Groundbreaking albums. Any genre.


Not necessarily the very best but those that opened up a new direction and influenced many.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
John McLaughlin with Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia/Al di Meola - Friday Night in San Francisco 
Deep Purple - Machine Head
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John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Black Sabbath - Self Titled First LP
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting

Peter Gabriel - Security and So
Paul Simon - Graceland
Radiohead - Kid A
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?