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These Albums were chosen for their Popularity, Influence, and Musical Impact. This list includes 'Studio', 'Live', and 'Soundtrack' albums.
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - The Beatles 2. Pet Sounds (1966) - The Beach Boys 3. What's Going On (1971) - Marvin Gaye 4. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd 5. Revolver (1966) - The Beatles 6. Live at the Apollo (1963) - James Brown 7. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) - Bob Dylan 8. Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson 9. Are You Experienced? (1967) - Jimi Hendrix 10. Rubber Soul (1965) - The Beatles 11. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) - Public Enemy 12. Nevermind (1991) - Nirvana 13. Elvis Presley (1956) - Elvis Presley 14. Born To Run (1975) - Bruce Springsteen 15. Exile On Main Street (1972) - The Rolling Stones 16. Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan 17. Innervisions (1973) - Stevie Wonder 18. London Calling (1979) - The Clash 19. Abbey Road (1969) - The Beatles 20. Purple Rain (1984) - Prince 21. Who's Next (1971) - The Who 22. Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Led Zeppelin 23. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) - Stevie Wonder 24. The Joshua Tree (1987) - U2 25. Rumours (1977) - Fleetwood Mac 26. The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) - The Beatles 27. I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You (1967) - Aretha Franklin 28. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) - Ray Charles 29. Blue (1971) - Joni Mitchell 30. Tapestry (1971) - Carole King 31. Raising Hell (1986) - Run-D.M.C. 32. Tommy (1969) - The Who 33. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) - Led Zeppelin 34. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) - The Velvet Underground 35. Appetite For Destruction (1987) - Guns N Roses 36. Paranoid (1970) - Black Sabbath 37. There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) - Sly & The Family Stone 38. Ziggy Stardust (1972) - David Bowie 39. Let It Bleed (1969) - The Rolling Stones 40. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) - Bob Dylan 41. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) - Elton John 42. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977) - Various Artists 43. Ten (1991) - Pearl Jam 44. Led Zeppelin I (1969) - Led Zeppelin 45. The Doors (1967) - The Doors 46. Superfly (1972) - Curtis Mayfield 47. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) - Lauryn Hill 48. Back In Black (1980) - AC/DC 49. Born in the USA (1984) - Bruce Springsteen 50. Licensed to Ill (1986) - Beastie Boys 51. Never Mind the Bollocks (1977) - The Sex Pistols 52. Talking Book (1972) - Stevie Wonder 53. Lady Soul (1968) - Aretha Franklin 54. Sign 'O' The Times (1987) - Prince 55. The Ramones (1976) - The Ramones 56. Otis Blue (1965) - Otis Redding 57. Straight Outta Compton (1989) - N.W.A. 58. Moondance (1970) - Van Morrison 59. After the Goldrush (1970) - Neil Young 60. The Chronic (1992) - Dr. Dre 61. The Wall (1979) - Pink Floyd 62. Hotel California (1976) - The Eagles 63. Van Halen (1978) - Van Halen 64. Electric Ladyland (1968) - Jimi Hendrix 65. Ok Computer (1997) - Radiohead 66. Automatic for the People (1992) - R.E.M. 67. Blood On the Tracks (1975) - Bob Dylan 68. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) - Simon & Garfunkel 69. Murmur (1983) - R.E.M. 70. Like A Virgin (1984) - Madonna 71. A Hard Day's Night (1964) - The Beatles 72. Off the Wall (1979) - Michael Jackson 73. Achtung Baby (1991) - U2 74. The Band (1969) - The Band 75. Stand! (1969) - Sly & The Family Stone 76. From Elvis In Memphis (1969) - Elvis Presely 77. Metallica (The Black Album) (1991) - Metallica 78. Sticky Fingers (1971) - The Rolling Stones 79. Synchronicity (1983) - The Police 80. 1999 (1982) - Prince 81. Paul's Boutique (1989) - Beastie Boys 82. Astral Weeks (1968) - Van Morrison 83. Number Of the Beast (1982) - Iron Maiden 84. Machine Head (1972) - Deep Purple 85. Surrealistic Pillow (1967) - Jefferson Airplane 86. Master Of Puppets (1986) - Metallica 87. The Clash (1977) - The Clash 88. Remain In Light (1980) - Talking Heads 89. Plastic Ono Band (1970) - John Lennon 90. Black Sabbath (1970) - Black Sabbath 91. 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) - De La Soul 92. Catch A Fire (1973) - Bob Marley & The Wailers 93. The Queen Is Dead (1986) - The Smiths 94. The "Chirping" Crickets (1957) - Buddy Holly 95. Live At Leeds (1970) - The Who 96. Paid In Full (1987) - Eric B. & Rakim 97. Music From Big Pink (1968) - The Band 98. Fullfillingness' First Finale (1974) - Stevie Wonder 99. Disraeli Gears (1967) - Cream 100. Axis Bold As Love (1967) - Jimi Hendrix 101. A Night At The Opera (1975) - Queen 102. DéjàVu (1970) - Crosby, Stills, Nash, &Young 103. Harvest (1972) - Neil Young 104. Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) - Bob Dylan 105. Beggar's Banquet (1968) - The Rolling Stones 106. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - King Crimson 107. Imagine (1971) - John Lennon 108. Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968) - The Byrds 109. Horses (1975) - Patti Smith 110. Days Of Future Passed (1967) - The Moody Blues 111. Like A Prayer (1989) - Madonna 112. Here's Little Richard (1957) - Little Richard 113. Jagged Little Pill (1995) - Alanis Morissette 114. Kick Out The Jams (1969) - The MC5 115. All Things Must Pass (1970) - George Harrison 116. Dookie (1994) - Green Day 117. Hot Buttered Soul (1969) - Issac Hayes 118. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966) - The Mamas & The Pappas 119. Let's Get It On (1973) - Marvin Gaye 120. Live at the Fillmore East (1971) - The Allman Brothers Band 121. Fresh (1973) - Sly & The Family Stone 122. My Aim Is True (1977) - Elvis Costello 123. Something Else (1968) - The Kinks 124. Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) - Elton John 125. The Beach Boys Today! (1965) - The Beach Boys 126. Abraxas (1970) - Santana 127. Low (1978) - David Bowie 128. Rock Around The Clock (1956) - Bill Haley & His Comets 129. Graceland (1986) - Paul Simon 130. Radio (1985) - LL Cool J 131. Fun House (1970) - Iggy Pop & The Stooges 132. Ray Charles at Newport (1958) - Ray Charles 133. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - Eminem 134. Marquee Moon (1977) - Television 135. The Stone Roses (1989) - The Stone Roses 136. Cosmo's Factory (1970) - Creedence Clearwater Revival 137. Doolittle (1989) - Pixies 138. Stankonia (2000) - OutKast 139. Forever Changes (1967) - Love 140. Sweet Baby James (1970) - James Taylor 141. Run D.M.C. (1984) - Run D.M.C. 142. Call Me (1973) - Al Green 143. Freak Out! (1966) - Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention 144. One Nation Under A Groove (1978) - Funkadelic 145. At Last (1961) - Etta James 146. Pearl (1971) - Janis Joplin 147. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) - Red Hot Chili Peppers 148. Layla (1970) - Derek & The Dominos 149. Ready to Die (1994) - Notorious B.I.G. 150. Bad (1987) - Michael Jackson 151. Surfin U.S.A. (1963) - The Beach Boys 152. Court and Spark (1974) - Joni Mitchell 153. Physical Graffiti (1975) - Led Zeppelin 154. Parallel Lines (1978) - Blondie 155. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Pink Floyd 156. Cheap Thrills (1968) - Big Brother & the Holding Co. 157. (What's the Story) Morning Glory (1995) - Oasis 158. Maggot Brain (1971) - Funkadelic 159. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) - Bruce Springsteen 160. CrazySexyCool (1994) - TLC 161. Band On The Run (1973) - Paul McCartney/Wings 162. Bo Diddley (1958) - Bo Diddley 163. The Score (1996) - Fugees 164. Exodus (1977) - Bob Marley & the Wailers 165. The Who Sell Out (1967) - The Who 166. Going To A Go-Go (1965) - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 167. Aqualung (1971) - Jethro Tull 168. The Low End Theory (1991) - A Tribe Called Quest 169. Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) - The Byrds 170. Illmatic (1994) - Nas 171. Fear Of A Black Planet (1990) - Public Enemy 172. The Ventures In Space (1964) - The Ventures 173. Headquarters (1967) - The Monkees 174. Unknown Pleasures (1979) - Joy Division 175. American Idiot (2004) - Green Day 176. Young, Gifted & Black (1972) - Aretha Franklin 177. Toys in the Attic (1975) - Aerosmith 178. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) - The Smashing Pumpkins 179. The Downward Spiral (1994) - Nine Inch Nails 180. All Eyez On Me (1996) - 2Pac 181. Ace Of Spades (1980) - Motorhead 182. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) - OutKast 183. Daydream Nation (1988) - Sonic Youth 184. Closer (1980) - Joy Division 185. Fragile (1971) - Yes 186. Please Please Me (1963) - The Beatles 187. Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) - Janet Jackson 188. American Beauty (1970) - The Grateful Dead 189. Hysteria (1987) - Def Leppard 190. Brothers In Arms (1985) - Dire Straits 191. The Stranger (1977) - Billy Joel 192. This Year's Model (1978) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 193. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) - Wu-Tang Clan 194. Bad Girls (1979) - Donna Summer 195. Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin-'nerd (1973) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 196. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead 197. Gris Gris (1968) - Dr. John 198. In Rock (1970) - Deep Purple 199. Tracy Chapman (1988) - Tracy Chapman 200. Village Green Preservation Society (1968) - The Kinks
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