I collected over 40 lists of the “Best Albums of All Time”, “Greatest Albums…”, “Most Important Albums…” from books, magazines and the Internet and combined them into one meta-list.  Here are the results: every album on three or more of the original source lists, organized by rank (that is, with the albums on the most lists at the top).  Albums on the same number of lists are arranged chronologically.

NOTE 1: These are not my personal opinions.

NOTE 2: The “Best Albums” lists I found focus on pop, r&b, hip hop and the many permutations of rock, with occasional nods to other genres (jazz, folk, country). To make up for the many missing genres, I have created other music meta-lists for classical, jazz, blues, hip hop, country, and world music. If you’re looking for Best Songs meta-lists, I’ve created some of those, too: rock/pop, etc., country, and hip hop.

On 38 Lists

The Beatles  Revolver  (1966)

On 37 Lists

The Beatles  The Beatles [White Album] (1968)

On 36 Lists

The Beach Boys  Pet Sounds (1966)

The Beatles  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

David Bowie  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

Nirvana  Nevermind (1991)

On 35 lists

Led Zeppelin  [Led Zeppelin IV] (1971)

On 33 Lists

The Beatles  Rubber Soul (1965)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience  Are You Experienced? (1967)

The Clash  London Calling (1980)

On 32 Lists

The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

The Beatles  Abbey Road (1969)

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Marvin Gaye  What’s Going On (1971)

The Rolling Stones  Exile on Main St. (1972)

Fleetwood Mac  Rumours (1977)

On 31 Lists

Pink Floyd  The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Sex Pistols  Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)

On 29 Lists

Michael Jackson  Thriller (1982)

On 28 Lists

Bob Dylan  Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Bruce Springsteen  Born to Run (1975)

On 27 Lists

Bob Dylan  Blonde on Blonde (1966)

The Doors  The Doors (1967)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience  Electric Ladyland (1968)


The Who  Who’s Next (1971)

Bob Dylan  Blood on the Tracks (1975)

Ramones  Ramones (1976)

On 26 Lists

Van Morrison  Astral Weeks (1968)

The Rolling Stones  Let It Bleed (1969)

The Rolling Stones  Sticky Fingers (1971)

AC/DC  Back in Black (1980)

Prince & the Revolution  Purple Rain (1984)

Radiohead  OK Computer (1997)

On 25 Lists

The Smiths  The Queen Is Dead (1986)

On 24 Lists

David Bowie  Hunky Dory (1971)

U2  The Joshua Tree (1987)

On 23 Lists

Neil Young  After the Gold Rush (1970)

Patti Smith  Horses (1975)

Stevie Wonder  Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

U2  Achtung Baby (1991)

R.E.M.  Automatic for the People (1992)

On 22 Lists

Joni Mitchell  Blue (1971)

Led Zeppelin  Physical Graffiti (1975)

Television  Marquee Moon (1977)

Paul Simon  Graceland (1986)

Public Enemy  It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

On 21 Lists

Miles Davis  Kind of Blue (1959)

Bob Dylan  Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

Love  Forever Changes (1967)

The Band  The Band (1969)

Stevie Wonder  Innervisions (1973)

Pink Floyd  Wish You Were Here (1975)

Guns n’ Roses  Appetite for Destruction (1987)

On 20 Lists

Simon & Garfunkel  Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

Prince  Sign o’ the Times (1987)

Pearl Jam  Ten (1991)

On 19 Lists

The Rolling Stones  Beggars Banquet (1968)

Led Zeppelin  Led Zeppelin II (1969)

Talking Heads  Remain in Light (1980)

Jeff Buckley  Grace (1994)

On 18 Lists

Led Zeppelin  Led Zeppelin (1969)

Carole King  Tapestry (1971)

Michael Jackson  Off the Wall (1979)

Pink Floyd  The Wall (1979)

The Stone Roses  The Stone Roses (1989)

Pixies  Doolittle (1989)

On 17 Lists

James Brown  ‘Live’ at The Apollo (1963)

Otis Redding  Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)

Van Morrison  Moondance (1970)

Lou Reed  Transformer (1972)

Elton John  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

The Clash  The Clash (1979)

Oasis  (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Radiohead  The Bends (1995)

On 16 Lists

The Band  Music From Big Pink (1968)

Dusty Springfield  Dusty in Memphis (1969)

The Who  Tommy (1969)

Captain Beefheart  Trout Mask Replica (1969)

The Velvet Underground  The Velvet Underground (1969)

John Lennon  John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

Miles Davis  Bitches Brew (1970)

Joy Division  Closer (1981)

Portishead  Dummy (1994)

Beck  Odelay (1996)

Radiohead  Kid A (2000)

On 15 Lists

Derek and The Dominos  Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Iggy & The Stooges  Raw Power (1973)

Queen  A Night at the Opera (1975)

The Eagles  Hotel California (1976)

Joy Division  Unknown Pleasures (1980)

R.E.M.  Murmur (1983)

Metallica  Master of Puppets (1986)

Sonic Youth  Daydream Nation (1988)

My Bloody Valentine  Loveless (1991)

Oasis  Definitely Maybe (1994)

On 14 Lists

John Coltrane  A Love Supreme (1965)

The Stooges  Fun House (1970)

Black Sabbath  Paranoid (1970)

John Lennon Imagine (1971)

Bruce Springsteen  Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

Tom Waits  Rain Dogs (1985)

N.W.A.  Straight Outta Compton (1988)

Beastie Boys  Paul’s Boutique (1989)

Primal Scream  Screamadelica (1991)

Red Hot Chili Peppers  Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

Massive Attack  Blue Lines (1991)

Metallica  Metallica [Black Album] (1991)

Nirvana  In Utero (1993)

Lauryn Hill  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

The Strokes  Is This It (2001)

On 13 Lists

Johnny Cash  At Folsom Prison (1968)

The Kinks  The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1969)

Neil Young  Harvest (1972)

Joni Mitchell  Court and Spark (1974)

Roxy Music  For Your Pleasure (1976)

Elvis Costello  My Aim Is True (1977)

Kate Bush  Hounds of Love (1985)

The Smashing Pumpkins  Siamese Dream (1993)

Wu-Tang Clan  Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)

Nine Inch Nails  The Downward Spiral (1994)

On 11 Lists

Aretha Franklin  I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)

Cream  Disraeli Gears (1967)

Sly & the Family Stone  There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)

Led Zeppelin  Houses of the Holy (1973)

Neil Young  Tonight’s the Night (1975)

Various Artists (incl. Bee Gees) Saturday Night Fever (1977)

The Pretenders  Pretenders (1980)

The Replacements  Let It Be (1984)

Bruce Springsteen  Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

Dire Straits  Brothers in Arms (1985)

A Tribe Called Quest  The Low End Theory (1991)

DJ Shadow  Endtroducing….. (1996)

On 11 Lists

The Beatles  A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Aretha Franklin  Lady Soul (1968)

Sly & the Family Stone  Stand! (1969)

Santana  Abraxas (1970)

George Harrison  All Things Must Pass (1970)

Stevie Wonder  Talking Book (1972)

Bob Marley & the Wailers  Exodus (1977)

Elvis Costello  This Year’s Model (1978)

Blondie  Parallel Lines (1978)

Neil Young  Rust Never Sleeps (1979)

  
Public Image Ltd.  Metal Box (re-released in 1980 as Second Edition) (1979)

The Police  Synchronicity (1983)

Bob Marley & the Wailers  Legend (rec. 1972-1983, rel. 1984)

Beastie Boys  Licensed to Ill (1986)

Peter Gabriel  So (1986)

Public Enemy  Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

Rage Against the Machine  Rage Against the Machine (1992)

Nas  Illmatic (1994)

Blur  Parklife (1994)

On 9 Lists
  
Elvis Presley  The Sun Sessions (several versions) (1954-1955)

Grateful Dead  American Beauty (1970)

The Allman Brothers Band  At Fillmore East (1971)

Janis Joplin  Pearl (1971)

Brian Eno  Another Green World (1975)

Kraftwerk  Trans-Europe Express (1977)

David Bowie  Low (1977)

Minutemen  Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

Run-D.M.C.  Raising Hell (1986)

The Cure  Disintegration (1989)

Pavement  Slanted and Enchanted (1992)

Soundgarden  Superunknown (1994)

Alanis Morissette  Jagged Little Pill (1995)

Elliott Smith  Either/Or (1997)

Arcade Fire  Funeral (2004)

On 9 Lists

Pink Floyd  The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)

Leonard Cohen  Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience  Axis: Bold as Love (1968)

The Byrds  The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)

The Zombies  Odessey & Oracle (1968)

Nick Drake  Five Leaves Left (1969)

Rod Stewart  Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)

T. Rex  Electric Warrior (1971)

Nick Drake  Pink Moon (1972)

New York Dolls  New York Dolls (1973)

Gram Parsons  Grievous Angel (1974)

Richard & Linda Thompson  I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)

Aerosmith  Toys in the Attic (1975)

David Bowie  Station to Station (1976)

Van Halen  Van Halen (1978)

The Rolling Stones  Some Girls (1978)

Gang of Four  Entertainment! (1979)

Prince  1999 (1982)

The Smiths  The Smiths (1984)

The Jesus and Mary Chain  Psychocandy (1986)

De La Soul  3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

Dr. Dre  The Chronic (1992)

Hole  Live Through This (1994)

Nirvana  MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)

OutKast  Stankonia (2000)

Eminem  The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

PJ Harvey  Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)

Kanye West  The College Dropout (2004)

  
Kanye West  My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

On 8 Lists

Elvis Presley  Elvis Presley (1956)

The Velvet Underground  White Light/White Heat (1968)

The Flying Burrito Brothers  The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)

King Crimson  In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young  Déjà vu (1970)

James Taylor  Sweet Baby James (1970)

Led Zeppelin  Led Zeppelin III (1970)

Al Green  Call Me (1973)

Gram Parsons  GP (1973)

The Modern Lovers  The Modern Lovers (rec. 1971-1973, rel. 1976)

Steely Dan  Aja (1977)

  
Big Star  Third/Sister Lovers (1978)

Bruce Springsteen  Nebraska (1982)

Tom Waits  Swordfishtrombones (1983)

Pixies  Surfer Rosa (1988)

Liz Phair  Exile in Guyville (1993)

The Notorious B.I.G.  Ready to Die (1994)

Green Day  Dookie (1994)

The Smashing Pumpkins  Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)

Pulp  Different Class (1996)

The Verve  Urban Hymns (1997)

The White Stripes  Elephant (2003)

On 7 Lists

Little Richard  Here’s Little Richard (1957)

John Coltrane  Giant Steps (1960)

Ray Charles  Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)

The Rolling Stones  Aftermath (1966)

Jefferson Airplane  Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

The Stooges  The Stooges (1969)

Creedence Clearwater Revival  Green River (1969)

Miles Davis  In a Silent Way (1969)

Neil Young  Everybody Knows this is Nowhere (1969)

Leonard Cohen  Songs of Love and Hate (1971)

Funkadelic  Maggot Brain (1971)

Curtis Mayfield  Super Fly (1972)

Todd Rundgren  Something/Anything? (1972)

The Who  Quadrophenia (1973)

Marvin Gaye  Let’s Get It On (1973)

Big Star  Radio City (1974)

Neil Young  On the Beach (1974)

Parliament  Mothership Connection (1975)

Suicide  Suicide (1977)

Wire  Pink Flag (1977)

Meat Loaf  Bat Out of Hell (1977)

The Smiths  Hatful of Hollow (1984)

Bon Jovi  Slippery When Wet (1986)

Madonna  Like a Prayer (1989)

R.E.M.  Out of Time (1991)

Jay-Z  The Blueprint (1991)

Weezer  Weezer [Blue Album] (1994)

The Prodigy  The Fat of the Land (1997)

Björk  Homogenic (1997)

Lucinda Williams  Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)

The Magnetic Fields  69 Love Songs (1999)

The Flaming Lips  The Soft Bulletin (1999)

Wilco  Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Coldplay  A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

Amy Winehouse  Back to Black (2006)

Radiohead  In Rainbows (2007)

On 6 Lists

Chuck Berry  The Great Twenty-Eight (rec. 1955-1965)

Frank Sinatra  Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)

James Brown  Star Time (rec. 1956-1984)

Sam Cooke  Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (rec. 1963, rel. 1985)

The Byrds  Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)

The Byrds  Younger Than Yesterday (1967)

The Who  The Who Sell Out (1967)

The Byrds  Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)

Chicago Transit Authority (later known as Chicago)  Chicago Transit Authority (1969)

Blind Faith  Blind Faith (1969)

Black Sabbath  Black Sabbath (1970)

Grateful Dead  Workingman’s Dead (1970)

Cat Stevens  Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

Dolly Parton  Coat of Many Colors (1971)

The Doors  L.A. Woman (1971)

Jethro Tull  Aqualung (1971)

Can  Tago Mago (1971)

Various Artists (incl. Jimmy Cliff)  The Harder They Come Soundtrack (1972)

Brian Eno  Here Come the Warm Jets (1973)

Paul McCartney & Wings  Band on the Run (1973)

The B-52s  The B-52s (1979)

Black Flag  Damaged (1981)

Hüsker Dü  Zen Arcade (1984)

U2  The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Prefab Sprout  Steve McQueen (1985)

Hüsker Dü  New Day Rising (1985)

Depeche Mode  Violator (1990)

Aphex Twin  Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)

Alice in Chains  Dirt (1992)

Pavement  Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)

Björk  Post (1995)

Tricky  Maxinquaye (1995)

Fugees  The Score (1996)

Manic Street Preachers  Everything Must Go (1996)

Belle & Sebastian  If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)

Bob Dylan  Time Out of Mind (1997)

Air  Moon Safari (1998)

Neutral Milk Hotel  In the Aeroplane over the Sea (1998)

Sigur Ros  Ágætis byrjun (1999)

Red Hot Chili Peppers  Californication (1999)

Green Day  American Idiot (2004)

Sufjan Stevens  Illinois (2005)

LCD Soundsystem  Sound of Silver (2007)

Kendrick Lamar  To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

On 5 Lists

Various Artists  Phil Spector: Back to Mono (rec. 1958-1969, rel. 1991)

Charles Mingus  Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Miles Davis  Sketches of Spain (1960)

Bob Dylan  The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

Charles Mingus  The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)

Moby Grape  Moby Grape (1967)

Big Brother & the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin)  Cheap Thrills (1968)

Dr. John  Gris-Gris (1968)

Simon & Garfunkel  Bookends (1968)

Scott Walker  Scott 4 (1969)

Crosby, Stills & Nash  Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)

Fairport Convention  Liege & Lief (1969)

MC5  Kick out the Jams (1969)

The Who  Live at Leeds (1970)

Yes  Fragile (1971)

Serge Gainsbourg  Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

John Prine   John Prine (1971)

Yes  Close to the Edge (1972)

 
The Wailers (later Bob Marley & the Wailers)  Catch a Fire (1973)

Steely Dan  Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

Bob Marley & the Wailers  Natty Dread (1974)

Robert Wyatt  Rock Bottom (1974)

Joni Mitchell  The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)

Willie Nelson  Red Headed Stranger (1975)

Ramones  Rocket to Russia (1977)

David Bowie  Heroes (1977)

Billy Joel  The Stranger (1977)

Pere Ubu  The Modern Dance (1978)

Talking Heads  More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)

Funkadelic  One Nation Under a Groove (1978)

Devo  Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)

Talking Heads  Fear of Music (1979)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions  Armed Forces (1979)

Prince  Dirty Mind (1980)

The Clash  Sandanista! (1980)

X  Wild Gift (1981)

U2  War (1983)

Eric B. & Rakim  Paid in Full (1987)

Def Leppard  Hysteria (1987)

Tracy Chapman  Tracy Chapman (1988)

Jane’s Addiction  Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

Tori Amos  Little Earthquakes (1992)

Björk  Debut (1993)

PJ Harvey  Rid of Me (1993)

A Tribe Called Quest  Midnight Marauders (1993)

Spiritualized  Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)

Madonna  Ray of Light (1998)

Massive Attack  Mezzanine (1998)

OutKast  Aquemini (1998)

Moby  Play (1999)

Coldplay  Parachutes (2000)

The White Stripes  White Blood Cells (2001)

System of a Down  Toxicity (2001)

Daft Punk  Discovery (2001)

Animal Collective  Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

David Bowie  Blackstar (2016)

Frank Ocean  Blond (2016)

On 4 lists

Robert Johnson  The Complete Recordings (rec. 1936-1937)

Frank Sinatra  In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

The Crickets (feat. Buddy Holly)  The ‘Chirping’ Crickets (1957)

Various Artists  Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (rec. 1963-1968, rel. 1972)

The Beatles  With The Beatles (1963)

The Beatles  Meet the Beatles (1964)

B.B. King  Live at the Regal (1965)

The Beach Boys  Today (1965)

The Beach Boys  The Smile Sessions (rec. 1965-1971, rel. 2011)

Bob Dylan  The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert (rec. 1966, rel. 1998)

The Monks  Black Monk Time (1966)

Bob Dylan  John Wesley Harding (1967)

The Doors  Strange Days (1967)

Buffalo Springfield  Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)

The Beatles  Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix  Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival (rec. 1967, rel. 1970)

Laura Nyro  Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)

  
The Mothers of Invention  We’re Only in It for the Money (1968)

  
The Incredible String Band  The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968)

Frank Zappa  Hot Rats (1969)

Isaac Hayes  Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

The Meters  Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

Creedence Clearwater Revival  Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

Grateful Dead  Live/Dead (1969)

Skip Spence  Oar (1969)

The Beatles  Let It Be (rec. 1968-1970, rel. 1970)

The Velvet Underground  Loaded (1970)

Nick Drake  Bryter Layter (1970)

Harry Nilsson  Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

The Beach Boys  Surf’s Up (1971)

Randy Newman  Sail Away (1972)

Steely Dan  Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972)

Big Star  #1 Record (1972)

Roxy Music  Roxy Music (1972)

John Martyn  Solid Air (1973)

The Isley Brothers  3 + 3 (1973)

Randy Newman  Good Old Boys (1974)

Van Morrison  It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Bad Company  Bad Company (1974)

Bob Dylan and The Band  The Basement Tapes (rec. 1967-1975, rel. 1975)

Aerosmith  Rocks (1976)

Joni Mitchell  Hejira (1976)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle  Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976)

Bob Dylan  Desire (1976)

Iggy Pop  Lust for Life (1977)

Marvin Gaye  Here, My Dear (1978)

The Cars  The Cars (1978)

The Jam  All the Mod Cons (1978)

Cheap Trick  Cheap Trick at Budokan (1978)

Buzzcocks  Singles Going Steady (rec. 1977-1979, rel. 1979)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers  Damn the Torpedoes (1979)

The Specials  The Specials (1979)

The Slits  Cut (1979)

Dexy’s Midnight Runners  Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)

The Rolling Stones  Tattoo You (1981)

The Go-Gos  Beauty and the Beat (1981)

Rush  Moving Pictures (1981)

Duran Duran  Rio (1982)

Donald Fagen  The Nightfly (1982)

Madonna  The Immaculate Collection (rec. 1983-1990, rel. 1990)

Talking Heads  Stop Making Sense (1984)

Tina Turner  Private Dancer (1984)

Various Artists  The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (rec. 1981-1984, rel. 1985)

Whitney Houston  Whitney Houston (1985)

The Pogues  Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)

Slayer  Reign in Blood (1986)

Michael Jackson  Bad (1987)

R.E.M.  Document (1987)

Jane’s Addiction  Nothing’s Shocking (1988)

Bonnie Raitt  Nick of Time (1989)

Cocteau Twins  Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)

Sinead O’Connor  I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)

TLC  CrazySexyCool (1994)

D’Angelo  Brown Sugar (1995)

Chemical Brothers  Dig Your Own Hole (1997)

Sleater-Kinney  Dig Me Out (1997)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds  The Boatman’s Call (1997)

Eminem  The Slim Shady LP (1999)

D’Angelo  Voodoo (2000)

Erykah Badu  Mama’s Gun (2000)

Madvillain  Madvillainy (2004)

Arctic Monkeys  Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not (2006)

Portishead  Third (2008)

Arcade Fire  The Suburbs (2010) 

Frank Ocean  Channel Orange (2012)

Sufjan Stevens  Carrie & Lowell (2015)

On 3 lists

Various Artists   Anthology of American Folk Music (Harry Smith, ed.) (rec. 1926-1933, rel. 1952)

Hank Williams  40 Greatest Hits (rec. 1947-1952, rel. 1978)

Muddy Waters  The Anthology: 1947-1972 (rec. 1947-1972, rel. 2001)

Howlin’ Wolf  Moanin’ in the Moonlight (rec. 1951-1959, rel. 1959)

Sam Cooke  Portrait of a Legend (rec. 1951-1964, rel. 2003)

Elvis Presley  Sunrise (rec. 1953-1955)

Ornette Coleman  The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet  Time Out (1959)

Muddy Waters  At Newport 1960 (1960)

Ike & Tina Turner  Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner (rec. 1960-1976, rel. 1991)

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (1964)

The Beatles  Help! (1965)

The Mothers of Invention (with Frank Zappa)  Freak Out! (1966)

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers   Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)

The Moody Blues  Days of Future Passed (1967)

The Kinks  Something Else by The Kinks (1967)

Elvis Presley  From Elvis in Memphis (1969)

Tim Buckley  Starsailor (1970)

The Beach Boys  Sunflower (1970)

The Rolling Stones  ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’: The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970)

Randy Newman  12 Songs (1970)

The Doors  Morrison Hotel (1970)

Jimi Hendrix  Band of Gypsys (1970)

James Brown  Sex Machine (1970)

Isaac Hayes  Shaft (1971)

Black Sabbath  Master of Reality (1971)

Pink Floyd  Meddle (1971)

Creedence Clearwater Revival  Chronicle (rec. 1968-1972, rel. 1976)

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  Clear Spot (1972)

Black Sabbath  Volume 4 (1972)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)

Deep Purple  Machine Head (1972)

Eagles  Eagles (1972)

Aretha Franklin  Young, Gifted & Black (1972)

Aretha Franklin  Amazing Grace (1972)

Paul Simon  Paul Simon (1972)

Stevie Wonder  Music of My Mind (1972)

Can  Ege Bamyasi (1972)

Lou Reed  Berlin (1973)

Todd Rundgren  A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Mike Oldfield  Tubular Bells (1973)

Herbie Hancock  Head Hunters (1973)

Lynryd Skynyrd   (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) (1973)

Bruce Springsteen  The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)

Can   Future Days (1973)

Steely Dan  Pretzel Logic (1974)

Gene Clarke  No Other (1974)

David Bowie  Young Americans (1975)

Neu!  Neu ’75 (1975)

Earth, Wind & Fire  That’s the Way of the World (1975)

Kiss  Alive! (1975)

Toots and the Maytals  Funky Kingston (1975)

Kiss  Destroyer (1976)

Boston  Boston (1976)

Eric Clapton  Slowhand (1977)

Pink Floyd  Animals (1977)

Chic  C’est Chic (1978)

Thin Lizzy  Live and Dangerous (1978)

Willie Nelson  Stardust (1978)

X-Ray Spex  Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Led Zeppelin  In Through the Out Door (1979)

Graham Parker  Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)

The Police  Regatta de Blanc (1979)

AC/DC  Highway to Hell (1979)

Chic  Risqué (1979)

Bruce Springsteen  The River (1980)

Dead Kennedys  Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)

Motörhead  Ace of Spades (1980)

X  Los Angeles (1980)

Elvis Costello  Imperial Bedroom (1982)

Richard & Linda Thompson  Shoot Out the Lights (1982)

Roxy Music  Avalon (1982)

The Cure   Pornography (1982)

Metallica  Kill ‘Em All (1983)

ZZ Top  Eliminator (1983)

Def Leppard  Pyromania (1983)

Violent Femmes  Violent Femmes (1983)

Cyndi Lauper  She’s So Unusual (1983)

Run-D.M.C.  Run-D.M.C. (1984)

Metallica  Ride the Lightning (1984)

The Smiths  Meat is Murder (1985)

R.E.M.  Life’s Rich Pageant (1986)

XTC  Skylarking (1986)

Sonic Youth  Sister (1987)

Anita Baker  Rapture (1987)

Boogie Down Productions   Criminal Minded (1987)

George Michael  Faith (1987)

Leonard Cohen  I’m Your Man (1988)

Metallica  …And Justice for All (1988)

Talk Talk  Spirit of Eden (1988)

Aerosmith  Pump (1989)

New Order  Technique (1989)

Janet Jackson  Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)

Ice Cube  AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990)

LL Cool J  Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

Crowded House  Woodface (1991)

Pantera  Vulgar Display of Power (1992)

Counting Crows  August and Everything After (1993)

Slowdive  Souvlaki (1993)

Manic Street Preachers  The Holy Bible (1994)

Beastie Boys  Ill Communication (1994)

Suede  Dog Man Star (1994)

Mary J. Blige  My Life (1994)

The Verve  A Northern Soul (1995)

Leftfield  Leftism (1995)

Raekwon  Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)

Mobb Depp  The Infamous… (1995)

PJ Harvey   To Bring You My Love (1995) 

GZA  Liquid Swords (1995) 

Sepultura  Roots (1996)

Stereolab  Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)

Jay-Z  Reasonable Doubt (1996)

Weezer  Pinkerton (1996)

Mercury Rev  Deserter’s Songs (1998)

U2  All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

The Avalanches  Since I Left You (2000)

Bob Dylan  Love and Theft (2001)

Gillian Welch  Time (The Revelator) (2001)

The Streets  Original Pirate Material (2002)

Dizzee Rascal  Boy in Da Corner (2003)

Kanye West   Late Registration (2005)

MGMT  Oracular Spectacular (2007)

M.I.A  Kala (2007)

Elbow  The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)

Fleet Foxes   Fleet Foxes (2008)

Adele  21 (2011)

PJ Harvey  Let England Shake (2011)

Kendrick Lamar  good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

Kanye West  Yeezus (2013)

Vampire Weekend  Modern Vampires of the City (2013)

Beyoncé  Lemonade (2016)

Solange  A Seat at the Table (2016)

Lorde  Melodrama (2017)