Observer's 50 Albums That Changed Music [July 16, 2006]
## 1 The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
## 2 The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
## 3 Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
## 4 NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1989)
## 5 Robert Johnson- King of the Delta Blue Singers (1961)
## 6 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
## 7 Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
## 8 Bob Dylan- Bringing it All Back Home (1965)
## 9 Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley (1956)
## 10 The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (1966)
## 11 David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
## 12 Miles Davis- Kind of Blue (1959)
## 13 Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956)
## 14 Joni Mitchell- Blue (1971)
## 15 Brian Eno- Discreet Music (1975)
## 16 Aretha Franklin- I Never Loved a Man the Way I love You (1967)
## 17 The Stooges- Raw Power (1973)
## 18 The Clash- London Calling (1979)
## 19 Mary J Blige - What's the 411? (1992)
## 20 The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
## 21 The Spice Girls- Spice (1996)
## 22 Kate Bush- The Hounds of Love (1985)
## 23 Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
## 24 Youssou N'Dour- Immigres (1984)
## 25 James Brown- Live at the Apollo (1963)
## 26 Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
## 27 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (1967)
## 28 Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
## 29 Pink Floyd- The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
## 30 The Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973)
## 31 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
## 32 Otis Redding - Otis Blue (1965)
## 33 Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters (1973)
## 34 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
## 35 The Ramones - The Ramones (1976)
## 36 The Who - My Generation (1965)
## 37 Massive Attack- Blue Lines (1991)
## 38 Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
## 39 Michael Jackson- Thriller (1982)
## 40 Run DMC - Run DMC (1984)
## 41 Chic - Chic (1977)
## 42 The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
## 43 Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
## 44 Talking Heads- Fear of Music (1979)
## 45 Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief (1969)
## 46 The Human League - Dare (1981)
## 47 Nirvana- Nevermind (1991)
## 48 The Strokes - Is This It? (2001)
## 49 De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
## 50 LFO - Frequencies (1991)
**** Missing:
* 4 NWA
* 23 Augustus Pablo
* 24 Youssou N'Dour
* 30 Wailers
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