The following is an aggregate list sourced from over 1450 "Greatest Albums of All Time" lists curated by AcclaimedMusic. The full list can be found here. (updated as of 7/8/25) This is here for purely archival purposes.
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
The Beatles – A Day in the Life (1967)
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (1966)
Aretha Franklin – Respect (1967)
Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (1971)
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows (1966)
Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (1958)
The Ronettes – Be My Baby (1963)
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (1982)
The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
David Bowie – "Heroes" (1977)
Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit (1939)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975)
Little Richard – Tutti Frutti (1955)
The Clash – London Calling (1979)
Prince – When Doves Cry (1984)
John Lennon – Imagine (1971)
Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (1968)
OutKast – Hey Ya! (2003)
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)
The Who – My Generation (1965)
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (1969)
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Stevie Wonder – Superstition (1972)
M.I.A. – Paper Planes (2007)
Donna Summer – I Feel Love (1977)
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Message (1982)
Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven (1971)
Ray Charles – What'd I Say (1959)
Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
Pulp – Common People (1995)
Robyn – Dancing on My Own (2010)
Beyoncé – Crazy in Love (2003)
New Order – Blue Monday (1983)
Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army (2003)
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime (1980)
Madonna – Like a Prayer (1989)
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset (1967)
Kendrick Lamar – Alright (2015)
ABBA – Dancing Queen (1976)
Bill Haley and His Comets – (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (1954)
David Bowie – Life on Mars? (1971)
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986)
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
The Kinks – You Really Got Me (1964)
Public Enemy – Fight the Power (1989)
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (1991)
The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (1969)
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (1967)
Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower (1968)
Ben E. King – Stand by Me (1961)
Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen (1977)
Prince – Purple Rain (1984)
David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969)
Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On (2001)
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (1956)
The Beatles – Hey Jude (1968)
Radiohead – Paranoid Android (1997)
The Doors – Light My Fire (1967)
The Kingsmen – Louie Louie (1963)
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love (1969)
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004)
The Mamas and the Papas – California Dreamin' (1965)
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy (2006)
The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black (1966)
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (1991)
Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U (1990)
Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (1978)
Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (1972)
Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue (1975)
Blondie – Heart of Glass (1978)
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends (2007)
The Band – The Weight (1968)
Jay-Z – 99 Problems (2003)
Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O' Mine (1987)
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (1984)
The Beatles – Yesterday (1965)
Al Green – Let's Stay Together (1971)
Kanye West – Runaway (2010)
Oasis – Wonderwall (1995)
Madonna – Into the Groove (1985)
Hank Williams – I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949)
The Temptations – My Girl (1964)
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (1985)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That'll Be the Day (1957)
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (1997)
James Brown – Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1965)
Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
Martha and The Vandellas – Dancing in the Street (1964)
Beastie Boys – Sabotage (1994)
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence (1965)
Lana Del Rey – Video Games (2011)
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