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Top 500 Albums of All Time According to Rate Your Music (Artists)

Who made the top 500 Albums of all Time, according to RateYourMusic.com, so the Highest Rated Albums of all time
If Artist Name is in the Album Title, its replaced by "--", if it's completely self-titled, only the initials are shown
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Source: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/
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Rank
Album
Artist
Genre
1
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Conscious Hip Hop
2
OK Computer
Radiohead
Art Rock
3
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Progressive Rock
4
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Art Rock
5
Madvillainy
Madvillain
Abstract Hip Hop
6
In the Court of the --
King Crimson
Progressive Rock
7
Kid A
Radiohead
Electronic / Art Rock
8
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Conscious Hip Hop
9
loveless
my bloody valentine
Shoegaze
10
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
Art Rock
11
Abbey Road
The Beatles
Pop Rock
12
Remain in Light
Talking Heads
Post Punk
13
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Glam Rock
14
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Mingus
Avant-Garde Jazz
15
T-- V-- U-- & N--
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Art Rock
16
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Avant-Garde Jazz
17
Illmatic
Nas
Conscious Hip Hop
18
Revolver
The Beatles
Pop Rock
19
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Post-Rock
20
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal
21
Vespertine
Björk
Art Pop
22
Disintegration
The Cure
Gothic Rock
23
Enter the -- (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Hardcore Hip Hop
24
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis
Modal Jazz
25
Spiderland
Slint
Post-Rock
26
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Pop Rap
27
Red
King Crimson
Progressive Rock
28
Animals
Pink Floyd
Progressive Rock
29
Long Season
Fishmans
Dream Pop
30
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Baroque Pop
31
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
Indie Folk
32
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Singer-Songwriter
33
Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
Funk
34
The Money Store
Death Grips
Experimental Hip Hop
35
Dummy
Portishead
Acid Jazz
36
The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones
Indie Folk
37
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Post Punk
38
Souvlaki
Slowdive
Dream Pop
39
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis
Modal Jazz
40
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Pop Rap
41
Atrocity Exhibition
Danny Brown
Experimental Hip Hop
42
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Post Punk
43
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
Psychedelic Pop
44
Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
Art Pop
45
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Dream Pop
46
Blonde
Frank Ocean
Art Pop
47
Igor
Tyler, the Creator
Psychedelic Soul
48
F♯A♯∞
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Post-Rock
49
Homogenic
Björk
Art Pop
50
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Jazz Rap
51
-- [White Album]
The Beatles
Pop Rock
52
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Avant-Garde Jazz
53
Low
David Bowie
Art Rock
54
MM..FOOD
MF DOOM
Abstract Hip Hop
55
Either / Or
Elliott Smith
Singer-Songwriter
56
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Smooth Soul
57
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Instrumental Hip Hop
58
Close to the Edge
Yes
Progressive Rock
59
Doolittle
Pixies
Indie Rock
60
Marquee Moon
Television
Post-Punk
61
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Singer-Songwriter
62
Blackstar
David Bowie
Art Rock
63
Soundtracks for the Blind
Swans
Experimental Rock
64
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Singer-Songwriter
65
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Ambient Techno
66
Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Psychedelic Rock
67
-- IV
Led Zeppelin
Blues Rock
68
Donuts
J Dilla
Instrumental Hip Hop
69
Deathconsciousness
Have a Nice Life
Post-Punk
70
Master of Reality
Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal
71
Discovery
Daft Punk
Electro Disco
72
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
Post-Rock
73
Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan
Singer-Songwriter
74
Station to Station
David Bowie
Art Rock
75
T-- D--
The Doors
Psychedelic Rock
76
Karma
Pharoah Sanders
Avant-Garde Jazz
77
Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
Singer-Songwriter
78
Closer
Joy Division
Post-Punk
79
Aquemini
OutKast
Conscious Hip Hop
80
Nevermind
Nirvana
Grunge
81
Ride the Lightning
Metallica
Thrash Metal
82
In Utero
Nirvana
Grunge
83
Ants From Up There
Black Country, New Road
Art Rock
84
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
Singer-Songwriter
85
Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Psychedelic Rock
86
Late Registration
Kanye West
Pop Rap
87
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Industrial Rock
88
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest
Jazz Rap
89
Songs of --
Leonard Cohen
Singer-Songwriter
90
Liquid Swords
Genius/GZA
Hardcore Hip Hop
91
Symbolic
Death
Death Metal
92
Future Days
Can
Krautrock
93
Velocity : Design : Comfort
Sweet Trip
Glitch Pop
94
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Funk
95
Mezzanine
Massive Attack
Dub
96
T-- V-- U--
The Velvet Underground
Pop Rock
97
Clube da Esquina
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
MPB
98
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Thrash Metal
99
B-- S--
Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal
100
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Noise Rock
101
Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós
Dream Pop
102
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Plunderphonics
103
Tago Mago
Can
Krautrock
104
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Jazz-Rock
105
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
Indie-Rock
106
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
Modal Jazz
107
To Be Kind
Swans
Experimental Rock
108
Pornography
The Cure
Gothic Rock
109
Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk
Art Rock
110
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
Pop Rock
111
Piñata
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Jazz Rap
112
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane
Modal Jazz
113
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Singer-Songwriter
114
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young / Crazy Horse
Singer-Songwriter
115
The Infamous
Mobb Deep
Gangsta Rap
116
Is This It
The Strokes
Indie Rock
117
Fun House
The Stooges
Garage Rock
118
Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich and Musicians
Rythmic
119
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
Singer-Songwriter
120
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Singer-Songwriter
121
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Experimental Rock
122
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Pop Rock
123
Violator
Depeche Mode
Synthpop
124
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Pop Rock
125
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Pop Rock
126
-- Ah Um
Charles Mingus
Post-Bop
127
Odessey and Oracle
The Zombies
Psychedelic Pop
128
London Calling
The Clash
Punk Rock
129
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Singer-Songwriter
130
Journey in Satchidananda
Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders
Avant-Garde Jazz
131
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Singer-Songwriter
132
ATLiens
OutKast
Conscious Hip Hop
133
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Art Pop
134
Leaves Turn Inside You
Unwound
Indie Rock
135
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Singer-Songwriter
136
Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Gangsta Rap
137
On the Beach
Neil Young
Singer-Songwriter
138
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
Art Rock
139
Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada
IDM
140
You Will Never Know Why
Sweet Trip
Indie Pop
141
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Indie Rock
142
Twin Fantasy
Car Seat Headrest
Indie Rock
143
Another Green World
Eno
Art Rock
144
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Singer-Songwriter
145
Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill
Indie Rock
146
LP!
JPEGMAFIA
Experimental Hip Hop
147
We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
A Tribe Called Quest
Conscious Hip Hop
148
Post
Björk
Art Pop
149
Flower Boy
Tyler, the Creator
Neo-Soul
150
Untrue
Burial
Future Garage
151
Rust in Peace
Megadeth
Thrash Metal
152
Lark's Tongues in Aspic
King Crimson
Progressive Rock
153
The M-- E-- C--
Magnolia Electric Co.
Alt-Country
154
Geogaddi
Boards of Canada
IDM
155
Songs of Love and Hate
Leonard Cohen
Singer-Songwriter
156
Meddle
Pink Floyd
Progressive Rock
157
Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins
Grunge
158
Acabou chorare
Novos Baianos
Samba
159
Heroes
David Bowie
Art Rock
160
Fear of Music
Talking Heads
Post-Punk
161
The Fire This Time
Various Artists
Spoken Word
162
Titanic Rising
Weyes Blood
Art Pop
163
Ege Bamyası
Can
Krautrock
164
Jenny Death: The Powers That B Disc 2
Death Grips
Experimental Hip Hop
165
R-- A-- t-- M--
Rage Against the Machine
Rap Metal
166
Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol
Post-Punk Revival
167
Black on Both Sides
Mos Def
Conscious Hip Hop
168
Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age
Alternative Rock
169
Mount Eerie
The Microphones
Psychedelic Folk
170
Love Deluxe
Sade
Smooth Soul
171
Stratosphere
Duster
Slowcore
172
Expensive Shit
Fela Kuti & The Africa '70
Jazz-Funk
173
Dopethorne
Electric Wizard
Doom Metal
174
Get Up With It
Miles Davis
Avant-Garde Jazz
175
Uchu Nippon Setagaya
Fishmans
Dream Pop
176
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young / Crazy Horse
Singer-Songwriter
177
-- [Moanin']
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Hard Bop
178
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Dance-Pop
179
Flood
Boris
Post-Rock
180
First Utterance
Comus
Psychedelic Folk
181
When the Pawn
Fiona Apple
Singer-Songwriter
182
White Pony
Deftones
Alternative Metal
183
Discipline
King Crimson
Art Rock
184
-- at Last -Feedbacker-
Boris
Post Metal
185
Toxicity
System of a Down
Alternative Metal
186
T-- V-- Z--
Townes Van Zandt
Singer-Songwriter
187
El jardín de los presentes
Invisible
Art Rock
188
Raw Power
The Stooges
Garage Rock
189
Fôrça bruta
Jorge Ben
Samba Soul
190
IX. Symponie
Ludwig van Beethoven / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Romanticism
191
Sign o the Times
Prince
Pop Rock
192
Curtis
Curtis Mayfield
Funk
193
K-- S-- G--
KIDS SEE GHOSTS
Experimental Hip Hop
194
Selling England by the Pound
Genesis
Progressive Rock
195
The Seer
Swans
Experimental Rock
196
The Miseducation of --
Lauryn Hill
Conscious Hip Hop
197
Aja
Steely Dan
Jazz-Rock
198
T-- S-- R--
The Stone Roses
Indie Rock
199
Painkiller
Judas Priest
Heavy Metal
200
A Tábua de Esmeralda
Jorge Ben
Samba-Rock
201
Lateralus
Tool
Alternative Metal
202
Powerslave
Iron Maiden
Heavy Metal
203
-- Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Pop Rock
204
The Bends
Radiohead
Alternative Rock
205
Dirt
Alice in Chains
Grunge
206
Jane Doe
Converge
Mathcore
207
Let My Children Hear Music
Charles Mingus
Third Stream
208
Hellfire
black midi
Avant-Prog
209
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Jazz-Funk
210
Blue Train
John Coltrane
Hard Bop
211
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Little Simz
Conscious Hip Hop
212
Zombie
Fela Kuti & The Africa '70
Jazz-Funk
213
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
Dream Pop
214
Construção
Chico Buarque
Singer-Songwriter
215
Yeezus
Kanye West
Experimental Hip Hop
216
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Swamp Rock
217
Vaudeville Villain
Viktor Vaughn
Experimental Hip Hop
218
Voodoo
D'Angelo
Neo-Soul
219
Bottomless Pit
Death Grips
Experimental Hip Hop
220
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Blues Rock
221
Human
Death
Death Metal
222
Quebec
Ween
Art Rock
223
Forever Changes
Love
Psychedelic Pop
224
Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull
Progressive Rock
225
Reign in Blood
Slayer
Thrash Metal
226
Artaud
Pescado Rabioso
Folk Rock
227
Blues & Roots
Charles Mingus
Post-Bop
228
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle and Sebastian
Chamber Pop
229
Dots and Loops
Stereolab
Art Pop
230
Kalk samen kuri no hana
Sheena Ringo
Art Pop
231
Have One on Me
Joanna Newsom
Singer-Songwriter
232
Some Rap Songs
Earl Sweatshirt
Experimental Hip Hop
233
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Funk Rock
234
A Crow Looked at Me
Mount Eerie
Singer-Songwriter
235
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pavement
Indie Rock
236
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Punk Rock
237
Scaring the Hoes
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
Experimental Hip Hop
238
Harvest
Neil Young
Singer-Songwriter
239
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Indie Rock
240
Die Mensch-Maschine
Kraftwerk
Synthpop
241
The Velvet Rope
Janet Jackson
Neo-Soul
242
L-- Z--
Led Zeppelin
Blues Rock
243
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal
244
E-- S--
Elliott Smith
Singer-Songwriter
245
XO
Elliott Smith
Singer-Songwriter
246
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Ichiko Aoba
Singer-Songwriter
247
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Dance-Punk
248
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone
Blues
249
Third
Portishead
Experimental Rock
250
Bocanada
Gustavo Cerati
Art Pop
251
Modal Soul
Nujabes
Jazz Rap
252
G-- / G--
Stan Getz & João Gilberto
Bossa Nova
253
Javelin
Sufjan Stevens
Singer-Songwriter
254
Moment of Truth
Gang Starr
Conscious Hip Hop
255
The Mollusk
Ween
Art Rock
256
-- [Blue Album]
Weezer
Power Pop
257
Relationship of Command
At the Drive-In
Post-Hardcore
258
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Blues Rock
259
Entertainment!
Gang of Four
Post-Punk
260
Trans Europa Express
Kraftwerk
Synthpop
261
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Singer-Songwriter
262
Ram
Paul McCartney / Linda McCartney
Pop Rock
263
Ascension [Edition 1]
John Coltrane
Spiritual Jazz
264
Fragile
Yes
Progressive Rock
265
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Big Thief
Folk Rock
266
Blackwater Park
Opeth
Death Metal
267
The Forever Story
J.I.D
Conscious Hip Hop
268
Kyuusai no gihou
Susumu Hirasawa
Art Pop
269
The Moon & Antarctica
Modest Mouse
Art Rock
270
Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
The Kinks
Pop Rock
271
The Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin / Artur Rubinstein
Romanticism
272
Axis: Bold as Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Psychedelic Rock
273
Things Fall Apart
The Roots
Conscious Hip Hop
274
None So Vile
Cryptopsy
Death Metal
275
Demon Days
Gorillaz
Art Pop
276
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Singer-Songwriter
277
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
Singer-Songwriter
278
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Indie Rock
279
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
Singer-Songwriter
280
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden
Heavy Metal
281
Mirage
Camel
Progressive Rock
282
Exile on Main St.
The Rolling Stones
Blues Rock
283
Foxtrot
Genesis
Progressive Rock
284
The Shape of Jazz to Come
Ornette Coleman
Avant-Garde Jazz
285
-- II
Led Zeppelin
Blues Rock
286
Lanquidity
Sun Ra
Avant-Garde Jazz
287
Le sacre du printemps
Igor Stravinsky / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
Ballet
288
Deceit
This Heat
Experimental Rock
289
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Singer-Songwriter
290
The Ascension
Glenn Branca
Noise Rock
291
Speaking in Tongues
Talking Heads
Synth Funk
292
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Experimental Hip Hop
293
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Singer-Songwriter
294
Africa / Brass
The John Coltrane Quartet
Modal Jazz
295
Filosofem
Burzum
Ambient
296
The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails
Art Rock
297
Out to Lunch
Eric Dolphy
Avant-Garde Jazz
298
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
Singer-Songwriter
299
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Injury Reserve
Experimental Hip Hop
300
Ænima
Tool
Alternative Metal
301
Windswept Adan
Ichiko Aoba
Singer-Songwriter
302
Pink Flag
Wire
Punk Rock
303
The Ape of Naples
Coil
Industrial
304
The Freewheelin' --
Bob Dylan
Singer-Songwriter
305
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Funk
306
Black Messiah
D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Neo-Soul
307
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden
Heavy Metal
308
Strange Days
The Doors
Psychedelic Rock
309
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Political Hip Hop
310
Mista Thug Isolation
Lil Ugly Mane
Horrorcore
311
Clics modernos
Charly García
Synthpop
312
-- [Welcome to Sky Valles]
Kyuss
Psychedelic Rock
313
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis
Progressive Rock
314
Let Love In
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Gothic Rock
315
The Life of Pablo
Kanye West
Experimental Hip Hop
316
Repetition
Unwound
Noise Rock
317
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Aphex Twin
Ambient
318
Let It Bleed
Rolling Stones
Blues Rock
319
Wrong
NoMeansNo
Post-Hardcore
320
Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno
Art Rock
321
Moving Pictures
Rush
Progressive Rock
322
The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra / John McLaughlin
Jazz-Rock
323
Sobrevivendo no inferno
Racionais MC's
Conscious Hip Hop
324
-- Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal
325
Olé Coltrane
John Coltrane
Modal Jazz
326
154
Wire
Post-Punk
327
Black Unity
Pharoah Sanders
Avant-Garde Jazz
328
Symphonie Nr. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber
Romanticism
329
channel ORANGE
Frank Ocean
Neo-Soul
330
Still Life
Opeth
Death Metal
331
Mystic Stylez
Three-6 Mafia
Gangsta Rap
332
Ghosts of the Great Highway
Sun Kil Moon
Singer-Songwriter
333
The Sound of Perseverance
Death
Death Metal
334
Crumbling
Mid-Air Thief
Neo-Psychedelia
335
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Progressive Rock
336
Cheat Codes
Danger Mouse & Black Thought
Conscious Hip Hop
337
Obscura
Gorguts
Death Metal
338
Otis Blue: -- Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Blues
339
Tabula rasa
Arvo Pärt
Chamber Music
340
Roforofo Fight
Fela Kuti & The Africa '70
Jazz-Funk
341
Plastic Surgery Disasters
Dead Kennedys
Hardcore Punk
342
You Won't Get What You Want
Daughters
Noise Rock
343
On the Corner
Miles Davis
Avant-Garde Jazz
344
Nonagon Infinity
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Psychedelic Rock
345
Who's Next
The Who
Art Rock
346
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Raekwon
Gangsta Rap
347
Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Organized Konfusion
Jazz Rap
348
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Alternative Rock
349
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Cool Jazz
350
Pieces of a Man
Gil Scott-Heron
Jazz
351
Daughter of Darkness
Natural Snow Buildings
Drone
352
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Sigur Rós
Dream Pop
353
Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich / Steve Reich and Musicians
Instrumental
354
Symphonie Nr. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Romanticism
355
Script of the Bridge
The Chameleons
Post-Punk
356
Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Requiem
357
Stankonia
OutKast
Conscious Hip Hop
358
Before and After Science
Brian Eno
Art Rock
359
Transformer
Lou Reed
Art Rock
360
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Pop Reggae
361
Free for All
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Post-Bop
362
Computerwelt
Kraftwerk
Synthpop
363
Shōso Strip
Sheena Ringo
Art Pop
364
Storm of the Light's Bane
Dissection
Black Metal
365
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Vocal Jazz
366
Tonight's the Night
Neil Young
Singer-Songwriter
367
The G.A.T...
Mach-Hommy
Conscious Hip Hop
368
Emergency & I
The Dismemberment Plan
Indie Rock
369
Horses
Patti Smith
Singer-Songwriter
370
Songs From the Big Chair
Tears for Fears
Synthpop
371
The Glowing Man
Swans
Experimental Rock
372
Juju
Siouxsie and The Banshees
Post-Punk
373
Chairs Missing
Wire
Post-Punk
374
This Is Happening
LCD Soundsystem
Alternative Dance
375
Aethiopes
billy woods
Experimental Hip Hop
376
Just Got Back From the Discomfort - We're Alright
The Brave Little Abacus
Experimental Rock
377
M-- M-- M-- M-- M--
Charles Mingus
Post-Bop
378
Visions of the Country
Robbie Basho
American Primitivism
379
Love in Us All
Pharoah Sanders
Spiritual Jazz
380
The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
Natural Snow Buildings
Drone
381
Plastic Beach
Gorillaz
Art Pop
382
A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone
Black Metal
383
There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Psychedelic Soul
384
Ghost Reveries
Opeth
Death Metal
385
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Neo-Soul
386
Double Nickels on the Dime
Minutemen
Post-Punk
387
Keep It Like a Secret
Built to Spill
Indie Rock
388
From Mars to Sirius
Gojira
Death Metal
389
África Brasil
Jorge Ben
Funk
390
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Yo La Tengo
Indie Rock
391
-- in 2020
The Microphones
Singer-Songwriter
392
Individual Thought Patterns
Death
Death Metal
393
Close to a World Below
Immolation
Death Metal
394
Teens of Denial
Car Seat Headrest
Indie Rock
395
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur
Noise Rock
396
Crack the Skye
Mastodon
Sludge Metal
397
E--
Exuma
Psychedelic Folk
398
New Plastic Ideas
Unwound
Noise Rock
399
A I A: Alien Observer
Grouper
Ambient Pop
400
Youth of America
Wipers
Post-Punk
401
The Argument
Fugazi
Indie Rock
402
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Antonín Dvořák / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Georg Solti
Romanticism
403
Sister
Sonic Youth
Noise Rock
404
Bloom
Beach House
Dream Pop
405
Moondance
Van Morrison
Singer-Songwriter
406
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Emperor
Black Metal
407
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins
Hard Bop
408
D-- 3--
Deltron 3030
Experimental Hip Hop
409
drukqs
Aphex Twin
IDM
410
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Noise Rock
411
Machine Head
Deep Purple
Blues Rock
412
Vision Creation Newsun
Boredoms
Experimental Rock
413
Hemispheres
Rush
Progressive Rock
414
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Synth Funk
415
Dead as Dreams
Weakling
Black Metal
416
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Psychedelic Pop
417
Shibuboshi
Shibusashirazu
Jazz Fusion
418
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
Blues Rock
419
Promises
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & London Symphony Orchestra
Progressive Electronic
420
In the Nightside Eclipse
Emperor
Black Metal
421
California
Mr. Bungle
Art Rock
422
Rising
Rainbow
Heavy Metal
423
Symphonie No. 9 / Moldau
Antonín Dvořák / Bedřich Smetana
Romanticism
424
-- Conducts Le sacre du printemps
Igor Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Ballet
425
-- [Rollercoaster]
Red House Painters
Slowcore
426
De todas las flores
Natalia Lafourcade
Singer-Songwriter
427
Sleeping Beauty
Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Spiritual Jazz
428
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are --
Black Star
Conscious Hip Hop
429
Tango: Zero Hour / Nuevo Tango: Hora Zero
Astor Piazzolla and The New Tango Quintet
Tango nuevo
430
Helplessness Blues
Fleet Foxes
Indie Folk
431
Cosmogramma
Flying Lotus
Glitch Hop
432
Pawn Hearts
Van der Graaf Generator
Progressive Rock
433
Rodeo
Travis Scott
Trap
434
Operation: Doomsday
MF DOOM
Abstract Hip Hop
435
The Goldberg Variations
Johann Sebastian Bach / Glenn Gould
Baroque
436
Grasa de las capitales
Serú Girán
Progressive Rock
437
J-- L-- / P-- O-- B--
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
Singer-Songwriter
438
A-- F--
American Football
Midwest Emo
439
Different Class
Pulp
Britpop
440
Ashes Against the Grain
Agalloch
Black Metal
441
Masked Dancers: Concern in So Many Things You Forget Where You Are
The Brave Little Abacus
Math Rock
442
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Upon
Agustus Pablo
Dub
443
The Great Annihilator
Swans
Experimental Rock
444
Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta
Progressive Rock
445
Amnesiac
Radiohead
Art Rock
446
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
Big L
Gangsta Rap
447
Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
Lil Ugly Mane
Neo-Psychedelia
448
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Fiona Apple
Singer-Songwriter
449
Those Once Loyal
Bolt Thrower
Death Metal
450
Nada como um dia após o outro dia
Racionais MC's
Conscious Hip Hop
451
The Nutcracker
Pyotr Tchaikovsky / Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev
Romanticism
452
Pink
Boris
Noise Rock
453
Murmur
R.E.M.
Alternative Rock
454
Matthäus-Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque
455
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Progressive Rock
456
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
Swans
Gothic Rock
457
Be
Common
Conscious Hip Hop
458
Third
Soft Machine
Jazz Fusion
459
Pinkerton
Weezer
Power Pop
460
Repeater
Fugazi
Post-Hardcore
461
1999
Prince
Synth Funk
462
-- [El indio]
Los Jaivas
Progressive Rock
463
Let It Be
The Replacements
Alternative Rock
464
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Singer-Songwriter
465
Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
John Fahey
American Primitivism
466
...Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age
Alternative Rock
467
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Blues Rock
468
Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü
Noise Rock
469
Floating Into the Night
Julee Cruise
Dream Pop
470
Leprosy
Death
Death Metal
471
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley
Hard Bop
472
Abraxas
Santana
Latin Rock
473
XXX
Danny Brown
Experimental Hip Hop
474
Songs About Leaving
Carissa's Wierd
Slowcore
475
-- in Rock
Deep Purple
Heavy Metal
476
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Psychedelic Soul
477
The 6 String Quartets
Béla Bartók / Takács Quartet
Chamber Music
478
Richard D. James Album
Aphex Twin
IDM
479
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
Disco
480
Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
Ulver
Black Metal
481
Virgins
Tim Hecker
Drone
482
Scott 4
Scott Engel
Singer-Songwriter
483
Hell Hath No Fury
Clipse
Gangsta Rap
484
Through Silver in Blood
Neurosis
Sludge Metal
485
Sextant
Herbie Hancock
Avant-Garde Jazz
486
Veteran
JPEGMAFIA
Experimental Hip Hop
487
6 Feet Deep
Gravediggaz
Experimental Hip Hop
488
Deaf Dumb Blind
Pharoah Sanders
Avant-Garde Jazz
489
Mass in B minor
Johann Sebatian Bach / John Eliot Gardinger
Baroque
490
Lo mato
Willie Colón
Salsa dura
491
E·MO·TION
Carly Rae Jepsen
Synthpop
492
Koi no yokan
Deftones
Shoegaze
493
"Al final de este viaje..."
Silvio Rodríguez
Nueva Trova
494
All My Heroes Are Cornballs
JPEGMAFIA
Experimental Hip Hop
495
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Grunge
496
Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden
Heavy Metal
497
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Blues
498
Sorrow Tears and Blood
Fela Kuti & The Africa '70
Jazz-Funk
499
Automatic for the People
R.E.M.
Alternative Rock
500
Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z
Gangsta Rap
26 Comments
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Level 28
Dec 29, 2023
what kind of virgin list is this
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2024
Well, indeed... The main problem with these Top 500... "of all time" lists is that, for the most part "of all time" means the present day and moment, and the list is likely to look very different in another 5 years, 10 years, 20 years time. There will be evergreens that stay on the list, of course, but a lot of albums will be pretty much "of the moment" and will probably fade in popularity or appreciation as time passes by.

(But that's not the fault of the quiz or its creator; it's a criticism of rating sites).

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Level 46
Jun 19, 2024
nothing wrong with this list wdym
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Level 86
Aug 14, 2024
It's all albums that people are really passionate about, not necessarily albums with broad appeal. They are all albums you're supposed to love if you're a huge jazz/soul/etc. fan.
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Level 59
Jan 11, 2024
can we maybe get a separate version where we guess the albums instead? :-)
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Level 60
Jan 30, 2024
Good Idea, i'll do one when i get around to it
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Level 60
Feb 1, 2024
Done - https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/318157/top-500-albums-of-all-time-according-to-rate-your-music-albums
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Level 73
Jan 12, 2024
Calling Illmatic "conscious hip-hop" is a such a lame qualifier.
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Level 60
Jan 30, 2024
What would you put?
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Level 61
Jan 13, 2024
Thanks for the quiz ! Saw one typo : Dopethrone is spelled Dopethorne.
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Level 60
Jan 30, 2024
Fixed, thank you!
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Level 37
Feb 23, 2024
I do not care about most of these artists, so I only got 117.
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Level 60
Feb 24, 2024
what do you care for?
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Level 44
Mar 21, 2024
queen???????? this is incredibly americo-centric list.

and thy didnt even try to make it objective.

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Level 60
Mar 23, 2024
its a community ranked list, with most entries, espacially in the top half, having more than 30000 votes. In the Top 10, there are only 2 American artists, the rest being either British or Irish. You can certainly make a valid argument about it being western-centric, which probably comes from these types of music rating websites having a lot of american and european users. As for Queen, "A Night at the Opera" ranks 1065. There is an argument to be made that Queen is more of what i'd call a "Song-Band" rather than an "Album-Band", which is what this list is focussing on. For the objective part: No List about any art form can ever be "Objective", however this list is actually the closest we have to an objective list, given that it is the Music Rating site with the most Users by far, giving us the most data to create such a list. I don't know who you are referring to, when you're saying "They" didnt even try to make it objective. This isn't Rolling Stone Magazine or simething.
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Level 29
May 5, 2024
I feel bad having gotten this many lmao
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Level 59
Jun 2, 2024
Personally, I would allow Scott Walker to be accepted for Scott Engel. Up to you though. Nice work!
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Level 60
Jun 3, 2024
added it, thank you
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Level 27
Nov 11, 2024
A list voted on by all your and your dad's most annoying friends
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Level 68
Nov 11, 2024
more like easily impressionable zoomers who consume too much /mu/ and Anthony Fantano
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Level 77
Nov 12, 2024
say what you will about the list but it's definitely not dadrock
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Level 77
Nov 12, 2024
Couple fixes to request: Let it Bleed doesn't fill in when the other Rolling Stones albums do (maybe because I typed "Stones"). Also, the album Black Messiah should accept D'Angelo as the answer without having to name the backing band.
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Level 60
Nov 16, 2024
Fixed both, thank you for the feedback!
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Level 29
Nov 19, 2024
Requsting you to fix this:

Pharaoh Sanders is listed as is "Pharoah Sanders", there's two entries required bc one is a typo.

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Level 60
Nov 20, 2024
Hi, he is actually called Pharoah Sanders, not Pharaoh, but as it is a common misspelling of his name, i made Pharaoh an acceptable answer too. After all, this isn't a spelling bee. Thanks
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Level 29
Nov 20, 2024
I'm aware, but they need to both be entered for both albums to be filled in