Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time (2020 Edition) Ranked

Comments

Some horrible choices on here.

So much Kanye, So much Dillon, So much Stones

1.

The Beach Boys

Pet Sounds1966

100

Rolling Stone Rank 2

3.

Radiohead

Kid A2000

100

Rolling Stone Rank 20

4.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico1967

100

Rolling Stone Rank 23

5.

Patti Smith

Horses1975

100

Rolling Stone Rank 26

6.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Are You Experienced1967

100

Rolling Stone Rank 30

7.

Radiohead

OK Computer1997

100

Rolling Stone Rank 42

8.

Ramones

Ramones1976

100

Rolling Stone Rank 47

9.

Kate Bush

Hounds of Love1985

100

Rolling Stone Rank 68

10.

Cocteau Twins

Heaven or Las Vegas1990

100

Rolling Stone Rank 245

11.

my bloody valentine

loveless1991

100

Rolling Stone Rank 73

12.

Sex Pistols

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols1977

100

Rolling Stone Rank 80

13.

The Beatles

The Beatles1968

100

Rolling Stone Rank 29

14.

The Beatles

Abbey Road1969

100

Rolling Stone Rank 5

15.

Johnny Cash

At Folsom Prison1968

100

Rolling Stone Rank 164

16.

PJ Harvey

Rid of Me1993

100

Rolling Stone Rank 153

18.

The Doors

The Doors1967

100

Rolling Stone Rank 86

19.

David Bowie

Low1977

100

Rolling Stone Rank 206

20.

Pixies

Doolittle1989

100

Rolling Stone Rank 141

21.

Blondie

Parallel Lines1978

100

Rolling Stone Rank 146

22.

Nirvana

In Utero1993

100

Rolling Stone Rank 173

23.

Little Richard

Here's Little Richard1957

100

Rolling Stone Rank 227

24.

Kraftwerk

Trans Europa Express1977

100

Rolling Stone Rank 238

25.

PJ Harvey

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea2000

100

Rolling Stone Rank 313

26.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream1993

100

Rolling Stone Rank 341

27.

X-Ray Spex

Germ Free Adolescents1978

100

Rolling Stone Rank 354

28.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Fever to Tell2003

100

Rolling Stone Rank 377

30.

The Smiths

The Queen is Dead1986

99

Rolling Stone Rank 113

31.

Radiohead

The Bends1995

98

Rolling Stone Rank 276

32.

Joy Division

Closer1980

98

Rolling Stone Rank 309

33.

Arcade Fire

Funeral2004

98

Rolling Stone Rank 500

34.

David Bowie

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars1972

97

Rolling Stone Rank 40

35.

The Cure

Disintegration1989

97

Rolling Stone Rank 116

36.

R.E.M.

Automatic for the People1992

97

Rolling Stone Rank 96

37.

Portishead

Dummy1994

96

Rolling Stone Rank 131

38.

Pet Shop Boys

Actually1987

96

Rolling Stone Rank 435

39.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland1968

96

Rolling Stone Rank 53

40.

The Breeders

Last Splash1993

96

Rolling Stone Rank 294

41.

Talking Heads

More Songs About Buildings and Food1978

96

Rolling Stone Rank 364

42.

Björk

Post1995

95

Rolling Stone Rank 289

43.

Gang of Four

Entertainment!1979

95

Rolling Stone Rank 273

44.

The Beatles

Revolver1966

95

Rolling Stone Rank 11

45.

R.E.M.

Murmur1983

95

Rolling Stone Rank 165

46.

Howlin' Wolf

Moanin' in the Moonlight1959

95

Rolling Stone Rank 477

47.

Belle and Sebastian

If You're Feeling Sinister1996

95

Rolling Stone Rank 481

48.

Sleater-Kinney

Dig Me Out1997

95

Rolling Stone Rank 189

49.

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures1979

95

Rolling Stone Rank 211

50.

Sonic Youth

Goo1990

94

Rolling Stone Rank 358