TIME 100 ALBUMS PODCASTS

PODCAST: Welcome to the All-TIME 100 Albums - the musical compilations of the last half-century that need no introduction. That said, listen in below as music critics Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light introduce the list and talk about the top albums of the 1950s and '60s.

PODCAST: We know. Twenty-nine of the 100 greatest albums of all time come in the 1970s, and Pink Floyd isn't there. Play this podcast to learn why we picked the titles we did, and if you have something to say, tell us about it using the talkback link below.

PODCAST: Maybe it's a Sign O' The Times that you're listening to critics' audio recordings about great music, but this podcast about how we chose the best albums of the 1980s really is a Thriller. Give it a listen below.

PODCAST: Here's music even the younger set will know by heart. Listen to selected clips from the 1990s through present day as music critic Josh Tyrangiel discusses his picks.

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In 1994, DJ Shadow (a.k.a. Josh Davis) locked himself in his basement with a sampler, a sequencer and one of the world's strangest record collections. Two years later, he emerged with a completely original electronic symphony. The 13 tracks vary in length and tone—some are beat driven and under a minute while others have orchestral swells and stretch to almost ten—but all are constructed entirely from samples, and the only voices are from obscure spoken word and comedy albums that sound like they're being beamed from outer space. Somehow a narrative emerges, and on "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt," we even get autobiography by proxy. "I'd like to just continue to be able to express myself," says a self-taught drummer through the fuzz and pop of vinyl scratches, "as best as I can."