S+ Tier Albums

One album per artist.

  1. 1979

  2. Keith Jarrett

    1978

  3. Van Halen

    1978

  4. Bruce Springsteen

    1978

  5. Television

    1977

  6. Weather Report

    1977

  7. Aja
    Steely Dan

    1977

  8. Jaco Pastorius

    1976

  9. Stevie Wonder

    1976

  10. Minnie Riperton

    1975

  11. 1975

  12. Pink Floyd

    1975

  13. Patti Smith

    1975

  14. 1974

  15. Eberhard Weber

    1974

  16. Herbie Hancock

    1973

  17. Henry Cow

    1973

  18. Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges

    1972

  19. Neil Young

    1972

  20. Lou Reed

    1972

  21. Nick Drake

    1972

  22. Deep Purple

    1972

  23. McCoy Tyner

    1972

  24. The Allman Brothers Band

    1971

  25. 1971

  26. Sly & The Family Stone

    1971

  27. Joni Mitchell

    1971

  28. Marvin Gaye

    1971

  29. Chico Buarque

    1971

  30. Mahavishnu Orchestra

    1971

  31. Vashti Bunyan

    1970

  32. Alice Coltrane

    1970

  33. Black Sabbath

    1970

  34. Antonio Carlos Jobim

    1970

  35. The Stooges

    1970

  36. Miles Davis

    1970

  37. Gal Costa

    1969

  38. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

    1969

  39. Jorge Ben Jor

    1969

  40. Sonny Sharrock

    1969

  41. The Who

    1969

  42. Isaac Hayes

    1969

  43. Frank Zappa

    1969

  44. Scott Walker

    1969

  45. Caetano Veloso

    1968

  46. The Sonny Criss Orchestra

    1968

  47. Van Morrison

    1968

  48. Leonard Cohen

    1967

  49. Jimi Hendrix

    1967

  50. The Velvet Underground, Nico

    1967

  51. The Beach Boys

    1966

  52. Nina Simone

    1966

  53. The Beatles

    1966

  54. Bob Dylan

    1966

  55. John Coltrane

    1966

  56. Stan Getz, João Gilberto

    1964

  57. Max Roach

    1962

  58. Frank Sinatra

    1962

  59. Chet Baker

    1959

  60. Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky

    1958

  61. Les Paul, Mary Ford

    1955

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