The Rough Guide to Rock: 100 Essential CDs

Published October 2000

1 AC/DC Back In Black
2 Aphex Twin / The Richard D James Album
3 Bad Brains / Bad Brains
4 Bauhaus / Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape
5 The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds
6 The Beatles / Revolver
7 Beck / Odelay
8 Chuck Berry/ The Great 28
9 Big Brother And The Holding Company / Cheap Thrills
10 Bikini Kill / The CD Version Of The First 2 Records
11 The Birthday Party / Junkyard
12 Bjork / Debut
13 Black Sabbath / Vol IV
14 David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
15 James Brown / Star Time
16 Jeff Buckley / Grace
17 Buzzcocks / Singles Going Steady
18 John Cale / Fear
19 Can / Tago Mago
20 Captain Beefheart / Trout Mask Replica
21 Chemical Brothers / Exit Planet Dust
22 The Clash / London Calling
23 Elvis Costello / My Aim Is True
24 Cure / Mixed Up
25 Dead Kennedys / Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
26 Dexys Midnight Runners / Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
27 The Doors / The Doors
28 Nick Drake / Bryter Later
29 Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home
30 Echo And The Bunnymen / Crocodiles
31 Brian Eno / Here Come The Warm Jets
32 Marianne Faithfull / Broken English
33 The Fall / Grotesque (After The Gramme)
34 Gang Of Four / Entertainment!
35 Happy Mondays / Pills'n'Thrills and Bellyaches
36 Jimi Hendrix / Are You Experienced?
37 Hole / Live Through This
38 HŸsker DŸ / New Day Rising
39 Jane's Addiction / Nothing's Shocking
40 The Jesus and Mary Chain / Psychocandy
41 Joy Division / Unknown Pleasures
42 King Crimson / In The Court Of The Crimson King
43 Kraftwerk / Trans-Europe Express
44 Led Zeppelin / III
45 Leftfield / Leftism
46 John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
47 Little Richard / 22 Classic Cuts
48 Love / Forever Changes
49 Madonna / Like A Prayer
50 Massive Attack / Blue Lines
51 Minutemen / Double Nickels On The Dime
52 Joni Mitchell / The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
53 Van Morrison / Astral Weeks
54 Neu! / Neu!
55 New York Dolls / New York Dolls
56 Nirvana / Nevermind
57 Oasis / Definitely Maybe
58 The Orb / The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
59 Pavement / Slanted And Enchanted
60 Pere Ubu / The Modern Dance
61 Pet Shop Boys / Very
62 Pink Floyd / The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
63 Pixies / Trompe Le Monde
64 PJ Harvey / Dry
65 Iggy Pop / Lust For Life
66 Elvis Presley / Sunrise: The Sun Sessions
67 Pretenders / Pretenders
68 Primal Scream / Screamadelica
69 Prince / Sign O' The Times
70 Prodigy / The Fat Of The Land
71 Public Image Limited / Second Edition/Metal Box
72 Pulp / Different Class
73 Radiohead / The Bends
74 Ramones / Ramones
75 Lou Reed / Transformer
76 R.E.M / Murmur
77 Rolling Stones / Exile On Main Street
78 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure
79 Sex Pistols / Never Mind The Bollocks
80 Jane Siberry / When I Was A Boy
81 Sleater Kinney / Call The Doctor
82 Patti Smith / Horses
83 The Smiths / Hatful Of Hollow
84 Sonic Youth / Daydream Nation
85 Spiritualized / Ladies And Gentlemen
86 Steely Dan / Pretzel Logic
87 The Stone Roses / The Stone Roses
88 The Stooges / The Stooges
89 Suicide / Suicide
90 T Rex / Electric Warrior
91 Talking Heads / Remain In Light
92 Television / Marquee Moon
93 Tortoise / Millions Now Living Will Never Die
94 Tricky / Maxinquaye
95 The Velvet Underground / The Velvet Underground
96 Tom Waits / Rain Dogs
97 The Who / Who's Next
98 Wire / Pink Flag
99 Robert Wyatt / Rock Bottom
100 Young Neil / Tonight's The Night