Gesang der Junglinge (1956) - Karlheinz Stockhausen (Germany)

9.7/10

Faust (1772-1832) - Johann Goethe (Germany)

9.6/10

Symphony No. 9 (1824) - Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany)

9.3/10

Four Quartets (1943) - T.S. Eliot (United Kingdom)

9.2/10

The Great (1826) - Franz Schubert (Austria)

Concerto 21 (1785) - Wolfgang Mozart (Austria)

The Trial (1915) - Franz Kafka (Germany)

Repons (1981) - Pierre Boulez (France)

Trout Mask Replica (1969) - Captain Beefheart (USA)

9/10

Lorca (1969) - Tim Buckley (USA)

The Doors (1966) - The Doors (USA)

Rime (1280) - Cecco Angiolieri (Italy/ Republic of Siena)

The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490) - Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlands)

8.8/10

Faust (1971) - Faust (Germany)

Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt (United Kingdom)

For Alto (1969) - Anthony Braxton (USA)

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966) - The Velvet Underground (USA)

Twin Infinitives (1990) - Royal Trux (USA)

8.7/10

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) - Charles Mingus (USA)

Symphony No. 15 (1971) - Dmitri Shostakovic (Russia/ Soviet Union)

The Brothers Karamazov (1879) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Russia)

Down Colorful Hill (1992) - Red House Painters (USA)

Third (1970) - Soft Machine (United Kingdom)

White Light/White Heat (1967) - The Velvet Underground (USA)

Odyssey (800 BC) - Homer (Greece)

8.6/10

Nail (1985) - Foetus (Australia)

The Golden Bowl (1904) - Henry James (USA/ United Kingdom)

The Red and the Black (1830) - Stendhal (France)

Zeno's Conscience (1923) - Italo Svevo (Italy)

Wilhelm Meister (1795) - Johann Goethe (Germany)

Fire Of Love (1981) - Gun Club (USA)

Hosianna Mantra (1972) - Popol Vuh (Germany)

Irrlicht (1972) - Klaus Schulze (Germany)

8.5/10

The Flowers of Evil (1857) - Charles Baudelaire (France)

Hamlet (1601) - William Shakespeare (United Kingdom)

The Four Seasons (1723) - Antonio Vivaldi (Italy/ Republic of Venice)

Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles (USA)

Ulysses (1920) - James Joyce (Ireland)

Repeater (1990) - Fugazi (USA)

Geek the Girl (1994) - Lisa Germano (USA)

Notes Towards A Supreme Fiction (1942) - Wallace Stevens (USA)

Comedia (1321) - Dante Alighieri (Italy/ Republic of Florence)

Wuthering Heights (1846) - Emily Bronte (United Kingdom)

Elective Affinities (1809) - Johann Goethe (Germany)

Lullaby Land (1993) - Vampire Rodents (USA)

The Idiot (1869) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Russia)

Fontanelle (1992) - Babes in Toyland (USA)

Kick Out The Jams (1968) - MC5 (USA)

Don Quixote (1615) - Miguel de Cervantes (Spain)

Europe After the Rain II (1941) - Max Ernst (Germany)

Gravity's Rainbow (1973) - Thomas Pynchon (USA)

Double Nickels On The Dime (1984) - Minutemen (USA)

In den Garten Pharaos (1971) - Popol Vuh (Germany)

July 15 1972 (1972) - Taj Mahal Travellers (Japan)

Dream Theory in Malaya (1981) - Jon Hassell (USA)

Dreamtime Return (1988) - Steve Roach (USA)

Perfect From Now On (1996) - Built to Spill (USA)

Y (1979) - The Pop Group (United Kingdom)

8.4/10

Fare Forward Voyagers (1972) - John Fahey (USA)

Beethovenfries (1902) - Gustav Klimt (Austria)

The Last Judgement (1541) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy)

Cyborg (1973) - Klaus Schulze (Germany)

Uncle Meat (1968) - Frank Zappa (USA)

Well Oiled (1995) - Hash Jar Tempo (USA, New Zealand)

Astral Weeks (1968) - Van Morrison (Northern Ireland)

Mass in B Minor (1749) - Johann Bach (Germany)

Dolmen Music (1981) - Meredith Monk (USA)

8.3/10

Cantos (1917-1962) - Ezra Pound (USA)

Piedra de Sol (1957) - Octavio Paz (Mexico)

Neu! (1972) - Neu! (Germany)

A Picture of Nectar (1992) - Phish (USA)

A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) - Terry Riley (USA)

Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan (USA)

The Pavilion of Dreams (1976) - Harold Budd (USA)

Goodbye and Hello (1967) - Tim Buckley (USA)

The Downward Spiral (1993) - Nine Inch Nails (USA)

Requiem (1874) - Giuseppe Verdi (Italy)

Seeing Things (1991) - Seamus Heaney (Norhtern Ireland)

Symphony No. 4 (1884) - Johannes Brahms (Germany)

Tristan und Isolde (1859) - Richard Wagner (Germany)

Symphony for Three Orchestras (1977) - Elliott Carter (USA)

Paradise Lost (1667) - John Milton (United Kingdom)

Double Concerto (1972) - Gyorgy Ligeti (Hungary)

Tabula Rasa (1977) - Arvo Part (Estonia)

Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (1960) - Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland)

Symphony No. 3 (1983) - Witold Lutoslawski (Poland)

Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis (USA)

Gargantua et Pantagruel (1552) - Francois Rabelais (France)

The Master and Margarita (1940) - Michail Bulgakov (Russia)

8.2/10

Zen Arcade (1983) - Husker Du (USA)

Spiderland (1990) - Slint (USA)

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Pink Floyd (United Kingdom)

The Parable of Arable Land (1967) - Red Krayola (USA)

Loveless (1991) - My Bloody Valentine (Ireland)

Consumer Revolt (1989) - Cop Shoot Cop (USA)

Starsailor (1970) - Tim Buckley (USA)

Black Square (1915) - Kazimir Malevic (Russia)

Day and Night (1941) - Max Ernst (Germany)

Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) - Salvador Dali (Spain)

Clairvoyance (1936) - Rene Magritte (France)

Corpus Hypercubus (1954) - Salvador Dali (Spain)

The Portrait of a Lady (1881) - Henry James (USA/ United Kingdom)

The Man Without Qualities (1933) - Robert Musil (Austria)

Spiritual Unity (1964) - Albert Ayler (USA)

Love Exposure (2007) - Sion Sono (Japan)

The Kingdom (1994) - Lars von Trier (Denmark)

Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1965) - Robert Aldrich (USA)

Diamanda Galas (1984) - Diamanda Galas (USA)

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