Sony Music Entertainment

Rock & roll is rarely as edgy, invigorating, and sonically revolutionary as The Clash.

If the Byrds didn't do country-rock first, they did it brilliantly, and few albums in the style are as beautiful and emotionally affecting as this.

The culmination of Dylan's electric rock & roll period -- he would never release a studio record that rocked this hard, or had such bizarre imagery, ever again.

Hugely ambitious but also one of the darker records ever made – slow, druggy and heavily orchestrated by producer Bob Ezrin.

Jimi Hendrix's second album followed up his groundbreaking debut effort with a solid collection of great tunes and great interactive playing.

Proved that rock & roll needn't be collegiate and tame in order to be literate, poetic, and complex.