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Abbey Road
The Beatles
The Beatles were a Liverpool group whose songwriting leap and studio experimentation helped define the modern album canon.
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd came out of London psychedelia and became one of rock's most expansive and sonically ambitious bands.
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Rock
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin fused British hard rock, blues, and folk into a larger-than-life sound that became arena-rock shorthand.
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Exile on Main St.
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones turned swaggering blues-rock into one of the most durable and influential catalogs in popular music.
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen built his reputation on cinematic songwriting, bar-band intensity, and stories that made rock feel lived in.
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