Q - 156 most influential records of all time (april 2019)

1	Kurt Weill	Dreigroschenoper	1928
2	Beach boys	Pet sounds	1966
3	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 1	1967
4	Captain Beefheart and the Magic band	Safe as milk	1967
5	Kinks	Something else by the Kinks	1967
6	Love	Forever changes	1967
7	Velvet underground	Velvet underground & Nico	1967
8	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 2	1968
9	Band	Music from big pink	1968
10	Scott Walker	Scott 2	1968
11	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 3	1969
12	King Crimson	In the court of the Crimson king	1969
13	Led zeppelin	Led zeppelin	1969
14	Neil Young	Everybody knows this is nowhere	1969
15	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 4	1970
16	Black sabbath	Black sabbath	1970
17	Nick Drake	Bryter layter	1970
18	John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono band	1970
19	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 5	1971
20	Can	Tago mago	1971
21	Serge Gainsbourg	L'histoire de Melody Nelson	1971
22	Marvin Gaye	What's going on	1971
23	Harry Nilsson	Nilsson Schmilsson	1971
24	Sly and the family Stone	There's a riot goin' on	1971
25	#	Nuggets : original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era, 1965-1968	1972
26	Joni Mitchell	For the roses	1972
27	Fela Kuti	Afrodisiac	1973
28	Pink floyd	Dark side of the moon	1973
29	Upsetters	Upsetters 14 dub blackboard jungle	1973
30	Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1974
31	Brian Eno	Discreet music	1975
32	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
33	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the key of life	1976
34	David Bowie	"Heroes"	1977
35	David Bowie	Low	1977
36	Buzzcocks	Spiral scratch	1977
37	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Exodus	1977
38	Sex pistols	Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols	1977
39	Suicide	Suicide	1977
40	Throbbing gristle	Second annual report	1977
41	Wire	Pink flag	1977
42	David Bowie	Lodger	1979
43	Clash	London calling	1979
44	Gang of four	Entertainment!	1979
45	Joy division	Unknown pleasures	1979
46	Talking heads	Fear of music	1979
47	Cure	Faith	1981
48	Brian Eno & David Byrne	My life in the bush of ghosts	1981
49	Gun club	Fire of love	1981
50	Birthday party	Junkyard	1982
51	Fall	Hex enduction hour	1982
52	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982
53	Vangelis	Blade runner (soundtrack)	1982
54	Metallica	Kill 'em all	1983
55	Run DMC	Run DMC	1984
56	Kate Bush	Hounds of love	1985
57	Jesus and Mary chain	Psychocandy	1985
58	Scritti politti	Cupid & psyche 85	1985
59	Arthur Russell	World of echo	1986
60	Depeche mode	Music for the masses	1987
61	Fleetwood mac	Tango in the night	1987
62	U2	The Joshua tree	1987
63	Green river	rehab doll	1988
64	N.W.A.	Straight outta Compton	1988
65	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988
66	Sonic youth	Daydream nation	1988
67	Talk talk	Spirit of Eden	1988
68	Soul II Soul	Club classics, vol. 1	1989
69	Stone roses	The Stone roses	1989
70	Bikini kill	Revolution girl style now	1991
71	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
72	Slint	Spiderland	1991
73	A Tribe called quest	The low end theory	1991
74	Rage against the machine	Rage against the machine	1992
75	Björk	Debut	1993
76	Blur	Modern life is rubbish	1993
77	Snoop Dogg	Doggystyle	1993
78	Wu-Tang clan	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)	1993
79	Johnny Cash	American recordings	1994
80	Oasis	Definitely maybe	1994
81	Prodigy	Music for the jilted generation	1994
82	Radiohead	The bends	1995
83	Aaliyah	One in a million	1996
84	Spice girls	Spice	1996
85	Air	Moon safari	1998
86	Boards of Canada	Music has the right to children	1998
87	Neutral milk hotel	In the aeroplane over the sea	1998
88	Outkast	Aquemeni	1998
89	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers lp	2000
90	Daft punk	Discovery	2001
91	White stripes	White blood cells	2001
92	William Basinski	The disintegration loops	2002
93	Streets	Original pirate material	2002
94	Dizzee Rascal	Boy in da corner	2003
95	M.I.A.	Arular	2005
96	Amy Winehouse	Back to black	2006
97	Bon Iver	For Emma, forever ago	2007
98	Burial	Untrue	2007
99	Radiohead	In rainbows	2007
100	Kanye West	808s and heartbreaks	2008
101	XX	XX	2009
102	Robyn	Body talk	2010
103	James Blake	James Blake	2011
104	Frank Ocean	Channel orange	2012
105	Beyoncé	Beyoncé	2013
106	Tegan & Sara	Heartthrob	2013
107	Kendrick Lamar	To pimp a butterfly	2015

1	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 1	1967
2	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 2	1968
3	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 3	1969
4	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 4	1970
5	#	Motown chartbusters : volume 5	1971
6	#	Nuggets : original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era, 1965-1968	1972
7	Aaliyah	One in a million	1996
8	Air	Moon safari	1998
9	Band	Music from big pink	1968
10	William Basinski	The disintegration loops	2002
11	Beach boys	Pet sounds	1966
12	Beyoncé	Beyoncé	2013
13	Bikini kill	Revolution girl style now	1991
14	Birthday party	Junkyard	1982
15	Björk	Debut	1993
16	Black sabbath	Black sabbath	1970
17	James Blake	James Blake	2011
18	Blur	Modern life is rubbish	1993
19	Boards of Canada	Music has the right to children	1998
20	Bon Iver	For Emma, forever ago	2007
21	David Bowie	"Heroes"	1977
22	David Bowie	Lodger	1979
23	David Bowie	Low	1977
24	Burial	Untrue	2007
25	Kate Bush	Hounds of love	1985
26	Buzzcocks	Spiral scratch	1977
27	Can	Tago mago	1971
28	Captain Beefheart and the Magic band	Safe as milk	1967
29	Johnny Cash	American recordings	1994
30	Clash	London calling	1979
31	Cure	Faith	1981
32	Daft punk	Discovery	2001
33	Depeche mode	Music for the masses	1987
34	Nick Drake	Bryter layter	1970
35	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers lp	2000
36	Brian Eno	Discreet music	1975
37	Brian Eno & David Byrne	My life in the bush of ghosts	1981
38	Fall	Hex enduction hour	1982
39	Fleetwood mac	Tango in the night	1987
40	Serge Gainsbourg	L'histoire de Melody Nelson	1971
41	Gang of four	Entertainment!	1979
42	Marvin Gaye	What's going on	1971
43	Green river	rehab doll	1988
44	Gun club	Fire of love	1981
45	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1982
46	Jesus and Mary chain	Psychocandy	1985
47	Joy division	Unknown pleasures	1979
48	King Crimson	In the court of the Crimson king	1969
49	Kinks	Something else by the Kinks	1967
50	Kraftwerk	Autobahn	1974
51	Fela Kuti	Afrodisiac	1973
52	Kendrick Lamar	To pimp a butterfly	2015
53	Led zeppelin	Led zeppelin	1969
54	John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono band	1970
55	Love	Forever changes	1967
56	M.I.A.	Arular	2005
57	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Exodus	1977
58	Metallica	Kill 'em all	1983
59	Joni Mitchell	For the roses	1972
60	N.W.A.	Straight outta Compton	1988
61	Neutral milk hotel	In the aeroplane over the sea	1998
62	Harry Nilsson	Nilsson Schmilsson	1971
63	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
64	Oasis	Definitely maybe	1994
65	Frank Ocean	Channel orange	2012
66	Outkast	Aquemeni	1998
67	Pink floyd	Dark side of the moon	1973
68	Pixies	Surfer Rosa	1988
69	Prodigy	Music for the jilted generation	1994
70	Radiohead	In rainbows	2007
71	Radiohead	The bends	1995
72	Rage against the machine	Rage against the machine	1992
73	Dizzee Rascal	Boy in da corner	2003
74	Robyn	Body talk	2010
75	Run DMC	Run DMC	1984
76	Arthur Russell	World of echo	1986
77	Scritti politti	Cupid & psyche 85	1985
78	Sex pistols	Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols	1977
79	Slint	Spiderland	1991
80	Sly and the family Stone	There's a riot goin' on	1971
81	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
82	Snoop Dogg	Doggystyle	1993
83	Sonic youth	Daydream nation	1988
84	Soul II Soul	Club classics, vol. 1	1989
85	Spice girls	Spice	1996
86	Stone roses	The Stone roses	1989
87	Streets	Original pirate material	2002
88	Suicide	Suicide	1977
89	Talk talk	Spirit of Eden	1988
90	Talking heads	Fear of music	1979
91	Tegan & Sara	Heartthrob	2013
92	Throbbing gristle	Second annual report	1977
93	A Tribe called quest	The low end theory	1991
94	U2	The Joshua tree	1987
95	Upsetters	Upsetters 14 dub blackboard jungle	1973
96	Vangelis	Blade runner (soundtrack)	1982
97	Velvet underground	Velvet underground & Nico	1967
98	Scott Walker	Scott 2	1968
99	Kurt Weill	Dreigroschenoper	1928
100	Kanye West	808s and heartbreaks	2008
101	White stripes	White blood cells	2001
102	Amy Winehouse	Back to black	2006
103	Wire	Pink flag	1977
104	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the key of life	1976
105	Wu-Tang clan	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)	1993
106	XX	XX	2009
107	Neil Young	Everybody knows this is nowhere	1969