Top 10 Albums Which Were the First of Their Genre

The Top Ten

1 The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (Art Rock)

Art Rock already existed years before this. It was The Velvet Underground & Nico or Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper's

2 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Doom Metal)

3 Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues (Progressive Rock)

4 Fifth Dimension - The Byrds (Psychedelic Rock)

This is a close one. The Butterfield Blues Band released East-West less than a month later, containing the title cut which was indeed psychedelic rock. Both albums likely were recorded contemporaneously, but as the Byrds' was released first, it gets the nod.

5 Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (Folk Rock)

6 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (Experimental Rock)

7 In Rock - Deep Purple (Heavy Metal)

Black Sabbath's self-titled debut precedes In Rock by a few months. In Rock isn't even metal. Black Sabbath invented it not Deep Purple. get your fact straight.

8 My Generation - The Who (Proto-Punk)

9 Sliver Apples - Sliver Apples (Electronica)

10 Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Acid Rock)

The Contenders

11 Schoolly D - Schoolly D (Gangsta Rap)

12 Killing is My Business and Business is Good - Megadeth (Thrash Metal)

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