The Ten Most Influential Albums of All Time

The Velvet Underground & Nico
Self-titled (1967)

Heroin (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Art Rock
David Bowie
Arcade Fire

Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Like a Rolling Stone (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Let's just say,
Bob invented modern music

The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Fixing a Hole (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Pop Music
Psychadelic Rock
Possibilities are endless

Beach Boys
Pet Sounds (1966)

God Only Knows (mp3)

without this there would be no:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Kraftwerk
Trans-Europe Express (1977)

Trans-Europe Express (mp3)

without this there would be no:
House
Trance
Techno

The Smiths
Self-titled (1984)

This Charming Man (mp3)

without this there would be no:
The Queen Is Dead
Belle and Sebastian
& Indie music would be very different

N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton (1988)

Express Yourself (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Rap

Pink Floyd
Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)

Bike (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Reason to eat magic-mushrooms
Roger Waters on lead vocals
Dark Side of the Moon

Black Sabbath
Self-titled (1970)

Behind The Wall of Sleep (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Death Metal
Metallica
Iron Maiden

The Clash
London Calling (1979)

Spanish Bombs (mp3)

without this there would be no:
Versatile Punk Rock
Fun