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One record per artist

Best of each artist

Every artist appears only once – with their best record. The list is ranked by the editors’ Still holds up score, then First listen and the readers’ ratings.

All 205Rock 30Pop 23Soul, funk and R&B 19Jazz 15Hip hop 19Electronic 20Folk, country and song 15Reggae and world 16Hard rock and metal 48
  1. 1 Jan Johansson Jazz på svenska 1964 · Jazz Readers5.0 Timeless classic
  2. 2 Chet Baker Chet Baker Sings 1954 · Jazz Timeless classic
  3. 3 Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus 1956 · Jazz Timeless classic
  4. 4 Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners 1957 · Jazz Timeless classic
  5. 5 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Moanin’ 1958 · Jazz Timeless classic
  6. 6 Cannonball Adderley Somethin’ Else 1958 · Jazz Timeless classic
  7. 7 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um 1959 · Jazz Timeless classic
  8. 8 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959 · Jazz Timeless classic
  9. 9 Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959 · Jazz Timeless classic
  10. 10 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out 1959 · Jazz Timeless classic
  11. 11 Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard 1961 · Jazz Timeless classic
  12. 12 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage 1965 · Jazz Timeless classic
  13. 13 John Coltrane A Love Supreme 1965 · Jazz Timeless classic
  14. 14 Esbjörn Svensson Trio Seven Days of Falling 2003 · Jazz Modern classic
  15. 15 Kamasi Washington The Epic 2015 · Jazz Modern classic

205 artists in the collection.