- Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (composer) Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) (classical, composed 1562)
- Thomas Tallis (composer) Spem in Alium, Motet for 40 Voices (1570)
- Claudio Monteverdi (composer) L’Orfeo (Orpheus) (opera, composed 1607, first performed: 2/24/1607)
- Claudio Monteverdi (composer) Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (classical, composed 1610)
- Claudio Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppaea) (opera: 1642)
- Henry Purcell (composer) Dido and Aeneas (performed 12/1/1687)
- Johann Pachelbel (composer) “Canon in D major” (1694)
- George Friedrich Handel (composer) Water Music (classical, composed 1717, performed 7/17/1717)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (classical, composed 1720)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Brandenburg Concertos (classical, composed 1719-21)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Cello Suites (classical, composed 1717-23)
- George Friedrich Händel (composer) Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt) (classical, composed 1724)
- Antonio Vivaldi (composer) The Four Seasons (classical, composed 1725)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) St. Matthew Passion (classical, composed 1729-36)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Goldberg Variations (classical, composed 1741)
- George Friedrich Händel (composer) Messiah (classical, composed 1741, performed 4/13/1742)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Mass in B Minor (classical, composed 1733-1749)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 20 (classical, composed 1785, performed 2/11/1785)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 21 (classical, composed 1785, performed 3/10/1785)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (classical, composed 1786)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (classical, composed 1786)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (opera, composed 1786)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Don Giovanni (opera, composed 1787, performed 10/29/1787)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 40 in G minor (classical, composed 1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” (classical, composed 1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Requiem Mass in D minor (classical, composed 1791)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Clarinet Concerto in A Major (classical, composed 1791)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (classical, composed 1791)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 3 (classical, composed 1800)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 3 in E-flat “Sinfonia Eroica” (classical, composed 1804)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Fidelio (classical, composed 1805)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Violin Concerto in D Major (classical, composed 1806)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 4 (classical, composed 1806)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 5 (classical, composed 1808, performed 12/22/1808)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” (classical, composed 1808, performed 12/22/1808)
- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” (classical, performed 1/13/1811)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 7 (classical, composed 1812, performed 12/8/1813)
- Gioacchino Rossini (composer) Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (opera, composed 1816)
- Franz Schubert (composer) Piano Quintet in A Major (“Trout”) (classical, composed 1819)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Sonatas (32) (classical, composed 1795-1822)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 9 (classical, composed 1824, performed 5/7/1824)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) String Quartets (16) (classical, composed 1798-1826)
- Hector Berlioz (composer) Symphonie Fantastique (classical, composed 1830)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile (composed 1851, performed 3/11/1851)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) (opera, composed 1853, performed 3/6/1853)
- Richard Wagner (composer) Tristan Und Isolde (opera, composed 1857-59, performed 6/10/1865)
- Franz Schubert (composer) Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) (classical, composed 1822, performed 12/17/1865)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Aida (opera, composed 1871, performed 12/1871)
- Richard Wagner (composer) Der Ring Des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle) (opera, composed 1848-1874, performed 8/17/1876)
- Modest Mussorgsky (composer) Tableaux d'une Exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition) (classical, composed for piano in 1874, reworked for orchestra in 1922, performed 10/19/1923)
- Georges Bizet (composer) Carmen (opera, composed 1873-74, performed 3/3/1875)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) Piano Concerto No. 1 (classical, composed 1875, performed 10/15/1875)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Symphony No. 4 (classical, composed 1885)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) Symphony No. 1 in D major (Titan) (classical, composed 1884-88, performed 11/20/1889)
- Antonin Dvorák (composer) Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (classical, composed 1893, performed 5/24/1893)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique) (classical, composed 1893, performed 10/28/1893)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” (composed: 1888-94, performed 12/13/1895)
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) La Bohème (The Bohemian Life) (opera, composed 1896, performed 2/1/1896)
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) Tosca (opera, composed 1900, performed 1/14/1900)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (composer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (classical, composed 1901, performed 11/9/1901)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) Symphony No. 5 (composed 1902, p. 10/18/1904)
- Richard Strauss (composer) Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (classical, composed 1911, performed 1/26/1911)
- Igor Stravinsky (composer) Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (ballet, composed 1913, performed 5/29/1913)
- Arthur Collins The King of the Ragtime Singers (compilation: 1902-1916, released 2014)
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) Turandot (opera, composed 1926, stage debut: 4/25/1926)
- Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat (stage debut: 12/27/27, cast recorded 1933, soundtrack released 1951)
- Paul Whiteman Masterpieces (compilation: 1920-27, released 2015)
- Louis Armstrong The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (box set, recorded 1925-28, released 8/22/2000)
- Henry Burr Anthology: The Original King of Pop (compilation: 1903-28, released 2005)
- Various Artists compiled by Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music (box set, recorded 1926-32, released 1952)
- Bessie Smith The Essential (compilation, 1923-33, released 9/23/1997)
- Charlie Patton Founder of the Delta Blues (compilation: 1929-34, released 1969)
- George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward (composers) Porgy and Bess (opera/musical, composed 1935, stage debut: 9/30/35)
- Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings (compilation: 1936-37, released 8/28/90)
- Benny Goodman The Complete Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert (live, recorded 1/16/38)
- Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, & Herbert Stothart (composers) The Wizard of Oz (soundtrack, 8/25/39)
- Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads (7/40)
- Billy Murray Anthology: The Denver Nightingale (compilation: 1903-40, released 2002)
- Glenn Miller Glenn Miller (aka “Glenn Miller & His Orchestra”) (compilation: 1939-42, charted 3/24/45)
- Duke Ellington The Blanton-Webster Band (box set: 1939-42, released 10/25/90)
- Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) Oklahoma! (stage debut: 3/31/43, cast recording released 12/4/44, soundtrack released 8/1/55)
- Béla Bartók (composer) Concerto for Orchestra (classical, composed 1944, performed 12/1/44)
- Glenn Miller Very Best of (compilation: 1939-44, released 2010)
- Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Carousel (stage debut: 4/19/45, cast recording released 5/21/45, soundtrack charted 2/25/56)
- Bing Crosby Merry Christmas (aka ‘White Christmas’) (Christmas, charted 12/1/45)
- Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun (stage debut: 5/16/46, cast recording released 7/8/46, soundtrack charted 6/10/50)
- Al Jolson Songs He Made Famous (soundtrack, released 11/46)
- Cole Porter (composer) Kiss Me, Kate (stage debut: 12/30/48, cast recording released 1949, soundtrack charted 1/23/54)
- Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) South Pacific (stage debut: 4/4/49, cast released 5/9/49, soundtrack released 3/19/58)
- Al Jolson Best of (compilation: 1913-49; released 6/27/1007)
- Miles Davis Birth of the Cool (recorded 1/21/49 to 3/9/50, released 1957)
- Frank Loesser (composer) Guys and Dolls (stage debut: 11/24/50, cast recording: 12/3/50, released 1/8/51)
- Guy Lombardo The Band Played On: 25 Number One Hits! (compilation: 1927-50, released 2002)
- Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) The King and I (stage debut: 3/29/51, cast recording charted 5/28/51, soundtrack charted 7/21/56)
- George & Ira Gershwin (composers) An American in Paris (classical, soundtrack released 10/4/51)
- Jane Froman With a Song in My Heart (soundtrack, charted 3/29/52)
- Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only (charted 1/17/53)
- Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1947-53, released 1978)
- Mario Lanza The Student Prince (soundtrack, charted 7/10/54)
- Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours (charted 5/28/55)
- Muddy Waters His Best 1947-55 (includes all of Best of, compilation: 1947-55, released 1997)
- Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (aka Sunrise, The Sun Years, or The Sun Collection) (archives, recorded 1954-55, released 3/76)
- Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1/16/56)
- Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) My Fair Lady (stage debut: 3/15/56, cast recorded 3/24/56, cast album charted 4/28/56, soundtrack charted 10/10/64)
- Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (aka Rock ‘N’ Roll) (3/23/56)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (covers, released 3/27/56)
- Harry Belafonte Calypso (charted 6/16/56)
- Duke Ellington At Newport (live, recorded 7/7/56)
- Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus (recorded 3/22/56 to 10/5/56)
- Various Artists The First Rock and Roll Record (1916-56, released 10/20/11)
- Little Richard Here’s Little Richard (3/57)
- Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (stage debut: 9/26/57, cast recording charted 3/17/58, soundtrack charted 10/23/61)
- Elvis Presley Elvis’ Christmas Album (10/57)
- Buddy Holly & the Crickets The Chirping Crickets (11/27/57)
- Meredith Willson (composer) The Music Man (stage debut: 12/19/57, cast recording charted 2/24/58, soundtrack charted 8/11/62)
- Bing Crosby The Definitive Collection (compilation, 1931-57, released 1/24/2006)
- Johnny Mathis Johnny’s Greatest Hits (compilation: 1956-58, 3/58)
- Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe (composers) Gigi (soundtrack, charted 6/23/58, cast: 1973)
- Buddy Holly & The Crickets 20 Golden Greats (compilation: 1956-58, released 2/17/78)
- Henry Mancini The Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack, charted 2/9/59)
- Miles Davis Kind of Blue (recorded 3/2/59 to 4/22/59)
- Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um (recorded 5/5/59 to 5/12/59)
- Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy (stage debut: 5/21/59, cast recording: 5/28/59, soundtrack: 12/15/62)
- Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come (recorded 5/22/59)
- The Kingston Trio At Large (charted 6/22/59)
- Dave Brubeck Time Out (released 6/59)
- Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II (composers) The Sound of Music (stage debut: 11/16/59, cast recording released 11/59, soundtrack released 3/65)
- John Coltrane Giant Steps (recorded 4/1/59 to 12/2/59, released 1960)
- Miles Davis/Gil Evans Sketches of Spain (recorded 11/15/59 to 3/10/60)
- Lionel Bart (composer) Oliver! (musical: 6/30/60; movie: 9/26/68)
- Muddy Waters At Newport (live, recorded 7/3/60)
- Elvis Presley G.I. Blues (soundtrack, 10/60)
- Bobby “Blue” Bland Two Steps from the Blues (compilation: 1956-60, released 11/12/60)
- Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner (composers) Camelot (cast recording, stage debut: 12/3/60, soundtrack: 1967)
- Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall (live, recorded 4/23/61, released 7/10/61)
- Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard (live, recorded 6/25/61; released 10/61)
- Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii (soundtrack, 10/1/61)
- Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany’s (soundtrack, charted 10/9/61)
- Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (charted 4/21/62)
- James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, recorded 10/24/62, released 1/63)
- Howlin’ Wolf Moanin’ in the Moonlight/Howlin’ Wolf (aka ‘The Rockin’ Chair Album’) (compilations: 1951-62, released in 1959 and 1962)
- Stan Getz/João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto (recorded 3/19/63)
- The Beatles Please Please Me (3/22/63)
- Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (5/27/63)
- Jerry Herman (composer) Hello, Dolly! (musical: 11/18/63)
- The Beatles With the Beatles (11/22/63)
- Patsy Cline 12 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1957-63, released 2/4/73)
- Elmore James The Sky Is Crying: The History of (compilation: 1951-63; released 4/6/1993)
- Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! (recorded 2/25/64)
- The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones (aka ‘England’s Newest Hitmakers’) (4/16/64)
- The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (7/10/64)
- Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan (8/8/64)
- Richard M. Sherman/Robert B. Sherman (composers) Mary Poppins (soundtrack, released 8/27/64)
- Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick (composers) Fiddler on the Roof (stage debut: 9/22/64, cast recording charted 10/31/64, soundtrack charted 10/30/71)
- B.B. King Live at the Regal (live, recorded 11/21/64, released 1965)
- The Beatles Beatles for Sale (12/4/64)
- John Coltrane A Love Supreme (recorded 12/9/64, released 2/65)
- Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (compilation: 1955-65, released 1982)
- Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (3/22/65)
- Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights (charted 5/15/65)
- The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man (6/21/65)
- The Beatles Help! (8/6/65)
- Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (8/30/65)
- Otis Redding Otis Blue (8/65)
- Junior Wells with Buddy Guy Hoodoo Man Blues (11/65)
- The Beatles Rubber Soul (12/3/65)
- The Who The Who Sings My Generation (12/20/65)
- Sam Cooke The Man and His Music (compilation: 1951-65, released 2/86)
- Roy Orbison For the Lonely - 18 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1956-64, released 1/7/89)
- The Rolling Stones Aftermath (4/15/66)
- The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (5/16/66)
- Bob Dylan The Royal Albert Hall Concert (The Bootleg Series Volume 4) (live, recorded 5/17/66)
- Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (6/20/66)
- The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! (6/27/66)
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers/Eric Clapton Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (7/22/66)
- The Beatles Revolver (8/5/66)
- Simon & Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (9/66)
- John Kander/Fred Ebb (composers) Cabaret (musical: 11/20/66, movie: )
- Bob Dylan Greatest Hits (compilation: 1962-66, released 3/27/67)
- The Doors The Doors (1/4/67)
- The Byrds Younger Than Yesterday (2/6/67)
- Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (3/10/67)
- The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (3/12/67)
- Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (charted 3/25/67)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (5/12/67)
- The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (6/1/67)
- Moby Grape Moby Grape (6/67)
- Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign (7/67)
- Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (8/5/67)
- Byrds Greatest Hits (compilation: 1965-67, released 8/7/67)
- The Doors Strange Days (9/25/67)
- Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair (stage debut: 10/17/67, cast recording charted 8/3/68, soundtrack: 1979)
- Buffalo Springfield Again (10/30/67)
- The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed (11/11/67)
- Cream Disraeli Gears (charted 11/18/67)
- The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (11/27/67)
- The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (11/30/67)
- Love Forever Changes (11/67)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love (12/1/67)
- The Who Sell Out (12/16/67)
- Leonard Cohen The Songs of Leonard Cohen (12/27/67)
- Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding (12/27/67)
- The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1/3/68)
- Simon & Garfunkel/Dave Grusin The Graduate (soundtrack, 1/21/68)
- Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (live, recorded 1/13/68, released 3/1/68)
- Aretha Franklin Lady Soul (1/22/68)
- The Mothers of Invention We’re Only in It for the Money (3/4/68)
- Simon & Garfunkel Bookends (3/68)
- The Zombies Odessey & Oracle (4/68)
- Iron Butterfly In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (6/14/68)
- The Small Faces Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (charted 6/23/68)
- Cream Wheels of Fire (studio/live, 6/68)
- The Band Music from Big Pink (7/1/68)
- Big Brother & the Holding Company Cheap Thrills (8/12/68)
- The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo (8/30/68)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (9/16/68)
- The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (live, recorded 10/30-31/68, charted 3/8/69)
- The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (11/22/68)
- The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (11/22/68)
- Van Morrison Astral Weeks (11/68)
- The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (12/6/68)
- Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears (12/11/68)
- Various Artists Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (box set: 1964-68, released 9/72)
- Bob Dylan & The Band The Basement Tapes (archives, recorded 1967-68, released 6/26/75)
- Ray Charles Anthology (compilation: 1955-68, charted 10/29/88)
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I (1/12/69)
- Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1/18/69)
- Johnny Cash At San Quentin (live, recorded 2/24/69, released 6/4/69)
- The Grateful Dead Live/Dead (live, recorded 3/2/69, released 11/10/69)
- The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground (3/31/69)
- Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline (4/9/69)
- Sly & the Family Stone Stand! (charted 4/26/69)
- Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (4/69)
- The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin (charted 5/3/69)
- Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (5/14/69)
- The Who Tommy (5/23/69)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (5/29/69)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (6/16/69)
- Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul (charted 7/12/69)
- Blind Faith Blind Faith (7/21/69)
- Various Artists Woodstock (live soundtrack, recorded 8/15-18/69, released 8/70)
- The Stooges The Stooges (charted 8/23/69)
- Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (9/1/69)
- Miles Davis In a Silent Way (charted 9/6/69)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River (charted 9/13/69)
- The Band The Band (9/22/69)
- The Beatles Abbey Road (9/26/69)
- King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King (10/10/69)
- Frank Zappa Hot Rats (10/10/69)
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (10/22/69)
- The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (11/28/69)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys (charted 12/13/69)
- The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out (live, recorded 11/28/69, released 9/4/70)
- Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (12/69)
- Willie Dixon/various artists The Chess Box (compilation: 1951-69, released 1988)
- Various Artists produced by Phil Spector Back to Mono (box set: 1958-69, released 11/12/91)
- Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys (live, recorded 12/31/69 to 1/1/70, charted 5/2/70)
- Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1/26/70)
- Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (2/13/70)
- The Who Live at Leeds (live, recorded 2/14/70, released 5/16/70)
- Van Morrison Moondance (2/28/70)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash Déjà Vu (3/11/70)
- James Taylor Sweet Baby James (charted 3/14/70)
- Randy Newman 12 Songs (4/70)
- The Beatles Let It Be (5/8/70)
- Miles Davis Bitches Brew (charted 5/16/70)
- Deep Purple In Rock (charted 6/3/70)
- Grateful Dead Workingman’s Dead (6/14/70)
- The Stooges Fun House (7/7/70)
- Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die (charted 7/11/70)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (charted 7/25/70)
- Neil Young After the Gold Rush (8/31/70)
- Velvet Underground Loaded (8/31/70)
- Black Sabbath Paranoid (charted 9/19/70)
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III (10/5/70)
- Santana Abraxas (charted 10/10/70)
- Grateful Dead American Beauty (11/1/70)
- Nick Drake Bryter Layter (11/1/70)
- Derek and the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (charted 11/21/70)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice (composers) Jesus Christ Superstar (studio: 11/21/70, stage debut: 10/12/71, soundtrack: 6/30/73)
- Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman (11/23/70)
- George Harrison All Things Must Pass (11/27/70)
- John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (12/11/70)
- Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits (compilation: 1964-70, released 6/20/72)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Ultimate Experience (compilation: 1966-70, released 11/92)
- The Beatles 1 (compilation: 1962-70, released 11/14/00)
- Janis Joplin Pearl (1/11/71)
- Carole King Tapestry (2/10/71)
- The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (live, recorded 3/12/71 to 3/13/71, released 7/71)
- Jethro Tull Aqualung (charted 3/19/71)
- Yes The Yes Album (3/19/71)
- The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (4/23/71)
- The Doors L.A. Woman (4/29/71)
- Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (5/21/71)
- Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (charted 6/19/71)
- Joni Mitchell Blue (6/22/71)
- The Who Who’s Next (8/14/71)
- John Lennon Imagine (9/9/71)
- T-Rex Electric Warrior (9/24/71)
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (11/8/71)
- Sly & the Family Stone There’s a Riot Goin’ On (charted 11/13/71)
- Yes Fragile (11/26/71)
- The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-71 (compilation: 1964-71, released 12/15/71)
- David Bowie Hunky Dory (12/17/71)
- Janis Joplin Greatest Hits (compilation: 1967-71, charted 7/14/73)
- The Doors The Best of (compilation: 1966-71, charted 8/8/87)
- Various Artists Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (box set: 1959-71, released 11/13/92)
- Neil Young Harvest (2/14/72)
- Nick Drake Pink Moon (2/25/72)
- Deep Purple Machine Head (3/25/72)
- Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? (charted 3/25/72)
- The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (5/12/72)
- David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (6/6/72)
- Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won (live box set, recorded 6/25/72 and 6/27/72, released 5/27/03)
- Jimmy Cliff et al The Harder They Come (soundtrack, released 7/7/72)
- Roxy Music Roxy Music (charted 7/29/72)
- Curtis Mayfield Superfly (soundtrack, 7/72)
- Deep Purple Made in Japan (live, recorded 8/15/72 to 8/17/72, charted 4/21/73)
- Neil Diamond Hot August Night (live, recorded 8/24/72, charted 12/9/72)
- Yes Close to the Edge (9/13/72)
- Stevie Wonder Talking Book (10/27/72)
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken (10/72)
- Lou Reed Transformer (11/8/72)
- Steely Dan Can’t Buy a Thrill (11/72)
- The Temptations Anthology (compilation: 1964-72, released 8/23/73)
- John Denver Greatest Hits (compilation: 1969-72, released 11/15/73)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle (compilation: 1968-72, charted 3/6/76)
- Gram Parsons G.P. (1/73)
- Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (3/1/73)
- Roxy Music For Your Pleasure (3/23/73)
- Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (3/28/73)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Catch a Fire (4/13/73)
- David Bowie Aladdin Sane (4/13/73)
- Iggy & the Stooges Raw Power (charted 4/28/73)
- Al Green Call Me (charted 5/19/73)
- Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells (5/25/73)
- ZZ Top Tres Hombres (7/26/73)
- Lou Reed Berlin (7/73)
- Various Artists American Graffiti (soundtrack, 8/2/73)
- Stevie Wonder Innervisions (8/3/73)
- Marvin Gaye Let’s Get It On (8/28/73)
- New York Dolls New York Dolls (charted 9/1/73)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (charted 9/22/73)
- Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (10/5/73)
- Genesis Selling England by the Pound (charted 10/13/73)
- Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (10/13/73)
- The Who Quadrophenia (10/19/73)
- Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (12/5/73)
- Neil Young Tonight’s the Night (recorded 1973, released 7/12/75)
- Al Green Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971-73, charted 3/22/75)
- The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (recorded 1973, released 1976)
- Sly & the Family Stone Anthology (includes all of 1970’s Greatest Hits) (compilation: 1968-73, released 1981)
- Joni Mitchell Court and Spark (1/17/74)
- Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (charted 2/16/74)
- Steely Dan Pretzel Logic (2/20/74)
- Big Star Radio City (2/74)
- Richard & Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (4/74)
- David Bowie Diamond Dogs (5/24/74)
- Bad Company Bad Company (6/26/74)
- Neil Young On the Beach (7/16/74)
- Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard (charted 7/20/74)
- Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness’ First Finale (7/22/74)
- Bob Marley & The Wailers Natty Dread (10/25/74)
- Kraftwerk Autobahn (11/1/74)
- Elton John Greatest Hits (compilation: 1970-74, released 11/4/74)
- Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (11/18/74)
- Supertramp Crime of the Century (charted 12/7/74)
- Various Artists Atlantic Rhythm & Blues (box set: 1947-74, released 10/15/91)
- Aretha Franklin Queen of Soul: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-74, released 10/17/94)
- Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1/17/75)
- Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (2/24/75)
- Earth, Wind & Fire That’s the Way of the World (soundtrack, charted 3/15/75)
- Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (4/8/75)
- Elton John Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (5/19/75)
- John Kander & Fred Ebb (composers) Chicago (musical: 6/3/1975; soundtrack released 1/14/2003)
- Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (7/11/75)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Live! (At the Lyceum) (live, recorded 7/18/75, released 12/19/75)
- Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger (charted 7/26/75)
- Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (8/25/75)
- Kiss Alive! (live, 9/10/75)
- Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (9/15/75)
- Brian Eno Another Green World (9/75)
- Patti Smith Horses (11/8/75)
- Queen A Night at the Opera (11/21/75)
- Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! (live, recorded 3/24/75 to 11/22/75, charted 1/31/76)
- Parliament Mothership Connection (12/15/75)
- Big Star Third/Sister Lovers (recorded 1975, released 7/78)
- Bob Dylan Desire (1/16/76)
- David Bowie Station to Station (1/23/76)
- Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees (charted 3/20/76)
- Rush 2112 (charted 4/10/76)
- Ramones Ramones (4/23/76)
- Aerosmith Rocks (charted 5/29/76)
- Boston Boston (8/25/76)
- Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (9/28/76)
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Night Moves (10/1/76)
- Abba Arrival (10/11/76)
- James Taylor Greatest Hits (compilation: 1968-76, released 11/1/76)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice (composers) Evita (studio album: 11/19/76, stage debut: 6/21/78, soundtrack: 11/12/96)
- The Doobie Brothers Best of the Doobies (compilation: 1972-76, released 11/20/76)
- The Band The Last Waltz (live, recorded 11/26/76; released April 1978)
- Eagles Hotel California (12/8/76)
- Neil Young Decade (compilation: 1966-76, charted 11/26/77)
- David Bowie Low (1/14/77)
- Pink Floyd Animals (1/23/77)
- Fleetwood Mac Rumours (2/4/77)
- Television Marquee Moon (2/8/77)
- The Clash The Clash (4/8/77)
- Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (charted 4/16/77)
- Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus (6/3/77)
- Styx The Grand Illusion (7/7/1977)
- Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (7/22/77)
- Iggy Pop Lust for Life (charted 9/17/77)
- Billy Joel The Stranger (9/29/77)
- Steely Dan Aja (10/8/77)
- David Bowie Heroes (10/14/77)
- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (10/21/77)
- The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (10/28/77)
- Various Artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 11/15/77)
- Eric Clapton Slowhand (charted 11/26/77)
- Wire Pink Flag (11/77)
- Jackson Browne Running on Empty (12/6/77)
- Elvis Presley 30 #1 Hits (compilation: 1956-77, released 9/24/02)
- Van Halen Van Halen (2/10/78)
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (3/17/78)
- Various Artists (including Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta) Grease (soundtrack, 4/14/78)
- Cheap Trick At Budokan (live, recorded 4/78, charted 2/24/79)
- Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (6/2/78)
- The Cars The Cars (6/6/78)
- The Rolling Stones Some Girls (6/9/78)
- Dire Straits Dire Straits (charted 7/22/78)
- Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (7/78)
- Blondie Parallel Lines (charted 9/16/78)
- Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (charted 10/7/78)
- Billy Joel 52nd Street (charted 10/28/78)
- The Police Outlandos D’Amour (11/2/78)
- The Jam All Mod Cons (11/3/78)
- Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-1978 (compilation: 1974-78, released 11/15/78)
- Rod Stewart Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971-78, charted 11/24/79)
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1/5/79)
- Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown (charted 2/17/79)
- Stephen Sondheim (composer) Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (stage debut: 3/1/79, cast: 1979, soundtrack charted 1/5/08)
- Supertramp Breakfast in America (charted 3/31/79)
- Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (6/14/79)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps (7/2/79)
- AC/DC Highway to Hell (8/3/79)
- Talking Heads Fear of Music (8/3/79)
- The B-52s The B-52s (charted 8/4/79)
- Michael Jackson Off the Wall (8/10/79)
- Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door (8/15/79)
- Eagles The Long Run (9/24/79)
- Gang of Four Entertainment! (9/79)
- Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 9/79)
- The Police Reggatta De Blanc (10/5/79)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes (10/19/79)
- The Specials The Specials (10/19/79)
- Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (11/23/79)
- Pink Floyd The Wall (11/30/79)
- The Clash London Calling (12/14/79)
- Aerosmith Greatest Hits (compilation: 1973-79, charted 11/29/80)
- Led Zeppelin Mothership (compilation: 1969-79, released 11/12/2007)
- Pretenders Pretenders (1/7/80)
- Billy Joel Glass Houses (3/10/80)
- Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Against the Wind (charted 3/15/80)
- Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (third album) (5/30/80)
- Queen The Game (6/30/80)
- Joy Division Closer (7/18/80)
- AC/DC Back in Black (7/25/80)
- Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (charted 7/26/80)
- David Bowie Scary Monsters (9/12/80)
- Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (charted 9/13/80)
- Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz (charted 9/20/80)
- Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables (stage debut: 9/22/80, cast: 10/8/85, soundtrack: 12/21/12)
- Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-80, released 9/23/80)
- The Police Zenyatta Mondatta (10/3/80)
- Talking Heads Remain in Light (10/8/80)
- Bruce Springsteen The River (10/10/80)
- John Lennon/Yoko Ono Double Fantasy (11/17/80)
- REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity (11/21/80)
- Blondie Best of (compilation: 1976-80, charted 10/30/81)
- John Lennon The Collection (compilation: 1969-80, released 11/1/1982)
- Frank Sinatra Best of the Best (compilation: 1953-80; released 11/15/2011)
- Styx Paradise Theater (charted 1/31/81)
- Phil Collins Face Value (2/9/81)
- Rush Moving Pictures (2/12/81)
- Motörhead No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (live, recorded 3/28/80 to 3/30/81, charted 6/27/81)
- Foreigner 4 (7/2/81)
- Journey Escape (7/17/81)
- The Rolling Stones Tattoo You (8/30/81)
- The Police Ghost in the Machine (charted 10/2/81)
- The Human League Dare! (10/16/81)
- Queen Greatest Hits (compilation: 1973-81, released 11/3/81)
- Men at Work Business As Usual (11/9/81)
- Barbra Streisand Memories (released as Love Songs in the UK) (compilation: 1974-81, released 11/81)
- Black Flag Damaged (12/5/81)
- Foreigner Records (compilation: 1976-81, released 11/29/82)
- Bob Dylan Biograph (box: 1962-81, released 11/7/85)
- Eric Clapton The Cream of Clapton (compilation: 1966-81, released 3/7/95)
- Carpenters The Singles 1969-1981 (includes all of The Singles 1969-1973) (compilation: 1969-81, released 5/23/00)
- Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights (3/15/82)
- Asia Asia (3/18/82)
- Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast (3/22/82)
- Duran Duran Rio (3/29/82)
- Toto Toto IV (4/8/82)
- John Cougar (Mellencamp) American Fool (4/12/82)
- Roxy Music Avalon (charted 6/5/82)
- ABC Lexicon of Love (6/21/82)
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions Imperial Bedroom (7/2/82)
- Bruce Springsteen Nebraska (9/20/82)
- Prince 1999 (10/27/82)
- Donald Fagen The Nightfly (charted 10/30/82)
- Michael Jackson Thriller (11/30/82)
- Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (compilation: 1974-82, released 9/21/92)
- The Who Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy/Ultimate Collection (compilation: 1964-82, released 6/11/02)
- Def Leppard Pyromania (1/20/83)
- U2 War (2/28/83)
- R.E.M. Murmur (4/11/83)
- David Bowie Let’s Dance (4/11/83)
- Violent Femmes Violent Femmes (4/13/83)
- Various Artists Flashdance (soundtrack, 4/15/83)
- ZZ Top Eliminator (charted 4/23/83)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Texas Flood (6/13/83)
- The Police Synchronicity (charted 6/17/83)
- Metallica Kill ‘Em All (7/25/83)
- Madonna Madonna (7/27/83)
- U2 Under a Blood Red Sky (live, recorded 8/20/83)
- Billy Joel An Innocent Man (charted 8/20/83)
- Huey Lewis & The News Sports (9/15/83)
- Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones (9/83)
- Lionel Richie Can’t Slow Down (10/11/83)
- Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual 10/14/83)
- Culture Club Colour by Numbers (10/22/83)
- Talking Heads Stop Making Sense (live soundtrack, recorded 12/83, charted 9/22/84)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 5/8/84)
- Van Halen 1984 (1/9/84)
- Various Artists Footloose (soundtrack, 1/31/84)
- The Smiths The Smiths (2/20/84)
- Tina Turner Private Dancer (5/29/84)
- Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (6/4/84)
- Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 6/25/84)
- Sade Diamond Life (charted 7/28/84)
- Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (7/84)
- Metallica Ride the Lightning (charted 9/29/84)
- Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (9/84)
- U2 The Unforgettable Fire (10/1/84)
- The Replacements Let It Be (10/2/84)
- Bryan Adams Reckless (10/29/84)
- Wham! Make It Big (11/5/84)
- Madonna Like a Virgin (11/12/84)
- James Brown Star Time (box set: 1956-84, released 5/7/91)
- Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
- Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (2/17/85)
- Phil Collins No Jacket Required (2/18/85)
- Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (5/13/85)
- Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles (6/1/85)
- Marillion Misplaced Childhood (6/17/85)
- Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & II (compilation: 1973-85, released 7/2/85)
- John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow (8/5/85)
- Kate Bush Hounds of Love (charted 9/28/85)
- Tom Waits Rain Dogs (9/30/85)
- Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (charted 11/30/85)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live 1975/1985 (live box: 1975-85, released 11/10/86)
- Janet Jackson Control (2/6/86)
- Metallica Master of Puppets (2/24/86)
- Prince & the Revolution Parade (3/31/86)
- Anita Baker Rapture (charted 4/16/86)
- Peter Gabriel So (5/13/86)
- Various Artists Top Gun (soundtrack, 5/20/86)
- Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (5/27/86)
- Genesis Invisible Touch (6/9/86)
- The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (6/28/86)
- Madonna True Blue (6/30/86)
- Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet (8/18/86)
- Paul Simon Graceland (8/25/86)
- Steve Earle Guitar Town (10/7/86)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart/Richard Stigoe (composers) Phantom of the Opera (cast, opened 10/9/86)
- The Police Every Breath You Take – The Singles (compilation: 1978-1986; released 10/27/86)
- Slayer Reign in Blood (10/28/86)
- Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (11/11/86)
- Robert Cray Strong Persuader (charted 11/15/86)
- U2 The Joshua Tree (3/17/87)
- Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (3/30/87)
- Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night (4/13/87)
- Whitney Houston Whitney (6/2/87)
- Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (7/9/87)
- Terence Trent D’Arby Introducing the Hardline… (7/13/87)
- Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (7/21/87)
- Def Leppard Hysteria (8/3/87)
- New Order Substance (compilation: 1981-87, released 8/11/87)
- Michael Jackson Bad (8/31/87)
- Various Artists Dirty Dancing (soundtrack, 9/1/87)
- R.E.M. Document (9/8/87)
- Paul McCartney All the Best! (compilation: 1970-87, released 9/18/87)
- Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love (10/9/87)
- INXS Kick (10/20/87)
- George Michael Faith (11/3/87)
- Eric Clapton Crossroads (1963-87, released 4/18/88)
- Journey Greatest Hits (compilation: 1978-87, released 11/15/88)
- Bee Gees Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (compilation: 1966-87, released 4/21/17)
- Pixies Surfer Rosa (3/21/88)
- Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (4/5/88)
- Bobby Brown Don’t Be Cruel (6/20/88)
- Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl (6/21/88)
- Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (6/28/88)
- Jane’s Addiction Nothing’s Shocking (8/23/88)
- Metallica …And Justice for All (8/25/88)
- New Kids on the Block Hangin’ Tough (charted 8/27/88)
- Bon Jovi New Jersey (9/20/88)
- U2 Rattle and Hum (studio/live soundtrack, 10/11/88)
- Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (10/88)
- R.E.M. Green (11/8/88)
- Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-88, released 11/22/88)
- Beach Boys Very Best of (compilation: 1962-88; released 6/30/01)
- N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1/10/89)
- Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It’s True (aka All or Nothing) (3/7/89)
- De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (3/14/89)
- Madonna Like a Prayer (3/21/89)
- Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time (3/21/89)
- The Pixies Doolittle (4/18/89)
- Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (4/24/89)
- The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (5/2/89)
- The Cure Disintegration (5/2/89)
- Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (7/25/89)
- Aerosmith Pump (9/12/89)
- Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (9/19/89)
- Phil Collins …But Seriously (11/17/89)
- Van Morrison Best of (compilation: 1965-89, charted 4/7/90)
- Eurythmics Greatest Hits (compilation: 1983-89; released 5/24/91)
- U2 Best of 1980-1990 (compilation: 1980-89, released 11/3/98)
- M.C. Hammer Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (2/12/90)
- David Bowie ChangesBowie (compilation: 1969-90, released 3/4/90)
- Depeche Mode Violator (3/19/90)
- Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (3/20/90)
- Sinéad O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (3/20/90)
- Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (6/12/90)
- Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, & Jose Carreras The Three Tenors in Concert/Mehta (live, recorded 7/7/1990)
- Garth Brooks No Fences (8/27/90)
- Vanilla Ice To the Extreme (9/10/90)
- Madonna The Immaculate Collection (compilation: 1983-90, released 11/13/90)
- Happy Mondays Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (charted 11/17/90)
- Olivia Newton-John Magic: The Best Of (compilation: 1973-90, released 11/9/01)
- R.E.M. Out of Time (3/12/91)
- Boyz II Men Cooleyhighharmony (4/30/91)
- Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love (covers, 6/11/91)
- Crowded House Woodface (7/2/91)
- Massive Attack Blue Lines (8/6/91)
- Metallica Metallica (aka “The Black Album”) (8/12/91)
- Pearl Jam Ten (8/27/91)
- Garth Brooks Ropin’ the Wind (9/2/91)
- Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I (9/17/91)
- Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion II (9/17/91)
- Nirvana Nevermind (9/24/91)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik (9/24/91)
- A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory (9/24/91)
- Primal Scream Screamadelica (10/8/91)
- Alan Menken (music) with Howard Ashman & Tim Rice (lyrics) Beauty and the Beast (movie: 10/29/91, musical: 4/18/94)
- Queen Greatest Hits II (compilation: 1981-91, released 10/30/91)
- My Bloody Valentine Loveless (11/5/91)
- Pet Shop Boys Discography – The Complete Singles Collection (compilation: 1985-91, released 11/5/91)
- U2 Achtung Baby (11/19/91)
- Michael Jackson Dangerous (11/26/91)
- Various Artists The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1926-91, released 9/14/92)
- Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1/13/92)
- Eric Clapton Unplugged (live, recorded 1/16/92; released 8/25/92)
- Tears for Fears Tears Roll Down: 1982-1992 (compilation: 1982-92, released 3/2/92)
- Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (charted 3/31/92)
- Lionel Richie Back to Front (compilation: 1977-92, released 5/5/92)
- Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All (5/19/92)
- Alice in Chains Dirt (9/29/92)
- Stone Temple Pilots Core (9/29/92)
- R.E.M. Automatic for the People (10/6/92)
- Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (11/3/92)
- Various artists (Whitney Houston e al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 11/17/92)
- Dr. Dre The Chronic (12/15/92)
- Prince Very Best of (compilation: 1979-92, released 7/31/01)
- Sting Ten Summoner’s Tales (3/9/93)
- Janet Jackson janet. (5/18/93)
- Ace of Base The Sign (6/1/93)
- Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (6/22/93)
- U2 Zooropa (7/5/93)
- Björk Debut (7/13/93)
- Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (7/27/93)
- Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club (8/3/93)
- Garth Brooks In Pieces (8/23/93)
- Mariah Carey Music Box (8/31/93)
- Counting Crows August and Everything After (9/14/93)
- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (9/14/93)
- Nirvana In Utero (9/21/93)
- Pearl Jam Vs. (10/19/93)
- Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (10/22/93)
- Bryan Adams So Far So Good (compilation: 1982-93, released 11/2/93)
- Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (11/9/93)
- Celine Dion The Colour of My Love (11/9/93)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-93, released 11/16/93)
- Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (recorded live 11/18/93, released 11/1/94)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg Doggystyle (11/23/93)
- Garth Brooks The Hits (compilation: 1989-93: released 12/13/94)
- Green Day Dookie (2/1/94)
- Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (charted 2/26/94)
- Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (3/8/94)
- Soundgarden Superunknown (3/8/94)
- Pink Floyd The Division Bell (3/30/94)
- The Offspring Smash (4/11/94)
- Hole Live Through This (4/12/94)
- Live Throwing Copper (4/19/94)
- Nas Illmatic (4/19/94)
- Blur Parklife (4/25/94)
- Johnny Cash American Recordings (4/26/94)
- Weezer Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”) (5/10/94)
- Beastie Boys Ill Communication (5/23/94)
- Elton John/ Tim Rice/ Hans Zimmer (composers) The Lion King (soundtrack, 6/4/94)
- various artists Forrest Gump (soundtrack, 6/28/94)
- Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View (7/5/94)
- Jeff Buckley Grace (8/23/94)
- Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (8/29/94)
- Oasis Definitely Maybe (8/30/94)
- Boyz II Men II (8/30/94)
- Portishead Dummy (charted 9/3/94)
- The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (9/13/94)
- Eric Clapton: From the Cradle (covers, 9/13/94)
- various artists Pulp Fiction (soundtrack, 9/27/94)
- Bon Jovi Cross Road (compilation: 1984-94, released 10/18/94)
- Bob Seger Greatest Hits (compilation: 1972-94, released 10/25/94)
- Eagles Hell Freezes Over (live/studio, 11/8/94)
- Sting Fields of Gold – The Best of (compilation: 1985-94, released 11/8/94)
- TLC CrazySexyCool (11/15/94)
- Pearl Jam Vitalogy (12/6/94)
- Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of (compilation: 1967-1994, released 11/6/01)
- Nirvana Nirvana (Greatest Hits) (compilation: 1988-94, released 10/29/02)
- Guns N’ Roses Greatest Hits (compilation: 1987-94, released 3/23/04)
- Shania Twain The Woman in Me (2/7/95)
- Tricky Maxinquaye (2/20/95)
- PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (2/28/95)
- Jewel Pieces of You (2/28/95)
- Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits (compilation: 1975-95, released 2/28/95)
- Radiohead The Bends (3/13/95)
- Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (6/13/95)
- Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball (9/26/95)
- Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (10/3/95)
- Mariah Carey Daydream (10/3/95)
- No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (10/10/95)
- Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (10/24/95)
- Alan Jackson The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1989-95, released 10/24/95)
- Pulp Different Class (10/30/95)
- Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack, 11/14/95)
- Fugees The Score (2/12/96)
- Tupac Shakur (2pac) All Eyez on Me (2/13/96)
- Celine Dion Falling into You (3/11/96)
- Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go (5/20/96)
- Beck Odelay (6/18/96)
- Toni Braxton Secrets (6/18/96)
- Matchbox 20 Yourself or Someone Like You (10/1/96)
- Tool Ænima (10/1/96)
- Spice Girls Spice (11/4/96)
- Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (11/18/96)
- DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (11/19/96)
- The Notorious B.I.G. Life after Death (3/25/97)
- Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (4/7/97)
- Radiohead OK Computer (6/16/97)
- Various Artists Buena Vista Social Club (6/21/97)
- The Prodigy Fat of the Land (7/1/97)
- Sarah McLachlan Surfacing (7/15/97)
- The Verve Urban Hymns (9/30/97)
- Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (9/30/97)
- Shania Twain Come on Over (11/4/97)
- Celine Dion Let’s Talk about Love (11/15/97)
- James Horner (composer) Titanic (soundtrack, 11/18/97)
- Air Moon Safari (1/19/98)
- Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces (1/27/98)
- Madonna Ray of Light (3/3/98)
- Massive Attack Mezzanine (4/20/98)
- Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (6/30/98)
- Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (8/25/98)
- Phil Collins Hits (compilation: 1981-98, released 10/5/98)
- Garth Brooks Double Live (live, 11/17/98)
- Mariah Carey #1’s (compilation: 1990-98, released 11/17/98)
- Stevie Wonder The Definitive Collection (compilation: 1962-98, released 10/29/02)
- Britney Spears …Baby One More Time (1/12/99)
- Eminem The Slim Shady LP (2/23/99)
- Moby Play (5/17/99)
- The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (5/17/99)
- Backstreet Boys Millennium (5/18/99)
- Dido No Angel (6/1/99)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (6/8/99)
- Santana Supernatural (6/15/99)
- Destiny’s Child The Writing’s on the Wall (7/27/99)
- Dixie Chicks Fly (8/31/99)
- The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (9/7/99)
- Creed Human Clay (9/28/99)
- Celine Dion All the Way…A Decade of Song (compilation: 1991-99, released 11/13/99)
- Tim McGraw Greatest Hits (compilation: 1994-99, released 11/21/00)
- D’Angelo Voodoo (1/11/00)
- N Sync No Strings Attached (3/21/00)
- David Gray White Ladder (5/13/00)
- Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (5/23/00)
- Nelly Country Grammar (6/27/00)
- Coldplay Parachutes (7/10/00)
- Madonna Music (9/19/00)
- Radiohead Kid A (10/3/00)
- Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (10/24/00)
- OutKast Stankonia (10/31/00)
- U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind (10/31/00)
- PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (10/31/00)
- Various Artists O Brother Where Art Thou (soundtrack, 12/5/00)
- Madonna GHV2 (compilation: 1991-2000, released 11/13/01)
- Daft Punk Discovery (3/9/01)
- Destiny’s Child Survivor (5/1/01)
- Tool Lateralus (5/15/01)
- Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (6/5/01)
- The White Stripes White Blood Cells (7/3/01)
- The Strokes Is This It (7/30/01)
- Björk Vespertine (8/28/01)
- System of a Down Toxicity (9/4/01)
- Bob Dylan Love and Theft (9/11/01)
- Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (9/18/01)
- Jay-Z The Blueprint (9/18/01)
- Pink M!ssundaztood (11/20/01)
- Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2/26/02)
- The Streets Original Pirate Material (3/25/02)
- Eminem The Eminem Show (5/26/02)
- Avril Lavigne Let Go (6/4/02)
- Nelly Nellyville (6/25/02)
- Maroon 5 Songs about Jane (6/25/02)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way (7/9/02)
- The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (7/16/02)
- Bruce Springsteen The Rising (7/30/02)
- Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights (8/20/02)
- Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (8/27/02)
- Dixie Chicks Home (8/27/02)
- Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (8/27/02)
- Beck Sea Change (9/24/02)
- The Libertines Up the Bracket (10/21/02)
- Various Artists (Eminem et al) 8 Mile (10/29/02)
- Justin Timberlake Justified (11/5/02)
- Shania Twain Up! (11/19/02)
- 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2/6/03)
- Evanescence Fallen (3/4/03)
- Linkin Park Meteora (3/25/03)
- The White Stripes Elephant (4/1/03)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell (4/29/03)
- Radiohead Hail to the Thief (6/9/03)
- Beyoncé Dangerously in Love (6/17/03)
- Dizzee Rascal Boy in Da Corner (7/21/03)
- Alan Jackson Greatest Hits Volume 2 and Some Other Stuff (compilation: 1996-2003, released 8/12/03)
- OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (9/23/03)
- Eagles Very Best of (includes all of 1976’s Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and 1982’s Greatest Hits Volume 2) (compilation: 1971-2003, released 10/21/03)
- The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (10/21/03)
- R.E.M. In Time – The Best of 1988-2003 (compilation: 1988-2003, released 10/28/03)
- Jay-Z The Black Album (11/4/03)
- Michael Jackson Number Ones (compilation: 1978-2003, released 11/17/03)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-2003, released 11/17/03)
- Alicia Keys The Diary of… (12/2/03)
- Johnny Cash The Legend of… (compilation: 1955-2003, released 8/2/05)
- Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (2/9/04)
- Kanye West The College Dropout (2/10/04)
- Norah Jones Feels Like Home (2/10/04)
- Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters (3/9/04)
- Usher Confessions (3/23/04)
- Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (4/6/04)
- Madvillain Madvillainy (3/23/04)
- Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose (4/27/04)
- Keane Hopes and Fears (5/10/04)
- Streets A Grand Don’t Come for Free (5/10/04)
- The Killers Hot Fuss (6/7/04)
- Arcade Fire Funeral (9/14/04)
- Green Day American Idiot (9/21/04)
- Brian Wilson Smile (9/28/04)
- James Blunt Back to Bedlam (10/11/04)
- Robbie Williams Greatest Hits (compilation: 1997-2004, released 10/12/04)
- Shania Twain Greatest Hits (compilation: 1994-2004, released 11/8/04)
- Eminem Encore (11/12/04)
- U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (11/23/04)
- Kelly Clarkson Breakaway (11/30/04)
- Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (1/25/05)
- Antony & The Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (2/1/05)
- Bloc Party Silent Alarm (2/2/05)
- Jack Johnson In Between Dreams (3/1/05)
- 50 Cent The Massacre (3/3/05)
- M.I.A. Arular (3/22/05)
- Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi (4/12/05)
- Gorillaz Demon Days (5/24/05)
- Coldplay X & Y (6/6/05)
- Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business (6/7/05)
- Sufjan Stevens Illinois (7/4/05)
- Kanye West Late Registration (8/30/05)
- Nickelback All the Right Reasons (10/4/05)
- Carrie Underwood Some Hearts (11/15/05)
- Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits (compilation: 1999-2005, charted 12/4/05)
- Various Artists High School Musical (TV soundtrack, 1/10/06)
- Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (1/23/06)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium (5/9/06)
- Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way (5/23/06)
- TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain (7/6/2006)
- Bob Dylan Modern Times (8/29/06)
- Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds (9/12/06)
- Amy Winehouse Back to Black (10/6/06)
- Taylor Swift Taylor Swift (10/24/06)
- LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (3/20/07)
- Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare (4/23/07)
- The National Boxer (5/22/07)
- Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad (6/5/07)
- Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (7/8/07)
- High School Musical 2 (TV soundtrack, 8/14/07)
- M.I.A. Kala (8/20/07)
- Kanye West Graduation (9/11/07)
- Bruce Springsteen Magic (10/2/07)
- Radiohead In Rainbows (10/10/07)
- Robert Plant & Allison Krauss Raising Sand (10/23/07)
- Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (1/28/08)
- Adele 19 (1/28/08)
- Portishead Third (4/29/08)
- Lil’ Wayne Tha Carter III (5/13/08)
- Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (6/3/08)
- Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (6/11/08)
- Lady Gaga The Fame (8/19/08)
- Kings of Leon Only by the Night (9/19/08)
- Taylor Swift Fearless (11/11/08)
- Beyoncé I Am…Sasha Fierce (11/11/08)
- Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (1/20/09)
- U2 No Line on the Horizon (3/2/09)
- Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (6/3/09)
- Mumford & Sons Sigh No More (10/2/09)
- Lady Antebellum Need You Now (1/26/10)
- The National High Violet (5/11/10)
- Janelle Monáe The Arch Android (5/18/10)
- LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (5/18/10)
- The Black Keys Brothers (5/18/10)
- Eminem Recovery (6/21/10)
- Arcade Fire The Suburbs (8/3/10)
- Katy Perry Teenage Dream (8/24/10)
- Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans (10/4/10)
- Taylor Swift Speak Now (10/25/10)
- Rihanna Loud (11/16/10)
- Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (11/22/10)
- Adele 21 (1/19/11)
- PJ Harvey Let England Shake (2/14/11)
- Lady Gaga Born This Way (5/23/11)
- Bon Iver Bon Iver (6/17/11)
- Ed Sheeran Plus (+) (9/18/11)
- Michael Bublé Christmas (10/21/11)
- Drake Take Care (11/15/11)
- Lana Del Rey Born to Die (1/27/12)
- Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (6/19/12)
- Frank Ocean Channel Orange (7/10/12)
- Imagine Dragons Night Visions (9/4/12)
- Mumford & Sons Babel (9/21/12)
- Kendrick Lamar Good Kid m.A.A.d. City (10/22/12)
- Taylor Swift Red (10/22/12)
- Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox (12/6/2012)
- Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience (3/15/13)
- Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park (3/19/13)
- Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (5/14/13)
- Daft Punk Random Access Memories (5/17/13)
- Kanye West Yeezus (6/18/13)
- Arctic Monkeys AM (9/6/13)
- Lorde Pure Heroine (9/27/13)
- Various Artists Frozen (soundtrack, 11/25/13)
- Beyoncé Beyoncé (12/13/13)
- Beck Morning Phase (2/21/14)
- St. Vincent St. Vincent (2/24/14)
- The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream (3/18/14)
- Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour (5/26/14)
- Miranda Lambert Platinum (6/3/14)
- Ed Sheeran X (Multiply) (6/20/14)
- U2 Songs of Innocence (9/9/2014)
- Taylor Swift 1989 (10/27/14)
- D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah (12/15/14)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (composer) Hamilton (musical premiered 2/17/15, cast album released 9/25/15)
- Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (3/15/15)
- Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit (3/20/15)
- Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell (3/31/15)
- Chris Stapleton Traveller (5/5/15)
- The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness (8/28/15)
- Adele 25 (11/20/15)
- David Bowie Blackstar (1/15/16)
- Rihanna Anti (1/27/16)
- Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (4/15/16)
- Beyoncé Lemonade (4/23/16)
- Drake Views (4/29/16)
- Frank Ocean Blond (8/20/16)
- Solange A Seat at the Table (9/30/16)
- Bruno Mars 24K Magic (11/18/16)
- Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) (3/3/17)
- Kendrick Lamar Damn. (4/14/17)
- Lorde Melodrama (6/16/17)
- Taylor Swift Reputation (11/10/17)
- Various Artists The Greatest Showman (soundtrack, 12/8/2017)
- Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (3/20/18)
- Cardi B Invasion of Privacy (4/6/18)
- Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer (4/27/18)
- Drake Scorpion (6/29/18)
- Ariana Grande Thank U, Next (2/8/2019)
- Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (3/29/2019)
- Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride (5/3/2019)
- Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! (8/30/2019)
- Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding (9/6/2019)
- Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters (4/17/2020)
- Taylor Swift Folklore (7/24/2020)
- Chris Stapleton Starting Over (11/13/20)
- Olivia Rodrigo Sour (5/21/2021)
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