serge Gainsbourg
Histoire de Melody Nelson
French Pop |
| 77 |  | Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians
Minimalism |
| 78 |  | Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil
Post-Bop |
| 79 |  | Peter Brotzmann
Machine Gun
European Free Jazz |
| 80 |  | Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
East Coast Hip Hop |
| 81 |  | Yma Sumac
Voice of the Xtabay
Exotica |
| 82 |  | Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Indie Rock, Noise Pop |
| 83 |  | The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle
Psychedelic Pop |
| 84 |  | Venetian Snares
Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
Breakcore, Drill and Bass |
| 85 |  | Tom Waits
Bone Machine
Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter |
| 86 |  | Meshuggah
Nothing
Djent |
| 87 |  | Tenhi
Maaaet
Dark Folk |
| 88 |  | Värttinä
Aitara
Runolaulu |
| 89 |  | T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Blues
Electric Texas Blues |
| 90 |  | Swans
Soundtracks for the Blind
Experimental Rock, Post-Rock |
| 91 |  | Sun Ra
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
Free Jazz |
| 92 |  | Scott Walker
Scott 4
Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter |
| 93 |  | Tinariwen
Amassakoul
Tishoumaren |
| 94 |  | Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
Singer/Songwriter |
| 95 |  | Katy Carr
Screwing Lies
Contemporary Folk |
| 96 |  | Otis Redding
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Deep Soul |
| 97 |  | The Stooges
Raw Power
Proto-Punk |
| 98 |  | Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
Hard Bop |
| 99 |  | Naked City
Naked City
Avantgarde Jazz, Grindcore |
| 100 |  | Karlheinz Stockhausen
Helikopter-Quartett (Arditti String Quartet)
Modern Classical, Serialism |
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