Cele mai bune 500 de albume ale tuturor timpurilor (Clasament al revistei Rollig Stone – 2004)

 

  1. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 
  2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 
  3. The Beatles – Revolver 
  4. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited 
  5. The Beatles – Rubber Soul 
  6. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On 
  7. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street 
  8. The Clash – London Calling 
  9. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde 
  10. The Beatles – White Album 
  11. Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions 
  12. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
  13. The Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground and Nico 
  14. The Beatles – Abbey Road 
  15. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? 
  16. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks 
  17. Nirvana – Nevermind 
  18. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run 
  19. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks 
  20. Michael Jackson – Thriller 
  21. Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
  22. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band 
  23. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions 
  24. James Brown – Live at the Apollo (1963)
  25. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 
  26. U2 – The Joshua Tree 
  27. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol.1
  28. The Who – Who’s Next 
  29. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 
  30. Joni Mitchell – Blue 
  31. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home 
  32. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed 
  33. Ramones – Ramones 
  34. The Band – Music From Big Pink 
  35. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 
  36. Carole King – Tapestry 
  37. The Eagles – Hotel California 
  38. Muddy Waters – The Anthology, 1947-1972
  39. The Beatles – Please Please Me 
  40. Love – Forever Changes
  41. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
  42. The Doors – The Doors 
  43. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon 
  44. Patti Smith – Horses
  45. The Band – The Band 
  46. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend
  47. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
  48. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  49. The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
  50. Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
  51. Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water 
  52. Al Green – Greatest Hits
  53. Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 – 1959
  54. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland 
  55. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
  56. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life 
  57. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet 
  58. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
  59. The Beatles – Meet The Beatles 
  60. Sly and the Family Stone – Greatest Hits
  61. Guns n’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction 
  62. U2 – Achtung Baby
  63. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers 
  64. Various Artists – Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 – 1969)
  65. Van Morrison – Moondance 
  66. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV 
  67. Billy Joel – The Stranger
  68. Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
  69. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
  70. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti 
  71. Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
  72. Prince – Purple Rain
  73. AC/DC – Back in Black
  74. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
  75. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II 
  76. John Lennon – Imagine 
  77. The Clash – The Clash 
  78. Neil Young – Harvest
  79. James Brown – Star Time
  80. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
  81. Paul Simon – Graceland 
  82. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love 
  83. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  84. Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
  85. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. 
  86. The Beatles – Let It Be 
  87. Pink Floyd – The Wall 
  88. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
  89. Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
  90. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book 
  91. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  92. Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats
  93. Prince – Sign ‘o’ the Times
  94. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
  95. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
  96. The Who – Tommy 
  97. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 
  98. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
  99. Sly and the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
  100. Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
  101. Cream – Fresh Cream
  102. John Coltrane – Giant Steps
  103. James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
  104. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
  105. Ramones – Rocket to Russia 
  106. Sam Cooke – Portrait of a Legend 1951 – 1964
  107. David Bowie – Hunky Dory 
  108. The Rolling Stones – Aftermath 
  109. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
  110. Radiohead – The Bends 
  111. Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark 
  112. Cream – Disraeli Gears
  113. The Who – The Who Sell Out 
  114. The Rolling Stones – Out of Our Heads 
  115. Derek and the Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
  116. Etta James – At Last
  117. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  118. Sly and the Family Stone – Stand!
  119. Various Artists – The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack
  120. Run-DMC – Raising Hell
  121. Moby Grape – Moby Grape
  122. Janis Joplin – Pearl
  123. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Catch a Fire
  124. The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
  125. The Stooges – Raw Power
  126. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
  127. The Mamas and the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
  128. Television – Marquee Moon
  129. Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
  130. Black Sabbath – Paranoid 
  131. Various Artists – Saturday Night fever Original Soundtrack
  132. Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle 
  133. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die
  134. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
  135. Elton John – Greatest Hits
  136. The Replacements – Tim
  137. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
  138. The Meters – Rejuvenation
  139. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
  140. Blondie – Parallel Lines
  141. B.B. King – Live at the Regal
  142. Various Artists – Phil Spector, A Christmas Gift For You
  143. Dr. John – Gris-Gris
  144. N. W. A. – Straight Outta Compton
  145. Steely Dan – Aja
  146. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
  147. Otis Redding – Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology
  148. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Deja Vu
  149. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy 
  150. Santana – Santana
  151. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town 
  152. The B-52’s – The B-52’s
  153. Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in the Moonlight
  154. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
  155. The Pretenders – The Pretenders
  156. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
  157. Joy Division – Closer
  158. Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  159. Kiss – Alive
  160. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
  161. Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay
  162. Radiohead – OK Computer
  163. Prince – 1999
  164. Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel
  165. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
  166. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
  167. Metallica – Master of Puppets 
  168. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
  169. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Exodus
  170. The Who – Live at Leeds 
  171. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
  172. Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
  173. Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
  174. Bob Dylan – Desire 
  175. The Carpenters – Close to You
  176. Aerosmith – Rocks 
  177. Parliament/Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
  178. The Byrds – Greatest Hits
  179. Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – The Anthology 1961 – 1977
  180. Abba – The Definitive Collection
  181. The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones, Now! 
  182. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Natty Dread
  183. Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
  184. Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
  185. The Stooges – The Stooges
  186. Sly and the Family Stone – Fresh
  187. Peter Gabriel – So
  188. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
  189. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
  190. Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
  191. The Stooges – Fun House
  192. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
  193. Green Day – Dookie
  194. Lou Reed – Transformer
  195. John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Bluesbreakers
  196. Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 – 1968
  197. R.E.M. – Murmur 
  198. Little Walter – The Best of
  199. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
  200. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
  201. Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
  202. Michael Jackson – Bad
  203. Cream – Wheels of Fire
  204. Prince – Dirty Mind
  205. Santana – Abraxas
  206. Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
  207. Pearl Jam – Ten
  208. Neil Young With Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  209. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 
  210. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  211. The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You 
  212. Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
  213. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
  214. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
  215. Bobby Bland – Two Steps From the Blues
  216. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
  217. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
  218. The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
  219. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
  220. Professor Longhair – New Orleans Piano
  221. U2 – War
  222. Neil Diamond – The Neil Diamond Collection
  223. Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf
  224. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska 
  225. Hank Williams – The Complete Hank Williams
  226. Pixies – Doolittle
  227. Eric B. and Rakim – Paid in Full
  228. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic 
  229. Bonnie Raitt – Nick of Time
  230. Queen – A Night at the Opera
  231. The Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
  232. The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
  233. Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
  234. Patsy Cline – The Ultimate Collection
  235. Jackie Wilson – Mr. Excitement!
  236. The Who – The Who Sings My Generation 
  237. Madonna – Like a Prayer
  238. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
  239. The Replacements – Let It Be
  240. Run-DMC – Run-DMC
  241. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath 
  242. Jerry Lee Lewis – The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler!
  243. The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
  244. Grateful Dead – Live Dead
  245. Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
  246. Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
  247. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
  248. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
  249. David Bowie – Low 
  250. Bruce Springsteen – The River 
  251. Otis Redding – The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
  252. Metallica – Metallica 
  253. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
  254. Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
  255. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
  256. Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
  257. Willie Nelson – Stardust
  258. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
  259. Crosby, Stills and Nash – Crosby, Stills and Nash
  260. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
  261. Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
  262. Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
  263. Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles
  264. Blood, Sweat and Tears – Child Is Father to the Man
  265. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
  266. The Who – Quadrophenia 
  267. Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
  268. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psycho Candy
  269. The Rolling Stones – Some Girls 
  270. The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
  271. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – Going to a Go-Go
  272. Labelle – Nightbirds
  273. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
  274. Parliament – Mothership Connection
  275. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
  276. Harry Smith, ed. – Anthology of American Folk Music
  277. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane 
  278. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
  279. Mary J. Blige – My Life
  280. Muddy Waters – Folk Singer
  281. Barry White – Can’t Get Enough
  282. The Cars – The Cars
  283. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
  284. Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind 
  285. Al Green – I’m Still In Love With You
  286. X – Los Angeles
  287. Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun
  288. The Kinks – Something Else by the Kinks
  289. Al Green – Call Me
  290. Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
  291. Bob Dylan and the Band – The Basement Tapes 
  292. The Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat
  293. Simon and Garfunkel – Greatest Hits
  294. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
  295. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
  296. The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only In It For the Money
  297. Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album)
  298. Black Sabbath – Master of Reality 
  299. Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
  300. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
  301. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding 
  302. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
  303. Jeff Buckley – Grace
  304. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
  305. Beck – Odelay
  306. Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers
  307. Roxy Music – Avalon
  308. Various Artists – The Sun Records Collection
  309. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
  310. Red Hot Chili Peppers – BloodSugarSexMagic
  311. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York 
  312. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
  313. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
  314. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
  315. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
  316. No Doubt – Rock Steady
  317. Eminem – The Eminem Show
  318. The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
  319. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Burnin’
  320. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
  321. Randy Newman – Sail Away
  322. The Police – Ghost in the Machine
  323. David Bowie – Station to Station 
  324. Linda Rondstadt – The Very Best of Linda Rondstadt
  325. Eric Clapton – Slowhand
  326. The Cure – Disintegration
  327. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
  328. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
  329. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
  330. James Brown – In the Jungle Groove
  331. Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
  332. The Beatles – Help! 
  333. Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
  334. X – Wild Gift
  335. Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
  336. Soundgarden – Superunknown
  337. Jethro Tull – Aqualung 
  338. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
  339. Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
  340. Black Flag – Damaged
  341. Moby – Play
  342. Depeche Mode – Violator
  343. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
  344. Lou Reed – Berlin
  345. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
  346. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Raising
  347. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn 
  348. Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
  349. The Yardbirds – Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)
  350. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
  351. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
  352. Billy Joel – 52nd Street
  353. The Yardbirds – Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds
  354. Randy Newman – 12 Songs
  355. The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons 
  356. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
  357. Elton John – Honky Chateau
  358. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
  359. Outkast – Stankonia
  360. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
  361. New Order – Substance
  362. The Doors – L.A. Woman 
  363. Madonna – Ray of Light
  364. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
  365. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
  366. Mott the Hoople – Mott
  367. The Strokes – Is This It
  368. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
  369. The Police – Reggatta de Blanc
  370. Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers 
  371. Roxy Music – Siren
  372. Jackson Browne – Late for the Sky
  373. Bjork – Post
  374. The Eagles – The Eagles 
  375. John Lee Hooker – The Ultimate Collection (1948 – 1990)
  376. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
  377. TLC – CrazySexyCool
  378. Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
  379. Bruce Springsteen – Greetings from Asbury Park 
  380. The Beach Boys – Sunflower
  381. Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
  382. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
  383. The Who – A Quick One (Happy Jack) 
  384. Def Leppard – Pyromania
  385. Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
  386. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
  387. Roxy Music – Country Life
  388. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night 
  389. Don Henley – The End of the Innocence
  390. The White Stripes – Elephant
  391. Jackson Browne – The Pretender
  392. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
  393. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
  394. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
  395. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
  396. ZZ Top – Eliminator
  397. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
  398. The Temptations – Anthology
  399. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
  400. Nas – Illmatic
  401. Lynyrd Skynyrd – (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
  402. Dr. John – Dr. John’s Gumbo
  403. Big Star – Radio City
  404. The Clash – Sandinista! 
  405. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
  406. Sinead O’Connor – I Don’t Want What I Haven’t Got
  407. The Doors – Strange Days 
  408. Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind 
  409. Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
  410. Wire – Pink Flag
  411. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
  412. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
  413. Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
  414. James Brown – Greatest Hits
  415. Van Halen – Van Halen
  416. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
  417. U2 – Boy
  418. Wings – Band on the Run
  419. Portishead – Dummy
  420. The Beatles – With the Beatles 
  421. Buddy Holly and the Crickets – The Chirping Crickets
  422. Various Artists – The Best of the Girl Groups, Volumes 1 and 2
  423. The Mamas and the Papas – Greatest Hits
  424. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2
  425. David Bowie – Changesone 
  426. Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles
  427. The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
  428. Radiohead – Kid A
  429. Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
  430. Cheap Trick – At Budokan
  431. Diana Ross and the Supremes – Anthology
  432. Peter Wolf – Sleepless
  433. Brian Eno – Another Green World
  434. The Police – Outlandos D’Amour
  435. PJ Harvey – To Bring you My Love
  436. Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jet
  437. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
  438. Big Star – #1 Record
  439. Nirvana – In Utero 
  440. Beck – Sea Change
  441. No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
  442. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
  443. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
  444. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
  445. The Pogues – Rum Sodomy and the Lash
  446. Suicide – Suicide
  447. Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
  448. Cheap Trick – In Color
  449. War – The World Is a Ghetto
  450. Steve Miller Band – Fly Like an Eagle
  451. MC5 – Back in the USA
  452. Madonna – Music
  453. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
  454. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim – Getz/Gilberto
  455. The Police – Synchronicity
  456. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
  457. Jackson Browne – For Everyman
  458. John Prine – John Prine
  459. EPMD – Strictly Business
  460. Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
  461. Los Lobos – How Will the Wolf Survive?
  462. Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
  463. Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
  464. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
  465. The Drifters – Golden Hits
  466. Hole – Live Through This
  467. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft 
  468. Elton John – Elton John
  469. Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
  470. R.E.M. – Document
  471. Echo and the Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
  472. Def Leppard – Hysteria
  473. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
  474. Otis Redding – Live in Europe
  475. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love 
  476. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
  477. Fugees – The Score
  478. LL Cool J – Radio
  479. Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
  480. George Michael – Faith
  481. The Smiths – The Smiths
  482. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Armed Forces
  483. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
  484. Merle Haggard – Branded Man
  485. Loretta Lynn – All Time Greatest Hits
  486. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
  487. The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  488. D’Angelo – Voodoo
  489. Steve Earle – Guitar Town
  490. Gang of Four – Entertainement!
  491. Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes
  492. Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
  493. Earth, Wind and Fire – That’s the Way of the World
  494. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
  495. Husker Du – New Day Rising
  496. Kiss – Destroyer
  497. Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
  498. ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
  499. Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign
  500. Eurythmics – Touch