http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5035 English mag RECORD COLLECTOR gives the rundown on the defining albums for 21 different genres. Hear these and be the well-rounded all-knowing music snob you've always wanted to be. Categories/genres are: Fifties: the Last Gasp of Swing and the Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll #1-10 Sixties: the Greatest Musical Decade of Them All? #11-20 Seventies: From Singer-Songwriter Angst to Glam and the Disco Age #21-30 Eighties: Synth-Pop, Arena Rock and the Michael Jackson Phenomenon #31-40 Nineties: the Most Confused Decade Yet? Grunge, Brit-Pop and Girl Power #41-49 Avant-Garde: Challenging Music that Extended the Boundaries of Rock #50-58 Blues: From 30s Country Blues to Chicago’s Electric Cauldron of R&B #59-71 Country: the White Man’s Blues, which Became the American Mainstream #72-82 Dance: How Computers Conquered the Dancefloor #82-93 Folk: the Traditional Voices of Britain and America #94-103 Hip Hop: the American Urban Ghetto Finally Finds its Voice #104-113 Indie: Independent in the Truest Sense, They Captured the Spirit of Freedom #114-123 Jazz: From Louis Armstrong’s Trad to John Coltrane’s Improvisations #124-137 Metal: They Came, They Saw, They Plugged in and Turned it up to Eleven #138-147 Pop: Fun was the Key Word, Music Not to be Taken Seriously #148-157 Prog: Concept Albums, Crimson Kings & Rock Operas #158-167 Psychedelia: the True Spirit of ’67, from English Whimsy to San Franciscan Acid-Rock #168-177 Punk: Three-chord Anthems by Overnight Heroes #178-187 Reggae: From Marley to Madness, it was the Most Infectious Groove Around #188-197 Rock: Raw Riffs, Guitar Heroes and Stadium Superstars #98-207 Soul & Funk: Rhythm & Blues Hit the Big City The numbers afterward indicate which numbers on the list belong to each category. Now.....rock on! 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& His Comets</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66729 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Johnny Burnett & The Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666075 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666075"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001ZTBW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chuck Berry</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/942286 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Little Richard</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1165003 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1165003"><img 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style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38878"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517rminY7HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bob Dylan</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313523 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313523"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N00F1KPPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Who</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44341 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44341"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XXGDXSMKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Love</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35607 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a 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