List of rock and roll albums

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This is a list of albums that are particularly notable or influential. It has been derived by compiling lists published by professional sources. Each album has at least one number following it. See references for the key, which assigns each source a number. All the lists are self-described as rock and roll (or rock or rock music or other variants, though not more specific substyles like hard rock), though some would more commonly be described as reggae, blues, calypso, jazz, soul, country, funk, heavy metal or hip hop. Many of the lists are ranked, but this is not taken into account -- all albums on a list are included with the same cross-reference number, whether they are ranked #1 or #100 on that particular list.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M -N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y

A

• AC/DC - Back in Black (2, 6, 16)
• AC/DC - Highway to Hell (8, 17)
• AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It (1)
• Aerosmith - Rocks (1, 8, 17)
• Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1, 5)
• Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album (8)
• Air - Moon Safari (13)
• Al Green - Call Me (2, 4)
• Al Green - Greatest Hits (8)
• Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (9)

• Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (17)
• Alice in Chains - Dirt (5)
• Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1, 12)
• Alice Cooper - School's Out (9)
• The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17)
• The Animals - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (10)
• The Animals - Best of the Animals (8)

• Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits (3)
• Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13)
• Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (2, 8, 14)
• Aretha Franklin - Soul of 69 (10)
• Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (2)
• Arthur Alexander - The Flight (4)

B

Ba-Bi - Bl - Bo - Br-By

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• The B-52's - The B-52's (2)

Ba-Bj

• Bad Company - Straight Shooter (12)
• The Band - The Band (3, 5, 8, 9, 14, 15)
• The Band - The Last Waltz (10, 13)
• The Band - Music from Big Pink (1, 3, 17)

• The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross (12)
• BB King - Live at the Regal (4, 9)
• The Beach Boys - Endless Summer (8)
• The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)

• Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (2, 6, 8, 13, 16)
• Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West (5)
• The Beatles - Abbey Road (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 13)

• The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (9, 12)
• The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (12)
• The Beatles - Please Please Me (4)

• The Beatles - Revolver (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
• The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 17)
• The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
• The Beatles - The Beatles 1962-1966 (8)

• The Beatles - The White Album (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18)
• The Beatles - With the Beatles (9)
• Beck - Mellow Gold (17)
• Beck - Odelay (6, 8, 16)
• Big Brother & the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (9, 12)

• Big Star - Radio City (8)
• Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (13)
• Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (9)
• Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Volume 1 and 2 (8)
• Björk - Homogenic (13)

Bl

• Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (5)
• Black Flag - Damaged (8)
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1, 7, 8, 17)
• Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1)
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (12)
• The Blasters - Hard Line (4)
• Blind Faith - Blind Faith (5)
• Blondie - Parallel Lines (8, 13)
• Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (9)
• Blue Ridge Rangers - Blue Ridge Rangers (12)
• Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues (10)

Bo

• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (8)
• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley's Beach Party (4)
• Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 18)
• Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (2, 3, 8, 9)
• Bob Dylan - Desire (12)

• Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (17)
• Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13)
• Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (9)
• Bob Dylan - Live at Albert Hall (9, 14)
• Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (5)
• Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (12)
• Bob Dylan - Ten of Swords (4)
• Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes (8, 9)

• Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus (2, 13)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend (6, 16)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live! (3, 8)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (3)
• Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (5)
• Bobby Bland - The Best Vol 1 (9)
• Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time (5, 8, 17)
• Boston - Boston (6, 16)

Br-By

• Brian Eno - Another Green World (5, 8)
• Brownsville Station - Yeah (12)
• Bruce Cockburn - Further Adventures of (10)
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17)
• Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (3, 8, 12)
• Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (2, 13, 14)
• Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (3, 4, 5, 12, 18)
• Bruce Springsteen - The River (12)
• Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (3)
• Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (3)
• Buddy Holly - The Complete Buddy Holly (4)
• Buddy Holly - From the Original Master Tapes (3)
• Buddy Holly - Legend (9)
• Buddy Holly - Twenty Golden Greats (8)
• Buffalo Springfield - The Beginning (9)
• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (3, 8)
• Bunny Wailer - Hook Line and Sinker (4)
• Burning Spear - Garvey's Ghost (4)
• The Byrds - The Byrds' Greatest Hits (8, 9)
• The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (3, 5)
• The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (9, 17)

C

Ca-Co - Cr-Cu

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Ca-Co

• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (8, 11)

• Carl Perkins - The Classic Carl Perkins (4)
• Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits (8)
• Carole King - Tapestry (1, 2, 6, 8, 13, 16, 17)
• Cast Recording - Hair: The American Tribal I Love Rock Musical (5)
• Cast Recording - Jesus Christ Superstar (5)
• Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (1, 13)
• Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (1)
• J.J. Cale - Naturally (12)
• Charlie Rich - Original Hits and Midnight Demos (4)
• Cheap Trick - At Bukodan (1)
• The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (7)
• Chic - Risqué (8)
• Chuck Berry - After School Session (14)
• Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (3, 4)

• Chuck Berry - Golden Decade Vol 1 (9)
• Chuck Berry - The Great 28 (3, 6, 8, 16)
• The Clash - The Clash (1, 3, 6, 8, 18)
• The Clash - London Calling (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
• The Coasters - Early Years (9)
• The Contours - Do You Love Me (4)
• Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions (5)

Cr-Cu

• Cream - Best of Cream (9)
• Cream - Disraeli Gears (1, 2, 5, 12)
• Cream - Wheels of Fire (8, 17)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (12)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle (20 Greatest Hits) (3, 6, 16)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1, 12, 14, 17)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (12)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (5, 9, 12)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live in Europe (10)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (4, 8, 12)
• Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1, 9, 17)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (2, 8, 13)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Four Way Street (10)
• Crowded House - Crowded House (1)
• Crowded House - Woodface (14)
• The Cure - The Head on the Door (1, 6, 16)
• The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1, 18)
• The Cure - Staring at the Sea: The Singles (8)
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (2)
• Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - The Anthology (1966-1977) (8)
• Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - His Early Years with the Impressions (9)

D

• Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (17)
• David Bowie - "Heroes" (10, 17)

• David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1, 2, 8, 13, 14)
• David Bowie - Low (1, 8, 13)
• David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18)
• David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name... (5, 10)
• De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (8)
• Deep Purple - Fireball (12)
• Deep Purple - In Rock (1, 9, 12)
• Deep Purple - Machine Head (1, 12)
• Deep Purple - Made in Japan (10, 17)

• Def Leppard - Adrenalize (5)
• Delbert McClinton - Love Rustler (12)
• Derek & the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 15)
• Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (10)
• Diana Ross & the Supremes - 20 Greatest Hits (3)
• Diana Ross & the Supremes - Anthology (8)
• Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (12)
• Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1, 10, 17)
• Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (8)

• Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (10)
• Donovan - Donovan in Concert (5)
• The Doors - The Doors (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18)
• The Doors - L.A. Woman (1, 10)
• The Doors - Morrison Hotel (5)
• The Doors - Strange Days (5)
• Dr. Dre - The Chronic (8)
• The Drifters - Let the Boogie Woogie Roll (4)
• Duran Duran - Rio (13)
• Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (2, 4, 8, 12, 13)
• Dwight Yoakam - Just Lookin' for a Hit (4)

E

Ea-Er - Et-Ev

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Ea-Er

• The Eagles - Desperado (5, 10)
• The Eagles - Hotel California (1, 2, 8, 12, 17)
• The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind (14)
• Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (10)
• Eddie & the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression (10)
• Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record (1)
• Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1, 5)
• Elton John - Greatest Hits (8)
• Elton John - Honky Chateau (8)
• Elton John - To Be Continued (3)
• Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (5, 13)
• Elvis Costello - Get Happy (14)
• Elvis Costello - King of America (4)
• Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (2, 3, 8, 13, 17)
• Elvis Costello - Spike (3)
• Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1, 6, 16, 18)
• Elvis Presley - The Complete Burbank Sessions, Volume 1 (4)
• Elvis Presley - Elvis (1, 3)
• Elvis Presley - Elvis at Sun (14)
• Elvis Presley - Elvis Golden Records (6, 8)
• Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (3)
• Elvis Presely - Golden Hits Vol 1 (9)
• Elvis Presley - The Memphis Record (3, 8)
• Elvis Presley - Rock'n'Roll (9)
• Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions (2, 3, 7, 8, 18)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (10)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (17)
• English Beat - Special Beat Service (4)
• Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West (4)
• Eric Burdon & Jimmy Whitespoon - Guilty (10)
• Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (6, 12, 16)
• Eric Clapton - Crossroads (3)
• Eric Clapton - Unplugged (17)

Et-Ev

• Etta James - Tell Mama (4)
• Eurythmics - Touch (8)
• Everly Brothers - 22 Original Classics (9)
• Everly Brothers - Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits (3, 8)
• Everly Brothers - Roots (4)
• Everything But the Girl - Eden (10)

F

• The Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse (1)
• Fairport Convention - Full House (5)
• Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief (17)
• Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (9)
• Faith No More - King for a Day (10)
• Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino (8)
• Faust - Faust (11)
• Fela Kuti - Roforofo Flight (4)

• The Firesign Theatre - Everything You Know Is Wrong (4)
• Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (13)
• Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (5)
• Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (9)
• Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1)
• Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17)
• Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin (8, 17)
• Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail (11)
• The Four Tops - Second Album (4)
• Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (6, 16)
• Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (5, 9)
• Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere (10)
• Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York (10)
• Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (8, 17)
• Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money (9, 12)
• Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Collection (3)
• Fugazi - 13 Songs (13)
• Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (13)
• Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (8)

G-I

• Gang of Four - Entertainment! (8)

• Gary U.S. Bonds - On the Line (4)
• Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (6, 10, 16, 17)
• Geordie - Don't Be Fooled by the Name (12)
• George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (5)
• Georgia Satellites - In the Land of Salvation and Sin (4)
• The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (14)
• Gong - Flying Teapot (11)
• Graham Parker - Heat Treatment (4)
• Graham Parker & the Rumour - Howling Wind (3)
• Graham Parker & the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (3)
• Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (18)

• Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - Greatest Messages (8)
• Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (10)
• Grateful Dead - American Beauty (5, 6, 13, 16)
• Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (8, 9, 10, 17)
• Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (8)
• Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (2, 8, 17)
• Hall & Oates - Live at the Apollo (10)
• Hank Williams - Greatest Hits (9)
• Hank Williams Jr. - Hank Williams Jr. and Friends (4)
• Harry Belafonte - Excerpts from the Belafonte Carnegie Hall Concert (12)
• Harry Chapin - Short Stories (12)
• Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos (1)
• Hole - Live Through This (8, 13, 17)
• Hot Tuna - Hot Tuna (10)
• Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rock n' Roll Revival (4)
• The Human League - Dare! (1)
• Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (8, 11, 17)
• INXS - Kick (1)
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (9)
• Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time (4)
• Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (17)

J

Ja - Je-Ji - Jo-Ju

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Ja

• Jackie Wilson - The Jackie Wilson Story (4)
• Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement! (8)
• Jackson 5 - ABC (2)
• Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky (8, 10)
• Jackson Browne - The Pretender (3)
• Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (10, 17)
• James Brown - Best of James Brown (9)
• James Brown - Live at the Apollo (3, 6, 14, 16)
• James Brown - The CD of JB (Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics) (3)
• James Brown - Sex Machine (2)
• James Brown - Star Time (4, 8)

• James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (4)
• James Taylor - JT (3)
• James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (2, 5, 8, 17)
• Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (8, 17)
• Janis Ian - Between the Lines (12)
• Janis Ian - Janis Ian (12)
• Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills (10)
• Janis Joplin - Pearl (1, 5, 17)
• Jason & the Scorchers - Fervor (4)

Je-Ji

• Jeff Beck Group - Beck-ola (5)
• Jeff Buckley - Grace (1, 2, 13, 17)
• Jefferson Airplane - Live at the Monterey Festival (5)
• Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (8, 9, 13)
• Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (3)
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Ferriday Fireball (3)
• Jerry Lee Lewis - The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer! No Filler! (8)
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (4)
• Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (8)

• Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1, 5, 12, 17)
• Jethro Tull - Stand Up (9, 12)
• Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick (1)
• Jim Morrison - An American Prayer (10)
• Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (2, 8)

• Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (5)
• Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
• Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 18)
• Jimi Hendrix Experience - Radio One (4)

Jo-Ju

• Joan Baez - Volume 2 (9)
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock n Roll (8)
• Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1, 17)
• Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (15)
• Joe Jackson - Body and Soul (10)
• Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (5)
• Joe South - Introspect (9)
• Joe Turner - Big Black and Blue (8)
• John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow (4)
• John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (11)
• John Fogerty - John Fogerty (12)
• John Hiatt - Bring the Family (3, 10)
• John Lennon - Imagine (1, 5, 8, 17)
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (3, 4, 5, 8, 14)
• John Mayall - The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1, 8, 9)

• John Miles - Stranger in the City (12)
• John Paul Jones - Zooma (5)
• Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison (18)
• Johnny Cash - The Sun Years (4, 8)
• Johnny Horton - The World of Johnny Horton (4)
• Joni Mitchell - Blue (2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17)
• Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (3, 9)
• Joni Mitchell - Hejira (10)
• Joy Division - Closer (1, 8, 13)
• Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (7)
• Junior Walker & the All-Stars - Command Performances (4)

K

• The Kingsmen - The Best of the Kingsmen (4)
• King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (5, 10, 17)
• The Kinks - Golden Hour Vol 1
• The Kinks - Greatest Hits (4, 8)
• The Kinks - Misfits (5)
• The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace (10)
• The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks (8, 14)
• The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society (1, 18)
• KISS - Alive! (1)
• Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (11)
• Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1)
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn (7)
• Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (2, 8)

L

• Laurie Anderson - Big Science (8)
• Laurie Anderson - Home of the Brave (17)
• Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (2, 13)
• LaVern Baker - Real Gone Gal (4)
• Led Zeppelin - Complete Studio Recordings (3)

• Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (13)
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (2, 12)
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12)
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (12)
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17)

• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
• Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (17, 18)
• Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl (11)
• Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (10)
• Little Richard - The Georgia Peach (8)
• Little Richard - 18 Greatest Hits (3)
• Little Richard - The Specialty Sessions (4)
• Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (2, 8, 13)
• LL Cool J - Radio (8)
• Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (10)
• Lone Justice - Lone Justice (4)
• Lonnie Donegan - Golden Hour Vol 1 (9)
• Lonnie Mack - The Wham! Of That Memphis Man (4)
• Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (10)
• Lou Reed - Berlin (18)
• Lou Reed - New York (3, 17)
• Lou Reed - Street Hassle (10)
• Lou Reed - Transformer (1, 5, 18)
• Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella (5)
• Louis Jordan - Let the Good Times Roll (9)
• Love - Forever Changes (12, 13, 18)
• Lovin' Spoonful - Golden Hour (9)
• Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (12)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (17)

M

Ma-Mi - Mo-My

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Ma-Mi

• Madonna - Like a Prayer (2, 8, 13)
• Madness - One Step Beyond... (10)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame (9)
• Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (12)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (12)

• Mark Almond - To the Heart (10)
• Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' for a Rainbow (10)
• Marvin Gaye - Anthology (8)
• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16)
• Massive Attack - Blue Lines (7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17)

• Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (13)
• Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See (18)
• MC 5 - Kick out the Jams (10)
• Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (17)
• The Mekons - Rock n' Roll (4)
• Merle Haggard - A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (4)
• Metallica - Kill 'Em All (6, 8, 16, 17)
• Metallica - The Black Album (1, 5)
• Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (2, 4, 8, 13)
• Michael Jackson - Thriller (2, 7, 8, 12)
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (5)
• Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (2, 5)
• Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (2)
• Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (8)
• The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (8, 13)

Mo-My

• Moby - Go (8)
• Moby Grape - Moby Grape (5)
• Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers (13, 18)
• The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (12)
• The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (5)
• The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (9)
• The Moonglows - Look! It's the Moonglows (4)
• The Morells - Shake and Push (4)
• Morphine - Good (11)
• Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (5)
• Mott the Hoople - Mott (4)
• The Move - Shazam (12)
• Muddy Waters - Hard Again (14)
• My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (8, 13)

N

• Nazareth - Razamanaz (12)

• Neil Young - After the Goldrush (1, 5, 8, 13, 17)
• Neil Young - Decade (3)
• Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (13)
• Neil Young - Freedom (3)
• Neil Young - Harvest (1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 16)
• Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps (3, 8, 10, 18)
• Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (4, 8, 14)
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (10)
• Neu! - Neu! (11)
• Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (10)
• New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1)
• New York Dolls - New York Dolls (8, 13)
• Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call (14)
• Nick Cave - The Good Son (11)
• Nick Cave - Murder Ballads (17)
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (10)
• Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (3, 13)
• Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (18)
• Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1)
• Nico - Desert Shore (11)

• Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (17)
• Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (8)
• Nirvana - Nevermind (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York (8)
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (5)
• N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (2, 6, 8, 16)

O

• The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (8)
• The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (9)
• The Offspring - Americana (5)
• The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (8)
• Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul (4)
• Otis Redding - Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding (8)
• Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (2, 9, 14)
• Otis Redding - Otis Live (10)
• Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Story (3)

P

Pa-Pi - Pj-Pu

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Pa-Pi

• Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (5)
• Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (4)
• Parliament - Mothership Connection (2, 8)

• Pat Metheny Group - As Falls Wichita (10)
• Patsy Cline - Stop Look and Listen (4)
• Patti Smith - Horses (2, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Paul Kelly - Gossip (1)
• Paul Kelly - Post (4)
• Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1, 12)
• Paul Simon - Graceland (2, 3, 13, 17)
• Paul Simon - Paul Simon (3)
• Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (8)
• Pearl Jam - Ten (2, 5, 8, 10, 17)
• Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (8, 11)
• The Persuasions - Chirpin' (4)
• Pet Shop Boys - Discography - The Complete Singles Collection (12)
• Pete Townsend - Empty Glass (5)
• Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) (13)

• Peter Gabriel - So (2, 17)
• Phil Spector - Back to Mono (8)
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18)
• Pink Floyd - Meddle (12)
• Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (8, 9, 14)
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1, 12)
• Pixies - Doolittle (1, 15, 17)
• Pixies - Surfer Rosa (8, 13)

Pj-Pu

• PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (13, 18)
• PJ Harvey - Dry (8, 17)
• The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (12)
• The Police - Regatta de Blanc (17)
• The Police - Synchronicity (2, 6, 13, 16)
• Pop Group - Y (11)
• Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (11)
• Portishead - Dummy (13)
• The Pretenders - Pretenders (2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13)

• Primal Scream - Screamadelica (7)
• Prince - 1999 (2, 3)
• Prince - Dirty Mind (8)
• Prince - Sign O the Times (2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18)
• Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (2, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16)

• Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (12)
• Procol Harum - Live at Edmonton (12)
• Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (12)
• Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16)

Q

• Queen - A Night at the Opera (17)
• Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (10)

R

Ra-Ri - Ro-Ry

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Ra-Ri

• Radiohead - The Bends (13)
• Radiohead - OK Computer (2, 13, 14, 17)

• Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (17)
• The Ramones - The Ramones (1, 2, 5, 8, 13, 17)
• The Ramones - Rocket to Russia (1, 14)
• Randy Newman - 12 Songs (3, 8, 9, 15)
• Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (5, 12)
• Rank & File - Sundown (4)
• Ray Charles - 25 Years in Show Busines (9)
• Ray Charles - Anthology (3)
• Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul (8)
• Ray Charles - Greatest Country and Western Hits (3)
• Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (2, 8)
• Ray Charles - Live (4)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (5, 17)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (10)
• R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (14, 17, 18)

• R.E.M. - Document (8)
• R.E.M. - Murmur (2, 6, 8, 13, 16)
• R.E.M. - Out of Time (1, 5)
• R.E.M. - Reckoning (3)
• Red Krayola - Parable of Arable Land (11)
• The Replacements - Let It Be (2, 8, 13)
• The Residents - Not Available (11)
• Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation (13)
• Richard Thompson - Hands of Kindness (3)
• Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights (3, 4, 15)
• Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (10)
• Ringo Starr - Ringo (5)
• Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (4)

Ro-Ry

• Robbie Robertson - Music for Native Americans (17)
• Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader (4)
• Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (11)
• Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (5)
• Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure (4)
• Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 14)

• Rolling Stones - Aftermath (3)
• Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12)
• Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tides and Green Grass) (8)
• Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)

• Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 18)
• Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1, 5, 9, 18)
• Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) (9)
• Rolling Stones - The Singles (3)

• Rolling Stones - Some Girls (5, 8)
• Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1, 2, 8, 12, 13, 18)
• Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1, 13, 18)
• Roxy Music - Siren (8)
• Roxy Music - Stranded (9)
• Roy Orbison - For the Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits (3, 4)
• Roy Orbison - For The Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology, 1956-1964 (8)

• Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1)
• Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (12)
• Roy Wood - Boulders (12)
• Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (11)
• Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (8)
• Ruth Brown - Rockin' in Rhythm: The Best of Ruth Brown (8)
• Ry Cooder - Bob Till You Drop (12)
• Ry Cooder - Get Rhythm (10)
• Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch (4)

S

Sa-Sl - Sm-St

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Sa-Sl

• Salif Keita - Folon (15)
• Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave (4)
• Sam Cooke - The Man and His Music (3, 8)
• Sam Cooke - This Is (9)
• Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - The Best of Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs (4)
• Santana - Abraxas (1, 2, 5, 12, 17)
• Santana - Caravanserai (10)

• Scott Walker - Scott 3 (18)
• Seatrain - Seatrain (5)
• Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks; Here's the Sex Pistols (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18)
• The Shadows - Greatest Hits (9)
• Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (2, 3, 9, 13, 14)
• Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1, 2, 5, 17)
• Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (8)
• Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain (10)
• Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (3, 8, 13)
• Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (9)
• Skip Spence - Oar (5)
• Slade - Sladest (9)
• Slint - Spiderland (13)
• Sly & the Family Stone - Greatest Hits (3, 8, 9)
• Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! (2, 14)
• Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (3, 4, 8)

Sm-St

• Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (17)
• Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (6, 8, 16)

• The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1, 10, 13, 14, 18)
• The Smiths - The Smiths (8)
• Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke... (4)
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Anthology (8)
• Soft Machine - Soft Machine (9)
• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (8, 13, 17)
• Sonic Youth - EVOL (13)
• Soundgarden - Superunknown (17)
• Southside Johnny - Reach Up and Touch the Sky (10)
• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (4)
• Sparks - Kimono My House (18)
• The Specials - The Specials (6, 10, 16)
• Status Quo - Piledriver (12)
• Steeleye Span - Time (5)
• Steely Dan - Aja (10)
• Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (9)
• Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (8)
• Stephen Stills - Live (10)
• Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (10)

• Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival (4)
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (12)
• Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (10)
• Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16)
• Stevie Wonder - Musiquarium (3)
• Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (2, 7, 12, 13)
• Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (8, 9, 12)
• Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1)
• Stills, Bloomfield & Kooper - Supersession (10)
• Stills-Young Band - Long May You Run (10)
• Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles (17)
• Stone Roses - Stone Roses (8, 13)
• The Stooges - Fun House (8, 13, 14, 17, 18)
• The Stooges - Raw Power (2)
• The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1)
• The Stranglers - The Raven (10)
• Style Council - Café Bleu (10)
• Suicide - Suicide (11)
• Supertramp - Breakfast in America (12)

T

• T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1, 5, 14, 18)
• T. Rex - The Slider (12)

• Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1)
• Talking Heads - Remain in Light (2, 3, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17)
• Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (3)
• Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (6, 16)
• Talking Heads - Talking Heads '77 (18)
• Ted Hawkins - On the Boardwalk (4)
• Television - Marquee Moon (2, 10, 13, 17)
• The Temptations - 1990 (12)
• The Temptations - Anthology (4, 9)
• The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (10)
• Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (11)
• Tim Buckley - Lorca (11)
• Tim Buckley - Starsailor (10)
• Tina Turner - Private Dancer (2, 4)
• Tom Jones - Smash Hits (12)
• Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (17)
• Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (10)
• Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (10, 13)
• Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (5)
• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (17)
• Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (17)
• Traffic - Mr. Fantasy (9)
• Tricky - Maxinquaye (13)
• The Tubes - Remote Control (10)
• The Tubes - Young and Rich (12)

U

• U2 - Achtung Baby (2, 5, 8, 14, 18)
• U2 - The Joshua Tree (2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 17)
• U2 - Rattle and Hum (10)
• U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (6, 12, 16)
• U2 - War (1)
• UB40 - Signing Off (10)
• Ultravox - Systems of Romance (10)
• Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (12)

V

Va - Ve

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Va

Vam - Var

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Vam

• Vampire Rodents - Lullaby Land (11)

Van

• Van Halen - 1984 (17)
• Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (5)
• Van Halen - Van Halen (6, 16)
• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18)
• Van Morrison - The Best of Van Morrison (8)
• Van Morrison - Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (10)
• Van Morrison - Into the Music (3)
• Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (3)

• Van Morrison - Moondance (2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17)
• Van Morrison - No Guru No Method No Teacher (10)

Var

• Various Chess Records Artists - Pop Origins (9)
• Various Trojan Records Artists - Reggae Chartbusters (9)
• Various Artists - 1000 Volts of Stax: Rare and Unissued Tracks from the Golden Era of Soul (4)
• Various Artists - I Roots: Birth & Growth of Teenage Music 1950-62 (9)
• Various Artists - II Black Tradition: Blues Plus Gospel Equals Soul (9)
• Various Artists - III Britain Emerges: From Washboards through Acid to World Beaters (9)
• Various Artists - IV America in the 60s: From Newport to Woodstock via Greenwich Village and California (9)
• Various Artists - V America at the End of the 60s: The Sound of Things to Come (9)
• Various Artists - VI Sounds of the 70s (9)
• Various Artists - American Graffiti (9)
• Various Artists - Atlantic Black Gold (9)
• Various Artists - Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974 (3, 8)
• Various Artists - The Best of Doo-Wop Ballads (3)
• Various Artists - The Best of Doo-Wop Uptempo (8)
• Various Artists - The Best of the Girl Groups, Volume 1 and 2 (8)
• Various Artists - The Complete Million Dollar Session (4)
• Various Artists - Easy Rider (9)
• Various Artists - Great Songs Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland (3)
• Various Artists - Greatest Rap Hits, Volume 2 (4)
• Various Artists (mostly by Jimmy Cliff) - The Harder They Come (8, 9)
• Various Artists - Hitsville, USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1950-1971 (8)
• Various Artists - Many Sides of Rock'n'Roll (9)
• Various Artists - Memphis Rock'n'Roll (9)
• Various Artists - The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-18, 1967 (5)
• Various Artists - Motown Sound (9) (note: compilation apparently doesn't exist but undoubtedly refers to the Motown style of soul music)
• Various Artists - The Nonesuch Explorer (4)
• Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (8)
• Various Artists - The Phil Spector Sound (9)
• Various Artists - Rock & Roll The Early Days (3)
• Various Artists (mostly by The Bee Gees) - Saturday Night Fever (2, 6, 8, 16)
• Various Artists - The Soul of New Orleans (3)
• Various Artists - Sun City (4)
• Various Artists - The Sun Records Collection (8)
• Various Artists - This Is Where It All Began Vol 2 (9)
• Various Artists - Toga Rock (3)
• Various Artists - Woodstock (9)

Ve

• Velvet Underground - Loaded (8)
• Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (10, 13)
• The Verve - Urban Hymns (17)

W-Z

• The Wailers - Burnin' (8, 17)
• The Wailers - Catch a Fire (4, 5, 13, 14)
• The Who - Live at Leeds (5)

• The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
• The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (4, 8)
• The Who - My Generation (9, 18)
• The Who - Tommy (1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 17)
• The Who - Quadrophenia (2)
• The Who - The Ultimate Collection
• The Who - The Who: Then and Now
• The Who - Who's Next (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16)
• Wilbert Harrison - Let's Work Together (4)

• Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (14)
• Willie Nelson - The Red Headed Stranger (8)
• Willy de Ville - Miracle (10)
• Wire - Pink Flag (13)
• Womack & Womack - Love Wars (4)
• X (US) - Los Angeles (8, 13)
• X (US) - See How We Are (4)
• The Yardbirds - Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1964-1966) (8)
• The Yardbirds - Remember (9)
• Yes - The Yes Album (9)
• The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (13, 18)

References

• Alternative Melbourne - The Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums - 1
• VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll - 2
• Bill Shapiro's Top 100 Rock Compact Discs - 3
• Jimmy Guterman's 100 Best Rock and Roll Records of All Time - 4
• Rod Underhill's Top 100 Rock/Pop Albums - 5
• Illinois Entertainer's 50 Great Albums (A Rock Time Capsule) - 6
• Dagbladet's 25 Best Rock and Pop Albums of the Century - 7
• Rolling Stone's 200: The Essential Rock Collection - 8
• Charlie Gillett and Simon Frith's 100 Essential Rock Albums, published in Rock File 3 by Panther (1975) - 9
• Italian e-zine Viceversa - 10
• 100 Greatest Rock Albums by Scaruffi.com - 11
• Rockweb Top 100 - 12
• The Larry Page - 13
• The Courier Mail (Brisbane) - 14
• AudioEnz (New Zealand) Top Ten - 15
• IE magazine - 16
• The Jam (Italy) - 17
• Telerama (France) - 18

List of albums by performer (all albums listed have articles in the Wikipedia)
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