Rolling Stones Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums

Rolling Stones Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums

The Rolling Stones Magazine‘s November 2003 special cover featured the 500 Greatest Albums of all time which was published into a book in 2005. 273 musicians and industry leaders voted using a point system formulated by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. The music genres represented in this ranked list below include everything from pop to ska to jazz.

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RankAlbumArtist 
1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandBeatles 
2 Pet Sounds Pet SoundsBeach Boys 
3 Revolver RevolverBeatles 
4 Highway 61 Revisited Highway 61 RevisitedBob Dylan 
5 Rubber Soul Rubber SoulBeatles 
6 What's Going On What's Going OnMarvin Gaye 
7 Exile on Main Street Exile on Main StreetRolling Stones 
8 London Calling London CallingClash 
9 Blonde On Blonde Blonde On BlondeBob Dylan 
10 The White Album The White AlbumBeatles 
11 The Sun Sessions The Sun SessionsElvis Presley 
12 KIind of Blue KIind of BlueMiles Davis 
13 Velvet Underground And Nico Velvet Underground And NicoVelvet Underground 
14 Abbey Road Abbey RoadBeatles 
15 Are You Experienced? Are You Experienced?Jimi Hendrix Experience 
16 Blood on the Tracks Blood on the TracksBob Dylan 
17 Nevermind NevermindNirvana 
18 Born to Run Born to RunBruce Springsteen 
19 Astral Weeks Astral WeeksVan Morrison 
20 Thriller ThrillerMichael Jackson 
21 The Great Twenty-Eight The Great Twenty-EightChuck Berry 
22 Plastic Ono Band Plastic Ono BandJohn Lennon 
23 Innervisions InnervisionsStevie Wonder 
24 Live at the Apollo Live at the ApolloJames Brown 
25 Rumours RumoursFleetwood Mac 
26 The Joshua Tree The Joshua TreeU2 
27 King of the Delta Blues Singers King of the Delta Blues SingersRobert Johnson 
28 Who's Next Who's NextThe Who 
29 Led Zeppelin Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin 
30 Blue BlueJoni Mitchell 
31 Bringing It All Back Home Bringing It All Back HomeBob Dylan 
32 Let It Bleed Let It BleedRolling Stones 
33 Ramones RamonesRamones 
34 Music From Big Pink Music From Big PinkBand 
35 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From MarsDavid Bowie 
36 Tapestry TapestryCarole King 
37 Hotel California Hotel CaliforniaEagles 
38 The Anthology, Volume 1 The Anthology, Volume 1Muddy Waters 
39 Please Please Me Please Please MeBeatles 
40 Forever Changes Forever ChangesLove 
41 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex PistolsSex Pistols 
42 The Doors The DoorsDoors 
43 The Dark Side Of The Moon The Dark Side Of The MoonPink Floyd 
44 Horses HorsesPatti Smith 
45 The Band The BandBand 
46 Legend LegendBob Marley And The Wailers 
47 A Love Supreme A Love SupremeJohn Coltrane 
48 It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us BackPublic Enemy 
49 At Fillmore East At Fillmore EastAllman Brothers Band 
50 Here's Little Richard Here's Little RichardLittle Richard 
51 Bridge Over Troubled Water Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon And Garfunkel 
52 Greatest Hits Greatest HitsAl Green 
53 The Birth Of Soul, The Complete Atlantic Rhythm And Blues Recordings, 1952-1959 The Birth Of Soul, The Complete Atlantic Rhythm And Blues Recordings, 1952-1959Ray Charles 
54 Electric Ladyland Electric LadylandJimi Hendrix Experience 
55 Elvis Presley Elvis PresleyElvis Presley 
56 Songs in the Key of Life Songs in the Key of LifeStevie Wonder 
57 Beggars Banquet Beggars BanquetRolling Stones 
58 Trout Mask Replica Trout Mask ReplicaCaptain Beefheart And His Magic Band 
59 Meet The Beatles Meet The BeatlesBeatles 
60 Greatest Hits Greatest HitsTupac Shakur 
61 Appetite for Destruction Appetite for DestructionGuns N' Roses 
62 Achtung Baby Achtung BabyU2 
63 Sticky Fingers Sticky FingersRolling Stones 
64 Phil Spector: Back to Mono 1958-1969 Phil Spector: Back to Mono 1958-1969Various Artists 
65 Moondance MoondanceVan Morrison 
66 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin IVLed Zeppelin 
67 The Stranger The StrangerBilly Joel 
68 Off the Wall Off the WallMichael Jackson 
69 Superfly SuperflyCurtis Mayfield 
70 Physical Graffiti Physical GraffitiLed Zeppelin 
71 After the Gold Rush After the Gold RushNeil Young 
72 Purple Rain Purple RainPrince 
73 Back In Black Back In BlackAC/DC 
74 Otis Blue Otis BlueOtis Redding 
75 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin 
76 Imagine ImagineJohn Lennon 
77 The Clash The ClashClash 
78 Harvest HarvestNeil Young 
79 Star Time Star TimeJames Brown 
80 Odessey and Oracle Odessey and OracleZombies 
81 Graceland GracelandPaul Simon 
82 Axis: Bold as Love Axis: Bold as LoveJimi Hendrix Experience 
83 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love YouAretha Franklin 
84 Lady Soul Lady SoulAretha Franklin 
85 Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen 
86 Let It Be Let It BeBeatles 
87 The Wall The WallPink Floyd 
88 At Folsom Prison At Folsom PrisonJohnny Cash 
89 Dusty In Memphis Dusty In MemphisDusty Springfield 
90 Talking Book Talking BookStevie Wonder 
91 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John 
92 20 Golden Greats 20 Golden GreatsBuddy Holly 
93 Sign 'O' The Times Sign 'O' The TimesPrince 
94 Bitches Brew Bitches BrewMiles Davis 
95 Green River Green RiverCreedence Clearwater Revival 
96 Tommy TommyWho 
97 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob DylanBob Dylan 
98 This Year's Model This Year's ModelElvis Costello 
99 There's a Riot Goin' On There's a Riot Goin' OnSly & the Family Stone 
100 In The Wee Small Hours In The Wee Small HoursFrank Sinatra 
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