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Rank Title Artist 1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 2 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys 3 Revolver The Beatles 4 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 5 Rubber Soul The Beatles 6 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 7 Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones 8 London Calling The Clash 9 Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan 10 The Beatles ("The White Album") The Beatles 11 The Sun Sessions Elvis Presley 12 Kind of Blue Miles Davis 13 Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground 14 Abbey Road The Beatles 15 Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience 16 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan 17 Nevermind Nirvana 18 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 19 Astral Weeks Van Morrison 20 Thriller Michael Jackson 21 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry 22 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon 23 Innervisions Stevie Wonder 24 Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown 25 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 26 The Joshua Tree U2 27 Robert Johnson 28 Who's Next The Who 29 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 30 Blue Joni Mitchell 31 Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan 32 Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones 33 Ramones Ramones 34 Music From Big Pink The Band 35 David Bowie 36 Tapestry Carole King 37 Hotel California The Eagles 38 The Anthology - 1947 - 1972 Muddy Waters 39 Please Please Me The Beatles 40 Forever Changes Love 41 The Sex Pistols 42 The Doors The Doors 43 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 44 Horses Patti Smith 45 The Band The Band 46 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 47 A Love Supreme John Coltrane 48 Public Enemy King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold

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Title Artist1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles2 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys3 Revolver The Beatles4 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan5 Rubber Soul The Beatles6 What's Going On Marvin Gaye7 Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones8 London Calling The Clash9 Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan10 The Beatles ("The White Album") The Beatles11 The Sun Sessions Elvis Presley12 Kind of Blue Miles Davis13 Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground14 Abbey Road The Beatles15 Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience16 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan17 Nevermind Nirvana18 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen19 Astral Weeks Van Morrison20 Thriller Michael Jackson21 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry22 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon23 Innervisions Stevie Wonder24 Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown25 Rumours Fleetwood Mac26 The Joshua Tree U227 King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. 1 Robert Johnson28 Who's Next The Who29 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin30 Blue Joni Mitchell31 Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan32 Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones33 Ramones Ramones34 Music From Big Pink The Band35 David Bowie

36 Tapestry Carole King37 Hotel California The Eagles38 The Anthology - 1947 - 1972 Muddy Waters39 Please Please Me The Beatles40 Forever Changes Love41 The Sex Pistols

42 The Doors The Doors43 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd44 Horses Patti Smith45 The Band The Band46 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers47 A Love Supreme John Coltrane48 Public Enemy

Ran

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us

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49 At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band50 Here's Little Richard Little Richard51 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel52 Greatest Hits Al Green53 Ray Charles

54 Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience55 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley56 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder57 Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones58 Trout Mask Replica

59 Meet the Beatles The Beatles60 Greatest Hits Sly and the Family Stone61 Appetite for Destruction Guns n' Roses62 Achtung Baby U263 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones64 Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) Phil Spector65 Moondance Van Morrison66 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin67 The Stranger Billy Joel68 Off the Wall Michael Jackson69 Superfly Curtis Mayfield70 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin71 After the Gold Rush Neil Young72 Purple Rain Prince73 Back in Black AC/DC74 Otis Blue Otis Redding75 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin76 Imagine John Lennon77 The Clash The Clash78 Harvest Neil Young79 Star Time James Brown80 Odyssey and Oracle The Zombies81 Graceland Paul Simon82 Axis: Bold as Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience83 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin84 Lady Soul Aretha Franklin85 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen86 Let It Be The Beatles87 The Wall Pink Floyd88 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash89 Dusty in Memphis Dusty Springfield90 Talking Book Stevie Wonder91 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John92 20 Golden Greats Buddy Holly93 Sign 'o' the Times Prince94 Bitches Brew Miles Davis95 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival96 Tommy The Who97 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan

The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings - 1952 - 1959

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

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98 This Year's Model Elvis Costello99 There's a Riot Goin' On Sly and the Family Stone100 In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra101 Fresh Cream Cream102 Giant Steps John Coltrane103 Sweet Baby James James Taylor104 Ray Charles105 Rocket to Russia Ramones106 Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 Sam Cooke107 Hunky Dory David Bowie108 Aftermath The Rolling Stones109 Loaded The Velvet Underground110 The Bends Radiohead111 Court and Spark Joni Mitchell112 Disraeli Gears Cream113 The Who Sell Out The Who114 Out of Our Heads The Rolling Stones115 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Derek and the Dominos116 At Last Etta James117 Sweetheart of the Rodeo The Byrds118 Stand! Sly and the Family Stone119 Various Artists120 Raising Hell Run-DMC121 Moby Grape Moby Grape122 Pearl Janis Joplin123 Catch a Fire Bob Marley and the Wailers124 Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds125 Raw Power The Stooges126 Remain in Light Talking Heads127 If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears The Mamas and the Papas128 Marquee Moon Television129 40 Greatest Hits Hank Williams130 Paranoid Black Sabbath131 Saturday Night Fever Various Artists132 Bruce Springsteen133 Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G.134 Slanted and Enchanted Pavement135 Greatest Hits Elton John136 Tim The Replacements137 The Chronic Dr. Dre138 Rejuvenation The Meters139 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2140 Parallel Lines Blondie141 Live at the Regal B.B. King142 A Christmas Gift for You Phil Spector143 Gris-Gris Dr. John144 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A145 Aja Steely Dan146 Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane147 Otis Redding

Modern Sounds in Country and Western

The Harder They Come Original

The Wild the Innocent and the E Street

Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology

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148 Deja Vu Crosby Stills Nash and Young149 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin150 Santana Santana151 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen152 The B-52's The B-52's153 Moanin' in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf154 The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest155 Pretenders The Pretenders156 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys157 Closer Joy Division158 Elton John159 Alive Kiss160 Electric Warrior T. Rex161 The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding162 OK Computer Radiohead163 1999 Prince164 Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt165 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye166 Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello167 Master of Puppets Metallica168 My Aim Is True Elvis Costello169 Exodus Bob Marley170 Live at Leeds The Who171 The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds172 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart173 Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren174 Desire Bob Dylan175 Close to You The Carpenters176 Rocks Aerosmith177 One Nation Under a Groove Parliament/Funkadelic178 Greatest Hits The Byrds179 The Anthology 1961 - 1977180 The Definitive Collection Abba181 The Rolling Stones Now! The Rolling Stones182 Natty Dread Bob Marley and the Wailers183 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac184 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson185 The Stooges The Stooges186 Fresh Sly and the Family Stone187 So Peter Gabriel188 Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield189 Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service190 From Elvis in Memphis Elvis Presley191 Funhouse The Stooges192 The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers193 Dookie Green Day194 Transformer Lou Reed195 Bluesbreakers John Mayall With Eric Clapton196 Various Artists

197 Murmur R.E.M.

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt

Curtis Mayfield and the

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 - 1968

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198 The Best of Little Walter199 Highway to Hell AC/DC200 The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails201 Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme Simon and Garfunkel202 Bad Michael Jackson203 Wheels of Fire Cream204 Dirty Mind Prince205 Abraxas Santana206 Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens207 Ten Pearl Jam208 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young With Crazy Horse209 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd210 Crooked Rain Pavement211 Tattoo You The Rolling Stones212 Ike and Tina Turner213 New York Dolls New York Dolls214 Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley Bo Diddley215 Two Steps From the Blues Bobby Bland216 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths217 Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys218 Look-Ka Py Py The Meters219 Loveless My Bloody Valentine220 New Orleans Piano Professor Longhair221 War U2222 The Neil Diamond Collection Neil Diamond223 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf224 Nebraska Bruce Springsteen225 The Complete Hank Williams Hank Williams226 Doolittle Pixies227 Paid in Full Eric B. and Rakim228 Toys in the Attic Aerosmith229 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt230 A Night at the Opera Queen231 The Kink Kronikles The Kinks232 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds233 Bookends Simon and Garfunkel234 The Ultimate Collection Patsy Cline235 Mr. Excitement! Jackie Wilson236 The Who Sings My Generation The Who237 Like a Prayer Madonna238 Can't Buy a Thrill Steely Dan239 Let It Be The Replacements240 Run-DMC Run-DMC241 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath242 Jerry Lee Lewis

243 Freak Out! The Mothers of Invention244 Live Dead Grateful Dead245 Bryter Layter Nick Drake246 The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman247 Automatic for the People R.E.M.

Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina

The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler!

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248 Reasonable Doubt Jay-Z249 Low David Bowie250 The River Bruce Springsteen251 The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Otis Redding252 Metallica Metallica253 Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk254 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston255 The Kinks

256 The Velvet Rope Janet Jackson257 Stardust Willie Nelson258 American Beauty Grateful Dead259 Crosby Stills and Nash Crosby Stills and Nash260 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club261 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman262 Workingman's Dead Grateful Dead263 The Genius of Ray Charles Ray Charles264 Child Is Father to the Man Blood, Sweat and Tears265 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival266 Quadrophenia The Who267 There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon268 Psycho Candy The Jesus and Mary Chain269 Some Girls The Rolling Stones270 The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys271 Going to a Go-Go272 Nightbirds Labelle273 The Slim Shady LP Eminem274 Mothership Connection Parliament275 Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson276 Anthology of American Folk Music Harry Smith, Editor277 Aladdin Sane David Bowie278 The Immaculate Collection Madonna279 My Life Mary J. Blige280 Folk Singer Muddy Waters281 Can't Get Enough Barry White282 The Cars The Cars283 Five Leaves Left Nick Drake284 Music of My Mind Stevie Wonder285 I'm Still in Love With You Al Green286 Los Angeles X287 Anthem of the Sun Grateful Dead288 Something Else by the Kinks The Kinks289 Call Me Al Green290 Talking Heads: 77 Talking Heads291 The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan and the Band292 White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground293 Greatest Hits Simon and Garfunkel294 Kick Out the Jams MC5295 Meat Is Murder The Smiths296 We're Only In It For the Money The Mothers of Invention297 Weezer (Blue Album) Weezer

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

Smokey Robinson and the

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298 Master of Reality Black Sabbath299 Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton300 Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy301 John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan302 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem303 Grace Jeff Buckley304 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams305 Odelay Beck306 Songs for Swingin' Lovers Frank Sinatra307 Avalon Roxy Music308 The Sun Records Collection Various Artists309 Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction310 BloodSugarSexMagik Red Hot Chili Peppers311 Unplugged in New York Nirvana312 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill313 Damn the Torpedoes Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers314 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground315 Surfer Rosa Pixies316 Rock Steady No Doubt317 The Eminem Show Eminem318 Back Stabbers The O'Jays319 Burnin' Bob Marley and the Wailers320 Pink Moon Nick Drake321 Sail Away Randy Newman322 Ghost in the Machine The Police323 Station to Station David Bowie324 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt325 Slowhand Eric Clapton326 Disintegration The Cure327 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette328 Exile in Guyville Liz Phair329 Daydream Nation Sonic Youth330 In the Jungle Groove James Brown331 Tonight's the Night Neil Young332 Help! The Beatles333 Shoot Out the Lights Richard and Linda Thompson334 Wild Gift X335 Squeezing Out Sparks Graham Parker336 Superunknown Soundgarden337 Aqualung Jethro Tull338 Cheap Thrills

339 The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits340 Damaged Black Flag341 Play Moby342 Violator Depeche Mode343 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf344 Berlin Lou Reed345 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads346 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul347 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd

Big Brother and the Holding Company

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348 At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters349 The Yardbirds

350 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young and Crazy Horse351 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits352 52nd Street Billy Joel353 Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds The Yardbirds354 12 Songs Randy Newman355 Between the Buttons The Rolling Stones356 Sketches of Spain Miles Davis357 Honky Chateau Elton John358 Singles Going Steady Buzzcocks359 Stankonia Outkast360 Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins361 Substance New Order362 L.A. Woman The Doors363 Ray of Light Madonna364 American Recordings Johnny Cash365 Louder Than Bombs The Smiths366 Mott Mott the Hoople367 Is This It The Strokes368 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine369 Reggatta de Blanc The Police370 Volunteers Jefferson Airplane371 Siren Roxy Music372 Late for the Sky Jackson Browne373 Post Bjork374 The Eagles The Eagles375 The Ultimate Collection (1948 - 1990) John Lee Hooker376 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis377 CrazySexyCool TLC378 Funky Kingston Toots and the Maytals379 Greetings from Asbury Park Bruce Springsteen380 Sunflower The Beach Boys381 Modern Lovers Modern Lovers382 More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads383 A Quick One (Happy Jack) The Who384 Pyromania Def Leppard385 Pretzel Logic Steely Dan386 Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers Wu-Tang Clan387 Country Life Roxy Music388 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles389 The End of the Innocence Don Henley390 Elephant The White Stripes391 The Pretender Jackson Browne392 Willy and the Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival393 Good Old Boys Randy Newman394 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music395 Blue Lines Massive Attack396 Eliminator ZZ Top397 Rain Dogs Tom Waits

Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)

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398 Anthology The Temptations399 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers400 Illmatic Nas401 (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) Lynyrd Skynyrd402 Dr. John's Gumbo Dr. John403 Radio City Big Star404 Sandinista! The Clash405 Rid of Me PJ Harvey406 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinead O' Connor407 Strange Days The Doors408 Time Out of Mind Bob Dylan409 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton410 Pink Flag Wire411 Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen412 Mezzanine Massive Attack413 Beauty and the Beat Go-Go's414 Greatest Hits James Brown415 Van Halen Van Halen416 Mule Variations Tom Waits417 Boy U2418 Band on the Run Wings419 Dummy Portishead420 With the Beatles The Beatles421 The "Chirping" Crickets Buddy Holly and the Crickets422 Various Artists423 Greatest Hits The Mamas and the Papas424 King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. 2 Robert Johnson425 Changesone David Bowie426 The Battle of Los Angeles Rage Against the Machine427 The Ronettes

428 Kid A Radiohead429 Grievous Angel Gram Parsons430 At Budokan Cheap Trick431 Anthology Diana Ross and the Supremes432 Sleepless Peter Wolf433 Another Green World Brian Eno434 Outlandos D'Amour The Police435 To Bring You My Love PJ Harvey436 Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno437 All Things Must Pass George Harrison438 #1 Record Big Star439 In Utero Nirvana440 Sea Change Beck441 Tragic Kingdom No Doubt442 Boys Don't Cry The Cure443 Live at the Harlem Square Club - 1963 Sam Cooke444 Criminal Minded Boogie Down Productions445 Rum Sodomy and the Lash The Pogues446 Suicide Suicide447 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo

The Best of the Girl Groups - Volumes 1

Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

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448 In Color Cheap Trick449 The World Is a Ghetto War450 Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band451 Back in the USA MC5452 Music Madonna453 Ritual de lo Habitual Jane's Addiction454 Jobim

455 Synchronicity The Police456 Third/Sister Lovers Big Star457 For Everyman Jackson Browne458 John Prine John Prine459 Strictly Business EPMD460 Love It to Death Alice Cooper461 How Will the Wolf Survive? Los Lobos462 Here My Dear Marvin Gaye463 Tumbleweed Connection Elton John464 The Blueprint Jay-Z465 Golden Hits The Drifters466 Live Through This Hole467 Love and Theft Bob Dylan468 Elton John Elton John469 Metal Box Public Image Ltd.470 Document R.E.M.471 Heaven Up Here Echo and the Bunnymen472 Hysteria Def Leppard473 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay474 Live in Europe Otis Redding475 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen476 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band477 The Score Fugees478 Radio LL Cool J479 I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Richard and Linda Thompson480 Faith George Michael481 The Smiths The Smiths482 Armed Forces Elvis Costello and the Attractions483 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G.484 Branded Man Merle Haggard485 All Time Greatest Hits Loretta Lynn486 Maggot Brain Funkadelic487 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins488 Voodoo D'Angelo489 Guitar Town Steve Earle490 Entertainment! Gang of Four491 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople492 Vitalogy Pearl Jam493 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind and Fire494 She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper495 New Day Rising Husker Du496 Destroyer Kiss497 Yo! Bum Rush the Show Public Enemy

Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos

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498 Tres Hombres ZZ Top499 Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King500 Touch Eurythmics