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Best Blues/Country/Roots Rock/Americana Albums

Recommendations welcome. For "My Criteria & Guide For Art" pages, go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503

Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...855#573855
Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...857#573857
Best Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...858#573858
Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...859#573859

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

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9.5/10
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969)

8.5/10
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)

8/10
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (1972)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix (1967) [Original 11-track "North American" edition]
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
The Charm of the Highway Strip - The Magnetic Fields (1998)
There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight - Red Red Meat (1997)
The Band - The Band (1969)

7.5/10
Mirror Man - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Orange - John Spencer Blues Explosion (1994)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
The Black Light - Calexico (1998)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
The Firstborn is Dead - Nick Cave (1985)
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits (1987)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo (1993)
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young (1979)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997)
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt (1969)
Lost Works of Eunice Phelps - Maquiladora (1998)
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen (1973)

7/10
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart (1970)
Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (1975)
Music From Big Pink - The Band (1968)
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)
Wheels of Fire - Cream (1968)
Boomtown - David & David (1986)
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
On The Beach - Neil Young (1974)
Being There - Wilco (1998)
Pearl - Janis Joplin (1970)
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons (1973)
Ice Cream For Crow - Captain Beefheart (1982)
Shiny Beast - Captain Beefheart (1978)
L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)
Absolutely Live - The Doors (1970)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones (1969)
The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Bros (1969)
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band (1975)
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970)
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975)
Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Desperado - Eagles (1973)
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young (1970)
Sleeps With Angels - Neil Young (1994)
Hotel California - Eagles (1976)
Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer (1968)
Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
March 16–20, 1992 - Uncle Tupelo (1992)
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (1975)
White Blood Cells - White Stripes (2001)
Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris (2000)
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)
Johnny Comes Marching Home - The Del Lords (1986)
Strangers Almanac - Whiskeytown (1997)
Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder (1974)
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones (1965)
The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies (1986)
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (1988)
Gravity - Alejandro Escovedo (1992)
Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Scarecrow - John Mellencamp (1975)
Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt (1978)
End of Amnesia - M. Ward (2001)
Days in the Wake - Palace Brothers (1994)
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart (1971)
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger (1975)
Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt (1972)
Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)

MAYBE:
The Great American Eagle Tragedy - Earth Opera (1969)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Super Session - Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steve Stills (1968)
Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969)
Safe at Home - International Submarine Band (1967)
Songs For A Tailor - Jack Bruce (1969)
Young Blood - Jesse Colin Young (1965)
Stand Up - Jethro Tull (1969)
A Hard Road - John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers (1966)
The Turning Point - John Mayall (1969)
*Side Trips - Kaleidoscope (1967)
Paradise Bar & Grill - Mad River (1969)
*Looks Like Rain - Mickey Newbury (1969)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is especially incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). The 7.5 section is probably missing some entries as well. Recommendations welcome (I tend to be stricter than most, so just try not to take too much offense if I disagree!).


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Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums

Recommendations welcome. For "My Criteria & Guide For Art" pages, go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503

Best Blues/Country/Roots Rock/Americana Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...854#573854
Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...857#573857
Best Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...858#573858
Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...859#573859

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

BOLD = Recently added to the list
BOLD + ITALICS = Recently upgraded/downgraded by 0.1 or more

9/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1969)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)

8.5/10
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)

8/10
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
The Good Son - Nick Cave (1990)
Song of the Stallion - Robbie Basho (1970)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
2 - Black Heart Procession (1999)
Barrett - Syd Barrett (1970)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Marjory Razorblade - Kevin Coyne (1973)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)

7.5/10
Happiness - Lisa Germano (1993)
Trust - Low (2002)
California - American Music Club (1988)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits (1983)
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996)
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett (1970)
Slide - Lisa Germano (1998)
America - John Fahey (1971)
Electro-Shock Blues - Eels (1998)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Long Division - Low (1995)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
The Mask and the Mirror - Loreena McKennitt (1994)
Solid Air - John Martyn (1973)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits (1987)
The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon (1968)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Stormcock - Roy Harper (1970)
Blanket Warm - Lullaby For the Working Class (1996)
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young (1979)
It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day (1969)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
Robin Holcomb - Robin Holcomb (1990)
Mount Eerie - Microphones (2003)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Your Bag - Lida Husik (1992)
Hard Again - Scott Tuma (2008)
Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful - Red Stars Theory (1999)
1990 - Daniel Johnston (1990)
On Fire - Galaxie 500 (1989)
Live From a Shark Cage - Papa M (1999)
Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt - John Frusciante (1994)
Fantasia For Guitar & Banjo - Sandy Bull (1963)
Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair (1998)
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz - David Thomas Broughton (2007)
Sky-skating - Annette Peacock (1982)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt (1969)
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999)
Everclear - American Music Club (1991)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen (1973)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1995)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
Under The Pink - Tori Amos (1994)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan (1994)
Sings - Patty Waters (1965)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972)
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine (1968)

MAYBE:
Beacon From Mars - Kaleidoscope (1967)

Others - Probably 7.3+
Falconer's Arm - Robbie Basho (1967)
The Grail And the Lotus - Robbie Basho (1966)

7/10
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974)
Picaresque - Decemberists (2005)
Nothing Important - Richard Dawson (2014)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1976)
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (1975)
Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1967)
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell (1972)
Moon Pix - Cat Power (1998)
Blows Against the Empire - Jefferson Starship (1970)
Things We Lost in the Fire - Low (2001)
More Than a New Discovery (aka "The First Songs") - Laura Nyro (1967)
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - Bright Eyes (2002)
Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994)
Return of Red Emma - Lida Husik (1993)
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple (2012)
Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)
6 & 12 String Guitar - Leo Kottke (1969)
Indian War Whoop - Holy Modal Rounders (1967)
The Drift - Scott Walker (2006)
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (1967)
On The Beach - Neil Young (1974)
Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen (1971)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
Tallahassee - Mountain Goats (2002)
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons (1973)
Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen (1969)
Into the Music - Van Morrison (1979)
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (1975)
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971)
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP]
In The Falling Dark - Bruce Cockburn (1976)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman (1974)
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970)
Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird (2005)
Castaways and Cutouts - Decemberists (2002)
Bozo - Lida Husik (1991)
The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom (2004)
The End - Nico (1974)
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975)
Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant (1995)
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (1991)
Sail Away - Randy Newman (1972)
One Nation Underground - Pearls Before Swine (1967)
Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell (1974)
Noble Beast - Andrew Bird (2009)
Tapestry - Carole King (1971)
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro (1969)
Fevers and Mirrors - Bright Eyes (2000)
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young (1970)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (1969)
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds (1967)
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush (1977)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)
Ocean Beach - Red House Painters (1995)
Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan (1989)
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake (1970)
Divers - Joanna Newsom (2015)
Clouds - Joni Mitchell (1969)
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (1975)
Sunday's Child - John Martyn (1975)
Tidal - Fiona Apple (1996)
The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies (1986)
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (1988)
Gravity - Alejandro Escovedo (1992)
The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds (1968)
Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt (1978)
Solace - Sarah McLachlan (1991)
End of Amnesia - M. Ward (2001)
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (1965)
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan (1965)
Days in the Wake - Palace Brothers (1994)
Flying Cowboys - Rickie Lee Jones (1989)
Dejavu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1969)
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band (1968)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
4 - Scott Walker (1969)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Oar - Alexander Spence (1968)
*The Solo Guitar of Bola Sete - Bola Sete (1965)
Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Orgasm - Cromagnon (1969)
Fairytale - Donovan (1965)
Tutti Morimmo A Stento/We All Barely Died - Fabrizio De André (1968)
Tenderness Junction - The Fugs (1968)
Contact High With the Godz - Godz (1966)
The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders (1969)
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion - The Incredible String Band (1967)
The Insect Trust - The Insect Trust (1968)
Young Blood - Jesse Colin Young (1965)
Guitar Vol. 4: The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party and Other Excursions - John Fahey (1966)
Requia - John Fahey (1967)
The Voice of the Turtle - John Fahey (1968)
Side Trips - Kaleidoscope (1967)
*New Atlantis - Cosmic Music Experience - Limbus 3 (1969)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is especially incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). The 7.5 section is probably missing some entries as well. Recommendations welcome (I tend to be stricter than most, so just try not to take too much offense if I disagree!).[/b]


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Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums

Recommendations welcome. For "My Criteria & Guide For Art" pages, go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503

Best Blues/Country/Roots Rock/Americana Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...854#573854
Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...855#573855
Best Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...858#573858
Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...859#573859

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276


8.5/10
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969)

8/10
Uncanny Valley - Stabscotch (2017)
Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon (2014)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Fontanelle - Babes in Toyland (1992)
Temple Of The Morning Star - Today is the Day (1997)
Roots - Sepultura (1996)
Willpower - Today is the Day (1994)
Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis (1996)
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
Frizzle Fry - Primus (1990)
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994)
Meshuggah (2004) [EP]

7.5/10
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Fun House - The Stooges (1970)
L'ordure à L'état pur - Peste Noire (2011)
OV - Orthrelm (2005)
Korn - Korn (1994)
Blues For The Red Sun - Kyuss (1992)
Kill 'Em All - Metallica (1983)
2 - Earth (1993)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Superunkown - Soundgarden (1994)
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
Aesthetica - Liturgy (2011)
The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry (1988)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (1994)

Others - Probably 7.3+
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste - Ministry (1989)
Ozma - Melvins (1989)
Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche (1988)
Nothingface - Voivod (1989)

7/10
Aenima - Tool (1996)
Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
Wheels of Fire - Cream (1968)
Toxicity - System of a Down (2001)
Nevermind - Nirvana (1991)
In Utero - Nirvana (1994)
And Justice For All - Metallica (1988)
Mezmerise - System of a Down (2005)
Metallica - Metallica (1991)
Ten - Pearl Jam (1991)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
Pretty on the Inside - Hole (1991)
Throwing Copper - Live (1994)
Use Your Illusion I & II - Guns N' Roses (1991)
Who's Next - The Who (1971)
Undertow - Tool (1993)
Permanent Waves - Rush (1980)
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden (1991)
Dirt - Alice in Chains (1992)
Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer (1968)
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986)
Rust in Peace - Megadeath (1990)
Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)
The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails (1999)
Ultramega OK - Soundgarden (1988)
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots (1994)
2112 - Rush (1976)
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
Master of Reality - Black Sabbath (1971)

MAYBE:
Disraeli Gears - Cream (1967)
My Generation - The Who (1965) ???

Others - Probably 6.8+
Wasa Wasa - Edgar Broughton Band (1969)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (1968)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is especially incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). The 7.5 section is probably missing some entries as well. Recommendations welcome (I tend to be stricter than most, so just try not to take too much offense if I disagree!).[/b][/b]


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Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums

Recommendations welcome. For "My Criteria & Guide For Art" pages, go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503

Best Blues/Country/Roots Rock/Americana Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...854#573854
Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...855#573855
Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...857#573857
Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...859#573859

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

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8/10
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)
Frizzle Fry - Primus (1990)

7.5/10
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae (2010)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)
Clouddead - Clouddead (2001)
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone (1991)
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow (1996)
Buy - Contortions (1979)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Smoke In The Shadows - Lydia Lunch (2004)
Glee - Bran Van 3000 (1998)
Untitled - Dalek (2010)
Bad - Michael Jackson (1986)
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2005)
Summertime '06 - Vince Staples (2015)
Beware (The Funk is Everywhere) - Afrika Bambaataa (1986)

Others - Probably 7.3+

7/10
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic (1978)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
Negro Necro Nekros - Dalek (1998)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (1971)
Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990)
More Than a New Discovery (aka "The First Songs") - Laura Nyro (1967)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Aquemini - Outkast (1998)
Baduism - Erykah Badu (1997)
Madvilliany - Madvillian (2004)
Sign O' the Times - Prince (1987)
Private Dancer - Tina Turner (1984)
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989)
No Now - Clarence Clarity (2015)
The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015)
There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
New Amerykah Part One - 4th World War - Erykah Badu (2008)
Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament (1977)
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (1976)
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro (1969)
Personal Journals - Sage Francis (2002)
The Score - The Fugees (1996)
Boy in Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal (2003)
3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
Late Registration - Kanye West (2005)
Since I Left You - Avalanches (2000)
Paid in Full - Eric B & Rakim (1987)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast (2003)
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
Illmatic - Nas (1994)
Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G (1994)
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A (1988)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (2012)
Curtis - Curtis Mayfield (1970)
Vivid - Living Colour (1988)
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1984)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Gris Gris - Dr John (1967)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is especially incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). The 7.5 section is probably missing some entries as well. Recommendations welcome (I tend to be stricter than most, so just try not to take too much offense if I disagree!).[/b][/b]


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Best Pop/New Wave Albums

NOTE: I am aware that various albums on this list are arguably (not strictly) "pop music" but may be a confluence of other genres as well. I am applying a somewhat loose definition of the term, as well as including some albums that don't necessarily originate in the genre in a specific sense, but serve a very similar purpose, and, on the majority, exhibit strong enough pop elements, even if accomplished by other means than the genre is usually known for.

Recommendations welcome. For "My Criteria & Guide For Art" pages, go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15503

Best Blues/Country/Roots Rock/Americana Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...854#573854
Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...855#573855
Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...857#573857
Best Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...858#573858

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

BOLD = Recently added to the list
BOLD + ITALICS = Recently upgraded/downgraded by 0.1 or more
* = Questionable if it qualifies per genre


8.5/10
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989) [Art Pop]
*In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) [Indie Pop/Lo-Fi Pop]
*Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991) [Noise Pop]
*The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967) [Psychedelic Pop]
*The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982) [Jangle Pop]

8/10
*Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993) [Noise Pop]
*Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011) [Art Pop]
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) [Pop Rock]
Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain - Dogbowl (1991) [Psychedelic Pop]
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991) [Chamber Pop]
Just For A Day - Slowdive (1991) [Dream Pop]
*Aviary - Julia Holter (2018) [Progressive Pop, Art Pop, Ambient Pop]
When I Was A Boy - Jane Siberry (1993) [Art Pop]
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) [Jazz Pop]
*Da Capo - Love (1966) [Psychedelic Pop]
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984) [Neo-Psychedelia + Jangle Pop]
The Charm of the Highway Strip - The Magnetic Fields (1994) [Indie Pop, Synthpop]
*Pure Electric Honey - Ant-Bee (1990) [Psychedelic Pop]

7.5/10
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993) [Dream Pop]
Happiness - Lisa Germano (1993) [Dream Pop]
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987) [Pop Rock, Art Pop]
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Brian Eno (1974) [Art Pop]
Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads (1977) [New Wave]
The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway (1986) [Synthpop, New Wave]
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae (2010) [Art Pop]
Slide - Lisa Germano (1998) [Dream Pop]
Electro-Shock Blues - Eels (1998) [Indie Pop]
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996) [Dream Pop]
Fear of Music - Talking Heads (1979) [New Wave]
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004) [Chamber Pop]
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968) [Pop Soul, Progressive Pop]
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980) [Jangle Pop, Neo-Psychedelia + Power Pop]
Ultravox! - Ultravox (1977) [New Wave]
Beautiful Freak - Eels (1996) [Indie Pop]
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004) [Pop Rap]
*Rocket to Russia - Ramones (1977) [Pop Punk]
Prayer For The Halcyon Fear - Tiny Lights (1985) [Jangle Pop]
Fried - Julian Cope (1984) [Neo-Psychedelia + Jangle Pop & Psychedelic Pop]
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) [New Wave]
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) [Neo-Psychedelia + Jangle Pop]
Skylarking - XTC (1986) [Psychedelic Pop, Pop Rock]
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010) [Pop Rap]
Person Pitch - Panda Bear (2007) [Psychedelic Pop]
Forever Changes - Love (1967) [Psychedelic Pop]
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998) [Chamber Pop, Neo-Psychedelia + Psychedelic Pop]
Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab (1994) [Art Pop, Indie Pop]
White Soul - Green (1989) [Jangle Pop, Power Pop]
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990) [Power Pop, Pop Rock]
Something / Anything? - Todd Rundgren (1972) [Pop Rock]
Landlocked - Witch Hazel (1995) [Indie Pop, Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop]
Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks (1967) [Baroque Pop, Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Progressive Pop]
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966) [Baroque Pop]
Murmur - R.E.M (1983) [Jangle Pop]
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian (1996) [Chamber Pop, Twee Pop, Indie Pop]
Joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers (1969) [Psychedelic Pop]
Bad - Michael Jackson (1986) [Dance Pop, Pop]
Marry Me - St Vincent (2007) [Indie Pop, Art Pop]
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996) [Noise Pop, Indie Pop/Lo-Fi Pop]
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986) [Indie Pop]
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful - Waitresses (1982) [New Wave, Power Pop]
White Music – XTC (1977) [New Wave]

Others - Probably 7.3+
Greed - Ambitious Lovers (1988)
Joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers (1969)

7/10
Private Dancer - Tina Turner (1984) [Pop Rock, New Wave]
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo (1978) [New Wave]
Picaresque - Decemberists (2005) [Chamber Pop, Indie Pop]
Ekstasis - Julia Holter (2012) [Art Pop, Progressive Pop, Baroque Pop]
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976) [Pop Rock]
A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren (1973) [Art Pop]
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973) [Pop Rock]
Holiday - The Magnetic Fields (1993) [Indie Pop, Synthpop]
Purple Rain - Prince (1984) [Pop Rock]
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads (1978) [New Wave]
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush (1985) [Art Pop, Progressive Pop]
Boomtown - David & David (1986) [Pop Rock]
Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966) [Psychedelic Pop]
More Than a New Discovery (aka "The First Songs") - Laura Nyro (1967) [Pop Soul]
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf (1977) [Pop Rock]
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello (1978) [New Wave, Pop Rock]
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1980) [Pop Rock]
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple (2012) [Art Pop]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967) [Psychedelic Pop, Pop Rock]
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement (1992) [Noise Pop]
*Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement (1993) [Noise Pop]
The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987) [Pop Rock]
Low Kick & Hard Bop - Solex (2001) [Art Pop]
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP] [Chamber Pop]
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (1986) [Jangle Pop, Indie Pop]
Sign O' The Times - Prince (1987) [Pop Rock]
Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders (1984) [Pop Rock, New Wave]
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013) [Art Pop]
The Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips (1999) [Psychedelic Pop]
No Now - Clarence Clarity (2015) [Glitch Pop]
Heartland - Owen Pallett (2010)
Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird (2005)
Dusk at Cubist Castle - Olivia Tremor Control (1996)
Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)
Castaways and Cutouts - Decemberists (2002)
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro (1969)
Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey (2014)
Hey Babe - Julianna Hatfield (1992)
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds (1967)
Smile - The Beach Boys (1967; released in 2011)
Gulag Orkestar - Beirut (2006)
Songs in the Key to Life - Stevie Wonder (1976)
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)
Noble Beast - Andrew Bird (2009)
Cardinal - Cardinal (1994)
Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones (1966) [US Version]
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (1979)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (1969)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (1968)
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush (1977)
Late Registration - Kanye West (2005)
Third - Big Star (1978)
The Score - The Fugees (1996)
Green - Green (1986)
Dookie - Green Day (1994)
The B-52s - The B-52s (1979)
Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team (2004)
Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices (1994)
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello (1978)
Tigermilk - Belle & Sebasitan (1996)
The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan (1974)
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (2014)
Teen Dream - Beach House (2010)
Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984)
Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen (1984)
Radio City - Big Star (1974)
The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds (1968)
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)
Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969)
*In Search of the Lost Chord - The Moody Blues (1968)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (2012)
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers - Kendra Smith (1992)
4 - Scott Walker (1969)
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1984)
Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak (1987)

MAYBE:
My Generation - The Who (1965)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Earwig - Blake Babies (1989)
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority [aka: Chicago] (1969)
II - Chicago (1969)
*Song of Innocence - David Axelrod (1968)
*The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1968)
Maledictus Sound - Maledictus Sound (1968)
Presenting... Lothar and the Hand People - Lothar and the Hand People (1968)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is especially incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). The 7.5 section is probably missing some entries as well. Recommendations welcome (I tend to be stricter than most, so just try not to take too much offense if I disagree!).[/b][/b]


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Best Electronic/Ambient/New Age/World Music Albums

IN PROGRESS

JUST A ROUGH DRAFT SO FAR / LIST VERY INCOMPLETE / SEVERAL NEED REVISITS

9/10
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)

8.5/10
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Passion: Music From The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel (1989)
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Cyborg - Klaus Schulze (1973)
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh (1973)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977)
Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (1970)
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley (1968)
Mundus Subterraneous - Lightwave (1995)

MAYBE:
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)

8/10
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
Disappeared - Spring Heel Jack (2000)
6 - Supersilent (2003)
Novus Magnificat - Constance Demby (1986)
In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Popol Vuh (1972)
Through Time and Mystery -- Ending - Peter Frohmader (1988)
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Air Liquide (1994)
Colours of Time - Peter Michael Hamel (1980)
Ghosts - Techno Animal (1990)
World Without Rules - Paul Haslinger (1996)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1978)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969)
Trance Mission - Trance Mission (1993)
Transition - Peter Michael Hamel (1983)
Ocean - Stephen Micus (1986)
Myths Of The Near Future Part One - Mo Boma (1994)
Silence is the Answer - Georg Deuter (1981)
Symbiosis - Demdike Stare (2009)
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971)

MAYBE:
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994)
Bricolage - Amon Tobin (1997)
Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature - George Russell (1969)
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973)
Drum - Hugo Largo (1988)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)

Others ... Probably 7.8+
Tycho Brahe - Lightwave (1993)

7.5/10
Zeit - Tangerine Dream (1972)
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
Shaking the Habitual - The Knife (2013)
Watermark - Enya (1988)
Excavation - Haxan Cloak (2013)
Alchemy - Third Ear Band (1969)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Mu - Don Cherry (1969) [Parts 1 & 2]
Atem - Tangerine Dream (1973)
Departure From the Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig (1978)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Sisteiris - Elegi (2007)
The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick (2011)
Bromst - Dan Deacon (2009)
L'apocalypse des Animaux - Vangelis (1970)
Heaven and Hell - Vangelis (1975)
The Cross of Changes - Enigma (1993)
Luxury Problems - Andy Stott (2012)
Delete Yourself - Atari Teenage Riot (1995)
Aka-Darbari-Java Magic Realism - Jon Hassell (1983)
Structures From Silence - Steve Roach (1984)
2 - Kraftwerk (1971)
Era of Diversion - Evol Intent (2008)
Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld (1994)
Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre (1978)

MAYBE:
Second Annual Report - Throbbing Gristle (1977)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Psalm - Paul Motian (1982)
Beaches and Canyons - Black Dice (2001)
Soft Moon - The Soft Moon (2010)
TNT - Tortoise (1998)
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (1989)
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2000)
Heroes - David Bowie (1977)
The Land of Harm and Appletrees - Aurora (1993)
Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1 & 2 - Art Blakey (1957)
Untitled - Dalek (2010)
Street Horrrsing - Fuck Buttons (2008)
Labradford - Labradford (1996)

Others ... Probably 7.3+
X - Klaus Schulze (1978) (7.8+?)
II - Orbital (1993) (7.8+?)
Sacred Space Music - Constance Demby (1982)
Audentity - Klaus Schulze (1983)
Deus Ex Machina - Paul Schutze (1989)
Homunculus - Peter Frohmader (1988)
Contents Under Notice - Rhythm and Noise (1984)
Neu 2 - Neu! (1973)
Alpha Centauri - Tangerine Dream (1971)

Fred Frith: Speechless (1981)
Fushitsusha: Live I (1989)

7/10
Contact - The Silver Apples (1968) [7.3/10+?]
Sky Music Mountain Music - Eberhard Schoener (1984) [7.3/10+?]
Discreet Music - Brian Eno (1975) [7.3/10+?]
Another Green World - Brian Eno (1975) [7.3/10+?]
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Homogenic - Bjork (1997)
Metropolitan Suite - Synergy (1985)
Amnesiac - Radiohead (2000)
Meditation - Eberhard Schoener (1973)
Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
Cluster II - Cluster (1972)
The Silver Apples - The Silver Apples (1968)
Debut - Bjork (1993)

MAYBE:
Low - David Bowie (1977)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Alan Parson's Project (1976)
I Robot - Alan Parson's Project (1977)
Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers (1974)
Music For Films - Brian Eno (1978)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Ragnarok Electronic Funk - Beaver & Krause (1969)
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda - Angus MacLise (1968-1972?)
Ragnarök - Electronic Funk - Beaver and Krause (1969)
*The Solo Guitar of Bola Sete - Bola Sete (1965)

Several more 7/10s...


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Best Punk/Noise/Industrial/Math Rock Albums

***ROUGH DRAFT / INCOMPLETE***

9/10
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (1990)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)

MAYBE:
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)

8.5/10
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents (1993
Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969)
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994)

MAYBE:
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)

8/10
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
Metal Box - Public Image, Ltd (1979)
Children of God - Swans (1987)
Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth (1985)
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith (1976)
Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984)
Rusty - Rodan (1994)
God - Rip, Rig & Panic (1981)
The Art of Walking - Pere Ubu (1980)
Four Great Points - June of 44 (1998)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
2 - Don Caballero (1995)
New York Dolls - New York Dolls (1973)
New Picnic Time - Pere Ubu (1979
Repeater - Fugazi (1990)
Flowers of Romance - Public Image Ltd (1980)
A-Z - Colin Newman (1980)
Half Mute - Tuxedomoon (1979)
Umber - Bitch Magnet (1989)
Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu (1994)
New Day Rising - Husker Du (1985)
1933 Your House is Mine - Missing Foundation (1987)
154 - Wire (1979)
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994)
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr (1987)
Love Agenda - Band Of Susans (1989)
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? - The Pop Group (1980)
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine (1988)

MAYBE:
Mother of all Saints - Thinking Fellers Union (1992)
Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis (1996)

Others - Probably 7.8+

7.5/10
Sister - Sonic Youth (1987)
Second Annual Report - Throbbing Gristle (1977)
Electric Heavyland - Acid Mothers Temple (2002)
Confusion is Sex - Sonic Youth (1983)
Learning To Cope With Cowardice - Mark Stewart (1983)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981)
Red Medicine - Fugazi (1995)
77 - Talking Heads (1977)
Fear of Music - Talking Heads (1979)
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (1979)
Atomizer - Big Black (1986)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Miami - Gun Club (1982)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
Ultravox! - Ultravox (1977)
The Firstborn is Dead - Nick Cave (1985)
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (1989)
Rocket to Russia - Ramones (1977)
Damaged - Black Flag (1981)
Fun House - The Stooges (1970)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)
Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac - Butthole Surfers (1984)
Hole - Foetus (1984)
Goat - Jesus Lizard (1991)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
The Monitor - Titus Andronicus (2010)
Buy - Contortions (1979)
Closer - Joy Division (1980)
Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)
Immer Etwas - Nice Face (2010)
Delete Yourself - Atari Teenage Riot (1995)
The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry (1988)
Circa Now - Rocket From The Crypt (1993)
God Weed Satan: The Oneness - Ween (1990)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
Dub Housing - Pere Ubu (1978)
Tweez - Slint (1987)
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols (1977)
Soldier Talk - Red Crayola (1979)
Crazy Rhythms - Feelies (1980)
White Music – XTC (1977)

MAYBE:
Watersports - Mi Ami (2009)
Steal Your Face - Mi Ami (2010)
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face - Man Man (2004)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997)
Tweez - Slint (1989)
*The Hardest Way - Original Sins (1989)
*The Men Who Loved Music - Young Fresh Fellows (1987)

Others - Probably 7.3+
The Agony is the Ecstacy - Lydia Lunch (1981) [7.8+?]
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity - Swans (1991) [7.8+?]
Streetcleaner - Godflesh (1989) [7.8+?]
Blind Idiot God - Blind Idiot God (1987)
Double Bummer - Bongwater (1988)
Rembrandt Pussyhorse - Butthole Surfers (1986)
Strungout On Jargon - Death Of Samantha (1986)
The Record - Fear (1982)
Feedtime - Feedtime (1986)
Cabin Flounder - Fetchin' Bones
Death Of Innocence - Legal Weapon (1982)
Things That Play Themselves - King Snake Roost (1988)
Hot Animal Machine - Henry Rollins (1987)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982)
VS - Mission of Burma (1982)
Two Nuns And A Pack Mule - Rapeman (1989)
Customs - Savage Republic (1989)
Locos Por El Sexo - Tragic Mulatto (1987)
Tink Of Southeast [aka: State Champs] - Unrest (1987)

Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed (1975)
White Noise - Cop Shoot Cop (1991)
Ask Questions Later - Cop Shoot Cop (1992)
Daddy Has A Tail - Cows (1988)
Ambitious Lovers - Greed (1988)
GI - Germs (1979)
Horses - Patti Smith (1975)
Soldier Talk - Red Crayola (1979)
Godflesh- Godflesh (1988)
Pure - Godflesh (1992)
Ladybird - Shit & Shine (2005)
L.A.M.F - Heartbreakers (1977)
Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
No Control - Bad Religion (1989)
Undertow - Blind Idiot God (1988)
Love Honor And Obey - Creamers (1989)
Where The Women Wear The Glory And The Men Wear The Pants - Death Of Samantha (1988)
Good Earth - The Feelies (1986)
Thaw - Foetus (1988)
Godflesh - Godflesh (1988)
Life Time - Henry Rollins (1988)
Love American Style - Honeymoon Killers (1985)
Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven - Love And Rockets (1985)
Up On The Sun - Meat Puppets (1985)
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste - Ministry (1989)
Out Of The Tunnel - MX-80 Sound (1980)
The Taller You Are The Shorter You Get - My Dad is Dead (1986)
Jettison - Naked Raygun (1988)
Tender Prey - Nick Cave (1988)
Right Now - Pussy Galore (1987)
Rites of Spring - Rites Of Spring (1985)
Royal Trux - Royal Trux (1988)
Cacophony - Rudimentari Peni (1987)
Heathen Earth - Throbbing Gristle (1980)
Hot Man Pussy - Tragic Mulatto (1989)
Malcolm X Park - Unrest (1988)
Conviction - UT (1986)
Disposable - Deviants (1968)

7/10
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo (1978) [7.3+?]
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) [7.3+?]
Nevermind - Nirvana (1991) [7.3+?]
Holy Money - Swans (1986) [7.3+?]
Dirty - Sonic Youth (1992) [7.3+?]
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads (1978) [7.3+?]
Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1976)
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement (1992)
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement (1993)
Chairs Missing - Wire (1978)
London Calling - The Clash (1979)
Entertainment! - Gang of Four (1979)
Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys (1982)
Sandinista - The Clash (1980)
Skag Heaven - Squirrel Bait (1986)
Songs the Lord Taught Us - Cramps (1980)
Surfer Rosa - Pixies (1988)
Raw Power - The Stooges (1973)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
In Utero - Nirvana (1993)
Filth - Swans (1983)
Suffer - Bad Religion (1988)
Rock For Light - Bad Brains (1983)
This Nation's Saving Grace - The Fall (1985)
Live at the Witch Trials - The Fall (1978)
Pink Flag - Wire (1977)
The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails (1999)
Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall (1981)
Dookie - Green Day (1994)
Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen (1984)
Cop - Swans (1984)
Los Angeles - X (1980)
*Go Girl Crazy - Dictators (1975)
Boy - U2 (1980)[/i][/b]
Is This It - The Strokes (2001) [UK Release]

Others - Probably 6.8+:
First Issue - Public Image Ltd (1978) [7.3/10+?]
Easter - Patti Smith (1978)
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks/Everything (Comp only?)
Queen of Siam - Lydia Lunch (1980)
13.13 - Lydia Lunch (1982)
In Limbo - Lydia Lunch (1984)
Evol - Sonic Youth (1986)
Ramones - Ramones (1976)
End of the Century - Ramones (1980)
Damned Damned Damned - The Damned (1977)
Generation X - Generation X (1978)
Back in the USA - MC5 (1970)
*The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
*Moving - The Raincoats (1984)
Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1977)
*Adventure - Television (1978)
*Ha Ha Ha - Ultravox (1977)
Pure Mania - The Vibrators (1977)
Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Specs (1978)
*Black Monk Time - Monks (1965)

MAYBE:
Let It Be - Replacements (1984)
Tim - Replacements (1985)

Birthday Party/Nick Cave...
Shit & Shine...
Acid Mother's Temple...

Several more 7/10s...


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Best Psychedelic/Art Rock Albums

9.5/10
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969)

9/10
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1969)
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (1990)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)

MAYBE:
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)

8.5/10
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo (1997)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Not Available - Residents (1974)
Meet the Residents - Residents (1974)
Uncle Meat - Frank Zappa (1969)
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)

MAYBE:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)

8/10
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011)
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd (1968)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix (1967) [Original 11-track edition]
Telepathic Surgery - The Flaming Lips (1989)
Absolutely Free - Frank Zappa (1967)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Aviary - Julia Holter (2018)
United States of America - United States of America (1968)
After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane (1967)
Da Capo - Love (1966)
Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers (1970)
1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground (1969)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984)
Boces - Mercury Rev (1993)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Pure Electric Honey - Ant-Bee (1990)
Music in a Doll's House - Family (1969)
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine (1988)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000) [Original 1-Track Release]

Others - Probably 7.8+
Anthem of the Sun - Grateful Dead (1968)

7.5/10
The End of the Game - Peter Green (1970)
Electric Heavyland - Acid Mothers Temple (2002)
Live/Dead - Grateful Dead (1969)
Eskimo - Residents (1979)
Mirror Man - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Beacon From Mars - Kaleidoscope (1967)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett (1970)
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die - Country Joe and The Fish (1967)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
Phantasies And Senseitions - Bugskull (1994)
The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon (1968)
Mr. Fantasy - Traffic (1967)
It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day (1969)
Doremi Fasol Latido - Hawkwind (1972)
Person Pitch - Panda Bear (2007)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
666 - Aphrodite's Child (1971)
Barrett - Syd Barrett (1970)
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998)
Landlocked - Witch Hazel (1995)
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine (1968)
Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks (1967)
The Family That Plays Together - Spirit (1968)
Family Entertainment - Family (1969)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers (1969)
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996)
Fearless - Family (1971)
Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead (1969)
Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished - Animal Collective (2000)

Others - Probably 7.3+
Disposable - Deviants (1968)
Joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers (1969)
Ummagumma - Pink Floyd (1969)

7/10
Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart (1970) [7.3+?]
Ekstasis - Julia Holter (2012) [7.3+?]
Contact - The Silver Apples (1968) [7.3/10+?]
Electric Music for the Mind and Body - Country Joe & The Fish (1967) [7.3+?]
Wheels of Fire - Cream (1968)
Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
Blows Against the Empire - Jefferson Starship (1970)
The Great American Eagle Tragedy - Earth Opera (1969)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
Indian War Whoop - Holy Modal Rounders (1967)
Ice Cream For Crow - Captain Beefheart (1982)
Shiny Beast - Captain Beefheart (1978)
L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)
Absolutely Live - The Doors (1970)
Dusk at Cubist Castle - Olivia Tremor Control (1996)
One Nation Underground - Pearls Before Swine (1967)
Smile - The Beach Boys (1967; released in 2011)
Pretties for You - Alice Cooper (1968)
Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones (1966) [US Version]
Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer (1968)
Disraeli Gears - Cream (1967)
Waiting For The Sun - The Doors (1968)
Ptoof! - Deviants (1967)
The Silver Apples - The Silver Apples (1968)
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band (1968)
*In Search of the Lost Chord - The Moody Blues (1968)
The Fugs [aka: The Fugs Second Album] - The Fugs (1966)
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (1967)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Oar - Alexander Spence (1968)
Journey to the Center of the Mind - The Amboy Dukes (1968)
Psychedelic Lollipop - Blues Magoos (1966)
Planned Obsolescence - The Blues Project (1968)
The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1968)
Gorilla - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1967)
Tadpoles - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1969)
Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (1969)
Monster Movie - Can (1969)
Orgasm - Cromagnon (1969)
Song of Innocence - David Axelrod (1968)
The Deviants - The Deviants (1969)
Hard Rock From The Middle East - The Devil's Anvil (1967)
Gris Gris - Dr John (1967)
The Great American Eagle Tragedy - Earth Opera (1969)
Wasa Wasa - Edgar Broughton Band (1969)
Mass in F Minor - The Electric Prunes (1968)
Cauldron - Fifty Foot Hose (1968)
Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa (1967)
*Hot Rats - Frank Zappa (1969)
Rock & Roll Music - The Frost (1969)
Tenderness Junction - The Fugs (1968)
It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest - The Fugs (1968)
Contact High With the Godz - Godz (1966)
Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids - Hapshash & The Coloured Coat (1967)
The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders (1969)
II - H.P. Lovecraft (1968)
The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion - The Incredible String Band (1967)
The Insect Trust - The Insect Trust (1968)
Sov gott Rose-Marie - International Harvester (1968)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (1968)
Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane (1968)
The American Metaphysical Circus - Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies (1969)
Side Trips - Kaleidoscope (1967)
Outrageous - Kim Fowley (1968)
L'Infonie - L'Infonie [aka: Volume 3] (1969)
*An Evening With Wild Man Fischer - Wild Man Fischer (1969)
Dedicato a... - Le Stelle di Mario Schifano (1967)
Maledictus Sound - Maledictus Sound (1968)
Presenting... Lothar and the Hand People - Lothar and the Hand People (1968)
Mad River - Mad River (1968)
Paradise Bar & Grill - Mad River (1969)
Grape Jam - Moby Grape (1968)
The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds - Mort Garson (1967)
Several More 7/10s...


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Best Progressive/Krautrock/Post Rock Albums

9.5/10
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)

9/10
Faust - Faust (1971)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)

MAYBE:

8.5/10
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Not Available - Residents (1974)
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three (1997)
Tago Mago - Can (1971)
Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot - Gong (1973)
Cyborg - Klaus Schulze (1973)
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (1969)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)

MAYBE:
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Uncle Meat - Frank Zappa (1969)
*Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)

8/10
Yeti - Amon Duul II (1970)
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd (1968)
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Four Great Points - June of 44 (1998)
In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Popol Vuh (1972)
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles (1990)
Tanz Der Lemminge - Amon Duul II (1971)
Through Time and Mystery -- Ending - Peter Frohmader (1988)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973)
Faust IV - Faust (1973)
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator (1971)
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969)
The End of an Ear - Robert Wyatt (1970)
Close to the Edge - Yes (1972)

MAYBE:
Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994)
Rusty - Rodan (1994)
Freak Out! - Frank Zappa (1966)
We're Only in it For the Money - Frank Zappa (1967)
Action Park - Shellac (1994)
This Timeless Turning - Sky Cries Mary (1994)
Transition - Peter Michael Hamel (1983)
Canaxis 5 - Technical Space Composer's Crew (aka Canaxis 5) (1969)
Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers (1970)
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
Exploded Drawing - Polvo (1996)
Music in a Doll's House - Family (1969)

7.5/10
H To He Who Am The Only One - Van Der Graaf Generator (1970)
Fragile - Yes (1971)
joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers (1969)

MAYBE:
*Tommy - The Who (1969)
Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks (1967)
Family?
Zappa?

Others - Probably 7.3+
Phallus Dei - Amon Duul (1969)
Ummagumma - Pink Floyd (1969)

7/10
Aqualung - Jethro Tull (1971)
Cluster II - Cluster (1972)

MAYBE:


Others - Probably 6.8+
Ragnarök - Electronic Funk - Beaver and Krause (1969)
Monster Movie - Can (1969)
The Flock - The Flock (1969)
*Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids - Hapshash & The Coloured Coat (1967)
L'Infonie - L'Infonie [aka: Volume 3] (1969)
New Atlantis - Cosmic Music Experience - Limbus 3 (1969)[/b]


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