Albume de referinţă este o rubrică născută din dorinţa tinerilor de a cunoaşte istoria muzicală a acestei lumi şi prin ea, pe ei înşişi. Mulţi mi-au solicitat acest opis, dar odată cu apariţia acestui site dedicat muzicii ”care nu moare”, m-am hotărât să îl încep. Cea mai bună denumire ar fi Albume de Referinţă din Istoria Muzicii Rock sau simplu o putem numi şi “LISTA lui RADU”! Aşa cum va rămâne în mintea dvs. Cititorule aşa se va transmite mai departe din om în om! Din această listă vă veţi alege albumele pe care le consideraţi necesare în colecţia dvs. de audiofil şi vă veţi face o părere despre albumele „istorice” cu care visaţi să plecaţi într-o călătorie imaginară. De unele, o să vă convingeţi că sunt imperios necesare în colecţia unui audiofil.

Bineînţeles că aceasta va cuprinde toate stilurile înrudite sau derivate din muzica Rock! Stelele acordate fiecărui album sunt atribuite pe criterii obiective, dar vor exista probabil şi câteva excepţii subiective “din vina” celui care a creat-o!

Cu timpul acest Top va cuprinde câte o “motivaţie” pentru fiecare album de referinţă în parte. Pentru început vă prezint lista în ordine cronologică, dar aleator scrisă pînă la definitivarea ei în ordine alfabetică:

The Shadows The Shadows [1961] (instrumental rock, Door Knob) 1961 *****

Alexis KORNER R&B from the Marquee (british Blues, Ace of Clubs) 1962 *****

The BEATLES Rubber Soul (british invasion, Capitol) 1965 *****

John MAYALL Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (british blues, Deram) 1966 *****

The YARDBIRDS Roger the Engineer (british blues, Edsel) 1966 *****

The YARDBIRDS Over Under Sideways Down (british invasion, Epic) 1966 *****

The BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album rock, Capitol) 1967 *****

The Jimi HENDRIX Experience Are You Experienced? (Album Rock, MCA) 1967 *****

The Jimi HENDRIX Experience Axis: Bold as Love (Album Rock, MCA) 1967 *****

Eric BURDON Winds of Change (Psychedelic Rock, Spectrum) 1967 *****

PROCOL HARUM Procol Harum (British Psychedelia, Deram) 1967 *****

PINK FLOYD The Piper and the Gates of Dawn (Album rock, Capitol) 1967 *****

CREAM Disraeli Gears (blues rock, Polydor) 1967 *****

The DOORS The Doors (album rock, Elektra) 1967 *****

BLOOD, SWEET & TEARS Child Is Father to the Man (jazz rock, Columbia/legacy) 1967 *****

PROOF 5th Anniversary Phonograph Record (blues rock, Akarma) 1968 ****

The Jimi HENDRIX Experience Electric Ladyland (Album Rock, MCA) 1968 *****

The BEATLES The Beatles (The White Album) (album rock, Capitol) 1968 *****

SAVOY BROWN Getting to the Point (british blues, Deram) 1968 *****

CREAM Wheels of Fire (blues rock, Polydor) 1968 *****

Leonard COHEN The Songs of Leonard Cohen (folk rock, Columbia) 1968 *****

The BAND Music From The Big Pink (folk rock, Capitol) 1968 *****

COLOSSEUM Valentyne Suite (prog rock, Vertigo) 1969 *****

GRATEFUL DEAD Aoxomoxoa (psychedelic, Warner) 1969 ****

GRATEFUL DEAD Live Dead (psychedelic folk-rock, Warner) 1969 *****

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Trout Mask Replica (experimental rock, Reprise) 1969 *****

C.C.R. Willy and the Poor Boys (rock and roll, Fantasy) 1969 *****

CHICAGO Chicago Transit Authority (jazz rock, Chicago) 1969 *****

LED ZEPPELIN I (hard rock, Atlantic) 1969 *****

LED ZEPPELIN II (hard rock, Atlantic) 1969 *****

JETHRO TULL Stand Up (Album rock, Chrysalis) 1969 ****

BLIND FAITH Blind Faith (blues rock, Polydor) 1969 *****

John MAYALL The Turning Point (british blues, BGO) 1969 *****

Jack BRUCE Songs for a Tailor (album rock, Polygram) 1969 *****

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Green River (rock and roll, Fantasy) 1969 *****

The BEATLES Abbey Road (album rock, Capitol) 1969 *****

ZEPHYR Zephyr (blues rock, One Way Records)  1969*****

BEE GEES Odessa (baroque rock, Polydor) 1969 *****

GRATEFUL DEAD American Beauty (album rock, Warner) 1970 *****

LED ZEPPELIN III (hard rock, Atlantic) 1970 *****

ELP Emerson, Lake and Palmer (album rock, Rhino) 1970 ****

The BEATLES Let It Be (album rock, Capitol) 1970 *****

DEEP PURPLE In Rock (hard rock, Warner) 1970 *****

Jimi HENDRIX Band of Gypsys (Album Rock, Capitol) 1970 *****

BLACK SABBATH Black Sabbath (hard rock, Warner) 1970 *****

CAT STEVENS Tea for the Tillerman (folk rock, A&M) 1970 *****

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Cosmo’s Factory (rock and roll, Fantasy) 1970 *****

Joe COCKER Mad Dogs & Englishmen (blues rock, A&M) 1970 *****

The DOORS Morrison Hotel (album rock, Elektra) 1970 *****

UFO Flying (space rock, Beacon Records) 1971 *****

LED ZEPPELIN IV (hard rock, Atlantic) 1971 *****

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND At Fillmore East (southern rock, Warner) 1971 *****

COLOSSEUM Live (jazz-rock, Bronze) 1971 *****

BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (hard rock, Warner) 1971 *****

FOCUS Moving Waves (prog rock, IRS) 1971 *****

ELP Tarkus (album rock, Rhino) 1971 *****

PINK FLOYD Meddle (Album rock, Capitol) 1971 *****

BREAD Manna (soft rock, Rhino) 1971 *****

JETHRO TULL Aqualung (Album rock, Chrysalis) 1971 *****

CACTUS Cactus (hard rock, Atlantic) 1971 *****

The DOORS L.A. Woman (album rock, Elektra) 1971 *****

CAT STEVENS Teaser and the Firecat (folk rock, A&M) 1971 *****

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Eat A Peach (album rock, Polydor) 1972 *****

FOCUS III (prog rock, IRS) 1972 *****

GENESIS Foxtrot (album rock, ATCO) 1972 *****

ELP Trilogy (album rock, Rhino) 1972 ****

Return to Forever Light as a Feather (fusion, Polydor) 1972 *****

JETHRO TULL Thick As a Brick (Album rock, Chrysalis) 1972 *****

YES Fragile (Album rock, Atlantic) 1972 *****

Tommy BOLIN Private Eyes (Album rock, Columbia) 1972 *****

DEEP PURPLE Made in Japan (hard rock, PSP) 1972 *****

DEEP PURPLE Machine Head (hard rock, Warner) 1972 *****

Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult (Album rock, Columbia) 1972 *****

YES Close to the Edge (Album rock, Atlantic) 1972 *****

DAVID BOWIE Aladin Sane (glam rock, Virgin) 1973 *****

LED ZEPPELIN Houses of the Holy (hard rock, Atlantic) 1973 *****

RENAISSANCE Ashes Are Burning (prog rock, OneWay) 1973 *****

GENESIS Selling England by the Pound (album rock, ATCO) 1973 *****

ELP Brain Salad Surgery (album rock, Atlantic) 1973 *****

Mike OLDFIELD Tubular Bells (electronic art rock, Virgin) 1973 *****

BUDGIE Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (hard rock, MCA) 1973 *****

PINK FLOYD The Dark Side of the Moon (Album rock, Capitol) 1973 *****

DEEP PURPLE Burn (hard rock, Warner) 1973 *****

YES Yessongs (Live) (Album rock, Atlantic) 1973 *****

Rick WAKEMAN The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Art rock, A&M) 1973 *****

Roger DALTREY Daltrey (soft rock, MCA) 1973 *****

Beck Bogert & Appice Beck Bogert & Appice (blues rock, Epic) 1973 *****

FOCUS Hamburger Concerto (prog rock, ATCO) 1974 *****

Ry COODER Paradise and Lunch (blues rock, Reprise) 1974 *****

Leonard COHEN New Skin for the Old Ceremony (folk rock, Columbia) 1974 *****

RENAISSANCE Turn of the Cards (prog rock, Repertoire) 1974 *****

GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (album rock, ATCO) 1974 *****

Rick WAKEMAN Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Art rock, Mobile Fidelity) 1974 *****

Eric CLAPTON 461 Ocean Boulevard (album rock, Polydor) 1974 *****

BAD COMPANY Bad Co. (blues rock, Swan Song) 1974 *****

NAZARETH Hair of the Dog (hard rock, A&M) 1975 *****

CHRIS SQUIRE Fish Out of Water (prog rock, Arista) 1975 *****

SPIRIT Spirit of ’76 (art rock, Mercury) 1975 ****

LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffitti (hard rock, Swan Song) 1975 *****

RENAISSANCE Scheherazade & Other Stories (prog rock, Repertoire) 1975 *****

PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here (Album rock, Capitol) 1975 *****

JETHRO TULL Minstrel in the Gallery (Album rock, Chrysalis) 1975 ****

RUSH 2112 (album rock, Mercury) 1976 *****

GENESIS Trick of the Tail (album rock, ATCO) 1976 *****

AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (hard rock, Epic) 1976 *****

BOSTON Boston (Album rock, Epic) 1976 *****

Jon ANDERSON Olias of Sunhillow (Art rock, Wounded Bird) 1976 *****

RUSH A Farewell to the Kings (album rock, Mercury) 1977 ****

WEATHER REPORT Heavy Weather (fusion, Columbia/Legacy) 1977 *****

CRAWLER Crawler (album rock, Epic) 1977 *****

AC/DC Let There Be Rock (hard rock, Epic) 1977 ****

PROCOL HARUM Something Magic (art rock, Chrysalis) 1977 *****

AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It (hard rock, Epic) 1978 *****

Mike OLDFIELD Incantations (electronic art rock, Blue Plate) 1978 *****

David GILMOUR David Gilmour (Art rock, Columbia/Legacy) 1978 ****

JETHRO TULL Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live (Album rock, Chrysalis) 1978 ****

DIRE STRAITS Dire Straits (rock’n’roll, Warner) 1978 *****

Rick WAKEMAN Criminal Record (Art rock, Hip-O Select) 1978 *****

The BAND The Last Waltz (album rock, Capitol) 1978 ****

WEATHER REPORT 8:30 (fusion, Columbia) 1979 *****

AC/DC Highway to Hell (hard rock, Epic) 1979 ****

PINK FLOYD The Wall (Album rock, Capitol) 1979 *****

Steve HOWE The Steve Howe Album (instrumental rock, Atlantic) 1979 *****

RUSH Permanent Waves (album rock, Mercury) 1980 *****

AC/DC Back in Black (hard rock, Epic) 1980 *****

GRATEFUL DEAD Reckoning (jam bands, Arista) 1981 ****

RUSH Moving Pictures (album rock, Mercury) 1981 *****

ASIA Asia (prog rock, Geffen) 1982 *****

YES 90125 (Album rock, ATCO) 1983 *****

COVERDALE / PAGE Coverdale / Page (hard rock, Geffen) 1983 *****

DIRE STRAITS Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (rock’n’roll, Warner) 1983 *****

David GILMOUR About Face (Art rock, Columbia) 1984 *****

DIRE STRAITS Brothers in Arms (rock’n’roll, Warner) 1985 *****

Joe ZAWINUL Dialects (world fusion, Columbia) 1986 *****

Steve WINWOOD Back in the High Life (album rock, Island) 1986 *****

Paco De LUCIA Siroco (flamenco, Verve) 1987 *****

Jeff HEALEY See The Light (blues rock, BMG) 1988 *****

TRACY CHAPMAN Tracy Chapman (pop rock, Elektra) 1988 *****

RUSH Presto (album rock, Mercury) 1989 ****

Dick DALE King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale (rock’n’roll, Rhino) 1989 *****

Sandy DENNY The Best of (folk rock, Hannibal) 1989 *****

Mike OLDFIELD Amarok (opera rock, Caroline) 1990 *****

GEORGE DALARAS Greek Voice (world, Trop) 1991 *****

DEAD CAN DANCE A Passage in Time (worlds fusion, Rykodisc) 1991 *****

Eric CLAPTON Unplugged (blues rock, Reprise) 1992 *****

CRY OF LOVE Brother (hard rock, Columbia) 1992 *****

Jon MARK Alhambra (electronic prog, Polydor) 1993 ****

Steve HOWE The Grand Scheme of Things (instrumental rock, Relativity) 1993 *****

Paul GILBERT A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (hard rock, European Import) 1994 *****

Eric CLAPTON From the Cradle (blues rock, Reprise) 1994 *****

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Under the Table and Dreaming (rock, RCA) 1994 *****

Jeff HEALEY Cover To Cover (blues rock, BMG/Arista) 1995 *****

Sheryl CROW Sheryl Crow (pop rock, A&M) 1996 *****

The SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years (british invasion, Island) 1996 *****

YES Keys to Ascension (Album rock, CMC International) 1996 *****

Joey DeFRANCESCO Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas (hard bop, Concord) 1998 ****

John MAYALL 70th Birthday Concert (british blues, Eagle) 2003 *****

Paul GILBERT Spaceship One (guitar virtuoso, Shrapnel) 2005*****

CREAM Royal Albert Hall: London May 2-3-5-6 2005 (blues rock, Polydor) 2005 ****

David GILMOUR On An Island (Art rock, Columbia) 2006 *****

Paul GILBERT Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar (guitar virtuoso, Shrapnel) 2008 *****