This list is part of the book "Musique: Box", written by Gino Castaldo. These albums are personal suggestions from the author for the artists who have shaped Music/Rock 'n' Roll.
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
ABBA - The Definitive Collection (2001) [Compilation]
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Laurie Anderson - United States Live (1984)
Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with Earl Hines (1928) [1952, Compilation]
Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina (1965)
Chet Baker - The Pacific Jazz Years (1952-1957) (2001) [Compilation]
Gato Barbieri - Chapter One: Latin America (1973)
William "Count" Basie - Basie Boogie, 1943 (1995) [Compilation]
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
Jeff Beck - Truth (1968)
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is On Top (1959)
Björk - Post (1995)
Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers : Music from the Soundtrack (1980)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
James Brown - Live at the Apollo (1963)
Chico Buarque - Meus Caros Amigos (1976)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
Nick Cave - Murder Ballads (1996)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul : The Complete Atlantic R&B (1951-1959) (1991) [Compilation]
Maurice Chevalier - Maurice Chevalier. Vol I (1919-1930) (2003) [Compilation]
Charlie Christian - Solo Flight : The Genius of Charlie Christian (1972) [Compilation]
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends (1969)
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
Nat King Cole - The Classic Singles (1942-1964) (2003) [Compilation]
Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street (1971)
Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam! (1961)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Fabrizio De André - Le Nuvole (1990)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tigger (1983)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Duke Ellington - The Indispensable Duke Elligton (1961) [Compilation]
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Brian Eno - Before and After Science (1977)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (1983)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Cesaria Evora - Cesaria (1995)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Ella Fitzgerald - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Peter Gabriel - So (1986)
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009)
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Jane Birkin – Serge Gainsbourg (1969)
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (1952)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Dexter Gordon - Go ! (1962)
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (2006)
Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations (1956)
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969)
Juliette Gréco - Best of Juliette Gréco (2000) [Compilation]
Johnny Griffin - A Blowin' Session (1957)
Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads (1940)
Buddy Guy – This is Buddy Guy (1968)
Nina Hagen Band – Unbehagen (1979)
Hallyday, Johnny – Johnny Hallyday/Rivière... Ouvre ton Lit (1969)
Hole – Celebrity Skin (1998)
Billie Holiday – Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Freddie Hubbard - Ready for Freddie (1962)
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell (1983)
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (1982)
Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
The Jam – Sound Affects (1980)
Jamiroquai – The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994)
Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert (1975)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
Billy Joel – The Stranger (1977)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) [Compilation]
Grace Jones – Nightclubbing (1981)
Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home (1967)
Janis Joplin – Pearl (1971)
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
B.B. King – Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
King Crimson – Islands (1971)
Kravitz, Lenny – Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993)
Gene Krupa – Drum Boogie (1956)
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (2009)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Jerry Lee Lewis – The Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis (1964)
Liberace – 16 Most Requested Songs (1989) [Compilation]
Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard (1957)
Little Steven – Voice of America (1984)
John McLaughlin – Devotion (1970)
Madonna – Like a Virgin (1984)
Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natty Dread (1974)
Wynton Marsalis – Think of One (1983)
Pat Metheny Group – American Garage (1979)
Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
Various Artists – Cabaret (1972)
Carmen Miranda – 1930–1945 (1997) [Compilation?]
Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Music (1958)
Yves Montand – Le Paris de…Montand (1964)
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
Willie Nelson – Yesterday’s Wine (1971)
Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
Sinéad O'Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
Édith Piaf – Récital 1961/Olympia 1961 (1961)
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
The Police – Regatta de Blanc (1979)
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life (1977)
Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956)
Prince – Sign o’ the Times (1987)
Queen – A Night at the Opera (1975)
Sun Ra – Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (1965)
Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
Ramones – Ramones (1976)
Enrico Rava – The Pilgrim and the Stars (1975)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
Reed, Lou – Transformer (1972)
Django Reinhardt – Djangology (2005) [Compilation]
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (1992)
The Residents – Meet the Residents (1974)
Cliff Richard – Cliff’s Hit Album (1963) [Compilation]
The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed (1969)
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Diana & Marvin (1973)
Vasco Rossi – Siamo solo noi (1981)
Santana – Abraxas (1970)
Seal – Seal II (1994)
Pete Seeger – The Bitter and the Sweet (1962)
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
Shepp Archie – The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Nina Simone – Nina Simone in Concert (1964)
Frank Sinatra – All the Way (1961) [Compilation]
Grace Slick – Manhole (1973)
Slipknot – Slipknot (1999)
Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
Sonny & Cher – The Wondrous World of Sonny and Cher (1966)
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA (1984)
Demetrio Stratos – Cantare la voce (1978)
The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971)
James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Tokio Hotel – Scream (2007)
Tina Turner – Private Dancer (1984)
U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
Ultravox – Vienna (1980)
Caetano Veloso – Estrangeiro (1989)
The Village People – Macho Man (1978)
Eddie Vinson - Cleenhead and Cannonball (1961?) [Compilation?]
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)
Muddy Waters - Electric Mud (1968)
Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)
The Who - Who's Next (1971)
Robbie Williams - Escapology (2002)
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969)
ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983)
