Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

1 The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3 The Beatles – Revolver
4 Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
5 The Beatles – Rubber Soul
6 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On
7 The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
8 The Clash – London Calling
9 Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
10 The Beatles – The Beatles
11  Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions
12 Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
13 The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
14 The Beatles – Abbey Road
15 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
16 Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
17 Nirvana – Nevermind
18 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
19 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
20 Michael Jackson – Thriller
21 Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
22 Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings
23 John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
24 Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
25 James Brown – Live At The Apollo
26 Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
27 U2 – The Joshua Tree
28 The Who – Who's Next
29 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
30 Joni Mitchell – Blue
31 Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
32 The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
33 Ramones – Ramones
34 The Band – Music From Big Pink
35 David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
36 Carole King – Tapestry
37 Eagles – Hotel California
38 Muddy Waters – The Anthology: 1947-1972
39 The Beatles – Please Please Me
40 Love – Forever Changes
41 Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
42 The Doors – The Doors
43 Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
44 Patti Smith – Horses
45 The Band – The Band
46 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Legend
47 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
48 Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
49 The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
50 Little Richard – Here's Little Richard
51 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Waters
52 Al Green – Greatest Hits
53 The Beatles – Meet the Beatles!
54 Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings 1952-1959
55 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
56 Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
57 Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
58 The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
59 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
60 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
61 Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
62 Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction
63 U2 – Achtung Baby
64 The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
65 Phil Spector – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
66 Van Morrison – Moondance
67 Radiohead – Kid A
68 Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
69 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
70 Billy Joel – The Stranger
71 Paul Simon – Graceland
72 Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
73 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
74 Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
75 James Brown – Star Time
76 Prince & The Revolution– Purple Rain
77 AC/DC – Back In Black
78 Otis Redding – Otis Blue
79 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
80 John Lennon – Imagine
81 The Clash – The Clash
82 Neil Young – Harvest
83 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
84 Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
85 Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
86 Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
87 Pink Floyd – The Wall
88 Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
89 Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
90 Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
91 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
92 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – 20 Golden Greats
93 Prince – Sign 'O' The Times
94 Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
95 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
96 The Who – Tommy
97 Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
98 Elvis Costello – This Year's Model
99 Sly & The Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On
100 The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
101 Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
102 Cream – Fresh Cream
103 John Coltrane – Giant Steps
104 James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
105 Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
106 Ramones – Rocket to Russia
107 Sam Cooke – Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
108 David Bowie – Hunky Dory
109 The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
110 The Velvet Underground – Loaded
111 Radiohead – The Bends
112 The Mamas & The Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
113 Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
114 Cream – Disraeli Gears
115 The Who – The Who Sell Out
116 The Rolling Stones – Out of Our Heads
117 Derek and The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
118 Kanye West – Late Registration
119 Etta James – At Last!
120 The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
121 Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
122 Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
123 Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
124 Moby Grape – Moby Grape
125 Janis Joplin – Pearl
126 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
127 The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
128 The Stooges – Raw Power
129 Talking Heads – Remain in Light
130 Television – Marquee Moon
131 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
132 Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever
133 Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
134 The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
135 Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
136 Elton John – Greatest Hits
137 The Replacements – Tim
138 Dr. Dre – The Chronic
139 The Meters – Rejuvenation
140 Blondie – Parallel Lines
141 B.B. King – Live At The Regal
142 Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
143 Dr. John – Gris-Gris
144 N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton
145 Steely Dan – Aja
146 Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
147 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu
148 Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy
149 Santana – Santana
150 Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
151 Arcade Fire – Funeral
152 The B-52's – The B-52's
153 A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
154 Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' in the Moonlight
155 The Pretenders – Pretenders
156 Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique
157 Joy Division – Closer
158 Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
159 Kiss – Alive
160 T. Rex – Electric Warrior
161 Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay
162 Radiohead – OK Computer
163 Prince – 1999
164 Linda Ronstadt – The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
165 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On
166 Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
167 Metallica – Master of Puppets
168 Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
169 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus
170 The Who – Live At Leeds
171 The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
172 Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
173 Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
174 Bob Dylan – Desire
175 Carpenters – Close To You
176 Aerosmith – Rocks
177 Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
178 Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – The Anthology 1961-1977
179 ABBA – The Definitive Collection
180 The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones, Now!
181 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
182 Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
183 Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
184 Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
185 The Stooges – The Stooges
186 Sly & The Family Stone – FRESH
187 Peter Gabriel – So
188 Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
189 Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
190 Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis
191 The Stooges – Fun House
192 The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
193 Green Day – Dookie
194 Lou Reed – Transformer
195 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers – Blues Breakers
196 Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
197 R.E.M. – Murmur
198 Little Walter – The Best of Little Walter
199 The Strokes – Is This It
200 AC/DC – Highway to Hell
201 Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
202 Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
203 Michael Jackson – Bad
204 Bob Dylan – Modern Times
205 Cream – Wheels Of Fire
206 Prince – Dirty Mind
207 Santana – Abraxas
208 Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
209 Pearl Jam – Ten
210 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
211 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
212 Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
213 The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
214 Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - the Best of Ike and Tina Turner
215 York Dolls – New York Dolls
216 Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley
217 Bobby Bland – Two Steps From The Blues
218 The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
219 Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
220 The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
221 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
222 Professor Longhair – New Orleans Piano
223 U2 – War
224 Neil Diamond – The Neil Diamond Collection
225 Green Day – American Idiot
226 Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
227 Pixies – Doolittle
228 Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
229 Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
230 Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
231 Queen – A Night At The Opera
232 The Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
233 The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
234 Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
235 Patsy Cline – The Ultimate Collection
236 Jackie Wilson – Mr. Excitement!
237 The Who – My Generation
238 Howlin' Wolf – Howlin' Wolf
239 Madonna – Like a Prayer
240 Steely Dan – Can't Buy A Thrill
241 The Replacements – Let It Be
242 Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
243 Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
244 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
245 Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
246 The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
247 Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
248 Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
249 R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
250 Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
251 David Bowie – Low
252 Jay-Z – The Blueprint
253 Bruce Springsteen – The River
254 Otis Redding – Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
255 Metallica – Metallica
256 Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
257 Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
258 The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
259 Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
260 Willie Nelson – Stardust
261 Grateful Dead – American Beauty
262 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
263 Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
264 Grateful Dead – Workingman's Dead
265 Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles
266 Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man
267 The Who – Quadrophenia
268 Paul Simon – Paul Simon
269 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
270 The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
271 The Beach Boys – Today!
272 Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
273 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – Going to a Go-Go
274 Labelle – Nightbirds
275 Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
276 Parliament – Mothership Connection
277 Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
278 Various Artists – Anthology of American Folk Music
279 David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
280 U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind
281 Mary J. Blige – My Life
282 Muddy Waters – Folk Singer
283 Barry White – Can't Get Enough
284 The Cars – The Cars
285 Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind
286 Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You
287 X – Los Angeles
288 Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun
289 The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
290 Al Green – Call Me
291 Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
292 Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes
293 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
294 MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
295 Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
296 The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
297 The Mothers of Invention – We're Only In It For The Money
298 Kanye West – The College Dropout
299 Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album)
300 Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
301 Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
302 Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
303 Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
304 Jeff Buckley – Grace
305 Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
306 Beck – Odelay
307 The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
308 Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin' Lovers
309 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys
310 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
311 Various Artists – The Sun Records Collection
312 Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking
313 Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
314 Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
315 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes
316 The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
317 Pixies – Surfer Rosa
318 The O'Jays – Back Stabbers
319 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin'
320 Radiohead – Amnesiac
321 Nick Drake – Pink Moon
322 Randy Newman – Sail Away
323 The Police – Ghost In The Machine
324 David Bowie – Station to Station
325 Eric Clapton – Slowhand
326 The Cure – Disintegration
327 Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
328 Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
329 James Brown – In the Jungle Groove
330 Neil Young – Tonight's the Night
331 The Beatles – Help!
332 Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
333 X – Wild Gift
334 Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
335 Soundgarden – Superunknown
336 Radiohead – In Rainbows
337 Jethro Tull – Aqualung
338 Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
339 Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
340 Black Flag – Damaged
341 Moby – Play
342 Depeche Mode – Violator
343 Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
344 Lou Reed – Berlin
345 Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
346 De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
347 Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
348 Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
349 Jay-Z – The Black Album
350 The Yardbirds – Roger the Engineer
351 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
352 Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
353 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
354 Billy Joel – 52nd Street
355 The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds
356 Randy Newman – 12 Songs
357 The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
358 Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
359 Elton John – Honky Chateau
360 Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
361 Outkast – Stankonia
362 The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
363 Order – Substance
364 The Doors – L.A. Woman
365 Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
366 Johnny Cash – American Recordings
367 Madonna – Ray of Light
368 Eagles – Eagles
369 The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
370 Mott the Hoople – Mott
371 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
372 The Police – Reggatta De Blanc
373 Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
374 Roxy Music – Siren
375 Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
376 Björk – Post
377 John Lee Hooker – The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)
378 Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
379 TLC – Crazysexycool
380 Toots and The Maytals – Funky Kingston
381 The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
382 Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
383 Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
384 The Who – A Quick One
385 Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
386 Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
387 Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
388 Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
389 Don Henley – The End of the Innocence
390 The White Stripes – Elephant
391 Jackson Browne – The Pretender
392 The Beatles – Let It Be
393 M.I.A. – Kala
394 Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
395 LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
396 Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
397 Massive Attack – Blue Lines
398 ZZ Top – Eliminator
399 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
400 The Temptations – Anthology
401 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
402 Nas – Illmatic
403 Lynyrd Skynyrd – (pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
404 Dr. John – Dr. John's Gumbo
405 Big Star – Radio City
406 PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
407 The Clash – Sandinista!
408 Sinead O' Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
409 The Doors – Strange Days
410 Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
411 Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
412 Wire – Pink Flag
413 Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
414 The Go-Go's – Beauty and the Beat
415 Van Halen – Van Halen
416 Tom Waits – Mule Variations
417 U2 – Boy
418 Wings – Band on the Run
419 Portishead – Dummy
420 Buddy Holly & The Crickets – The "Chirping" Crickets
421 Various Artists – The Best of the Girl Groups
422 The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
423 Diana Ross and The Supremes – Anthology
424 Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
425 Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
426 Cheap Trick – At Budokan
427 Peter Wolf – Sleepless
428 The Police – Outlandos D'Amour
429 Brian Eno – Another Green World
430 Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
431 PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
432 Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
433 George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
434 Big Star – #1 Record
435 Nirvana – In Utero
436 Beck – Sea Change
437 Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter III
438 The Cure – Boys Don't Cry
439 Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
440 The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
441 Suicide – Suicide
442 Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
443 Cheap Trick – In Color
444 War – The World Is A Ghetto
445 Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
446 MC5 – Back in the USA
447 Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
448 The Police – Synchronicity
449 Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
450 Jackson Browne – For Everyman
451 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
452 John Prine – John Prine
453 EPMD – Strictly Business
454 Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
455 Los Lobos – How Will the Wolf Survive?
456 Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
457 My Morning Jacket – Z
458 Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
459 The Drifters – The Drifters' Golden Hits
460 Hole – Live Through This
461 Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
462 R.E.M. – Document
463 Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
464 Def Leppard – Hysteria
465 The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
466 Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
467 Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
468 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
469 Fugees – The Score
470 LL Cool J – Radio
471 Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
472 George Michael – Faith
473 The Smiths – The Smiths
474 Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza
475 Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Armed Forces
476 The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
477 Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994
478 Loretta Lynn – All Time Greatest Hits
479 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
480 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
481 D'Angelo – Voodoo
482 Steve Earle – Guitar Town
483 Gang of Four – Entertainment!
484 Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes
485 Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
486 Earth, Wind & Fire – That's The Way Of The World
487 Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual
488 Husker Du – New Day Rising
489 Kiss – Destroyer
490 ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
491 Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
492 Eurythmics – Touch
493 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
494 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
495 Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
496 Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
497 The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
498 The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
499 B.B. King – Live In Cook County Jail
500 OutKast – Aquemini