Recuámos aos anos 50 do século XX, não considerámos músicas como o jazz, a erudita ou a experimental, excluímos a que tem tido origem em Portugal, e eis os nossos melhores, vistos com olhos de Maio de 2006:
2 Xtc.Nonsuch
3 The Clash.London Calling
4 Talking Heads.Remain In Light
5 Tom Waits.Swordfishtrombones
6 Microdisney.The Clock Comes Down The Stairs
7 Morphine.Cure For Pain
8 Velvet Underground.The Velvet Underground & Nico
9 Young Marble Giants.Colossal Youth
10 Brian Eno + John Cale.Wrong Way Up
11 Linton Kwesy Johnson.Forces Of Victory
12 The Specials.The Specials
13 John Cale.Honi Soit
14 Lambchop.How I Quit Smoking
15 David Byrne.Music For The Knee Plays
16 Lloyd Cole.Easy Pieces
17 Frank Sinatra.In the wee small hours
18 Rockers Hi-Fi.Rockers To Rockers
19 Salif Keita.Soro
20 Tom Waits.Closing Time
21 Hird.Moving On
22 The Clash.Sandinista
23 Tricky.Maxinquaye
24 A Certain Ratio.Sextet
25 John Cale.Music For A New Society
26 Doors.The Doors
27 The Specials.More Specials
28 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas.Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
29 Tim Buckley.Goodbye And Hello
30 Dexys Midnight Runners.Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
31 Curtis Mayfield.Superfly
32 Db's.Repercussion
33 Aim.Hinterland
34 The Feelies.Crazy Rhythms
35 Rockers Hi-Fi.Mish Mash
36 Cinematic Orchestra.Motion
37 Suicide.Suicide
38 David Sylvian.Brilliant Trees
39 Smiths.The Smiths
40 David Byrne + Brian Eno.My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - remastered and expanded
41 Was (Not Was).Was(Not Was)
42 David Bowie.Scary Monsters
43 Joy Division.Closer
44 The The.Soul Mining
45 Youssou N'Dour.Immigrés
46 David Sylvian.Secrets Of The Beehive
47 Moodymann.Black Mahogani
48 Velvet Underground.The Velvet Underground
49 Dzihan & Kamien.Freaks & Icons
50 Microdisney.Everybody Is Fantastic
51 Curtis Mayfield.Curtis
52 De La Soul.3 Feet High And Rising
53 Virginia Astley.From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
54 Doors.L.A. Woman
55 David Bowie.The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
56 Marvin Gaye.What's Going On
57 The Beat.I Just Can't Stop It
58 The Clash.The The Clash
59 T. Rex.The Slider
60 Thievery Corporation.Sounds From The Thievery Hi-fi
61 Mississipi Fred Mcdowell.Mississipi Fred Mcdowell
62 Sly & The Family Stone.There's A Riot Goin' On
63 Madlib.Shades Of Blue
64 Jam.All Mod Cons
65 Talking Heads.77
66 Koop.Waltz For Koop
67 Erika Badu.Baduizm
68 St. Germain.Boulevard
69 Dimitri From Paris.Sacrebleu
70 Gang Of Four.Entertainment
71 Rockers Hi-Fi.Overproof
72 Goldie .Timeless
73 John Cale.Paris 1919
74 Nathan Fake.Drowning in a sea of love
75 Robert Wyatt.Rock Bottom
76 Two Banks Of Four.City Watching
77 Nicky Skopelitis E Raoul Björkenheim.Revelator
78 Billie Holiday.Lady In Satin
79 Vv..Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares
80 Ali Farka Touré.Red & Green
81 Doors.Strange Days
82 Sofa Surfers.Sofa Surfers
83 Youssou N'Dour.Nelson Mandela
84 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.Love Songs
85 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.Mustt Mustt
86 Underworld.Dubnobasswithmyheadman
87 Aphex Twin.Selected Ambient Works 85-92
88 Van Morrison.Astral Weeks
89 Tom Waits.Rain Dogs
90 Doors.Waiting For The Sun
91 Sandals.Rite To Silence
92 Up, Bustle And Out.Master Sessions 1
93 Lou Reed.Transformer
94 Etienne De Crecy Présente.Super Discount
95 Guru.Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 - An Experimental Fusion Of Hip-Hop And Jazz
96 Extended Spirits.Solid Water
97 Passions.Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
98 Wall Of Voodoo.Call Of The West
99 Ursula Rucker.Supa Sista
100 A Certain Ratio.To Each..