Originally released in November 2003, the list was selected from over 1,600 albums by nearly 300 musicians, music critics and figures in the music business. You’ll find the complete list below, but if you’d like more information about the list itself and the albums that made the cut, visit http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531. Without further ado, here’s the list:
ROLLING STONE’S “500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME”
1. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3. The Beatles – Revolver
4. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
5. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
6. Marvin Gaye – What's Going On
7. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
8. The Clash – London Calling
9. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
10. The Beatles – The Beatles
11. Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions
12. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
13. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
14. The Beatles – Abbey Road
15. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
16. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
17. Nirvana – Nevermind
18. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
19. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
20. Michael Jackson – Thriller
21. Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
22. Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings
23. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
24. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
25. James Brown – Live At The Apollo
26. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
27. U2 – The Joshua Tree
28. The Who – Who's Next
29. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
30. Joni Mitchell – Blue
31. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
32. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
33. Ramones – Ramones
34. The Band – Music From Big Pink
35. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
36. Carole King – Tapestry
37. Eagles – Hotel California
38. Muddy Waters – The Anthology: 1947-1972
39. The Beatles – Please Please Me
40. Love – Forever Changes
41. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors – The Doors
43. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
44. Patti Smith – Horses
45. The Band – The Band
46. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Legend
47. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
48. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
49. The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
50. Little Richard – Here's Little Richard
51. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Waters
52. Al Green – Greatest Hits
53. The Beatles – Meet the Beatles!
54. Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings 1952-1959
55. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
56. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
57. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
58. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
59. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
60. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
61. Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
62. Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction
63. U2 – Achtung Baby
64. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
65. Phil Spector – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
66. Van Morrison – Moondance
67. Radiohead – Kid A
68. Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
69. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
70. Billy Joel – The Stranger
71. Paul Simon – Graceland
72. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
73. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
74. Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
75. James Brown – Star Time
76. Prince & The Revolution– Purple Rain
77. AC/DC – Back In Black
78. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
79. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
80. John Lennon – Imagine
81. The Clash – The Clash
82. Neil Young – Harvest
83. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
84. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
85. Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
86. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
87. Pink Floyd – The Wall
88. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
89. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
90. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
91. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
92. Buddy Holly & The Crickets – 20 Golden Greats
93. Prince – Sign 'O' The Times
94. Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
95. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
96. The Who – Tommy
97. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
98. Elvis Costello – This Year's Model
99. Sly & The Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On
100. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
101. Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
102. Cream – Fresh Cream
103. John Coltrane – Giant Steps
104. James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
105. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
106. Ramones – Rocket to Russia
107. Sam Cooke – Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
108. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
109. The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
110. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
111. Radiohead – The Bends
112. The Mamas & The Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
113. Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
114. Cream – Disraeli Gears
115. The Who – The Who Sell Out
116. The Rolling Stones – Out of Our Heads
117. Derek and The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
118. Kanye West – Late Registration
119. Etta James – At Last!
120. The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
121. Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
122. Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
123. Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
124. Moby Grape – Moby Grape
125. Janis Joplin – Pearl
126. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
127. The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
128. The Stooges – Raw Power
129. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
130. Television – Marquee Moon
131. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
132. Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever
133. Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
134. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
135. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
136. Elton John – Greatest Hits
137. The Replacements – Tim
138. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
139. The Meters – Rejuvenation
140. Blondie – Parallel Lines
141. B.B. King – Live At The Regal
142. Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
143. Dr. John – Gris-Gris
144. N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton
145. Steely Dan – Aja
146. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
147. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu
148. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy
149. Santana – Santana
150. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
151. Arcade Fire – Funeral
152. The B-52's – The B-52's
153. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
154. Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' in the Moonlight
155. The Pretenders – Pretenders
156. Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique
157. Joy Division – Closer
158. Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
159. Kiss – Alive
160. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
161. Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay
162. Radiohead – OK Computer
163. Prince – 1999
164. Linda Ronstadt – The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
165. Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On
166. Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
167. Metallica – Master of Puppets
168. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
169. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus
170. The Who – Live At Leeds
171. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
172. Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
173. Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
174. Bob Dylan – Desire
175. Carpenters – Close To You
176. Aerosmith – Rocks
177. Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
178. Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – The Anthology 1961-1977
179. ABBA – The Definitive Collection
180. The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones, Now!
181. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
182. Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
183. Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
184. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
185. The Stooges – The Stooges
186. Sly & The Family Stone – FRESH
187. Peter Gabriel – So
188. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
189. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
190. Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis
191. The Stooges – Fun House
192. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
193. Green Day – Dookie
194. Lou Reed – Transformer
195. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers – Blues Breakers
196. Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
197. R.E.M. – Murmur
198. Little Walter – The Best of Little Walter
199. The Strokes – Is This It
200. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
201. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
202. Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
203. Michael Jackson – Bad
204. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
205. Cream – Wheels Of Fire
206. Prince – Dirty Mind
207. Santana – Abraxas
208. Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
209. Pearl Jam – Ten
210. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
211. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
212. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
213. The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
214. Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - the Best of Ike and Tina Turner
215. York Dolls – New York Dolls
216. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley
217. Bobby Bland – Two Steps From The Blues
218. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
219. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
220. The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
221. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
222. Professor Longhair – New Orleans Piano
223. U2 – War
224. Neil Diamond – The Neil Diamond Collection
225. Green Day – American Idiot
226. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
227. Pixies – Doolittle
228. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
229. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
230. Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
231. Queen – A Night At The Opera
232. The Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
233. The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
234. Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
235. Patsy Cline – The Ultimate Collection
236. Jackie Wilson – Mr. Excitement!
237. The Who – My Generation
238. Howlin' Wolf – Howlin' Wolf
239. Madonna – Like a Prayer
240. Steely Dan – Can't Buy A Thrill
241. The Replacements – Let It Be
242. Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C.
243. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
244. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
245. Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
246. The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
247. Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
248. Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
249. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
250. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
251. David Bowie – Low
252. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
253. Bruce Springsteen – The River
254. Otis Redding – Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
255. Metallica – Metallica
256. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
257. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
258. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
259. Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
260. Willie Nelson – Stardust
261. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
262. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
263. Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
264. Grateful Dead – Workingman's Dead
265. Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles
266. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man
267. The Who – Quadrophenia
268. Paul Simon – Paul Simon
269. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
270. The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
271. The Beach Boys – Today!
272. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
273. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – Going to a Go-Go
274. Labelle – Nightbirds
275. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
276. Parliament – Mothership Connection
277. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
278. Various Artists – Anthology of American Folk Music
279. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
280. U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind
281. Mary J. Blige – My Life
282. Muddy Waters – Folk Singer
283. Barry White – Can't Get Enough
284. The Cars – The Cars
285. Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind
286. Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You
287. X – Los Angeles
288. Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun
289. The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
290. Al Green – Call Me
291. Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
292. Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes
293. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
294. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
295. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
296. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
297. The Mothers of Invention – We're Only In It For The Money
298. Kanye West – The College Dropout
299. Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album)
300. Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
301. Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
302. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
303. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
304. Jeff Buckley – Grace
305. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
306. Beck – Odelay
307. The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
308. Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin' Lovers
309. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys
310. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
311. Various Artists – The Sun Records Collection
312. Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking
313. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
314. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
315. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes
316. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
317. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
318. The O'Jays – Back Stabbers
319. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin'
320. Radiohead – Amnesiac
321. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
322. Randy Newman – Sail Away
323. The Police – Ghost In The Machine
324. David Bowie – Station to Station
325. Eric Clapton – Slowhand
326. The Cure – Disintegration
327. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
328. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
329. James Brown – In the Jungle Groove
330. Neil Young – Tonight's the Night
331. The Beatles – Help!
332. Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
333. X – Wild Gift
334. Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
335. Soundgarden – Superunknown
336. Radiohead – In Rainbows
337. Jethro Tull – Aqualung
338. Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
339. Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
340. Black Flag – Damaged
341. Moby – Play
342. Depeche Mode – Violator
343. Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
344. Lou Reed – Berlin
345. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
346. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
347. Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
348. Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
349. Jay-Z – The Black Album
350. The Yardbirds – Roger the Engineer
351. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
352. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
353. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
354. Billy Joel – 52nd Street
355. The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds
356. Randy Newman – 12 Songs
357. The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
358. Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
359. Elton John – Honky Chateau
360. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
361. Outkast – Stankonia
362. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
363. Order – Substance
364. The Doors – L.A. Woman
365. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
366. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
367. Madonna – Ray of Light
368. Eagles – Eagles
369. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
370. Mott the Hoople – Mott
371. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
372. The Police – Reggatta De Blanc
373. Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
374. Roxy Music – Siren
375. Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
376. Björk – Post
377. John Lee Hooker – The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)
378. Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
379. TLC – Crazysexycool
380. Toots and The Maytals – Funky Kingston
381. The Beach Boys – Smile
382. Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
383. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
384. The Who – A Quick One
385. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
386. Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
387. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
388. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
389. Don Henley – The End of the Innocence
390. The White Stripes – Elephant
391. Jackson Browne – The Pretender
392. The Beatles – Let It Be
393. M.I.A. – Kala
394. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
395. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
396. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
397. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
398. ZZ Top – Eliminator
399. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
400. The Temptations – Anthology
401. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
402. Nas – Illmatic
403. Lynyrd Skynyrd – (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
404. Dr. John – Dr. John's Gumbo
405. Big Star – Radio City
406. PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
407. The Clash – Sandinista!
408. Sinead O' Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
409. The Doors – Strange Days
410. Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
411. Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
412. Wire – Pink Flag
413. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
414. The Go-Go's – Beauty and the Beat
415. Van Halen – Van Halen
416. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
417. U2 – Boy
418. Wings – Band on the Run
419. Portishead – Dummy
420. Buddy Holly & The Crickets – The "Chirping" Crickets
421. Various Artists – The Best of the Girl Groups
422. The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
423. Diana Ross and The Supremes – Anthology
424. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
425. Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
426. Cheap Trick – At Budokan
427. Peter Wolf – Sleepless
428. The Police – Outlandos D'Amour
429. Brian Eno – Another Green World
430. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
431. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
432. Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
433. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
434. Big Star – #1 Record
435. Nirvana – In Utero
436. Beck – Sea Change
437. Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter III
438. The Cure – Boys Don't Cry
439. Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
440. The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
441. Suicide – Suicide
442. Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
443. Cheap Trick – In Color
444. War – The World Is A Ghetto
445. Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
446. MC5 – Back in the USA
447. Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
448. The Police – Synchronicity
449. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
450. Jackson Browne – For Everyman
451. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
452. John Prine – John Prine
453. EPMD – Strictly Business
454. Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
455. Los Lobos – How Will the Wolf Survive?
456. Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
457. My Morning Jacket – Z
458. Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
459. The Drifters – The Drifters' Golden Hits
460. Hole – Live Through This
461. Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
462. R.E.M. – Document
463. Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
464. Def Leppard – Hysteria
465. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
466. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
467. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
468. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
469. Fugees – The Score
470. LL Cool J – Radio
471. Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
472. George Michael – Faith
473. The Smiths – The Smiths
474. Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza
475. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Armed Forces
476. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
477. Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994
478. Loretta Lynn – All Time Greatest Hits
479. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
480. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
481. D'Angelo – Voodoo
482. Steve Earle – Guitar Town
483. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
484. Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes
485. Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
486. Earth, Wind & Fire – That's The Way Of The World
487. Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual
488. Husker Du – New Day Rising
489. Kiss – Destroyer
490. ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
491. Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
492. Eurythmics – Touch
493. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
494. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
495. Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
496. Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
497. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
498. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
499. B.B. King – Live In Cook County Jail
500. OutKast – Aquemini
In the end, what do you think about this list? How many of these albums have you listened to? Which do you own? Which is your personal favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.
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