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"Essential Albums"	Artist	Title	Release Date	Record Label	Genre
	2Pac	Me Against the World	March 14, 1995	Out da Gutta	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	2Pac	All Eyez on Me	February 13, 1996	Death Row	Hip-Hop / G-Funk
	6ix9ine	Day69	February 23, 2018	Scumgang	Hip-Hop / Trap
	Abandoned Places	With the Dead, in the Language of the Dead	March 1, 2012	Self-Released	Electronic / Dungeon Synth
	Acid Bath	When the Kite String Pops	August 8, 1994	Rotten	Metal / Sludge Metal
	Adagio	Underworld	July 23, 2003	Nothing to Say	Metal / Power Metal
	Adicts, The	Songs of Praise	1981	Dwed Wecords	Punk / Punk Rock
	Aerial Jungle	Mosaic	August 13, 2010	Hooker Vision	Experimental / Ambient
	Agalloch	The Mantle	August 13, 2002	The End	Metal / Folk Metal
	Agent Orange	Living in Darkness	November 1981	Posh Boy	Punk / Surf Punk
	Air	Moon Safari	January 16, 1998	Source	Electronic / Downtempo
	Albert Ayler Trio	Spiritual Unity	May 1965	ESP-Disk	Jazz / Free Jazz
	Alec Empire	The Destroyer	June 1996	Digital Hardcore Recordings	Electronic / Breakcore
	Alestorm	Captain Morgan's Revenge	January 25, 2008	Napalm	Metal / Folk Metal
	Alice Coltrane	Journey in Satchidananda	February 1971	Impulse!	Jazz / Spiritual Jazz
	Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto	Insen	March 20, 2005	raster-noton	Electronic / Glitch
	American Football	American Football	September 14, 1999	Polyvinyl	Punk / Midwest Emo
	Amon Düül II	Yeti	April 1970	Liberty	Rock / Krautrock
	Amon Tobin	Bricolage	May 19, 1997	Ninja Tune	Electronic / Nu Jazz
	Andrew Hill	Point of Departure	April 1965	Blue Note	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	Andrew Jackson Jihad	People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World	September 11, 2007	Asian Man	Punk / Folk Punk
	Androgynous Mind	Nightstalker	April 13, 2012	Self-Released	Punk / Post-Punk
	Andy Kaufman	Andy and His Grandmother	July 16, 2013	Drag City	Non-Music / Spoken Word
	Andy Stott	Faith in Strangers	November 18, 2014	Modern Love	Electronic / Deconstructed Club
	Angelic Process, The	Weighing Souls with Sand	May 15, 2007	Profound Lore	Metal / Doomgaze
	Angelo Badalamenti	Soundtrack from Twin Peaks	September 11, 1990	Warner Bros.	Jazz / Dark Jazz
	Angra	Rebirth	November 13, 2001	Paradoxx Music	Metal / Power Metal
	Animal Collective*	Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished	July 31, 2000	Animal	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Animal Collective	Sung Tongs	May 3, 2004	FatCat	Folk / Freak Folk
	Animal Collective	Feels	October 18, 2005	FatCat	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Animal Collective	Strawberry Jam	September 10, 2007	Domino	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion	January 6, 2009	Domino	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Anthony Shake Shakir	Frictionalism 1994-2009	December 2009	Rush Hour	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Anticon	Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop	1999	Anticon	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Anti-Nowhere League	We Are... The League	April 1982	WXYZ	Punk / Oi!
	Antipop Consortium	Arrhythmia	April 2, 2002	Warp	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Antlers, The	Hospice	March 23, 2009	Self-Released	Rock / Slowcore
	Antônio Carlos Jobim	Wave	October 1967	A&M	World / Bossa Nova
	Antônio Carlos Jobim	Stone Flower	July 7, 1970	CTI	World / Bossa Nova
	Aphex Twin	Selected Ambient Works 85-92	November 9, 1992	Apollo	Electronic / Ambient Techno
	Aphex Twin	Richard D. James Album	November 4, 1996	Warp	Electronic / Drill and Bass
	Arca	Mutant	November 20, 2015	Mute	Electronic / Deconstructed Club
	Arcade Fire	Funeral	September 14, 2004	Merge	Rock / Indie Rock
	Arcade Fire	Neon Bible	March 5, 2007	Merge	Rock / Indie Rock
	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers	Moanin'	1958	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti	The Doldrums	2000	Demonstration Bootleg	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Ariel Pink	pom pom	November 17, 2014	4AD	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Arvo Pärt / Various Artists	Tabula Rasa	September 1984	ECM New Series	Classical / Holy Minimalism
	Astral Projection*	Trust in Trance	1996	Trust in Trance	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Astrud Gilberto	The Astrud Gilberto Album	1965	Verve	World / Bossa Nova
	At the Drive-In	Relationship of Command	September 12, 2000	Grand Royal	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Athiest	Unquestionable Presence	August 30, 1991	Active	Metal / Technical Death Metal
	Atlas Sound	Logos	October 19, 2009	kranky	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Autechre	Amber	November 7, 1994	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Autechre	Tri Repetae	November 6, 1995	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Autechre	Confield	April 30, 2001	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Autopoieses	La Vie à Noir	1999	Mille Plateaux	Electronic / Glitch
	Avalanches, The	Since I Left You	November 27, 2000	Modular	Hip-Hop / Instrumental Hip-Hop
	Avantasia	The Metal Opera	January 22, 2001	AFM	Metal / Power Metal
	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn Thing	April 17, 2007	RCA	Punk / Pop Punk
	Ayreon	Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera	October 31, 1998	Transmission	Metal / Progressive Metal
	B. Fleischmann	Welcome Tourist	November 2003	Morr	Electronic / Glitch Pop
	B L A C K I E	Gen	June 25, 2012	Tooth	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Bad Brains	Bad Brains	February 5, 1982	ROIR	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Baden Powell	À Vontade	June 1964	Elenco	World / Choro
	Band, The	Music from Big Pink	July 1, 1968	Capitol	Rock / Roots Rock
	Banda Black Rio	Maria Fumaça	1977	Atlantic	World / Samba Soul
	Bark Psychosis	Hex	February 14, 1994	Circa	Rock / Post-Rock
	Barn Owl	Lost in the Glare	September 13, 2011	Thrill Jockey	Experimental / Ambient Americana
	Basic Channel	BCD-2	May 2008	Basic Channel	Electronic / Minimal Techno
	Bathory	Blood Fire Death	October 17, 1988	Under One Flag	Metal / Black Metal
	Bathory	Hammerheart	April 23, 1990	Noise International	Metal / Viking Metal
	Beach Boys, The	Pet Sounds	May 16, 1966	Capitol	Pop / Baroque Pop
	Beach Boys, The	Surf's Up	August 30, 1971	Brother	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Beach Boys, The	SMiLE Sessions	October 31, 2011	Captiol	Pop / Baroque Pop
	Beach House	Teen Dream	January 26, 2010	Sub Pop	Rock / Dream Pop
	Beach House	Bloom	May 15, 2012	Sub Pop	Rock / Dream Pop
	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	November 15, 1986	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Mid-School Hip-Hop
	Beastie Boys	Paul's Boutique	July 25, 1989	Capitol	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Beat Happening	Beat Happening	November 1985	K	Pop / Twee Pop
	Beatles, The	Rubber Soul	December 3, 1965	Parlophone	Rock / Pop Rock
	Beatles, The	Revolver	August 5, 1966	Parlophone	Rock / Pop Rock
	Beatles, The	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	May 26, 1967	Parlophone	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Beatles, The	Abbey Road	September 26, 1969	Apple	Rock / Pop Rock
	Beck	Odelay	June 18, 1996	DGC	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Beck	Sea Change	September 24, 2002	Geffen	Rock / Folk Rock
	Belle and Sebastian	If You're Feeling Sinister	November 18, 1996	Jeepster	Pop / Chamber Pop
	Between the Buried and Me	Colors	September 18, 2007	Victory	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Between the Buried and Me	The Great Misdirect	October 27, 2009	Victory	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Big Black	Atomizer	January 1, 1986	Homestead	Punk / Pigfuck
	Big Black	Songs About Fucking	September 10, 1987	Touch and Go	Punk / Pigfuck
	Big L	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous	March 28, 1995	Columbia	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Bill Callahan	Dream River	September 17, 2013	Drag City	Country / Americana
	Bill Evans Trio	Sunday at the Village Vanguard	October 1961	Riverside	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	Bill Evans Trio	Waltz for Debby	1962	Riverside	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	Bill Frisell	Disfarmer	July 21, 2009	Elektra Nonesuch	Experimental / Ambient Americana
	Bill Haley and His Comets	Rock Around the Clock	December 19, 1955	Decca	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Bill Hicks	Rant in E-Minor	February 25, 1997	Rykodisc	Non-Music / Stand-Up Comedy
	Binary Star	Masters of the Universe	October 31, 2000	Subterraneous	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Biosphere	Substrata	June 1997	All Saints	Experimental / Ambient
	Björk	Homogenic	September 22, 1997	One Little Independent	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Black Dog Productions	(Bytes)	March 8, 1993	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Black Flag	Damaged	November 1981	SST	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Black Magic Disco	Black Magic Disco	2007	Important	Experimental / Tribal Ambient
	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	February 13, 1970	Vertigo	Metal / Heavy Metal
	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	September 18, 1970	Vertigo	Metal / Heavy Metal
	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality	August 6, 1971	Vertigo	Metal / Heavy Metal
	Black Star	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star	September 29, 1998	Rawkus	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Blank Banshee	Blank Banshee 0	September 1, 2010	Hologram Bay	Electronic / Vaportrap
	Blasphemy	Fallen Angel of Doom....	August 1990	Wild Rags	Metal / War Metal
	Blaze Foley	Live at the Austin Outhouse	1999	Lost Art	Country / Progressive Country
	Blind Guardian	Imaginations from the Other Side	April 4, 1995	Virgin	Metal / Power Metal
	Blind Guardian	Nightfall in Middle-Earth	April 28, 1998	Virgin	Metal / Power Metal
	Blindead	Absence	October 14, 2013	Mystic Production	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Bloc Party	Silent Alarm	February 2, 2005	Wichita	Punk / Post-Punk Revival
	Blue Planet Corporation	Blue Planet	April 1999	Flying Rhino	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Blur	Parklife	April 25, 1994	Food	Rock / Britpop
	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	1958	Chess	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Boards of Canada	Music Has the Right to Children	April 20, 1998	Warp	Electronic / Downtempo
	Boards of Canada	Geogaddi	February 18, 2002	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Bob Dylan	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan	May 27, 1963	Columbia	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Bob Dylan	Bringing It All Back Home	April 1965	Columbia	Rock / Folk Rock
	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	August 30, 1965	Columbia	Rock / Folk Rock
	Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde	June 20, 1966	Columbia	Rock / Folk Rock
	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks	January 20, 1975	Columbia	Rock / Folk Rock
	Bon Iver	For Emma, Forever Ago	July 8, 2007	Self-Released	Folk / Indie Folk
	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	I See a Darkness	January 19, 1999	Palace	Country / Alt-Country
	Boom Bip & doseone	Circle	August 1, 2000	Mush	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Boredoms	Vision Creation Newsun	December 10, 1999	WEA Japan	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Boris	Flood	December 15, 2000	MIDI Creative	Rock / Post-Rock
	Boris	Boris at Last -Feedbacker-	December 25, 2003	Diwphalanx	Metal / Drone Metal
	Boris	Pink	November 18, 2005	Diwphalanx	Rock / Noise Rock
	Brainbombs	Obey	1996	The Releasing Eskimo	Punk / Pigfuck
	Brand New	The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me	November 21, 2006	Interscope	Rock / Indie Rock
	Brave Little Abacus, The	just got back from the discomfort—we're alright	May 29, 2010	Self-Released	Punk / Midwest Emo
	Brian Eno	Another Green World	November 14, 1975	Island	Experimental / Ambient
	Brian Eno	Ambient 1: Music for Airports	February 1979	E.G.	Experimental / Ambient
	Brian Eno & David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	February 25, 1981	Sire	World / Worldbeat
	Brian Wilson	SMiLE	September 28, 2004	Nonesuch	Pop / Baroque Pop
	Bright Eyes	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning	January 25, 2005	Saddle Creek	Folk / Indie Folk
	Broadcast	Tender Buttons	September 19, 2005	Warp	Pop / Ambient Pop
	Broken Social Scene	You Forgot It in People	October 15, 2002	Arts & Crafts	Rock / Indie Rock
	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	August 25, 1975	Columbia	Rock / Heartland Rock
	Bruce Springsteen	Nebraska	September 30, 1982	Columbia	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Brylho	Brylho	1983	Elektra	R&B / Funk
	Built to Spill	Perfect from Now On	January 28, 1997	Warner Bros.	Rock / Indie Rock
	Burial	Untrue	November 5, 2007	Hyperdub	Eletronic / Future Garage
	Burzum	Burzum	March 1992	Deathlike Silence Productions	Metal / Black Metal
	Burzum	Det Som Engang Var	August 1993	Cymophane Productions	Metal / Black Metal
	Burzum	Filosofem	January 31, 1996	Cymophane Productions	Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
	Burzum	Dauði Baldrs	October 14, 1997	Cymophane Productions	Electronic / Dungeon Synth
	Burzum	Hliðskjálf	April 12, 1999	Cymophane Productions	Electronic / Dungeon Synth
	Butthole Surfers	Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac	December 1984	Touch and Go	Punk / Pigfuck
	Byrds, The	Sweetheart of the Rodeo	August 1968	Columbia	Rock / Country Rock
	C'est la Key	Superflat	April 5, 2017	Self-Released	Non-Music / Radio Drama
	C'est la Key	A Pier in a Pyre	July 29, 2017	Self-Released	Non-Music / Radio Drama
	Caboladies	Crowded Out Memory	2009	Gneiss Things	Electronic / Glitch
	Can	Tago Mago	August 1971	United Artists	Rock / Krautrock
	Can	Ege Bamyasi	November 29, 1972	United Artists	Rock / Krautrock
	Can	Future Days	1973	United Artists	Rock / Krautrock
	Candlemass	Epicus Doomicus Metallicus	June 10, 1986	Black Dragon	Metal / Epic Doom Metal
	Candy Claws	Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time	June 25, 2013	Two Syllable	Rock / Dream Pop
	Cannibal Ox	The Cold Vein	May 15, 2001	Definitive Jux	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Cannonball Adderley	Somethin' Else	August 1958	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Capdown	Civil Disobedients	May 22, 2000	Household Name	Punk / Skacore
	caP'n Jazz	Analphabetaapolothology	January 8, 1998	Jade Tree	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Cappadonna	The Pillage	March 24, 1998	Razor Sharp	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Safe as Milk	August 1967	Buddah	Rock / Garage Psych
	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Trout Mask Replica	June 16, 1969	Straight	Rock / Blues Rock
	Car Seat Headrest	Twin Fantasy*	November 2, 2011	Self-Released	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Carcass	Swansong	June 10, 1996	Earache	Metal / Death 'n' Roll
	Cardiacs	Sing to God	June 10, 1996	Alphabet Business Concern	Rock / Zolo
	Caretaker, The	An Empty Bliss Beyond This World	June 1, 2011	History Always Favours the Winners	Experimental / Ambient
	Carissa's Wierd	Songs About Leaving	August 6, 2002	Sad Robot	Rock / Slowcore
	Carl Perkins	Dance Album Of... Carl Perkins	1958	Sun	Rock / Rockabilly
	Carlos Dafé	Pra Que Vou Recordar	1977	Warner Bros.	World / Samba Soul
	Carlos Lyra	Bossa Nova	1959	Philips	World / Bossa Nova
	Cassiano	Cuban Soul: 18 Kilates	1976	Polydor	R&B / Smooth Soul
	Cecil Taylor	Unit Structures	October 1966	Blue Note	Jazz / Free Jazz
	Cemetary	An Evil Shade of Grey	June 1992	Black Mark Productions	Metal / Death Metal
	Chameleons, The	Script of the Bridge	August 8, 1983	Statik	Punk / Post-Punk
	Chameleons, The	Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La	October 1, 1990	Glass Pyramid	Punk / Post-Punk
	Chantels, The	The Best of The Chantels	1990	Rhino	Pop / Girl Group
	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	October 1959	Columbia	Jazz / Post-Bop
	Charles Mingus	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady	July 1963	Impulse!	Jazz / Third Stream
	Chemical Brothers, The	Dig Your Own Hole	April 7, 1997	Freestyle Dust	Electronic / Big Beat
	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Sings	1954	Pacific Jazz	Jazz / Vocal Jazz
	Chet Baker	Chet	1959	Riverside	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	Chi-A.D.	Virtiual Spirit	November 1997	Ganesha	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Chordettes, The	25 All-Time Greatest Recordings	February 8, 2000	Varèse Sarabande	Pop / Girl Group
	Chrome	Half Machine Lip Moves	March 15, 1979	Siren	Punk / Post-Punk
	Chuck Berry	The Great Twenty-Eight	1982	Chess	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Chuck Person	Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1	August 8, 2010	The Curational Club	Electronic / Eccojams
	Clarence Clarity	No Now	March 2, 2015	Bella Union	Electronic / Glitch Pop
	Clash, The	London Calling	December 14, 1979	CBS	Punk / New Wave
	Clipse	Hell Hath No Fury	November 28, 2006	Re-Up Gang	Hip-Hop / Coke Rap
	cLOUDDEAD	cLOUDDEAD	May 1, 2001	Big Dada	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Coasters, The	The Coasters	November 1957	ATCO	R&B / Doo-Wop
	Cock Sparrer	Shock Troops	1983	Razor	Punk / Oi!
	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	November 12, 1984	4AD	Rock / Dream Pop
	Cocteau Twins	Heaven or Las Vegas	September 17, 1990	4AD	Rock / Dream Pop
	Codeine	Frigid Stars LP	February 1991	Glitterhouse	Rock / Slowcore
	Coil	Horse Rotorvator	1986	Some Bizzare	Experimental / Industrial
	Coil	The Ape of Naples	December 2, 2005	Threshold House	Punk / Darkwave
	Color Box	Train to Chroma City	November 4, 1997	Hypnotic	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Common	Like Water for Chocolate	March 28, 2000	MCA	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Comus	First Utterance	1971	Dawn	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	Constructus Corporation, The	The Ziggurat	2003	African Dope	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Contortions / Teenage Jesus and The Jerks / Mars / D.N.A.	No New York	1978	Antilles	Punk / Post-Punk
	Converge	Jane Doe	September 4, 2001	Equal Vision	Punk / Mathcore
	Corridor	Le Voyage Éternal	May 19, 2015	Self-Released	Rock / Indie Rock
	Cosmosis	Cosmology	June 3, 1996	Transient	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	July 8, 1970	Fantasy	Rock / Swamp Rock
	Crew Cuts, The	The Best of The Crew Cuts - The Mercury Years	1996	Chronicles	R&B / Doo-Wop
	Crickets, The	The "Chirping" Crickets	November 27, 1957	Brunswick	Rock / Rockabilly
	Cryptopsy	None So Vile	July 3, 1996	Wrong Again	Metal / Brutal Death Metal
	Crystal Castles	Crystal Castles	March 18, 2008	Lies	Electronic / Synthpop
	Crystal Castles	II	April 23, 2010	Fiction	Electronic / Synthpop
	CunninLynguists	A Piece of Strange	January 24, 2006	The L.A. Underground	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Cure, The	Pornography	May 3, 1982	Fiction	Punk / Gothic Rock
	Cure, The	Disintegration	May 2, 1989	Fiction	Punk / Gothic Rock
	Current 93	All the Pretty Little Horses	1996	Durtro	Folk / Neofolk
	Curtis Mayfield	SuperFly	July 11, 1972	Curtom	R&B / Chicago Soul
	Cynic	Focus	September 13, 1993	Roadrunner	Metal / Technical Death Metal
	Daft Punk	Discovery	March 12, 2001	Virgin	Electronic / French House
	Daft Punk	Alive 2007	November 19, 2007	Virgin	Electronic / French House
	dälek	From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots	August 6, 2002	Ipecac Recordings	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	dälek	Absence	February 8, 2005	Ipecac Recordings	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Damaar	Triumph Through Spears of Sacrilege	December 5, 2007	Nuclear War Now!	Metal / War Metal
	Damned, The	Damned Damned Damned	February 18, 1977	Stiff	Punk / Punk Rock
	Daniel Johnston	Hi, How Are You	September 1983	Self-Released	Folk / Avant-Folk
	Daniel Johnston	1990	January 1990	Shimmy Disc	Folk / Indie Folk
	Danny Brown	XXX	August 15, 2011	Fool's Gold	Hip-Hop / Hardcore Hip-Hop
	Danny Brown	Atrocity Exhibition	September 27, 2016	Fool's Gold	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Darkthrone	Transilvanian Hunger	February 17, 1994	Peaceville	Metal / Black Metal
	Daughters	You Won't Get What You Want	October 26, 2018	Ipecac Recordings	Rock / Noise Rock
	Dave Brubeck Quartet, The	Time Out	December 14, 1959	Columbia	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	David Bowie	Hunky Dory	December 17, 1971	RCA Victor	Rock / Glam Rock
	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	June 16, 1972	RCA Victor	Rock / Glam Rock
	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	April 13, 1973	RCA Victor	Rock / Glam Rock
	David Bowie	Low	January 14, 1977	RCA Victor	Rock / Krautrock
	David Bowie	"Heroes"	October 14, 1977	RCA Victor	Punk / New Wave
	David Bowie	Blackstar	January 8, 2016	ISO	Rock / Experimental Rock
	David Zowie	House Every Weekend	July 3, 2015	Virgin EMI	Electronic / UK Jackin'
	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising	February 6, 1989	Tommy Boy	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	De La Soul	De La Soul Is Dead	May 14, 1991	Tommy Boy	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Dead Kennedys	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables	September 2, 1980	Cherry Red	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	deadmau5	Random Album Title	September 2, 2008	mau5trap	Electronic / Progressive House
	Deafheaven	Sunbather	June 11, 2013	Deathwish	Metal / Blackgaze
	Dean Blunt	The Redeemer	May 1, 2013	Hippos in Tanks	Pop / Chamber Pop
	Death	Human	October 22, 1991	Relativity	Metal / Technical Death Metal
	Death	The Sound of Perseverance	August 31, 1998	Nuclear Blast	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Death from Above 1979	You're a Woman, I'm a Machine	October 26, 2004	Last Gang	Punk / Dance-Punk Revival
	Death Grips	Ex Military	April 25, 2011	Self-Released	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Death Grips	The Money Store	April 24, 2012	Epic	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Death Grips	No Love Deep Web	October 1, 2012	Third Worlds	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Death Grips	Niggas on the Moon*	June 8, 2014	Third Worlds	Electronic / Glitch Hop
	Death Grips	The Powers That B	March 31, 2015	Third Worlds	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Death Grips	Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)	May 22, 2017	Third Worlds	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Deathspell Omega	Paracletus	November 9, 2010	Norma Evangelium Diaboli	Metal / Dissonant Black Metal
	Deep Magic	Closed Eyes	July 31, 2012	Debacle	Experimental / Ambient
	Deerhunter	Microcastle	August 19, 2008	kranky	Rock / Indie Rock
	Deftones	Saturday Night Wrist	October 31, 2006	Maverick	Metal / Alternative Metal
	Deicide	Deicide	June 26, 1990	R/C	Metal / Death Metal
	Deltron 3030	Deltron 3030	May 23, 2000	75 Ark	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Del-Vikings, The	Come Go with Us	June 1957	Dot	R&B / Doo-Wop
	Del-Vikings, The	Come Go with The Del-Vikings	July 1957	Luniverse	R&B / Doo-Wop
	Demilich	Nespithe	February 8, 1993	Necropolis	Metal / Technical Death Metal
	Demons & Wizards	Demons & Wizards	February 8, 2000	Steamhammer	Metal / US Power Metal
	Depeche Mode	Violator	March 19, 1990	Mute	Electronic / Synthpop
	Derek and The Dominos	Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs	November 9, 1970	Polydor	Rock / Blues Rock
	Derek Jarman	Blue	November 8, 1993	Mute	Experimental / Ambient
	Derrick May	Innovator*	April 21, 1996	Sony	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Devin Townsend Band, The	Accelerated Evolution	March 31, 2003	HevyDevy	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	August 28, 1978	Warner Bros.	Punk / New Wave
	D.I.	Horse Bites Dog Cries	1986	Reject	Punk / Skate Punk
	Digable Planets	Blowout Comb	October 18, 1994	Pendulum	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Digital Underground	Sex Packets	March 20, 1990	Tommy Boy	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Dinosaur Jr.*	You're Living All Over Me	December 14, 1987	SST	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Dirty Projectors	Bitte Orca	June 9, 2009	Domino	Pop / Indie Pop
	Dirty Three	Ocean Songs	March 1998	Touch and Go	Rock / Post-Rock
	Disclosure	Settle	June 3, 2013	PMR	Electronic / Deep Tech
	Disco Inferno	D. I. Go Pop	February 28, 1994	Rough Trade	Rock / Post-Rock
	Discordance Axis	The Inalienable Dreamless	May 23, 2000	Hydra Head	Punk / Grindcore
	Dismemberment Plan, The	Emergency & I	October 26, 1999	DeSoto	Rock / Indie Rock
	Dissection	Storm of the Light's Bane	November 17, 1995	Nuclear Blast	Metal / Melodic Black Metal
	Divine Styler	Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light	March 27, 1992	Giant	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Dizzee Rascal	Boy in da Corner	July 21, 2003	XL	Electronic / Grime
	DJ Screw	Bigtyme Volume II: All Screwed Up	1995	Bigtyme Recordz	Hip-Hop / Chopped and Screwed
	DJ Shadow	Endtroducing.....	September 16, 1996	Mo' Wax	Hip-Hop / Instrumental Hip-Hop
	DJ Sprinkles	Midtown 120 Blues	October 9, 2008	Mule Musiq	Electronic / Deep House
	Dntel	Life Is Full of Possibilities	October 30, 2001	Plug Research	Electronic / Glitch Pop
	Dolphins Into the Future	...On Seafaring Isolation	2009	Not Not Fun	Experimental / Ambient
	Don Caballero	What Burns Never Returns	June 9, 1998	Touch and Go	Rock / Math Rock
	Doof	Let's Turn On	November 4, 1996	TIP	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Doors, The	The Doors	January 4, 1967	Elektra	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Dories	Stripped	October 8, 2014	Egg Paper Factory	Rock / Math Pop
	doseone	Slowdeath (The Permanent Cry)	1999	Self-Released	Experimental / Ambient
	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	December 15, 1992	Death Row	Hip-Hop / G-Funk
	Dr. Dre	2001	November 16, 1999	Aftermath	Hip-Hop / Gangsta Rap
	Dr. Octagon	Dr. Octagonecologyst	May 7, 1996	Bulk	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Dream Syndicate, The	The Days of Wine and Roses	October 1982	Ruby	Rock / Jangle Pop
	Dream Theater	Images and Words	July 7, 1992	ATCO	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Drive Like Jehu	Yank Crime	April 26, 1994	Interscope	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Ducktails	Ducktails	May 11, 2009	Not Not Fun	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Duke Dumont	Won't Look Back	August 31, 2014	Blasé Boys Club	Electronic / Diva House
	Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach	Money Jungle	February 1963	United Artists	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Duke Ellington	Far East Suite	June 1967	RCA Victor	Jazz / Progressive Big Band
	Duster	Stratosphere	February 24, 1998	Up	Rock / Slowcore
	Earth	Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version	February 5, 1993	Sub Pop	Metal / Drone Metal
	Eat Static	Implant	1994	Planet Dog	Electronic / Psytrance
	Ed Motta e Conexão Japeri	Ed Motta e Conexão Japeri	1988	WEA	R&B / Contemporary R&B
	Edan	Beauty and the Beat	March 29, 2005	Lewis Recordings	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Edge of Sanity	Crimson	April 2, 1996	Black Mark	Metal / Melodic Death Metal
	Edguy	Mandrake	September 24, 2001	AFM	Metal / Power Metal
	Edú Lôbo e Maria Bethania	Edu e Bethania	1967	Elenco	World / Bossa Nova
	Einstürzende Neubauten	Halber Mensch	September 2, 1985	Some Bizarre	Experimental / Industrial
	El-P	Fantastic Damage	May 14, 2002	Definitive Jux	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Electric Wizard	Dopethrone	September 25, 2000	Rise Above	Metal / Stoner Metal
	Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim	Elis & Tom	1974	Philips	World / Bossa Nova
	Elliott Smith	Elliott Smith	July 21, 1995	Kill Rock Stars	Folk / Indie Folk
	Elliott Smith	Either/Or	February 25, 1997	Kill Rock Stars	Folk / Indie Folk
	Elvis Costello	My Aim Is True	July 22, 1977	Stiff	Punk / New Wave
	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	March 17, 1978	Radar	Punk / New Wave
	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	March 23, 1956	RCA Victor	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Emeralds	Does It Look Like I'm Here?	June 8, 2010	Editions Mego	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	May 23, 2000	Aftermath	Hip-Hop / Hardcore Hip-Hop
	Emperor	In the Nightside Eclipse	February 21, 1994	Candlelight	Metal / Symphonic Black Metal
	Ensemble Economique	Psychical	November 1, 2010	Not Not Fun	Experimental / Dark Ambient
	Enslaved	RIITIIR	September 28, 2012	Nuclear Blast	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Erdstall	Caverns of Endless	August 17, 2013	Self-Released	Electronic / Dungeon Synth
	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	July 7, 1987	4th & B'way	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Eric Dolphy	Out to Lunch!	August 1964	Blue Note	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	Esbjörn Svensson Trio	Viaticum	January 24, 2005	ACT	Jazz / ECM Style Jazz
	Etnica	Alien Protein	April 8, 1996	Blue Room Released	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Exuma	Exuma	May 1970	Mercury	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	Faith, The / Void	The Faith / Void	September 1982	Dischord	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Fall, The	Hex Enduction Hour	March 8, 1982	Kamera	Punk / Post-Punk
	Fall, The	This Nation's Saving Grace	September 23, 1985	Beggars Banquet	Punk / Post-Punk
	FaltyDL	Love Is a Liability	June 8, 2009	Planet Mu	Electronic / Future Garage
	Faust	Faust	September 21, 1971	Polydor	Rock / Krautrock
	Faux Fur	Faux Fur	July 29, 2013	Self-Released	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Feelies, The	Crazy Rhythms	February 29, 1980	Stiff	Punk / Post-Punk
	Fennesz	Endless Summer	July 3, 2001	Mego	Electronic / Glitch
	Field, The	From Here We Go Sublime	March 26, 2007	Kompakt	Electronic / Minimal Techno
	Fire! Orchestra	Exit!	January 11, 2013	Rune Grammofon	Jazz / Experimental Big Band
	Firesign Theatre, The	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers	July 22, 1970	Columbia	Non-Music / Sketch Comedy
	Firewind	Burning Earth	November 11, 2003	Leviathan	Metal / Power Metal
	Fishmans	Long Season	October 25, 1996	Polydor	Rock / Dream Pop
	Fishmans	98.12.28 男達の別れ*	September 29, 1999	Polydor	Rock / Dream Pop
	Flaming Lips, The	The Soft Bulletin	May 17, 1999	Warner Bros.	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Flaming Lips, The	Embryonic	October 13, 2009	Warner Bros.	Rock / Space Rock Revival
	Flava D	More Love	April 15, 2015	Self-Released	Electronic / 2-Step
	Fleet Foxes	Fleet Foxes	June 3, 2008	Sub Pop	Folk / Chamber Folk
	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	February 4, 1977	Warner Bros.	Rock / Pop Rock
	Flossie and The Unicorns	L M N O P	October 20, 1998	Skin Graft	Electronic / Minimal Synth
	Flower Travellin' Band	Satori	April 5, 1971	Atlantic	Rock / Heavy Psych
	Flying Lotus	Cosmogramma	May 3, 2010	Warp	Electronic / Wonky
	Foetus*	Nail	October 1, 1985	Self Immolation	Rock / Industrial Rock
	Food for Animals	Belly	January 8, 2008	Hoss	Electronic / Glitch Hop
	Four Tet	Rounds	May 5, 2003	Domino	Electronic / Folktronica
	Frank Ocean	channel ORANGE	July 10, 2012	Def Jam Recordings	R&B / Alternative R&B
	Frank Ocean	Blond	August 20, 2016	Boys Don't Cry	R&B / Alternative R&B
	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours	April 25, 1955	Capitol	Jazz / Vocal Jazz
	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats	October 10, 1969	Bizarre	Rock / Jazz-Rock
	Freak Heat Waves	Freak Heat Waves	September 12, 2012	Self-Released	Punk / Post-Punk
	Freddie Hubbard	Red Clay	May 1970	CTI	Jazz / Post-Bop
	Fugazi	Fugazi	November 1988	Dischord	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Fugazi	Repeater	April 19, 1990	Dischord	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Fugazi	Red Medicine	July 12, 1995	Dischord	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	July 12, 1971	Westbound	Rock / Funk Rock
	Fushitsusha	1st	July 24, 1989	P.S.F.	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Future Sound of London, The	Lifeforms	May 23, 1994	Virgin	Electronic / Ambient Techno
	Galaxie 500	On Fire	October 23, 1989	Rough Trade	Rock / Slowcore
	Gamma Ray	No World Order!	September 10, 2001	Sanctuary	Metal / Power Metal
	Gang of Four	Entertainment!	September 25, 1979	EMI	Punk / Dance-Punk
	Gang Starr	Moment of Truth	March 31, 1998	Noo Trybe	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Gas	Pop	March 2000	Mille Plateaux	Experimental / Ambient
	Genesis	Selling England By the Pound	October 5, 1973	Charisma	Rock / Symphonic Prog
	Germs	(GI)	October 1979	Slash	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Gerson King Combo	Gerson King Combo	1977	Polydor	R&B / Soul
	Ghostface Killah	Ironman	October 29, 1996	Razor Sharp	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Ghostface Killah	Supreme Clientele	February 8, 2000	Razor Sharp	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Giles Corey	Giles Corey	April 30, 2011	Enemies List Home Recordings	Rock / Slowcore
	Glenn Branca	The Ascension	November 1981	99	Rock / Noise Rock
	Global Communication	76:14	June 1, 1994	Dedicated	Electronic / Chillout
	Ghostface Killah	Fishscale	March 28, 2006	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Coke Rap
	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	F♯A♯∞	August 14, 1997	Constellation	Rock / Post-Rock
	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!	October 9, 2000	Constellation	Rock / Post-Rock
	Gojira	From Mars to Sirius	September 27, 2005	Listenable	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Goldie	Timeless	August 7, 1995	FFRR	Electronic / Atmospheric Drum and Bass
	Gorgon City	Real EP	February 17, 2013	Black Butter	Electronic / Deep House
	Gorguts	Obscura	June 23, 1998	Olympic	Metal / Dissonant Death Metal
	Gorillaz	Demon Days	May 11, 2005	Parlophone	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Grant Green	Idle Moments	February 1965	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	November 1970	Warner Bros.	Rock / Country Rock
	Gravediggaz	6 Feet Deep*	August 9, 1994	Gee Street	Hip-Hop / Horrorcore
	Gretchen	Gretchen	February 18, 2013	Egg Paper Factory	Punk / Post-Punk
	Grimes	Visions	February 21, 2012	Arbutus	Electronic / Synthpop
	Grouper	A I A: Alien Observer	April 11, 2011	Yellow Electric	Experimental / Ambient
	Guided By Voices	Bee Thousand	June 21, 1994	Scat	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Gun Club, The	Fire of Love	August 31, 1981	Ruby	Punk / Punk Blues
	GZA/Genius	Liquid Swords	November 7, 1995	Geffen	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Haken	Visions	September 17, 2011	Sensory	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Hallucinogen	Twisted	October 16, 1995	Dragonfly	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Handsome Family, The	Through the Trees	April 6, 1998	Carrot Top	Country / Alt-Country
	Harm A. Drost	Speech After the Removal of the Larynx	1964	Folkways	Non-Music / Lectures
	Haruomi Hosono / Shigeru Suzuki / Tatsuro Yamashita	Pacific	June 21, 1978	CBS/Sony	Pop / City Pop
	Have a Nice Life	Deathconsciousness	January 24, 2008	Enemies List Home Recordings	Punk / Post-Punk
	Hecks, The	The Hecks	September 2, 2016	Trouble in Mind	Punk / Post-Punk
	Helios	Eingya	June 15, 2006	Type	Experimental / Ambient
	Hellier Ulysses	Ulysses Hellier	July 30, 2014	Egg Paper Factory	Rock / Math Pop
	Hellier Ulysses	Prime Example	March 15, 2016	OSR Tapes	Rock / Math Pop
	Helloween	Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I	May 23, 1987	Noise International	Metal / Power Metal
	Helloween	Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II	August 29, 1988	Noise International	Metal / Power Metal
	Henry Cow with Slapp Happy	In Praise of Learning	May 9, 1975	Virgin	Rock / Avant-Prog
	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters	October 26, 1973	Columbia	Jazz / Jazz-Funk
	High Wolf	Ascension	July 5, 2010	Not Not Fun	Experimental / Drone
	Hobo Cubes	Timeless / Mindless	May 10, 2011	Debacle	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Hold Steady, The	Separation Sunday	May 3, 2005	Frenchkiss	Rock / Pub Rock
	Holger Hiller	Little Present	August 1995	Mute	Non-Music / Audio Documentary
	Horace Silver Quintet, The	Song for My Father (Cantiga para Meu Pai)	January 1965	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Horsepower Productions	In Fine Style	October 21, 2002	Tempa	Electronic / Dubstep
	Hot Since 82	Little Black Book	October 21, 2013	Moda Black	Electronic / Deep Tech
	Human League, The	Dare	October 16, 1981	Virgin	Electronic / Synthpop
	Hüsker Dü	Zen Arcade	July 3, 1984	SST	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Hyldon	Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda...	April 1975	Polydor	World / Samba Soul
	Iceage	Plowing Into the Field of Love	October 6, 2014	Matador	Punk / Post-Punk
	Iggy Pop	The Idiot	March 18, 1977	RCA Victor	Punk / Post-Punk
	Iggy Pop	Lust for Life	September 9, 1977	RCA Victor	Rock / Garage Rock
	Imaginary Softwoods	The Path of Spectrolite	May 2011	Amethyst Sunset	Experimental / Ambient
	Immortal	At the Heart of Winter	February 22, 1999	Osmose	Metal / Black Metal
	Inspectah Deck	Uncontrolled Substance	October 5, 1999	Loud	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Interpol	Turn on the Bright Lights	August 19, 2002	Matador	Punk / Post-Punk Revival
	Iron Maiden	Powerslave	September 3, 1984	EMI	Metal / Heavy Metal
	Iron Maiden	Live After Death	October 14, 1985	EMI	Metal / Heavy Metal
	ISIS	Panopticon	October 19, 2004	Ipecac Recordings	Metal / Atmospheric Sludge Metal
	J Dilla	Donuts	February 7, 2006	Stones Throw	Hip-Hop / Instrumental Hip-Hop
	Jack Beats	Beatbox	March 18, 2014	OWSLA	Electronic / UK Jackin'
	Jackson C. Frank	Jackson C. Frank	December 1965	Columbia	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Jaïa	Blue Energy / Blue Synergy*	October 2000	Yellow Feather	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Jake Paul & Team 10	Litmas	December 1, 2017	Self-Released	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	James Blake	James Blake	February 4, 2011	ATLAS	R&B / Alternative R&B
	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Live at the Apollo	May 1963	King	R&B / Soul
	James Ferraro	Marble Surf	September 2008	New Age Tapes	Experimental / Ambient
	James Ferraro	Last American Hero*	November 10, 2008	Dreamtime Taped Sounds	Experimental / Ambient Americana
	James Ferraro	KFC City 3099: Pt. 1 Toxic Spill	February 2, 2009	New Age Tapes	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	James Ferraro	Far Side Virtual	October 25, 2011	Hippos in Tanks	Electronic / Utopian Virtual
	James Ferraro	God of London	November 19, 2013	Self-Released	Experimental / Sound Collage
	Jan Jelinek	Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records	February 2, 2001	~scape	Electronic / Microhouse
	Jay-Z	The Blueprint	September 11, 2001	Roc-A-Fella	Hip-Hop / Chipmunk Soul
	Je Suis le Petit Chevalier	An Age of Wonder	March 23, 2012	Shelter Press	Experimental / Ambient
	Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygène	December 1976	Les Disques Motors	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Jeff Buckley	Grace	August 23, 1994	Columbia	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Jeff Mills	Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo	June 20, 1996	React Music Limited	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Jefferson Airplane	Volunteers	November 1969	RCA Victor	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jerry Lee Lewis	1958	Sun	Rock / Rockabilly
	Jerry Lee Lewis	Last Man Standing	September 26, 2006	Artists First	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Jesu	Jesu	December 8, 2004	Hydra Head	Metal / Doomgaze
	Jesus and Mary Chain, The	Psychocandy	November 18, 1985	Blanco y Negro	Rock / Noise Pop
	Jesus Lizard, The	Goat	1991	Touch and Go	Punk / Pigfuck
	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	March 3, 1972	Chrysalis	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Jim O'Rourke	Eureka	February 25, 1999	Drag City	Pop / Chamber Pop
	Jimi Hendrix Experience, The	Are You Experienced	May 12, 1967	Polydor	Rock / Acid Rock
	Jimi Hendrix Experience, The	Electric Ladyland	October 16, 1968	Polydor	Rock / Acid Rock
	Joanna Newsom	Ys	November 14, 2006	Drag City	Folk / Chamber Folk
	Joanna Newsom	Have One on Me	February 23, 2010	Drag City	Folk / Chamber Folk
	João Gilberto	Chega de Saudade	April 14, 1959	Odeon	World / Bossa Nova
	Joe Stone	The Party (This Is How We Do It)	May 15, 2015	Spinnin'	Electronic / Euro House
	John Coltrane	Blue Train	January 1958	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme	January 1965	Impulse!	Jazz / Spiritual Jazz
	John Coltrane	Ascension	February 1966	Impulse!	Jazz / Free Jazz
	John Fahey	America	1971	Takoma	Folk / American Primitivism
	John Fahey	Fare Foward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)	1973	Takoma	Folk / American Primitivism
	John Fahey	The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick	November 9, 2004	Water	Folk / American Primitivism
	John Maus	We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves	June 27, 2011	Ribbon Music	Electronic / Synthpop
	Johnny Cash	At Folsom Prison	May 6, 1968	Columbia	Country / Outlaw Country
	Jon Hopkins	Immunity	June 3, 2013	Domino	Electronic / Microhouse
	Joni Mitchell	Blue	June 22, 1971	Reprise	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	June 15, 1979	Factory	Punk / Post-Punk
	Joy Division	Closer	July 18, 1980	Factory	Punk / Gothic Rock
	Juan Atkins	20 Years 1985-2005	April 22, 2005	Tresor	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Julio Bashmore	Au Seve	July 2, 2012	Broadwalk	Electronic / Deep Tech
	Jun Miyake	Innocent Bossa in the Mirror	2002	Tropical	World / Bossa Nova
	Juno Reactor	Transmissions	1993	NovaMute	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Justice	†	June 11, 2007	Ed Banger	Electronic / French Electro
	Justin Martin	Don't Go	May 8, 2012	Dirtybird	Electronic / Deep Tech
	Kamasi Washington	The Epic	May 5, 2015	Brainfeeder	Jazz / Spiritual Jazz
	KANT	Ey Yo*	June 16, 2014	One More Tune	Electronic / Tech House
	KanYe West	The College Dropout	February 10, 2004	Roc-A-Fella	Hip-Hop / Chipmunk Soul
	KanYe West	Late Registration	August 30, 2005	Roc-A-Fella	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	KanYe West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	November 22, 2010	Roc-A-Fella	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	KanYe West	Yeezus	June 18, 2013	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	KanYe West	The Life of Pablo	February 14, 2016	GOOD Music	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	Kashiwa Daisuke	Program Music I	August 24, 2007	Noble	Classical / Modern Classical
	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love	September 16, 1985	EMI	Pop / Progressive Pop
	Kayo Dot	Choirs of the Eye	October 21, 2003	Tzadik	Metal / Post-Metal
	Kazumoto Endo	While You Were Out	1999	BOXmedia	Experimental / Harsh Noise
	Keith Jarrett	The Köln Concert	November 30, 1975	ECM	Jazz / ECM Style Jazz
	Kelly Bailey	Half-Life	October 31, 1998	Sierra On-Line, Inc.	Experimental / Ambient
	Ken	By Request Only	1976	Self-Released	Gospel / Country Gospel
	Ken Ishii	Jelly Tones	November 13, 1995	R&S	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city	October 22, 2012	Top Dawg Entertainment	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp a Butterfly	March 15, 2015	Top Dawg Entertainment	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	April 14, 2017	Top Dawg Entertainment	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Kero Kero Bonito	Bonito Generation	October 21, 2016	Double Denim	Electronic / Electropop
	Kevin Saunderson	Faces & Phases	1996	Six6	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Kid Koala	Some of My Best Friends Are DJs	October 7, 2003	Ninja Tune	Hip-Hop / Turntablism
	KIDS SEE GHOSTS	KIDS SEE GHOSTS	June 8, 2018	GOOD Music	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	Kiesza	Hideaway	July 7, 2014	Island	Electronic / Deep House
	Killah Priest	Heavy Mental	March 1998	Geffen	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	King Crimson	In the Court of the Crimson King	October 10, 1969	Island	Rock / Progressive Rock
	King Crimson	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	March 23, 1973	Island	Rock / Progressive Rock
	King Crimson	Red	October 1974	Island	Rock / Progressive Rock
	King Crimson	Discipline	October 2, 1981	E.G.	Rock / Progressive Rock
	King Krule	The Ooz	October 13, 2017	True Panther Sounds	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Kinks, The	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	November 22, 1968	Pye	Rock / Pop Rock
	Klaus Schulze	Irrlicht	August 1972	Ohr	Experimental / Space Ambient
	KLF, The	Chill Out	February 5, 1990	KLF Communications	Experimental / Ambient
	KLF, The	The White Room	March 4, 1991	KLF Communications	Electronic / Acid House
	Knife, The	Silent Shout	February 17, 2006	Rabid	Electronic / Electropop
	Knife, The	Shaking the Habitual	April 5, 2013	Rabid	Experimental / Post-Industrial
	Knows, The	New Enigmas	May 14, 2014	Self-Released	Punk / Post-Punk
	Komodo Haunts	Low Winged, Silken Plumes	May 12, 2012	Sangoplasmo	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	KoЯn	KoЯn	October 11, 1994	Immortal	Metal / Nu Metal
	Kraftwerk	Trans-Europe Express	March 1977	Kling Klang	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Kraftwerk	The Man-Machine	April 28, 1978	Kling Klang	Electronic / Synthpop
	Kyuss	Welcome to Sky Valley	June 28, 1994	Elektra	Rock / Stoner Rock
	LA Vampires featuring Matrix Meals	So Unreal	November 23, 2010	Not Not Fun	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Lamborghini Crystal	1992 Cool Runnings	2006	New Age Tapes	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Larry Levans	Live at the Paradise Garage	April 17, 2000	Strut	R&B / Disco
	La's, The	The La's	October 1, 1990	Go! Discs	Rock / Jangle Pop
	LCD Soundsystem	Sound of Silver	March 12, 2007	DFA	Punk / Dance-Punk Revival
	Le Diktat	2 + 2 = 5	2005	Kubernoise	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	October 22, 1969	Atlantic	Rock / Hard Rock
	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	November 8, 1971	Atlantic	Rock / Hard Rock
	Lee Morgan	The Sidewinder	July 1964	Blue Note	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Lee Noble	Our Star, the Sun	September 15, 2010	Moon Glyph	Experimental / Ambient
	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Leonard Cohen	December 27, 1967	Columbia	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Love and Hate	March 19, 1971	Columbia	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Leprous	Bilateral	August 22, 2011	Inside Out Music	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Les Rallizes Dénudés	'77 Live	August 15, 1991	Rivista	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	LFO	Frequencies	July 22, 1991	Warp	Electronic / Bleep Techno
	Lift to Experience	The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads	June 26, 2001	Bella Union	Rock / Post-Rock
	Lightning Bolt	Wonderful Rainbow	March 4, 2003	Load	Rock / Noise Rock
	Lil Ugly Mane	Mista Thug Isolation	February 11, 2012	Self-Released	Hip-Hop / Memphis Rap
	Lil Ugly Mane	Third Side of Tape	April 29, 2015	Self-Released	Hip-Hop / Instrumental Hip-Hop
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	June 10, 2008	Cash Money	Hip-Hop / Pop Rap
	Lisa Germano	Geek the Girl	October 25, 1994	4AD	Rock / Slowcore
	Little Richard	Here's Little Richard	March 4, 1957	Specialty	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Liturgy	Aesthethica	May 10, 2011	Thrill Jockey	Metal / Transcendental Black Metal
	Lizzy Mercier Descloux	Press Color	1979	ZE	Punk / Dance-Punk
	Lolica Tonica	Eyes on You	January 23, 2017	Maltine	Electronic / 2-Step
	Long Long Long	Who the Fuck Said Family Ain't Family No More	April 20, 2011	Self-Released	Punk / Post-Punk
	Longmont Potion Castle	11	June 6, 2014	D.U.	Non-Music / Prank Calls
	Lou Reed	Transformer	November 8, 1972	RCA Victor	Rock / Glam Rock
	Lou Reed	Metal Machine Music: The Amine β Ring	July 1975	RCA Victor	Experimental / Noise
	Love	Forever Changes	November 1, 1967	Elektra	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Low	I Could Live in Hope	February 18, 1994	Vernon Yard	Rock / Slowcore
	Luiz Bonfá & Maria Toledo	Braziliana	1965	Philips	World / Bossa Nova
	Lunar Miasma	False Memories	July 2011	Sacred Phases	Experimental / Ambient
	Luomo	Vocalcity	May 23, 2000	Force Tracks	Electronic / Microhouse
	Mac Demarco	Salad Days	April 1, 2014	Captured Tracks	Rock / Jangle Pop
	Macintosh Plus	Floral Shoppe	December 9, 2011	Beer on the Rug	Electronic / Vaporwave
	Madness	One Step Beyond...	October 19, 1979	Stiff	Punk / 2 Tone
	Madvillain	Madvillainy	March 23, 2004	Stones Throw	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Magazine	Real Life	June 24, 1978	Virgin	Punk / Post-Punk
	Magma	Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh	May 6, 1973	Vertigo	Rock / Zeuhl
	Magnetic Fields, The	69 Love Songs	September 14, 1999	Merge	Pop / Indie Pop
	Man with No Name	Moment of Truth	February 12, 1996	Concept in Dance	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Manowar	Battle Hymns	June 14, 1982	Liberty	Metal / Heavy Metal
	Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4	1984	Inteam	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Marcos Valle	Samba '68	March 1968	Verve	World / Bossa Nova
	Mars Volta, The	De-Loused in the Comatorium	June 24, 2003	Gold Standard Laboratories	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Mars Volta, The	Frances the Mute	February 11, 2005	Gold Standard Laboratories	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Marshall McLuhan	The Medium Is the Massage	July 1967	Columbia	Experimental / Sound Collage
	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	May 21, 1971	Tamla	R&B / Progressive Soul
	Massive Attack	Blue Lines	April 8, 1991	Wild Bunch	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Massive Attack	Mezzanine	April 20, 1998	Virgin	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Masta Killa	No Said Date	June 1, 2004	Nature Sounds	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Mastodon	Leviathan	August 31, 2004	Relapse	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Mastodon	Blood Mountain	September 12, 2006	Reprise	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Mastodon	Crack the Skye	March 24, 2009	Reprise	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Matana Roberts	Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres	May 10, 2011	Constellation	Jazz / Spiritual Jazz
	Matrix Meals	Flamingo Breeze	May 2009	Not Not Fun	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	maudlin of the Well	Bath	August 31, 2001	Dark Symphonies	Metal / Progressive Metal
	maduling of the Well	Leaving Your Body Map	August 31, 2001	Dark Symphonies	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Max Roach	We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite	January 1961	Candid	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	MC5	Kick out the Jams	February 1969	Elektra	Rock / Garage Psych
	mclusky	mclusky Do Dallas	April 1, 2002	Too Pure	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Meat Beat Manifesto	Armed Audio Warfare	September 14, 1990	Wax Trax!	Hip-Hop / Industrial Hip-Hop
	Megadeth	Rust in Peace	September 24, 1990	Capitol	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Megadeth	Endgame	September 15, 2009	Roadrunner	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Melvins	Houdini	September 21, 1993	Atlantic	Metal / Sludge Metal
	Mercury Rev	Yerself Is Steam	May 14, 1991	Mint Films	Rock / Noise Pop
	Merzbow	Pulse Demon	May 28, 1996	Release Entertainment	Experimental / Harsh Noise
	Meshuggah	Nothing*	August 6, 2002	Nuclear Blast	Metal / Djent
	Meshuggah	Nothing*	November 3, 2006	Nuclear Blast	Metal / Djent
	Metallica	Ride the Lightning	July 27, 1984	Megaforce	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Metallica	Master of Puppets	March 3, 1986	Elektra	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Metallica	...And Justice for All	September 7, 1988	Elektra	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Method Man	Tical	November 15, 1994	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Method Man & Redman	Blackout!	September 28, 1999	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	MF DOOM	Operation Doomsday	October 19, 1999	Fondle 'Em	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	MF DOOM	MM..FOOD	November 16, 2004	Rhymesayers	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	MFG	The Prophecy	1996	Phonokol	Electronic / Goa Trance
	MGMT	Little Dark Age	February 9, 2018	Columbia	Electronic / Synthpop
	Michael Jackson	Thriller	November 29, 1982	Epic	Pop / Dance-Pop
	Michael Jackson	Bad	August 31, 1987	Epic	Pop / Dance-Pop
	Microphones, The	"The Glow" Pt. 2	September 11, 2001	K	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	Microstoria	_snd	June 3, 1996	Mille Plateaux	Electronic / Glitch
	Midori	あらためまして、はじめまして、ミドリです。	May 14, 2008	Sony Music Associated	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Miles Davis	Kind of Blue	August 17, 1959	Columbia	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	Miles Davis	In a Silent Way	July 30, 1969	Columbia	Jazz / Jazz Fusion
	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew	March 30, 1970	Columbia	Jazz / Jazz Fusion
	Minor Threat	Complete Discography	January 1990	Dischord	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Minutemen	Double Nickels on the Dime	July 3, 1984	SST	Punk / Post-Punk
	Miranda July	The Binet-Simon Test	May 12, 1998	Kill Rock Stars	Non-Music / Radio Drama
	Mission of Burma	Vs.	October 11, 1982	Ace of Hearts	Punk / Post-Punk
	MJ Cole	Sincere	August 7, 2000	Talkin' Loud	Electronic / 2-Step
	Mobb Deep	The Infamous	April 25, 1995	Loud	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Moby	Play	May 17, 1999	Mute	Electronic / Downtempo
	Modest Mouse	The Lonesome Crowded West	November 18, 1997	Up	Rock / Indie Rock
	Modest Mouse	The Moon and Antarctica	June 13, 2000	Epic	Rock / Indie Rock
	Mogwai	Mogwai Young Team	October 21, 1997	Chemikal Underground	Rock / Post-Rock
	Mohave Triangles	Eternal Light of the Desert Plateaus	November 9, 2011	Hooker Vision	Experimental / Ambient
	Monks	Black Monk Time	March 1966	Ploydor	Rock / Garage Rock
	Monopoly Child Star Searchers	Bamboo for Two	November 11, 2010	Olde English Spelling Bee	Experimental / Tribal Ambient
	Mood II Swing	All Night Long With	1997	Urban	Electronic / Garage House
	Moondog	Moondog	October 1, 1969	Columbia Masterworks	Jazz / Third Stream
	Morbid Angel	Altars of Madness	May 12, 1989	Earache	Metal / Death Metal
	Morbid Saint	Spectrum of Death	September 2, 1990	Avanzada Metálica	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Morton Feldman / Various Artists	Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?	1991	New Albion	Classical / Chamber Music
	Mos Def	Black on Both Sides	October 12, 1999	Rawkus	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Mothers of Invention, The	Freak Out!	June 27, 1966	Verve	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Mothers of Invention, The	Uncle Meat	April 21, 1969	Bizarre	Rock / Avant-Prog
	Motion Sickness of Time Travel / Nova Scotian Arms	The Fire Cult to Your Dream Child	September 1, 2010	Hooker Vision	Experimental / Ambient
	Motion Sickness of Time Travel / Nova Scotian Arms	Slow Architecture	March 8, 2011	Sweat Lodge Guru	Experimental / Ambient
	Mouse on the Keys	An Anxious Object	July 8, 2009	Machu Picchu	Jazz / Jazz Fusion
	Mr. Bungle	Mr. Bungle	August 13, 1991	Warner Bros.	Metal / Funk Metal
	Mr. Bungle	California	July 13, 1999	Warner Bros.	Rock / Surf Rock
	Mountain Goats, The	The Sunset Tree	April 26, 2005	4AD	Folk / Indie Folk
	múm	Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK	December 23, 1999	TMT	Electronic / Glitch
	Murmuüre	Murmuüre	March 2010	Cold Void Emanations	Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
	My Bloody Valentine	You Made Me Realise	August 8, 1988	Creation	Rock / Shoegaze
	My Bloody Valentine	Isn't Anything	November 21, 1988	Creation	Rock / Shoegaze
	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	November 4, 1991	Creation	Rock / Shoegaze
	Myth	Evaporate	August 21, 2015	Halcyon Veil	Electronic / 2-Step
	Naked City*	Naked City	February 16, 1990	Elektra Nonesuch	Jazz / Jazz-Rock
	Napalm Death	Scum	July 1, 1987	Earache	Punk / Grindcore
	Nara Leão	Nara	February 1964	Elenco	World / Bossa Nova
	Nara Leão	Dez Anos Depois	April 1971	Polydor	World / Bossa Nova
	Nas	Illmatic	April 19, 1994	Columbia	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	National, The	Alligator	April 12, 2005	Beggars Banquet	Punk / Post-Punk Revival
	National, The	Boxer	May 22, 2007	Beggars Banquet	Punk / Post-Punk Revival
	Necks, The	Sex	1989	Spiral Scratch	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	Negură Bunget	OM	October 20, 2006	Code666	Metal / Pagan Black Metal
	Neil Young with Crazy Horse	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	May 14, 1969	Reprise	Rock / Country Rock
	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	September 1970	Reprise	Rock / Folk Rock
	Neil Young	Harvest	February 15, 1972	Reprise	Rock / Country Rock
	Neu!	Neu!	March 1972	Brain	Rock / Krautrock
	Neurosis	Through Silver in Blood	April 2, 1996	Relapse	Metal / Atmospheric Sludge Metal
	Neutral Milk Hotel	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea	February 10, 1998	Merge	Folk / Indie Folk
	New Honey Shade, The	Ozark Dream	March 20, 2011	Scissor Tail Editions	Experimental / Ambient
	New Order	Power, Corruption & Lies	May 2, 1983	Factory	Electronic / Synthpop
	New Order	Substance	August 17, 1987	Factory	Electronic / Synthpop
	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	July 27, 1973	Mercury	Punk / Glam Punk
	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	Tender Prey	September 19, 1988	Mute	Punk / Gothic Rock
	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	The Good Son	April 17, 1990	Mute	Rock / Piano Rock
	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	Let Love In	April 18, 1994	Mute	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	March 3, 2008	Mute	Punk / Post-Punk
	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	Skeleton Tree	September 9, 2016	Bad Seed Ltd.	Rock / Experimental Rock
	Nick Drake	Bryter Layter	March 5, 1971	Island	Folk / Chamber Folk
	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	February 25, 1972	Island	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Nico	Desertshore	December 20, 1970	Reprise	Folk / Chamber Folk
	Nine Inch Nails	The Downward Spiral	March 8, 1994	Nothing	Rock / Industrial Rock
	Nirvana	Bleach	June 15, 1989	Sub Pop	Rock / Grunge
	Nirvana	Nevermind	September 24, 1991	DGC	Rock / Grunge
	Nirvana	In Utero	September 13, 1993	DGC	Rock / Grunge
	Notorious B.I.G., The	Ready to Die	September 13, 1994	Bad Boy	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Nujabes	Modal Soul	November 11, 2005	Hydeout Productions	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Nurse with Wound	Homotopy to Marie	1982	United Dairies	Experimental / Sound Collage
	N.W.A.	Straight Outta Compton	January 25, 1989	Ruthless	Hip-Hop / Gangsta Rap
	Ocean, The	Precambrian	November 5, 2007	Metal Blade	Metal / Atmospheric Sludge Metal
	Oingo Boingo	Only a Lad	June 19, 1981	I.R.S.	Punk / New Wave
	Okkervil River	Black Sheep Boy	April 5, 2005	Jagjaguwar	Rock / Indie Rock
	Ol' Dirty Bastard	Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	March 28, 1995	Elektra	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Olivia Tremor Control, The	Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle	August 6, 1996	Flydaddy	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Olivia Tremor Control, The	Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One	March 23, 1999	Flydaddy	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Omni	Deluxe	July 8, 2016	Trouble in Mind	Punk / Post-Punk
	Oneohtrix Point Never	Replica	November 8, 2011	Mexican Summer	Experimental / Ambient
	Opeth	Still Life	October 18, 1999	Peaceville	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Opeth	Blackwater Park	March 12, 2001	Music for Nations	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Orb, The	The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld	April 2, 1991	Big Life	Electronic / Ambient House
	Orbital	In Sides	April 29, 1996	Internal	Electronic / Ambient Techno
	Orchid	Chaos Is Me	June 21, 1999	Ebullition	Punk / Emoviolence
	Orichalcum & The Deviant	Orichalcum & The Deviant	March 1997	TIP	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Ornette Coleman	The Shape of Jazz to Come	November 1959	Atlantic	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, The	Free Jazz	September 1961	Atlantic	Jazz / Free Jazz
	Orphaned Land	Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven	February 23, 2004	Century Media	Metal / Folk Metal
	Os Mutantes	Os Mutantes	June 1968	Polydor	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Otis Redding	Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul	September 16, 1965	Volt	R&B / Deep Soul
	Ought	Sun Coming Down	September 18, 2015	Constellation	Punk / Post-Punk
	Outkast	Aquemini	September 29, 1998	LaFace	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Outkast	Stankonia	October 31, 2000	LaFace	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Oval	94diskont.	1995	Mille Plateaux	Electronic / Glitch
	Pain of Salvation	Remedy Lane	January 15, 2002	Inside Out Music	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Palm	Trading Basics	November 6, 2015	Inflated	Rock / Math Rock
	Pan Sonic	Kulma	January 27, 1997	Blast First	Electronic / Glitch
	Panabrite	Soft Terminal	March 1, 2012	Digitalis	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Panda Bear	Person Pitch	March 20, 2007	Paw Tracks	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Parquet Courts	Human Performance	April 8, 2016	Rough Trade	Rock / Indie Rock
	Patti Smith	Horses	November 10, 1975	Arista	Rock / Garage Rock
	Paul and Linda McCartney	RAM	May 17, 1971	Apple	Rock / Pop Rock
	Paul Simon	Graceland	August 25, 1986	Warner Bros.	World / Worldbeat
	Paulo Bellinati & Mônica Salmaso	Afro-Sambas	1996	GSP	World / Samba
	Pavement	Slanted and Enchanted	April 20, 1992	Matador	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Pavement	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain	February 14, 1994	Matador	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Pavement	Wowee Zowee	April 11, 1995	Matador	Rock / Slacker Rock
	Paysage d'Hiver	Paysage d'Hiver	1999	Kunsthall Produktionen	Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
	Pentagram	Pentagram*	1985	Pentagram	Metal / Traditional Doom Metal
	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance	February 1978	Blank	Punk / Post-Punk
	Peste Noire	La Sanie des Siècles – Panégyrique de la Dégénérescence	August 2, 2006	De Profoundis	Metal / Black Metal
	Pete Rock & CL Smooth	Mecca and the Soul Brother	June 9, 1992	Elektra	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Peter & Raymond*	Shut Up, Little Man!	1993	Ectoplasm	Non-Music / Field Recordings
	Peter Brötzmann Octet, The	Machine Gun	1968	BRÖ	Jazz / European Free Jazz
	Peter Sotos	Buyer's Market	1992	AWB Recording	Non-Music / Interview
	Pharcyde, The	Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde	November 24, 1992	Delicious Vinyl	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Pharoah Sanders	Karma	May 1969	Impulse!	Jazz / Spiritual Jazz
	Phil Spector	Back to Mono	November 12, 1991	ABKCO	Pop / Brill Building
	Pig Destroyer	Prowler in the Yard	July 24, 2001	Relapse	Punk / Grindcore
	Pink Floyd	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	August 4, 1967	EMI Columbia	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Pink Floyd	Meddle	November 5, 1971	Harvest	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	March 1, 1973	Harvest	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	September 12, 1975	Harvest	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Pink Floyd	Animals	January 21, 1977	Harvest	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Pink Floyd	The Wall	November 30, 1979	Harvest	Rock / Rock Opera
	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	March 21, 1988	4AD	Rock / Indie Rock
	Pixies	Doolittle	April 17, 1989	4AD	Rock / Indie Rock
	Pixies	Bossanova	August 13, 1990	4AD	Rock / Indie Rock
	Plaid	Not for Threes	October 27, 1997	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Planet B.E.N.	Trippy Future Garden	September 23, 1996	Polytox	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Pleiadians	I. F. O. (Identified Flying Object)	July 6, 1997	Dragonfly	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Pocahaunted	Island Diamonds*	April 2008	Arbor	Folk / Free Folk
	Pole	CD 1	July 27, 1998	Kiff SM	Electronic / Ambient Dub
	Pop Group, The	Y	April 20, 1979	Radar	Punk / Post-Punk
	Popol Vuh	Hosianna Mantra	1972	Pliz	Folk / Neoclassical New Age
	Portal	Outré	September 11, 2007	Profound Lore	Metal / Dissonant Death Metal
	Porter Ricks	Biokinetics	1996	Chain Reaction	Electronic / Dub Techno
	Portishead	Dummy	August 22, 1994	Go! Beat	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Prefuse 73	One Word Extinguisher	May 6, 2003	Warp	Electronic / Glitch Hop
	Práná	Cyclone	1996	Matsuri Productions	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Preoccupations	Preoccupations	September 16, 2016	Flemish Eye	Punk / Post-Punk
	Priests	Nothing Feels Natural	January 27, 2017	Sister Polygon	Punk / Post-Punk
	Primal Scream	Screamadelica	September 23, 1991	Creation	Rock / Alternative Dance
	Primus	Frizzle Fry	February 7, 1990	Caroline	Metal / Funk Metal
	Primus	Brown Album	July 8, 1997	Prawn Song	Rock / Funk Rock
	Prince and The Revolution	Purple Rain	June 25, 1984	Warner Bros.	Rock / Pop Rock
	Prodigy, The	Music for the Jilted Generation	July 4, 1994	XL	Electronic / Big Beat
	Prodigy, The*	The Fat of the Land	June 30, 1997	XL	Electronic / Big Beat
	Public Enemy	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	June 28, 1988	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Political Hip-Hop
	Public Enemy	Fear of a Black Planet	April 10, 1990	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Political Hip-Hop
	Public Image Ltd.	Metal Box	November 23, 1979	Virgin	Punk / Post-Punk
	Pylon	Gyrate Plus	2007	DFA	Punk / Post-Punk
	Quarteto Nôvo	Quarteto Nôvo	1967	EMI	World / Baião
	Quartz Safari	Pineal Origins*	July 15, 2011	Rotifer Cassettes	Experimental / Ambient
	Quasimoto	The Unseen	June 13, 2000	Stones Throw	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Queens of the Stone Age	Songs for the Deaf	August 27, 2002	Interscope	Rock / Stoner Rock
	Queensrÿche	Operation: Mindcrime	May 3, 1988	EMI Manhatten	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Quiet Evenings	Transcending Spheres	May 2011	Preservation	Experimental / Ambient
	RA	To Sirius	February 2000	Blue Moon	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Radiohead	The Bends	March 13, 1995	Parlophone	Rock / Post-Britpop
	Radiohead	OK Computer	May 21, 1997	Parlophone	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Radiohead	Kid A	October 2, 2000	Parlophone	Electronic / IDM
	Radiohead	In Rainbows	October 10, 2007	Self-Released	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	August 1, 1995	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II	September 8, 2009	Ice H20	Hip-Hop / Mafioso Rap
	Raekwon	The Wild	March 24, 2017	Ice H20	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	November 6, 1992	Epic	Metal / Rap Metal
	Raincoats, The	The Raincoats	November 21, 1979	Rough Trade	Punk / Post-Punk
	Ramones	Ramones	April 23, 1976	Sire	Punk / Pop Punk
	Randy Greif	Alice in Wonderland	August 15, 2000	Soleilmoon Recordings	Experimental / Ambient
	Rangers	Suburban Tours	February 17, 2010	Olde English Spelling Bee	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Reagan Youth	Vol. 1	1990	New Red Archives	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	June 8, 1999	Warner Bros.	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Red House Painters	Down Colorful Hill	September 14, 1992	4AD	Rock / Slowcore
	Red House Painters	Old Ramon	April 10, 2001	Sub Pop	Rock / Slowcore
	Red Krayola with The Familiar Ugly	The Parable of Arable Land	June 1967	International Artists	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Reedbeds	Swells on High	November 9, 2011	Hooker Vision	Experimental / Ambient
	Refused	The Shape of Punk to Come	October 27, 1998	Burning Heart	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	R.E.M.	Murmur	April 12, 1983	I.R.S.	Rock / Jangle Pop
	Replacements, The	Let It Be	October 2, 1984	Twin/Tone	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Residents, The	Not Available	1978	Ralph	Electronic / Minimal Synth
	Richard Hell & The Voivods	Blank Generation	August 26, 1977	Sire	Punk / Punk Rock
	Ride	Nowhere	October 15, 1990	Creation	Rock / Shoegaze
	Ritchie Valens	Ritchie Valens	February 12, 1959	Del-Fi	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Riverside	Anno Domini High Definition	June 15, 2009	Mystic Production	Metal / Progressive Metal
	RJD2	Deadringer	July 23, 2002	Definitive Jux	Hip-Hop / Instrumental Hip-Hop
	Rob Leereveld	Songs of Sailors, Settlers and Swaggies	2016	Self-Released	Folk / Australian Folk Music
	Robert Hood	Minimal Nation*	1994	Axis	Electronic / Detroit Techno
	Robert Wyatt	Rock Bottom	July 26, 1974	Virgin	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto	A Bossa Nova	1963	Elenco	World / Bossa Nova
	Rolling Stones, The	Beggar's Banquet	December 6, 1968	Decca	Rock / Roots Rock
	Rolling Stones, The	Let It Bleed	November 28, 1969	Decca	Rock / Blues Rock
	Rolling Stones, The	Sticky Fingers	April 23, 1971	Rolling Stones	Rock / Blues Rock
	Rolling Stones, The	Exile on Main St.	May 12, 1972	Rolling Stones	Rock / Blues Rock
	Roots, The	Things Fall Apart	February 23, 1999	MCA	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Roy Orbison	For the Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology, 1956-1965	1988	Rhino	Rock / Rock & Roll
	Royal Trux	Twin Infinitives	December 15, 1990	Drag City	Rock / Noise Rock
	Röyksopp	Melody A.M.	September 13, 2001	Wall of Sound	Electronic / Downtempo
	Run-D.M.C.	Raising Hell	May 15, 1986	Profile	Hip-Hop / Mid-School Hip-Hop
	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	October 24, 2014	Mass Appeal	Hip-Hop / Hardcore Hip-Hop
	Running Wild	Pile of Skulls	October 21, 1992	Electrola	Metal / Power Metal
	Rush	Moving Pictures	February 12, 1981	Anthem	Rock / Progressive Rock
	Ryo Fukui	Scenery	1976	Trio	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Ryoji Ikeda	Dataplex	December 2005	Raster-Noton	Electronic / Micromontage
	Sandra de Sá*	Demônio Colorido	1980	RGE	R&B / Pop Soul
	Sasha & John Digweed	Northern Exposure: Expeditions	June 21, 1999	INCredible	Electronic / Progressive Trance
	Saul Williams	Amethyst Rock Star	May 8, 2001	American Recordings	Hip-Hop / Experimental Hip-Hop
	Sd Laika	That's Harakiri	April 28, 2014	Tri Angle	Electronic / Deconstructed Club
	Sean McCann	The Capital	March 2011	Aguirre	Experimental / Ambient
	Seatbelts, The	Cowboy Bebop	May 21, 1998	Victor Entertainment	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	Serge Gainsbourg	Histoire de Melody Nelson	March 24, 1971	Philips	Pop / Baroque Pop
	Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66	Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66	August 1966	A&M	World / Bossa Nova
	Shabazz Palaces	Black Up	June 28, 2011	Sub Pop	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Shahmen	Enter the Circle	April 30, 2010	Project: Mooncircle	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Shelley Hirsch	O Little Town of East New York	December 1995	Tzadik	Electronic / Electroacoustic
	Sigh	Imaginary Sonicscape	July 4, 2001	Century Media	Metal / Avant-Garde Metal
	Sigur Rós	Ágætis Byrjun	June 12, 1999	Fat Cat	Rock / Post-Rock
	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	January 26, 1970	Columbia	Pop / Folk Pop
	Skarpseian	Skygge Slottet	May 27, 2013	Self-Released	Electronic / Dungeon Synth
	Skaters, The	Physicalities of the Sensibilities of Ingrediential Stairways	August 2, 2008	Eclipse	Experimental / Drone
	Skyramps	Days of Thunder	2009	Wagon	Electronic / Berlin School
	Slayer	Show No Mercy	December 3, 1983	Metal Blade	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Slayer	Reign in Blood	October 20, 1986	Def Jam Recordings	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Slayer	Seasons in the Abyss	October 9, 1990	Def American	Metal / Thrash Metal
	Sleep	Sleep's Holy Mountain	November 1992	Earache	Metal / Stoner Metal
	Sleep	Dopesmoker*	April 22, 2003	Tee Pee	Metal / Stoner Metal
	Slick Rick	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	November 1, 1988	Def Jam Recordings	Hip-Hop / Mid-School Hip-Hop
	Slint	Spiderland	March 27, 1991	Touch and Go	Rock / Post-Rock
	Slits, The	Cut	September 7, 1979	Island	Punk / Post-Punk
	Slowdive	Souvlaki	June 1, 1993	Creation	Rock / Shoegaze
	Sly & The Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	November 1, 1971	Epic	R&B / Funk
	Smashing Pumpkins, The*	Siamese Dream	July 19, 1993	Virgin	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Smashing Pumpkins, The	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	October 23, 1995	Virgin	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Smiths, The	Smiths, The	February 20, 1984	Rough Trade	Rock / Jangle Pop
	Smiths, The	The Queen Is Dead	June 16, 1986	Rough Trade	Rock / Jangle Pop
	SND	stdio	October 27, 2000	Mille Plateaux	Electronic / Glitch
	Snoop Dogg*	Doggystyle	November 23, 1993	Death Row	Hip-Hop / G-Funk
	Snowing	Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit	July 1, 2009	Square of Oppositions	Punk / Midwest Emo
	Soft Machine	Third	June 1970	CBS	Rock / Jazz-Rock
	Son Volt	Trace	September 19, 1995	Warner Bros.	Country / Alt-Country
	Sonata Arctica	Silence	June 21, 2001	Spinefarm	Metal / Power Metal
	Songs: Ohia	The Magnolia Electric Co.	March 3, 2003	Secretly Canadian	Country / Alt-Country
	Sonic Youth	Bad Moon Rising	March 29, 1985	Blast First	Rock / Noise Rock
	Sonic Youth	EVOL	May 1986	SST	Rock / Noise Rock
	Sonic Youth	Sister	June 1, 1987	SST	Rock / Noise Rock
	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation	October 18, 1988	Enigma	Rock / Noise Rock
	Sonic Youth	Goo	June 26, 1990	DGC	Rock / Noise Rock
	Sonny Rollins	Saxophone Colossus	1957	Prestige	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Sonny Sharrock	Ask the Ages	1991	Axiom	Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
	SOPHIE	OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES	June 15, 2018	MSMSMSM	Electronic / Decostructed Club
	Sparkling Wide Pressure	Insider Gazing	June 11, 2009	Excite Bike Tapes	Experimental / Ambient
	Sparks	Kimono My House	May 1, 1974	Island	Rock / Glam Rock
	Spiritualized	Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space	June 16, 1997	Dedicated	Rock / Space Rock Revival
	SpongeBob SquarePants	SpongeBob's Greatest Hits	February 24, 2009	Nickelodeon Records	Pop / Sunshine Pop
	Squarepusher	Hard Normal Daddy	April 28, 1997	Warp	Electronic / Drill and Bass
	Squids, The	Frankie J EP	April 16, 2013	Self-Released	Punk / Post-Punk
	Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd	Jazz Samba	April 20, 1962	Verve	World / Bossa Nova
	Stan Getz and João Gilberto	Getz / Gilberto	March 1964	Verve	World / Bossa Nova
	Stars of the Lid	The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid	October 29, 2001	kranky	Experimental / Ambient
	Steely Dan	Aja	September 23, 1977	ABC	Rock / Jazz-Rock
	Stereolab	Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements	August 10, 1993	Elektra	Rock / Noise Pop
	Stereolab	Emperor Tomato Ketchup	March 18, 1996	Duophonic	Rock / Indie Rock
	Steve Roach	Dreamtime Return	1988	Fortuna	Experimental / Tribal Ambient
	Steven Jesse Bernstein	Prison	April 1992	Sub Pop	Punk / Punk Poetry
	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	August 3, 1973	Tamla	R&B / Progressive Soul
	Stiff Little Fingers	Inflammable Material	February 2, 1979	Rough Trade	Punk / Punk Rock
	Stone Roses, The	The Stone Roses	May 2, 1989	Silvertone	Rock / Baggy
	Stooges, The	Fun House	July 7, 1970	Elektra	Rock / Garage Rock
	Stooges, The*	Raw Power	February 7, 1973	Columbia	Rock / Garage Rock
	Stratovarius	Visions	April 28, 1997	Noise International	Metal / Power Metal
	Strokes, The	Is This It	July 30, 2001	RCA	Rock / Garage Rock Revival
	Subtle	A New White	October 5, 2004	Lex	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Sufjan Stevens	Illinoise	July 4, 2005	Asthmatic Kitty	Pop / Chamber Pop
	Sufjan Stevens	The Age of Adz	October 12, 2010	Asthmatic Kitty	Pop / Progressive Pop
	Sufjan Stevens	Carrie & Lowell	March 31, 2015	Asthmatic Kitty	Folk / Indie Folk
	Suicide	Suicide	December 28, 1977	Red Star	Punk / Synth Punk
	Summoning	Stronghold	May 11, 1999	Napalm	Metal / Symphonic Black Metal
	Sun Araw	On Patrol	April 2010	Not Not Fun	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Sun Araw	Ancient Romans	August 23, 2011	Sun Ark	Pop / Hypnagogic Pop
	Sun City Girls	Torch of the Mystics	1990	Majora	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	Sun Kil Moon	Benji	February 11, 2014	Caldo Verde	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra	Atlantis	1969	El Saturn	Jazz / Free Jazz
	Sun Ra	Lanquidity	August 14, 1978	Philly Jazz	Jazz / Jazz Fusion
	Sundrips	Dream Studies	February 2012	Koppklys	Experimental / Ambient
	Sunhiilow	From There to Here	March 23, 2012	Om Ha Sva Ha Ksha Ma La Va Ra Yam	Experimental / Ambient
	Sunn O)))	Black One	October 17, 2005	Southern Lord	Metal / Drone Metal
	Sunn O)))	Monoliths & Dimensions	May 18, 2009	Southern Lord	Metal / Drone Metal
	Sunny Day Real Estate	Diary	May 10, 1994	Sub Pop	Punk / Midwest Emo
	Sunship	Is This Real	November 16, 1998	Filter	Electronic / 2-Step
	Sunz of Man	The Last Shall Be First	July 21, 1998	Red Ant Entertainment	Hip-Hop / Conscious Hip-Hop
	Swans	Filth	May 27, 1983	Neutral	Punk / Pigfuck
	Swans	Children of God	October 19, 1987	Caroline	Punk / Gothic Rock
	Swans	Soundtracks for the Blind	October 29, 1996	Young God	Rock / Post-Rock
	Swans	The Seer	August 28, 2012	Young God	Rock / Post-Rock
	Swans	To Be Kind	May 12, 2014	Young God	Rock / Post-Rock
	Sweet Female Attitude	In Person	2001	Milkk	Electronic / 2-Step
	Sweet Trip	Velocity : Design : Comfort	June 17, 2003	Darla	Electronic / Glitch Pop
	Swell Maps	A Trip to Marineville	June 27, 1979	Rather	Punk / Post-Punk
	Swirlies	Blonder Tongue Audio Baton	March 26, 1993	Taang!	Rock / Noise Pop
	Syd Barrett	The Madcap Laughs	January 2, 1970	Harvest	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	System of a Down	Toxicity	September 4, 2001	American	Metal / Alternative Metal
	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	September 24, 1971	Fly	Rock / Glam Rock
	Talk Talk	Spirit of Eden	September 12, 1988	Parlophone	Rock / Post-Rock
	Talk Talk	Laughing Stock	September 16, 1991	Verve	Rock / Post-Rock
	Talking Heads	Fear of Music	August 3, 1979	Sire	Punk / New Wave
	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	October 8, 1980	Sire	Punk / New Wave
	Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	June 1, 1983	Sire	Punk / New Wave
	Tallest Man on Earth, The	The Wild Hunt	April 13, 2010	Dead Oceans	Folk / Contemporary Folk
	Tamba Trio	Tamba Trio	1962	Philips	World / Bossa Nova
	Tame Impala	Lonerism	October 5, 2012	Modular	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Tangerine Dream	Phaedra	February 20, 1974	Virgin	Electronic / Berlin School
	Tangerine Dream	Rubycon	March 21, 1975	Virgin	Electronic / Berlin School
	Tears for Fears	Songs from the Big Chair	February 25, 1985	Mercury	Electronic / Synthpop
	Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon, The	The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon	December 1956	Dee	R&B / Doo-Wop
	Tegan and Sara	Sainthood	October 26, 2009	Sire	Pop / Indie Pop
	Television	Marquee Moon	February 8, 1977	Elektra	Punk / Post-Punk
	Telstar Drugs	Telstar Drugs	May 27, 2012	Egg Paper Factory	Punk / Post-Punk
	Telstar Drugs	Endless Straight	April 25, 2014	Perdu	Punk / Post-Punk
	Tensnake	Glow	March 3, 2014	Virgin EMI	Electronic / Nu-Disco
	The, The	Soul Mining	October 21, 1983	Some Bizarre	Punk / New Wave
	Thelonious Monk	Brilliant Corners	April 4, 1957	Riverside	Jazz / Hard Bop
	Thelonious Monk Quartet, The	Monk's Dream	January 1963	Columbia	Jazz / Hard Bop
	They Might Be Giants	Flood	January 15, 1990	Elektra	Rock / Geek Rock
	Thievery Corporation	Saudade	March 25, 2014	Eighteenth Street Lounge Music	Electronic / Downtempo
	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous	June 2, 1978	Vertigo	Rock / Hard Rock
	Third Ear Band	Third Ear Band	1970	Harvest	Folk / Freek Folk
	This Heat	Deceit	September 1981	Rough Trade	Punk / Post-Punk
	Three 6 Mafia	Mystic Stylez	May 30, 1995	Prophet	Hip-Hop / Memphis Rap
	Throbbing Gristle	20 Jazz Funk Greats	December 1979	Industrial	Electronic / Minimal Synth
	Thy Catafalque	Rengeteg	November 11, 2011	Season of Mist	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Tim Buckley	Lorca	June 1970	Elektra	Folk / Psychedelic Folk
	Tim Buckley	Starsailor	November 1970	Straight	Folk / Avant-Folk
	Tim Hecker	Ravedeath, 1972	February 14, 2011	kranky	Experimental / Ambient
	Tim Caruana	Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles: Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers	January 4, 2010	Tea Sea	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Tim Maia	Tim Maia Racional Vol. 1	1975	Seroma	R&B / Progressive Soul
	Tim Maia	Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia	October 2, 2012	Luaka Bop	World / Samba Soul
	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor	March 9, 2010	XL	Rock / Indie Rock
	Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombone	September 1, 1983	Island	Rock / Blues Rock
	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs	September 30, 1985	Island	Rock / Blues Rock
	Tom Waits	Bone Machine	September 8, 1992	Island	Rock / Blues Rock
	Tom Zé	Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza	October 28, 2008	Biscoito Fino	World / Bossa Nova
	Toni Tornado	B. R. 3	1971	Odeon	R&B / Soul
	Tony Bizzaro	Nesse Inverno	1977	CBS	R&B / Soul
	Tool	Lateralus	May 15, 2001	Volcano	Metal / Progressive Metal
	Tortoise	Millions Now Living Will Never Die	January 30, 1996	Thrill Jockey	Rock / Post-Rock
	Total Eclipse	Violent Relaxation	June 24, 1996	Blue Room Released	Electronic / Psytrance
	Toto	Toto IV	April 8, 1982	Columbia	Rock / AOR
	Townes Van Zandt	Townes Van Zandt	September 1969	Poppy	Folk / Country Folk
	Travis Scott	Rodeo	September 4, 2015	Grand Hustle	Hip-Hop / Trap Rap
	Tribe Called Quest, A	The Low End Theory	September 24, 1991	Jive	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Tribe Called Quest, A	Midnight Marauders	November 9, 1993	Jive	Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap
	Tricky	Maxinquaye	February 20, 1995	4th & B'way	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	T.S.O.L.	Dance with Me	1981	Frontier	Punk / Horror Punk
	TV on the Radio	Return to Cookie Mountain	July 6, 2006	4AD	Rock / Indie Rock
	TV on the Radio	Dear Science	September 16, 2008	Touch and Go	Rock / Indie Rock
	Type O Negative	Slow, Deep and Hard	June 11, 1991	Roadrunner	Metal / Gothic Metal
	Type O Negative	Bloody Kisses	August 17, 1993	Roadrunner	Metal / Gothic Metal
	U-God	Golden Arms Redemption	October 19, 1999	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	U2	Achtung Baby	November 18, 1991	Island	Rock / Alternative Rock
	Ultramagnetic MCs	Critical Beatdown	October 4, 1988	Next Plateau	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Ulver	Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler	February 1995	Head Not Found	Metal / Pagan Black Metal
	Underworld	Dubnobasswithmyheadman	January 24, 1994	Junior Boy's Own	Electronic / Progressive House
	Underworld	Second Toughest in the Infants	March 11, 1996	Junior Boy's Own	Electronic / Techno
	Uneven Structure	Februus	October 31, 2011	Basick	Metal / Djent
	United States of America, The	The United States of America	March 6, 1968	Columbia	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	UNKLE	Psyence Fiction	August 24, 1998	Mo' Wax	Electronic / Trip-Hop
	Unknown Eskimo DJs	She Be She Strike	May 11, 2005	Self-Released	World / Inuit Music
	Unwound	Leaves Turn Inside You	April 17, 2001	Kill Rock Stars	Rock / Indie Rock
	Valet	Naked Acid	February 25, 2008	kranky	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Vampire Rodents	Lullaby Land	October 25, 1993	Re-Constriction	Rock / Industrial Rock
	Van Dyke Parks	Song Cycle	November 1967	Warner Bros.	Pop / Baroque Pop
	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks	November 29, 1968	Warner Bros.	Folk / Chamber Folk
	Vangelis	Blade Runner	June 6, 1994	East West	Electronic / Progressive Electronic
	Various Artists	Artificial Intelligence	July 6, 1992	Warp	Electronic / IDM
	Various Artists	Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture	October 18, 2005	Think Differently Music Group	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Various Artists	Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Volume 2: Enter the Dubstep	November 10, 2009	FrankRadio	Electronic / Dubstep
	Various Artists	Ramp 50	March 2012	Ramp Recordings	Electronic / Dubstep
	Various Artists	Toho Bossa Nova 2	May 26, 2013	Shibayan	World / Bossa Nova
	Vektor	Outer Isolation	November 22, 2011	Heavy Artillery	Metal / Technical Thrash Metal
	Velvet Underground & Nico, The	The Velvet Underground & Nico	March 1967	Verve	Rock / Psychedelic Rock
	Velvet Underground, The	White Light/White Heat	January 30, 1968	Verve	Rock / Noise Rock
	Velvet Underground, The	The Velvet Underground	March 1969	MGM	Rock / Pop Rock
	Velvet Underground, The	Loaded	November 1970	Cotillion	Rock / Pop Rock
	Venetian Snares	Rossz Csillag Alatt Született	March 14, 2005	Planet Mu	Electronic / Breakcore
	Venn Rain	Humming Hills	May 2011	Gold Timers Tapes	Experimental / Ambient
	Veritas	Black Dark / Black Cold	October 22, 2004	Down	Punk / Post-Hardcore
	Vibrators, The	Pure Mania	June 1977	Epic	Punk / Punk Rock
	Viet Cong	Viet Cong	January 20, 2015	Flemish Eye	Punk / Post-Punk
	Vince Guaraldi	A Charlie Brown Christmas	December 1965	Fantasy	Jazz / Cool Jazz
	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	April 13, 1983	Slash	Punk / Folk Punk
	Walter Gibbons	Jungle Music	August 2, 2010	Strut	R&B / Disco
	Walter Wanderley	Rain Forest	September 1966	Verve	World / Bossa Nova
	Watchtower	Control and Resistance	November 6, 1989	Noise International	Metal / Technical Thrash Metal
	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil	June 1966	Blue Note	Jazz / Post-Bop
	Weakling	Dead as Dreams	2000	tUMULt	Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
	Ween	The Mollusk	June 24, 1997	Elektra	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Weezer	Weezer*	May 10, 1994	DGC	Rock / Power Pop
	Weezer	Pinkerton	September 24, 1996	DGC	Rock / Power Pop
	Weird Ribs	Tubes	January 4, 2010	Self-Released	Experimental / Ambient
	White Noise	An Electric Storm	June 1969	Island	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	White Stripes, The	White Blood Cells	July 3, 2001	Sympathy for the Record Industry	Rock / Garage Rock Revival
	Whitehouse	Bird Seed	February 13, 2003	Susan Lawly	Experimental / Power Electronics
	Who, The	Tommy	May 19, 1969	Track	Rock / Rock Opera
	Who, The	Who's Next	August 2, 1971	Track	Rock / Hard Rock
	Wideboys	Garage Classics	March 31, 2008	Ministry of Sound	Electronic / UK Garage
	Wiggles, The	Hot Potatoes: The Best of The Wiggles*	May 7, 2009	ABC	Rock / Pop Rock
	Wilco	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	September 18, 2001	Self-Released	Rock / Indie Rock
	William Basinski	The Disintegration Tapes	2002	2062	Classical / Minimalism
	Windir	1184	November 19, 2001	Head Not Found	Metal / Melodic Black Metal
	Wipers, The	Youth of America	1981	Park Avenue	Punk / Post-Punk
	Wire	Pink Flag	November 1977	Harvest	Punk / Punk Rock
	Wire	Chairs Missing	September 8, 1978	Harvest	Punk / Post-Punk
	Wire	154	September 1979	Harvest	Punk / Post-Punk
	Wolves in the Throne Room	Two Hunters	September 25, 2007	Southern Lord	Metal / Cascadian Black Metal
	Women	Women	2008	Flemish Eye	Punk / Post-Punk
	Women	Public Strain	August 23, 2010	Flemish Eye	Punk / Post-Punk
	Wookie	Wookie	October 30, 2002	S2S	Electronic / Breakstep
	Wu-Syndicate	Wu-Syndicate	April 20, 1999	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Wu-Tang Clan	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	November 9, 1993	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Tang Forever	June 3, 1997	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Wu-Tang Clan	The W	November 21, 2000	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
	Wu-Tang Killa Bees	The Swarm Volume 1	July 21, 1998	Wu-Tang	Hip-Hop / Hardcore Hip-Hop
	Wuthering Heights	Far from the Madding Crowd	January 19, 2004	Sensory	Metal / Power Metal
	X-Dream	We Created Our Own Happiness	March 14, 1996	Tunnel	Electronic / Goa Trance
	Xiu Xiu	A Promise	February 18, 2003	5 Rue Christine	Punk / Synth Punk
	Xiu Xiu	Fabulous Muscles	February 17, 2004	5 Rue Christine	Electronic / Glitch Pop
	X-Ray Spex	Germfree Adolescents	November 10, 1978	EMI	Punk / Punk Rock
	XTC	Skylarking	October 27, 1986	Virgin	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	Yellow Swans	Going Places	March 2, 2010	Type	Experimental / Noise
	Yes	Close to the Edge	September 8, 1972	Atlantic	Rock / Symphonic Prog
	Yo La Tengo	I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One	April 22, 1997	Matador	Rock / Indie Rock
	Young Fathers	Tape One	November 2011	Self-Released	Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
	Young Marble Giants	Colossal Youth	February 1980	Rough Trade	Punk / Post-Punk
	Zero Boys	Vicious Circle	1982	Nimrod	Punk / Hardcore Punk
	Zombies, The	Odessey and Oracle	April 16, 1968	CBS	Pop / Psychedelic Pop
	μ-Ziq	Lunatic Harness	June 30, 1997	Planet Mu	Electronic / Drill and Bass