The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Music Albums of All Time according to Rolling Stone.
Quiz by
qumma
Rate:
Last updated: March 19, 2025
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedMarch 17, 2025
Times taken61
Average score16.6%
Report this quizReport
30:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 500 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Place
Album
Artist
1.
What‘s Going On
Marvin Gaye
2.
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
3.
Blue
Joni Mitchell
4.
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
5.
Abbey Road
The Beatles
6.
Nevermind
Nirvana
7.
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
8.
Purple Rain
Prince and the Revolution
9.
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
10.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Ms. Lauryn Hill
11.
Revolver
The Beatles
12.
Thriller
Michael Jackson
13.
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
14.
Exile on Main Street
The Rolling Stones
15.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
16.
London Calling
The Clash
17.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
18.
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
19.
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
20.
Kid A
Radiohead
21.
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
22.
Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
23.
The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Velvet Underground
24.
Sgt. Pepper‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
25.
Tapestry
Carole King
26.
Horses
Patti Smith
27.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
28.
Voodoo
D‘Angelo
29.
White Album
The Beatles
30.
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
31.
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis
32.
Lemonade
Beyoncé
33.
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
34.
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
35.
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
36.
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
37.
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
38.
Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan
39.
Remain in Light
Talking Heads
40.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
41.
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
42.
OK Computer
Radiohead
43.
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
44.
Illmatic
Nas
45.
Sign O‘ the Times
Prince
46.
Graceland
Paul Simon
47.
Ramones
Ramones
48.
Exodus
Bob Marley and the Wailers
49.
Aquemini
Outkast
50.
The Blueprint
Jay-Z
51.
The Great Twenty-Eight
Chuck Berry
52.
Station to Station
David Bowie
53.
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
54.
Star Time
James Brown
55.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
56.
Exile in Guyville
Liz Phair
57.
The Band
The Band
58.
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
59.
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
60.
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
61.
Paid in Full
Eric B. and Rakim
62.
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N‘ Roses
63.
Aja
Steely Dan
64.
Stankonia
Outkast
65.
Live at the Apollo
James Brown
66.
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
67.
Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z
68.
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
69.
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
70.
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
71.
Renaissance
Beyoncé
72.
Harvest
Neil Young
73.
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
74.
The College Dropout
Kanye West
75.
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
76.
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
77.
Who‘s Next
The Who
78.
The Sun Sessions
Elvis Presley
79.
Blond
Frank Ocean
80.
Never Mind the Bollocks Here‘s the Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols
81.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
82.
There‘s a Riot Goin‘ On
Sly and the Family
83.
Dusty in Memphis
Dusty Springfield
84.
Back in Black
AC/DC
85.
Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
86.
The Doors
The Doors
87.
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
88.
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
89.
Baduizm
Erykah Badu
90.
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
91.
Darkness of the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
92.
Axis: Bold as Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
93.
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy „Misdemeanor“ Elliott
94.
Fun House
The Stooges
95.
Take Care
Drake
96.
Automatic for the People
R.E.M.
97.
Master of Puppets
Metallica
98.
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
99.
Red
Taylor Swift
100.
Music From Big Pink
The Band
101.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
102.
The Clash
The Clash
103.
Three Feet High And Rising
De La Soul
104.
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
105.
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers
106.
Live Through This
Hole
107.
Marquee Moon
Television
108.
When the Pawn…
Fiona Apple
109.
Transformer
Lou Reed
110.
Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell
111.
Control
Janet Jackson
112.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
113.
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
114.
Is This It
The Strokes
115.
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
116.
Disintegration
The Cure
117.
Late Registration
Kanye West
118.
Hotel California
The Eagles
119.
Stand!
Sly and the Family Stone
120.
Moondance
Van Morrison
121.
This Year‘s Model
Elvis Costello
122.
The Downward Special
Nine Inch Nails
123.
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
124.
Achtung Baby
U2
125.
Paul‘s Boutique
Beastie Boys
126.
My Life
Mary J. Blige
127.
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
128.
A Night at the Opera
Queen
129.
The Wall
Pink Floyd
130.
1999
Prince
131.
Dummy
Portishead
132.
40 Greatest Hits
Hank Williams
133.
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
134.
The Score
Fugees
135.
The Joshua Tree
U2
136.
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
137.
21
Adele
138.
The Immaculate Collection
Madonna
139.
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
140.
Catch a Fire
Bob Marley and the Wailers
141.
Doolittle
Pixies
142.
Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
143.
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
144.
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
145.
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
146.
Parallel Lines
Blondie
147.
Grace
Jeff Buckley
148.
channel Orange
Frank Ocean
149.
John Prince
John Prince
150.
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
151.
Faith
George Michael
152.
Pretenders
The Pretenders
153,
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey
154.
Amazing Grace
Aretha Franklin
155.
The Black Album
Jay-Z
156.
Let It Be
The Replacements
157.
(What‘s the Story) Morning Glory?
Oasis
158.
Mama‘s Gun
Erykah Badu
159.
Synchronicity
The Police
160.
Ten
Pearl Jam
161.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
162.
Different Class
Pulp
163.
Saturday Night Fever
Bee Gees
164.
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
165.
Murmur
R.E.M.
166.
20 Golden Greats
Buddy Holly
167.
Violator
Depeche Mode
168.
Can‘t Buy a Thrill
Steely Dan
169.
The Stranger
Billy Joel
170.
Folklore
Taylor Swift
171.
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
172.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
173.
In Utero
Nirvana
174.
The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack
Jimmy Cliff
175.
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar
176.
Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy
177.
Every Picture Tells a Story
Rod Stewart
178.
Otis Blue
Otis Redding
179.
Life After Death
The Notorious B.I.G.
180.
Forever Changes
Love
181.
Brining It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
182.
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
183.
Brown Sugar
D‘Angelo
184.
She‘s So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
185.
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
186.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
187.
AmeriKKKa‘s Most Wanted
Ice Cube
188.
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
189.
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
190.
Tommy
The Who
191.
At Last!
Etta James
192.
Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys
193.
Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival
194.
Bad
Michael Jackson
195.
Songs of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
196.
Body Talk
Robyn
197.
Meet the Beatles!
The Beatles
198.
The B-52‘s
The B-52‘s
199.
Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement
200.
Diamond Life
Sade
201.
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest
202.
Homogenic
Björk
203.
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
204.
Graduation
Kanye West
205.
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
206.
Low
David Bowie
207.
Eagles
Eagles
208.
Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
209.
Raising Hell
Run-DMC
210.
The Birth of Soul
Ray Charles
211.
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
212.
Wild Is the Wind
Nina Simone
213.
The Idler Wheel
Fiona Apple
214.
Wildflowers
Tom Petty
215.
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
216.
Either/Or
Elliott Smith
217.
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
218.
CrazySexyCool
TLC
219.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
220.
Déjà Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
221.
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
222.
Ray of Light
Madonna
223.
Imagine
John Lennon
224.
Fly
Dixie Chicks
225.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
226.
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek and the Dominos
227.
Here‘s Little Richard
Little Richard
228.
De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul
229.
The Ultimate Collection
Patsy Cline
230.
Anti
Rihanna
231.
Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
232.
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
233.
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
234.
Master of Reality
Black Sabbath
235.
Metallica (The Black Album)
Metallica
236.
Discovery
Daft Punk
237.
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
238.
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
239.
Criminal Minded
Boogie Down Productions
240.
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Sam Cooke
241.
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
242.
Loaded
The Velvet Underground
243.
Odessey and Oracle
The Zombies
244.
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West
245.
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
246.
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
247.
Love Deluxe
Sade
248.
American Idiot
Green Day
249.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
250.
Singles Going Steady
Buzzcocks
251.
Honky Château
Elton John
252.
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
253.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd
254.
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
255.
The Freewheelin‘ Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
256.
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
257.
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
258.
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
259.
Pearl
Janis Joplin
260.
Cut
The Slits
261.
Check Your Head
Beastie Boys
262.
Power Corruption & Lies
New Order
263.
Hard Day‘s Night
The Beatles
264.
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
265.
Wowee Zowee
Pavement
266.
Help!
The Beatles
267.
Double Nickels on the Dime
Minutemen
268.
Sail Away
Randy Newman
269.
Yeezus
Kanye West
270.
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
271.
What‘s the 411?
Mary J. Blige
272.
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
273.
Entertainment!
Gang of Four
274.
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Byrds
275.
Curtis
Curtis Mayfield
276.
The Bends
Radiohead
277.
The Diary of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
278.
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
279.
MTV Unplugged in New York
Nirvana
280.
Get Rich or Die Tryin‘
50 Cent
281.
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
282.
In the Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
283.
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
284.
Down Every Road 1962-1994
Merle Haggard
285.
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
286.
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
287.
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
288.
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
289.
Post
Björk
290.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast
291.
The Writing‘s on the Wall
Destiny‘s Child
292.
Van Halen
Van Halen
293.
Last Splash
The Breeders
294.
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Weezer
295.
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
296.
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young
297.
So
Peter Gabriel
298.
Full Moon Fever
Tom Petty
299.
Live at the Regal
B.B. King
300.
Come on Over
Shania Twain
301.
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
302.
Tonight‘s the Night
Neil Young
303.
The Definitive Collection
ABBA
304.
Just As I Am
Bill Withers
305.
Alive!
Kiss
306.
I‘m Still in Love With You
Al Green
307.
Portrait of a Legend
Sam Cooke
308.
Here Come the Warm Jets
Brian Eno
309.
Closer
Joy Division
310.
Pink Flag
Wire
311.
On the Beach
Neil Young
312.
A Seat at the Table
Solange
313.
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
PJ Harvey
314.
One in a Million
Aaliyah
315.
El Mal Querer
Rosalía
316.
The Who Sell Out
The Who
317.
Lady in Satin
Billie Holiday
318.
The Velvet Rope
Janet Jackson
319.
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
320.
Los Angeles
X
321.
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey
322.
From Elvis in Memphis
Elvis Presley
323.
Sandinista!
The Clash
324.
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
325.
All Killer No Filler!
Jerry Lee Lewis
326.
Dirty Mind
Prince
327.
Live at Leeds
The Who
328.
Modern Vampires of the City
Vampire Weekend
329.
Endtroducing…
DJ Shadow
330.
African Giant
Burna Boy
331.
Like a Prayer
Madonna
332.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
333.
Still Bill
Bill Withers
334.
Abraxas
Santana
335.
The Basement Tapes
Bob Dylan and the Band
336.
Avalon
Roxy Music
337.
John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan
338.
Another Green World
Brian Eno
339.
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
340.
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
341.
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
342.
Let It Be
The Beatles
343.
Greatest Hits
Sly and the Family Stone
344.
Funky Kingston
Toots and the Maytals
345.
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen
346.
AM
Arctic Monkeys
347.
Liquid Swords
GZA
348.
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
349.
Kick Out the Jams
MC5
350.
Music of My Mind
Stevie Wonder
351.
SOS
SZA
352.
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
353.
The Cars
The Cars
354.
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
355.
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
356.
Gris-Gris
Dr. John
357.
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
358.
Sour
Olivia Rodrigo
359.
Radio City
Big Star
360.
One Nation Under a Groove
Funkadelic
361.
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
362.
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
363.
Mothership Connection
Parliament
364.
More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads
365.
Madvillainy
Madvillain
366.
Rocks
Aerosmith
367.
If You‘re Reading This It‘s Too Late
Drake
368.
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
369.
The Infamous
Mobb Deep
370.
Tha Carter II
Lil Wayne
371.
Anthology
The Temptations
372.
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother and the Holding Company
373.
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
374.
King of the Delta Blues Singers
Robert Johnson
375.
Dookie
Green Day
376.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
377.
Fever to Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
378.
Run-D.M.C.
Run-DMC
379.
Moving Pictures
Rush
380.
Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus
381.
(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)’
Lynyrd Skynyrd
382.
Currents
Tame Impala
383.
Mezzanine
Massive Attack
384.
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
385.
Rocket to Russia
Ramones
386.
Donuts
J Dilla
387.
In Rainbows
Radiohead
388.
Young, Gifted and Black
Aretha Franklin
389.
The Emancipation of Mimi
Mariah Carey
390.
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
391.
Kaleidoscope
Kelis
392.
Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
Ike and Tina Turner
393.
1989
Taylor Swift
394.
Diana
Diana Roses
395.
Black Messiah
D‘Angelo and the Vanguard
396.
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
397.
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Billie Eilish
398.
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
399.
Smile
Brian Wilson
400.
Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go‘s
401.
Blondie
Blondie
402.
Expensive Shit
Fela Kuti and Africa 70
403.
Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah
404.
Rapture
Anita Baker
405.
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
Various
406.
69 Love Songs
Magnetic Fields
407.
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young
408.
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
409.
Workingman‘s Dead
Grateful Dead
410.
Wild Honey
The Beach Boys
411.
Love and Theft
Bob Dylan
412.
Going to a Go Go
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
413.
Cosmo‘s Factory
Creedence
414.
Risqué
Chic
415.
Looka Py Py
The Meters
416.
Things Fall Apart
The Roots
417.
The Shape of Jazz to Come
Ornette Coleman
418.
Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits
419.
Chief
Eric Church
420.
That‘s the Way of the World
Earth, Wind and Fire
421.
Arular
M.I.A.
422.
Let‘s Get It On
Marvin Gaye
423.
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Yo La Tengo
424.
Odelay
Beck
425.
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
426.
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
427.
Call Me
Al Green
428.
New Day Rising
Hüsker Dü
429.
Reach Out
The Four Tops
430.
Un Verano Sin Ti
Bad Bunny
431.
How Will the Wolf Survive?
Los Lobos
432.
Confessions
Usher
433.
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
434.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pavement
435.
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
436.
All Eyez on Me
2Pac
437.
Demon Days
Gorillaz
438.
Parklife
Blur
439.
Sex Machine
James Brown
440.
Coal Miner‘s Daughter
Loretta Lynn
441.
Blackout
Britney Spears
442.
Beauty Behind the Madness
The Weeknd
443.
Scary Monsters
David Bowie
444.
Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple
445.
Close to the Edge
Yes
446.
Journey in Satchidanada
Alice Coltrane
447.
X 100pre
Bad Bunny
448.
Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding
449.
Elephant
The White Stripes
450.
Ram
Paul and Linda McCartney
451.
First Take
Roberta Flack
452.
Anthology
Diana Ross and the Supremes
453.
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails
454.
Ege Bamyasi
Can
455.
Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
456.
Greatest Hits
Al Green
457.
I Do Not Want What I Haven‘t Got
Sinéad O‘Connor
458.
Southeastern
Jason Isbell
459.
Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
Kid Cudi
460.
Melodrama
Lorde
461.
For Emma
Bon Iver
462.
The Gilded Palace of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
463.
Eli & the 13th Confession
Laura Nyro
464.
3+3
The Isley Brothers
465.
The Best of the Classic Years
King Sunny Adé
466.
Red
Black Uhuru
467.
BLACKsummers‘night‘
Maxwell
468.
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
469.
Clandestino
Manu Chao
470.
400 Degreez
Juvenile
471.
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
472.
Ctrl
SZA
473.
Barrio Fino
Daddy Yankee
474.
#1 Record
Big Star
475.
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
476.
Kimono My House
Sparks
477.
Moanin‘ in the Moonlight
Howlin‘ Wolf
478.
Something Else by the Kinks
The Kinks
479.
Amor Prohibido
Selena
480.
The Weight of These Wings
Miranda Lambert
481.
If You‘re Feeling Sinister
Belle and Sebastian
482.
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
483.
The Anthology
Muddy Waters
484.
Born This Way
Lady Gaga
485.
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Richard and Linda Thompson
486.
Continuum
John Mayer
487.
Damaged
Black Flag
488.
The Stooges
The Stooges
489.
Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Phil Spector
490.
Heart Like a Wheel
Linda Ronstadt
491.
Harry‘s House
Harry Styles
492.
Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt
493.
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
494.
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
The Ronettes
495.
II
Boyz II Men
496.
Dónde Están los Ladrones
Shakira
497.
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
498.
Suicide
Suicide
499.
Ask Rufus
Rufus, Chaka Khan
500.
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Save Your Stats
Your Next Quiz
How many countries do you know? In this quiz, you've got 15:00 to name as many as you can. Go!
What are the 12 most populous urban areas that aren't the capital of their country?
Which of these animals could you outrun ON LAND if you were as fast as Usain Bolt?
Drag the flag onto the correct state. Careful, though! One wrong move and the game ends.
Comments
No comments yet