The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time

 


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.

  1. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
  2. Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
  3. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
  4. The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
  5. Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
  6. The Clash – London Calling (1979)
  7. Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (1971)
  8. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
  9. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
  10. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde (1966)
  11. The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St. (1972)
  12. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
  13. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  14. The Beatles – The Beatles (1968)
  15. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
  16. Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
  17. The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
  18. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)
  19. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  20. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
  21. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? (1967)
  22. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975)
  23. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
  24. Prince – Sign 'O' the Times (1987)
  25. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
  26. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)
  27. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
  28. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
  29. Prince – Purple Rain (1984)
  30. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
  31. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
  32. Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
  33. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
  34. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
  35. Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
  36. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
  37. Talking Heads – Remain in Light (1980)
  38. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland (1968)
  39. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
  40. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
  41. Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
  42. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
  43. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (1992)
  44. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
  45. Pixies – Doolittle (1989)
  46. Ramones – Ramones (1976)
  47. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969)
  48. James Brown – Live at the Apollo (1963)
  49. Portishead – Dummy (1994)
  50. Massive Attack – Blue Lines (1991)
  51. U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
  52. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
  53. The Doors – The Doors (1967)
  54. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
  55. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)
  56. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
  57. Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
  58. The Who – Who's Next (1971)
  59. The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
  60. Joy Division – Closer (1980)
  61. Love – Forever Changes (1967)
  62. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
  63. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
  64. Neil Young – After the Gold Rush (1970)
  65. Beyoncé – Lemonade (2016)
  66. OutKast – Stankonia (2000)
  67. Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique (1989)
  68. David Bowie – Blackstar (2016)
  69. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
  70. Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
  71. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love (1985)
  72. Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
  73. Sly and the Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
  74. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (1968)
  75. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (2012)
  76. Nas – Illmatic (1994)
  77. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  78. Frank Ocean – Blonde (2016)
  79. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970)
  80. David Bowie – Low (1977)
  81. Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
  82. David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
  83. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
  84. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
  85. U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
  86. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
  87. The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
  88. N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (1988)
  89. Nirvana – In Utero (1993)
  90. Dr. Dre – The Chronic (1992)
  91. Beck – Odelay (1996)
  92. R.E.M. – Murmur (1983)
  93. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing..... (1996)
  94. AC/DC – Back in Black (1980)
  95. Kraftwerk – Trans Europa Express/Trans-Europe Express (1977)
  96. The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
  97. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
  98. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (1969)
  99. Otis Redding – Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
  100. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)

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