50 Years, 50 Albums
06 Dec 2009
1960s
- 60: Joan Baez - Joan Baez
- 61: Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
- 62: Booker T - Green Onions
- 63: Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
- 64: Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
- 65: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
- 66: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- 67: The Velvet Underground and Nico
- 68: Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
- 69: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970s
- 70: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu
- 71: Led Zeppelin - IV
- 72: Neil Young - Harvest
- 73: Herbie Hancock - Headhunter
- 74: Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- 75: Eno - Another Green World
- 76: Boston - Boston
- 77: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- 78: Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
- 79: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980s
- 80: Peter Gabriel - 3
- 81: Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
- 82: Michael Jackson - Thriller
- 83: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
- 84: Prince - Purple Rain
- 85: Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love
- 86: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
- 87: Dinosaur Jr. - You’re Living All Over Me
- 88: Pixies - Sufer Rosa
- 89: Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
1990s
- 90: Sonic Youth - Goo
- 91: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
- 92: Alice in Chains - Dirt
- 93: The Boo Radleys - Step Up
- 94: Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
- 95: The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- 96: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
- 97: Radiohead - OK Computer
- 98: Air - Moon Safari
- 99: blink-182 - Enema of the State
2000s
- 00: Radiohead - Kid A
- 01: Daft Punk - Discovery
- 02: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- 03: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
- 04: The Arcade Fire - Funeral
- 05: Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
- 06: TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
- 07: Panda Bear - Person Pitch
- 08: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
- 09: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion