VA - 1001: Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [1955-1967] (2006) MP3

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.

001. Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
002. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
003. The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs Of Life (1956)
004. Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
005. Fats Domino - This Is Fats (1956)
006. Duke Ellington - Ellington At Newport (1956)
007. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers! (1956)
008. The Cricets - The "Chirping" Crickets (1957)
009. Count Baise - The Atomic Mr.Basie (1957)
010. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1957)
011. Sabu - Palo Congo (1957)
012. Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool (1957)
013. Machito - Kenya (1957)
014. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
015. Tito Puente And His Orchestra - Dance Mania,vol.1 (1958)
016. Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin (1958)
017. Jack Elliott - Jack Takes The Floor (1958)
018. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan At Mister Kelly's (1958)
019. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Gershwin Song Book (1959)
020. Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles (1959)
021. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
022. Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs (1959)
023. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (1959)
024. Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
025. Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back! (1960)
026. Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba (1960)
027. The Everly Brothers - A date With The Everly Brothers (1960)
028. Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack (1960)
029. Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters At Newport (1960)
030. Bill Evans - Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1961)
031. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962)
032. Booker T. And The M.G.s - Green Onions (1962)
033. Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
034. Ray Price - Night Life (1962)
035. The Beatles - With Te Beatles (1963)
036. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
037. Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You (1963)
038. Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club (1963)
039. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963)
040. James Brown - Live At The Apollo (1963)
041. stan Getz And Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
042. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
043. Jacques Brel - Olympia 64 (1964)
044. Solomon Burke - Rock'n'Soul (1964)
045. Dusty Springfield - A Girl called Dusty (1964)
046. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964)
047. Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965)
048. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The star Club, Hamburg (1965)
049. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
050. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
051. Otis Redding - Otis Blue:Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
052. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965)
053. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
054. B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
055. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
056. Bert Jansch - Bert Jensch (1965)
057. The Byrds - Mr.Tambourine Man (1965)
058. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted (1965)
059. The Who - My Generation (1965)
060. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
061. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
062. Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1966)
063. The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (1966)
064. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
065. The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
066. The Kinks - Face To Face (1966)
067. The Mamas And The Papas - If You Can Believe Your eyes And Ears (1966)
068. Paul Revere And The Raides - MNidnight Ride (1966)
069. The Mothers Of Invention (1966)
070. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)
071. Simon And Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (1966)
072. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
073. John Mayall's Blues Breakers - John Mayall's Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)
074. The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds (1966)
075. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind (1966)
076. Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba (1967)
077. Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967)
078. The Beatles - Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
079. Country Joe And The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind and Body (1967)
080. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
081. Captain Beeftheart And his Magic Band - safe As Milk (1967)
082. Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)
083. Love - Da Capo (1967)
084. The Beau Brummels - Trinagle (1967)
085. The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
086. Tim buckley - Goodbye And Hello (1967)
087. Love - Forever Changes (1967)
088. Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
089. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
090. The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)
091. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
092. Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & antonio carlos Jobim (1967)
093. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
094. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
095. The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967)
096. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
097. The Kinks - Something Else Be The Kinks (1967)
098. Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1967)
099. Merle Haggard - I'm A Lonesome Fugitive (1967)
100. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)

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