The Independent - The 40 best albums to listen to before you die

[Monte]

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 46496.html

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), The Velvet Underground
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Aretha Franklin
Master of Puppets (1986), Metallica
Remain in Light (1980), Talking Heads
Catch a Fire (Jamaican version) (1973), Bob Marley and the Wailers
Revolver (1966), The Beatles
Like a Prayer (1989), Madonna
Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Led Zeppelin
The Best of the Shangri-Las (1996), The Shangri-Las
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), David Bowie
Unknown Pleasures (1979), Joy Division
Hejira (1976), Joni Mitchell
Body Talk (2010), Robyn
Off the Wall (1979), Michael Jackson
Illmatic (1994), Nas
Trans-Europe Express (1977), Kraftwerk
Kind of Blue (1959), Miles Davis
Astral Weeks (1968), Van Morrison
West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Sign o’ the Times (1987), Prince
Pet Sounds (1966), The Beach Boys
Ys (2006), Joanna Newsom
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), Public Enemy
Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Pink Floyd
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971), Serge Gainsbourg
In My Own Time (1971), Karen Dalton
Let England Shake (2011), PJ Harvey
Boy in da Corner (2003), Dizzee Rascal
Hounds of Love (1985), Kate Bush
Blue Lines (1991), Massive Attack
Surfer Rosa (1987), Pixies
Talking Timbuktu (1994), Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder
The Great Gospel Men (1993), Various artists
Hopelessness (2016), Anonhi
In Utero (1993), Nirvana
Curtis (1971), Curtis Mayfield
Rumours (1977), Fleetwood Mac
Are You Experienced? (1967), The Jimi Hendrix Experience
We Are Family (1979), Sister Sledge

[JR]

Note that the title was altered to reflect the pandemic, as albums to listen to while in lockdown.

[Holden]

Hard to argue with their assessment.