| 5.0 classic |
| Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 |
| Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique |
| This is the boys at their absolute best. Landmark album in the chronicles of classic hip hop. |
| Bill Evans Explorations |
| You'll never hear another trio interact like these three, before or since. This isn't Bill's most famous album, but it's his most refined release by far. |
| Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady |
| The proof that jazz is more than jam music lies here. Gorgeously orchestrated and deeply emotional. |
| Chick Corea Now He Sings, Now He Sobs |
| Cemented Chick Corea's place in the jazz canon and, to this day, is still some of the best abstract modal jazz ever recorded by a trio. |
| Closure in Moscow Pink Lemonade |
| Underrated, overlooked masterpiece of funky and post-hardcore sounds. Diverges from the sounds on tap in the band's previous outings, but that's definitely a good thing. |
| Daft Punk Discovery |
| Daft Punk was doing future funk before you Soundcloud kiddies ever spawned in your father's left testicle. |
| Daft Punk Alive 2007 |
| Could be the best live album ever put on tape. Every piece of their material, even from their sub-pair third album, is seamlessly reworked into a flawless DJ set. |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| One of the two giants of the plunderphonics canon. Some of the best instrumental hip hop ever made. |
| Herbie Hancock Head Hunters |
| No other 41 minutes of music come anywhere as close to making you feel like an astronaut in a porno. |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
| A spiritual journey that marks the absolute pinnacle of modal jazz. |
| Kanye West Late Registration |
| The College Dropout was a game-changer, but Late Registration is the refined second outing that trims the fat off the debut project and serves it up alongside a second helping of meat. The best produced rap album of all time. |
| Marvin Gaye What's Going On |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus |
| The Avalanches Since I Left You |
