Un grupo de expertos de la Country Music Television (CMT) ha elegido los 40 álbums más importantes de la historia de la música country, empezando la selección por la década de los sesenta, pasando por los setenta, los ochenta, y los noventa, hasta la actualidad.
Esta clasificación puede servir para recordar viejos éxitos y como introducción para aquellos que desconocen este género musical.

1962 – Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music (Ray Charles)
1962 – At Carnegie Hall! (Flatt & Scruggs)
1966 – At Carnegie Hall Concert (Buck Owens & The Buckaroos)
1968 – At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)
1969 – Okie From Muskogee (Merle Haggard)
1971 – Me And Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson)
1972 – Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1973 – Honky Tonk Heroes (Waylon Jennings)
1973 – Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich)
1973 – Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
1973 – Bean Blossom (Bill Monroe)
1974 – Jolene (Dolly Parton)
1974 – Heart Like a Wheel (Linda Ronstadt)

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos – Act Naturally [Live] – 1966

Johnny Cash, Live@ S.Quentin – Folsom Prison Blues

Merle Haggard live – okie from muskogee

Kris Kristofferson Me and Bobby Mcgee

CHARLIE RICH Behind Closed Doors

Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes

Dolly Parton — Jolene

Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel

1975 – Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson)
1975 – Dreaming My Dreams (Waylon Jennings)
1976 – Golden Ring (George Jones & Tammy Wynette)
1976 – Wanted! The Outlaws (Varios Artistas)
1977 – Moody Blue (Elvis Presley)
1978 – The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
1979 – Blue Kentucky Girl (Emmylou Harris)
1979 – Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound (Hank Williams Jr.)

Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger

George Jones and Tammy Wynette – Golden Ring

Moody Blue – Elvis Presley

Kenny Rogers – The Gambler

Emmylou Harris «Blue Kentucky Girl»

Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound

1981 – Seven Year Ache (Rosanne Cash)
1982 – Mountain Music (Alabama)
1984 – Why Not Me (The Judds)
1986 – Storms Of Life (Randy Travis)
1986 – Guitars, Cadillacs, etc etc (Dwight Yoakam)
1986 – Guitar Town (Steve Earle)
1987 – Ocean Front Property (George Strait)
1988 – Diamonds & Dirt (Rodney Crowell)
1989 – Killin’ Time (Clint Black)

Randy Travis – Storms Of Life

Rosanne Cash – Seven Year Ache

mountain music by alabama

Guitars, Cadillacs – Dwight Yoakam

George Strait-Ocean Front Property

1990 – No Fences (Garth Brooks)
1991 – For My Broken Heart (Reba McEntire)
1992 – A Lot About Livin’& A Little About Love (Alan Jackson)
1994 – American Recordings (Johnny Cash)
1995 – The Woman In Me (Shania Twain)
1995 – Now That A Found You: a Collection (Alison Krauss)
1999 – Breathe (Faith Hill)
2000 – O Brother, Where Art Thou? B.S.O. (Varios Artistas)
2002 – Home (Dixie Chicks)
2004 – Van Lear Rose (Loretta Lynn)

Killin Time – Clint Black

Garth Brooks – The Thunder Rolls

Reba McEntire – For My Broken Heart

Alan Jackson-Chattahoochee

Shania Twain – The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)

Baby, now that I’ve found you – Alison Krauss and Union Station

Breathe – Faith Hill

Dixie Chicks – A Home (live)

Van Lear Rose + Loretta Lynn