Desk II · Sound, time-based

Auditory Arts

Music of every kind, and sound art: the work is arranged in time and heard. Every work the desk has reviewed here, ranked by standing.

246 works · mean standing 8.4 · Music 246

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Richard Wagner · Music

9.5 · Tier V

Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner · Music

9.4 · Tier V

Symphony No. 9

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.3 · Tier V

St Matthew Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

9.3 · Tier V

The Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Winterreise

Franz Schubert · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)

Gustav Mahler · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Mass in B minor

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

9.2 · Tier V

Symphony No. 5

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.1 · Tier V

Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Debussy · Music

9.1 · Tier V

Wozzeck

Alban Berg · Music

9.1 · Tier V

String Quartet Op. 131

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.1 · Tier V

Vespers of 1610

Claudio Monteverdi · Music

9.1 · Tier V

Parsifal

Richard Wagner · Music

9.0 · Tier V

Missa Solemnis

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.0 · Tier V

The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Music

9.0 · Tier V

Das Lied von der Erde

Gustav Mahler · Music

9.0 · Tier V

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier")

Ludwig van Beethoven · Music

9.0 · Tier IV

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Boris Godunov

Modest Mussorgsky · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

A German Requiem

Johannes Brahms · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Otello

Giuseppe Verdi · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Symphony of Psalms

Igor Stravinsky · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Messiah

George Frideric Handel · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Revolver

The Beatles · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Goldberg Variations

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

8.9 · Tier IV

Blonde on Blonde

Bob Dylan · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21

Arnold Schoenberg · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Quartet for the End of Time

Olivier Messiaen · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

London Calling

The Clash · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Requiem in D minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Nevermind

Nirvana · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

La mer

Claude Debussy · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

The Joshua Tree

U2 · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

War Requiem

Benjamin Britten · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

OK Computer

Radiohead · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Béla Bartók · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Ghosteen

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Johannes Brahms · Music

8.8 · Tier IV

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Carmen

Georges Bizet · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique"

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Achtung Baby

U2 · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Piano Sonata in B minor

Franz Liszt · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Salome

Richard Strauss · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Messa da Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Anton Bruckner · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Disintegration

The Cure · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Blackstar

David Bowie · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

String Quintet in C

Franz Schubert · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Kid A

Radiohead · Music

8.7 · Tier IV

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Shape of Jazz to Come

Ornette Coleman · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Blood on the Tracks

Bob Dylan · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Creation

Joseph Haydn · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Abbey Road

The Beatles · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Dichterliebe

Robert Schumann · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Romeo and Juliet

Sergei Prokofiev · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Closer

Joy Division · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Automatic for the People

R.E.M. · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Funeral

Arcade Fire · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Missa Pange lingua

Josquin des Prez · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Missa Papae Marcelli

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Preludes Op. 28

Frédéric Chopin · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

Piano Sonata in B-flat, D. 960

Franz Schubert · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

In Rainbows

Radiohead · Music

8.6 · Tier IV

The Doors

The Doors · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

King of the Delta Blues Singers

Robert Johnson · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

Einstein on the Beach

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

Blue

Joni Mitchell · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

Sign o' the Times

Prince · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

Hounds of Love

Kate Bush · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

Low

David Bowie · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

100

Murmur

R.E.M. · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

101

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

102

Laughing Stock

Talk Talk · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

103

Cello Suites

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

104

Brandenburg Concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

105

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

106

In Utero

Nirvana · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

107

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

108

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

109

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

110

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Dmitri Shostakovich · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

111

Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell · Music

8.5 · Tier IV

112

There's a Riot Goin' On

Sly and the Family Stone · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

113

Rubber Soul

The Beatles · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

114

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

115

Viderunt omnes

Pérotin · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

116

Trans-Europe Express

Kraftwerk · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

117

Remain in Light

Talking Heads · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

118

Chega de Saudade

João Gilberto · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

119

Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Henryk Górecki · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

120

Master of Puppets

Metallica · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

121

Ten

Pearl Jam · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

122

The Unforgettable Fire

U2 · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

123

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

124

Songs in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

125

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

126

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

127

Purple Rain

Prince and the Revolution · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

128

Is This It

The Strokes · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

129

String Quartets Op. 76

Joseph Haydn · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

130

Marquee Moon

Television · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

131

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

132

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

133

Mezzanine

Massive Attack · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

134

Turn On the Bright Lights

Interpol · Music

8.4 · Tier IV

135

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

136

Horses

Patti Smith · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

137

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

138

Pink Moon

Nick Drake · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

139

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

140

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

141

After the Gold Rush

Neil Young · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

142

Tabula Rasa

Arvo Pärt · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

143

Ordo Virtutum

Hildegard of Bingen · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

144

Elephant

The White Stripes · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

145

Homogenic

Björk · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

146

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

147

Aja

Steely Dan · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

148

Third

Portishead · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

149

Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

150

A Light for Attracting Attention

The Smile · Music

8.3 · Tier IV

151

Songs of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

152

Zombie

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

153

Ride the Lightning

Metallica · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

154

Born in the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

155

Who's Next

The Who · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

156

Thriller

Michael Jackson · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

157

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

158

Live at the Apollo

James Brown · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

159

Power, Corruption & Lies

New Order · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

160

In the Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

161

Tago Mago

Can · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

162

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

163

The Bends

Radiohead · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

164

F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

165

Leviathan

Mastodon · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

166

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"

Antonín Dvořák · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

167

Boxer

The National · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

168

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter · Music

8.2 · Tier IV

169

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

170

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

171

Fun House

The Stooges · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

172

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

173

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

174

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

175

Untrue

Burial · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

176

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

177

Crack the Skye

Mastodon · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

178

Ambient 1: Music for Airports

Brian Eno · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

179

Blue Lines

Massive Attack · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

180

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

181

Songs of a Lost World

The Cure · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

182

4'33"

John Cage · Music

8.1 · Tier IV

183

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

184

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

185

Exodus

Bob Marley and the Wailers · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

186

Loaded

The Velvet Underground · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

187

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young with Crazy Horse · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

188

The Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

189

The Planets

Gustav Holst · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

190

Superunknown

Soundgarden · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

191

You & Me

The Walkmen · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

192

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2 · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

193

The Colour of Spring

Talk Talk · Music

8.0 · Tier IV

194

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols · Music

7.9 · Tier III

195

’Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Music

7.9 · Tier III

196

Lady in Satin

Billie Holiday · Music

7.9 · Tier III

197

Boléro

Maurice Ravel · Music

7.9 · Tier III

198

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac · Music

7.9 · Tier III

199

Ágætis byrjun

Sigur Rós · Music

7.9 · Tier III

200

Bloom

Beach House · Music

7.9 · Tier III

201

Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra · Music

7.9 · Tier III

202

A Night at the Opera

Queen · Music

7.9 · Tier III

203

Passion

Peter Gabriel · Music

7.9 · Tier III

204

The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails · Music

7.9 · Tier III

205

War

U2 · Music

7.8 · Tier III

206

Discovery

Daft Punk · Music

7.8 · Tier III

207

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin · Music

7.8 · Tier III

208

Zooropa

U2 · Music

7.8 · Tier III

209

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington · Music

7.8 · Tier III

210

Hail to the Thief

Radiohead · Music

7.8 · Tier III

211

Illmatic

Nas · Music

7.8 · Tier III

212

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire · Music

7.8 · Tier III

213

Antics

Interpol · Music

7.8 · Tier III

214

Carnage

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis · Music

7.8 · Tier III

215

A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead · Music

7.8 · Tier III

216

High Violet

The National · Music

7.8 · Tier III

217

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin · Music

7.8 · Tier III

218

Carmina Burana

Carl Orff · Music

7.8 · Tier III

219

Reflektor

Arcade Fire · Music

7.8 · Tier III

220

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Music

7.8 · Tier III

221

A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles · Music

7.7 · Tier III

222

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes · Music

7.7 · Tier III

223

Badmotorfinger

Soundgarden · Music

7.7 · Tier III

224

Lonerism

Tame Impala · Music

7.7 · Tier III

225

Lisbon

The Walkmen · Music

7.7 · Tier III

226

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes · Music

7.7 · Tier III

227

m b v

My Bloody Valentine · Music

7.7 · Tier III

228

Once Twice Melody

Beach House · Music

7.7 · Tier III

229

The Stooges

The Stooges · Music

7.7 · Tier III

230

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins · Music

7.7 · Tier III

231

Out of Time

R.E.M. · Music

7.7 · Tier III

232

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club · Music

7.7 · Tier III

233

Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton · Music

7.6 · Tier III

234

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths · Music

7.6 · Tier III

235

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys · Music

7.5 · Tier III

236

Reckoning

R.E.M. · Music

7.5 · Tier III

237

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83 · Music

7.5 · Tier III

238

WE

Arcade Fire · Music

7.5 · Tier III

239

Vitalogy

Pearl Jam · Music

7.5 · Tier III

240

The Head on the Door

The Cure · Music

7.4 · Tier III

241

Trouble Will Find Me

The National · Music

7.4 · Tier III

242

It's My Life

Talk Talk · Music

7.3 · Tier III

243

Infinite Granite

Deafheaven · Music

7.3 · Tier III

244

Mr Beast

Mogwai · Music

7.3 · Tier III

245

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay · Music

7.2 · Tier III

246

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Oasis · Music

7.2 · Tier III