Album↕ | Artist↕ | Year↕ | Genre↕ | Label↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | Psychedelic Rock | Parlophone | Pioneered the concept album format |
OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 | Alternative Rock | Parlophone | Prophetic themes of technology and alienation |
The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 1973 | Progressive Rock | Harvest | Spent 937 weeks on the Billboard 200 |
Abbey Road | The Beatles | 1969 | Rock | Apple | Iconic crosswalk cover and medley finale |
Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1982 | Pop | Epic | Best-selling album of all time (70M+ copies) |
Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 | Jazz | Columbia | Best-selling jazz album ever |
Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | Grunge | DGC | Brought alternative rock to the mainstream |
Purple Rain | Prince | 1984 | Pop/R&B | Warner Bros. | Soundtrack to the film of the same name |
Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1977 | Soft Rock | Warner Bros. | Over 40 million copies sold worldwide |
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 1998 | R&B/Hip-Hop | Ruffhouse | First hip-hop album to win Album of the Year Grammy |
Illmatic | Nas | 1994 | Hip-Hop | Columbia | Considered the greatest hip-hop album ever |
Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1971 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | Contains Stairway to Heaven |
Back in Black | AC/DC | 1980 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | Second best-selling album of all time |
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | Soul | Tamla | Groundbreaking socially conscious soul album |
London Calling | The Clash | 1979 | Punk Rock | CBS | Blended punk, reggae, rockabilly, and ska |
Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | Rock | Columbia | Made Springsteen a rock icon |
Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | 1966 | Folk Rock | Columbia | First major double album in rock |
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 2010 | Hip-Hop | Roc-A-Fella | Maximalist hip-hop masterpiece |
Are You Experienced | Jimi Hendrix | 1967 | Psychedelic Rock | Track | Redefined electric guitar possibilities |
Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 1966 | Baroque Pop | Capitol | Inspired Sgt. Pepper's and concept albums |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie | 1972 | Glam Rock | RCA | Iconic alter ego concept album |
A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | 1965 | Jazz | Impulse! | Spiritual jazz masterwork in four parts |
Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. | 1994 | Hip-Hop | Bad Boy | Defined East Coast hip-hop in the 90s |
Appetite for Destruction | Guns N' Roses | 1987 | Hard Rock | Geffen | Best-selling debut album in the US (30M+) |
Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | Soul/Funk | Tamla | Double album spanning soul, jazz, and funk |
Aquemini | OutKast | 1998 | Hip-Hop | LaFace | Fused Southern hip-hop with funk and psychedelia |
The Joshua Tree | U2 | 1987 | Rock | Island | Defined arena rock with anthemic sound |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | 1998 | Indie Folk | Merge | Cult classic that defined indie folk |
To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | 2015 | Hip-Hop | Top Dawg | Blended jazz, funk, and spoken word with hip-hop |
Blue | Joni Mitchell | 1971 | Folk | Reprise | Emotionally raw confessional songwriting |
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