The Greatest Music
The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made
Source: The Wire
Year: 1992
103 albums
5 voters
Weight: 35%
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In June 1992 (Issue 100), The Wire marked its 100th issue with “The Top 100”: an unranked, chronological sweep of what it called the most significant records of the 20th century. It’s a very “Wire” canon—spanning early blues/jazz and modern composition through rock, hip-hop, electronic music, and global/field recordings—less a mainstream greatest-hits list than a map of boundary-pushing audio history.
#104 — In Berlin '88 by Cecil Taylor
Released:
1989
Released:
1987
Genres:
Electronic
Hip Hop