Az 1001 lemez, amit hallanod kell, mielőtt meghalsz zenés kézikönyv, amelyet Robert Dimery szerkesztett. 2006-ban adták ki, 1955 és 2005 között megjelent angolszász, afro-, judeo- és latinamerikai könnyűzenei albumok listáját tartalmazza kronologikus sorrendben. Az első album Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours lemeze, az utolsó a The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satanje. Mindegyik cikket egy-egy rövid esszé kíséri, amelyeket hírneves zenekritikusok írtak. A bejegyzések további kiegészítő információkat tartalmaznak, mint például a játékidőt és a producer személyét. Legtöbbször a The Beatles és David Bowie szerepel a könyvben (7-7 albummal).
Műfajok Bár a hatalmas mennyiségű album nagy része a rock és pop műfajból került ki, a könyv egységesen a „könnyűzenei” kínálat egészét próbálja feldolgozni: a világzenei, R&B, hiphop, blues, country, jazz albumok is helyet kaptak. A pop- és rockzenei alműfajok is széles körben szerepelnek (punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, klasszikus rock, progresszív rock és rock and roll).
A lista 1950-es évek Sorszám Előadó Album Évjárat 1. Count Basie E=MC² (Atomic Basie) 1957 2. Dave Brubeck Time Out 1959 3. Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles 1959 4. Miles Davis Birth of the Cool 1957 5. Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959 6. Fats Domino This Is Fats Domino 1956 7. Duke Ellington Newport 1958 1958 8. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Jack Takes the Floor 1958 9. Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook 1959 10. Billie Holiday Lady in Satin 1958 11. The Crickets The “Chirping” Crickets 1957 12. Little Richard Here’s Little Richard 1957 13. The Louvin Brothers Tragic Songs of Life 1956 14. Machito Kenya 1957 15. Sabú Martinez Palo Congo 1957 16. Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners 1956 17. Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 1956 18. Louis Prima The Wildest! 1957 19. Tito Puente Dance Mania 1958 20. Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs 1959 21. Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours 1955 22. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! 1956 23. Sarah Vaughan At Mister Kelly’s 1957 1960-as évek
Sorszám Előadó Album Évjárat 1. (különböző előadók) A Christmas Gift for You 1963 2. Joan Baez Joan Baez 1960 3. The Band Music from Big Pink 1968 4. The Band The Band 1969 5. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966 6. The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Today! 1965 7. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night 1964 8. The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 9. The Beatles Revolver 1966 10. The Beatles Rubber Soul 1965 11. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 12. The Beatles The White Album 1968 13. The Beatles With the Beatles 1963 14. Beau Brummels Triangle 1967 15. Jeff Beck Truth 1968 16. Bee Gees Odessa 1969 17. Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills 1968 18. Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 1969 19. Blue Cheer Vincebus Eruptum 1968 20. Booker T. & the M.G.’s Green Onions 1962 21. Jacques Brel Olympia 1964 1964 22. James Brown Live at the Apollo 1963 23. Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello 1967 24. Tim Buckley Happy Sad 1969 25. Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again 1967 26. Solomon Burke Rock ’N Soul 1964 27. The Byrds Fifth Dimension 1966 28. The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 1965 29. The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo 1968 30. The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers 1968 31. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Safe as Milk 1967 32. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica 1969 33. Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968 34. Johnny Cash At San Quentin 1969 35. Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 1962 36. Chicago The Chicago Transit Authority 1969 37. Leonard Cohen Songs from a Room 1969 38. Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen 1968 39. John Coltrane A Love Supreme 1964 40. Country Joe and the Fish Electric Music for the Mind and Body 1967 41. Cream Disraeli Gears 1967 42. Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country 1969 43. Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River 1969 44. Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (album) 1969 45. Miles Davis In a Silent Way 1969 46. Donovan Sunshine Superman 1966 47. The Doors The Doors 1967 48. Dr. John Gris-Gris 1968 49. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left 1969 50. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde 1966 51. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home 1965 52. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 1965 53. Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 1963 54. The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes 1967 55. Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard 1964 56. The Everly Brothers A Date with The Everly Brothers 1961 57. Fairport Convention Liege & Lief 1969 58. Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking 1969 59. The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin 1968 60. Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 1967 61. Aretha Franklin Lady Soul 1968 62. Stan Getz és João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto 1964 63. Stan Getz és Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba 1962 64. Astrud Gilberto Beach Samba 1967 65. Grateful Dead Live/Dead 1969 66. Merle Haggard I’m a Lonesome Fugitive 1967 67. Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul 1969 68. Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced 1967 69. Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold as Love 1967 70. Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland 1968 71. Incredible String Band The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter 1968 72. Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 1968 73. Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1965 74. Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 1967 75. King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King 1969 76. B. B. King Live at the Regal 1964 77. The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) 1969 78. The Kinks Face to Face 1966 79. The Kinks Something Else by the Kinks 1967 80. The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 1968 81. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969 82. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II 1969 83. Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club Hamburg 1965 84. Love Da Capo 1967 85. Love Forever Changes 1967 86. Loretta Lynn Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) 1967 87. Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba 1960 88. The Mamas & the Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 1966 89. John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton 1966 90. MC5 Kick Out the Jams 1969 91. Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 1963 92. Moby Grape Moby Grape 1967 93. The Monkees Headquarters 1967 94. The Monks Black Monk Time 1966 95. Van Morrison Astral Weeks 1968 96. Fred Neil Fred Neil 1967 97. Nico Chelsea Girl 1967 98. Laura Nyro Eli and the Thirteenth Confession 1967 99. Mutantes Os Mutantes 1968 100. Buck Owens I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail 1965 101. Pentangle Basket of Light 1969 102. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967 103. Elvis Presley Elvis Is Back! 1960 104. Elvis Presley From Elvis in Memphis 1969 105. Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow 1968 106. Ray Price Night Life 1963 107. Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails 1969 108. Otis Redding Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul 1966 109. Paul Revere and the Raiders Midnight Ride 1966 110. The Rolling Stones 12 X 5 1964 111. The Rolling Stones Aftermath 1966 112. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 1968 113. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 1969 114. Ravi Shankar The Sounds of India 1968 115. Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bushan Kabra & Harprasad Chaurasia Call of the Valley 1967 116. Simon and Garfunkel Bookends 1968 117. Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme 1966 118. Nina Simone Wild Is the Wind 1966 119. Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim 1967 120. Sly and the Family Stone Stand! 1969 121. Small Faces Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake 1968 122. Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack 1961 123. The Sonics Here Are the Sonics 1965 124. Skip Spence Oar 1969 125. Dusty Springfield A Girl Called Dusty 1964 126. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis 1968 127. The Stooges The Stooges 1968 128. The Temptations Cloud Nine 1969 129. 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators 1966 130. Traffic Traffic 1968 131. The United States of America The United States of America 1968 132. Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1968 133. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground 1968 134. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967 135. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat 1968 136. Scott Walker Scott 2 1968 137. Scott Walker Scott 4 1969 138. Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 1960 139. The Who My Generation 1965 140. The Who The Who Sell Out 1967 141. The Who Tommy 1969 142. The Yardbirds Roger the Engineer 1966 143. The Young Rascals Groovin’ 1967 144. Neil Young Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 1969 145. The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain 1969 146. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention Freak Out! 1966 147. Frank Zappa Hot Rats 1969 148. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention We’re Only in It for the Money 1968 149. The Zombies Odessey and Oracle 1968
1970-es évek