1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 1 - 250

1. Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours [1955]
2. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley [1956]
3. The Louvin Brothers – Tragic Songs Of Life [1956]
4. Louis Prima – The Wildest [1956]
5. Fats Domino – This Is Fats Domino [1956]
6. Duke Ellington – Ellington At Newport [1956]
7. Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers [1956]
8. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets [1957]
9. Count Basie – The Atomic Mr Basie [1957]
10. Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners [1957]
11. Sabu – Palo Congo [1957]
12. Miles Davis – Birth Of The Cool [1957]
13. Machito – Kenya [1957]
14. Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard [1957]
15. Tito Punete & His Orchestra- Dance mania Vol.1 [1958]
16. Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin [1958]
17. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Jack Takes The Floor [1958]
18. Sarah Vaughan – Live At Mister Kelly’s [1958]
19. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book [1959]
20. Ray Charles – The Genius Of Ray Charles [1959]
21. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue [1959]
22. Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs [1959]
23. Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out [1959]
24. Joan Baez – Joan Baez [1960]
25. Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back! [1960]
26. Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba [1960]
27. The Everly Brothers – A Date With The Everly Brothers [1960]
28. Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack [1960]
29. Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters At Newport [1960]
30. Bill Evans – Sunday At The Village Vanguard [1961]
31. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music [1962]
32. Booker T & The MGs – Green Onions [1962]
33. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba [1962]
34. Ray Price – Night Life [1962]
35. The Beatles – With The Beatles [1963]
36. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan [1963]
37. Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift To You [1963]
38. Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club [1963]
39. Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady [1963]
40. James Brown – Live At The Apollo [1963]
41. Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto [1963]
42. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night [1964]
43. Jacques Brel – Olympia ’64 [1964]
44. Solomon Burke – Rock & Soul [1964]
45. Dusty Springfield – A Girl Called Dusty [1964]
46. The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones  [1964]
47. Buck Owens - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail [1965]
48. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club Hamburg [1965]
49. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics [1965]
50. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home [1965]
51. Otis Redding - Otis Blue- Otis Redding Sings Soul [1965]
52. The Beach Boys - Today![1965]
53. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme [1965] 
54. BB King - Live At The Regal [1965] 
55. Beatles - Rubber Soul [1965] 
56. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch [1965] 
57. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man [1965] 
58. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited [1965] 
59. The Who - My Generation [1965] 
60. Beatles - Revolver [1966] 
61. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [1966] 
62. Fred Neil - Fred Neil [1967] 
63. The Byrds - Fifth Dimension [1966] 
64. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde [1966] 
65. Monks - Black Monk Time [1966] 
66. The Kinks - Face To Face [1966] 
67. The Mamas & the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears [1966] 
68. Paul Revere And The Raiders - Midnight Ride [1966] 
69. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out [1966] 
70. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath [1966] 
71. Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley Sage Rosemary And Thyme [1966] 
72. The 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds of the13th Floor Elevators [1966] 
73. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton [1966] 
74. The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer [1966] 
75. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind [1966] 
76. Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba [1967] 
77. Nico - Chelsea Girl [1967] 
78. The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band [1967]
79. Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For Mind And Body [1967] 
80. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again [1967] 
81. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Safe As Milk [1967] 
82. Moby Grape - Moby Grape [1967] 
83. Love - Da Capo [1967] 
84. Beau Brummels - Triangle [1967] 
85. The Monkees - Headquarters [1967] 
86. Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello [1967] 
87. Love - Forever Changes [1967] 
88. Cream - Disraeli Gears [1967] 
89. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn [1967]
90. The Who - The Who Sell Out [1967] 
91. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico [1967]
92. Frank Sinatra - Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim [1967]
93. The Doors - The Doors [1967]
94. The Birds - Younger Than Yesterday [1967]
95. The Young Rascals - Groovin [1967]
96. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow [1967]
97. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks [1967]
98. Donovan - Sunshine Superman [1967]
99. Merle Haggard - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive [1967]
100. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced [1967]
101. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream [1967]
102. Loretta Lynn - Don`t Come Home a Drinkin [1967]
103. Shivkumar Sharma-Brijbushan Kabra-Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call Of The Valley [1967]
104. The Velvet Underground - White Light - White Heat [1967]
105. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love [1967]
106. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You [1967]
107. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet [1968]
108. Traffic - Traffic [1968]
109. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daught [1968]
110. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society [1968]
111. Ravi Shankar-The Sounds Of India [1968]
112. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes [1968] 
113. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland [1968]
114. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen [1968]
115. Johnny Cash - Cash [1968]
116. Laura Nyro - Eli & the Thirteenth Confession [1968]
117. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul [1968]
118. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum [1968]
119. The Byrds - The Notorius Byrd Brothers [1968]
120. Big Brother And The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills [1968]
121. The United States Of America - The United States Of America [1967]
122. Dr John - Gris -Gris [1968]
123. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [1968]
124. The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow [1968]
125. Simon And Garfunkel - Bookends [1968]
126. The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake [1968]
127. The Band - Music From Big Pink [1968]
128. Jeff Beck - Truth [1968]
129. Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso [1968]
130. Scott Walker - Scott 2 [1968]
131. The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle [1968]
132. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks [1968]
133. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo [1968]
134. The Beatles - White Album [1968]
135. The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only in it for the Money [1968]
136. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere [1968]
137. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica [1969]
138. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country [1969]
139. Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN [1969]
140. Blood Sweat and Tears - Blood Sweat and Tears [1969]
141. Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin [1969]
142. Johnny Cash - San Quentin [1969]
143. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River [1969]
144. The Beatles - Abbey Road [1969] 
145. The Who - Tommy [1969]
146. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way [1969]
147. Bee Gees - Odessa [1969]
148. Pentangle - Basket of Light [1969]
149. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed [1969]
150. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left [1969] 
151. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis [1969]
152. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis [1969]
153. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground [1969]
154. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails [1969]
155. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I [1968] 
156. The Band - The Band [1969]
157. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II [1969]
158. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams [1969]
159. The Temptations - Cloud Nine [1969]
160. Sly And The Family Stone - Stand! [1969]
161. Tim Buckley - Happy Sad [1969]
162. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authoroty [1969]
163. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking [1969]
164. The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain [1969]
165. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul [1969]
166. The Grateful Dead - Live-Dead [1969]
167. The Kinks - Arthur Or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire [1969]
168. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King [1969]
169. Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room [1969]
170. Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief [1969]
171. Scott Walker - Scott 4 [1969]
172. The Stooges - The Stooges [1969]
173. Alexander Skip Spence - Oar [1969]
174. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats [1969]
175. Creedence Clearwater Revival -Cosmo's Factory [1969]
176. Derek And The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs [1970]
177. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [1970]
178. Spirit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus [1970]
179. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath [1970]
180. The Doors - Morrison Hotel [1970]
181. The Carpenters - Close To You [1970]
182. Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills [1970]
183. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (1970)
184. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu [1970]
185. Black Sabbath - Paranoid [1970]
186. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [1970]
187. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III [1970]
188. Deep Purple - In Rock [1970]
189. Van Morrison - Moondance [1970]
190. Grateful Dead - American Beauty [1970]
191. Nick Drake - Bryter Lyter [1970]
192. Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar [1970]
193. The Who - Live at Leeds [1970]
194. Soft Machine - Third [1970]
195. Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley [1970]
196. George Harrison - All Thing Must Pass [1970]
197. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water [1970]
198. Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman [1970] 
199. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die [1970]
200. The Stooges - Fun House [1970] 
201. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James [1970]
202. Paul McCartney - McCartney [1970]
203. Santana - Abraxas [1970]
204. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs [1970]
205. Jethro Tull - Aqualung [1971]
206. David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name [1971]
207. Sly And The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On [1971]
208. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On [1971]
209. Yes - The Yes Album [1971]
210. Bee Gees - Trafalgar [1971]
211. The Who - Who's Next [1971]
212. Carole King - Tapestry [1971]
213. Isaac Hayes - Shaft [1971]
214. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East [1971]
215. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers [1971]
216. John Lennon - Imagine [1971]
217. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up [1971]
218. Yes - Fragile [1971]
219. The Doors - L.A. Woman [1971]
220. Can - Tago Mago [1971]
221. Elton John - Madman Across The Water [1971]
222. Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors [1971]
223. Don McLean - American Pie [1971]
224. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus [1971]
225. Led Zeppelin - IV [1971]
226. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson [1971]
227. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story [1971]
228. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition [1971]
229. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate [1971]
230. Joni Mitchell - Blue [1971]
231. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [1971]
232. Janis Joplin - Pearl [1971]
233. Fela Kuti - With Ginger Baker Live! [1971]
234. Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink. To a Blind Horse [1971]
235. The Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head [1971]
236. Gene Clark - White Light [1971]
237. John Prine - John Prine [1971]
238. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson [1971]
239. T-Rex - Electric Warrior [1971]
240. David Bowie - Hunky Dory [1971]
241. Randy Newman - Sail Away [1972]
242. Deep Purple - Machine Head [1972]
243. Big Star - # 1 Record [1972]
244. Black Sabbath - Vol 4 [1972]
245. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill [1972]
246. Neil Young - Harvest [1972]
247. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly [1972]
248. Slade - Slayed [1972]
249. Deep Purple - Made In Japan [1972]
250. Yes - Close To The Edge [1972]