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#1 Pet Sounds (1966)

The Beach Boys | 18 lists

#2 London Calling (1979)

The Clash | 21 lists

#3 Revolver (1966)

The Beatles | 17 lists

#4 Abbey Road (1969)

The Beatles | 17 lists

#5 The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

The Velvet Underground & Nico | 17 lists

#6 OK Computer (1997)

Radiohead | 27 lists

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

David Bowie | 19 lists

#8 Nevermind (1991)

Nirvana | 28 lists

#9 Blue (1971)

Joni Mitchell | 18 lists

#10 Exile on Main St. (1972)

The Rolling Stones | 18 lists

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

The Beatles | 15 lists

#12 Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Bob Dylan | 17 lists

#13 Born to Run (1975)

Bruce Springsteen | 18 lists

#14 Purple Rain (1984)

Prince and the Revolution | 19 lists

#15 Blonde on Blonde (1966)

Bob Dylan | 16 lists

#16 Rumours (1977)

Fleetwood Mac | 17 lists

#17 Blood on the Tracks (1975)

Bob Dylan | 15 lists

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

The Beatles | 15 lists

#19 The Queen Is Dead (1986)

The Smiths | 24 lists

#20 Loveless (1991)

My Bloody Valentine | 28 lists

#21 Remain in Light (1980)

Talking Heads | 19 lists

#22 Horses (1975)

Patti Smith | 17 lists

#23 Kid A (2000)

Radiohead | 29 lists

#24 Astral Weeks (1968)

Van Morrison | 15 lists

#25 Sign o' the Times (1987)

Prince | 24 lists

#26 Are You Experienced (1967)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 16 lists

#27 Hunky Dory (1971)

David Bowie | 15 lists

#28 Is This It (2001)

The Strokes | 28 lists

#29 The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Pink Floyd | 16 lists

#30 After the Gold Rush (1970)

Neil Young | 17 lists

#31 Marquee Moon (1977)

Television | 15 lists

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

Sex Pistols | 16 lists

#33 Hounds of Love (1985)

Kate Bush | 18 lists

#34 Doolittle (1989)

Pixies | 22 lists

#35 Automatic for the People (1992)

R.E.M. | 24 lists

#36 Disintegration (1989)

The Cure | 19 lists

#37 Ramones (1976)

Ramones | 15 lists

#38 Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Led Zeppelin | 16 lists

#39 Rubber Soul (1965)

The Beatles | 12 lists

#40 Electric Ladyland (1968)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 13 lists

#41 Daydream Nation (1988)

Sonic Youth | 20 lists

#42 Funeral (2004)

Arcade Fire | 28 lists

#43 Graceland (1986)

Paul Simon | 19 lists

#44 Rain Dogs (1985)

Tom Waits | 22 lists

#45 Closer (1980)

Joy Division | 16 lists

#46 Let It Bleed (1969)

The Rolling Stones | 12 lists

#47 Grace (1994)

Jeff Buckley | 23 lists

#48 Forever Changes (1967)

Love | 12 lists

#49 Low (1977)

David Bowie | 12 lists

#50 Sound of Silver (2007)

LCD Soundsystem | 25 lists

#51 The Joshua Tree (1987)

U2 | 19 lists

#52 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Wilco | 25 lists

#53 In Utero (1993)

Nirvana | 21 lists

#54 Beggars Banquet (1968)

The Rolling Stones | 12 lists

#55 Tapestry (1971)

Carole King | 10 lists

#56 Odelay (1996)

Beck | 21 lists

#57 Sticky Fingers (1971)

The Rolling Stones | 12 lists

#58 Dusty in Memphis (1969)

Dusty Springfield | 12 lists

#59 The Stone Roses (1989)

The Stone Roses | 18 lists

#60 Different Class (1995)

Pulp | 21 lists

#61 Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Guns N' Roses | 18 lists

#62 Slanted and Enchanted (1992)

Pavement | 20 lists

#63 In Rainbows (2007)

Radiohead | 22 lists

#64 Who's Next (1971)

The Who | 12 lists

#65 Back in Black (1980)

AC/DC | 14 lists

#66 Surfer Rosa (1988)

Pixies | 17 lists

#67 Raw Power (1973)

The Stooges | 12 lists

#68 Either/Or (1997)

Elliott Smith | 20 lists

#69 Unknown Pleasures (1979)

Joy Division | 11 lists

#70 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

John Lennon | 12 lists

#71 Transformer (1972)

Lou Reed | 11 lists

#72 The Band (1969)

The Band | 11 lists

#73 Achtung Baby (1991)

U2 | 19 lists

#74 Fun House (1970)

Iggy and the Stooges | 11 lists

#75 Rid of Me (1993)

PJ Harvey | 20 lists

#76 Blonde (2016)

Frank Ocean | 15 lists

#77 Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

Bob Dylan | 10 lists

#78 Paranoid (1970)

Black Sabbath | 10 lists

#79 Murmur (1983)

R.E.M. | 12 lists

#80 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)

PJ Harvey | 24 lists

#81 Nebraska (1982)

Bruce Springsteen | 13 lists

#82 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)

Lucinda Williams | 15 lists

#83 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)

Pavement | 19 lists

#84 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)

The Kinks | 11 lists

#85 Blackstar (2016)

David Bowie | 15 lists

#86 The Downward Spiral (1994)

Nine Inch Nails | 18 lists

#87 The Clash (1977)

The Clash | 11 lists

#88 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Oasis | 17 lists

#89 On the Beach (1974)

Neil Young | 10 lists

#90 The Velvet Underground (1969)

The Velvet Underground | 10 lists

#91 The Bends (1995)

Radiohead | 17 lists

#92 The Soft Bulletin (1999)

The Flaming Lips | 16 lists

#93 The Doors (1967)

The Doors | 10 lists

#94 Let It Be (1984)

The Replacements | 13 lists

#95 For Your Pleasure (1973)

Roxy Music | 10 lists

#96 Maggot Brain (1971)

Funkadelic | 9 lists

#97 Suicide (1977)

Suicide | 11 lists

#98 If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)

Belle and Sebastian | 17 lists

#99 69 Love Songs (1999)

The Magnetic Fields | 17 lists

#100 Live Through This (1994)

Hole | 14 lists

The Beach Boys

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

18 lists

Pet Sounds 1966

The Clash

Rock / Punk / New Wave / Post-Punk

21 lists

London Calling 1979

The Beatles

Rock / Pop Rock / Psychedelic Rock

17 lists

Revolver 1966

The Beatles

Rock / Pop Rock

17 lists

Abbey Road 1969

The Velvet Underground & Nico

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

17 lists

The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967

Radiohead

Rock / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / Britpop

27 lists

OK Computer 1997

David Bowie

Rock / Punk / Glam Rock / Proto-Punk

19 lists

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

#10

Nirvana

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Grunge

28 lists

Nevermind 1991

#11

Joni Mitchell

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Pop Rock

18 lists

Blue 1971

#10

#12

The Rolling Stones

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

18 lists

Exile on Main St. 1972

#11

#13

The Beatles

Rock / Hard Rock / Pop Rock

15 lists

The Beatles ["The White Album"] 1968

#12

#14

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Blues Rock / Folk Rock

17 lists

Highway 61 Revisited 1965

#13

#15

Bruce Springsteen

Rock / Pop Rock / Rock & Roll / Roots Rock

18 lists

Born to Run 1975

#14

#16

Prince and the Revolution

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

19 lists

Purple Rain 1984

#15

#17

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Blues Rock / Folk Rock

16 lists

Blonde on Blonde 1966

#16

#18

Fleetwood Mac

Rock / Pop Rock / Soft Rock

17 lists

Rumours 1977

#17

#19

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

15 lists

Blood on the Tracks 1975

#18

#20

The Beatles

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

15 lists

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

#19

#21

The Smiths

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

24 lists

The Queen Is Dead 1986

#20

#22

My Bloody Valentine

Rock / Alternative Rock / Noise Rock / Shoegaze

28 lists

Loveless 1991

#21

#23

Talking Heads

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

19 lists

Remain in Light 1980

#22

#26

Patti Smith

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

17 lists

Horses 1975

#23

#29

Radiohead

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Art Rock / IDM

29 lists

Kid A 2000

#24

#31

Van Morrison

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

15 lists

Astral Weeks 1968

#25

#32

Prince

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

24 lists

Sign o' the Times 1987

#26

#33

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rock / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Psychedelic Rock

16 lists

Are You Experienced 1967

#27

#36

David Bowie

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

15 lists

Hunky Dory 1971

#28

#38

The Strokes

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

28 lists

Is This It 2001

#29

#39

Pink Floyd

Rock / Prog Rock / Psychedelic Rock

16 lists

The Dark Side of the Moon 1973

#30

#40

Neil Young

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

17 lists

After the Gold Rush 1970

#31

#41

Television

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

15 lists

Marquee Moon 1977

#32

#42

Sex Pistols

Rock / Punk

16 lists

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

#33

#43

Kate Bush

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

18 lists

Hounds of Love 1985

#34

#44

Pixies

Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock

22 lists

Doolittle 1989

#35

#47

R.E.M.

Rock / Alternative Rock

24 lists

Automatic for the People 1992

#36

#48

The Cure

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

19 lists

Disintegration 1989

#37

#49

Ramones

Rock / Punk / Pop Punk / Rock & Roll

15 lists

Ramones 1976

#38

#50

Led Zeppelin

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

16 lists

Led Zeppelin IV 1971

#39

#51

The Beatles

Rock / Pop / Folk / Beat Music / Folk Rock

12 lists

Rubber Soul 1965

#40

#52

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rock / Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock

13 lists

Electric Ladyland 1968

#41

#55

Sonic Youth

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

20 lists

Daydream Nation 1988

#42

#56

Arcade Fire

Rock / Pop / Baroque Pop / Indie Rock

28 lists

Funeral 2004

#43

#57

Paul Simon

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

19 lists

Graceland 1986

#44

#58

Tom Waits

Rock / Alternative Rock

22 lists

Rain Dogs 1985

#45

#61

Joy Division

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

16 lists

Closer 1980

#46

#62

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Blues Rock / Hard Rock

12 lists

Let It Bleed 1969

#47

#63

Jeff Buckley

Rock / Folk / Alternative Rock / Folk Rock

23 lists

Grace 1994

#48

#64

Love

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

12 lists

Forever Changes 1967

#49

#65

David Bowie

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

12 lists

Low 1977

#50

#70

LCD Soundsystem

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

25 lists

Sound of Silver 2007

#51

#74

Rock / Punk / Pop Rock / Post-Punk

19 lists

The Joshua Tree 1987

#52

#76

Wilco

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

25 lists

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2001

#53

#81

Nirvana

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

21 lists

In Utero 1993

#54

#82

The Rolling Stones

Rock / Blues Rock / Rock & Roll / Roots Rock

12 lists

Beggars Banquet 1968

#55

#83

Carole King

Rock / Pop / Pop Rock

10 lists

Tapestry 1971

#56

#85

Beck

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Downtempo / Indie Rock

21 lists

Odelay 1996

#57

#87

The Rolling Stones

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

12 lists

Sticky Fingers 1971

#58

#88

Dusty Springfield

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

12 lists

Dusty in Memphis 1969

#59

#91

The Stone Roses

Rock / Indie Rock

18 lists

The Stone Roses 1989

#60

#92

Pulp

Rock / Pop / Britpop / Indie Pop / Indie Rock

21 lists

Different Class 1995

#61

#94

Guns N' Roses

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

18 lists

Appetite for Destruction 1987

#62

#95

Pavement

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

20 lists

Slanted and Enchanted 1992

#63

#96

Radiohead

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

22 lists

In Rainbows 2007

#64

#97

The Who

Rock / Hard Rock / Rock & Roll

12 lists

Who's Next 1971

#65

#98

AC/DC

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

14 lists

Back in Black 1980

#66

#99

Pixies

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

17 lists

Surfer Rosa 1988

#67

#100

The Stooges

Rock / Punk / Garage Rock / Hard Rock / Proto-Punk

12 lists

Raw Power 1973

#68

#101

Elliott Smith

Rock / Indie Rock

20 lists

Either/Or 1997

#69

#102

Joy Division

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

11 lists

Unknown Pleasures 1979

#70

#103

John Lennon

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Pop Rock

12 lists

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 1970

#71

#104

Lou Reed

Rock / Glam Rock

11 lists

Transformer 1972

#72

#106

The Band

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Roots Rock

11 lists

The Band 1969

#73

#107

Rock / Pop / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Downtempo / Pop Rock / Synth-pop

19 lists

Achtung Baby 1991

#74

#109

Iggy and the Stooges

Rock / Punk / Garage Rock / Hard Rock / Proto-Punk

11 lists

Fun House 1970

#75

#110

PJ Harvey

Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock

20 lists

Rid of Me 1993

#76

#111

Frank Ocean

Rock / Pop / Soul / R&B / Art Pop / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul / Psychedelic Rock

15 lists

Blonde 2016

#77

#112

Bob Dylan

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock

10 lists

Bringing It All Back Home 1965

#78

#113

Black Sabbath

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

10 lists

Paranoid 1970

#79

#114

R.E.M.

Rock / Folk / Punk / Alternative Rock / Folk Rock / Jangle Pop / Post-Punk

12 lists

Murmur 1983

#80

#116

PJ Harvey

Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock

24 lists

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 2000

#81

#118

Bruce Springsteen

Rock / Country / Country Rock

13 lists

Nebraska 1982

#82

#120

Lucinda Williams

Rock / Blues / Folk / Country / Rock & Roll

15 lists

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1998

#83

#121

Pavement

Rock / Indie Rock

19 lists

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994

#84

#122

The Kinks

Rock / Pop / Folk / Baroque Pop / Folk Rock / Pop Rock / Traditional Pop

11 lists

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 1968

#85

#123

David Bowie

Rock / Jazz / Art Rock / Jazz Fusion

15 lists

Blackstar 2016

#86

#124

Nine Inch Nails

Rock / Electronic / Alternative Rock / Industrial

18 lists

The Downward Spiral 1994

#87

#127

The Clash

Rock / Punk

11 lists

The Clash 1977

#88

#128

Oasis

Rock / Pop / Britpop

17 lists

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995

#89

#129

Neil Young

Rock / Country / Country Rock

10 lists

On the Beach 1974

#90

#130

The Velvet Underground

Rock / Folk / Folk Rock / Psychedelic Rock

10 lists

The Velvet Underground 1969

#91

#131

Radiohead

Rock / Alternative Rock

17 lists

The Bends 1995

#92

#132

The Flaming Lips

Rock / Indie Rock / Noise Rock / Psychedelic Rock

16 lists

The Soft Bulletin 1999

#93

#135

The Doors

Rock / Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock

10 lists

The Doors 1967

#94

#137

The Replacements

Rock / Punk / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Post-Punk / Power Pop

13 lists

Let It Be 1984

#95

#138

Roxy Music

Rock / Punk / Art Rock / Glam Rock / Proto-Punk

10 lists

For Your Pleasure 1973

#96

#139

Funkadelic

Rock / Funk / P-Funk / Psychedelic Rock

9 lists

Maggot Brain 1971

#97

#140

Suicide

Rock / Electronic / Punk / No Wave / Techno

11 lists

Suicide 1977

#98

#141

Belle and Sebastian

Rock / Pop / Baroque Pop / Indie Pop / Indie Rock

17 lists

If You're Feeling Sinister 1996

#99

#143

The Magnetic Fields

Rock / Pop / Electronic / Indie Pop / Indie Rock / Synth-pop

17 lists

69 Love Songs 1999

#100

#145

Hole

Rock / Alternative Rock / Grunge

14 lists

Live Through This 1994

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