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Greatest Albums of All Time

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Best Albums of All Time

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1.

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

4622 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 2 comments

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What do all these Michel Jacksen videos in front of the Beatles? It is ridiculous.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 27 points

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Overrated as hell..........

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Revolver - The Beatles (1966).

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Rubber Soul, The Beatles

4252 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

Comments:

The Beatles albums are top because the Beatles wrote almost only hits and they perfected or mastered every music style. Michael Jackson was not such a talented composer neither was he so versatile. But he was also a dancer.

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Abbey Road, The Beatles

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The White Album. - The Beatles. (1968).

I wonder has the compiler of this list ever heard this album. Considering they have ' Please please me', on the list, possibly ' The Beatles' weakest album.

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Thriller, Michael Jackson

3545 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 10 comments

Comments:

why is the biggest selling album of all time is at #6? Thriller deserves to be #1.

Added 1 month ago by Jason947258, 0 points

Thriller - great album! This is the perfect pop album, actually. Anyone who denies this, too discriminate against Jackson. With songs Billie Jean and Beat it any album will be a priori good. But, saying all of this .... This is not my favorite album in the discography of MJ, not even in the top 3.

Added 1 year ago by guest, -1 points

Thriller is famous for its videos, but not for the music. This is mostly noise. Modern art but destructive art. I think of the video Thriller, demonic nonsense for bad children. Maybe I am too hard, but I fear I am not. The many votes show the doubtful taste of the people. That`s it

Added 1 year ago by guest, 2 points

Jackson is good, but all Beatles albums are better than any Jackson album.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 1 point

Off the wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous are great albums. It`s not an opinion, it`s a FACT!!! HIStory is good. Invncible...not good, the only weak album in MJ`s discography (1979-2001).

Added 1 year ago by guest, -2 points

I love Beatles, even more than MJ, but it`s not true and indicate only your taste.

Added 1 year ago by guest, -1 points

All albums of the Beatles are better than any album of M.Jackson

Added 1 year ago by guest, -4 points

The greatest album in history - it is subjective. It all depends on taste. But Thriller is obviously one of the greatest.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 2 points

thriller would only be 1 one if the list was highest selling albums ever. its never gonna be the greatest ever

Added 1 year ago by ianpope, -2 points

Top selling Album of all-time at #23? No country Albums in this lists? This definitely an opinion lists not a fact list. Like best selling albums of all time.

Added 3 years ago by ameador, 2 points

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Let It Be, The Beatles

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Off the Wall, Michael Jackson

2602 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

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This album along with the others of Michael Jackson will not be among the top 100 in 20 Years. There is nothing that will last. It is just fashion and he has a lot fans who are like he himself. A phenomenon of time that will pass away quickly...

Added 1 year ago by guest, 9 points

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Bad, Michael Jackson

2586 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 3 comments

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The Jackson albums are no milestones like most of the Beatles albums. The Beatles wrote music history for eternity. Jackson only for a century.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 10 points

Dirty Diana, Smooth criminal, Man in the mirror, Liberian girl. It`s really good album.

Added 1 year ago by guest, -6 points

This albun is not ggod, it is bad. Michael Jackson is grossly overrated. Very talented. But merchandised, a child of the age. This age only. In future times they will watch his videos bewildered and amused.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 13 points

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Dangerous. Michael Jackson

Dangerous - the most favorite album at many people till now.

2488 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 1 comment

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Best album in the history of pop music?? Thriller? Nooooooooo Dangerous - the best ever.

Added 1 year ago by guest, -16 points

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Invinsible. Michael Jackson

Invinsible - the best album of all times and the people

2396 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

all Michael Jackson albums are very much overrated. The future will show it.

Added 1 year ago by guest, 15 points

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Histoty. Michael Jackson

The most social album lifting problems of our planet and a problem of the person

2370 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 4 comments

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You see, Michael Jackson fans cannot even write history and he himself also did not write history

Added 1 year ago by guest, 11 points

The album sold 20 million shares and holds 70th place in the list of best selling albums of all time. To say that the album is unknown, ignorant, at least. Songs like "Earth Song" and "They do not care about us" knows absolutely any music fan.

Added 1 year ago by guest, -4 points

Please, correct a typing error - History, of course

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"HIStory" :-)

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Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

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Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin

1325 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

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Zeppelin epitomizes what a rock group should sound like. I couldn't argue with them being ranked on top with any of their albums.

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Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin

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Dark side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

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Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones

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A night at the Opera, Queen

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Jethro Tull - Aqualung

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Paranoid, Black Sabbath

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Back in Black, AC/DC

1176 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 2 comments

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This is hands down one of the greatest Heavy Metal LP's of all-time. I've never read a negative review about it in any venue. It deserves to be ranked high.

Added 3 years ago by tboneya, 0 points

The BEST Heavy Metal LP of all time --- even non-metalheads rock out to it. I mean, who hasn't wanted a "dirty deed done dirt cheap" after a bad break-up?

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Genesis - Foxtrot

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Yes - Fragile

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Rush - Moving Pictures

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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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Supertramp - Crime of the Century

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Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

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Genesis - Selling England By the Pound

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King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King

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Superunknown, Soundgarden

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The Doors, The Doors

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magic captured

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Highway to Hell, AC/DC

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Master of Reality - Black Sabbath

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Santana, Santana

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Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

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Comments:

Just checked out two of the more respected music magazines ' Best Albuums Of All Time' lists.Rolling Stone and New Musical Express (NME). In RS 'Rumours' is placed at 25, while 'Hotel California is at 37. In NME 'Rumours' is at 29 and 'Hotel' is at 100. I have yet to find a list online that both of these albums (which I agree are great albums) are in the Top 20. I guess it is down to one's own view.

Added 3 years ago by Albert Hand, 0 points

I never said that these were not great albums (as a matter of fact I have 3 of them), I just don't believe that they are the best albums ever above some of the greatest music ever made, but I guess that's the trouble with democracy, the majority are always right, even when they're wrong.

Added 3 years ago by Albert Hand, 0 points

All of the critical reviews that I've ever read, and they are legion, have always ranked "Rumours" as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I don't understand your comment, Albert Hand. I understand your frustration that some of the other greatest albums are not on top, but everyone can't be #1 in a voting environment.

Added 3 years ago by tboneya, 0 points

Unfortunately this list has lost all credability,if the first four albums are the best of all time. Remember favorite does not mean best,so the critics and the experts must be all wrong. I doubt it.

Added 3 years ago by Albert Hand, 0 points

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Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, Spirit

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Breakfast in America, Supertramp

Breakfast in America won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, beating out albums by Talking Heads and Led Zeppelin, among others.

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Songs from the Wood, Jethro Tull

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Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

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Machine Head, Deep Purple

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Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

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Songs in the key of life - Stevie Wonder (1976).

Stevie's greatest moment. Classics such as - ' Sir Duke', Isn't she lovely, Pasttime Paradise, As, If its magic, I wish, Village Ghetto Land, Loves in need of love today. Magnificent.

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The Wall, Pink Floyd

805 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 2 comments

Comments:

Still one of the best albums

Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points

Brilliant, sheer genius. This album never gets old.....

Added 3 years ago by tboneya, 0 points

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10,000 Days, Tool

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Lynyrd Skynyrd, (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)

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Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

719 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

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Once again, how can you have any kind of Rock List and not have Hendrix at or near the top?

Added 3 years ago by tboneya, 0 points

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Close to the Edge - Yes

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Hotel California, The Eagles

651 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

Comments:

"Albert Hand," this is also critically ranked as one of the greatest rock albums of all-time. To complain about "Hotel California" being high on the list is just plain ignorant.

Added 3 years ago by tboneya, 0 points

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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

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Ten, Pearl Jam

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

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Greatest Hits - Elton John

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London Calling, The Clash

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BloodSugarSexMagik, Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Graceland, Paul Simon

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Lateralus, Tool

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Meddle - Pink Floyd

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OK Computer, Radiohead

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Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits

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Imagine, John Lennon

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The Cars, The Cars

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The Stranger - Billy Joel

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Purple Rain, Prince

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

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Nevermind, Nirvana

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Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

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The Clash, The Clash

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Who's Next, The Who

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Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones (1968).

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Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Dirt, Alice in Chains

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The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails

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Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

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Harvest - Neil Young (1972).

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Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966).

Dylan's album of the sixties. Full of great and diverse tracks.

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Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

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Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn

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Ramones, Ramones

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Give Us A Wink, The Sweet

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Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel (1970).

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Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966).

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Bat out of hell , Meatloaf.

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In Rock, Deep Purple

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

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The Bends, Radiohead

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Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Suzanne, So long Marianne, Hey thats no way to say goodbye , Master song , Sisters of mercy. How could this album not be in the best list of all time compared to a lot of this modern stuff lacking in originality.

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What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

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The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem

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The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

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Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins

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The Eminem Show, Eminem

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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie

Nothing personal, but this list reads like someone's personal favorites instead of the 100 best of all time. There's just one Elvis disk but a slew from trendy artists like Beck, Mary J. Blige, Public Enemy, Moby, ad nauseum. I hope many others will visit and add classics from, say, the 1950's through 2000. I doubt that any album released less than 10 years ago can meet the test of 'all time' greatest. Let the voting, and re-voting, begin.

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Misplaced Childhood, Marillion

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Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

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The Slim Shady LP, Eminem

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Help!, The Beatles

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In Utero, Nirvana

146 points - added 4 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment

Comments:

Which Nirvana disk belongs on this list?

Added 4 years ago by jackf1946, 0 points

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Desire - Bob Dylan (1974)

Dylan's second best album after 'Blood on the tracks'. Songs include 'Hurricane, Isis, Joey, Sara, Oh sister and Mozambique.

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Master of Puppets, Metallica

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