Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography

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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

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
	1951	Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1	Thelonious Monk	Album	3.5	17
	1956	Ellington at Newport	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Live	3	7
	1957	Way Out West	Sonny Rollins	Album	4	27
	1957	Birth of the Cool	Miles Davis	Album + Compilation	4.45	32
	1957	Saxophone Colossus	Sonny Rollins	Album	5	34
	1958	Ascenseur pour l’échafaud	Miles Davis	Album + Soundtrack	3.65	32
	1958	Songs for Distingué Lovers	Billie Holiday	Album		13
	1958	Blue Train	John Coltrane	Album	4.65	51
	1959	Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson	Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson	Album		8
	1959	Kind of Blue	Miles Davis	Album	4.45	131
	1960	Portrait in Jazz	Bill Evans Trio	Album	3	33
	1960	Sketches of Spain	Miles Davis	Album	4.2	46
	1960	Soul Station	Hank Mobley	Album	5	18
	1961	Dexter Calling…	Dexter Gordon	Album		7
	1962	Big Band Bossa Nova	Quincy Jones	Album	5	10
	1962	Go	Dexter Gordon	Album	3	17
	1962	Takin’ Off	Herbie Hancock	Album	4.5	20
	1963	A New Perspective	Donald Byrd	Album	3	8
	1963	Evolution	Grachan Moncur III	Album		10
	1963	One Step Beyond	Jackie McLean	Album		7
	1963	Page One	Joe Henderson	Album		12
	1963	The Pink Panther (for 1963 film)	Henry Mancini	Album + Soundtrack		14
	1963	The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Album	4.25	31
	1963	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady	Charles Mingus	Album	4	17
	1964	Idle Moments	Grant Green	Album	4	15
	1964	Inventions & Dimensions	Herbie Hancock	Album	4	9
	1964	Juju	Wayne Shorter	Album	4	16
	1964	Search for the New Land	Lee Morgan	Album		11
	1964	The Sidewinder	Lee Morgan	Album	4	19
	1964	Out to Lunch! (Dolphy studio album released posthumously on Blue Note)	Eric Dolphy	Album	4.3	24
	1964	Song for My Father	The Horace Silver Quintet	Album	4.5	15
	1965	A Love Supreme	John Coltrane	Album	4.5	46
	1965	Live at the Regal	B.B. King	Album + Live	4.15	18
	1965	Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter	Album	5	16
	1965	Point of Departure	Andrew Hill	Album		10
	1965	Maiden Voyage	Herbie Hancock	Album	4	19
	1965	Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	Album	4.25	37
	1965	Rubber Soul	The Beatles	Album	4.45	102
	1966	I Want to Hold Your Hand	Grant Green	Album		8
	1966	Miles Smiles	Miles Davis Quintet	Album	4.5	21
	1966	Sounds of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	Album	4.3	31
	1966	Blonde on Blonde	Bob Dylan	Album	4.1	58
	1966	Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys	Album	4.3	55
	1967	Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur	Prokofiev, Ravel; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado	Album		6
	1967	The Real McCoy	McCoy Tyner	Album		13
	1967	The Doors	The Doors	Album	4.6	50
	1967	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground & Nico	Album	4.4	43
	1967	Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Album	4.55	75
	1967	Disraeli Gears	Cream	Album	4.45	35
	1967	Songs of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album	4.55	19
	1968	At Folsom Prison	Johnny Cash	Album + Live	4	19
	1968	Now He Sings, Now He Sobs	Chick Corea	Album	4	50
	1968	Wheels of Fire	Cream	Album	3.85	29
	1968	Electric Ladyland	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Album	4.3	57
	1969	Led Zeppelin (I)	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.5	64
	1969	In a Silent Way	Miles Davis	Album	4.4	25
	1969	Five Leaves Left	Nick Drake	Album	4.45	17
	1969	In the Court of the Crimson King	King Crimson	Album	4.65	70
	1969	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.5	62
	1970	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	Album	4.5	44
	1970	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon and Garfunkel	Album	4.15	44
	1970	Live at Leeds	The Who	Album + Live	4.35	32
	1970	Deep Purple in Rock	Deep Purple	Album	4.3	41
	1970	Curtis	Curtis Mayfield	Album	4.5	11
	1970	After the Gold Rush	Neil Young	Album	4.45	27
	1970	Abraxas	Santana	Album	4.55	36
	1970	Tea for the Tillerman	Cat Stevens	Album	3.9	36
	1971	Pearl	Janis Joplin	Album	4.15	36
	1971	Tapestry	Carole King	Album	3.8	184
	1971	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	Album	4	53
	1971	L.A. Woman	The Doors	Album	4	52
	1971	What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye	Album	4.35	47
	1971	Blue	Joni Mitchell	Album	4.15	28
	1971	Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack	Isaac Hayes	Album + Soundtrack	4	17
	1971	Who’s Next	The Who	Album	4.4	66
	1971	Santana (III)	Santana	Album	4.2	23
	1971	Imagine	John Lennon	Album	4.05	46
	1971	[Led Zeppelin IV]	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.8	83
	1971	Fragile	Yes	Album	4.5	54
	1971	Hunky Dory	David Bowie	Album	4.3	36
	1972	Harvest	Neil Young	Album	4.35	29
	1972	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	Album	4.15	15
	1972	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	Album	3.75	15
	1972	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	David Bowie	Album	4.65	59
	1972	All Directions	The Temptations	Album	4	8
	1972	Talking Book	Stevie Wonder	Album	4	25
	1972	Transformer	Lou Reed	Album	4.15	25
	1973	La bohème (1972 studio cast)	Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Panerai, Maffeo, Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan	Album		9
	1973	Light as a Feather	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Album	4.5	15
	1973	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.45	50
	1973	Countdown to Ecstasy	Steely Dan	Album	4	19
	1973	Tres hombres	ZZ Top	Album	3.8	26
	1973	Innervisions	Stevie Wonder	Album	4.65	35
	1973	(pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd)	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Album	4.25	19
	1973	Let’s Get It On	Marvin Gaye	Album	4	23
	1973	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John	Album	3.95	58
	1973	Head Hunters	Herbie Hancock	Album	3.9	29
	1974	Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6 “Pathétique”	Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky	Album		10
	1974	461 Ocean Boulevard	Eric Clapton	Album	4.2	27
	1974	Fulfillingness’ First Finale	Stevie Wonder	Album	4	14

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