100 Albums That Changed Popular Music (Chris Smith)

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Untertitelt mit „A Reference Guide“ bietet er zumindest genügend Diskussionsstoff.

Deshalb hier die Liste der „100 Albums That Changed Popular Music“:

1. The Birth Of The Longplayer, 1952-1962
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Anthology Of American Folk Music
ELVIS PRESLEY – Elvis Presley
MILES DAVIS – Birth Of The Cool
THE WEAVERS – The Weavers At Carnegie Hall
MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – Time Out
MUDDY WATERS – Muddy Waters At Newport
ROBERT JOHNSON – King Of The Delta Blues Singers
RAY CHARLES – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music

2. Stop, Hey, What’s That Sound? 1963-1967
BOB DYLAN – The Freewheelin‘ Bob Dylan
THE BEATLES – Please Please Me
BOB DYLAN – Bringing It All Back Home
THE BYRDS – Mr. Tamborine Man
THE BEATLES – Rubber Soul
FRANK ZAPPA – Freak Out!
THE BEACH BOYS – Pet Sounds
THE DOORS – The Doors
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE – Surrealistic Pillow
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – The Velvet Underground & Nico
THE BEATLES – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Are You Experienced

3. A Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1968-1971
THE MOODY BLUES – Days Of Future Passed
THE BAND – Music From The Big Pink
THE BYRDS – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
LED ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin
MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
THE WHO – Tommy
KING CRIMSON – In The Court Of The Crimson King
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART – Trout Mask Replica
JAMES TAYLOR – Sweet Baby James
MILES DAVIS – Bitches Brew
BLACK SABBATH – Paranoid
CAROLE KING – Tapestry
MARVIN GAYE – What’s Going On
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE – There’s A Riot Goin‘ On
THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – The Inner Mounting Flame

4. Take It To The Limit, 1972-1976
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
DAVID BOWIE – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
IGGY AND THE STOOGES – Raw Power
PINK FLOYD – The Dark Side Of The Moon
THE NEW YORK DOLLS – New York Dolls
HERBIE HANCOCK – Head Hunters
KRAFTWERK – Autobahn
LINDA RONSTADT – Heart Like A Wheel
AEROSMITH – Toys In The Attic
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born To Run
KISS – Alive!
PATTI SMITH – Horses
BRIAN ENO – Discreet Music
QUEEN – A Night At The Opera
WAYLON JENNINGS, WILLIE NELSON, JESSI COLTER, TOMPALL GLASER – Wanted! The Outlaws
PARLIAMENT – Mothership Connection
RAMONES – Ramones
BOSTON – Boston

5. The Modern Dance, 1977-1985
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Exodus
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Saturday Night Fever
THE SEX PISTOLS – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
TELEVISION – Marquee Moon
PERE UBU – The Modern Dance
VAN HALEN – Van Halen
FUNKADELIC – One Nation Under A Groove
NEIL YOUNG – Rust Never Sleeps
THE CLASH – London Calling
AC/DC – Back In Black
MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller
HERBIE HANCOCK – Future Shock
DEF LEPPARD – Pyromania
U2 – War
R.E.M. – Murmur
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE – Texas Flood
METALLICA – Kill ‚em All
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born In The U.S.A.
PRINCE – Purple Rain
HÜSKER DÜ – Zen Arcade
MADONNA – Like A Virgin

6. Welcome To The Jungle, 1986-1990
RUN-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
PAUL SIMON – Graceland
THE BEASTIE BOYS – Licendes To Ill
SUZANNE VEGA – Solitude Standing
GUNS N’ROSES – Appetite For Destruction
PUBLIC ENEMY – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
SONIC YOUTH – Daydream Nation
DE LA SOUL – 3 Feet High And Rising
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
NINE INCH NAILS – Pretty Hate Machine
UNCLE TUPELO – No Depression
GARTH BROOKS – No Fences

7. Smells Like Teen Spirit, 1991-2000
ICE-T – O.G. Original Gangster
NIRVANA – Nevermind
THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
TORI AMOS – Little Earthquakes
DR. DRE – The Chronic
LIZ PHAIR – Exile In Guyville
WU-TANG CLAN – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
GREEN DAY – Dookie
ANI DIFRANCO – Not A Pretty Girl
BECK – Odelay
THE SPICE GIRLS – Spice
THE DIXIE CHICKS – Wide Open Spaces
EMINEM – The Slim Shady LP

Appendix 1: 10 Albums That Almost Made It
ORNETTE COLEMAN – The Shape Of Jazz To Come
JAMES BROWN – Live At The Apollo
THE ROLLING STONES – Aftermath
THE BEATLES – Revolver
STEVIE WONDER – Talking Book
THE EAGLES – Hotel California
PINK FLOYD – The Wall
THE POLICE – Synchronicity
U2 – The Joshua Tree
ALANIS MORISSETTE – Jagged Little Pill