TIME Magazine have compiled their top 100 have to have albums (in no particular order, divided into decades). There is no Coldplay, some I haven't even heard of but there others they've got right. You can't ignore good music afterall...:nice:

 

 

 

The Complete List

 

 

2000s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years - Hank Williams -Mercury, 2005
  
• The College Dropout - Kanye West - Roc-a-Fella, 2004
  
• Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 - Sam Cooke - ABKCO Music & Records, 2003
  
• Elvis: 30 No. 1 Hits - Elvis Presley - BMG/Elvis, 2002
  
• The Anthology, 1947 - 1972 - Muddy Waters - Chess, 2001
  
• Kid A - Radiohead - Capitol, 2000
  
• Stankonia - Outkast - LaFace, 2000
  
• Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey - UMG Recordings, 2000
  
• The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem - Interscope, 2000

1990s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• Sunrise - Elvis Presley - BMG / Elvis, 1999
  
• Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams - Universal, 1998
  
• OK Computer - Radiohead - Capitol, 1997
  
• Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy, 1997
  
• Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan - Sony, 1997
  
• Endtroducing... - DJ Shadow - Mo' Wax, 1996
  
• (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis - Sony, 1995
  
• Live Through This - Hole - Geffen, 1994
  
• My Life - Mary J. Blige - MCA, 1994
  
• Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement - Matador, 1992
  
• The Chronic - Dr. Dre - Death Row/Interscope, 1992
  
• Achtung Baby - U2 - Island, 1991
  
• Nevermind - Nirvana - DGC Records, 1991
  
• Out of Time - R.E.M. - Warner Brothers, 1991
  
• Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) - Various Artists -Abkco, 1991
  
• Ropin' The Wind - Garth Brooks - Capitol, 1991
  
• Star Time - James Brown - Polydor, 1991
  
• The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest - Jive, 1991

1980s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• Like a Prayer - Madonna - Sire/London/Rhino, 1989
  
• Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys - Capitol, 1989
  
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - Jive, 1989
  
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy - Def Jam/Columbia, 1988
  
• Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A - Priority, 1988
  
• Document - R.E.M. - I.R.S. Records, 1987
  
• Paid in Full - Eric B. and Rakim - Island, 1987
  
• Sign O' The Times - Prince - Paisley Park, 1987
  
• The Joshua Tree - U2 - Island, 1987
  
• Graceland - Paul Simon - Warner Brothers, 1986
  
• Master of Puppets - Metallica - Elektra/Wea, 1986
  
• Raising Hell - Run-DMC - Arista Records/Profile, 1986
  
• Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers - Island/Tuff Gong, 1984
  
• Purple Rain - Prince - Warner Brothers, 1984
  
• Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads - Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984
  
• The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry - MCA, 1982
  
• Thriller - Michael Jackson - Sony, 1982
  
• Back in Black - AC/DC - Atlantic, 1980

1970s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• London Calling - The Clash - Sony, 1979
  
• One Nation Under a Groove - Parliament / Funkadelic - Warner Brothers, 1978
  
• Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols - Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977
  
• Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Brothers, 1977
  
• Hotel California - The Eagles - Elektra/Wea, 1976
  
• Ramones - The Ramones - Sire, 1976
  
• Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder - Motown, 1976
  
• Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen - Sony, 1975
  
• Horses - Patti Smith - Arista, 1975
  
• Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson - Sony, 1975
  
• Call Me - Al Green - The Right Stuff, 1973
  
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John - MCA, 1973
  
• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie - RCA, 1972
  
• Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones - Virgin, 1972
  
• Talking Book - Stevie Wonder - UMG Recordings, 1972
  
• The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists - Island, 1972
  
• Blue - Joni Mitchell - Warner Brothers/Wea, 1971
  
• Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton - RCA, 1971
  
• Hunky Dory - David Bowie - RCA, 1971
  
• Led Zeppelin IV (a.k.a. Zoso) - Led Zeppelin - Wea International, 1971
  
• Paranoid - Black Sabbath - Warner Brothers, 1971
  
• Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones - Virgin, 1971
  
• Tapestry - Carole King - Ode/A&M, 1971
  
• What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - Motown, 1971
  
• Who's Next - The Who - Mobile Fidelity, 1971
  
• After the Gold Rush - Neil Young - Reprise, 1970
  
• Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel - Columbia, 1970
  
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band - Apple/EMI, 1970
  
• Moondance - Van Morrison - Warner Brothers/Wea, 1970

1960s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• Abbey Road - The Beatles - Capitol, 1969
  
• Bitches Brew - Miles Davis - Sony, 1969
  
• Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone - Epic, 1969
  
• The Band - The Band - Capitol, 1969
  
• Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Warner Brothers/Wea, 1968
  
• At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash - Sony, 1968
  
• Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin - Atlantic, 1968
  
• The Beatles ("The White Album") - The Beatles - Capitol, 1968
  
• Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Experience Hendrix, 1967
  
• I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin - Atlantic, 1967
  
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Capitol, 1967
  
• The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground - Polydor/Pgd, 1967
  
• Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan - Columbia, 1966
  
• Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys - DCC, 1966
  
• Revolver - The Beatles - Capitol, 1966
  
• Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan - Columbia, 1965
  
• Otis Blue - Otis Redding - Atlantic, 1965
  
• Rubber Soul - The Beatles - Capitol, 1965
  
• A Love Supreme - John Coltrane - Impulse, 1964
  
• Live at the Apollo (1963) - James Brown - Polydor, 1963
  
• Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles - ABC/Paramount, 1962
  
• King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson - Columbia, 1961

1950s

Album-Artist-Label/Year Released

• Kind of Blue - Miles Davis - Sony, 1959
  
• Here's Little Richard - Little Richard - Specialty, 1957
  
• Songs for Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra - Capitol, 1955
  
• In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra - Capitol, 1954

 

Each album has a brief analysis if you'd like to check it out. Here's the link:

http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html

any queen in 70s?:thinking:

Thanks for posting it. :)

Hole?

lol. that must be a joke.

my thought exactly lol i mean really...

 

^ thanks nina.

 

they got a few right but a lot are just...uh...ok :\