Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

*As Of 31st December 2023
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Abbey Road
The Beatles
Nevermind
Nirvana
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Purple Rain
Prince & The Revolution
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Revolver
The Beatles
Thriller
Michael Jackson
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
London Calling
The Clash
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Kid A
Radiohead
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
The Velvet Underground And Nico
The Velvet Underground
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
Tapestry
Carole King
Horses
Patti Smith
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Voodoo
D'Angelo
White Album
The Beatles
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Lemonade
Beyonce
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
The Chronic
Dr Dre
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
David Bowie
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
OK Computer
Radiohead
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Illmatic
Nas
Sign O' The Times
Prince
Graceland
Paul Simon
Ramones
Ramones
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Aquemini
OutKast
The Blueprint
Jay-Z
The Great Twenty-Eight
Chuck Berry
Station To Station
David Bowie
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Star Time
James Brown
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
The Band
The Band
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Paid In Full
Eric B & Rakim
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N Roses
Aja
Steely Dan
Stankonia
OutKast
Live At The Apollo
James Brown
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A
Renaissance
Beyonce
Harvest
Neil Young
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Who's Next
The Who
The Sun Sessions
Elvis Presley
Blond
Frank Ocean
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols
Beyonce
Beyonce
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Back In Black
AC/DC
Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
The Doors
The Doors
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Baduzim
Erykah Badu
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Axis: Bold As Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott
Fun House
The Stooges
Take Care
Drake
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Red
Taylor Swift
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
The Clash
The Clash
Three Feet High And Rising
De La Soul
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers
Live Through This
Hole
Marquee Moon
Television
When The Pawn...
Fiona Apple
Transformer
Lou Reed
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Control
Janet Jackson
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Is This It
The Strokes
Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
Kendrick Lamar
Disintegration
The Cure
Late Registration
Kanye West
Hotel California
The Eagles
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Moondance
Van Morrison
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Achtung Baby
U2
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
My Life
Mary J Blige
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
Ray Charles
A Night At The Opera
Queen
The Wall
Pink Floyd
1999
Prince
Dummy
Portishead
40 Greatest Hits
Hank Williams
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
The Score
Fugees
The Joshua Tree
U2
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
21
Adele
The Immaculate Collection
Madonna
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Doolittle
Pixies
Born In The USA
Bruce Springsteen
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
John Prine
John Prine
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Faith
George Michael
Pretenders
The Pretenders
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Amazing Grace
Aretha Franklin
The Black Album
Jay-Z
Let It Be
The Replacements
(What's The Story) Morning Glory?
Oasis
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Synchronicity
The Police
Ten
Pearl Jam
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Different Class
Pulp
Saturday Night Fever
Various Artists
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Murmur
R.E.M
20 Golden Greats
Buddy Holly
Violator
Depeche Mode
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Folklore
Taylor Swift
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
In Utero
Nirvana
The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack
Jimmy Cliff & Various Artists
DAMN
Kendrick Lamar
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Otis Blue
Otis Redding
Life After Death
The Notorious B.I.G
Forever Changes
Love
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Electric Warrior
T-Rex
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Tommy
The Who
At Last!
Etta James
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Willy And The Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad
Michael Jackson
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Body Talk
Robyn
Meet The Beatles!
The Beatles
The B-52's
The B-52's
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Diamond Life
Sade
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest
Homogenic
Bjork
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Graduation
Kanye West
Tea For The Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Low
David Bowie
Eagles
The Eagles
Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
Raising Hell
Run-DMC
The Birth Of Soul
Ray Charles
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
The Idler Wheel
Fiona Apple
Wildflowers
Tom Petty
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Either/Or
Elliott Smith
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
CrazySexyCool
TLC
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Imagine
John Lennon
Fly
Dixie Chicks
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul
The Ultimate Collection
Patsy Cline
Anti
Rihanna
Damn The Torpedoes
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath
Metallica (The Black Album)
Metallica
Discovery
Daft Punk
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions
Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
Sam Cooke
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Loaded
The Velvet Underground
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Love Deluxe
Sade
American Idiot
Green Day
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Singles Going Steady
Buzzcocks
Honky Chateau
Elton John
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
Pearl
Janis Joplin
Cut
The Slits
Check Your Head
Beastie Boys
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order
Hard Day's Night
The Beatles
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Wowee Zowee
Pavement
Help!
The Beatles
Double Nickles On The Dime
Minutemen
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Yeezus
Kanye West
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
What's The 411?
Mary J Blige
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Entertainment!
Gang Of Four
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Curtis
Curtis Mayfield
The Bends
Radiohead
The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
Down Every Road 1962-1994
Merle Haggard
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mr Tambourine Man
The Byrds
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Post
Bjork
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
The Writing's On The Wall
Destiny's Child
Van Halen
Van Halen
Last Splash
The Breeders
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Weezer
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young
So
Peter Gabriel
Full Moon Fever
Tom Petty
Live At The Regal
B.B King
Come On Over
Shania Twain
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
The Definitive Collection
Abba
Just As I Am
Bill Withers
Alive!
Kiss
I'm Still In Love With You
Al Green
Portrait Of A Legend
Sam Cooke
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Closer
Joy Division
White Flag
Wire
On The Beach
Neil Young
A Seat At The Table
Solange
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
One In A Million
Aaliyah
El Mal Querer
Rosalia
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
The Velvet Rope
Janet Jackson
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Los Angeles
X
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Sandinista!
The Clash
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
All Killer No Filler!
Jerry Lee Lewis
Dirty Mind
Prince
Live At Leeds
The Who
Modern Vampires Of The City
Vampire Weekend
Endtroducing...
DJ Shadow
African Giant
Burna Boy
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Still Bill
Bill Withers
Abraxas
Santana
The Basement Tapes
Bob Dylan & The Band
Avalon
Roxy Music
John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Doggystyle
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Let It Be
The Beatles
Greatest Hits
Sly & The Family Stone
Funky Kingston
Toots & The Maytals
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen
AM
Arctic Monkeys
Liquid Swords
GZA
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Kick Out The Jams
MC5
Music Of My Mind
Stevie Wonder
SOS
SZA
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
The Cars
The Cars
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Gris-Gris
Dr John
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Sour
Olivia Rodrigo
Radio City
Big Star
‘One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
Mothership Connection
Parliament
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Madvillainy
Madvillain
Rocks
Aerosmith
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Drake
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
The Infamous
Mobb Deep
Tha Carter II
Lil Wayne
Anthology
The Temptations
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Robert Johnson
Dookie
Green Day
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Run-DMC
Run-DMC
Moving Pictures
Rush
Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus
(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Currents
Tame Impala
Mezzanine
Massive Attack
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Rocket To Russia
Ramones
Donuts
J Dilla
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Young, Gifted & Black
Aretha Franklin
The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Kaleidoscope
Kelis
Proud Mary: The Best Of Ike And Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
1989
Taylor Swift
Diana
Diana Ross
Black Messiah
D'Angelo & The Vanguard
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Billie Eilish
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
Smile
Brian Wilson
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Blondie
Blondie
Expensive Shit
Fela Kuti & Africa 70
Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah
Rapture
Anita Baker
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Various Artists
69 Love Songs
Magnetic Fields
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young
Ace Of Spades
Motorhead
Workingman's Dead
Grateful Dead
Wild Honey
The Beach Boys
Love And Theft
Bob Dylan
Going To A Go Go
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Risque
Chic
Looka Py Py
The Meters
Things Fall Apart
The Roots
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Ornette Coleman
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Chief
Eric Church
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Arular
M.I.A.
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Yo La Tengo
Odelay
Beck
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Call Me
Al Green
New Day Rising
Husker Du
Reach Out
The Four Tops
Un Verano Sin Ti
Bad Bunny
How Will The Wolf Survive?
Los Lobos
Confessions
Usher
Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
All Eyez On Me
2Pac
Demon Days
Gorillaz
Parklife
Blur
Sex Machine
James Brown
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn
Blackout
Britney Spears
Beauty Behind The Madness
The Weeknd
Scary Monsters
David Bowie
Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple
Close To The Edge
Yes
Journey In Satchidanada
Alice Coltrane
X 100pre
Bad Bunny
Dictionary Of Soul
Otis Redding
Elephant
The White Stripes
Ram
Paul & Linda McCartney
First Take
Roberta Flack
Anthology
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Ege Bamyasi
Can
Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Greatest Hits
Al Green
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
Southeastern
Jason Isbell
Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day
Kid Cudi
Melodrama
Lorde
For Emma
Bon Iver
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Eli & The 13th Confession
Laura Nyro
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
The Best Of The Classic Years
King Sunny Ade
Red
Black Uhuru
BLACKsummer'snight
Maxwell
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
Clandestino
Manu Chao
400 Degreez
Juvenile
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Ctrl
SZA
Barrio Fino
Daddy Yankee
#1 Record
Big Star
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Kimono My House
Sparks
Moanin' In The Moonlight
Howlin' Wolf
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Amor Prohibido
Selena
The Weight Of These Wings
Miranda Lambert
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
The Anthology
Muddy Waters
Born This Way
Lady Gaga
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard & Linda Thompson
Continuum
John Mayer
Damaged
Black Flag
The Stooges
The Stooges
Back To Mono (1958-1969)
Phil Spector & Various Artists
Heart Like A Wheel
Linda Ronstadt
Harry's House
Harry Styles
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes
The Ronettes
II
Boyz II Men
Dónde Están Los Ladrones
Shakira
The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
Various Artists
Suicide
Suicide
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Rufus & Chaka Khan
Funeral
Arcade Fire
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Level 60
Jul 5, 2025
The album by Wire is called Pink Flag
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Level 72
Jul 7, 2025
Great quiz. Make sure to remove the doggy in Snoop's name and I'd make the albums with various artists grayed out so they don't have to be guessed.
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Level 41
Jul 7, 2025
Great quiz!

Can't understand how the Libertines album "Up the Bracket" is not on the list but the Strokes, Artic Monkeys and the Stone Roses.

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Level 79
Jul 7, 2025
most of these people accept just the last name, but there are a few that don't - eg Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley and there were a few others i've forgotten. can you add type-ins for just "Apple", "Buckley" etc?

also, the Bon Iver album is called "For Emma, Forever Ago"

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Level 81
Jul 7, 2025
Great list, I can see my Spotify playlists growing as I type.

There are some great albums that don't make the list though, presumably because they were not well known in the US.

I would add...

Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

Trick of the Tail - Genesis

Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne (includes many other artists)

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

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Level 79
Jul 7, 2025
man I love Olivia Rodrigo but Sour over Madvillainy, In Rainbows, Close to the Edge, Demon Days? plus all the other classics that aren't on the list? come on rolling stone
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Level 58
Jul 7, 2025
MF DOOM should be an acceptable answer for Madvillainy