Talk:List of rock albums

the velvet underground
I think 'Loaded' should be included along with the other 3 studio albums, particularly as it features 'Rock 'n' Roll', one of the greatest songs they released and an ode to rock and roll music. 220.253.91.211 (talk) 10:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

alphabetizing
Why are individuals listed alphabetically by first name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MJFiorello (talk • contribs) 12:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Because some Wikipedia editors and other computer geeks are too young to have lived in a time when alphabetizing by first name, done currently as that is how cellphone and other software-generated collation systems do it, never happened. It never happened pre-1995 because it is always wrong to do so. This has been corrected. PJtP (talk) 16:45, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Some possible new lists

 * Digital Dreamdoor, maybe qualifies, maybe not, and also most underrated list

I removed the following because it is no longer true. Someone should update it.


 * The three most cited albums on this list are Are You Experienced? by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, What's Going On by Marvin Gaye and Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones, which appear on seven out of the eight lists included.

I've removed the addition of Joe S. Harrington's Top 100 Albums, as it doesn't seem a particularly notable list to me. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 13:18, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Some other possible ones: The Jam and Telerama.

- The choice of sources produce at least one notable discrepancy: Def Leppard's Adrenalize is listed, but Pyromania and Hysteria are not, when they are most certainly not any less influential or important. P 14:16, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Rolling Stone 500 Albums
Is there any reason why the Rolling Stone top 500 list is not included? I realize we already have an article for it on Wikipedia, but I don't think it's fair to exclude it from the sources just because of a little redundancy, especially since probably 80% of the albums from that list are already on this page. I realize 500 is a "large" number, but given Rolling Stone's repute, I think being cited as the the 500th greatest album in rock and roll history is a sufficient criterion for "massively influential" status. The major labels put together probably release about 500 "rock and roll" (per this page's definition) albums a week nowadays. What does everyone think?
 * It doesn't meet the criteria, since it isn't self-described as the greatest albums of rock. Tuf-Kat 05:10, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I'm not sure how fair the "self-description" criterion is since the RS list is exclusively rock & roll, as the term has been applied on this page (e.g. including hip-hop, reggae, etc.)  And some of these lists are quite sketchy...I mean we're going by what was posted on an ezboard thread?  This is really "published by professional sources"?
 * Well, I attempted to selectively use lists, but sometimes the only copy of a notable list available is on a page that is less than perfect. I think the self-description of being about rock is important because otherwise we can't even begin to compare lists -- if one source has a list of all the greatest albums ever, and another has a list of just the greatest rock albums, we can't put them both together and pretend they are two different lists of the same thing.  Of course, this is somewhat futile, since the different lists are pretty clearly using different definitions of rock.  Tuf-Kat 21:31, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, mixing genres is not an issue in the case of the Rolling Stone list's inclusion. Although mostly "rock and roll", the list is named "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", with no specification as to genre. John Coltrane, Bob Marley, N.W.A and Frank Sinatra are but a few departures in the list which would make it compatible to your compilation. It's a great list- and pretty "scientifical" too, done through a compilation of lists itself, submitted by hundreds of recording artists and industry hot-shots. So, its validity doesn't rest directly in the repute of anybody at Rolling Stone at all, but for their infinite wisdom to ask all these people. 70.161.16.184 06:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion: Remove all entries that don't appear at least TWICE
I propose that we alter the criteria for inclusion on this list: every album cited has to appear on at least TWO of the source lists. That would remove some of the aberrant entries and would lend far more credence to the claim that all of these albums are "particularly notable or influential". Yes, we'll all probably lose some of our personal favorites (for me it's Radio City) but I think it will bring this list to a much higher standard of quality. What's everyone think?
 * That would make it exceedingly difficult to update. What if I add a list that includes Radio City and I can't remember if any other list used it too?  I'd have to go through all the lists to try and find it. We could maybe move all the once-cited albums to a separate section of this page, but it would still be a hassle to find the one you're looking for and move it to the appropriate new section.  Tuf-Kat 21:31, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * We could just add the other entries to the talk page, couldn't we? The article as it is is WAY too long and contains too many "aberrant entries", as the user above put it.  We'd keep the list of albums that only appear once alphabetized, for easy cross-referencing whenever you're adding a new list, which should by no means be an everyday occurence (i.e. I think we have enough lists for now).  I volunteer to remove the once-appearing entries myself.  Again we'll all be losing favorites, but it has to be done in the name of keeping the page at a high standard of quality and getting it down to a more manageable size. StarryEyes 21:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)  ADDITION: I've saved the page to my hard drive and performed the separation.  It cuts the page in half, down to "desirable" size, and now virtually every entry has its own article and has a legitimate claim at being one of the most influential albums of "rock and roll" (whatever that's supposed to mean).  Obviously I'm not going to replace it on my own behalf, unilateral action-style, 'cause I want to hear what people think.  Especially Tuf-Kat, who appears to be a major architect of this page (bravo!).  :) StarryEyes 22:14, 1 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Support wholeheartedly per my notes above StarryEyes 21:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * PS: Perhaps the most amusing fact about the list, and the most illustrative of why we need to make the change: one list has three Procol Harum albums. The other sixteen lists have a combined zero.  The "two list" criterion goes a long way to neutralizing (extreme) personal preferences of the compilers of these lists.  StarryEyes 22:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Broken reference link
Is it just me or is the 1st reference link broken? I tried following it and got a 404. Denis Kasak 03:43, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, I found another copy and fixed it. Tuf-Kat 04:09, 20 September 2005 (UTC)


 * There are some more broken (I count 4). Plus: I think #6 and #16 refer to the same list?! –(de)jello &iquest;? 21:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Rock 'n Roll too general
There is a big difference in the Rock 'n Roll style and the heavy metal/thrash metal style. Why should Metallica and bands like it be in Rock 'n Roll? I mean, we're trying to equate Rolling Stones with bands like Metallica, and putting them under the same category!

--Shashank Shekhar 15:19, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

"though some would more commonly be described as reggae, blues, calypso, jazz, soul, country, funk, heavy metal or hip hop"

Rename the list. Describing all of these as rock and roll albums is ridiculous. TheMadBaron 21:43, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

24.103.209.122 (talk) 01:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC) Added February 6th, 2012 I concur. If we are going to include Elvis Presley and Van Halen on one list, we should also include Journey, Underoath, and other "rock and roll" groups. I don't think the definition is bad. Van Halen should go with Elvis. Unfortunately, if we go with that definition, this list is incomplete.

removed all entries that don't appear twice
for future reference, i'm pasting them here. Calliopejen1 18:52, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1)
 * AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You
 * Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album (8)
 * Air - Moon Safari (13)
 * Al Green - Al Green's 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 - School's Out (9)
 * The Animals - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (10)
 * The Animals - The Best of The Animals (8)
 * Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits (3)
 * Aretha Franklin - Soul of 69 (10)
 * Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (2)
 * Arthur Alexander - The Flight (4)
 * The B-52's - The B-52's (2)
 * Bad Company - Straight Shooter (12)
 * The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross (12)
 * The Beach Boys - Endless Summer (8)
 * Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West (5)
 * The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (12)
 * The Beatles - Please Please Me (4)
 * The Beatles - The Beatles 1962-1966 (8)
 * The Beatles - With the Beatles (9)
 * Beck - Mellow Gold (17)
 * Big Star - #1 Record (8)
 * 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)
 * Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (5)
 * Black Flag - Damaged (8)
 * Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
 * Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1)
 * Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (12)
 * The Blasters - Hard Line (4)
 * Blind Faith - Blind Faith (5)
 * blink-182 - Take off Your Pants and Jacket (5)
 * Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (9)
 * Blue Ridge Rangers - Blue Ridge Rangers (12)
 * Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
 * Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues (10)
 * Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (8)
 * Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley's Beach Party (4)
 * Bob Dylan - Desire (12)
 * Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (17)
 * Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (9)
 * Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (5)
 * Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (12)
 * Bob Dylan - Ten of Swords (4)
 * Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (3)
 * Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (5)
 * Bobby Bland - The Best Vol 1 (9)
 * Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "I See a Darkness" (9)
 * Brownsville Station - Yeah (12)
 * Bruce Cockburn - Further Adventures of (10)
 * 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)
 * Bunny Wailer - Hook, Line and Sinker (4)
 * Burning Spear - Garvey's Ghost (4)
 * Carl Perkins - The Classic Carl Perkins (4)
 * Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits (8)
 * The Cars - Candy-O
 * The Cars - The Cars
 * Cast Recording - Hair: The American Tribal I Love Rock Musical (5)
 * Cast Recording - Jesus Christ Superstar (5)
 * Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (1)
 * J.J. Cale - Naturally (12)
 * Charlie Rich - Original Hits and Midnight Demos (4)
 * Cheap Trick - At Budokan (1)
 * The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (7)
 * Chic - Risqué (8)
 * Chuck Berry - After School Session (14)
 * Chuck Berry - Golden Decade Vol 1 (9)
 * The Coasters - Early Years (9)
 * The Contours - Do You Love Me (4)
 * Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
 * Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions (5)
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (12)
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (12)
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live in Europe (10)
 * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Four Way Street (10)
 * Crowded House - Crowded House (1)
 * Crowded House - Woodface (14)
 * 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)
 * Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (17)
 * David Crosby - Thousand Roads
 * De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (8)
 * Deep Purple - Fireball (12)
 * Def Leppard - Adrenalize (5)
 * Delbert McClinton - Love Rustler (12)
 * 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)
 * Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (8)
 * Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (10)
 * Donovan - Donovan in Concert (5)
 * The Doors - Morrison Hotel (5)
 * The Doors - Strange Days (5)
 * The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (5)
 * Dr. Dre - The Chronic (8)
 * The Drifters - Let the Boogie Woogie Roll (4)
 * Duran Duran - Rio (13)
 * Dwight Yoakam - Just Lookin' for a Hit (4)
 * The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind (14)
 * Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (10)
 * Eddie and the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression (10)
 * Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record (1)
 * Elton John - Greatest Hits (8)
 * Elton John - Honky Chateau (8)
 * Elton John - To Be Continued (3)
 * Elvis Costello - Get Happy (14)
 * Elvis Costello - King of America (4)
 * Elvis Costello - Spike (3)
 * Elvis Presley - The Complete Burbank Sessions, Volume 1 (4)
 * Elvis Presley - Elvis at Sun (14)
 * Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (3)
 * Elvis Presely - Golden Hits Vol 1 (9)
 * Elvis Presley - Rock'n'Roll (9)
 * Embrace - Fireworks
 * Embrace - Out Of Nothing
 * Embrace - This New Day
 * 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 - Crossroads (3)
 * Eric Clapton - Unplugged (17)
 * Etta James - At Last! (19)
 * Etta James - Tell Mama (4)
 * Eurythmics - Touch (8)
 * Everly Brothers - 22 Original Classics (9)
 * Everly Brothers - Roots (4)
 * Everything But the Girl - Eden (10)
 * 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)
 * The Fall - "This Nation's Saving Grace" (13)
 * 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)
 * The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (13)
 * Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (5)
 * Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (9)
 * Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1)
 * Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail (11)
 * Foghat - Fool For The City
 * The Four Tops - Second Album (4)
 * Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere (10)
 * Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York (10)
 * 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)
 * Galaxie 500 - On Fire (16)
 * Gang of Four - Entertainment! (8)
 * Gary U.S. Bonds - On the Line (4)
 * Geordie - Don't Be Fooled by the Name (12)
 * George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (5)
 * The 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 - Workingman's Dead (8)
 * Green Day - American Idiot (19)
 * 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)
 * Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rock n' Roll Revival (4)
 * The Human League - Dare! (1)
 * 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)
 * Jackie Wilson - The Jackie Wilson Story (4)
 * Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement! (8)
 * Jackson 5 - ABC (2)
 * Jackson Browne - The Pretender (3)
 * James Brown - Best of James Brown (9)
 * James Brown - The CD of JB (Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics) (3)
 * James Brown - Sex Machine (2)
 * James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (4)
 * James Taylor - JT (3)
 * Janis Ian - Between the Lines (12)
 * Janis Ian - Janis Ian (12)
 * Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills (10)
 * Jason & the Scorchers - Fervor (4)
 * Jeff Beck Group - Beck-ola (5)
 * Jefferson Airplane - Live at the Monterey Festival (5)
 * Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter's
 * 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)
 * The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (8)
 * Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick (1)
 * Jim Morrison - An American Prayer (10)
 * Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (5)
 * Jimi Hendrix Experience - Radio One (4)
 * Joan Baez - Volume 2 (9)
 * Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll (8)
 * 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 Miles - Stranger in the City (12)
 * John Paul Jones - Zooma (5)
 * Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison (18)
 * Johnny Horton - The World of Johnny Horton (4)
 * Joni Mitchell - Hejira (10)
 * Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (7)
 * Junior Walker & the All-Stars - Command Performances (4)


 * Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob (1)
 * The Kingsmen - The Best of the Kingsmen (4)
 * The Kinks - Golden Hour Vol 1
 * The Kinks - Misfits (5)
 * The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace (10)
 * Kiss - Alive! (1)
 * Kiss - Rock And Roll Over (1)
 * Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (11)
 * The Kooks - Inside In Inside Out
 * Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1)
 * Kraftwerk - Autobahn (7)
 * Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (12)
 * Laurie Anderson - Big Science (8)
 * Laurie Anderson - Home of the Brave (17)
 * LaVern Baker - Real Gone Gal (4)
 * Led Zeppelin - Complete Studio Recordings (3)
 * Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (13)
 * Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (12)
 * 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)
 * 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 - Street Hassle (10)
 * Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella (5)
 * Louis Jordan - Let the Good Times Roll (9)
 * Lovin' Spoonful - Golden Hour (9)
 * Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (12)
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (17)
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
 * 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)
 * 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 - Ride the Lightning
 * Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (5)
 * Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (2)
 * Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (8)
 * Moby - Go (8)
 * Moby Grape - Moby Grape (5)
 * 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)
 * Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
 * Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love
 * Motörhead - Ace of Spades
 * Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (5)
 * Mott the Hoople - Mott (4)
 * The Move - Shazam (12)
 * Muddy Waters - Hard Again (14)
 * Nazareth - Razamanaz (12)
 * Neil Young - Decade (3)
 * Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (13)
 * Neil Young - Freedom (3)
 * Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (10)
 * Neu! - Neu! (11)
 * Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (4)
 * Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (10)
 * New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1)
 * 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 - 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 - MTV Unplugged in New York (8)
 * Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (5)
 * Oasis - ''Definitely Maybe
 * Oasis - ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
 * The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (8)
 * The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (9)
 * The Offspring - Americana (5)
 * Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul (4)
 * Otis Redding - Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding (8)
 * Otis Redding - Otis Live (10)
 * Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Story (3)
 * Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (5)
 * Paolo Nutini - These Streets
 * Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (4)
 * Pat Metheny Group - As Falls Wichita (10)
 * Patsy Cline - Stop Look and Listen (4)
 * Paul Kelly - Gossip (1)
 * Paul Kelly - Post (4)
 * Paul Simon - Paul Simon (3)
 * Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (8)
 * Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
 * The Persuasions - Chirpin' (4)
 * Pet Shop Boys - Discography - The Complete Singles Collection (12)
 * Pete Townsend - Empty Glass (5)
 * Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) (13)


 * Phil Spector - Back to Mono (8)
 * Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971) (12)
 * Pink Floyd - Animals (1975)
 * Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
 * The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (12)
 * The Police - Regatta de Blanc (17)
 * Pop Group - Y (11)
 * Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (11)
 * Portishead - Dummy (13)
 * Primal Scream - Screamadelica (7)
 * Prince - Dirty Mind (8)
 * Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (12)
 * Procol Harum - Live at Edmonton (12)
 * Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (12)
 * Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (10)
 * Radiohead - The Bends (13)
 * Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (17)
 * The Ramones - Road to Ruin
 * Rank & File - Sundown (4)
 * Ray Charles - 25 Years in Show Business (9)
 * Ray Charles - Anthology (3)
 * Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul (8)
 * Ray Charles - Greatest Country and Western Hits (3)
 * Ray Charles - Live (4)
 * Razorlight - Up All Night (3)
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (10)
 * R.E.M. - Document (8)
 * R.E.M. - Reckoning (3)
 * Red Krayola - Parable of Arable Land (11)
 * The Residents - Not Available (11)
 * Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation (13)
 * Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness (3)
 * Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (10)
 * Ringo Starr - Ringo (5)
 * Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (4)
 * 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)
 * Rolling Stones - Aftermath (3)
 * Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tides and Green Grass) (8)
 * Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) (9)
 * Rolling Stones - The Singles (3)
 * Roxy Music - Siren (8)
 * Roxy Music - Stranded (9)
 * 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)
 * Salif Keita - Folon (15)
 * Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave (4)
 * Sam Cooke - This Is (9)
 * Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - The Best of Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs (4)
 * Santana - Caravanserai (10)
 * Scott Walker - Scott 3 (18)
 * Seatrain - Seatrain (5)
 * The Shadows - Greatest Hits (9)
 * Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (8)
 * Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain (10)
 * Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (9)
 * Skip Spence - Oar (5)
 * Slade - Sladest (9)
 * Slint - Spiderland (13)
 * Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (17)
 * 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 - 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)
 * 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)
 * Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform (1)
 * Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (1)
 * Stereophonics - ''Live From Dakota
 * Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails (1)
 * Stereophonics - Word Gets Around (6)
 * Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 * Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival (4)
 * Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (12)
 * Steve Miller Band - Book Of Dreams
 * Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (10)
 * Stevie Wonder - Musiquarium (3)
 * 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)
 * The Stooges - The Stooges
 * 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. Rex - The Slider (12)
 * Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1)
 * Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (3)
 * Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (18)
 * Ted Hawkins - On the Boardwalk (4)
 * The Temptations - 1990 (12)
 * The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (10)
 * Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (11)
 * Tim Buckley - Lorca (11)
 * Tim Buckley - Starsailor (10)
 * Tom Jones - Smash Hits (12)
 * Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (17)
 * Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (10)
 * 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)
 * U2 - Rattle and Hum (10)
 * U2 - War (1)
 * UB40 - Signing Off (10)
 * Ultravox - Systems of Romance (10)
 * Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (12)
 * Van Halen - MCMLXXXIV (17)
 * Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (5)
 * 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 - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (10)
 * 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 - 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 - Hitsville, USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1959-1971 (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 - 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)
 * The Verve - Urban Hymns (17)
 * The Who - Live at Leeds (5)
 * The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
 * The Who - Quadrophenia (2)
 * The Who - The Ultimate Collection
 * The Who - The Who: Then and Now
 * 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) - See How We Are (4)
 * The Yardbirds - Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1964-1966) (8)
 * The Yardbirds - Remember (9)
 * Yes - The Yes Album (9)
 * Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Deletion
This is a silly undertaking, with a core of relevance to it. There is another article entitled called Albums considered the greatest ever; the two should probably be merged. Perhaps the entire idea of having such articles should be revisited altogether. For instance, certain game-changers like Public Enemy and Thriller are missing. A future list combining combining this and the other article should center not simply on popularity in critic's polls, although those polls should be given weight, but also impact on culture and society at large. That would actually narrow the list considerably, which it probably needs - another editor above six years ago already did a considerable amount of weeding to this article. Plenty of albums have been very popular for a while, and plenty have been considered influential on certain styles of music in certain time periods, but few have had lasting impact on culture as a whole. Or this article and the greatest ever article should just be deleted and the hard drive space given over to something more useful.

That said, I have removed any entry on this list not referenced to one of the critic's polls referenced at the bottom of the page - if it doesn't have a number, it's off. All those extra Buddy Holly and Elton John albums are gone, and two Metallica records are quite enough. Certain albums taken off had merit - Violent Femmes, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh, but many others did not. No matter how much their legion of fans might adore these albums, no critical consensus has ever considered Shake Your Money Maker, Brain Salad Surgery, Little Creatures, anything by The Good Rats or a 2007 compilation of Ringo Starr hit singles to have achieved immortality. PJtP (talk) 17:14, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

What about The Clash?
The Clash are often cited as extremely influential in many genres, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their eponymous debut album and their third album London Calling routinely place in the top 10 albums of the 1970's. London Calling usually surpasses Rocket to Russia and Never Mind the Bollocks.

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Reference no. 16?
Reference no. 16 was simply an unexplained link to the homepage of AcclaimedMusic.net (an unreliable, self-published source per WP:NOTRSMUSIC). The link has been removed. Perhaps someone can establish just what this source was meant to communicate, and perhaps find alternate, reliable sourcing. Gene Stanley1 (talk) 12:09, 11 December 2023 (UTC)