Easter's Best Albums: 1950-1999
Self-explanatory!1!1! |
| 1 |  | Jo Stafford
Autumn in New York
1950
HONORABLE MENTION: Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay |
| 2 |  | Duke Ellington
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
HONORABLE MENTION: Doris Day - Lullaby of Broadway |
| 3 | | Art Pepper
Art Pepper
1952
HONORABLE MENTION: Wiener Philharmoniker / Bruno Walter / Kathleen Ferrier / Julius Patzak - Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) and Three Rückert Songs (Gustav Mahler / Friedrich Rückert) |
| 4 |  | Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde
1953
(Wilhelm Furtwängler / Ludwig Suthaus / Kirsten Flagstad release)
HONORABLE MENTION: Peggy Lee - Black Coffee with Peggy Lee |
| 5 |  | Georges Brassens
2ème série [Le vent]
1954
HONORABLE MENTION: Eartha Kitt - That Bad Eartha |
| 6 |  | Frank Sinatra
In The Wee Small Hours
1955
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill
Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me |
| 7 |  | Billie Holiday
Lady Sings The Blues
1956
HONORABLE MENTION: Fats Waller - Aint Misbehavin |
| 8 |  | Charles Mingus
The Clown
1957
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar! |
| 9 |  | Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps
1958
(New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein release)
HONORABLE MENTION: Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else |
| 10 |  | Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue
1959
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Ahmed Abdul-Malik - East Meets West
The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade
Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From the Gutter
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come |
| 11 |  | Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain
1960
HONORABLE MENTION: John Coltrane - Giant Steps |
| 12 | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem KV 626
1962
(Wiener Singverein / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan release)
HONORABLE MENTION: Dexter Gordon - Go |
| 13 |  | Sam Cooke
Night Beat
1963
HONORABLE MENTION: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady |
| 14 |  | Muddy Waters
Folk Singer
1964
HONORABLE MENTION: Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! |
| 15 |  | Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity
1965
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul |
| 16 |  | Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil
1966
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic
Ken Nordine - Colors |
| 17 |  | Artur Rubinstein
Chopin: The Nocturnes
1967
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Pierre Henry - Messe Pour Le Temps Présent et Musiques Concrètes
The Doors - The Doors
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Love - Forever Changes
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra - Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
Dionne Warwick - The Windows of the World |
| 18 |  | Peter Brotzmann
Machine Gun
1968
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador!
Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear |
| 19 |  | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Trout Mask Replica
1969
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Dave Burrell - Echo
Pharaoh Sanders - Karma
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
Scott Engel - Scott 4 |
| 20 |  | Nico
Desertshore
1970
HONORABLE MENTION: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby |
| 21 |  | LaSalle Quartet
Neue Wiener Schule: Streichquartette
1971
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury
Can - Tago Mago
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
George Crumb - Black Angels
Carla Bley - Escalator Over the Hill
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On |
| 22 |  | Ornette Coleman
Science Fiction
1972
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Annette Peacock - I'm the One
Miles Davis - On the Corner
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Lou Reed - Transformer |
| 23 |  | The Stooges
Raw Power
1973
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Cedric IM Brooks - From Mento to Reggae to Third World Music
Al Green - Call Me
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Alexander von Schlippenbach - Pakistani Pomade |
| 24 |  | John Coltrane
Interstellar Space
1974
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Neil Young - On the Beach |
| 25 |  | Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks
1975
HONORABLE MENTION: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run |
| 26 |  | Ramones
Ramones
1976
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Upsetters - Super Ape
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak |
| 27 |  | David Bowie
Low
1977
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
Iannis Xenakis - La Légende d'Eer
Don Cherry - Don Cherry |
| 28 |  | The Residents
Not Available
1978
HONORABLE MENTION: Annette Peacock - X-Dreams |
| 29 |  | Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
1979
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Henry Cow - Western Culture |
| 30 | | Sun Ra
Strange Celestial Road
1980
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
Joy Division - Closer |
| 31 |  | This Heat
Deceit
1981
HONORABLE MENTION: Asturcón - Asturcón |
| 32 |  | Diamanda Galas
The Litanies of Satan
1982
HONORABLE MENTION: Philip Glass - Glassworks |
| 33 |  | Mercyful Fate
Melissa
1983
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Slayer - Show No Mercy
John Carpenter - Halloween Soundtrack
Swans - Filth
Joe McPhee Po Music - Oleo |
| 34 |  | Cocteau Twins
Treasure
1984
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Black Flag - My War
Ray Lynch - Deep Breakfast
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas |
| 35 |  | Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
1985
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
Valentina Ponomareva - Fortune-Teller |
| 36 |  | Astor Piazzolla
Tango: Zero Hour
1986
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
David Garland - Control Songs
John Zorn - The Big Gundown
Diamanda Galas - The Divine Punishment
Constance Demby - Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead |
| 37 |  | Dead Can Dance
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
1987
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Napalm Death - Scum
John Zorn - Spillane
Ramleh - Hole in the Heart
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts I, II, & III
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu |
| 38 |  | Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32
1988
(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Groves release)
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Diamanda Galas - You Must Be Certain of the Devil
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
Kronos Quartet - Winter Was Hard
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 39 |  | Giacinto Scelsi
Quattro Pezzi per Orchestra
1989
(Orchestre et Chœur de la Radio-Télévision Polonaise de Cracovie / Jürg Wyttenbach / Carmen Fournier / Tristan Murail release)
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Pixies - Doolittle |
| 40 |  | Naked City
Naked City
1990
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Good Son
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks
Kronos Quartet - Black Angels
Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
Herbert Distel - La stazione
Depeche Mode - Violator
Bob Ostertag - Attention Span
Youssou N'Dour - Set |
| 41 |  | Diamanda Galas
Plague Mass
1991
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
Wayne Marshall - 4'33" (Cage)
Death - Human
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless |
| 42 |  | Tom Waits
Bone Machine
1992
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Buckethead - Bucketheadland
Burzum - Burzum
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Naked City - Leng T'che
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Neurosis - Souls at Zero |
| 43 |  | John Zorn
Kristallnacht
1993
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Koto Ensemble of the Ikuta School - Japanese Koto Orchestra
Carcass - Heartwork
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Earth - Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
Bagad - Kemper Kejadenn
Divination - Ambient Dub Volume 1
Naked City - Absinthe
Nirvana - In Utero |
| 44 |  | Jeff Buckley
Grace
1994
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss
Merzbow - Venereology
Vangelis - Blade Runner Soundtrack
Low - I Could Live in Hope
Kirile Loo - Saatus (Fate)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Portishead - Dummy
Varttina - Aitara
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Sequentia - Canticles of Ecstasy |
| 45 |  | Incapacitants
As Loud as Possible
1995
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Goldie - Timeless
Ulver - Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Thanassis Papakonstantinou - St?? ??d??µ?da ?a? st? G?
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery |
| 46 |  | Ground Zero
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Ver. 1.28
1996
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
John Zorn - Bar Khokba
Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare
Burzum - Filosofem
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
John Zorn - The Classic Guide to Strategy
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Opeth - Morningrise
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister |
| 47 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
1997
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
Bjork - Homogenic
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# infinity
John Zorn - Duras: Duchamp
Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing...
Strapping Young Lad - City
Mogwai - Young Team |
| 48 |  | Air
Moon Safari
1998
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Devin Townsend - Infinity
Kelly Bailey - Half-Life
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Buckethead - Colma
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
System of a Down - System of a Down
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
John Zorn - Music for Children |
| 49 |  | Anathema
Judgement
1999
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Arditti String Quartet - Stockhausen: Helikopter-Quartett
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Mr. Bungle - California
American Football - American Football
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Opeth - Still Life |
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