Este mes se cumplen los 50 años de los ranking de albums (album charts). Pero solo un selecto grupo de estos han alterado el curso de la musica. Para señalar este aniversario, Kitty Empire en The Observer le paga tributo a esta sublime forma de arte, y un panel de criticos nos habla de los que para ellos son los 50 albums que causaron esta revolucion.

1 The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

2 The Beatles
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

3 Kraftwerk
Trans-Europe Express (1977)

4 NWA
Straight Outta Compton (1989)

5 Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)

6 Marvin Gaye
What’s Going On (1971)

7 Patti Smith
Horses (1975)

8 Bob Dylan
Bringing it All Back Home (1965)

9 Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley (1956)

10 The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds (1966)

11 David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

12 Miles Davis
Kind of Blue (1959)

13 Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956)

14 Joni MitchellBlue (1971)

15 Brian Eno
Discreet Music (1975)

16 Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I love You (1967)

17 The Stooges
Raw Power (1973)

18 The Clash
London Calling (1979)

19 Mary J Blige
What’s the 411? (1992)

20 The Byrds
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)

21 The Spice Girls
Spice (1996)

22 Kate Bush
The Hounds of Love (1985)

23 Augustus Pablo
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)

24 Youssou N’Dour
Immigres (1984)

25 James Brown
Live at the Apollo (1963)

26 Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

27 Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced (1967)

28 Prince and the Revolution
Purple Rain (1984)

29 Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

30 The Wailers
Catch a Fire (1973)

31 The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses (1989)

32 Otis Redding
Otis Blue (1965)

33 Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters (1973)

34 Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath (1970)

35 The Ramones
The Ramones (1976)

36 The Who
My Generation (1965)

37 Massive Attack
Blue Lines (1991)

38 Radiohead
The Bends (1995)

39 Michael Jackson
Thriller (1982)

40 Run DMC
Run DMC (1984)

41 Chic
Chic (1977)

42 The Smiths
The Smiths (1984)

43 Primal Scream
Screamadelica (1991)

44 Talking Heads
Fear of Music (1979)

45 Fairport Convention
Liege and Lief (1969)

46 The Human League
Dare (1981)

47 Nirvana
Nevermind (1991)

48 The Strokes
Is This It? (2001)

49 De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

50 LFO
Frequencies (1991)

La explicacion del porque de cada album lo pueden encontrar en la pagina de The Observer