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    Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

As seen here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531

Albums

The Beatles, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'

The Beach Boys, 'Pet Sounds'

The Beatles, 'Revolver'

Bob Dylan, 'Highway 61 Revisited'

The Beatles, 'Rubber Soul'

Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On'

The Rolling Stones, 'Exile on Main Street'

The Clash, 'London Calling'

Bob Dylan, 'Blonde on Blonde'

The Beatles, 'The White Album'

Elvis Presley, 'The Sun Sessions'

Miles Davis, 'Kind of Blue'

The Velvet Underground and Nico, 'The Velvet Underground'

The Beatles, 'Abbey Road'

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Are You Experienced?'

Bob Dylan, 'Blood on the Tracks'

Nirvana, 'Nevermind'

Bruce Springsteen, 'Born to Run'

Van Morrison, 'Astral Weeks'

Michael Jackson, 'Thriller'

Chuck Berry, 'The Great Twenty-Eight'

Robert Johnson, 'The Complete Recordings'

John Lennon, 'Plastic Ono Band'

Stevie Wonder, 'Innervisons'

James Brown, 'Live at the Apollo'

Fleetwood Mac, 'Rumours'

U2, 'The Joshua Tree'

The Who, 'Who's Next'

Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin'

Joni Mitchell, 'Blue'

Bob Dylan, 'Bringing It All Back Home'

The Rolling Stones, 'Let It Bleed'

Ramones, 'Ramones'

The Band, 'Music From Big Pink'

David Bowie, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars'

Carole King, 'Tapestry'

The Eagles, 'Hotel California'

Muddy Waters, 'The Anthology'

The Beatles, 'Please Please Me'

Love, 'Forever Changes'

The Sex Pistols, 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'

The Doors, 'The Doors'

Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Patti Smith, 'Horses'

The Band, 'The Band'

Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Legend'

John Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme'

Public Enemy, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'

The Allman Brothers Band, 'At Fillmore East'

Little Richard, 'Here's Little Richard'

Simon and Garfunkel, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'

Al Green, 'Greatest Hits'

The Beatles, 'Meet the Beatles!'

Ray Charles, 'The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings'

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Electric Ladyland'

Elvis Presley, 'Elvis Presley'

Stevie Wonder, 'Songs in the Key of Life'

The Rolling Stones, 'Beggars Banquet'

Creedence Clearwater Revival, 'Chronicle Vol. 1'

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, 'Trout Mask Replica'

Sly and the Family Stone, 'Greatest Hits'

Guns N' Roses, 'Appetite for Destruction'

U2, 'Achtung Baby'

The Rolling Stones, 'Sticky Fingers'

Phil Spector, 'Back to Mono (1958-1969)'

Van Morrison, 'Moondance'

Radiohead, 'Kid A'

Michael Jackson, 'Off the Wall'

Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin IV'

Billy Joel, 'The Stranger'

Paul Simon, 'Graceland'

Curtis Mayfield, 'Superfly'

Led Zeppelin, 'Physical Graffiti'

Neil Young, 'After the Gold Rush'

James Brown, 'Star Time'

Prince and the Revolution, 'Purple Rain'

AC/DC, 'Back in Black'

Otis Redding, 'Otis Blue'

Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin II'

John Lennon, 'Imagine'

The Clash, 'The Clash'

Neil Young, 'Harvest'

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Axis: Bold as Love'

Aretha Franklin, 'I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You'

Aretha Franklin, 'Lady Soul'

Bruce Springsteen, 'Born in the U.S.A.'

Pink Floyd, 'The Wall'

Johnny Cash, 'At Folsom Prison'

Dusty Springfield, 'Dusty in Memphis'

Stevie Wonder, 'Talking Book'

Elton John, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'

Buddy Holly, '20 Golden Greats'

Prince, 'Sign 'o' the Times'

Hank Williams, '40 Greatest Hits'

Miles Davis, 'Bitches Brew'

The Who, 'Tommy'

Bob Dylan, 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'

Elvis Costello, 'This Year's Model'

Sly and the Family Stone, 'There's a Riot Goin' On'

The Zombies, 'Odessey and Oracle'

Frank Sinatra, 'In the Wee Small Hours'

Cream, 'Fresh Cream'

John Coltrane, 'Giant Steps'

James Taylor, 'Sweet Baby James'

Ray Charles, 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music'

Ramones, 'Rocket to Russia'

Sam Cooke, 'Portrait of a Legend'

David Bowie, 'Hunky Dory'

The Rolling Stones, 'Aftermath'

The Velvet Underground, 'Loaded'

Radiohead, 'The Bends'

The Mamas and the Papas, 'If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears'

Joni Mitchell, 'Court and Spark'

Cream, 'Disraeli Gears'

The Who, 'The Who Sell Out'

The Rolling Stones, 'Out of Our Heads'

Derek and the Dominos, 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'

Kanye West, 'Late Registration'

Etta James, 'At Last!'

The Byrds, 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo'

Sly and the Family Stone, 'Stand!'

Original Soundtrack, 'The Harder They Come'

Run-DMC, 'Raising Hell'

Moby Grape, 'Moby Grape'

Janis Joplin, 'Pearl'

Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Catch a Fire'

The Byrds, 'Younger Than Yesterday'

Iggy and the Stooges, 'Raw Power'

Talking Heads, 'Remain in Light'

Television, 'Marquee Moon'

Black Sabbath, 'Paranoid'

Original Soundtrack, 'Saturday Night Fever'

Bruce Springsteen, 'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

The Notorious B.I.G., 'Ready to Die'

Pavement, 'Slanted and Enchanted'

Elton John, 'Greatest Hits'

The Replacements, 'Tim'

Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic'

The Meters, 'Rejuvenation'

Blondie, 'Parallel Lines'

B.B. King, 'Live at the Regal'

Phil Spector, 'A Christmas Gift for You'

Dr. John, 'GRIS-Gris'

N.W.A., 'Straight Outta Compton'

Steely Dan, 'Aja'

Jefferson Airplane, 'Surrealistic Pillow'

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 'Deja Vu'

Led Zeppelin, 'Houses of the Holy'

Santana, 'Santana'

Bruce Springsteen, 'Darkness on the Edge of Town'

Arcade Fire, 'Funeral'

The B-52's, 'The B-52's'

A Tribe Called Quest, 'The Low End Theory'

Howlin' Wolf, 'Moanin' in the Moonlight'

The Pretenders, 'Pretenders'

The Beastie Boys, 'Paul's Boutique'

Joy Division, 'Closer'

Elton John, 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy'

Kiss, 'Alive!'

T. Rex, 'Electric Warrior'

Otis Redding, 'The Dock of the Bay'

Radiohead, 'OK Computer'

Prince, '1999'

Linda Ronstadt, 'The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt'

Marvin Gaye, 'Let's Get It On'

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 'Imperial Bedroom'

Metallica, 'Master of Puppets'

Elvis Costello, 'My Aim Is True'

Bob Marley and the Wailers' 'Exodus'

The Who, 'Live at Leeds'

The Byrds, 'The Notorious Byrd Brothers'

Rod Stewart, 'Every Picture Tells a Story'

Todd Rundgren, 'Something/Anything?'

Bob Dylan, 'Desire'

The Carpenters, 'Close to You'

Aerosmith, 'Rocks'

Funkadelic, 'One Nation Under a Groove'

Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, 'The Anthology 1961-1977'

Abba, 'The Definitive Collection'

The Rolling Stones, 'The Rolling Stones, Now!'

Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Natty Dread'

Fleetwood Mac, 'Fleetwood Mac'

Willie Nelson, 'Red Headed Stranger'

Madonna, 'The Immaculate Collection'

The Stooges, 'The Stooges'

Sly and the Family Stone, 'Fresh'

Peter Gabriel, 'So'

Buffalo Springfield, 'Buffalo Springfield Again'

Quicksilver Messenger Service, 'Happy Trails'

Elvis Presley, 'From Elvis in Memphis'

The Stooges, 'Fun House'

The Flying Burrito Brothers, 'The Gilded Palace of Sin'

Green Day, 'Dookie'

Lou Reed, 'Transformer'

John Mayall With Eric Clapton, 'Blues Breakers'

Various Artists, 'Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968'

R.E.M., 'Murmurs'

Little Walter, 'The Best Of'

The Strokes, 'Is This It'

AC/DC, 'Highway to Hell'

Nine Inch Nails, 'The Downward Spiral'

Simon and Garfunkel, 'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme'

Michael Jackson, 'Bad'

Bob Dylan, 'Modern Times'

Cream, 'Wheels of Fire'

Prince, 'Dirty Mind'

Santana, 'Abraxas'

Cat Stevens, 'Tea for the Tillerman'

Pearl Jam, 'Ten'

Neil Young With Crazy Horse, 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'

Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'

Pavement, 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'

The Rolling Stones, 'Tattoo You'

Ike and Tina Turner, 'Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner'

New York Dolls, 'New York Dolls'

Bo Diddley, 'Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley'

Bobby Bland, 'Two Steps From the Blues'

The Smiths, 'The Queen Is Dead'

Beastie Boys, 'License to Ill'

The Meters, 'Look-Ka Py Py'

My Bloody Valentine, 'Loveless'

Professor Longhair, 'New Orleans Piano'

U2, 'War'

Neil Diamond, 'The Neil Diamond Collection'

Green Day, 'American Idiot'

Bruce Springsteen, 'Nebraska'

Pixies, 'Doolittle'

Eric B. and Rakim, 'Paid in Full'

Aerosmith, 'Toys in the Attic'

Bonnie Raitt, 'Nick of Time'

Queen, 'A Night at the Opera'

The Kinks, 'The Kink Kronikles'

The Byrds, 'Mr. Tambourine Man'

Simon and Garfunkel, 'Bookends'

Patsy Cline, 'The Ultimate Collection'

Jackie Wilson, 'Mr. Excitement!'

The Who, 'The Who Sings My Generation'

Howlin' Wolf, 'Howlin' Wolf'

Madonna, 'Like a Prayer'

Steely Dan, 'Can't Buy a Thrill'

The Replacements, 'Let It Be'

Run-D.M.C., 'Run-D.M.C.'

Black Sabbath, 'Black Sabbath'

Eminem, 'The Marshall Mathers LP'

Jerry Lee Lewis, 'All Killer, No Filler!'

The Mothers of Invention, 'Freak Out!'

Grateful Dead, 'Live Dead'

Ornette Coleman, 'The Shape of Jazz to Come'

R.E.M., 'Automatic for the People'

Jay-Z, 'Reasonable Doubt'

David Bowie, 'Low'

Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint'

Bruce Springsteen, 'The River'

Otis Redding, 'Dictionary of Soul'

Metallica, 'Metallica'

Kraftwerk, 'Trans-Europe Express'

Whitney Houston, 'Whitney Houston'

The Kinks, 'The Village Green Preservation Society'

Janet Jackson, 'The Velvet Rope'

Willie Nelson, 'Stardust'

Grateful Dead, 'American Beauty'

Crosby, Stills and Nash, 'Crosby, Stills and Nash'

Tracy Chapman, 'Tracy Chapman'

Grateful Dead, 'Workingman's Dead'

Ray Charles, 'The Genius of Ray Charles'

Blood, Sweat and Tears, 'Child Is Father to the Man'

The Who, 'Quadrophenia'

Paul Simon, 'Paul Simon'

The Jesus and Mary Chain, 'Psychocandy'

The Rolling Stones, 'Some Girls'

The Beach Boys, 'The Beach Boys Today!'

Sleater-Kinney, 'Dig Me Out'

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, 'Going to a Go-Go'

Labelle, 'Nightbirds'

Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP'

Parliament, 'Mothership Connection'

Janet Jackson, 'Rhythm Nation 1814'

Harry Smith, Ed., 'Anthology of American Folk Music'

David Bowie, 'Aladdin Sane'

U2, 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'

Mary J. Blige, 'My Life'

Muddy Waters, 'Folk Singer'

Barry White, 'Can't Get Enough'

The Cars, 'The Cars'

Stevie Wonder, 'Music of My Mind'

Al Green, 'I'm Still in Love With You'

X, 'Los Angeles'

Grateful Dead, 'Anthem of the Sun'

The Kinks, 'Something Else by the Kinks'

Al Green, 'Call Me'

Talking Heads, 'Talking Heads: 77'

Bob Dylan and the Band, 'The Basement Tapes'

The Velvet Underground, 'White Light/White Heat'

MC5, 'Kick Out the Jams'

Leonard Cohen, 'Songs of Love and Hate'

The Smiths, 'Meat Is Murder'

The Mothers of Invention, 'We're Only in It for the Money'

Kanye West, 'The College Dropout'
Weezer, 'Weezer'

Black Sabbath, 'Master of Reality'

Dolly Parton, 'Coat of Many Colors'

Public Enemy, 'Fear of a Black Planet'

Bob Dylan, 'John Wesley Harding'

Jeff Buckley, 'Grace'

Lucinda Williams, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'

Beck, 'Odelay'

The Beatles, 'A Hard Day's Night'

Frank Sinatra, 'Songs for Swingin' Lovers!'

Creedence Clearwater Revival, 'Willy and the Poor Boys'

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik'

Various Artists, 'The Sun Records Collection'

Jane's Addiction, 'Nothing's Shocking'

Nirvana, 'Unplugged'

Lauryn Hill, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Damn the Torpedoes'

The Velvet Underground, 'The Velvet Underground'

Pixies, 'Surfer Rosa'

The O'Jays, 'Back Stabbers'

The Wailers, 'Burnin' '

Radiohead, 'Amnesiac'

Nick Drake, 'Pink Moon'

Randy Newman, 'Sail Away'

The Police, 'Ghost in the Machine'

David Bowie, 'Station to Station'

Eric Clapton, 'Slowhand'

The Cure, 'Disintegration'

Liz Phair, 'Exile in Guyville'

Sonic Youth, 'Daydream Nation'

James Brown, 'In the Jungle Groove'

Neil Young, 'Tonight's the Night'

The Beatles, 'Help!'

Richard and Linda Thompson, 'Shoot Out the Lights'

X, 'Wild Gift'

Graham Parker, 'Squeezing Out Sparks'

Soundgarden, 'Superunknown'

Radiohead, 'In Rainbows'

Jethro Tull, 'Aqualung'

Big Brother and the Holding Company, 'Cheap Thrills'

Tom Waits, 'The Heart of Saturday Night'

Black Flag, 'Damaged'

Moby, 'Play'

Depeche Mode, 'Violator'

Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell'

Lou Reed, 'Berlin'

Talking Heads, 'Stop Making Sense'

De La Soul, '3 Feet High and Rising'

Pink Floyd, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'

Muddy Waters, 'At Newport 1960'

Jay-Z, 'The Black Album'

The Yardbirds, 'Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)'

Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Rust Never Sleeps'

Dire Straits, 'Brothers in Arms'

Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'

Billy Joel, '52nd Street'

The Yardbirds, 'Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds'

Randy Newman, '12 Songs'

The Rolling Stones, 'Between the Buttons'

Miles Davis, 'Sketches of Spain'

Elton John, 'Honky Chateau'

Buzzcocks, 'Singles Going Steady'

OutKast, 'Stankonia'

The Smashing Pumpkins, 'Siamese Dream'

New Order, 'Substance'

The Doors, 'L.A. Woman'

Rage Against the Machine, 'Rage Against the Machine'

Johnny Cash, 'American Recordings'

Madonna, 'Ray of Light'

The Eagles, 'The Eagles'

The Smiths, 'Louder Than Bombs'

Mott the Hoople, 'Mott'

Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'

The Police, 'Reggatta de Blanc'

Jefferson Airplane, 'Volunteers'

Roxy Music, 'Siren'

Jackson Browne, 'Late for the Sky'

Björk, 'Post'

John Lee Hooker, 'The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990'

Oasis, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'

TLC, 'CrazySexyCool'

Toots and the Maytals, 'Funky Kingston'

The Beach Boys, 'Smile (2011 Version)'

Modern Lovers, 'Modern Lovers'

Talking Heads, 'More Songs About Buildings and Food'

The Who, 'A Quick One (Happy Jack)'

Bob Dylan, 'Love and Theft'

Steely Dan, 'Pretzel Logic'

Wu-Tang Clan, 'Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers'

Various Artists, 'The Indestructible Beat of Soweto'

Don Henley, 'The End of the Innocence'

The White Stripes, 'Elephant'

Jackson Browne, 'The Pretender'
The Beatles, 'Let It Be'

M.I.A., 'Kala'

Randy Newman, 'Good Old Boys'
LCD Soundsystem, 'Sound of Silver'

Roxy Music, 'For Your Pleasure'
Massive Attack, 'Blue Lines'
ZZ Top, 'Eliminator'
Tom Waits, 'Rain Dogs'
The Temptations, 'Anthology'

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Californication'

Nas, 'Illmatic'

Lynyrd Skynyrd, '(Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)'

Dr John, 'Dr. John's Gumbo'

Big Star, 'Radio City'

PJ Harvey, 'Rid of Me'

The Clash, 'Sandinista!'

Sinead O'Connor, 'I Do Not Want What I haven't Got'

The Doors, 'Strange Days'

Bob Dylan, 'Time Out of Mind'
Eric Clapton, '461 Ocean Boulevard'
Wire, 'Pink Flag'

Minuteman, 'Doubles Nickels on The Dime'
The Go- Go's, 'Beauty and The Beast'

Van Halen, 'Van Halen'
Tom Waits, 'Mule Variations'
U2, 'Boy'
Paul McCartney and Wings, 'Band On The Run'
Portishead, 'Dummy'

Buddy Holly and the Crickets, 'The "Chirping" Crickets'
Various Artists, 'The Best of Girl Groups Volumes 1 and 2'
The Ronettes, 'Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes'
Diana Ross and The Supremes, 'Anthology'
Bruce Springsteen, 'The Rising'

Gram Parsons, 'Grievous Angel'
Cheap Trick, 'At Budokan'
Peter Wolf, 'Sleepless'

The Police, 'Outlandos D'Amour'

Brian Eno, 'Another Green World'
Vampire Weekend, 'Vampire Weekend'

PJ Harvey, 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea'

Brian Eno, 'Here Come The Warm Jets'

George Harrison, 'All Things Must Pass'

Big Star, '#1 Record'

Nirvana, 'In Utero'

Beck, 'Sea Change'

Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter III'

The Cure, 'Boy Don't Cry'

Sam Cooke, 'Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963'

The Pogues, 'Rum Sodomy and The Lash'
Suicide, 'Suicide'
Devo, 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'
Cheap Trick, 'In Color'

War, 'The World Is A Ghetto'
Steve Miller Band, 'Fly Like an Eagle'

MC5, 'Back in the USA'

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, 'Getz/Gilberto'

The Police, 'Synchronicity'

Big Star, 'Third/Sister Lovers'

Jackson Browne, 'For Everyman'

Amy Winehouse, 'Back to Black'

John Prine, 'John Prine'

EPMD, 'Strictly Business'

Alice Cooper, 'Love It to Death'

Los Lobos, 'How Will the Wolf Survive?'

Marvin Gaye, 'Here, My Dear'

My Morning Jacket, 'Z'

Elton John, 'Tumbleweed Connection'

The Drifters, 'Golden Hits'

Hole, 'Live Through This'

Public Image Ltd., 'Metal Box'

R.E.M., 'Document'

Echo and the Bunnymen, 'Heaven Up Here'

Def Leppard, 'Hysteria'

The Magnetic Fields, '69 Love Songs'

Coldplay, 'A Rush of Blood to the Head'

Bruce Springsteen, 'Tunnel of Love'

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 'The Paul Butterfield Blues Band'

The Fugees, 'The Score'

LL Cool J, 'Radio'

Richard and Linda Thompson, 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight'

George Michael, 'Faith'

The Smiths, 'The Smiths'

Manu Chao, 'Próxima Estación: Esperanza'
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 'Armed Forces'

The Notorious B.I.G., 'Life After Death'

Merle Haggard, 'Down Every Road'

Loretta Lynn, 'All Time Greatest Hits'

Funkadelic, 'Maggot Brain'

Raekwon, 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
D'Angelo, 'Voodoo'

Steve Earle, 'Guitar Town'

Gang of Four, 'Entertainment!'

Mott the Hoople, 'All the Young Dudes'

Pearl Jam, 'Vitalogy'

Earth, Wind and Fire, 'That's the Way of the World'

Cyndi Lauper ,'She's So Unusual'

Hüsker Dü, 'New Day Rising'

Kiss, 'Destroyer'

ZZ Top, 'Tres Hombres'

Albert King, 'Born Under a Bad Sign'

Eurythmics, 'Touch'

Wilco, 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

MGMT, 'Oracular Spectacular'

Bonnie Raitt, 'Give It Up'

Boz Scaggs, 'Boz Scaggs'

The White Stripes, 'White Blood Cells'

The Stone Roses, 'The Stone Roses'

B.B. King, 'Live in Cook County Jail'

OutKast, 'Aquemini'