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Every Album in the Library of Congress

The National Recording Registry is a section of the Library of Congress full of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States."
Excluding compilation albums
Excluding pieces that aren't original recordings
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Year
Artist
Answer
1908
Cuarteto Coculense
The Very First Mariachi Recordings
1931
Boswell Sisters
It's the Girl
1932
musical soundtrack
Show Boat
1938
musical soundtrack
Cradle Will Rock
1940
musical soundtrack
Porgy and Bess
1943
musical soundtrack
Oklahoma!
1943
musical soundtrack
Othello
1945
Victor Jory
Tubby the Tuba
1946
Travis Merle
Folk Songs of the Hills
1946
Harry Partch and Gate 5 Ensemble
U.S. Highball
1947
Ray Bolger
The Churkendoose
1949
musical soundtrack
Kiss Me, Kate
1949
musical soundtrack
South Pacific
1950
musical soundtrack
Guys & Dolls
1951
musical soundtrack
Streetcar Named Desire
1953
Professor Longhair
Tipitina
1954
Art Blakey
A Night at Birdland (vols. 1 and 2)
1954
Frank Sinatra
Songs for Young Lovers
1955
Tuskegee Institute Choir
Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals
1956
Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners
1956
Harry Belafonte
Calypso
1956
Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport
1956
musical soundtrack
My Fair Lady
1956
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
1957
Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente
Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature
1957
musical soundtrack
West Side Story
1958
Tito Puente
Dance Mania
1958
Edgard Varese
Poem Electronique
1958
TV soundtrack
Theme from "Peter Gunn"
1958
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Winds in Hi-Fi
1959
John Fahey
Blind Joe Death
1959
John Coltrane
Giant Steps
1959
Marty Robbins
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
1959
musical soundtrack
Gypsy
1959
Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
1959
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Messiah
1959
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah-Um
1959
Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come
1959
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out
1959
Ray Charles
What'd I Say
1960
Michael Babatunde Olatunji
Drums of Passion
1960
Wes Montgomery
Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
1960
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
1960
Clarence Ashley's
Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's
1960
Mance Lipscomb
Texas Sharecropper and Songster
1960
The Shirelles
Tonight's the Night
1960
Max Roach
We Insist!
1961
Judy Garland
Judy at Carnegie Hall
1962
Dexter Gordon
Go!
1962
Booker T and the MG's
Green Onions
1962
James Cleveland
Peace Be Still
1963
Benjamin Britten
War Requiem
1963
Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1963
James Brown
Live at the Apollo
1963
Pete Seeger
We Shall Overcome
1964
John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
1964
musical soundtrack
Fiddler on the Roof
1964
Buffy Sainte-Marie
It's My Way!
1964
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
New Orleans’ Sweet Emma Barrett and Her Preservation Jazz Band
1964
Barbra Streisand
People
1964
Lee Morgan
Sidewinder
1965
Eddie Palmieri
Azucar Pa' Ti
1965
The Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965
B.B. King
Live at the Regal
1965
movie soundtrack
The Sound of Music
1966
Buck Owens
Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens
Year
Artist
Answer
1966
The Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
1966
Simon and Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence
1966
Mississippi John Hurt
Today!
1966
The Who
The Who Sings My Generation
1966
Ella Jenkins
You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song
1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
1967
Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign
1967
The Doors
The Doors
1967
Love
Forever Changes
1967
Steve Reich
New Sounds in Electronic Music
1967
The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967
Morton Subotnick
Silver Apples of the Moon
1967
Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow
1967
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground and Nico
1968
Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison
1968
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Cheap Thrills
1968
musical soundtrack
Hair
1968
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
We're Only In It for the Money
1969
The Band
The Band
1969
Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
1969
Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis
1969
Eubie Blake
Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake
1969
Sly and the Family Stone
Stand!
1969
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Trout Mask Replica
1970
Santana
Abraxas
1970
Miles Davis
Bitches Brew
1970
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Déjà Vu
1971
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East
1971
Milton Babbitt
Philomel
1971
Isaac Hayes
Shaft
1971
Carole King
Tapestry
1971
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
1972
New York Strings Quartet
Black Angels
1972
Joni Mitchell
For the Roses
1972
movie soundtrack
The Harder They Come
1972
Ola Belle Reed
Ola Belle Reed
1972
Larry Norman
Only Visiting This Planet
1972
David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1972
Curtis Mayfield
Superfly
1972
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
1973
The Wailers
Burnin'
1973
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
1973
Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1973
Herbie Hancock
Headhunters
1973
Sarah Vaughan
Live in Japan
1973
Fred Rogers
Mister Rogers Sings: 21 Favorite Songs from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
1974
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco
Celia & Johnny
1974
Aaron Copland
Copland Conducts Copland
1974
Linda Ronstadt
Heart like a Wheel
1974
Jackson Browne
Late for the Sky
1975
Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
1975
Patti Smith
Horses
1975
Thelma Houston
I've Got the Music in Me
1975
J.D Crowe & the New South
J.D Crowe & the New South
1975
Keith Jarrett
The Kӧln Concert
1975
Fania All-Stars
Live at Yankee Stadium
1975
Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger
1975
musical soundtrack
The Wiz
1976
ABBA
Arrival
1976
Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie
1976
Pat Metheny
Bright Size Life
1976
Steve Miller Band
Fly Like an Eagle
1976
Parliament
Mothership Connection
1976
Ramones
Ramones
1976
Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life
Year
Artist
Answer
1976
The Eagles
Their Greatest Hits
1976
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Wild Tchoupitoulas
1977
Steely Dan
Aja
1977
Grateful Dead
Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University
1977
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
1977
movie soundtrack
Saturday Night Fever
1977
movie soundtrack
Star Wars
1978
The Cars
The Cars
1978
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick at Budokan
1978
Blondie
Parallel Lines
1978
Steve Martin
A Wild and Crazy Guy
1979
Philip Glass
Einstein on the Beach
1979
musical soundtrack
Sweeney Todd
1980
Betty Carter
The Audience with Betty Carter
1980
Talking Heads
Remain in Light
1982
Gothic Voices
A Feather on the Breath of God
1982
Michael Jackson
Thriller
1983
Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual
1983
The Police
Synchronicity
1984
Tina Turner
Private Dancer
1984
Prince
Purple Rain
1985
Wynton Marsalis
Black Codes
1985
Madonna
Like a Virgin
1986
Paul Simon
Graceland
1986
Metallica
Master of Puppets
1986
Run-DMC
Raising Hell
1987
Linda Ronstadt
Canciones de mi Padre
1987
U2
The Joshua Tree
1988
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
1988
N.W.A
Straight Outta Compton
1988
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
1989
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
1989
Queen Latifah
All Hail the Queen
1989
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
1989
Bonnie Raitt
Nick of Time
1989
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Vespers
1990
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet
1990
Selena
Ven Conmigo
1991
A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
1991
Nirvana
Nevermind
1992
Dr. Dre
The Chronic
1992
Flaco Jimenez
Partners
1993
Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994
Green Day
Dookie
1994
Nas
Illmatic
1994
Mary J. Blige
My Life
1994
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ready to Die
1995
TV soundtrack
Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites
1996
TV soundtrack
The Best of Schoolhouse Rock
1996
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra
1997
musical soundtrack
Buena Vista Social Club
1997
Radiohead
OK Computer
1997
Renee Fleming
Signatures
1998
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1998
The Chicks
Wide Open Spaces
1999
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman
2001
Jay-Z
The Blueprint
2001
Alicia Keys
Songs in A Minor
2002
Chanticleer
Our American Journey
2004
Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden
2006
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
2008
Colin Currie
Percussion Concerto
2011
C418
Minecraft: Volume Alpha
2012
David Shifrin & Friends
Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
2015
musical soundtrack
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