Listen to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Based on the 2020 list:

001. Marvin Gaye // What's Going On (1971)
002. The Beach Boys // Pet Sounds (1966)
003. Joni Mitchell // Blue (1971)
004. Stevie Wonder // Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
005. The Beatles // Abbey Road (1969)
006. Nirvana // Nevermind (1991)
007. Fleetwood Mac // Rumours (1977)
008. Prince // Purple Rain (1984)
009. Bob Dylan // Blood On The Tracks (1975)
010. Lauryn Hill // The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
011. The Beatles // Revolver (1966)
012. Michael Jackson // Thriller (1982)
013. Aretha Franklin // I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
014. The Rolling Stones // Exile On Main Street (1972)
015. Public Enemy // It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
016. The Clash // London Calling (1979)
017.
018. Bob Dylan // Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
020. Radiohead // Kid A (2000)
021. Bruce Springsteen // Born To Run (1975)
022. The Notorious B.I.G. // Ready To Die (1994)
023. The Velvet Underground & Nico // The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
024. The Beatles // Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
025. Carole King // Tapestry (1971)
026. Patti Smith // Horses (1975)
027.
028. D'Angelo // Voodoo (2000)
029. The Beatles // The Beatles aka The White Album (1968)
030. The Jimi Hendrix Experience // Are You Experienced (1967)
031. Miles Davis // Kind Of Blue (1959)
033. Amy Winehouse // Back to Black (2006)
034. Stevie Wonder // Innervisions (1973)
035. The Beatles // Rubber Soul (1965)
036. Michael Jackson // Off The Wall (1979)
037. Dr. Dre // The Chronic (1992)
038. Bob Dylan // Blonde On Blonde (1966)
039. Talking Heads // Remain in Light (1980)
040. David Bowie // The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
041. The Rolling Stones // Let It Bleed (1969)
042. Radiohead // OK Computer (1997) *
043. A Tribe Called Quest // The Low End Theory (1991)
044. Nas // Illmatic (1994)
045. Prince // Sign O' The Times (1987)
046. Paul Simon // Graceland (1986)
047. Ramones // Ramones (1976)
048. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Legend (1984)
049. OutKast // Aquemini (1998)
050. JAY-Z // The Blueprint (2001)
051. Chuck Berry // The Great Twenty Eight (1982)
052. David Bowie // Station to Station (1976)
053. The Jimi Hendrix Experience // Electric Ladyland (1968)
054.
055. Pink Floyd // The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
056. Liz Phair // Exile In Guyville (1993)
057. The Band // The Band (1969)
058. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
059. Stevie Wonder // Talking Book (1972)
060. Van Morrison // Astral Weeks (1968)
061. Eric B. & Rakim // Paid In Full (1987)
062. Guns N' Roses // Appetite For Destruction (1987)
063. Steely Dan // Aja (1977)
064.
065. James Brown // Live At The Apollo (1963)
066. John Coltrane // A Love Supreme (1965)
067. JAY-Z // Reasonable Doubt (1996)
068. Kate Bush // Hounds of Love (1985)
069. Alanis Morissette // Jagged Little Pill (1995)
070. N.W.A. // Straight Outta Compton (1988)
071. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Exodus (1977)
072. Neil Young // Harvest (1972)
073. My Bloody Valentine // Loveless (1991)
074.
075. Aretha Franklin // Lady Soul (1968)
076. Curtis Mayfield // Super Fly (1972)
077. The Who // Who's Next (1971)
078.
080. Sex Pistols // Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
082. Sly & The Family Stone // There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)
083. Dusty Springfield // Dusty In Memphis (1969)
084. AC/DC // Back in Black (1980)
085. John Lennon // Plastic Ono Band (1970)
086. The Doors // The Doors (1967)
087. Miles Davis // Bitches Brew (1970)
088. David Bowie // Hunky Dory (1971)
090. Neil Young // After The Gold Rush (1970)
091. Bruce Springsteen // Darkness On the Edge of Town (1978)
092. Jimi Hendrix // Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
094. The Stooges // Funhouse (1970)
096. R.E.M. // Automatic For The People (1992) *
097. Metallica // Master of Puppets (1986)
098. Lucinda Williams // Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)
099. Taylor Swift // Red (2012)
100. The Band // Music From Big Pink (1968)
101. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin (1969)
102. The Clash // The Clash (1977)
103.
104.
105. The Allman Brothers Band // At Fillmore East (1971)
106. Hole // Live Through This (1994)
107. Television // Marquee Moon (1977)
109. Lou Reed // Transformer (1972)
110. Joni Mitchell // Court and Spark (1974)
112. Elton John // Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
113. The Smiths // The Queen Is Dead (1986)
114. The Strokes // Is This It (2001) *
116. The Cure // Disintegration (1989) *
117. Kanye West // Late Registration (2005)
118. Eagles // Hotel California (1976)
119. Sly & The Family Stone // Stand (1969)
120. Van Morrison // Moondance (1970)
121. Elvis Costello // This Year's Model (1978)
122. Nine Inch Nails // The Downward Spiral (1994)
123. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin II (1969)
124. U2 // Achtung Baby (1991)
125. Beastie Boys // Paul's Boutique (1989)
126. Mary J. Blige // My Life (1994)
127.
128. Queen // A Night At The Opera (1975)
129. Pink Floyd // The Wall (1979)
130. Prince // 1999 (1982)
131. Portishead // Dummy (1994)
132. Hank Williams // 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
134. Fugees // The Score (1996)
135. U2 // The Joshua Tree (1987)
136. Funkadelic // Maggot Brain (1971)
138. Madonna // The Immaculate Collection (1990)
139. Black Sabbath // Paranoid (1970)
140. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Catch a Fire (1973)
141. Pixies // Doolittle (1989)
142. Bruce Springsteen // Born In The U.S.A. (1984)
143.
144. Led Zeppelin // Physical Graffiti (1975)
145. Eminem // The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
146. Blondie // Parallel Lines (1978)
147. Jeff Buckley // Grace (1994) *
149.
150. Bruce Springsteen // Nebraska (1982)
151. George Michael // Faith (1987)
152. Pretenders // Pretenders (1980)
153. PJ Harvey // Rid Of Me (1993)
155.
156. The Replacements // Let It Be (1984)
157. Oasis // (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) *
159. The Police // Synchronicity (1983)
160. Pearl Jam // Ten (1991)
161.
163. Various Artists // Saturday Night Fever (1977)
164. Johnny Cash // At Folsom Prison (1968)
165. R.E.M. // Murmur (1983) *
166. Buddy Holly & The Crickets // 20 Golden Greats (1974)
167. Depeche Mode // Violator (1990)
168. Steely Dan // Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
169. Billy Joel // The Stranger (1977)
170. Cream // Disraeli Gears (1967)
171.
172. Simon & Garfunkel // Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
173. Nirvana // In Utero (1993)
174. Jimmy Cliff // The Harder They Come (1972)
176. Public Enemy // Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
177. Rod Stewart // Every Picture Tells A Story (1971)
178. Otis Redding // Otis Blue (1965)
179.
180. Love // Forever Changes (1967)
181. Bob Dylan // Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
182. James Taylor // Sweet Baby James (1970)
184. Cyndi Lauper // She's So Unusual (1983)
185. The Rolling Stones // Beggars Banquet (1968)
186. Red Hot Chili Peppers // Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
188. T. Rex // Electric Warrior (1971)
189. Sleater-Kinney // Dig Me Out (1997)
190. The Who // Tommy (1969)
191. Etta James // At Last! (1960)
192. Beastie Boys // Licensed To Ill (1986)
193. Creedence Clearwater Revival // Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)
194. Michael Jackson // Bad (1987)
195. Leonard Cohen // Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
197. The Beatles // With The Beatles (1963)
198. The B-52's // The B-52's (1979)
199. Pavement // Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
203. Nick Drake // Pink Moon (1972) *
205. Cat Stevens // Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
206. David Bowie // Low (1977)
207. Eagles // Eagles (1972) *
208.
209. Run-D.M.C. // Raising Hell (1986)
210.
215. Grateful Dead // American Beauty (1970) *
217. Oasis // Definitely Maybe (1994) *
218. TLC // CrazySexyCool (1994)
219. Raekwon // Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)
220. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young // Deja Vu (1970)
221. Rage Against The Machine // Rage Against The Machine (1992)
222. Madonna // Ray of Light (1998) *
223. John Lennon // Imagine (1971)
225. Wilco // Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
226. Derek and the Dominos // Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
227. Little Richard // Here's Little Richard (1957)
229.
230. Rihanna // Anti (2016)
231. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers // Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
232. John Coltrane // Giant Steps (1960)
234. Black Sabbath // Master of Reality (1971)
235. Metallica // Metallica (1991)
237. Willie Nelson // Red Headed Stranger (1975)
238. Kraftwerk // Trans-Europe Express (1977)
240.
241.
242. Velvet Underground // Loaded (1970)
243. The Zombies // Odessey and Oracle (1968) *
248. Green Day // American Idiot (2004) *
249.
250.
251. Elton John // Honky Chateau (1972)
252. DEVO // Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
253. Pink Floyd // The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
255. Bob Dylan // The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
256. Tracy Chapman // Tracy Chapman (1988) *
257. Dolly Parton // Coat of Many Colors (1971)
259. Janis Joplin // Pearl (1971)
262. New Order // Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
263. The Beatles // A Hard Day's Night (1964) *
264. Pink Floyd // Wish You Were Here (1975)
266. The Beatles // Help! (1965)
267.
268. Randy Newman // Sail Away (1972)
272. The Velvet Underground // White Light/White Heat (1968)
273. Gang Of Four // Entertainment! (1979) *
274. The Byrds // Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968)
276. Radiohead // The Bends (1995) *
278. Led Zeppelin // Houses of the Holy (1973)
279. Nirvana // MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
282. Frank Sinatra // In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
284.
285.
286. Red Hot Chili Peppers // Californication (1999)
287. The Byrds // Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
288.
289.
292. Van Halen // Van Halen (1978)
294. Weezer // Weezer (1994)
296. Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
297. Peter Gabriel // So (1986)
299. B.B. King // Live At The Regal (1965)
300. Shania Twain // Come On Over (1997)
301. New York Dolls // New York Dolls (1973)
302. Neil Young // Tonight's The Night (1975)
303.
305. KISS // Alive! (1975)
306.
307.
308. Brian Eno // Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
309. Joy Division // Closer (1980)
310. Wire // Pink Flag (1977)
313. PJ Harvey // Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
316. The Who // The Who Sell Out (1967)
318. Janet Jackson // The Velvet Rope (1997)
319. The Stone Roses // The Stone Roses (1989) *
320. X // Los Angeles (1980)
322. Elvis Presley // From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
323.
324. Coldplay // A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
325.
326. Prince // Dirty Mind (1980)
327. The Who // Live At Leeds (1970)
328. Vampire Weekend // Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
330. The Rolling Stones // Aftermath (1966)
331. Madonna // Like a Prayer (1989)
332. Elvis Presley // Elvis Presley (1956)
334. Santana // Abraxas (1970)
335.
337. Bob Dylan // John Wesley Harding (1967)
338. Brian Eno // Another Green World (1975)
339. Janet Jackson // Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
341. The Smashing Pumpkins // Siamese Dream (1993)
342. The Beatles // Let It Be (1970)
343. Sly and the Family Stone // Greatest Hits (1970)
344. Toots & The Maytals // Funky Kingston (1973)
345. Bruce Springsteen // The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)
349.
350. Stevie Wonder // Music Of My Mind (1972)
351. Roxy Music // For Your Pleasure (1973)
352. Eminem // The Slim Shady LP (1999)
353. The Cars // The Cars (1978)
355. Black Sabbath // Black Sabbath (1970)
356. Dr. John // Gris Gris (1968)
357. Tom Waits // Rain Dogs (1985)
359. Big Star // Radio City (1974)
360.
363. Parliament // Mothership Connection (1975)
364. Talking Heads // More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
366. Aerosmith // Rocks (1976)
367. Drake // If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
368.
371.
372. Big Brother and the Holding Company // Cheap Thrills (1968)
375. Green Day // Dookie (1994) *
376. Neutral Milk Hotel // In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
377. Yeah Yeah Yeahs // Fever To Tell (2003)
378. Run-D.M.C. // Run-D.M.C. (1984)
381. Lynyrd Skynyrd // (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
383. Massive Attack // Mezzanine (1998)
384. The Kinks // The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
385. The Ramones // Rocket to Russia (1977) *
387. Radiohead // In Rainbows (2007) *
390. Pixies // Surfer Rosa (1988)
391. Kelis // Kaleidoscope (1999)
392.
393. Taylor Swift // 1989 (2014)
396. Todd Rundgren // Something / Anything? (1972)
400. The Go-Go's // Beauty And The Beat (1981)
401. Blondie // Blondie (1976)
405.
406.
407. Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
409. Grateful Dead // Workingman's Dead (1970)
410. The Beach Boys // Wild Honey (1967)
411. Bob Dylan // Love and Theft (2001)
412. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles // Going To A Go-Go (1965)
415. The Meters // Look Ka Py Py (1970)
417.
418. Dire Straits // Brothers in Arms (1985)
420. Earth, Wind & Fire // That's The Way Of The World (1975) *
422. Marvin Gaye // Let's Get It On (1973)
424. Beck // Odelay (1996)
425. Paul Simon // Paul Simon (1972)
427. Al Green // Call Me (1973)
428. Hüsker Dü // New Day Rising (1985)
430. Elvis Costello // My Aim Is True (1977)
431.
433. LCD Soundsystem // Sound Of Silver (2007)
434.
438. Blur // Parklife (1994)
441. Britney Spears // Blackout (2007)
442. The Weeknd // Beauty Behind The Madness (2015) *
448.
449. The White Stripes // Elephant (2003) *
452.
455. Bo Diddley // Go Bo Diddley (1959)
456. Al Green // Greatest Hits (1975)
457. Sinead O'Connor // I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
462. The Flying Burrito Brothers // The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969)
466. The Beach Boys // The Beach Boys Today! (1965)
468. The Rolling Stones // Some Girls (1978)
471. Jefferson Airplane // Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
474. Big Star // #1 Record (1972)
477. Howlin' Wolf // Moanin' In The Moonlight (1958)
478.
483. Muddy Waters // The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
484. Lady Gaga // Born This Way (2011)
485.
487. Black Flag // Damaged (1981)
488.
489.
491. Harry Styles // Fine Line (2019)
492. Bonnie Raitt // Nick Of Time (1989)
493. Marvin Gaye // Here, My Dear (1978)
494.
497.
498.
500. Arcade Fire // Funeral (2004)

Based on the 2012 list:

* - indicates an album I loved

1. The Beatles // Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. The Beach Boys // Pet Sounds (1966)
3. The Beatles // Revolver (1966)
4. Bob Dylan // Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
5. The Beatles // Rubber Soul (1965)
6. Marvin Gaye // What's Going On (1971)
7. The Rolling Stones // Exile On Main Street (1972)
8. The Clash // London Calling (1979)
9. Bob Dylan // Blonde On Blonde (1966)
10. The Beatles // The Beatles aka The White Album (1968)
11.
12. Miles Davis // Kind Of Blue (1959)
13. The Velvet Underground & Nico // The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
14. The Beatles // Abbey Road (1969)
15. The Jimi Hendrix Experience // Are You Experienced (1967)
16. Bob Dylan // Blood On The Tracks (1975)
17. Nirvana // Nevermind (1991)
18. Bruce Springsteen // Born To Run (1975)
19. Van Morrison // Astral Weeks (1968)
20. Michael Jackson // Thriller (1982)
21. Chuck Berry // The Great Twenty Eight (1982)
22. Robert Johnson // The Complete Recordings (1990)
23. John Lennon // Plastic Ono Band (1970)
24. Stevie Wonder // Innervisions (1973)
25. James Brown // Live At The Apollo (1963)
26. Fleetwood Mac // Rumours (1977)
27. U2 // The Joshua Tree (1987)
28. The Who // Who's Next (1971)
29. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin (1969)
30. Joni Mitchell // Blue (1971)
31. Bob Dylan // Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
32. The Rolling Stones // Let It Bleed (1969)
33. Ramones // Ramones (1976)
34. The Band // Music From Big Pink (1968)
35. David Bowie // The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
36. Carole King // Tapestry (1971)
37. Eagles // Hotel California (1976)
38. Muddy Waters // The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)
39. The Beatles // Please Please Me (1963)
40. Love // Forever Changes (1967)
41. Sex Pistols // Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
42. The Doors // The Doors (1967)
43. Pink Floyd // The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
44. Patti Smith // Horses (1975)
45. The Band // The Band (1969)
46. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Legend (1984)
47. John Coltrane // A Love Supreme (1965)
48. Public Enemy // It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
49. The Allman Brothers Band // At Fillmore East (1971)
50. Little Richard // Here's Little Richard (1957)
51. Simon & Garfunkel // Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
52. Al Green // Greatest Hits (1975)
53. The Beatles // With The Beatles (1963)
54.
55. The Jimi Hendrix Experience // Electric Ladyland (1968)
56. Elvis Presley // Elvis Presley (1956)
57. Stevie Wonder // Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
58. The Rolling Stones // Beggars Banquet (1968)
59.
60.
61. Sly and the Family Stone // Greatest Hits (1970)
62. Guns N' Roses // Appetite For Destruction (1987)
63. U2 // Achtung Baby (1991)
64.
65.
66. Van Morrison // Moondance (1970)
67. Radiohead // Kid A (2000)
68. Michael Jackson // Off The Wall (1979)
69. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
70. Billy Joel // The Stranger (1977)
71. Paul Simon // Graceland (1986)
72. Curtis Mayfield // Super Fly (1972)
73. Led Zeppelin // Physical Graffiti (1975)
74. Neil Young // After The Gold Rush (1970)
75.
76. Prince // Purple Rain (1984)
77. AC/DC // Back in Black (1980)
78. Otis Redding // Otis Blue (1965)
79. Led Zeppelin // Led Zeppelin II (1969)
80. John Lennon // Imagine (1971)
81. The Clash // The Clash (1977)
82. Neil Young // Harvest (1972)
83. Jimi Hendrix // Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
84. Aretha Franklin // I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
85. Aretha Franklin // Lady Soul (1968)
86. Bruce Springsteen // Born In The U.S.A. (1984)
87. Pink Floyd // The Wall (1979)
88. Johnny Cash // At Folsom Prison (1968)
89. Dusty Springfield // Dusty In Memphis (1969)
90. Stevie Wonder // Talking Book (1972)
91. Elton John // Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
92. Buddy Holly & The Crickets // 20 Golden Greats (1974)
93. Prince // Sign O' The Times (1987)
94. Hank Williams // 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
95. Miles Davis // Bitches Brew (1970)
96. The Who // Tommy (1969)
97. Bob Dylan // The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
98. Elvis Costello // This Year's Model (1978)
99. Sly & The Family Stone // There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)
100. The Zombies // Odessey and Oracle (1968) *
101. Frank Sinatra // In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
102. Cream // Fresh Cream (1966)
103. John Coltrane // Giant Steps (1960)
104. James Taylor // Sweet Baby James (1970)
105.
106. The Ramones // Rocket to Russia (1977) *
107.
108. David Bowie // Hunky Dory (1971)
109. The Rolling Stones // Aftermath (1966)
110. Velvet Underground // Loaded (1970)
111. Radiohead // The Bends (1995) *
112. The Mamas & The Papas // If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
113. Joni Mitchell // Court and Spark (1974)
114. Cream // Disraeli Gears (1967)
115. The Who // The Who Sell Out (1967)
116. The Rolling Stones // Out Of Our Heads (1965)
117. Derek and the Dominos // Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
118. Kanye West // Late Registration (2005)
119. Etta James // At Last! (1960)
120. The Byrds // Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968)
121. Sly & The Family Stone // Stand (1969)
122. Jimmy Cliff // The Harder They Come (1972)
123. Run-D.M.C. // Raising Hell (1986)
124.
125. Janis Joplin // Pearl (1971)
126. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Catch a Fire (1973)
127. The Byrds // Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
128.
129. Talking Heads // Remain in Light (1980)
130. Television // Marquee Moon (1977)
131. Black Sabbath // Paranoid (1970)
132. Various Artists // Saturday Night Fever (1977)
133. Bruce Springsteen // The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)
134. The Notorious B.I.G. // Ready To Die (1994)
135. Pavement // Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
136.
137. The Replacements // Tim (1985)
138. Dr. Dre // The Chronic (1992)
139. The Meters // Rejuvenation (1974)
140. Blondie // Parallel Lines (1978)
141. B.B. King // Live At The Regal (1965)
142. Various Artists // A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (1963)
143. Dr. John // Gris Gris (1968)
144. N.W.A. // Straight Outta Compton (1988)
145. Steely Dan // Aja (1977)
146. Jefferson Airplane // Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
147. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young // Deja Vu (1970)
148. Led Zeppelin // Houses of the Holy (1973)
149. Santana // Santana (1969)
150. Bruce Springsteen // Darkness On the Edge of Town (1978)
151. Arcade Fire // Funeral (2004)
152. The B-52's // The B-52's (1979)
153. A Tribe Called Quest // The Low End Theory (1991)
154. Howlin' Wolf // Moanin' In The Moonlight (1958)
155. Pretenders // Pretenders (1980)
156. Beastie Boys // Paul's Boutique (1989)
157. Joy Division // Closer (1980)
158. Elton John // Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
159. KISS // Alive! (1975)
160. T. Rex // Electric Warrior (1971)
161. Otis Redding // The Dock of the Bay (1968)
162. Radiohead // OK Computer (1997) *
163. Prince // 1999 (1982)
164.
165. Marvin Gaye // Let's Get It On (1973)
166. Elvis Costello & The Attractions // Imperial Bedroom (1982)
167. Metallica // Master of Puppets (1986)
168. Elvis Costello // My Aim Is True (1977)
169. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Exodus (1977)
170. The Who // Live At Leeds (1970)
171. The Byrds // The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
172. Rod Stewart // Every Picture Tells A Story (1971)
173. Todd Rundgren // Something / Anything? (1972)
174. Bob Dylan // Desire (1976)
175. Carpenters // Close To You (1970)
176. Aerosmith // Rocks (1976)
177.
178.
179.
180. The Rolling Stones // The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
181. Bob Marley & The Wailers // Natty Dread (1974)
182. Fleetwood Mac // Fleetwood Mac (1975)
183. Willie Nelson // Red Headed Stranger (1975)
184. Madonna // The Immaculate Collection (1990)
185.
186. Sly & The Family Stone // Fresh (1973)
187. Peter Gabriel // So (1986)
188. Buffalo Springfield // Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
189. Quicksilver Messenger Service // Happy Trails (1969)
190. Elvis Presley // From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
191. The Stooges // Funhouse (1970)
192. The Flying Burrito Brothers // The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969)
193. Green Day // Dookie (1994) *
194. Lou Reed // Transformer (1972)
195. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers // Bluesbreakers (1966)
196.
197. R.E.M. // Murmur (1983) *
198.
199. The Strokes // Is This It (2001) *
200. AC/DC // Highway to Hell (1979) *
201. Nine Inch Nails // The Downward Spiral (1994)
202. Simon & Garfunkel // Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
203. Michael Jackson // Bad (1987)
204. Bob Dylan // Modern Times (2006)
205. Cream // Wheels Of Fire (1968)
206. Prince // Dirty Mind (1980)
207. Santana // Abraxas (1970)
208. Cat Stevens // Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
209. Pearl Jam // Ten (1991)
210. Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
211. Pink Floyd // Wish You Were Here (1975)
212.
213. The Rolling Stones // Tattoo You (1981)
214.
215. New York Dolls // New York Dolls (1973)
216. Bo Diddley // Go Bo Diddley (1959)
217. Bobby Bland // Two Steps From The Blues (1961)
218. The Smiths // The Queen Is Dead (1986)
219. Beastie Boys // Licensed To Ill (1986)
220. The Meters // Look Ka Py Py (1970)
221. My Bloody Valentine // Loveless (1991)
222. Professor Longhair // New Orleans Piano (1972)
223. U2 // War (1983)
224.
225. Green Day // American Idiot (2004) *
226. Bruce Springsteen // Nebraska (1982)
227. Pixies // Doolittle (1989)
228. Eric B. & Rakim // Paid In Full (1987)
229. Aerosmith // Toys In The Attic (1975)
230. Bonnie Raitt // Nick Of Time (1989)
231. Queen // A Night At The Opera (1975)
232. The Kinks // The Kink Kronikles (1972)
233. The Byrds // Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
234. Simon & Garfunkel // Bookends (1968)
235.
236.
237. The Who // My Generation (1965)
238. Howlin' Wolf // The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969)
239. Madonna // Like a Prayer (1989)
240. Steely Dan // Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
241. The Replacements // Let It Be (1984)
242. Run-D.M.C. // Run-D.M.C. (1984)
243. Black Sabbath // Black Sabbath (1970)
244. Eminem // The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
245.
246. The Mothers of Invention // Freak Out! (1966)
247.
248.
249. R.E.M. // Automatic For The People (1992) *
250. JAY-Z // Reasonable Doubt (1996)
251. David Bowie // Low (1977)
252. JAY-Z // The Blueprint (2001)
253. Bruce Springsteen // The River (1980)
254.
255. Metallica // Metallica (1991)
256. Kraftwerk // Trans-Europe Express (1977)
257.
258. The Kinks // The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
259. Janet Jackson // The Velvet Rope (1997)
260. Willie Nelson // Stardust (1978)
261. Grateful Dead // American Beauty (1970) *
262.
263. Tracy Chapman // Tracy Chapman (1988) *
264. Grateful Dead // Workingman's Dead (1970)
265. Ray Charles // The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
266.
267.
268. Paul Simon // Paul Simon (1972)
269.
270. The Rolling Stones // Some Girls (1978)
271. The Beach Boys // The Beach Boys Today! (1965)
272. Sleater-Kinney // Dig Me Out (1997)
273. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles // Going To A Go-Go (1965)
274. LaBelle // Nightbirds (1974)
275. Eminem // The Slim Shady LP (1999)
276. Parliament // Mothership Connection (1975)
277. Janet Jackson // Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
278.
279. David Bowie // Aladdin Sane (1973)
280. U2 // All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
281. Mary J. Blige // My Life (1994)
282. Muddy Waters // Folk Singer (1964)
283. Barry White // Can't Get Enough (1974)
284. The Cars // The Cars (1978)
285. Stevie Wonder // Music Of My Mind (1972)
286.
287. X // Los Angeles (1980)
288. Grateful Dead // Anthem of the Sun (1968)
289.
290. Al Green // Call Me (1973)
291.
292.
293. The Velvet Underground // White Light/White Heat (1968)
294.
295. Leonard Cohen // Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
296. Meat Is Murder // The Smiths (1985)
297.
298.
299. Weezer // Weezer (1994)
300. Black Sabbath // Master of Reality (1971)
301. Dolly Parton // Coat of Many Colors (1971)
302. Public Enemy // Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
303. Bob Dylan // John Wesley Harding (1967)
304. Jeff Buckley // Grace (1994) *
305. Lucinda Williams // Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)
306. Beck // Odelay (1996)
307. The Beatles // A Hard Day's Night (1964) *
308. Frank Sinatra // Songs For Swingin' Lovers! (1956)
309. Creedence Clearwater Revival // Willy And The Poor Boys (1969)
310. Red Hot Chili Peppers // Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
311.
312. Jane's Addiction // Nothing's Shocking (1988)
313. Nirvana // MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
314. Lauryn Hill // The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
315. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers // Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
316.
317. Pixies // Surfer Rosa (1988)
318.
319. The Wailers // Burnin' (1973)
320. Radiohead // Amnesiac (2001)
321. Nick Drake // Pink Moon (1972) *
322. Randy Newman // Sail Away (1972)
323. The Police // Ghost In The Machine (1981)
324. David Bowie // Station to Station (1976)
325. Eric Clapton // Slowhand (1977)
326. The Cure // Disintegration (1989) *
327. Liz Phair // Exile In Guyville (1993)
328.
329.
330. Neil Young // Tonight's The Night (1975)
331. The Beatles // Help! (1965)
332. Richard & Linda Thompson // Shoot Out The Lights (1982)
333. X // Wild Gift (1981)
334. Graham Parker // Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
335. Soundgarden // Superunknown (1994) *
336. Radiohead // In Rainbows (2007) *
337.
338. Big Brother and the Holding Company // Cheap Thrills (1968)
339. Tom Waits // The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
340. Black Flag // Damaged (1981)
341.
342. Depeche Mode // Violator (1990)
343. Meat Loaf // Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
344. Lou Reed // Berlin (1973)
345.
346.
347. Pink Floyd // The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
348.
349.
350.
351. Neil Young & Crazy Horse // Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
352. Dire Straits // Brothers in Arms (1985)
353.
354. Billy Joel // 52nd Street (1978)
355.
356. Randy Newman // 12 Songs (1970)
357. The Rolling Stones // Between The Buttons (1967)
358. Miles Davis // Sketches of Spain (1960)
359. Elton John // Honky Chateau (1972)
360.
361.
362. The Smashing Pumpkins // Siamese Dream (1993)
363. New Order // Substance (1987)
364. The Doors // L.A. Woman (1971)
365. Rage Against The Machine // Rage Against The Machine (1992)
366. Johnny Cash // American Recordings (1994)
367. Madonna // Ray of Light (1998) *
368. Eagles // Eagles (1972) *
369.
370.
371. Arctic Monkeys // Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
372. The Police // Reggatta De Blanc (1979)
373. Jefferson Airplane // Volunteers (1969)
374.
375. Jackson Browne // Late For The Sky (1974)
376.
377.
378. Oasis // (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) *
379. TLC // CrazySexyCool (1994)
380. Toots & The Maytals // Funky Kingston (1973)
381.
382.
383. Talking Heads // More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
384. The Who // A Quick One (1966)
385. Bob Dylan // Love and Theft (2001)
386. Steely Dan // Pretzel Logic (1974)
387.
388.
389. Don Henley // The End Of The Innocence (1989)
390. The White Stripes // Elephant (2003) *
391. Jackson Browne // The Pretender (1976)
392. The Beatles // Let It Be (1970)
393. M.I.A. // Kala (2007)
394. Randy Newman // Good Old Boys (1974)
395. LCD Soundsystem // Sound Of Silver (2007)
396. Roxy Music // For Your Pleasure (1973)
397.
398. ZZ Top // Eliminator (1983)
399. Tom Waits // Rain Dogs (1985)
400.
401. Red Hot Chili Peppers // Californication (1999)
402. Nas // Illmatic (1994)
403. Lynyrd Skynyrd // (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
404. Dr. John // Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
405. Big Star // Radio City (1974)
406. PJ Harvey // Rid Of Me (1993)
407.
408. Sinead O'Connor // I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
409. The Doors // Strange Days (1967)
410. Bob Dylan // Time Out Of Mind (1997)
411. Eric Clapton // 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
412. Wire // Pink Flag (1977)
413.
414. The Go-Go's // Beauty And The Beat (1981)
415. Van Halen // Van Halen (1978)
416. Tom Waits // Mule Variations (1999)
417. U2 // Boy (1980)
418. Wings // Band On The Run (1973)
419. Portishead // Dummy (1994)
420.
421.
422.
423.
424. Bruce Springsteen // The Rising (2002)
425. Gram Parsons // Grievous Angel (1974)
426. Cheap Trick // At Budokan (1978)
427. Peter Wolf // Sleepless (2002)
428. The Police // Outlandos D'Amour (1978)
429. Brian Eno // Another Green World (1975)
430. Vampire Weekend // Vampire Weekend (2008) *
431. PJ Harvey // Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
432. Brian Eno // Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
433.
434. Big Star // #1 Record (1972)
435. Nirvana // In Utero (1993)
436. Beck // Sea Change (2002)
437.
438.
439.
440.
441.
442. DEVO // Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
443. Cheap Trick // In Color (1977)
444.
445. Steve Miller Band // Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
446. MC5 // Back In The USA (1970)
447. Stan Getz and João Gilberto // Getz/Gilberto (1964)
448. The Police // Synchronicity (1983)
449.
450.
451. Amy Winehouse // Back to Black (2006)
452.
453.
454. Alice Cooper // Love It To Death (1971)
455.
456. Marvin Gaye // Here, My Dear (1978)
457. My Morning Jacket // Z (2005) *
458. Elton John // Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
459.
460. Hole // Live Through This (1994)
461.
462. R.E.M. // Document (1987)
463. Echo and the Bunnymen // Heaven Up Here (1981)
464.
465.
466. Coldplay // A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
467.
468. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band // The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
469. Fugees // The Score (1996)
470. LL Cool J // Radio (1985)
471.
472. George Michael // Faith (1987)
473. The Smiths // The Smiths (1984)
474.
475. Elvis Costello & The Attractions // Armed Forces (1979)
476.
477.
478.
479. Funkadelic // Maggot Brain (1971)
480. Raekwon // Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)
481. D'Angelo // Voodoo (2000)
482. Steve Earle // Guitar Town (1986)
483. Gang Of Four // Entertainment! (1979) *
484. Mott The Hoople // All The Young Dudes (1972)
485. Pearl Jam // Vitalogy (1994)
486. Earth, Wind & Fire // That's The Way Of The World (1975) *
487. Cyndi Lauper // She's So Unusual (1983)
488. Hüsker Dü // New Day Rising (1985)
489. KISS // Destroyer (1976)
490. ZZ Top // Tres Hombres (1973)
491. Albert King // Born Under A Bad Sign (1967)
492. Eurythmics // Touch (1983)
493. Wilco // Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
494. MGMT // Oracular Spectacular (2007)
495. Bonnie Raitt // Give It Up (1972)
496. Boz Scaggs // Boz Scaggs (1969)
497. The White Stripes // White Blood Cells (2001)
498. The Stone Roses // The Stone Roses (1989) *
499. B.B. King // Live In Cook County Jail (1971)
500. OutKast // Aquemini (1998)