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G'day, Rolling Stone mag has updated their top 500 albums of all time...
The Rolling Stone 500 was assembled by the editors of "Rolling Stone" based on the result of two extensive polls. In 2003 "Rolling Stone" asked a panel of 271 artists, producers, industry executives and journalists to pick the greatest albums of all time (this produced their first greatest albums of all time list). In 2009, they asked a similar group of 100 experts to pick the best albums of the 2000's. From those results, "Rolling Stone" created this new list of the greatest albums of all time.
500 - Aquemini - OutKast (studio album) 1998 499 - Live In Cook County Jail - B.B.King (live album) 1971 498 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (studio album) 1989 497 - White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (studio album) 2001 496 - Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (studio album) 1969 495 - Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt (studio album) 1972 494 - Oracular Spectacular - MGMT (studio album) 2008 493 - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (studio album) 2002 492 - Touch - Eurythmics (studio album) 1984 491 - Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King (studio album) 1967
490 - Tres Hombres - ZZ Top (studio album) 1973 489 - Destroyer - Kiss (studio album) 1976 488 - New Day Rising - Husker Du (studio album) 1985 487 - She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (studio album) 1983 486 - That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire (studio album) 1975 485 - Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (studio album) 1994 484 - All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople (studio album) 1972 483 - Entertainment! - Gang Of Four (studio album) 1979 482 - Guitar Town - Steve Earle (studio album) 1986 481 - Voodoo - D'Angelo (studio album) 2000
470 - Radio - LL Cool J (studio album) 1985 469 - The Score - The Fugees (studio album) 1996 468 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (studio album) 1965 467 - Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen (studio album) 1987 466 - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay (studio album) 2002 465 - 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields (studio album) 1999 464 - Hysteria - Def Leppard (studio album) 1987 463 - Heaven Up Here - Echo & The Bunnymen (studio album) 1981 462 - Document - R.E.M. (studio album) 1987 461 - Metal Box - Public Image Ltd. (studio album) 1979
460 - Live Through This - Hole (studio album) 1994 459 - Golden Hits - The Drifters (compilation album) 1968 458 - Tumbleweed Collection - Elton John (studio album) 1970 457 - Z - My Morning Jacket (studio album) 2005 456 - Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye (studio album) 1978 455 - How Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos (studio album) 1984 454 - Love It To Death - Alice Cooper (studio album) 1971 453 - Strictly Business - EPMD (studio album) 1988 452 - John Prine - John Prine (studio album) 1971 451 - Back To Black - Amy Winehouse (studio album) 2007
450 - For Everyman - Jackson Browne (studio album) 1973 449 - Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star (studio album) 1978 448 - Synchronicity - The Police (studio album) 1983 447 - Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (studio album) 1964 446 - Back In The USA - MC5 (studio album) 1970 445 - Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band (studio album) 1976 444 - The World Is A Ghetto - War (studio album) 1972 443 - In Color - Cheap Trick (studio album) 1977 442 - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo (studio album) 1978 441 - Suicide - Suicide (studio album) 1977
440 - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues (studio album) 1985 439 - Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke (live album) 1985 438 - Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (US studio album) 1980 437 - Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne (studio album) 2008 436 - Sea Change - Beck (studio album) 2002 435 - In Utero - Nirvana (studio album) 1993 434 - #1 Record - Big Star (studio album) 1972 433 - All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (studio album) 1970 432 - Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno (studio album) 1973 431 - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey (studio album) 2000
410 - Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1997 409 - Strange Days - The Doors (studio album) 1967 408 - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor (studio album) 1990 407 - Sandinista! - The Clash (studio album) 1980 406 - Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey (studio album) 1993 405 - Radio City - Big Star (studio album) 1974 404 - Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John (studio album) 1972 403 - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) - Lynard Skynyrd (studio album) 1973 402 - Illmatic - Nas (studio album) 1994 401 - Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (studio album) 1999
Okay, I usually accept that music is opinionated, but when you have corporate fatcats relentlessly push their views as propaganda, I hold the lists to high expectations.
The only great songs from She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper, the debut Lynyrd Skynyrd album and Vitalogy by Pearl Jam are Time After Time, Free Bird and Betterman and yet that still makes those albums more mentionable than pretty much everything else there with a few exceptions and with only ONE song each...oh dear
I'll let the listmaker off on these albums:
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head Def Leppard - Hysteria In Utero - Nirvana (studio album) 1993 Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (studio album) 1999
But 4 out of 100? That's a very low score Rolling Stone Magazine. Consider seeking therapy. Last edited:
My favourite album from these so far is, weirdly enough, #401. I would choose #423, but it seems unfair that a compilation album of what is essentially the Greatest Hits of the Supremes can be considered alongside studio albums. Very happy to see #451 (although I wish this was higher) and #463.
390 - Elephant - The White Stripes (studio album) 2003 389 - The End Of Innocence - Don Henley (studio album) 1989 388 - The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto - Various Artists (compilation album) 1985 387 - Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (studio album) 1993 386 - Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan (studio album) 1974 385 - Love And Theft - Bob Dylan (studio album) 2001 384 - A Quick One - The Who (studio album) 1966 383 - More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads (studio album) 1978 382 - Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers (studio album) 1976 381 - Smile - The Beach Boys (66/67 studio album) 2011
360 - Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks (compilation album) 1979 359 - Honky Chateau - Elton John (studio album) 1972 358 - Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis (studio album) 1960 357 - Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1967 356 - 12 Songs - Randy Newman (studio album) 1970 355 - Having A Rave Up With - The Yardbirds (studio album) 1965 354 - 52nd Street - Billy Joel (studio album) 1978 353 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (studio album) 2010 352 - Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (studio album) 1985 351 - Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (live/studio album) 1979
350 - Roger The Engineer - The Yardbirds (studio album) 1966 349 - The Black Album - Jay-Z (studio album) 2003 348 - At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters (live album) 1960 347 - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd (studio album) 1967 346 - 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul (studio album) 1989 345 - Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (compilation album) 1984 344 - Berlin - Lou Reed (studio album) 1973 343 - Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (studio album) 1977 342 - Violator - Depeche Mode (studio album) 1990 341 - Play - Moby (studio album) 1999
330 - Tonight's The Night - Neil Young (studio album) 1975 329 - In The Jungle Groove - James Brown (compilation album) 1986 328 - Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (studio album) 1988 327 - Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (studio album) 1993 326 - Disintegration - The Cure (studio album) 1989 325 - Slowhand - Eric Clapton (studio album) 1977 324 - Station To Station - David Bowie (studio album) 1976 323 - Ghost In The Machine - The Police (studio album) 1981 322 - Sail Away - Randy Newman (studio album) 1972 321 - Pink Moon - Nick Drake (studio album) 1972
310 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (studio album) 1991 309 - Willy And The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival (studio album) 1969 308 - Songs For Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra (studio album) 1956 307 - A Hard Days Night - The Beatles (studio album) 1964 306 - Odelay - Beck (studio album) 1996 305 - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams (studio album) 1998 304 - Grace - Jeff Buckley (studio album) 1994 303 - John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1967 302 - Fear Of The Black Planet - Public Enemy (studio album) 1990 301 - Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton (studio album) 1971
Okay we have the one great song treatment again with:
379 - CrazySexyCool - TLC (studio album) 1994 371 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Artic Monkeys (studio album) 2006 365 - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (studio album) 1992 362 - Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (studio album) 1993 343 - Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (studio album) 1977 Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (studio album) 1991
Of course, you need more than just one song for an ALBUM to be great. Here are the green lights for this part of the list:
392 - Let It Be - The Beatles (studio album) 1970 378 - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis (studio album) 1995 341 - Play - Moby (studio album) 1999 335 - Superunknown - Soundgarden (studio album) 1994 331 - Help! - The Beatles (studio album) 1965 320 - Amnesiac - Radiohead (studio album) 2001
So....6/100.....10/200 Not looking very promising Rolling Stone are we? Last edited:
Ben1981 I would argue that 379 and 343 are not one great song album. Especially Bat Out Of Hell. It's almost like a Meat Loaf's Greatest Hits on its own
@BillyBrett You're entitled to an opinion, so I'll let you have it your way. But while the song "Bat Out Of Hell" is one of the best from the 1970s, I just don't see the appeal of the other tracks.
G'day, @Ben1981...yes charts like these come down too personal opinion...but i seriously question how many of these albums you've listen too in thier entirety with some of your comments (opinions) on what deserves to be on the list and doesn't.
I own easily about 80% of what has been posted already and they definetly deserve too be ranked in the top 500....and that steams from my personal and professional opinion.
@BillyBrett i agree completely with you on Meat Loaf's album along with 16 million other owners of the album mate
300 - Masters Of Reality - Black Sabbath (studio album) 1971 299 - Weezer - Weezer (studio album) 1994 298 - The College Dropout - Kanye West (studio album) 2004 297 - We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention (studio album) 1968 296 - Meat Is Murder - The Smiths (studio album) 1985 295 - Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen (studio album) 1971 294 - Kick Out The Jams - MC5 (studio/live album) 1969 293 - White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (studio album) 1968 292 - The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band (compilation album) 1975 291 - Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads (studio album) 1977
290 - Call Me - Al Green (studio album) 1973 289 - Something Else By - The Kinks (studio album) 1967 288 - Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (studio/live album) 1968 287 - Los Angeles - X (studio album) 1980 286 - I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green (studio album) 1972 285 - Music Of My Mind - Stevie Wonder (studio album) 1972 284 - The Cars - The Cars (studio album) 1978 283 - Can't Get Enough - Barry White (studio album) 1974 282 - Folk Singer - Muddy Waters (studio album) 1964 281 - My Life - Mary J. Blige (studio album) 1994
@album guru joe Yes, I have listened to tracks of many of these albums. I checked out Bat Out Of Hell and the track of the same name is excellent. I never said that the other tracks were horrible, just that they are not LISTWORTHY!
I could easily think of artists that the listmakers have left out that probably should have mention. Such as:
Noah And The Whale - the 2011 Last Night On Earth album was mindblowing. And before you say I'm biased, I basically listened to that album expecting disappointment and the complete opposite happened - in fact, it was far more than my best expectations could have been. I would put that album at the in the top five albums ever created - easily.
270 - Some Girls - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1978 269 - Psychocandy - The Jesus And The Mary Chain (studio album) 1985 268 - Paul Simon - Paul Simon (studio album) 1972 267 - Quadrophenia - The Who (studio album) 1973 266 - Child Is Father Of The Man - Blood, Sweat & Tears (studio album) 1968 265 - The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles (studio album) 1959 264 - Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead (studio album) 1970 263 - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (studio album) 1988 262 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (studio album) 1969 261 - American Beauty - Grateful Dead (studio album) 1970
@album guru joe Maybe not every half inch from the first second to the last second of vinyl of these albums but enough for me to honestly believe I can pass judgement on what's going on. Not to mention, I know a lot of the background history of many of these albums.
@Ben1981...sorry i disagree with you; you can't pass judgement on something if you haven't got the full deal...i also have a wealth of knowledge on the history of contempary music (1940-now), i teach it at Melbourne University...
Of course it's an OPINION and I have no problem with an OPINION what I will PASS JUDGEMENT on is CORPORATE FATCATS like ROLLING STONE magazine trying to push their OPINION into PROPAGANDA! That's what my system is all about. I will say though that the inclusion of:
259 - The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson (studio album) 1997
is nice and that
255 - Metallica - Metallica (studio album) 1991 - IS something they have right - bit low to only be at #255 though.
250 - Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (studio album) 1996 249 - Automatic For The People - R.E.M. (studio album) 1992 248 - The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman (studio album) 1959 247 - Live Dead - Grateful Dead (live album) 1969 246 - Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention (studio album) 1966 245 - All Killer, No Filler - Jerry Lee Lewis (compilation album) 1993 244 - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (studio album) 2000 243 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (studio album) 1970 242 - Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (studio album) 1984 241 - Let It Be - The Replacements (studio album) 1984
240 - Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan (studio album) 1972 239 - Like A Prayer - Madonna (studio album) 1989 238 - Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf (studio album) 1962 237 - My Generation - The Who (studio album) 1965 236 - Mr. Excitement! - Jackie Wilson (compilation album) 1992 235 - The Ultimate Collection - Patsy Cline (compilation album) 2000 234 - Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel (studio album) 1968 233 - Mr.Tambourine Man - The Byrds (studio album) 1965 232 - The Kink Kronikles - The Kinks (compilation album) 1972 231 - A Night At The Opera - Queen (studio album) 1975
230 - Nick Of Time - Bonnie Riatt (studio album) 1989 229 - Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith (studio album) 1975 228 - Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim (studio album) 1987 227 - Doolittle - Pixies (studio album) 1989 226 - Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (studio album) 1982 225 - American Idiot - Green Day (studio album) 2004 224 - The Neil Diamond Collection - Neil Diamond (compilation album) 1999 223 - War - U2 (studio album) 1983 222 - New Orleans Piano - Professor Longhair (compilation album) 1972 221 - Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (studio album) 1991
220 - Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters (studio album) 1970 219 - Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys (studio album) 1986 218 - The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (studio album) 1986 217 - Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby Bland (studio album) 1961 216 - Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (compilation of studio albums) 1958/59 215 - New York Dolls - New York Dolls (studio album) 1973 214 - Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner (compilation album) 1991 213 - Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1981 212 - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement (studio album) 1994 211 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (studio album) 1975
210 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (studio album) 1969 209 - Ten - Pearl Jam (studio album) 1991 208 - Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens (studio album) 1970 207 - Abraxas - Santana (studio album) 1970 206 - Dirty Mind - Prince (studio album) 1980 205 - Wheels Of Fire - Cream (studio/live album) 1968 204 - Modern Times - Bob Dylan (studio album) 2006 203 - Bad - Michael Jackson (studio album) 1987 202 - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel (studio album) 1966 201 - The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (studio album) 1994
200 - Highway To Hell - AC/DC (studio album) 1979 199 - Is This It - The Strokes (studio album) 2001 198 - The Best Of - Little Walter (compilation album) 1957 197 - Murmur - R.E.M. (studio albums) 1983 196 - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 - Various Artists (compilation album) 1972 195 - Bluesbreakers - John Mayall With Eric Clapton (studio album) 1966 194 - Transformer - Lou Reed (studio album) 1972 193 - Dookie - Green Day (studio album) 1994 192 - The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers (studio album) 1969 191 - Fun House - The Stooges (studio album) 1970
190 - From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley (studio album) 1969 189 - Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service (studio album) 1969 188 - Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield (studio album) 1967 187 - So - Peter Gabriel (studio album) 1986 186 - Fresh - Sly & The Family Stone (studio album) 1973 185 - The Stooges - The Stooges (studio album) 1969 184 - The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (compilation album) 1990 183 - Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (studio album) 1975 182 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (studio album) 1975 181 - Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers (studio album) 1974
180 - The Rolling Stones Now! - The Rolling Stones (US studio album) 1965 179 - The Definitive Collection - ABBA (compilation album) 2001 178 - The Anthology 1961-1977 - Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions (compilation album) 1992 177 - One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic (studio album) 1978 176 - Rocks - Aerosmith (studio album) 1976 175 - Close To You - The Carpenters (studio album) 1970 174 - Desire - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1976 173 - Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren (studio album) 1972 172 - Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart (studio album) 1971 171 - The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds (studio album) 1968
170 - Live At Leeds - The Who (live album) 1970 169 - Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers (studio album) 1977 168 - My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello (studio album) 1977 167 - Master Of Puppets - Metallica (studio album) 1986 166 - Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (studio album) 1982 165 - Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (studio album) 1973 164 - The Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt (compilation album) 2002 163 - 1999 - Prince (studio album) 1982 162 - OK Computer - Radiohead (studio album) 1997 161 - The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (studio album) 1968
150 - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen (studio album) 1978 149 - Santana - Santana (studio album) 1969 148 - Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin (studio album) 1973 147 - Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (studio album) 1970 146 - Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (studio album) 1967 145 - Aja - Steely Dan (studio album) 1977 144 - Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. (studio album) 1988 143 - GRIS-Gris - Dr.John (studio album) 1968 142 - A Christmas Gift For You - Phil Spector (studio album) 1963 141 - Live At The Regal - B.B. King (live album) 1965
120 - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds (studio album) 1968 119 - At Last! - Etta James (studio album) 1961 118 - Late Registration - Kanye West (studio album) 2005 117 - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos (studio album) 1970 116 - Out Of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones (US studio album) 1965 115 - The Who Sell Out - The Who (studio album) 1967 114 - Disraeli Gears - Cream (studio album) 1967 113 - Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell (studio album) 1974 112 - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears - The Mamas & The Papas (studio album) 1966 111 - The Bends - Radiohead (studio album) 1995
110 - Loaded - The Velvet Underground (studio album) 1970 109 - Aftermath - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1966 108 - Hunky Dory - David Bowie (studio album) 1971 107 - Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 - Sam Cooke (compilation album) 2003 106 - Rocket To Russia - Ramones (studio album) 1977 105 - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles (studio album) 1962 104 - Sweet Baby James - James Taylor (studio album) 1970 103 - Giant Steps - John Coltrane (studio album) 1960 102 - Fresh Cream - Cream (studio album) 1966 101 - In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra (studio album) 1955
100 - Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies (studio album) 1969 99 - There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone (studio album) 1971 98 - This Year's Model - Elvis Costello (studio album) 1978 97 - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1963 96 - Tommy - The Who (studio album) 1969 95 - Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (studio album) 1970 94 - 40 Greatest Hits - Hank Williams (compilation album) 1978 93 - Sign 'O' The Times - Prince (studio album) 1987 92 - 20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly (compilation album) 1978 91 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (studio album) 1973
90 - Talking Book - Stevie Wonder (studio album) 1972 89 - Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield (studio album) 1969 88 - At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash (live album) 1968 87 - The Wall - Pink Floyd (studio album) 1979 86 - Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (studio album) 1984 85 - Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin (studio album) 1968 84 - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin (studio album) 1967 83 - Axis: Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (studio album) 1967 82 - Harvest - Neil Young (studio album) 1972 81 - The Clash - The Clash (studio album) 1977
80 - Imagine - John Lennon (studio album) 1971 79 - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (studio album) 1969 78 - Otis Blue - Otis Redding (studio album) 1965 77 - Back In Black - AC/DC (studio album) 1980 76 - Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution (studio album) 1984 75 - Star Time - James Brown (compilation album) 1991 74 - After The Goldrush - Neil Young (studio album) 1970 73 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin (studio album) 1975 72 - Superfly - Curtis Mayfield (studio album) 1972 71 - Graceland - Paul Simon (studio album) 1986
70 - The Stranger - Billy Joel (studio album) 1977 69 - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (studio album) 1971 68 - Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (studio album) 1979 67 - Kid A - Radiohead (studio album) 2000 66 - Moondance - Van Morrison (studio album) 1970 65 - Back To Mono (1958-1969) - Phil Spector (compilation album) 1991 64 - Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1971 63 - Achtung Baby - U2 (studio album) 1991 62 - Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (studio album) 1987 61 - Greatest Hits - Sly & The Family Stone (compilation album) 1970
60 - Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Dirt Band (studio album) 1969 59 - Chronicle Vol.1 - Creedence Clearwater Revival (compilation album) 1976 58 - Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1968 57 - Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder (studio album) 56 - Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (studio album) 1956 55 - Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (studio album) 1968 54 - The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings - Ray Charles (compilation album) 1991 53 - Meet The Beatles - The Beatles (US studio album) 1964 52 - Greatest Hits - Al Green (compilation album) 1975 51 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (studio album) 1970
50 - Here's Little Richard - Little Richard (studio album) 1957 49 - At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band (live album) 1971 48 - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (studio album) 1988 47 - A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (studio album) 1964 46 - Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers (compilation album) 1984 45 - The Band - The Band (studio album) 1969 44 - Horses - Patti Smith (studio album) 1975 43 - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (studio album) 1973 42 - The Doors - The Doors (studio album) 1967 41 - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's - The Sex Pistols (studio album) 1977
40 - Forever Changes - Love (studio album) 1967 39 - Please Please Me - The Beatles (studio album) 1963 38 - The Anthology - Muddy Waters (compilation album) 2001 37 - Hotel California - The Eagles (studio album) 1976 36 - Tapestry - Carole King (studio album) 1971 35 - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie (studio album) 1972 34 - Music From Big Pink - The Band (studio album) 1968 33 - Ramones - Ramones (studio album) 1976 32 - Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1969 31 - Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1965
30 - Blue - Joni Mitchell (studio album) 1971 29 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (studio album) 1969 28 - Who's Next - The Who (studio album) 1971 27 - The Joshua Tree - U2 (studio album) 1987 26 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (studio album) 1977 25 - Live At The Apollo - James Brown (live album) 1963 24 - Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (studio album) 1973 23 - Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon (studio album) 1970 22 - The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson (compilation album) 1990 21 - The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry (compilation album) 1982
20 - Thriller - Michael Jackson (studio album) 1982 19 - Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (studio album) 1968 18 - Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (studio album) 1975 17 - Nevermind - Nirvana (studio album) 1991 16 - Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1975 15 - Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (studio album) 1967 14 - Abbey Road - The Beatles (studio album) 1969 13 - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (studio album) 1967 12 - Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis (studio album) 1959 11 - Sunrise - Elvis Presley (compilation album) 1999
10 - The Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles (studio album) 1968 9 - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1966 8 - London Calling - The Clash (studio album) 1980 7 - Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (studio album) 1972 6 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (studio album) 1971 5 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles (studio album) 1965 4 - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (studio album) 1965 3 - Revolver - The Beatles (studio album) 1966 2 - Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (studio album) 1966 1 - Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (studio album) 1967
Not a bad list by any means...i personally agree with 75-80% of the entries. Thier's alot of absolute "Classic" albums that feature on the list...but a few highly debatable one's also.
I'd have alot of albums in different placings; but that's the thing with these lists it's always going to be up for debate...
Anyways i hope everyone enjoys the list for what it's worth, it's not the be all and end all of album lists....just another one of many....
Check my thread "album guru joe's essential albums" too get an idea of what i think are the best albums are over the past 72 years Last edited:
91 90 87(expected it to be higher) 86 83 80 79 78 77 71 70 69 68 66 62 59 57 56 55 51 48 43(expected it to be higher) 37(expected it to be higher 35 27 23 20 17 14 10 7 3 1
The one's with are amoung my favourites, the rest are either I know, and/or I like.
I'm really happy that so many Bruce Springsteen albums have been included I love Born To Run, Nebraska and The River so I'm happy that they're all up high. Also I'm glad that Born In The U.S.A. made the top 100 seeing as though it seems to be the one BS album that gets a lot of flack for being so popular! It's a shame there was no space for 21
Okay, here's a "professional" look at this. Thriller by Michael Jackson is notable as the best-selling album of all time, with an estimation of at least 15 million more copies than The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd which would be second in that regard. If you look at cultural impact, both of those albums have much more to legacy than 19, 18, 16, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 2 to say the least.
I also question if Sgt Pepper made it to number one solely on cover art alone because that is perhaps how most people know the album - not for it's tracks, although Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and When I'm Sixty Four have held up somewhat of a legacy over the year's but not to the extent of hits such as Let It Be for example.
So if this is just an opinionated list, they need to make such a disclaimer that they are corporate fatcats trying to push propaganda as a publicity stunt. If it is a serious attempt at an "official" list, it is laughable - and not laughable in a good way. Last edited:
Interesting list. The highest I have is The White Album, followed by Abbey Road, and then of course Nevermind. Great to see Ten and Elephant both get mentions.
"Sgt.pepper" making no.#1 purely on album cover disign is "laughable"...
When this album was relaeased on the 1st June 1967 it completed took the world by storm on so many levels....
It presented a whole new Beatles too the world...not the mop tops everyone had come too enjoy but mustached hippie trippy looking guys that where moving with the new psychedelic times...
The consumers of the day where completely blown away by this new release...the result was the album topping the charts in over 30 countries around the world and reaching that point within the first week off release...record breaking in many countries of the time...
The musical influence is astounting...Jimi Hendrix covered the title song the day after it's release at a gig in America after repeated listenings, Brian Wilson went mental he didn't complete the then most famous unreleased album of all time "SMiLE" before "Pepper"...John Sebastion of the Lovin' Spoonful stated "we might as well quite while where ahead"....David Crosby stated "that's it The Beatles have found the new sound"....The Rolling Stones released a press statement "we might retire"....
The musical aspects are amazing....the record was recorded on a four track system...the amount of depth and instumentation captured is utterly amazing (producer George Martin played a key part of this)...the amount of new instruments indroduced to "pop/rock" is incredible...the only other album of the time that rivals this is The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" released a year earlier...and has been stated by Paul McCartney as the greatest influence on the band making "Pepper"....
The most outstanding track on the album by head and shoulders is "A Day In The Life"....one of the most sublime tracks ever recording in the history of contempary music...
And all remastered editons (1987 & 2010) of the album have re-charted upon release in many countries (top 3 in the US). This is an album that has effected so many people on so many different levels over nearly 50 years it's crazy....
Personally i don't think it's no.#1 (no.#4 on my list) but i can see why "Rolling Stone" magazine made it thier number one....
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