The TEN Most Important albums in Music History | RANKED

I can hear the Monte Python cast yelling, " GET ON WITH IT!"

If you were truly serious you would go to eleven.

The time they are announced, but there is often introduction, and description before these times. 6:16 #10: Paid in Full by Eric B and Reqium 10:03 #9: The Velvet Underground and Nico 13: 53 #8: Kind of Blue by Mile Davis 19:30 #7: Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk 26:19 #6: Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath 28:40 #5: Freak Out by The Mothers of Invention, and 31:47 #4: Revolver by the Beatles. 33:58 #3: King of the Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson 37:57 #2: Free Wheeling by Bob Dylan 42:59 #1: In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

What I enjoyed about this - besides his unbridled enthusiasm and incredible breadth of musical styles, is that this isn’t a “greatest albums of all time” list, because if that were the case I would disagree with a lot of them. But, he makes a compelling case for an album’s importance on music in general, and probably rock music in particular. Very well done. Thank you!

I love watching your videos, Andy. We are same generation and you create this pleasant homey atmosphere, so I feel almost like talking with one of my music-buff mates. Lovely Birmingham accent, too. 👍 Thanks! annnd cheers! 😆

Here's the list: 10. Paid In Full by Eric B. and Rakeem 1986 6:15 9. Velvet Underground with Niko 1967 10:02 8. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis 1959 13:53 7. Trans European Express by Kraftwerk 1977 19:30 6. Black Sabbath 1969 25:10 5. Freak Out by Frank Zappa 1966 27:58 4. Revolver by The Beatles 1966 31:45 3. King of the Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson 1961 33:15 2. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 1963 37:58 1. In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra 1955 40:35

It has become sadly fashionable to say Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is not the most important album in history just because it is so obviously the most important album in history and everyone is tired of the fact.

Andy you’re amazing I’m sitting in a hospital since Christmas And your vid’s have really preserved my mental state Thank you

Absolutely fascinating. I am grateful for you sharing your perspective. Bravo.

So much knowledge. You make great arguments for your picks. Well done.

Yes, vinyl record albums are truly examples of "the medium is the message."

These were so well-reasoned choices. Well done! If you think of Can as dark and doomy then you probably haven’t listened to any of their albums aside from Tago Mago. Give them another listen, and make sure to check out Ege Bamyasi and Future Days.

I’ve never said “Hmmm, interesting”, so many times before when hearing a ranking choice, lol. So, I don’t necessarily agree with this list, but it’s refreshing to hear a unique take and I honestly learned a lot just from the couple videos I’ve watched so far. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

Miles had several conceptual albums , in a silent way , sketches of Spain , Bitches Brew . He always pushed things forward

Elvis Presly, love him or hate him he introduced a huge part of the world to artists such as Big Momma Thorton, Cuck Berry,Lloyd Price, Gospel musi., R&B, country, rockabilly.........

Most people don't realize what a tectonic shift that Remain In Light indeed WAS... Basically it was the Prototype for the method in which all albums would be later created. Only at the time it was fantastically difficult. Nowadays you have loop based recordings on nearly every single project. Loops are pretty much the way we record now and way we produce and construct songs. At the time, though, we didn't have digital recordings or hard drives or things that could be looped in a convenient way. But this guy Brian Eno, Had been working with tape loops for many years. And when he started recording his music and basically he was not a musician, His art form was to play the recording studio via his collection of tape loops. And he was able to do things using the new SMPTE based recorders, That allowed him to create all of these different loops with different times but still keep them a synchronized together.... And then be able to fade them up as required in this song... All the things that we do in take for granted these days, doing so at a painstaking pace loop by loop, all assembled together running off the same time code. If you were to listen to the stereo difference, Which you can find on youtube, Stereo differences will show you that there are several generations of loops that are contributing to the overall atmosphere of the recording... It seems as though there is a 1000 things going on. But really there's only a couple of loops... All of them were assembled and mixed as a track and then usually lead vocals were cut live over them.. The song once in a lifetime, The chorus vocals were looped over and over to get that sound... And even parts of the lead vocals were looped after the fact... It was a massive bunch of tape that made that song possible and interestingly the The great rhythms and loops of base and Afro-Cuban style. Rhythms were very much danceable and it was a hit in the dance clubs in europe. People got down to it! Later on, the digital era became a reality and loop based recording. Came back with a vengeance and now it's kind of a blight on most recordings... Loops are not done with the greatest of care or with the highest quality of instruments. It just seems to be a bunch of computer based crap. What Eno Did was to take actual tracks of music played by professional bands and musicians and loop those in the large analog recording studios.... That was the magic of his work. And even though it was lute based, it was about a hundred times more difficult than regular production at that time.... What takes people a fraction of the time to record an album these days, Took many more times back then.

So glad I came across your video. A true historian. Learned so much.

I love the story of how Kraftwerk were inspired by The Beach Boys in that their music took you straight to Southern California, Kraftwerk's made you picture industrial Europe

The prog movement of the 1970s, bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Yes and King Crimson exploited the album format to the full. Love your list, especially the number one. Subscribed.

Sub'ed and liked. The effort, scholarship, knowledge, and thoughtful approach is appreciated.