The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was assembled by the editors of Rolling Stone, based on the results of two extensive polls. In 2003, Rolling Stone asked a panel of 271 artists, producers, industry executives and journalists to pick the greatest albums of all time. In 2009, we asked a similar group of 100 experts to pick the best albums of the 2000s. From those results, Rolling Stone created this new list of the greatest albums of all time in 2012. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
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The Beatles The Beach Boys The Beatles Bob Dylan The Beatles Marvin Gaye The Rolling Stones The Clash Bob Dylan The Beatles Elvis Presley Miles Davis The Velvet Underground & Nico The Beatles The Jimi Hendrix Experience Bob Dylan Nirvana Bruce Springsteen Van Morrison Michael Jackson Chuck Berry Robert Johnson John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Stevie Wonder James Brown Fleetwood Mac U2 The Who Led Zeppelin Joni Mitchell Bob Dylan Rolling Stones Ramones The Band David Bowie Carole King Eagles Muddy Waters The Beatles Love Sex Pistols The Doors Pink Floyd
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Pet Sounds Revolver Highway 61 Revisited Rubber Soul What's Going On Exile on Main St. London Calling Blonde on Blonde The Beatles The Sun Sessions Kind of Blue The Velvet Underground & Nico Abbey Road Are You Experienced Blood on The Tracks Nevermind Born To Run Astral Weeks Thriller The Great Twenty-Eight The Complete Recordings John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Innervisions James Brown Live at the Apollo Rumours The Joshua Tree Who's Next Led Zeppelin Blue Bringing It All Back Home Let It Bleed Ramones Music From Big Pink The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Tapestry Hotel California The Anthology (1947-1972) Please Please Me Forever Changes Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols The Doors The Dark Side Of The Moon
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Patti Smith The Band Bob Marley & The Wailers John Coltrane Public Enemy The Allman Brothers Band Little Richard Simon and Garfunkel Al Green The Beatles Ray Charles The Jimi Hendrix Experience Elvis Presley Stevie Wonder The Rolling Stones Creedence Clearwater Reviva Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Sly & the Family Stone Guns N' Roses U2 The Rolling Stones Phil Spector Van Morrison Radiohead Michael Jackson Led Zeppelin Billy Joel Paul Simon Curtis Mayfield Led Zeppelin Neil Young James Brown Prince and The Revolution AC/DC Otis Redding Led Zeppelin John Lennon The Clash Neil Young The Jimi Hendrix Experience Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Bruce Springsteen Pink Floyd Johnny Cash Dusty Springfield Stevie Wonder Elton John Buddy Holly & the Crickets Prince Hank Williams Miles Davis The Who
Horses The Band Legend - The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers A Love Supreme It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East Here's Little Richard Bridge Over Troubled Water Greatest Hits Meet The Beatles! The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959
Electric Ladyland Elvis Presley Songs in The Key Of Life Beggars Banquet Chronicle - The 20 Greatest Hits Trout Mask Replica Greatest Hits Appetite For Destruction Achtung Baby Sticky Fingers Back To Mono (1958-1969) Moondance Kid A Off The Wall Led Zeppelin The Stranger Graceland Super Fly Physical Graffiti After the Gold Rush Star Time Purple Rain Back In Black Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul Led Zeppelin II Imagine The Clash Harvest Axis: Bold As Love I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You Lady Soul Born in the U.S.A. The Wall At Folsom Prison Dusty In Memphis Talking Book Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 20 Golden Greats Sign "O" The Times Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits B***es Brew Tommy
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Bob Dylan Elvis Costello Sly & the Family Stone The Zombies Frank Sinatra Cream John Coltrane James Taylor Ray Charles Ramones Sam Cooke David Bowie The Rolling Stones The Velvet Underground Radiohead The Mamas and the Papas Joni Mitchell Cream The Who The Rolling Stones Derek and the Dominos Kanye West Etta James The Byrds Sly & the Family Stone Various Artists RUN DMC Moby Grape Janis Joplin The Wailers The Byrds Iggy and the Stooges Talking Heads Television Black Sabbath Various Artists Bruce Springsteen The Notorious B.I.G Pavement Elton John The Replacements Dr. Dre The Meters Blondie B.B. King Phil Spector Dr. John, the Night Tripper N.W.A Steely Dan Jefferson Airplane Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Led Zeppelin Santana
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan This Year's Model There's a Riot Goin' On Odyssey And Oracle In the Wee Small Hours Fresh Cream Giant Steps Sweet Baby James Modern Sounds in Country And Western Music Rocket to Russia Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Hunky Dory Aftermath Loaded The Bends If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears Court and Spark Disraeli Gears The Who Sell Out Out Of Our Heads Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Late Registration At Last! Sweetheart of the Rodeo Stand! The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording) Raising Hell Moby Grape Pearl Catch a Fire Younger than Yesterday Raw Power Remain In Light Marquee Moon Paranoid
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track) The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Ready to Die Slanted and Enchanted Greatest Hits Tim The Chronic Rejuvenation Parallel Lines Live at the Regal Phil Spector's Christmas Album Gris-Gris Straight Outta Compton Aja Surrealistic Pillow Déjà Vu Houses Of The Holy Santana
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Bruce Springsteen Arcade Fire The B-52's A Tribe Called Quest Howlin' Wolf Pretenders Beastie Boys Joy Division Elton John Kiss T. Rex Otis Redding Radiohead Prince Linda Ronstadt Marvin Gaye Elvis Costello & the Attractions Metallica Elvis Costello Bob Marley & the Wailers The Who The Byrds Rod Stewart Todd Rundgren Bob Dylan Carpenters Aerosmith Funkadelic Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions ABBA The Rolling Stones Bob Marley & the Wailers Fleetwood Mac Willie Nelson Madonna The Stooges Sly & the Family Stone Peter Gabriel Buffalo Springfield Quicksilver Messenger Service Elvis Presley The Stooges The Flying Burrito Bros Green Day Lou Reed John Mayall with Eric Clapton Various Artists
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R.E.M. Little Walter The Strokes AC/DC Nine Inch Nails
Darkness on the Edge of Town Funeral The B-52's The Low End Theory Moanin' in the Moonlight Pretenders Paul's Boutique Closer Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Alive! Electric Warrior The Dock of the Bay OK Computer 1999 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Let's Get It On Imperial Bedroom Master of Puppets My Aim Is True Exodus Live at Leeds The Notorious Byrd Brothers Every Picture Tells A Story Something / Anything? Desire Close to You Rocks One Nation under a Groove The Anthology 1961-1977 The Definitive Collection The Rolling Stones, Now! Natty Dread Fleetwood Mac Red Headed Stranger The Immaculate Collection The Stooges Fresh So Buffalo Springfield Again Happy Trails From Elvis in Memphis Fun House The Gilded Palace of Sin Dookie Transformer Blues Breakers Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 Murmur The Best of Little Walter Is This It Highway to Hell The Downward Spiral
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Simon and Garfunkel Michael Jackson Bob Dylan Cream Prince Santana Cat Stevens Pearl Jam Neil Young & Crazy Horse Pink Floyd Pavement The Rolling Stones Ike & Tina Turner New York Dolls Bo Diddley Bobby Bland The Smiths Beastie Boys The Meters My Bloody Valentine Professor Longhair U2 Neil Diamond Green Day Bruce Springsteen Pixies Eric B. & Rakim Aerosmith Bonnie Raitt Queen The Kinks The Byrds Simon & Garfunkel Patsy Cline Jackie Wilson The Who Howlin' Wolf Madonna Steely Dan The Replacements Run-D.M.C Black Sabbath Eminem Jerry Lee Lewis The Mothers of Invention The Grateful Dead Ornette Coleman R.E.M. Jay-Z David Bowie Jay-Z Bruce Springsteen
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Bad Modern Times Wheels of Fire Dirty Mind Abraxas Tea for the Tillerman Ten Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Wish You Were Here Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Tattoo You Proud Mary: The Best Of Ike And Tina Turner New York Dolls Go Bo Diddley Two Steps from the Blues The Queen is Dead Licensed to Ill Look-Ka Py Py Loveless New Orleans Piano War The Neil Diamond Collection American Idiot Nebraska Doolittle Paid in Full Toys in the Attic Nick of Time A Night at the Opera The Kink Kronikles Mr. Tambourine Man Bookends The Ultimate Collection The Classic Jackie Wilson My Generation Howlin' Wolf Like a Prayer Can't Buy a Thrill Let It Be Run-D.M.C. Black Sabbath The Marshall Mathers LP The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology-All Killer No Filler!
Freak Out! Live/Dead The Shape of Jazz to Come Automatic for the People Reasonable Doubt Low The Blueprint The River
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Otis Redding
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Metallica Kraftwerk Whitney Houston The Kinks Janet (Jackson) Willie Nelson The Grateful Dead Crosby, Stills & Nash Tracy Chapman The Grateful Dead Ray Charles Blood, Sweat and Tears The Who Paul Simon The Jesus and Mary Chain The Rolling Stones The Beach Boys Sleater-Kinney Smokey Robinson and the Miracles LaBelle Eminem Parliament Janet Jackson Various Artists David Bowie U2 Mary J. Blige Muddy Waters Barry White The Cars Stevie Wonder Al Green X (5) The Grateful Dead The Kinks Al Green Talking Heads Bob Dylan & the Band The Velvet Underground MC5 Leonard Cohen The Smiths The Mothers of Invention Kanye West Weezer Black Sabbath Dolly Parton Public Enemy Bob Dylan Jeff Buckley Lucinda Williams
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The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul- Complete & Unbelievable Metallica Trans Europa Express Whitney Houston The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Velvet Rope Stardust American Beauty Crosby, Stills & Nash Tracy Chapman Workingman's Dead The Genius of Ray Charles Child Is Father to the Man Quadrophenia Paul Simon Psychocandy Some Girls The Beach Boys Today! Dig Me Out Going To A Go-Go Nightbirds The Slim Shady LP Mothership Connection Rhythm Nation 1814 Anthology of American Folk Music Aladdin Sane All That You Can't Leave Behind My Life Folk Singer Can't Get Enough The Cars Music of My Mind I'm Still in Love with You Los Angeles Anthem of the Sun Something Else by The Kinks Call Me Talking Heads: 77 The Basement Tapes White Light/White Heat Kick Out the Jams Songs of Love and Hate Meat is Murder We're Only in it for the Money The College Dropout Weezer Master of Reality Coat of Many Colors Fear of a Black Planet John Wesley Harding Grace Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
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Beck The Beatles Frank Sinatra Creedence Clearwater Revival Red Hot Chili Peppers Various Artists Jane's Addiction Nirvana Lauryn Hill Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers The Velvet Underground Pixies O'Jays Bob Marley & the Wailers Radiohead Nick Drake Randy Newman The Police David Bowie Eric Clapton The Cure Liz Phair Sonic Youth James Brown Neil Young The Beatles Richard & Linda Thompson X (5) Graham Parker & the Rumour Soundgarden Radiohead Jethro Tull Big Brother & the Holding Company Tom Waits Black Flag Moby Depeche Mode Meat Loaf Lou Reed Talking Heads De La Soul Pink Floyd Muddy Waters Jay-Z Yardbirds Neil Young & Crazy Horse Dire Straits Kanye West Billy Joel The Yardbirds Randy Newman The Rolling Stones Miles Davis
Odelay A Hard Day's Night Songs for Swingin' Lovers Willy and the Poor Boys Blood Sugar Sex Magik The Sun Records Collection Nothing's Shocking MTV Unplugged in New York The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Damn the Torpedoes The Velvet Underground Surfer Rosa Back Stabbers Burnin' Amnesiac Pink Moon Sail Away Ghost in the Machine Station to Station Slowhand Disintegration Exile in Guyville Daydream Nation In the Jungle Groove Tonight's the Night Help! Shoot Out the Lights Wild Gift Squeezing Out Sparks Superunknown In Rainbows Aqualung Cheap Thrills The Heart of Saturday Night Damaged Play Violator Bat out of Hell Berlin Stop Making Sense 3 Feet High and Rising The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 The Black Album The Yardbirds Rust Never Sleeps Brothers in Arms My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 52nd Street Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds 12 Songs Between the Buttons Sketches of Spain
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Elton John Buzzcocks OutKast Smashing Pumpkins New Order The Doors Rage Against the Machine Johnny Cash Madonna Eagles The Smiths Mott the Hoople Arctic Monkeys The Police Jefferson Airplane Roxy Music Jackson Browne Björk John Lee Hooker Oasis TLC Toots & the Maytals The Beach Boys The Modern Lovers Talking Heads The Who Bob Dylan Steely Dan Wu-Tang Clan Various Artists Don Henley The White Stripes Jackson Browne The Beatles MIA Randy Newman LCD Soundsystem Roxy Music Massive Attack ZZ Top Tom Waits The Temptations Red Hot Chili Peppers Nas Lynyrd Skynyrd Dr. John Big Star P J Harvey The Clash Sinéad O'Connor The Doors Bob Dylan Eric Clapton
Honky Château Singles Going Steady Stankonia Siamese Dream Substance L.A. Woman Rage Against the Machine American Recordings Ray of Light Eagles Louder than Bombs Mott Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Reggatta De Blanc Volunteers Siren Late for the Sky Post The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? CrazySexyCool Funky Kingston Smile The Modern Lovers More Songs about Buildings and Food A Quick One Love and Theft Pretzel Logic Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto The End of the Innocence Elephant The Pretender Let It Be Kala Good Old Boys Sound Of Silver For Your Pleasure Blue Lines Eliminator Rain Dogs Anthology Californication Illmatic (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) Dr. John's Gumbo Radio City Rid of Me Sandinista! I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Strange Days Time out of Mind 461 Ocean Boulevard
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Wire Pink Flag Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat Van Halen Van Halen Tom Waits Mule Variations U2 Boy Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run Portishead Dummy Buddy Holly and the Crickets Buddy Holly and the Crickets Various Artists The Best of The Girl Groups, Volume 1 The Ronettes,featuring Veronica Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology Bruce Springsteen The Rising Gram Parsons Grievous Angel Cheap Trick Cheap Trick at Budokan Peter Wolf Sleepless The Police Outlandos D'Amour Eno Another Green World Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend P J Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Eno Here Come the Warm Jets George Harrison All Things Must Pass Big Star 1 Record Nirvana In Utero Beck Sea Change Lil’ Wayne Tha Carter III The Cure Boys Don't Cry Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 The Pogues Rum Sodomy & The Lash Suicide Suicide Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Cheap Trick In Color War The World is a Ghetto Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle MC5 Back in the USA Stan Getz / João Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim Getz / Gilberto The Police Synchronicity Big Star 3rd Jackson Browne For Everyman Amy Winehouse Back to Black John Prine John Prine EPMD Strictly Business Alice Cooper Love It to Death Los Lobos How Will the Wolf Survive? Marvin Gaye Here, My Dear My Morning Jacket Z Elton John Tumbleweed Connection The Drifters The Drifters' Golden Hits Hole Live Through This Public Image Limited Metal Box R.E.M. Document Echo And The Bunnymen Heaven Up Here Def Leppard Hysteria
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The Magnetic Fields Coldplay Bruce Springsteen The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Fugees LL Cool J George Michael Richard & Linda Thompson The Smiths Manu Chao Elvis Costello and the Attractions The Notorious B.I.G Merle Haggard Loretta Lynn Funkadelic Chef Raekwon D'Angelo Steve Earle Gang of Four Mott the Hoople Pearl Jam Earth, Wind & Fire Cyndi Lauper Hüsker Dü Kiss ZZ Top Albert King Eurythmics Wilco MGMT Bonnie Raitt Boz Scaggs The White Stripes The Stone Roses B.B. King OutKast
69 Love Songs A Rush of Blood to the Head Tunnel Of Love The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Score Radio Faith Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight The Smiths Próxima Estación... Esperanza Armed Forces Life After Death Down Every Road (1962-1994) All Time Greatest Hits Maggot Brain Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... Voodoo Guitar Town Entertainment! All the Young Dudes Vitalogy That's the Way of the World She's So Unusual New Day Rising Destroyer Tres Hombres Born Under A Bad Sign Touch Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Oracular Spectacular Give It Up Boz Scaggs White Blood Cells The Stone Roses Live in Cook County Jail Aquemini
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