100 Albums That Changed Music and 500 Songs You Need to Hear

Which hundred albums have had the biggest impact on music in their time? Which of them have really changed things? And what, if you haven’t heard them already are the 500 songs that you simply have to hear? Immediately, a hundred lists will form in a hundred minds, but here you’ll find incisive, expert commentary from an array of expert music writers on the stand-out albums by the bands and performers who really turned things on their head: from Bob Dylan to the Sex Pistols, and from Marvin Gaye to Dr Dre. What exactly was the alchemy that the Beatles produced which so profoundly altered popular music in the 60s? How should we understand the impact and lasting significance of albums like Grievous Angel, Never Mind the Bollocks, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars?