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The Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

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TOP 500 GREATEST ALBUMS

500 King Kong - Funny Farm
499 Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
498 Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, Jones Ltd
497 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
496 Pearl Jam - Yield
495 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
494 Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
493 ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
492 Squeeze - Singles 45's and Under
491 Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
490 Queen / Sheer Heart Attack
489 Phish - Billy Breathes
488 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
487 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
486 Todd Rundgren - A Wizard A True Star
485 Madonna - Like A Prayer
484 Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
483 Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
482 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
481 The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
480 Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
479 Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
478 Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon
477 Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
476 Dolly Parton - Jolene
475 Aerosmith - Pump
474 Solange - A Seat At The Table
473 10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged
472 Tool - Lateralus
471 Van Morrison - Too Late To Stop Now
470 Florence and the Machine - Lungs
469 Ween - The Mollusk
468 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
467 Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
466 Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
465 Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
464 Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
463 Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
462 XTC - Skylarking
461 Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
460 Tom Waits - Small Change
459 Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
458 Supertramp - Breakfast in America
457 The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
456 Weezer - Pinkerton
455 Jonatha Brooke & The Story - Plumb
454 Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
453 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
452 Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston
451 The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
450 Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
449 Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
448 The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart
447 Sonic Youth - Evol
446 The Black Keys - El Camino
445 Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
444 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
443 Van Halen - 5150
442 Soundgarden - Superunknown
441 Leon Russell - Leon Russell
440 Rockpile - Seconds of pleasure
439 U2 - Rattle and Hum
438 Tim Krekel - Happy Town
437 Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
436 The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
435 Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
434 The Beatles - Let it Be
433 Slint - Spiderland
432 Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
431 Replacements - Let It Be
430 The B52's - The B52's
429 Father John Misty - Fear Fun
428 Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
427 David Bowie - Station to Station
426 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
425 Daft Punk - Discovery
424 Police - Reggatta de Blanc
423 Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration
422 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
421 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
420 Depeche Mode - Violator
419 Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
418 Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
417 Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
416 Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
415 Pavement - Wowee Zowee
414 Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
413 The Cars - Heartbreak City
412 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Lyre of Orpheus/Abatoir Blues
411 Citizen Cope - the Clarence Greenwood Recordings
410 Neil Young - On the Beach
409 Dire Straits - Dire Straits
408 Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert at Central Park
407 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
406 Beck - Morning Phase
405 Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
404 Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
403 The Clash - Sandinista
402 Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
401 R.E.M. - Document
400 Talking Heads - 77
399 Queen - News of The World
398 ELO - A New World Record
397 Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis
396 Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
395 Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper
394 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
393 Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
392 The Beastie Boys - License To Ill
391 Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
390 Pink Floyd - Meddle
389 Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia
388 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
387 Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavendar Moon
386 Nirvana - In Utero
385 Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
384 Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
383 Lord Huron - Strange Trails
382 Chris Stapleton - Traveller
381 Annie Lennox - Diva
380 Tom Waits - Mule Variations
379 John Denver - Poems, Prayers and Promises
378 Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
377 Dave Brubeck - Take Five
376 PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
375 Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on YOU
374 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
373 Leonard Cohen - Live in London
372 Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
371 Over the Rhine - Good Dog, Bad Dog
370 Metallica - And Justice for All
369 Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
368 Joan Shelley - Like the River Loves the Sea
367 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
366 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
365 Bad Brains - Bad Brains
364 Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound
363 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
362 Marty Robbins Greatest Hits Marty Robbins
361 Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
360 Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
359 Beck - Guero
358 Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City
357 The Cure - The Head On the Door
356 Alan Parsons - I Robot
355 John Lennon - Imagine
354 Santana - Supernatural
353 Kathleen Edwards - Failer
352 Harry Styles - Harry Styles
351 The Black Keys - Brothers
350 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
349 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
348 The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
347 David Bowie - Let's Dance
346 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
345 Eric Clapton - Slowhand
344 Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
343 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
342 Fun. - Aim and Ignite
341 Twenty One Pilots - Blurry Face
340 Garbage - Garbage
339 The Beatles - Help
338 INXS - Kick
337 The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street
336 Gorillaz - Demon Days
335 The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
334 Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
333 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
332 The Postal Service - Give Up
331 R.E.M. - Out of Time
330 They Might Be Giants - Flood
329 Tyler Childers - Purgatory
328 Yes - Yes Songs
327 Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
326 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
325 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - CALIFORNICATION
324 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
323 Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
322 Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
321 Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
320 Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire
319 De La Soul - 3. Feet High and Rising
318 Green Day - American Idiot
317 Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
316 Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
315 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
314 Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
313 Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
312 Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
311 Smashing Pumpkins - Melancholy & the Infinite Sadness
310 Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
309 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
308 Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
307 LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
306 Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil - Tropicalia 2
305 ELO - Out of the Blue
304 AC/DC - Highway to Hell
303 Queen - A Day at the Races
302 Dixie Chicks - Fly
301 Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
300 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
299 Fiona Apple - Tidal
298 David Gray - White Ladder
297 Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
296 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
295 Leon Russell - Carney
294 R.E.M. - Monster
293 The National - Boxer
292 Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek
291 The White Stripes - Icky Thump
290 Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
289 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
288 Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
287 Tim Krekel - L&N
286 Neil Young - Zuma
285 Ryan Adams - Gold
284 Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
283 Eric Clapton - Unplugged
282 ELO - Time
281 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
280 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
279 Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming
278 Madonna - Ray of Light
277 Roxy Music - Avalon
276 Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
275 Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
274 My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
273 Massive Attack - Mezzanine
272 Ray LaMontagne - God Willin & the Creek Don't Rise
271 Al Green - Let's Stay Together
270 Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
269 Madonna - Like a Virgin
268 CCR - Cosmos Factory
267 Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
266 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
265 Tom Waits - Raindogs
264 Cream - Wheels of Fire
263 AC/DC - High Voltage
262 Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
261 Van Halen - Van Halen
260 The Who - Live at Leeds
259 Thievery Corporation - Saudades
258 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
257 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
256 Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home
255 Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
254 Bjork - Homogenic
253 George Harrison - Cloud 9
252 Wu Tang - Enter the Wu Tang
251 X - More Fun in the New World
250 Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
249 The Replacements - Tim
248 Metallica - Black
247 Beck - Mellow Gold
246 Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
245 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterly
244 The Police - Ghost in the Machine
243 U2 - Boy
242 Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
241 The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
240 Adele - 21
239 Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
238 Eurythmics - Touch
237 Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
236 The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
235 Blind Faith - Blind Faith
234 A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
233 The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
232 Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
231 The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
230 Pearl Jam - Vs
229 The Band - Music From Big Pink
228 Talking Heads - Remain in Light
227 T. Rex - Electric Warrior
226 Sting - Nothing Like The Sun
225 Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
224 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
223 The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
222 Rush - 2112
221 Roberta Flack - First Take
220 Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
219 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
218 The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
217 Lou Reed - Transformer
216 Joni Mitchell - Hejira
215 Prince - around the world in a day
214 John Mellencamp - Scarecrow
213 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
212 Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
211 Ramones - Rocket To Russia
210 Radiohead - In Rainbows
209 Lorde - Pure Heroine
208 David Bowie - Young Americans
207 R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi Fi
206 Queen - The Game
205 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
204 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
203 NWA - Straight Outta Compton
202 Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
201 Nick Drake - Pink moon
200 Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
199 Duran Duran - Rio
198 Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
197 Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
196 Live - Throwing Copper
195 Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle
194 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
193 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
192 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
191 Heart - dreamboat Annie
190 Green Day - Dookie
189 Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
188 Fugazi - 13 Songs
187 Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
186 Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
185 Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
184 David Bowie - Black Star
183 Bruce Springsteen - The River
182 Sigur Ros - ()
181 BoDeans - Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams
180 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
179 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
178 Yes - Fragile
177 The Fugees - The Score
176 Weezer - Blue Album
175 U2 - War
174 Tom Petty - Into The Great Wide Open
173 Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
172 Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
171 The Velvet Underground - Loaded
170 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
169 The Pretenders - The Pretenders
168 The Doors - LA Woman
167 War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
166 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
165 The Clash - Combat Rock
164 Sonic Youth - Sister
163 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
162 Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
161 Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley
160 Ramones - Ramones
159 Prince - Sign O' The Times
158 Bon Iver - 22, A Million
157 Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
156 Bob Marley - Kaya
155 Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts
154 Neil Young - After the Goldrush
153 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You
152 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
151 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
150 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
149 Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
148 Patti Smith - Horses
147 Led Zeppelin - III
146 Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
145 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
144 Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
143 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
142 XTC - Drums and Wires
141 Janis Joplin - Pearl
140 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
139 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
138 Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs
137 The Slits - Cut
136 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street
135 Cream - Disraeli Gears
134 Beck - Odelay
133 Chicago - Chicago
132 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
131 Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
130 Brandi Carlile - The Story
129 Bob Marley - Legend
128 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
127 Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
126 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
125 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
124 Yes - Close to the Edge
123 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
122 R.E.M. - Reckoning
121 The Who - Quadrophenia
120 The Killers - Hot Fuss
119 The Doors - The Doors
118 The Cure - Disintegration
117 The Band - The Band
116 The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
115 D'Angelo - Voodoo
114 Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
113 Rush - Moving Pictures
112 Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
111 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
110 Queen - A Night at the Opera
109 Paul McCartney - Band on the Run
108 Outkast - Aquemini
107 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
106 Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
105 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
104 Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
103 Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
102 Elton John - Madman Across the Water
101 Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Crosby, Stills, and Nash
100 Counting Crows - August and Everything After
99 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
98 Bob Marley - Exodus
97 Billy Joel - The Stranger
96 Beyonce - Lemonade
95 Arcade Fire - Funeral
94 AC/DC - Back In Black
93 The White Stripes - Elephant
92 The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
91 The Who - Tommy
90 Son Volt - Trace
89 Radiohead - Kid A
88 R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
87 Prince - 1999
86 Peter Gabriel - So
85 My Morning Jacket - Circuital
84 Television - Marquee Moon
83 John Prine - John Prine
82 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
81 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
80 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
79 The Cars - The Cars
78 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
77 Radiohead - The Bends
76 Pixies - Doolittle
75 Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
74 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
73 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
72 Jeff Buckley - Grace
71 U2 - Achtung Baby
70 The Police - Synchronicity
69 The Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
68 Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
67 Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
66 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
65 David Bowie - Hunky Dory
64 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
63 Santana - Abraxas
62 My Morning Jacket - Z
61 Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
60 The Clash - The Clash
59 Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
58 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
57 The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
56 R.E.M. - Murmur
55 Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
54 The Band - The Last Waltz
53 Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
52 Pink Floyd - Animals
51 My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
50 Led Zeppelin - II
49 Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Assorted Love Songs
48 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
47 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
46 The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
45 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
44 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
43 Fugazi - Repeater
42 Tom Petty - Wildflowers
41 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
40 Led Zeppelin - I
39 Joni Mitchell - Blue
38 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
37 Crosby, Still, Nash and Young - Deja vu
36 Van Morrison - Moondance
35 The Eagles - Hotel California
34 Steely Dan - Aja
33 The Who - Who's Next
32 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
31 Neil Young - Harvest
30 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
29 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
28 Pearl Jam - Ten
27 Pink Floyd - The Wall
26 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
25 The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
24 The Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East
23 Jason Isbell - Southeastern
22 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
21 Paul Simon - Graceland
20 The Clash - London Calling
19 Michael Jackson - Thriller
18 Radiohead - OK Computer
17 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
16 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
15 Carole King - Tapestry
14 The Beatles - Rubber Soul
13 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
12 Nirvana - Nevermind
11 Led Zeppelin - IV
10 The Beatles - Revolver
09 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
08 Prince - Purple Rain
07 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
06 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
05 U2 - The Joshua Tree
04 Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
03 The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
02 The Beatles - Abbey Road
01 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

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