As inspired by Tom Moon’s book: 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
- Gold by Abba
- Moorish Music from Mauritania by Dimi Mint Abba and Khalifa Ould Eide
- Blu Blu Blu by The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
- Shakin’ the Rafters by The Abyssinian Baptist Choir
- Back in Black by AC/DC
- Harmonium by John Adams
- The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams
- The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus by Johnny Adams
- Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- At the Lighthouse by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
- The Best of the Classic Years by King Sunny Ade
- The Pajama Game by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (Original Broadway Cast)
- Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith
- Éthiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè Mèla Mèla by Mahmoud Ahmed
- Air Lore by Air
- The Ultimate Arthur Alexander by Arthur Alexander
- Dirt by Alice in Chains
- Allison Wonderland by Mose Allison
- At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
- Complete General Recordings by The Almanac Singers
- Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space by Los Amigos Invisibles
- The First Day by Albert Ammons and Meade “Lux” Lewis
- Wild and Blue by John Anderson
- Spirituals by Mirian Anderson
- De Staat by Louis Andriessen (Arnold Schoenberg Choir)
- “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals
- Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin
- When the Pawn… by Fiona Apple
- Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G by Martha Argerich
- Joan Armatrading: Joan Armatrading
- The Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens by Louis Armstrong
- Three Years, Five Months, and Two Days in the Life of… by Arrested Development
- Urban Bushmen by Art Ensemble of Chicago
- In a Minor Grove by Dorothy Ashby
- Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings by Fred Astaire
- Chester and Lester by Chet Atkins and Les Paul
- Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler
- The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend by Baby Huey and the Babysitters
- Susanna Baca: Susanna Baca
- The Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach (Concerto Italiano)
- Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by J.S. Bach (Arthur Grumiaux)
- The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 by J.S. Bach (Till Fellner)
- Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach (Chorus and Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale)
- I Against I by Bad Brains
- Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu
- Joan Baez by Joan Baez
- Rapture by Anita Baker
- Let’s Get Lost: The Best of Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
- The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music by The Balfa Brothers
- Singin’ and Swingin’ with… by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
- “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
- The Band by The Band
- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon by Devendra Banhart
- Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
- The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett
- Barretto Power by Ray Barretto
- Six String Quartets by Béla Bartok (Takac Quartet)
- Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Béla Bartok (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- Bartok: Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
- The Vivaldi Album by Cecilia Bartoli
- Complete Decca Recordings by Count Basie and His Orchestra
- Pretaluz by Waldemar Bastos
- Con un poco de songo by Batacumbele
- In the Flat Field by Bauhaus
- “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys
- Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
- Odelay by Beck
- The Trio: Rediscovered by Billy Bean
- Paul’s Boutique by The Beastie Boys
- A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles
- Rubber Soul by The Beatles
- Revolver by The Beatles
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
- The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
- Abbey Road by The Beatles
- Blood Sweat and Tears by Blood Sweat and Tears
- Triangle by The Beau Brummels
- Sidney Bechet: Ken Burns Jazz by Sidney Bechet
- Mutations by Beck
- “Archduke” Trio, Kreutzer Sonata by Beethoven (Jacques Thibaud, Pablo Casals, Alfred Cortot)
- String Quartets, Opp. 131, 135 by Beethoven (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Missa Solemnis by Beethoven (New Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra)
- Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 by Beethoven (Rudolf Serkin, Chorus and Symphony of the Bavarian Radio)
- Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 by Beethoven (Arthur Schoonderwoerd, Ensemble Cristofori)
- Symphonies Nos. 1-9 by Beethoven (Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich)
- Singin’ the Blues, Vol. 1 by Bix Beiderbecke
- At Carnegie Hall by Harry Belafonte
- The Transports by Peter Bellamy
- If You’re Feeling Sinister by Belle and Sebastien
- Norma by Vincenzo Bellini (Maria Callas, Ebe Stignani, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala)
- The Syliphone Years by Bembeya Jazz National
- Africa/Brazil by Jorge Ben
- Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maur, Clervaux
- The Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album by Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
- Wozzeck by Alban Berg (Hamburg State Philharmonic)
- Alban Berg: Violin Concerto Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto (Mark Kaplan, Budapest Festival Orchestra)
- Sinfonia for Eight Voices and Orchestra by Luciano Berio (London Voices, Göteborgs Symfoniker)
- Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique)
- Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz (Monteverdi Choir and Chorus of the Théâtre du Chatelet; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
- West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (Original Broadway Cast)
- The Anthology by Chuck Berry
- A Meeting by the River by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Ry Cooder
- The Rough Guide to Asha Bhosle by Asha Bosle
- Long Live the Kane by Big Daddy Kane
- #1 Record/Radio City by Big Star
- Carmen by Bizet (Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, French Radio Orchestra and Chorus
- Homogenic by Björk
- Damaged by Black Flag
- Paranoid by Black Sabbath
- Siembra by Ruben Blades and Willie Colon
- Ragtime Guitar’s Foremost Fingerpicker by Blind Blake
- Moanin’ by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Two Steps from the Blues by Bobby “Blue” Bland
- Fragments by Paul Bley
- Spirit of the Century by The Blind Boys of Alabama
- Blind Faith by Blind Faith
- Parallel Lines by Blondie
- Bloque by Bloque
- The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada
- Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Original Broadway Cast)
- Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years, 1963-68 by Dock Boggs
- I See a Darkness by Bonnie “Prince” Billy
- By All Means Necessary by Boogie Down Productions
- New Orleans Piano Wizard Live! by James Booker
- Melting Pot by Booker T. and the MGs
- Lô Borges by Lô Borges
- Boston by Boston
- Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
- Kalfou Danjere by Boukman Eksperyans
- Répons by Pierre Boulez (Ensemble InterContemporain)
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
- Live at Passim by The Boys of the Lough
- Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Opp. 38, 99, 108 by Johannes Brahms (Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax)
- The Four Symphonies by Brahms (NDR Symphony)
- Violin Sonatas, Opp. 78, 100, 108 by Brahms (Josef Suk, Julius Katchen)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms (Sviatoslav Richter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- For Alto by Anthony Braxton
- I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning by Bright Eyes
- Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten (Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus)
- The Young Big Bill Broonzy, 1928-1935 by Big Bill Broonzy
- Any Other Way to Go? by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach by Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet
- Live at the Apollo (1962) by James Brown
- Soul Pride: The Instrumentals, 1960-1969 by James Brown
- “Sex Machine” by James Brown and the JB’s
- Sin and Soul by Oscar Brown Jr.
- Miss Rhythm by Ruth Brown
- Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne
- Symphony No. 7 in E by Anton Bruckner (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
- Constuçao by Chico Buarque
- Grace by Jeff Buckley
- His Royal Hipness by Lord Buckley
- Dream Letter: Live in London, 1968 by Tim Buckley
- Buckwheat’s Zydeco Party by Buckwheat Zydeco
- Retrospective by Buffalo Springfield
- Le mystère des voix bulgares by The Bulgarian Women’s National Radio and Television Chorus
- Just Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan
- Don’t Give Up on Me by Solomon Burke
- Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
- Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down by R. L. Burnside
- The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
- Harpsichord Music by William Byrd (Gustave Leonhardt)
- Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
- My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne and Brian Eno
- Cuatro caminos by Café Tacuba
- Urlicht/Primal Light by Uri Caine
- Occasional Rain by Terry Callier
- La leyenda del tiempo by Camaron de la Isla
- Tago Mago by Can
- Viva el mariachi! by Nati Cano’s Mariachi los Camperos
- Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
- The Best of the Caravans by The Caravans
- Symphonia: Sum fluxae pretium spei; Clarinet Concerto by Elliott Carter (BBC Symphony)
- The Carter Family: 1927-1934 by The Original Carter Family
- The Audience with Betty Carter by Betty Carter
- Byker Hill by Martin Carthy (with Dave Swarbrick)
- Cartola by Cartola
- Twenty-one Favorite Arias by Enrico Caruso
- J. S. Bach, Suites for Cello, Vols. 1 and 2 by Pablo Casals
- Hunger Gives You a Headache by Cascabulho
- Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case
- At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
- American Recordings by Johnny Cash
- Caymmi e seu violao by Dorival Caymmi
- Le roi malgré lui by Emmanuel Chabrier (Chorus of Radio France, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France)
- Clandestino by Manu Chao
- Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
- The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years by Ray Charles
- Modern Sounds in Country & Western, Vols. 1 and 2 by Ray Charles
- Médée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Lorraine Hunt, Les Arts Florissants)
- Raga Darbari Kanada by Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Bogalusa Boogie by Clifton Chenier
- Old and New Dreams by Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell
- Is the Actor Happy? by Vic Chesnutt
- C’est Chic by Chic
- The Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago
- The Chieftans 4 by The Chieftans
- Endlessly by Sonny Chillingworth
- Ballades and Scherzos by Chopin (Arthur Rubinstein)
- Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 by Chopin (Krystian Zimerman, Polish Festival Orchestra)
- Nocturnes by Chopin (Maria Joao Pires)
- The Genius of the Electric Guitar by Charlie Christian
- Irish Drinking Songs by The Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners
- Macalla by Clannad
- Old No. 1 by Guy Clark
- Cool Struttin’ by Sonny Clark
- London Calling by The Clash
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Van Cliburn
- The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff
- The Patsy Cline Collection by Patsy Cline
- “Yakety Yak” by The Coasters
- “Summertime Blues” by Eddie Cochrane
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Joe Cocker
- Codona 3 by Codona
- Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
- Love Is the Thing by Nat King Cole
- Blue Train by John Coltrane
- A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
- Giant Steps by John Coltrane
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
- The Comedian Harmonists by The Comedian Harmonists
- Paradise and Lunch by Ry Cooder
- Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers
- Live at the Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke
- “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper
- Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland (New York Philharmonic)
- Light as a Feather by Chick Corea and Return to Forever
- La Màquina del Tiempo by Cortijo y Su Maquina del Tiempo
- Armed Forces by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- Yesterday and Today Vol. 1 by Country Gentlemen
- Disraeli Gears by Cream
- Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Crespin Sings Berlioz and Ravel by Regine Crespin (L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande)
- A Centennial Anthology of Decca Recordings by Bing Crosby
- Déjà vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- Black Angels by George Crumb (The Kronos Quartet)
- Celia y Johnny by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco
- The Head on the Door by The Cure
- Black Sunday by Cypress Hill
- Definitive Dairo by I. K. Dairo and His Blue Spots
- King of the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
- It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best by Karen Dalton
- Brown Sugar by D’Angelo
- The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
- That’s All by Bobby Darin
- Harlem Street Singer by Rev. Gary Davis
- Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
- Live-Evil by Miles Davis
- Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis and Gil Evans
- Highlights from the Plugged Nickel by Miles Davis Quintet
- The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions by Miles Davis
- Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
- I Gotta Right to Swing by Sammy Davis Jr.
- Pelléas et Mélisande de Claude Debussy (Irene Joachim, Jacques Jansen, Henri Etcheverry, Yvonne Gouverne Symphony Orchestra)
- Preludes by Claude Debussy (Krystian Zimerman)
- The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
- Song for Ireland by De Danann with Mary Black
- Machine Head by Deep Purple
- Three Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
- Sandy by Sandy Denny
- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and the Dominos
- Take Ten by Paul Desmond with Jim Hall
- New Ancient Strings by Toumani Diabaté and Ballake Sissoko
- Hot August Night by Neil Diamond
- “Soul Makossa” by Manu Dibango
- Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
- Sex Packets by Digital Underground
- “The Wanderer” by Dion
- Wide Open Spaces by The Dixie Chicks
- Thank You for One More Day by The Dixie Hummingbirds
- Boy in da Corner by Dizzee Rascal
- Luz by Djavan
- Endtroducing by DJ Shadow
- Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy
- They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recording by Antoine “Fats” Domino
- The Doors by The Doors
- Precious Lord by Thomas A. Dorsey
- Bayou Deluxe by Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil
- Charms of the Night Sky by Dave Douglas
- Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
- Pink Moon by Nick Drake
- The Chronic by Dr. Dre
- Gris-Gris by Dr. John
- I’m a Loser by Doris Duke
- The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin (Broadway Encores! Revival with Christine Ebersole, Howard McGillin
- Elgar: Cello Concerto by Jacqueline du Pré (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
- Blues from the Gutter by Champion Jack Duprée
- Cello Concerto “Tout un monde lointain” by Henri Dutilleux (Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestre de Paris)
- Symphony No. 9 by Antonin Dvorak (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
- Highway 61 Revisted by Bob Dylan
- Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
- Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
- Love and Theft by Bob Dylan
- Live 1964 – Concert at Philharmonic Hall by Bob Dylan
- Hotel California by The Eagles
- New Orleans Street Singer by Snooks Eaglin
- Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle
- All ‘n’ All by Earth Wind & Fire
- Good ‘n’ Cheap by Eggs Over Easy
- Symphony No. 1 by Edward Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra)
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
- The Far East Suite by Duke Ellington
- Respect M.E. by Missy Elliott
- The Essential Ramblin’ Jack Elliott by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
- Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely
- Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
- The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
- Special Beat by English Beat
- Another Green World by Brian Eno
- Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno
- Paid in Full by Eric B. and Rakim
- Business as Usual by EPMD
- Gravity by Alejandro Escovedo
- A South Bronx Story by ESG
- Los Heros by Estrellas de Areito
- Sunday at the Village Vanguard/Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans Trio
- Undercurrent by Bill Evans and Jim Hall
- Cadence Classics: Their Twenty Greatest Hits by The Everly Brothers
- Cesaria by Cesaria Evora
- The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death by John Fahey
- Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention
- El sombrero de tres picos by Manuel de Falla (L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande)
- The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow by Tal Farlow
- Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim
- Requiem, Pelléas et Mélissande, Pavane by Gabriel Fauré (Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
- Faust/So Far by Faust
- Cheo by Cheo Feliciano
- El sentimiento, la voz, y la guitarra by Jose Feliciano
- Drift Away: The Best of Narvel Felts, 1973-1979 by Narvel Felts
- Brahms: Lieder by Bernarda Fink
- J.S. Bach, Volume 1 by Sergio Fiorentino
- Truth and Soul by Fishbone
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella and Louis by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
- “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack
- The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
- More a Legend than a Band by The Flatlanders
- Foggy Mountain Jamboree by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys
- Then Play On by Fleetwood Mac
- Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
- Musica original de Cuba by Frank Emilio Flynn
- The Four Freshmen and Five Trombones by The Four Freshmen
- Anthology by The Four Tops
- The Rough Guide to Franco by Franco and TPOK Jazz
- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
- Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin
- Look What Thoughts Can Do by Lefty Frizzell
- Repeater by Fugazi
- The Score by The Fugees
- Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
- Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel
- Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg
- Irish Tour 1974 by Rory Gallagher
- Entertainment! by Gang of Four
- Dis by Jan Garbarek and Ralph Towner
- The Best of Carlos Gardel by Carlos Gardel
- Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland
- Concert by the Sea by Erroll Garner
- I Will Not Be Sad in This World by Djivan Gasparyan
- “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye (and others)
- What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye
- Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
- Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, with Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (Michael Boriskin, Eos Orchestra)
- Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
- At the Gate of Horn by Bob Gibson and Bob Camp
- Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
- Live in Montreux by Joao Gilberto
- The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan (Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera)
- Tanto tempo by Bebel Gilberto
- Joao Gilberto by Joao Gilberto
- Afro by Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
- 1961 by The Jimmy Giuffre Three
- Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass
- Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Women’s Chorus)
- Gazeuse! by Gong
- The Complete 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
- Go! by Dexter Gordon
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 26: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by Henryk Gorecki (Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta)
- A Feather on the Breath of God: Sequences and Hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen by Gothic Voices with Emma Kirkby
- A State of Wonder: J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould
- 30 Anniversario by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
- American Beauty by The Grateful Dead
- Call Me by Al Green
- Feelin’ the Spirit by Grant Green
- American Idiot by Green Day
- Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg (Emil Gilels)
- Grieg, Schumann Piano Concertos by Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann (Leif Ove Andsnes, Berlin Philharmonic)
- Recorded Live at “The Bear” in Chicago by Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls
- Fogaraté! by Juan Luis Guerra y 440
- Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices
- Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses
- Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie
- Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues by Buddy Guy
- Nocturne by Charlie Haden
- Mama Tried by Merle Haggard
- “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets
- In Search of a Song by Tom T. Hall
- Show Boat by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern (Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, 1988 Studio Cast)
- Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
- Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
- Giulio Cesare by Handel (Magdalena Kozena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Les Musiciens du Louvre)
- Messiah by Handel (Gabrieli Consort and Players)
- Water Music Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel (Le Concert Spirituel)
- Salsa by Larry Harlow
- Indo-Jazz Suite by Joe Harriott Double Quintet
- Pieces of the Sky by Emmylou Harris
- All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
- Revelation by Michael Harrison
- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor Scarlatti: Eleven Sonatas by Clara Haskil (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra)
- Everything Is Everything by Donny Hathaway
- “Body and Soul” by Coleman Hawkins
- The Next Hundred Years by Ted Hawkins
- Twelve London Symphonies by Haydn (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs by Ofra Haza
- Brahms, Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos by Jascha Heifetz (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- A Study in Frustration by Fletcher Henderson
- Power to the People by Joe Henderson
- Inner Urge by Joe Henderson
- Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Band of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix
- Trampoline by Joe Henry
- Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (Original Broadway Cast)
- Smiling Men with Bad Reputations by Mike Heron
- Psycho by Bernard Herrmann (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
- Point of Departure by Andrew Hill
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
- The High Lonesome Sound by Roscoe Holcomb
- The Ultimate Collection by Billie Holiday
- Conference of the Birds by Dave Holland
- The Buddy Holly Collection by Buddy Holly
- On Basie’s Bandstand by Richard “Grove” Holmes
- The Planets by Gustav Holst (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- John Lee Hooker Plays and Sings the Blues (John Lee Hooker)
- Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vols. 1 and 2 by Sol Ho’opi’i
- Lightnin’ Hopkins by Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Close Enough for Love by Shirley Horn
- Horowitz at the Met by Vladimir Horowitz
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House by Son House
- Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
- Moanin’ in the Moonlight by Howlin’ Wolf
- Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard
- Bach: Cantatas by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Orchestra of Emmanuel Music)
- Today! by Mississippi John Hurt
- Zen Arcade by Husker Du
- Components by Bobby Hutcherson
- The Orphan’s Lament by Huun-Huur-Tu
- Between the Lines by Janis Ian
- Yarona by Abdullah Ibrahim Trio
- Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges
- Canto Negro by Ilê Aiyê
- The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band
- Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls
- Kick by INXS
- The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers
- The Wayfaring Stranger by Burl Ives
- Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 3 by Charles Ives (New York Philharmonic)
- Night and Day by Joe Jackson
- The Apollo Sessions: 1946-1951 by Mahalia Jackson
- “I Want You Back” by The Jackson Five
- Thriller by Michael Jackson
- Como Tem Zéna Paraiba – O Melhor De by Jackson do Pandeiro
- But Not for Me: Live at the Pershing by Ahmad Jamal
- The Sky Is Crying by Emore James
- Tell Mama by Etta James
- Street Songs by Rick James
- The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James by Skip James
- Piano Works by Leos Janaeek (Rudolf Firkusny)
- Ritual de lo Habitual by Jane’s Addiction
- The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
- My Song by Keith Jarrett
- The Jazz Singer by Eddie Jefferson
- Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings
- Aqualung by Jethro Tull
- Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Squeeze Box King by Flaco Jiménez
- The Composer of “Desafinado” Plays by Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Elis & Tom by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina
- Pick Up On This! by Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers
- Turnstiles by Billy Joel
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
- The Very Best of Little Willie John by Little Willie John
- The Complete Bling Willie Johnson by Blind Willie Johnson
- The Original James P. Johnson by James P. Johnson
- Dread Beat an’ Blood by Linton Kwesi Johnson
- The Original Guitar Wizard by Lonnie Johnson
- The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
- Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order by Tommy Johnson
- Can You Fly by Freedy Johnston
- We Are Three by Joi
- The Glory Road by Fern Jones
- The Grand Tour by George Jones
- Come Away with Me by Norah Jones
- Pirates by Rickie Lee Jones
- Pearl by Janis Joplin
- Elite Syncopations by Scott Joplin
- The Best of Louis Jordan by Louis Jordan
- Missa pange lingua, Motets by Josquin des Prez (A Sei Voci, with Maîtrise des Pays de Loire Children’s Choir)
- Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
- Bilbao oo:00h
- A World Out of Time by Henry Kaiser and David Lindley with Musicians from Madagascar
- Ghazal: Lost Songs of the Silk Road by Kayhan Kalhor, Shujaat Husain Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri
- Gigantafrique! by Pepe Kalle
- Legend of Arab Music by Oum Kalthoum
- Chicago by John Kander and Fred Ebb (Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, James Naughton, Joel Grey, 1996 Broadway Cast)
- Moffou by Salif Keita
- Piano Concerto by Aram Khachaturian (William Kapell, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- N’ssi, N’ssi by Khaled
- Traditional Music of India by Ali Akbar Khan
- In Concert in Paris by Nusrat Fatch Ali Khan and Party
- All Night Long by Junior Kimbrough
- Kinky by Kinky
- In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
- Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King
- Live at the Regal by B. B. King
- Tapestry by Carole King
- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
- Volunteered Slavery by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Jukebox Hits 1936-1949 by Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
- “Rock and Roll All Nite” by Kiss
- Imagination by Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Live at Acropolis, Athens, Greece by Kodo
- Congotronics by Konono No. 1
- Live at the Sex Machine by Kool and The Gang
- 6 and 12 String Guitar by Leo Kottke
- Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk
- Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11, Piano Concertos Nos. 12 and 18 by Lili Kraus (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- I’ve Got That Old Feeling by Alison Krauss
- Kristofferson by Kris Kristofferson
- Confusion/Gentleman by Fela Kuti and the Afrika 70
- Hot House by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron
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- The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vols. 2 and 3 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- The Music Man by Meredith Willson (Original Motion Picture)
- Blue Light ’til Dawn by Cassandra Wilson
- The Very Best of Jackie Wilson by Jackie Wilson
- Still Bill by Bill Withers
- The ‘Spoon Concerts by Jimmy Witherspoon
- Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
- Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
- Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
- Anniversary: Twenty Years of Hits by Tammy Wynette
- Wild Gift by X
- Skylarking by XTC
- Jesus Dread (1972-1977) by Yabby You
- Shakuhachi Music: A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky by Goro Yamaguchi
- Over Under Sideways Down (U.S.) Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds
- The Yes Album by Yes
- The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young by Faron Young
- Unity by Larry Young
- The “Kansas City” Sessions by Lester Young
- After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
- Tonight’s the Night by Neil Young
- Bossa Cubana by Los Zafiros
- The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life by Frank Zappa
- Fabrication Defect by Tom Zé
- Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
- Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
- Tres Hombres by ZZ Top