This was a little project I started at another board that might be of some interest, I did it for ''fun'' and then I posted it and we put our heads together and to improve it since it's like an impossible task for one dork.
Beatles-related, since they were the MVP of this 5-star league. Miles Davis got more 5 star albums but pound for pound, The Beatles owned. Followed by maybe Joy Division or Husker Du.
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Over the past couple months I've jotted down everything I've seen on there that got 5 stars. Whenever I listen to something or think of something that seems like a 5 star album, I'd check it out, and I browsed sections of music I know almost nothing about just to find out what the classics are so I'll be ready when I want to get into it.
Why waste my time doing something so arbitrary? Well first, it wasn't a waste, it was educational and interesting and a good reference for when I want to try something new and lauded... although it did sometimes get tedious as hell when I was browsing stuff I already knew well. I'd think, say, Scott Walker 2 must have got 5 stars, but then I went to his page and it only got 4.5, I'd swear and curse my wasted clicks when I saw it. But otherwise, it was fun. Even if there's already an easy-pickings list of all the 5 star allmusic albums somewhere, this was cool and worth it, I learned stuff I wouldn't have learned if I just looked at a list (the irony).
Second, I like the way allmusic grades stuff, they're legit and unbiased for most part. A Radiohead album that gets 4.5 isn't equal to an NSync album that gets 4.5, it's graded (roughly) in the context of the artists' own work first and foremost, and I'm pretty sure they're only reviewed by people that like and know the artist and genre they're reviewing. Thank God for that.
But, but but but, they usually save this 5 star rating for proven classics with broad appeal, and typically, they're foolproof choices. They don't ALL look like proven classics to ME, and a lot of stuff I'd put on there is missing, but hey, I just compiled the list, I didn't decide what went on it. I wish I'd recorded the release dates but way back when I started this crap, I neglected to, and it was too much of a pain to go back so I didn't.
(they don't review much classical, just contemporary avant-garde stuff like Reich and Riley and who-not... that saves me so much effort, and yet, that also sucks. So there will be no Beethoven, no Bach, no Part, no Silvestrov)
I typically didn't include live albums unless they were all new material, and I sure as heck tried not to include compilations, unless they were of the Past Masters/Substance variety, with lots of non-album music. And I know I skipped a lot of 5 star B-side comps, that stuff is a pain in the ass to dig up with allmusic's gay layout so I barely bothered.
A lot of the pre-Beatles rockers and bluesmen and miscellanamen get shafted here... no Bo Diddley, no Howlin' Wolf, no BB King... for obvious reasons. A lot of those guys have 5 star must-have comps in lieu of fully realized classic albums but I couldn't be bothered sifting through. Oh well blow me. And like Robert Johnson and Son House and Leadbelly, those kind of guys aren't on here but I know they have huge compilations.
Anyway, surely it's not done but the progress is slow so I might as well share it. And there's lots of stuff like esoteric world music movement that I don't know anything about yet, I'm sure Ravi Shankar isn't he ONLY Indian guy with 5 star albums. I know I missed stuff so if anything springs to mind, say.
It's just another list of people's opinions, don't get mad at me or allmusic, this is just the fruits of my fruitiness. Here's some points to ponder/talk about if you wish.
-No Depeche Mode!
-No non-comp New Order!
-No Harry Nilsson!
-No Free Design! WTF these idiots don't know songwriting, I hate allmusic
-3 Dwight Yoakham? I guess I don't ''get'' this guy.
-No Aeroplane? Maybe it's not old enough, it'll prove to be a 5 star eventually.
-Beatles averaged TWO fivestar albums every YEAR and would have kept it going for at least 4-5 more albums, everybody that isn't the Beatles is sucky or insignifigant or overdone or lazy or repetitive or have no staying power or they're stupid and ugly. Plus John, Paul and George all have their own 5 star albums, unlike, say, idiots like Lou Reed and David Byrne.
-LOL ACDC
-LOL Aerosmith
-there's almost no metal except the usual suspects like Sabbath/Metallica/Slayer. Weird... the electronic guys weren't hesitant to give stuff like Paradinas and Vibert and Plastikman 5 star albums, but Opeth/Emperor/et al didn't get any 5 star endorsement (I might have missed some, obviously). Just a weird quirk. The people doing modern hip-hop were quite liberal too, but not indie... no Glow Part 2, for example.
3rd Bass- Cactus Album
ABC- The Lexicon of Love
ACDC- Highway to Hell
ACDC- Back in Black
ACDC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Adderly, Cannonball- Somethin' Else
Adverts- Crossing the Red Sea
Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith- Rocks
Air- Moon Safari
Allman Brothers- Idlewild South
Alman Brothers- Eat a Peach
Amazing Rhythym Aces- Stacked Deck
Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works
Aphex Twin- 26 Mixes for Cash
Armstrong, Louis- WC Handy
Art of Noise- Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
Autechre- Tri Repetae
Aztec Camera- High Land, Hard Rain
B12- Electro- Soma
B52s- ST
Band- Music from Big Pink
Band- The Band
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Beat- I Just Can't Stop It
Beatles- Please Please Me
Beatles- With the Beatles
Beatles- A Hard Day's Night
Beatles- Beatles for Sale
Beatles- Help!
Beatles- Rubber Soul
Beatles- Revolver
Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles- The Beatles
Beatles- Abbey Road
Beatles- Let it Be
Beatles- Past Masters Vol. 1
Beatles- Past Masters Vol. 2
Baez, Joan- ST
Baez, Joan- Diamonds and Rust
Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
Beck- Mellow Gold
Beck- Odelay
Beck, Jeff- Truth
Bee Gees- Saturday Night Fever
Ben, Jorge, Africa Brasil
Bennett, Tony- Basie Swings
Bennett, Tony- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Bennett, Tony- Snowfall
Berry, Chuck- Chuck Berry is On Top
Berry, Chuck- St. Louis to Liverpool
Betts, Dickie- Highway Call
Big Brother and the Holding Company- ST
Big Star- Third/Sister Lovers
Biosphere- Microgravity
Bjork- Debut
Bjork- Homogenic
Black Dog- Bytes
Black Dog- Spanners
Black Flag- Damaged
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
Black Sheep- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Black Star- Mos Def and Talib Kweli...
Blakey, Art- Moanin'
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties
Blur- Parklife
Boards of Canada- Music has the Right to Children
Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary
Bowie- Hunk Dory
Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Bowie- Low
Bowie- Heroes
Bowie- Scary Monsters
Brotzmann, Peter- Machine Gun
Brotzmann, Peter- 14 Love Poems
Brown, Dennis- Milk and Honey
Browne, Jackson- ST
Browne, Jackson- Late for the Sky
Buddy Holly- The Chirping Crickets
Buffalo Springfield- Again
Burning Spear- Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear- Hail H.I.M
Burrell, Kenny- Midnight Blue
Butterfield, Paul- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Butterfield, Paul- East West
Buzzcocks- Singles Going Steady
Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
Byrds- Younger than Yesterday
Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Cage, John- Singing Through
Can- Tago Mago
Can- Ege Bamyasi
Can- Future Days
Captain Beefheart- Safe as Milk
Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
Cash, Johnny- Sings the Ballads of the True West
Cash, Johnny- At Folsom Prison
Chapman, Tracy- ST
Charles, Ray- Modern Sounds...
Cheap Trick- St
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust
Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole
Cherry Don- Eternal Rythym
Clark, Sonny- Cool Struttin'
Clash- The Clash
Clash- London Calling
Cliff, Jimmy- The Harder they Come
Coe, David Allen- Once Upon a Rhyme
Coe, David Allen- Invictus Means Unconquered
Cohen, Leonard- Songs of
Coldcut- Journeys by DJ
Coleman, Ornette- Shape of Jazz to Come
Coleman, Ornette- Change of the Century
Coleman, Ornette- Science Fictino
Coltrane- Blue Train
Coltrane- Giant Steps
Coltrane- My Favorite Things
Coltrane- A Love Supreme
Coltrane- Ascension
Coltrane- Coltrane and Hartman
Company Flow- Funcrusher Plus
Cooke, Sam- Night Beat
Corea, Chick- Return to Forever
Costa, Gal- ST
Costa, Gal- India
Costello, Elvis- My Aim is True
Costello, Elvis- This Year's Model
Costello, Elvis- Armed Forces
Costello, Elvis- Get Happy
Costello, Elvis- Trust
Costello, Elvis- Imperial Bedroom
CSNY- CSNY
CSNY- Deja Vu
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory
Crenshaw, Marshall- ST
Cross, David- Shut Up, You ****ing Baby
Culture- Two Sevens Clash
Cypress Hill- ST
Daft Punk- Homework
Daft Punk- Discovery
Damned- Damned Damned Damned
Das EFX- Dead Serious
Davis, Miles- Birth of the Cool
Davis, Miles- Bags' Groove
Davis, Miles- Round About Midnight
Davis, Miles- Nefertitti
Davis, Miles- In a Silent Way
Davis, Miles- Relaxin'
Davis, Miles- Workin'
Davis, Miles- Cookin'
Davis, Miles- Steamin'
Davis, Miles- Bitches Brew
Davis, Miles- Tribute to Jack Johnson
Davis, Miles- On the Corner
Davis, Miles- Miles Smiles
Davis, Miles- Kind of Blue
Davis, Miles- Sketches of Spain
Davis, Miles- Miles Ahead
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Def Leppard- Pyromania
Def Leppard- Hysteria
De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
Digital Underground- Sex Packets
DiMiola, Al- Casino
DiMiola, Al- Splendido Hotel
DiMiola- Al, Elegant Gypsy
Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
Djavan- Seduzir
DOC- No One Can Do It Better
Doors- Doors
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
Dr. Octaton- Dr. Octagonecologyst
Drake, Nick- Five Leaves Left
Drake, Nick- Bryter Layer
Drake, Nick- Pink Moon
Dylan- Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Dylan- Another Side of Bob Dylan
Dylan- Bringing it all Back Home
Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
Dylan- John Wesley Harding
Dylan- Nashville Skyline
Dylan- Blood on the Tracks
Dylan- Basement Tapes
Eagles- Hotel California
Electric Light Orchestra- Eldorado
Ellington, Duke- And His Mother Called him Bill
Ellis, Herb- Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Ellis, Herb- Nothing but the Blues
Eminem- Slim Shady
Eminem- Marshall Mathers
Eno, Brian- Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno, Brian- Taking Tiger Mountain
Eno, Brian- Before and After Science
Eno, Brian- Music for Airports
EPMD- Strictly Business
Erik B and Rakim- Paid in Full
Erik B adn Rakim- Follow the Leader
Evans, Bill- Song for Debby
Evans, Gil- Gil Evans
Everly Brothers- Everly Brothers
Everyl Brothers- Fabluous Styles of the Everly Brothers
Faces- A Nod is...
Faces- Long Player
Fahey, John- Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Falcon, Joseph- Lousiana Cajun Music
Fairport Convention- Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention- Liege and Lief
Farmer, Art- Meet the Jazztet
Feelies- Crazy Rythyms
Flamin' Groovies- Shake Some Action
Flatlanders- More a Legend than a Band
Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Macn
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
Flying Burrito Brothers- Gilded Palace of Sin
Franklin, Aretha- Lady Soul
Franklin, Aretha- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Freestyle Fellowship- Innercity Griots
Fugees- The Score
Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove
Future Sound of London- Lifeforms
Gabriel, Peter- 3
Gang of Four- Entertainment
Gang Starr- Step in the Arenaa
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gaye, Marvin- What's Going On
Gaye, Marvin- Let's Get it On
Genesis- Foxtrot
Genesis- Selling England by the Pound
Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genius/GZA- Liquid Swords
Gil, Gilberto- ST
Gil, Gilberto- Gil e Jorge
Gillespie, Dizzy- w/ Roy Eldridge
Glass, Philip- Music in Twelve Parts
Glass, Philip- Koyaanisqatsi
Goldie- Timeless
Go Betweens- 16 Lovers Lane
Goodie Mob- Soul Food
Gottsching, Manuel- E2-E4
Grateful Dead- Workinman's Dead
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Green, Al- Let's Stay Together
Green, Al- I'm Still in Love with You
Green, Al- Call Me
Guns n Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Guthrie, Woody- Dust Bowl Ballads
Guthrie, Woody- Library of Congress Recordings
Haggard, Merle- Swinging Doors
Haggard, Merle- Mama Tried
Haggard, Merle- A Tribute to...
Haggard, Merle- Hag
Haggard, Merle- Someday We'll Look Back
Haggard, Merle- Big City
Haley, Bill- Rock Around the Clock
Hall and Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette
Happy Mondays- Pills Thrills and Bellyaches
Harris, Emylou- Pieces of the Sky
Harrison, George- All Things Must Pass
Hassell, John- Fourth World
Hayes, Isaac- Hot Buttered Soul
Hendrix- Are You Experienced?
Hendrix- Axis
Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Herbie Hancock- Emyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock- Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock- Mwandishi
Herbie Hancock- Crossings
Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
Hill, Lauryn- Miseducation Of
Human League- Dare
Husker Du- Flip your Wig
Husker Du- New Day Rising
Husker Du- Warehouse
Husker Du- Zen Arcade
Ice Cube- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube- Death Certificate
Ice T- Iceberg/Freedom of Speech
Ice T- Original Gangster
Iggy Pop- Lust for Life
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
Isley Brothers- 3 + 3
Jackson, Joe- Look Sharp!
Jackson, Michael- Off the Wall
Jackson, Michael- Thriller
Jam- All Mod Cons
Jam- Setting Songs
Jam- Sound Affects
James, Etta- At Last
Jane's Addiction- Ritual de la Habitual
Jarman, Joseph- Song For
Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow
Jennings, Waylon- The Taker
Jennings, Waylon- Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
Jennings, Waylon- Honky Tonk Heroes
Jennings, Waylon- This Time
Jennings, Waylon- Dreaming my Dreams
Jeru the Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
John, Elton- Elton John
John, Elton- Tumbleweed Connection
John, Elton- Captain Fantastic
John, Elton- Honky Chateau
Jones, Quincy- This is How I Feel About Jazz
Jones, Quincy- Birth of a Band
Jones, Quincy- Walking in Space
Jones, Rickie Lee- ST
Joplin, Janis- Pearl
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division- Closer
Joy Division- Substance
Jungle Brothers- Straight Out the Jungle
Jurassic 5- Quality Control
Kid Koala- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
King, Albert- Born Under a Bad Sign
King, Carole- Tapestry
King Crimon- In the Court
Kinks- Face to Face
Kinks- Something Else
Kinks- Village Green Preservation Society
Kinks- Arthur
KLF- Chill Out
KLF- White Room
Kraftwerk- Autobahn
Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express
Kristofferson, Kris- Kristofferson
Kristofferson, Kris- Silver Tongued Devil and I
Kuti, Fela- Gentleman
Kuti, Fela- Confusion
Kuti, Fela- Shuffering and Shmiling
MC5- Kick out the Jams
Leaders of the New School- A Future without a Past
Led Zeppelin- 1
Led Zeppelin- 2
Led Zeppelin- 3
Led Zeppelin- 4
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti
Lennon, John- Plastic Ono Band
Lennon, John- Imagine
Lewis, Jerry Lee- Another Place Another Time
Lewis, Jerry Lee- She Still Comes Around
Lewis, Jerry Lee- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
Little Feat- ST
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken
LFO- Frequencies
LL Cool J- Radio
LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out
Lovano, Joe- Rush Hour
Love- Da Capo
Love- Forever Changes
Lovett, Lyle- ST
Lovett, Lyle- Pontiac
Lowe, Nick- Jesus of Cool
Lowe, Nick- Labour of Lust
Lowe, Nick- Impossible Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping
Lynn, Loretta- Don't Come Home a Drinkin'
McCartney, Paul- Ram
Maal, Baba- Djam Leelii
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire
Main Source- Breaking Atoms
Marley, Bob- Catch a Fire
Marley, Bob- Burnin'
Marley, Bob- Natty Dread
Massive Attack- Blue Lines
Massive Attack- Mezzanine
Mayall, John- Bluesbreakers
Mayfield, Curtis- Curtis
Mayfield, Curtis- Superfly
Meat Puppets- II
Metallica- Kill em All
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Michael, George- Faith
Michelle Shocked- Short Sharp Shocked
Mingus, Charles- Pithecanthropus Erectus
Mingus, Charles- Blues and Roots
Mingus- Charles- Mingus Ah Um
Mingus, Charles- Oh Yeah
Mingus, Charles- Mingus, Mingus....
Mingus, Charles- Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Mingus, Charles- Let My Children Hear Music
Minor Threat- Complete Discography
Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime
Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly
Mitchell, Joni- Blue
Mitchell, Joni- Court and Spark
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Moby- Moby
Moby Grape- ST
Model 500- Classics
Modern Lovers- Modern Lovers
Monk, Thelonius- Genius of Modern Music
Monk, Thelonius- Brilliant Corners
Monk, Thelonius- Monk's Music
Monk, Thelonius- Monk's Dream
Montgomery, Wes- Incredible Jazz Guitar
Morgan, Lee- Candy
Morgan, Lee- Sidewinder
Morgan, Lee- Search for the New Land
Morgan, Lee- Cornbread
Morrison, Van- Astral Weeks
Morrison, Van- Moondance
Mott the Hoople- All the Young Dudes
Mott the Hoople- Mott
Mouse on Mars- Iaora Tahiti
Mouse on Mars- Autoditacker
Move- Shazam
Mu-Ziq- Tango N Vectif
Mu-Ziq- Lunatic Harness
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Nas- Illmatic
Neil, Fred- Bleecker and MacDougal
Nelson, Willie- Yesterday's Wine
Nelson, Willie- Shotgun Willie
Nelson, Willie- Phases and Stages
Nelson, Willie- Red Headed Stranger
Nelson, Willie- Stardust
Newman, Randy- 12 Songs
Newman, Randy- Sail Away
Newman, Randy- Good Old Boys
New Order- Substance
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon
New York Dolls- New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine
Nirvana- Nevermind
Nirvana- In Utero
Notorious BIG- Ready to Die
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Oasis- What's the Story Morning Glory
Ochs, Phil- Pleasures of the Harbour (YESSSSS!!!!)
Oldfield, Mike- Tubular Bells
Orb- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Orb- UF Orb
Orbital- 2
Oval- 94 Diskont
Pablo, Augustus- East of the River Nile
Pablo, Augustus- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Parliament- Mothership Connection
Parliament- Funkentelechy
Parker, Graham- Howlin' Wind
Parker, Graham- Squeezing out Sparks
Parsons, Gram- GP
Parsons, Gram- Grievous Angel
Parton, Dolly- Coat of Many Colors
Parton, Dolly- Jolene
Pass, Joe- Virtuoso
Pastorius, Jaco- ST
Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Paycheck, Johnny- Mr. Hag Told My Story
Paycheck, Johnny- Lovin' Machine
Paycheck, Johnny- She's All I Got
Pearl Jam- Ten
Perkins, Carl- Dance Album
Perry, Lee- Super Ape
Perry, Lee- Roast Fish Collie Weed
Pete Rock and CL Smooth- Mecca and the Soul Brother
Peterson, Oscar- On the Town
Peterson, Oscar- My Favorite Instrument
Peterson, Oscar- The Trio
Petty, Tom- Damn the Torpedoes
Phair, Liz- Exile in Guyville
Pharcyde- Bizarrre II
Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
Pixies- Doolittle
Plastikman- Musik
Plug- Drum n Bass for Papa/EPs
PM Dawn- Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross
Police- Zenyatta Mondatta
Porter, Cole- Anything Goes
Porter Ricks- Biokinetics
Portishead- Dummy
Presley, Elvis- ST
Presley, Elvis- Elvis
Pretenders- ST
Pretenders- Learning to Crawl
Primal Scream- Screamadelica
Prine, John- ST
Prince- Dirty Mind
Prince- 1999
Prince- Purple Rain
Prince- Sign 'O the Times
Prodigy- Experience
Prodigy- Music for the Jilted Generation
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy- Apocalypse 91
Public Image LTD- Metal Box
Public Image LTD- 2nd Edition
Puente, Tito- Dance Mania
Pulp- Different Class
Pure Prairie League- Bustin' Out
Queen- A Night at the Opera
Radiohead- The Bends
Radiohead- OK Computer
Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ramones- Ramones
Ramones- Rocket to Russia
Redding, Otis- Complete and Unbelievable
Redding, Otis- Sings Soul
Reich, Steve- Another View of Counterpoint
Replacements- Let it Be
Replacements- Tim
REM- Murmur
REM- Reckoning
REM- Document
REM- Automatic for the People
Residents- God in Three Persons
Riley, Terry- Rainbow in Curved Air
Roach, Max- We Insist!
Roach, Max- Percussion Bitter Sweet
Rockpile- Seconds of Pleasure
Rolling Stones- 12 x 5
Rolling Stones- Now!
Rolling Stones- Aftermath
Rolling Stones- Between the Buttons
Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet
Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
Rolling Stones- Some Girls
Rolling Stones- London Years
Rollins, Sonny- Saxophone Collossus
Rollins, Sonny- Way Out West
Rollins, Sonny- East Broadway Run Down
Roni Size- New Forms
Ronstadt, Linda- Heart like a Wheel
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music- Country Life
Roxy Music- Stranded
Roxy Music- Avalon
Rubalcaba, Gonzalo- The Blessing
Run DMC- ST
Run DMC- King of Rock
Run DMC- Raising Hell
Rundgren, Todd- Runt
Rundgren, Todd- Something/Anything
Rundgren, Todd- A Wizard, A True Star
Sahm, Dough- Doug Sahm and Band
Santana- Abraxas
Schulze, Klaus- Irrlicht
Schulze, Klaus- Moondawn
Schwarz, Brinsley- Nervous on the Road
Seger, Bob- Seven
Seger, Bob- Night Moves
Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bullocks
Shankar, Ravi- Three Ragas
Shankar, Ravi- India's Master Musician
Silver, Horace- ST
Silver, Horace- Finger Poppin'
Silver, Horace- Song for My Father
Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends
Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon, Paul- ST
Simon, Paul- Graceland
Simon, Paul- There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Simone, Nina- High Priestess of Soul
Sinatra, Frank- In the Wee Small Hours
Sinatra, Frank- A Swingin' Affair
Sinatra, Frank- September of My Years
Sinatra, Frank- Nice 'n Easy
Sinatra, Frank- Only the Lonely
Sinatra, Frank- Where are You
Sinatra, Frank- Come Fly with Me
Sinatra, Frank- Songs for Swingin' Lovers
Slayer- Reign in Blood
Slick Rick- Great Adventures
Sly and the Family Stone- Stand
Sly and the Family Stone- There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly and the Family Stone- Fresh
Small Faces- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces- There are But 4 Small Faces
Smith, Patti- Horses
Smiths- The Smiths
Smiths- The Queen is Dead
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Sonic Youth- Sister
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Specials- Specials
Springfield, Dusty- In Memphis
Springsteen, Bruce- Born to Run
Springsteen, Bruce- Greetings from Asbury Park
Springsteen, Bruce- The Wild, the Innocent...
Springsteen, Bruce- The River
Springsteen, Bruce- Nebraska
Springsteen, Bruce- Born in the USA
Squeeze- Argybargy
Squarepusher- Hard Normal Daddy
Soft Boys- Underwater Moonlight
Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstacy
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan- Katy Lied
Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stetasonic- In Full Gear
Stevens, Cat- Tea for the Tillerman
Stevens, Cat- Teaser and the Firecat
Stewart, Rod- Gasoline Alley
Stewart, Rod- Every Picture Tells a Story
Stewart, Rod- Never a Dull Moment
Stockhausen- Kontakte
Stone Roses- Stone Roses
Stooges- Fun House
Stooges- Raw Power
Suede- Suede
Sun Ra- Atlantis
Sun Ra- Space is the Place
Talk Talk- Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
Talking Heads- 77
Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads- Remain in Light
Tangerine Dream- Phaedra
Tavener, John- Veil of the Temple
Taylor, Cecil- Unit Structures
Taylor, James- Sweet Baby James
Television- Marquee Moon
Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
Thompson, Richard- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Thompson, Richard- Shoot out the Lights
TLC- Crazysexycool
Tool- Aenima
Tosh, Peter- Legalize It
Tortoise- Millions Now Living will Never Die
Traffic- ST
T Rex- Electric Warrior
T Rex- The Slider
Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Tricky- Maxinquaye
Tudor, David- Microphone
Tupac- Me Against the World
Tupac- All Eyez on Me
Tyner, McCoy- Sahara
Tyner, McCoy- Echoes of Friend
Tyner, McCoy- Enlightenment
Van Halen- ST
Van Halen- 1984
Varese, Edgard- Music Of
Varittina- Kokko
Vaughan, Stevie Ray- Texas Flood
Vaughan, Stevie Ray- In Step
Veloso, Caetano- ST 68
Veloso, Caetano- ST 71
Velvet Underground- Nico
Velvet Underground- White Light White Heat
Velvet Underground- S/T
Velvet Underground- Loaded
Velvet Underground- VU
Vincent, Gene- Bluejean Bop
Vincent, Gene- Gene Vincent
Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes
U2- War
U2- Joshua Tree
U2- Achtung Baby
Ultramagnetic MCs- Critical Beatdown
Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Underworld- Second Toughest in the Infants
Waits, Tom- Swordfishtrombones
Waits, Tom- Raindogs
Waters, Muddy- At Newport
Waters, Muddy- Hard Again
Weather Report- Weather Report
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
Ween- Pure Guava
Weezer- Weezer
Weezer- Pinkerton
Who- My Generation
Who- Sell Out
Who- Who's Next
Williams, Joe- Presenting Joe Williams
Williams, Tony- Emergency
Wire- Pink Flay
Wire- Chairs Missing
Wonder, Stevie- Talking Book
Wonder- Stevie- Innervisions
Wonder, Stevie- Songs in the Key of Life
Wu-Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
X- Los Angeles
X- Wild Gift
XTC- Skylarking
Yes- Fragile
Yes- Close to the Edge
Yoakham, Dwight- Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
Yoakham, Dwight- If there was a Way
Yoakham, Dwight- This Time
Young, Neil- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Young- On the Beach
Young- Tonight's the Night
Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Young MC- Stone Cold Rhymin'
Zappa, Frank- Freak Out
Zappa, Frank- We're Only in it for the Money
Zombies- Odessey and Oracle
Zombies- Singles As and Bs
Zorn, John- News for Lulu
Zorn, John- Naked City
Beatles-related, since they were the MVP of this 5-star league. Miles Davis got more 5 star albums but pound for pound, The Beatles owned. Followed by maybe Joy Division or Husker Du.
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Over the past couple months I've jotted down everything I've seen on there that got 5 stars. Whenever I listen to something or think of something that seems like a 5 star album, I'd check it out, and I browsed sections of music I know almost nothing about just to find out what the classics are so I'll be ready when I want to get into it.
Why waste my time doing something so arbitrary? Well first, it wasn't a waste, it was educational and interesting and a good reference for when I want to try something new and lauded... although it did sometimes get tedious as hell when I was browsing stuff I already knew well. I'd think, say, Scott Walker 2 must have got 5 stars, but then I went to his page and it only got 4.5, I'd swear and curse my wasted clicks when I saw it. But otherwise, it was fun. Even if there's already an easy-pickings list of all the 5 star allmusic albums somewhere, this was cool and worth it, I learned stuff I wouldn't have learned if I just looked at a list (the irony).
Second, I like the way allmusic grades stuff, they're legit and unbiased for most part. A Radiohead album that gets 4.5 isn't equal to an NSync album that gets 4.5, it's graded (roughly) in the context of the artists' own work first and foremost, and I'm pretty sure they're only reviewed by people that like and know the artist and genre they're reviewing. Thank God for that.
But, but but but, they usually save this 5 star rating for proven classics with broad appeal, and typically, they're foolproof choices. They don't ALL look like proven classics to ME, and a lot of stuff I'd put on there is missing, but hey, I just compiled the list, I didn't decide what went on it. I wish I'd recorded the release dates but way back when I started this crap, I neglected to, and it was too much of a pain to go back so I didn't.
(they don't review much classical, just contemporary avant-garde stuff like Reich and Riley and who-not... that saves me so much effort, and yet, that also sucks. So there will be no Beethoven, no Bach, no Part, no Silvestrov)
I typically didn't include live albums unless they were all new material, and I sure as heck tried not to include compilations, unless they were of the Past Masters/Substance variety, with lots of non-album music. And I know I skipped a lot of 5 star B-side comps, that stuff is a pain in the ass to dig up with allmusic's gay layout so I barely bothered.
A lot of the pre-Beatles rockers and bluesmen and miscellanamen get shafted here... no Bo Diddley, no Howlin' Wolf, no BB King... for obvious reasons. A lot of those guys have 5 star must-have comps in lieu of fully realized classic albums but I couldn't be bothered sifting through. Oh well blow me. And like Robert Johnson and Son House and Leadbelly, those kind of guys aren't on here but I know they have huge compilations.
Anyway, surely it's not done but the progress is slow so I might as well share it. And there's lots of stuff like esoteric world music movement that I don't know anything about yet, I'm sure Ravi Shankar isn't he ONLY Indian guy with 5 star albums. I know I missed stuff so if anything springs to mind, say.
It's just another list of people's opinions, don't get mad at me or allmusic, this is just the fruits of my fruitiness. Here's some points to ponder/talk about if you wish.
-No Depeche Mode!
-No non-comp New Order!
-No Harry Nilsson!
-No Free Design! WTF these idiots don't know songwriting, I hate allmusic
-3 Dwight Yoakham? I guess I don't ''get'' this guy.
-No Aeroplane? Maybe it's not old enough, it'll prove to be a 5 star eventually.
-Beatles averaged TWO fivestar albums every YEAR and would have kept it going for at least 4-5 more albums, everybody that isn't the Beatles is sucky or insignifigant or overdone or lazy or repetitive or have no staying power or they're stupid and ugly. Plus John, Paul and George all have their own 5 star albums, unlike, say, idiots like Lou Reed and David Byrne.
-LOL ACDC
-LOL Aerosmith
-there's almost no metal except the usual suspects like Sabbath/Metallica/Slayer. Weird... the electronic guys weren't hesitant to give stuff like Paradinas and Vibert and Plastikman 5 star albums, but Opeth/Emperor/et al didn't get any 5 star endorsement (I might have missed some, obviously). Just a weird quirk. The people doing modern hip-hop were quite liberal too, but not indie... no Glow Part 2, for example.
3rd Bass- Cactus Album
ABC- The Lexicon of Love
ACDC- Highway to Hell
ACDC- Back in Black
ACDC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Adderly, Cannonball- Somethin' Else
Adverts- Crossing the Red Sea
Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith- Rocks
Air- Moon Safari
Allman Brothers- Idlewild South
Alman Brothers- Eat a Peach
Amazing Rhythym Aces- Stacked Deck
Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works
Aphex Twin- 26 Mixes for Cash
Armstrong, Louis- WC Handy
Art of Noise- Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
Autechre- Tri Repetae
Aztec Camera- High Land, Hard Rain
B12- Electro- Soma
B52s- ST
Band- Music from Big Pink
Band- The Band
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Beat- I Just Can't Stop It
Beatles- Please Please Me
Beatles- With the Beatles
Beatles- A Hard Day's Night
Beatles- Beatles for Sale
Beatles- Help!
Beatles- Rubber Soul
Beatles- Revolver
Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles- The Beatles
Beatles- Abbey Road
Beatles- Let it Be
Beatles- Past Masters Vol. 1
Beatles- Past Masters Vol. 2
Baez, Joan- ST
Baez, Joan- Diamonds and Rust
Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
Beck- Mellow Gold
Beck- Odelay
Beck, Jeff- Truth
Bee Gees- Saturday Night Fever
Ben, Jorge, Africa Brasil
Bennett, Tony- Basie Swings
Bennett, Tony- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Bennett, Tony- Snowfall
Berry, Chuck- Chuck Berry is On Top
Berry, Chuck- St. Louis to Liverpool
Betts, Dickie- Highway Call
Big Brother and the Holding Company- ST
Big Star- Third/Sister Lovers
Biosphere- Microgravity
Bjork- Debut
Bjork- Homogenic
Black Dog- Bytes
Black Dog- Spanners
Black Flag- Damaged
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
Black Sheep- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Black Star- Mos Def and Talib Kweli...
Blakey, Art- Moanin'
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties
Blur- Parklife
Boards of Canada- Music has the Right to Children
Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary
Bowie- Hunk Dory
Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Bowie- Low
Bowie- Heroes
Bowie- Scary Monsters
Brotzmann, Peter- Machine Gun
Brotzmann, Peter- 14 Love Poems
Brown, Dennis- Milk and Honey
Browne, Jackson- ST
Browne, Jackson- Late for the Sky
Buddy Holly- The Chirping Crickets
Buffalo Springfield- Again
Burning Spear- Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear- Hail H.I.M
Burrell, Kenny- Midnight Blue
Butterfield, Paul- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Butterfield, Paul- East West
Buzzcocks- Singles Going Steady
Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
Byrds- Younger than Yesterday
Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Cage, John- Singing Through
Can- Tago Mago
Can- Ege Bamyasi
Can- Future Days
Captain Beefheart- Safe as Milk
Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
Cash, Johnny- Sings the Ballads of the True West
Cash, Johnny- At Folsom Prison
Chapman, Tracy- ST
Charles, Ray- Modern Sounds...
Cheap Trick- St
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust
Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole
Cherry Don- Eternal Rythym
Clark, Sonny- Cool Struttin'
Clash- The Clash
Clash- London Calling
Cliff, Jimmy- The Harder they Come
Coe, David Allen- Once Upon a Rhyme
Coe, David Allen- Invictus Means Unconquered
Cohen, Leonard- Songs of
Coldcut- Journeys by DJ
Coleman, Ornette- Shape of Jazz to Come
Coleman, Ornette- Change of the Century
Coleman, Ornette- Science Fictino
Coltrane- Blue Train
Coltrane- Giant Steps
Coltrane- My Favorite Things
Coltrane- A Love Supreme
Coltrane- Ascension
Coltrane- Coltrane and Hartman
Company Flow- Funcrusher Plus
Cooke, Sam- Night Beat
Corea, Chick- Return to Forever
Costa, Gal- ST
Costa, Gal- India
Costello, Elvis- My Aim is True
Costello, Elvis- This Year's Model
Costello, Elvis- Armed Forces
Costello, Elvis- Get Happy
Costello, Elvis- Trust
Costello, Elvis- Imperial Bedroom
CSNY- CSNY
CSNY- Deja Vu
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory
Crenshaw, Marshall- ST
Cross, David- Shut Up, You ****ing Baby
Culture- Two Sevens Clash
Cypress Hill- ST
Daft Punk- Homework
Daft Punk- Discovery
Damned- Damned Damned Damned
Das EFX- Dead Serious
Davis, Miles- Birth of the Cool
Davis, Miles- Bags' Groove
Davis, Miles- Round About Midnight
Davis, Miles- Nefertitti
Davis, Miles- In a Silent Way
Davis, Miles- Relaxin'
Davis, Miles- Workin'
Davis, Miles- Cookin'
Davis, Miles- Steamin'
Davis, Miles- Bitches Brew
Davis, Miles- Tribute to Jack Johnson
Davis, Miles- On the Corner
Davis, Miles- Miles Smiles
Davis, Miles- Kind of Blue
Davis, Miles- Sketches of Spain
Davis, Miles- Miles Ahead
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Def Leppard- Pyromania
Def Leppard- Hysteria
De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
Digital Underground- Sex Packets
DiMiola, Al- Casino
DiMiola, Al- Splendido Hotel
DiMiola- Al, Elegant Gypsy
Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
Djavan- Seduzir
DOC- No One Can Do It Better
Doors- Doors
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
Dr. Octaton- Dr. Octagonecologyst
Drake, Nick- Five Leaves Left
Drake, Nick- Bryter Layer
Drake, Nick- Pink Moon
Dylan- Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Dylan- Another Side of Bob Dylan
Dylan- Bringing it all Back Home
Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
Dylan- John Wesley Harding
Dylan- Nashville Skyline
Dylan- Blood on the Tracks
Dylan- Basement Tapes
Eagles- Hotel California
Electric Light Orchestra- Eldorado
Ellington, Duke- And His Mother Called him Bill
Ellis, Herb- Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Ellis, Herb- Nothing but the Blues
Eminem- Slim Shady
Eminem- Marshall Mathers
Eno, Brian- Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno, Brian- Taking Tiger Mountain
Eno, Brian- Before and After Science
Eno, Brian- Music for Airports
EPMD- Strictly Business
Erik B and Rakim- Paid in Full
Erik B adn Rakim- Follow the Leader
Evans, Bill- Song for Debby
Evans, Gil- Gil Evans
Everly Brothers- Everly Brothers
Everyl Brothers- Fabluous Styles of the Everly Brothers
Faces- A Nod is...
Faces- Long Player
Fahey, John- Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Falcon, Joseph- Lousiana Cajun Music
Fairport Convention- Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention- Liege and Lief
Farmer, Art- Meet the Jazztet
Feelies- Crazy Rythyms
Flamin' Groovies- Shake Some Action
Flatlanders- More a Legend than a Band
Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Macn
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
Flying Burrito Brothers- Gilded Palace of Sin
Franklin, Aretha- Lady Soul
Franklin, Aretha- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Freestyle Fellowship- Innercity Griots
Fugees- The Score
Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove
Future Sound of London- Lifeforms
Gabriel, Peter- 3
Gang of Four- Entertainment
Gang Starr- Step in the Arenaa
Gang Starr- Daily Operation
Gaye, Marvin- What's Going On
Gaye, Marvin- Let's Get it On
Genesis- Foxtrot
Genesis- Selling England by the Pound
Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genius/GZA- Liquid Swords
Gil, Gilberto- ST
Gil, Gilberto- Gil e Jorge
Gillespie, Dizzy- w/ Roy Eldridge
Glass, Philip- Music in Twelve Parts
Glass, Philip- Koyaanisqatsi
Goldie- Timeless
Go Betweens- 16 Lovers Lane
Goodie Mob- Soul Food
Gottsching, Manuel- E2-E4
Grateful Dead- Workinman's Dead
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Green, Al- Let's Stay Together
Green, Al- I'm Still in Love with You
Green, Al- Call Me
Guns n Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Guthrie, Woody- Dust Bowl Ballads
Guthrie, Woody- Library of Congress Recordings
Haggard, Merle- Swinging Doors
Haggard, Merle- Mama Tried
Haggard, Merle- A Tribute to...
Haggard, Merle- Hag
Haggard, Merle- Someday We'll Look Back
Haggard, Merle- Big City
Haley, Bill- Rock Around the Clock
Hall and Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette
Happy Mondays- Pills Thrills and Bellyaches
Harris, Emylou- Pieces of the Sky
Harrison, George- All Things Must Pass
Hassell, John- Fourth World
Hayes, Isaac- Hot Buttered Soul
Hendrix- Are You Experienced?
Hendrix- Axis
Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Herbie Hancock- Emyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock- Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock- Mwandishi
Herbie Hancock- Crossings
Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
Hill, Lauryn- Miseducation Of
Human League- Dare
Husker Du- Flip your Wig
Husker Du- New Day Rising
Husker Du- Warehouse
Husker Du- Zen Arcade
Ice Cube- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube- Death Certificate
Ice T- Iceberg/Freedom of Speech
Ice T- Original Gangster
Iggy Pop- Lust for Life
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
Isley Brothers- 3 + 3
Jackson, Joe- Look Sharp!
Jackson, Michael- Off the Wall
Jackson, Michael- Thriller
Jam- All Mod Cons
Jam- Setting Songs
Jam- Sound Affects
James, Etta- At Last
Jane's Addiction- Ritual de la Habitual
Jarman, Joseph- Song For
Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow
Jennings, Waylon- The Taker
Jennings, Waylon- Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
Jennings, Waylon- Honky Tonk Heroes
Jennings, Waylon- This Time
Jennings, Waylon- Dreaming my Dreams
Jeru the Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East
Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
John, Elton- Elton John
John, Elton- Tumbleweed Connection
John, Elton- Captain Fantastic
John, Elton- Honky Chateau
Jones, Quincy- This is How I Feel About Jazz
Jones, Quincy- Birth of a Band
Jones, Quincy- Walking in Space
Jones, Rickie Lee- ST
Joplin, Janis- Pearl
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division- Closer
Joy Division- Substance
Jungle Brothers- Straight Out the Jungle
Jurassic 5- Quality Control
Kid Koala- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
King, Albert- Born Under a Bad Sign
King, Carole- Tapestry
King Crimon- In the Court
Kinks- Face to Face
Kinks- Something Else
Kinks- Village Green Preservation Society
Kinks- Arthur
KLF- Chill Out
KLF- White Room
Kraftwerk- Autobahn
Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express
Kristofferson, Kris- Kristofferson
Kristofferson, Kris- Silver Tongued Devil and I
Kuti, Fela- Gentleman
Kuti, Fela- Confusion
Kuti, Fela- Shuffering and Shmiling
MC5- Kick out the Jams
Leaders of the New School- A Future without a Past
Led Zeppelin- 1
Led Zeppelin- 2
Led Zeppelin- 3
Led Zeppelin- 4
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti
Lennon, John- Plastic Ono Band
Lennon, John- Imagine
Lewis, Jerry Lee- Another Place Another Time
Lewis, Jerry Lee- She Still Comes Around
Lewis, Jerry Lee- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
Little Feat- ST
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken
LFO- Frequencies
LL Cool J- Radio
LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out
Lovano, Joe- Rush Hour
Love- Da Capo
Love- Forever Changes
Lovett, Lyle- ST
Lovett, Lyle- Pontiac
Lowe, Nick- Jesus of Cool
Lowe, Nick- Labour of Lust
Lowe, Nick- Impossible Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping
Lynn, Loretta- Don't Come Home a Drinkin'
McCartney, Paul- Ram
Maal, Baba- Djam Leelii
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire
Main Source- Breaking Atoms
Marley, Bob- Catch a Fire
Marley, Bob- Burnin'
Marley, Bob- Natty Dread
Massive Attack- Blue Lines
Massive Attack- Mezzanine
Mayall, John- Bluesbreakers
Mayfield, Curtis- Curtis
Mayfield, Curtis- Superfly
Meat Puppets- II
Metallica- Kill em All
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Michael, George- Faith
Michelle Shocked- Short Sharp Shocked
Mingus, Charles- Pithecanthropus Erectus
Mingus, Charles- Blues and Roots
Mingus- Charles- Mingus Ah Um
Mingus, Charles- Oh Yeah
Mingus, Charles- Mingus, Mingus....
Mingus, Charles- Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Mingus, Charles- Let My Children Hear Music
Minor Threat- Complete Discography
Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime
Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly
Mitchell, Joni- Blue
Mitchell, Joni- Court and Spark
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Moby- Moby
Moby Grape- ST
Model 500- Classics
Modern Lovers- Modern Lovers
Monk, Thelonius- Genius of Modern Music
Monk, Thelonius- Brilliant Corners
Monk, Thelonius- Monk's Music
Monk, Thelonius- Monk's Dream
Montgomery, Wes- Incredible Jazz Guitar
Morgan, Lee- Candy
Morgan, Lee- Sidewinder
Morgan, Lee- Search for the New Land
Morgan, Lee- Cornbread
Morrison, Van- Astral Weeks
Morrison, Van- Moondance
Mott the Hoople- All the Young Dudes
Mott the Hoople- Mott
Mouse on Mars- Iaora Tahiti
Mouse on Mars- Autoditacker
Move- Shazam
Mu-Ziq- Tango N Vectif
Mu-Ziq- Lunatic Harness
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Nas- Illmatic
Neil, Fred- Bleecker and MacDougal
Nelson, Willie- Yesterday's Wine
Nelson, Willie- Shotgun Willie
Nelson, Willie- Phases and Stages
Nelson, Willie- Red Headed Stranger
Nelson, Willie- Stardust
Newman, Randy- 12 Songs
Newman, Randy- Sail Away
Newman, Randy- Good Old Boys
New Order- Substance
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon
New York Dolls- New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine
Nirvana- Nevermind
Nirvana- In Utero
Notorious BIG- Ready to Die
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Oasis- What's the Story Morning Glory
Ochs, Phil- Pleasures of the Harbour (YESSSSS!!!!)
Oldfield, Mike- Tubular Bells
Orb- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Orb- UF Orb
Orbital- 2
Oval- 94 Diskont
Pablo, Augustus- East of the River Nile
Pablo, Augustus- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Parliament- Mothership Connection
Parliament- Funkentelechy
Parker, Graham- Howlin' Wind
Parker, Graham- Squeezing out Sparks
Parsons, Gram- GP
Parsons, Gram- Grievous Angel
Parton, Dolly- Coat of Many Colors
Parton, Dolly- Jolene
Pass, Joe- Virtuoso
Pastorius, Jaco- ST
Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Paycheck, Johnny- Mr. Hag Told My Story
Paycheck, Johnny- Lovin' Machine
Paycheck, Johnny- She's All I Got
Pearl Jam- Ten
Perkins, Carl- Dance Album
Perry, Lee- Super Ape
Perry, Lee- Roast Fish Collie Weed
Pete Rock and CL Smooth- Mecca and the Soul Brother
Peterson, Oscar- On the Town
Peterson, Oscar- My Favorite Instrument
Peterson, Oscar- The Trio
Petty, Tom- Damn the Torpedoes
Phair, Liz- Exile in Guyville
Pharcyde- Bizarrre II
Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
Pixies- Doolittle
Plastikman- Musik
Plug- Drum n Bass for Papa/EPs
PM Dawn- Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross
Police- Zenyatta Mondatta
Porter, Cole- Anything Goes
Porter Ricks- Biokinetics
Portishead- Dummy
Presley, Elvis- ST
Presley, Elvis- Elvis
Pretenders- ST
Pretenders- Learning to Crawl
Primal Scream- Screamadelica
Prine, John- ST
Prince- Dirty Mind
Prince- 1999
Prince- Purple Rain
Prince- Sign 'O the Times
Prodigy- Experience
Prodigy- Music for the Jilted Generation
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy- Apocalypse 91
Public Image LTD- Metal Box
Public Image LTD- 2nd Edition
Puente, Tito- Dance Mania
Pulp- Different Class
Pure Prairie League- Bustin' Out
Queen- A Night at the Opera
Radiohead- The Bends
Radiohead- OK Computer
Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Ramones- Ramones
Ramones- Rocket to Russia
Redding, Otis- Complete and Unbelievable
Redding, Otis- Sings Soul
Reich, Steve- Another View of Counterpoint
Replacements- Let it Be
Replacements- Tim
REM- Murmur
REM- Reckoning
REM- Document
REM- Automatic for the People
Residents- God in Three Persons
Riley, Terry- Rainbow in Curved Air
Roach, Max- We Insist!
Roach, Max- Percussion Bitter Sweet
Rockpile- Seconds of Pleasure
Rolling Stones- 12 x 5
Rolling Stones- Now!
Rolling Stones- Aftermath
Rolling Stones- Between the Buttons
Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet
Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
Rolling Stones- Some Girls
Rolling Stones- London Years
Rollins, Sonny- Saxophone Collossus
Rollins, Sonny- Way Out West
Rollins, Sonny- East Broadway Run Down
Roni Size- New Forms
Ronstadt, Linda- Heart like a Wheel
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music- Country Life
Roxy Music- Stranded
Roxy Music- Avalon
Rubalcaba, Gonzalo- The Blessing
Run DMC- ST
Run DMC- King of Rock
Run DMC- Raising Hell
Rundgren, Todd- Runt
Rundgren, Todd- Something/Anything
Rundgren, Todd- A Wizard, A True Star
Sahm, Dough- Doug Sahm and Band
Santana- Abraxas
Schulze, Klaus- Irrlicht
Schulze, Klaus- Moondawn
Schwarz, Brinsley- Nervous on the Road
Seger, Bob- Seven
Seger, Bob- Night Moves
Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bullocks
Shankar, Ravi- Three Ragas
Shankar, Ravi- India's Master Musician
Silver, Horace- ST
Silver, Horace- Finger Poppin'
Silver, Horace- Song for My Father
Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends
Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon, Paul- ST
Simon, Paul- Graceland
Simon, Paul- There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Simone, Nina- High Priestess of Soul
Sinatra, Frank- In the Wee Small Hours
Sinatra, Frank- A Swingin' Affair
Sinatra, Frank- September of My Years
Sinatra, Frank- Nice 'n Easy
Sinatra, Frank- Only the Lonely
Sinatra, Frank- Where are You
Sinatra, Frank- Come Fly with Me
Sinatra, Frank- Songs for Swingin' Lovers
Slayer- Reign in Blood
Slick Rick- Great Adventures
Sly and the Family Stone- Stand
Sly and the Family Stone- There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly and the Family Stone- Fresh
Small Faces- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces- There are But 4 Small Faces
Smith, Patti- Horses
Smiths- The Smiths
Smiths- The Queen is Dead
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Sonic Youth- Sister
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Specials- Specials
Springfield, Dusty- In Memphis
Springsteen, Bruce- Born to Run
Springsteen, Bruce- Greetings from Asbury Park
Springsteen, Bruce- The Wild, the Innocent...
Springsteen, Bruce- The River
Springsteen, Bruce- Nebraska
Springsteen, Bruce- Born in the USA
Squeeze- Argybargy
Squarepusher- Hard Normal Daddy
Soft Boys- Underwater Moonlight
Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstacy
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan- Katy Lied
Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stetasonic- In Full Gear
Stevens, Cat- Tea for the Tillerman
Stevens, Cat- Teaser and the Firecat
Stewart, Rod- Gasoline Alley
Stewart, Rod- Every Picture Tells a Story
Stewart, Rod- Never a Dull Moment
Stockhausen- Kontakte
Stone Roses- Stone Roses
Stooges- Fun House
Stooges- Raw Power
Suede- Suede
Sun Ra- Atlantis
Sun Ra- Space is the Place
Talk Talk- Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
Talking Heads- 77
Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads- Remain in Light
Tangerine Dream- Phaedra
Tavener, John- Veil of the Temple
Taylor, Cecil- Unit Structures
Taylor, James- Sweet Baby James
Television- Marquee Moon
Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
Thompson, Richard- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Thompson, Richard- Shoot out the Lights
TLC- Crazysexycool
Tool- Aenima
Tosh, Peter- Legalize It
Tortoise- Millions Now Living will Never Die
Traffic- ST
T Rex- Electric Warrior
T Rex- The Slider
Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Tricky- Maxinquaye
Tudor, David- Microphone
Tupac- Me Against the World
Tupac- All Eyez on Me
Tyner, McCoy- Sahara
Tyner, McCoy- Echoes of Friend
Tyner, McCoy- Enlightenment
Van Halen- ST
Van Halen- 1984
Varese, Edgard- Music Of
Varittina- Kokko
Vaughan, Stevie Ray- Texas Flood
Vaughan, Stevie Ray- In Step
Veloso, Caetano- ST 68
Veloso, Caetano- ST 71
Velvet Underground- Nico
Velvet Underground- White Light White Heat
Velvet Underground- S/T
Velvet Underground- Loaded
Velvet Underground- VU
Vincent, Gene- Bluejean Bop
Vincent, Gene- Gene Vincent
Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes
U2- War
U2- Joshua Tree
U2- Achtung Baby
Ultramagnetic MCs- Critical Beatdown
Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Underworld- Second Toughest in the Infants
Waits, Tom- Swordfishtrombones
Waits, Tom- Raindogs
Waters, Muddy- At Newport
Waters, Muddy- Hard Again
Weather Report- Weather Report
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
Ween- Pure Guava
Weezer- Weezer
Weezer- Pinkerton
Who- My Generation
Who- Sell Out
Who- Who's Next
Williams, Joe- Presenting Joe Williams
Williams, Tony- Emergency
Wire- Pink Flay
Wire- Chairs Missing
Wonder, Stevie- Talking Book
Wonder- Stevie- Innervisions
Wonder, Stevie- Songs in the Key of Life
Wu-Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
X- Los Angeles
X- Wild Gift
XTC- Skylarking
Yes- Fragile
Yes- Close to the Edge
Yoakham, Dwight- Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
Yoakham, Dwight- If there was a Way
Yoakham, Dwight- This Time
Young, Neil- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Young- On the Beach
Young- Tonight's the Night
Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Young MC- Stone Cold Rhymin'
Zappa, Frank- Freak Out
Zappa, Frank- We're Only in it for the Money
Zombies- Odessey and Oracle
Zombies- Singles As and Bs
Zorn, John- News for Lulu
Zorn, John- Naked City
