VA - 1001: Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [1982-1993] (2006) FLAC

The ultimate compendium of a half century of the best music, now revised and updated. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through today. Carefully selected by a team of international critics and some of the best-known music reviewers and commentators, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of music from the 1950s to the present. Included with each entry are production details and credits as well as reproductions of original album cover art. Perhaps most important of all, each album featured comes with an authoritative description of its importance and influence.

0501. Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay (1982)
0502. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (1982)
0503. Madness - The Rise And Fall (1982)
0504. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
0505. Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
0506. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982)
0507. Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)
0508. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
0509. The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
0510. Venom - Black Metall (1982)
0511. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982)
0512. Associates - Sulk (1982)
0513. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (1982)
0514. Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
0515. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982)
0516. Malcolm Mclaren - Duck Rock (1983)
0517. Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983)
0518. R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
0519. The The - Soul Mining (1983)
0520. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)
0521. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1983)
0522. Hanoi Rocks - Back To Mystery City (1983)
0523. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
0524. Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones (1983)
0525. Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)
0526. ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983)
0527. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
0528. U2 - War (1983)
0529. The Police - Synchronicity (1983)
0530. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets ll (1983)
0531. Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983)
0532. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984)
0533. Run-DMC - Run-DMC (1984)
0534. Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
0535. Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
0536. Minor Theart - Out Of Step (1984)
0537. Van Halen - 1984 (1984)
0538. Prinse And The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
0539. The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)
0540. The Style Council - Cafe Bleu (1984)
0541. Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
0542. Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
0543. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime (1984)
0544. Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)
0545. Youssou N'Dour - Immigres (1984)
0546. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (1984)
0547. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)
0548. Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From An Ancient Well (1985)
0549. A-ha - Hunting High And Low (1985)
0550. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
0551. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985)
0552. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)
0553. Mekons - Fear And Whiskey (1985)
0554. Big Black - Atomizer (1985)
0555. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985)
0556. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy And The Lash (1985)
0557. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
0558. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985)
0559. Tom Waits - Rain Dog (1985)
0560. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
0561. New Ordrer - Low-Life (1985)
0562. Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
0563. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)
0564. Scritti Politti - Cupid And Psyche 85 (1985)
0565. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Blood And Chocolate (1986)
0566. Africa Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock-The Album (1986)
0567. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986)
0568. Metallica - Master Of Puppets (1986)
0569. The The - Infected (1986)
0570. Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (1986)
0571. Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (1986)
0572. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring (1986)
0573. Megadeth - Peace Sells...but Who's Buying? (1986)
0574. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986)
0575. Sonic Youth - Evol (1986)
0576. Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986)
0577. Throwing Muses - Throwning Muses (1986)
0578. Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
0579. Run-DMC - Raising Hell (1986)
0580. XTC - Skylarking (1986)
0581. Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
0582. Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
0583. Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
0584. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
0585. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
0586. Peter Gabriel - So (1987)
0587. Anthrax - Among The Living (1987)
0588. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
0589. Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)
0590. R.E.M. - Document (1987)
0591. Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987)
0592. The Cult - Electric (1987)
0593. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses (1987)
0594. The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
0595. George Michael - Faith (1987)
0596. Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories (1987)
0597. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
0598. Astor Piazzolla And Gary Burton - The New Tango (1987)
0599. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
0600. Guns N'Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
0601. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
0602. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
0603. Laibach - Opus Dei (1987)
0604. Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
0605. Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
0606. The Triffids - Calenture (1987)
0607. Michael Jackson - Bad (1987)
0608. Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
0609. U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
0610. Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
0611. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988)
0612. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (1988)
0613. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)
0614. Fishbone - Truth And Soul (1988)
0615. Everything But The Girl - Idlewild (1988)
0616. Living Colour - Vivid (1988)
0617. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
0618. R.E.M. - Green (1988)
0619. Happy Mondays - Bummed (1988)
0620. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
0621. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (1988)
0622. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)
0623. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
0624. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
0625. Metallica - ...And Justice For All (1988)
0626. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
0627. Dagmar Krause - Tank Battles (1988)
0628. k.d.Lang - Shadowland (1988)
0629. American Music Club - California (1988)
0630. Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
0631. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
0632. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
0633. Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (1988)
0634. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988)
0635. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
0636. Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989)
0637. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (1989)
0638. John Lee Hooker - The Healer (1989)
0639. New Order - Technique (1989)
0640. Madonna - Like A Prayer (1989)
0641. Queen Latifah - All Hail The Queen (1989)
0642. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire (1989)
0643. Firehouse - Fromohio (1989)
0644. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
0645. The Young Gods - L'Eau Rouge (1989)
0646. John Zorn - Spy Vs.Spy - The Music Of Ornette Coleman (1989)
0647. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
0648. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989)
0649. Baaba Maal And Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii (1989)
0650. Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
0651. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
0652. 808 State - 808:90 (1989)
0653. Coldcut - What's That Noise? (1989)
0654. Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story (1989)
0655. Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
0656. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
0657. Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time (1989)
0658. Fugazi - Repeater (1989)
0659. Soul ll Soul - Club Classics Vol.One (1989)
0660. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989)
0661. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
0662. Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forses Of Nature (1989)
0663. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1989)
0664. Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990)
0665. The Shamen - En-Tact (1990)
0666. Deee-Lite - World Clique (1990)
0667. The La's - The La's (1990)
0668. The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
0669. Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)
0670. Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
0671. Megadeth - Rust In Peace (1990)
0672. Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
0673. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
0674. Happy Mondays - Pills'N'Thrills And Bellyaches (1990)
0675. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 (1990)
0676. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
0677. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
0678. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990)
0679. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
0680. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
0681. Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
0682. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm (1990)
0683. Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
0684. Ride - Nowhere (1990)
0685. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
0686. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
0687. Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
0688. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
0689. Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide (1991)
0690. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena (1991)
0691. MC Solaar - Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo (1991)
0692. Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart - Rising Above Bedlam (1991)
0693. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
0694. Ice-T - OG Original Gangster (1991)
0695. Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
0696. Public Enemy - Apocalipse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
0697. A Trible Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
0698. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
0699. Sain Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (1991)
0700. Sepultura - Arise (1991)
0701. Slint - Spiderland (1991)
0702. U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
0703. The KLF - The White Room (1991)
0704. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
0705. Primal Scream - Screamdelica (1991)
0706. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
0707. Metallica - Metallica (1991)
0708. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted (1992)
0709. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
0710. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of Arreated Development (1992)
0711. Koffi Olomide - Haut De Gamme-Koweit, Rive Gauche (1992)
0712. Morrissey - Your Arsenal (1992)
0713. Baaba Maal - Lam Toro (1992)
0714. Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (1992)
0715. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
0716. The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury (1992)
0717. k.d.Lang - Ingenue (1992)
0718. Dr.Dre - The Chronic (1992)
0719. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (1992)
0720. The Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride ll The Pharcyde (1992)
0721. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (1992)
0722. Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)
0723. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
0724. Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
0725. Stereo MCs - Connected (1992)
0726. Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
0727. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)
0728. Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
0729. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power (1992)
0730. Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)
0731. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)
0732. Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan And Party - Devotional Songs (1992)
0733. P.J.Harvey - Dry (1992)
0734. Suede - Suede (1993)
0735. Paul Weller - Wild Wood (1993)
0736. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
0737. Auteurs - New Wave (1993)
0738. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville (1993)
0739. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
0740. Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
0741. Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (1993)
0742. Nirvana - In Ultero (1993)
0743. Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth (1993)
0744. Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
0745. P.J.Harvey - Rid Of Me (1993)
0746. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
0747. Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
0748. The Fall - The Infotainment Scan (1993)
0749. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
0750. Bjork - Debut (1993)

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