Things to come

I've made some major changes to this year's albums list, so I thought I'd take a look at the list now in somewhat-permanent cyberspace before submitting it for the final tally. A preview:

1. Mingus Ah Um , Charles Mingus , 1959
2. Forever Changes , Love , 1967
3. The Low End Theory , A Tribe Called Quest , 1991
4. If You're Feeling Sinister , Belle & Sebastian , 1996
5. Kind of Blue , Miles Davis , 1959
6. Fear of a Black Planet , Public Enemy , 1990
7. Highway 61 Revisited , Bob Dylan , 1965
8. Electric Ladyland , The Jimi Hendrix Experience , 1968
9. I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) , Aretha Franklin , 1967
10. Aquemini , OutKast , 1998
11. OK Computer , Radiohead , 1997
12. Otis Blue , Otis Redding , 1966
13. Things Fall Apart , The Roots , 1998
14. Horses , Patti Smith , 1975
15. Live at the Appolo , James Brown , 1963
16. Talking Book , Stevie Wonder , 1972
17. Ready to Die , Notorious B.I.G. , 1994
18. Homogenic , Bjork , 1997
19. Let's Stay Together , Al Green , 1972
20. Somethin' Else , Cannonball Adderly , 1958
21. The Chronic , Dr. Dre , 1992
22. At Last! , Etta James , 1960
23. Paid in Full , Eric B & Rakim , 1987
24. Stankonia , OutKast , 2000
25. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill , Lauryn Hill , 1998
26. Stand! , Sly & the Family Stone , 1969
27. A Love Supreme , John Coltrane , 1963
28. Are You Experienced? , The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967
29. Straight Outta Compton , NWA , 1988
30. The Shape of Jazz to Come , Ornette Coleman , 1959
31. Under the Pink , Tori Amos , 1994
32. Superfly , Curtis Mayfield , 1972
33. Songs in the Key of Life , Stevie Wonder , 1976
34. Illmatic , Nas , 1992
35. Occasional Rain , Terry Callier , 1972
36. Blue , Joni Mitchell , 1971
37. Presenting the Fabulous Ronnettes Featuring Veronica , The Ronnetes, 1964
38. Blue Lines , Massive Attack , 1991
39. Jazz at Massey Hall , The Quintet , 1953
40. Revolver , The Beatles , 1966
41. I'm Still in Love With You , Al Green , 1972
42. Mothership Connection , Parliament , 1976
43. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back , Public Enemy , 1988
44. Thriller , Michael Jackson , 1982
45. Pearl , Janis Joplin , 1971
46. The Great Summit , Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington , 1961
47. The Sidewinder , Lee Morgan , 1963
48. Black Star , Mos Def & Talib Kweli , 2000
49. What's Going On? , Marvin Gaye , 1971
50. Watermelon Chicken and Gritz , Nappy Roots , 2002