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The Qobuz Essential Discography


These albums have helped write the history of music and have become real milstones.
With the Essential Discography, you'll find vital and emblematic works in all genres that everyone should know and have in their collection.

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-19 03:29 UTC.

Release groups

#YearTitleArtistTypeRatingReleases
1951Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum3.517
1956Ellington at NewportDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Live37
1957Way Out WestSonny RollinsAlbum427
1957Birth of the CoolMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation4.4532
1957Saxophone ColossusSonny RollinsAlbum529
1958Ascenseur pour l’échafaudMiles DavisAlbum + Soundtrack3.6531
1958Songs for Distingué LoversBillie HolidayAlbum13
1958Blue TrainJohn ColtraneAlbum4.6549
1959Ben Webster Meets Oscar PetersonBen Webster & Oscar PetersonAlbum8
1959Kind of BlueMiles DavisAlbum4.45130
1960Portrait in JazzBill Evans TrioAlbum332
1960Sketches of SpainMiles DavisAlbum4.246
1960Soul StationHank MobleyAlbum517
1961Dexter Calling…Dexter GordonAlbum7
1962Big Band Bossa NovaQuincy JonesAlbum59
1962GoDexter GordonAlbum315
1962Takin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum4.520
1963A New PerspectiveDonald ByrdAlbum39
1963EvolutionGrachan Moncur IIIAlbum10
1963One Step BeyondJackie McLeanAlbum7
1963Page OneJoe HendersonAlbum12
1963The Pink Panther (for 1963 film)Henry ManciniAlbum + Soundtrack14
1963The Freewheelin’ Bob DylanBob DylanAlbum4.2531
1963The Black Saint and the Sinner LadyCharles MingusAlbum416
1964Idle MomentsGrant GreenAlbum415
1964Inventions & DimensionsHerbie HancockAlbum49
1964JujuWayne ShorterAlbum416
1964Search for the New LandLee MorganAlbum11
1964Song for My FatherThe Horace Silver QuintetAlbum4.514
1964The SidewinderLee MorganAlbum419
1964Out to Lunch! (Dolphy studio album released posthumously on Blue Note)Eric DolphyAlbum4.323
1965A Love SupremeJohn ColtraneAlbum4.541
1965Live at the RegalB.B. KingAlbum + Live4.1518
1965Speak No EvilWayne ShorterAlbum514
1965Point of DepartureAndrew HillAlbum10
1965Maiden VoyageHerbie HancockAlbum419
1965Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanAlbum4.2537
1965Rubber SoulThe BeatlesAlbum4.45101
1966I Want to Hold Your HandGrant GreenAlbum8
1966Miles SmilesMiles Davis QuintetAlbum4.521
1966Sounds of SilenceSimon & GarfunkelAlbum4.430
1966Blonde on BlondeBob DylanAlbum4.158
1966Pet SoundsThe Beach BoysAlbum4.355
1967Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-DurProkofiev, Ravel; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio AbbadoAlbum6
1967The Real McCoyMcCoy TynerAlbum13
1967The DoorsThe DoorsAlbum4.648
1967The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet Underground & NicoAlbum4.441
1967Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum4.5572
1967Disraeli GearsCreamAlbum4.4533
1967Songs of Leonard CohenLeonard CohenAlbum4.5519
1968At Folsom PrisonJohnny CashAlbum + Live419
1968Now He Sings, Now He SobsChick CoreaAlbum48
1968Wheels of FireCreamAlbum3.8528
1968Electric LadylandThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAlbum4.355
1969Led Zeppelin (I)Led ZeppelinAlbum4.563
1969In a Silent WayMiles DavisAlbum4.423
1969Five Leaves LeftNick DrakeAlbum4.4516
1969In the Court of the Crimson KingKing CrimsonAlbum4.6571
1969Led Zeppelin IILed ZeppelinAlbum4.561
1970Bitches BrewMiles DavisAlbum4.542
1970Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and GarfunkelAlbum4.1544
1970Live at LeedsThe WhoAlbum + Live4.3532
1970Deep Purple in RockDeep PurpleAlbum4.338
1970After the Gold RushNeil YoungAlbum4.4527
1970AbraxasSantanaAlbum4.5534
1970Tea for the TillermanCat StevensAlbum3.936
1971PearlJanis JoplinAlbum4.2536
1971TapestryCarole KingAlbum3.8181
1971AqualungJethro TullAlbum3.9551
1971L.A. WomanThe DoorsAlbum3.9549
1971What’s Going OnMarvin GayeAlbum4.4546
1971BlueJoni MitchellAlbum4.1527
1971Shaft: Music From the SoundtrackIsaac HayesAlbum + Soundtrack416
1971Who’s NextThe WhoAlbum4.464
1971Santana (III)SantanaAlbum4.222
1971ImagineJohn LennonAlbum4.0543
1971[Led Zeppelin IV]Led ZeppelinAlbum4.881
1971FragileYesAlbum4.553
1971Hunky DoryDavid BowieAlbum4.335
1972HarvestNeil YoungAlbum4.3529
1972Pink MoonNick DrakeAlbum4.1515
1972Paul SimonPaul SimonAlbum3.7515
1972The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsDavid BowieAlbum4.6559
1972All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum3.58
1972Talking BookStevie WonderAlbum425
1972TransformerLou ReedAlbum4.325
1973La bohème (1972 studio cast)Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Panerai, Maffeo, Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanAlbum9
1973Light as a FeatherChick Corea and Return to ForeverAlbum4.512
1973Houses of the HolyLed ZeppelinAlbum4.4547
1973Countdown to EcstasySteely DanAlbum419
1973Tres hombresZZ TopAlbum3.826
1973InnervisionsStevie WonderAlbum4.6535
1973(pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd)Lynyrd SkynyrdAlbum4.2519
1973Let’s Get It OnMarvin GayeAlbum422
1973Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton JohnAlbum3.9558
1973Head HuntersHerbie HancockAlbum3.5528
1974461 Ocean BoulevardEric ClaptonAlbum4.226
1974Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6 “Pathétique”Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny MravinskyAlbum10
1974Fulfillingness’ First FinaleStevie WonderAlbum414
1975Blood on the TracksBob DylanAlbum4.227

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