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Most Acclaimed Albums of All Time Beta

100 of 1,000

#1 Pet Sounds (1966)

The Beach Boys | 17 lists

#2 London Calling (1979)

The Clash | 20 lists

#3 What's Going On (1971)

Marvin Gaye | 18 lists

#4 Abbey Road (1969)

The Beatles | 16 lists

#5 Revolver (1966)

The Beatles | 16 lists

#6 OK Computer (1997)

Radiohead | 27 lists

#7 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

Public Enemy | 27 lists

#8 The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

The Velvet Underground & Nico | 16 lists

#9 Blue (1971)

Joni Mitchell | 17 lists

#10 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

David Bowie | 18 lists

#11 Nevermind (1991)

Nirvana | 27 lists

#12 Exile on Main St. (1972)

The Rolling Stones | 17 lists

#13 Born to Run (1975)

Bruce Springsteen | 17 lists

#14 The Beatles ["The White Album"] (1968)

The Beatles | 14 lists

#15 Purple Rain (1984)

Prince and the Revolution | 19 lists

#16 Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Bob Dylan | 16 lists

#17 Rumours (1977)

Fleetwood Mac | 16 lists

#18 Blonde on Blonde (1966)

Bob Dylan | 15 lists

#19 Blood on the Tracks (1975)

Bob Dylan | 14 lists

#20 Thriller (1982)

Michael Jackson | 19 lists

#21 Loveless (1991)

My Bloody Valentine | 28 lists

#22 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

The Beatles | 14 lists

#23 Remain in Light (1980)

Talking Heads | 18 lists

#24 The Queen Is Dead (1986)

The Smiths | 23 lists

#25 To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

Kendrick Lamar | 18 lists

#26 Horses (1975)

Patti Smith | 16 lists

#27 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Kanye West | 23 lists

#28 Kind of Blue (1959)

Miles Davis | 12 lists

#29 Innervisions (1973)

Stevie Wonder | 16 lists

#30 Kid A (2000)

Radiohead | 28 lists

#31 Sign o' the Times (1987)

Prince | 23 lists

#32 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)

Wu-Tang Clan | 27 lists

#33 Are You Experienced (1967)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 15 lists

#34 Astral Weeks (1968)

Van Morrison | 14 lists

#35 Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

Stevie Wonder | 13 lists

#36 Hunky Dory (1971)

David Bowie | 14 lists

#37 A Love Supreme (1965)

John Coltrane | 13 lists

#38 Is This It (2001)

The Strokes | 27 lists

#39 Hounds of Love (1985)

Kate Bush | 18 lists

#40 The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Pink Floyd | 15 lists

#41 After the Gold Rush (1970)

Neil Young | 16 lists

#42 Marquee Moon (1977)

Television | 14 lists

#43 Doolittle (1989)

Pixies | 21 lists

#44 Paul's Boutique (1989)

Beastie Boys | 20 lists

#45 Disintegration (1989)

The Cure | 19 lists

#46 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)

Sex Pistols | 15 lists

#47 Rubber Soul (1965)

The Beatles | 12 lists

#48 Dummy (1994)

Portishead | 26 lists

#49 Automatic for the People (1992)

R.E.M. | 23 lists

#50 Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Led Zeppelin | 15 lists

#51 Ramones (1976)

Ramones | 14 lists

#52 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

De La Soul | 20 lists

#53 Daydream Nation (1988)

Sonic Youth | 20 lists

#54 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

Lauryn Hill | 22 lists

#55 Funeral (2004)

Arcade Fire | 27 lists

#56 Electric Ladyland (1968)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 12 lists

#57 Rain Dogs (1985)

Tom Waits | 22 lists

#58 At Folsom Prison (1968)

Johnny Cash | 13 lists

#59 The Low End Theory (1991)

A Tribe Called Quest | 21 lists

#60 Graceland (1986)

Paul Simon | 18 lists

#61 Forever Changes (1967)

Love | 12 lists

#62 Grace (1994)

Jeff Buckley | 23 lists

#63 Closer (1980)

Joy Division | 15 lists

#64 Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)

Otis Redding | 13 lists

#65 Stankonia (2000)

OutKast | 26 lists

#66 Live at the Apollo (1963)

James Brown and the Famous Flames | 12 lists

#67 The Blueprint (2001)

Jay-Z | 25 lists

#68 Let It Bleed (1969)

The Rolling Stones | 11 lists

#69 Lemonade (2016)

Beyoncé | 15 lists

#70 Illmatic (1994)

Nas | 20 lists

#71 Low (1977)

David Bowie | 11 lists

#72 The Chronic (1992)

Dr. Dre | 23 lists

#73 Bitches Brew (1970)

Miles Davis | 12 lists

#74 Lady Soul (1968)

Aretha Franklin | 12 lists

#75 There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)

Sly and the Family Stone | 13 lists

#76 Straight Outta Compton (1989)

N.W.A. | 18 lists

#77 Sound of Silver (2007)

LCD Soundsystem | 24 lists

#78 Back to Black (2006)

Amy Winehouse | 22 lists

#79 Tapestry (1971)

Carole King | 10 lists

#80 In Utero (1993)

Nirvana | 21 lists

#81 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Wilco | 24 lists

#82 Master of Puppets (1986)

Metallica | 17 lists

#83 Odelay (1996)

Beck | 21 lists

#84 Sticky Fingers (1971)

The Rolling Stones | 12 lists

#85 Dusty in Memphis (1969)

Dusty Springfield | 12 lists

#86 The Joshua Tree (1987)

U2 | 18 lists

#87 Channel Orange (2012)

Frank Ocean | 19 lists

#88 Endtroducing..... (1996)

DJ Shadow | 21 lists

#89 Blue Lines (1991)

Massive Attack | 19 lists

#90 Beggars Banquet (1968)

The Rolling Stones | 11 lists

#91 Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Guns N' Roses | 18 lists

#92 Ready to Die (1994)

The Notorious B.I.G. | 19 lists

#93 Slanted and Enchanted (1992)

Pavement | 20 lists

#94 Back in Black (1980)

AC/DC | 14 lists

#95 In Rainbows (2007)

Radiohead | 21 lists

#96 Surfer Rosa (1988)

Pixies | 17 lists

#97 Different Class (1995)

Pulp | 20 lists

#98 The Band (1969)

The Band | 11 lists

#99 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)

Aretha Franklin | 10 lists

#100 The Stone Roses (1989)

The Stone Roses | 17 lists

The Beach Boys

Rock / Pop / Art Pop / Art Rock / Pop Rock / Psychedelic Rock

17 lists

Pet Sounds 1966

The Clash

Rock / Punk / New Wave / Post-Punk

20 lists

London Calling 1979

Marvin Gaye

Soul / R&B

18 lists

What's Going On 1971

The Beatles

Rock / Pop Rock

16 lists

Abbey Road 1969

The Beatles

Rock / Pop Rock / Psychedelic Rock

16 lists

Revolver 1966

Radiohead

Rock / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / Britpop

27 lists

OK Computer 1997

Public Enemy

Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop

27 lists

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Rock / Punk / Art Rock / Garage Rock / Proto-Punk / Psychedelic Rock

16 lists

The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967

Joni Mitchell

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Pop Rock

17 lists

Blue 1971

#10

David Bowie

Rock / Punk / Glam Rock / Proto-Punk

18 lists

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1972

#11

Nirvana

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Grunge

27 lists

Nevermind 1991

#12

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Country / Blues Rock / Country Rock / Rock & Roll

17 lists

Exile on Main St. 1972

#13

Bruce Springsteen

Rock / Pop Rock / Rock & Roll / Roots Rock

17 lists

Born to Run 1975

#14

The Beatles

Rock / Hard Rock / Pop Rock

14 lists

The Beatles ["The White Album"] 1968

#15

Prince and the Revolution

Rock / Pop / R&B / Funk / Contemporary R&B / Minneapolis Sound / Pop Rock

19 lists

Purple Rain 1984

#16

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Blues Rock / Folk Rock

16 lists

Highway 61 Revisited 1965

#17

Fleetwood Mac

Rock / Pop Rock / Soft Rock

16 lists

Rumours 1977

#18

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Blues Rock / Folk Rock

15 lists

Blonde on Blonde 1966

#19

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

14 lists

Blood on the Tracks 1975

#20

Michael Jackson

Pop / Soul / R&B / Funk / Contemporary R&B / Dance-pop / Disco

19 lists

Thriller 1982

#21

My Bloody Valentine

Rock / Alternative Rock / Noise Rock / Shoegaze

28 lists

Loveless 1991

#22

The Beatles

Rock / Pop / Baroque Pop / Pop Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Rock & Roll

14 lists

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

#23

Talking Heads

Rock / Electronic / Punk / Alternative Dance / Art Rock / New Wave / Post-Punk

18 lists

Remain in Light 1980

#24

The Smiths

Rock / Pop / Punk / Indie Pop / Indie Rock / Jangle Pop / Post-Punk

23 lists

The Queen Is Dead 1986

#25

Kendrick Lamar

Hip Hop / Soul / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Jazz Rap / Neo Soul

18 lists

To Pimp a Butterfly 2015

#26

Patti Smith

Rock / Punk / Art Rock / Garage Rock / Proto-Punk

16 lists

Horses 1975

#27

Kanye West

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Hardcore Hip Hop / Pop Rap

23 lists

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2010

#28

Miles Davis

Jazz / Modal Jazz

12 lists

Kind of Blue 1959

#29

Stevie Wonder

Soul / Funk / Psychedelic Soul

16 lists

Innervisions 1973

#30

Radiohead

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / IDM

28 lists

Kid A 2000

#31

Prince

Rock / R&B / Funk / Contemporary R&B / Minneapolis Sound / Pop Rock

23 lists

Sign o' the Times 1987

#32

Wu-Tang Clan

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Hardcore Hip Hop

27 lists

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1993

#33

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rock / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Psychedelic Rock

15 lists

Are You Experienced 1967

#34

Van Morrison

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

14 lists

Astral Weeks 1968

#35

Stevie Wonder

Pop / Soul / R&B / Funk / Art Pop / Disco / Rhythm & Blues

13 lists

Songs in the Key of Life 1976

#36

David Bowie

Rock / Pop / Art Pop / Art Rock / Glam Rock / Pop Rock

14 lists

Hunky Dory 1971

#37

John Coltrane

Jazz / Free Jazz / Modal Jazz / Post-Bop / Spiritual Jazz

13 lists

A Love Supreme 1965

#38

The Strokes

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Post-Punk

27 lists

Is This It 2001

#39

Kate Bush

Rock / Pop / Electronic / Art Pop / Art Rock / Pop Rock

18 lists

Hounds of Love 1985

#40

Pink Floyd

Rock / Prog Rock / Psychedelic Rock

15 lists

The Dark Side of the Moon 1973

#41

Neil Young

Rock / Folk / Country / Country Rock / Folk Rock / Rock & Roll

16 lists

After the Gold Rush 1970

#42

Television

Rock / Punk / Art Rock / New Wave / Post-Punk

14 lists

Marquee Moon 1977

#43

Pixies

Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock

21 lists

Doolittle 1989

#44

Beastie Boys

Hip Hop / Alternative Hip Hop

20 lists

Paul's Boutique 1989

#45

The Cure

Rock / Electronic / Punk / Alternative Rock / Dream Pop / Goth Rock / Post-Punk

19 lists

Disintegration 1989

#46

Sex Pistols

Rock / Punk

15 lists

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 1977

#47

The Beatles

Rock / Pop / Folk / Beat Music / Folk Rock

12 lists

Rubber Soul 1965

#48

Portishead

Electronic / Trip Hop

26 lists

Dummy 1994

#49

R.E.M.

Rock / Alternative Rock

23 lists

Automatic for the People 1992

#50

Led Zeppelin

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

15 lists

Led Zeppelin IV 1971

#51

Ramones

Rock / Punk / Pop Punk / Rock & Roll

14 lists

Ramones 1976

#52

De La Soul

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

20 lists

3 Feet High and Rising 1989

#53

Sonic Youth

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / Post-Punk

20 lists

Daydream Nation 1988

#54

Lauryn Hill

Hip Hop / Soul / R&B / Conscious Hip Hop / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

22 lists

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998

#55

Arcade Fire

Rock / Pop / Baroque Pop / Indie Rock

27 lists

Funeral 2004

#56

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rock / Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock

12 lists

Electric Ladyland 1968

#57

Tom Waits

Rock / Alternative Rock

22 lists

Rain Dogs 1985

#58

Johnny Cash

Country

13 lists

At Folsom Prison 1968

#59

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

21 lists

The Low End Theory 1991

#60

Paul Simon

Rock / Pop / R&B / Funk / Folk / World / African / Afrobeat / Folk Rock / Pop Rock / Rhythm & Blues

18 lists

Graceland 1986

#61

Love

Rock / Pop / Folk / Baroque Pop / Folk Rock / Psychedelic Rock

12 lists

Forever Changes 1967

#62

Jeff Buckley

Rock / Folk / Alternative Rock / Folk Rock

23 lists

Grace 1994

#63

Joy Division

Rock / Punk / Goth Rock / New Wave / Post-Punk

15 lists

Closer 1980

#64

Otis Redding

Soul / R&B / Southern Soul

13 lists

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul 1965

#65

OutKast

Hip Hop / Electronic / Funk / Conscious Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / P-Funk / Pop Rap / Techno

26 lists

Stankonia 2000

#66

James Brown and the Famous Flames

Soul / R&B / Funk / Rhythm & Blues / Southern Soul

12 lists

Live at the Apollo 1963

#67

Jay-Z

Hip Hop / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Hardcore Hip Hop

25 lists

The Blueprint 2001

#68

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Blues Rock / Hard Rock

11 lists

Let It Bleed 1969

#69

Beyoncé

Soul / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

15 lists

Lemonade 2016

#70

Nas

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop / Jazz Rap

20 lists

Illmatic 1994

#71

David Bowie

Rock / Pop / Electronic / Ambient / Art Pop / Art Rock

11 lists

Low 1977

#72

Dr. Dre

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

23 lists

The Chronic 1992

#73

Miles Davis

Jazz / Free Jazz / Jazz Fusion

12 lists

Bitches Brew 1970

#74

Aretha Franklin

Soul / Southern Soul

12 lists

Lady Soul 1968

#75

Sly and the Family Stone

Soul / R&B / Funk / Psychedelic Soul / Rhythm & Blues

13 lists

There's a Riot Goin' On 1971

#76

N.W.A.

Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

18 lists

Straight Outta Compton 1989

#77

LCD Soundsystem

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Dance / Alternative Rock / Electro / Indie Rock

24 lists

Sound of Silver 2007

#78

Amy Winehouse

Soul / R&B / Rhythm & Blues

22 lists

Back to Black 2006

#79

Carole King

Rock / Pop / Pop Rock

10 lists

Tapestry 1971

#80

Nirvana

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Grunge / Post-Hardcore

21 lists

In Utero 1993

#81

Wilco

Rock / Country / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / Country Rock

24 lists

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2001

#82

Metallica

Metal / Thrash Metal

17 lists

Master of Puppets 1986

#83

Beck

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Downtempo / Indie Rock

21 lists

Odelay 1996

#84

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Country / Blues Rock / Country Rock / Hard Rock / Rock & Roll

12 lists

Sticky Fingers 1971

#85

Dusty Springfield

Rock / Pop / Soul / Blue-Eyed Soul / Pop Rock

12 lists

Dusty in Memphis 1969

#86

Rock / Punk / Pop Rock / Post-Punk

18 lists

The Joshua Tree 1987

#87

Frank Ocean

Pop / Soul / R&B / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul

19 lists

Channel Orange 2012

#88

DJ Shadow

Hip Hop / Electronic / Downtempo / Trip Hop / Turntablism

21 lists

Endtroducing..... 1996

#89

Massive Attack

Electronic / Downtempo / Trip Hop

19 lists

Blue Lines 1991

#90

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Blues Rock / Rock & Roll / Roots Rock

11 lists

Beggars Banquet 1968

#91

Guns N' Roses

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

18 lists

Appetite for Destruction 1987

#92

The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip Hop / Boom Bap / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop

19 lists

Ready to Die 1994

#93

Pavement

Rock / Punk / Art Rock / Indie Rock / Post-Punk

20 lists

Slanted and Enchanted 1992

#94

AC/DC

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

14 lists

Back in Black 1980

#95

Radiohead

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / Indie Rock

21 lists

In Rainbows 2007

#96

Pixies

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / Post-Hardcore

17 lists

Surfer Rosa 1988

#97

Pulp

Rock / Pop / Britpop / Indie Pop / Indie Rock

20 lists

Different Class 1995

#98

The Band

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Roots Rock

11 lists

The Band 1969

#99

Aretha Franklin

Soul / R&B / Rhythm & Blues / Southern Soul

10 lists

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 1967

#100

The Stone Roses

Rock / Indie Rock

17 lists

The Stone Roses 1989

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