6. ‘Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack’ (1977)
Artist: Various The percolating rhythms of disco captured the zest, decadence and hustling of the dance boom.
7. ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ (1965)
Artist: Bob Dylan rankled folk fans by going electric, but he also expanded his audience and influenced a generation with songs that have been analyzed (and lionized) ever since.
8. ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967)
Artist: The Beatles The culmination of years of artistic maturation and bold experimentation. The original rock concept LP.
9. ‘What’s Going On’ (1971)
Artist: Marvin Gaye The sexy love man took on civil rights, the environment and inner-city turmoil, changing the tone of R & B, both lyrically and musically.
10. ‘Tapestry’ (1971)
Artist: Carole King King’s songs of love lost, found and wasted spoke to the Me Generation’s turn toward introspection.
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Kimberly James says
WTF! You need to change the Beatles
pic to the album cover you mentioned.
JOHN HOUGH says
the last gen that understood music and its impact on culture, society,politics and reflective of the times were the boomers and the Gen x people born from 67-72..after that up to now..its not about ‘artistic ability and contributions to music..its about CORPORATION GREED AND THOSE WHO LOOK AT PROFITI OVER EXPRESSION!!..But HOPE springs eternal and everything is recycled and radio stations are returning to “Rock Bloks” and replaying “oldies” in 20 and 30 minute ‘flashbacks” and reintroducing what was to generations born since 1990..and that shows a return is underway!!
ralphus says
“Let’s write a new swimming pool!” – John Lennon talking about how they would write Beatles songs.