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Rolling Stone 500 (2003 edition)

Rolling Stone 500 (2003 edition) is a ranked list published in 2003 — one of the 9 sources behind the music canon, weighted as editorial list. 213 of its 500 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

  1. 1Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — The Beatles (1967)Canon #18
  2. 2Pet Sounds — The Beach Boys (1966)Canon #3
  3. 3Revolver — The Beatles (1966)Canon #2
  4. 4Highway 61 Revisited — Bob Dylan (1965)Canon #21
  5. 5Rubber Soul — The Beatles (1965)Canon #16
  6. 6What's Going On — Marvin Gaye (1971)Canon #4
  7. 7Exile on Main St. — The Rolling Stones (1972)
  8. 8London Calling — The Clash (1979)Canon #10
  9. 9Blonde on Blonde — Bob Dylan (1966)Canon #17
  10. 10The Beatles ("The White Album") — The Beatles (1968)
  11. 11The Sun Sessions — Elvis Presley (1976)Canon #89
  12. 12Kind of Blue — Miles Davis (1959)Canon #12
  13. 13The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground (1967)
  14. 14Abbey Road — The Beatles (1969)Canon #1
  15. 15Are You Experienced — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)Canon #11
  16. 16Blood on the Tracks — Bob Dylan (1975)Canon #29
  17. 17Nevermind — Nirvana (1991)Canon #9
  18. 18Born to Run — Bruce Springsteen (1975)Canon #7
  19. 19Astral Weeks — Van Morrison (1968)Canon #27
  20. 20Thriller — Michael Jackson (1982)Canon #6
  21. 21The Great Twenty_Eight — Chuck Berry (1982)Canon #141
  22. 22The Complete Recordings — Robert Johnson (1990)
  23. 23John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band — John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970)
  24. 24Innervisions — Stevie Wonder (1973)Canon #19
  25. 25Live at the Apollo, 1962 — James Brown (1963)
  26. 26Rumours — Fleetwood Mac (1977)Canon #22
  27. 27The Joshua Tree — U2 (1987)Canon #47
  28. 28Who's Next — The Who (1971)Canon #40
  29. 29Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin (1969)Canon #31
  30. 30Blue — Joni Mitchell (1971)Canon #23
  31. 31Bringing It All Back Home — Bob Dylan (1965)Canon #53
  32. 32Let It Bleed — The Rolling Stones (1969)Canon #28
  33. 33Ramones — Ramones (1976)Canon #36
  34. 34Music From Big Pink — The Band (1968)Canon #119
  35. 35The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars — David Bowie (1972)Canon #43
  36. 36Tapestry — Carole King (1971)Canon #14
  37. 37Hotel California — Eagles (1976)Canon #104
  38. 38The Anthology — Muddy Waters (2001)
  39. 39Please Please Me — The Beatles (1963)
  40. 40Forever Changes — Love (1967)Canon #74
  41. 41Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols — Sex Pistols (1977)Canon #25
  42. 42The Doors — The Doors (1967)Canon #60
  43. 43The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd (1973)Canon #24
  44. 44Horses — Patti Smith (1975)Canon #20
  45. 45The Band ("The Brown Album") — The Band (1969)
  46. 46Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers — Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984)
  47. 47A Love Supreme — John Coltrane (1965)Canon #69
  48. 48It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back — Public Enemy (1988)Canon #13
  49. 49At Fillmore East — The Allman Brothers Band (1971)Canon #90
  50. 50Here's Little Richard — Little Richard (1957)Canon #126
  51. 51Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel (1970)Canon #94
  52. 52Greatest Hits — Al Green (1975)
  53. 53Meet The Beatles! — The Beatles (1964)
  54. 54The Birth of Soul — Ray Charles (1991)
  55. 55Electric Ladyland — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)Canon #48
  56. 56Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley (1956)Canon #164
  57. 57Songs in the Key of Life — Stevie Wonder (1976)Canon #5
  58. 58Beggars Banquet — The Rolling Stones (1968)Canon #81
  59. 59Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1976)
  60. 60Trout Mask Replica — Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)Canon #217
  61. 61Greatest Hits — Sly & The Family Stone (1970)
  62. 62Appetite for Destruction — Guns N' Roses (1987)Canon #41
  63. 63Achtung Baby — U2 (1991)Canon #105
  64. 64Sticky Fingers — The Rolling Stones (1971)Canon #34
  65. 65Back to Mono (1958-1969) — Phil Spector (1991)
  66. 66Moondance — Van Morrison (1970)Canon #68
  67. 67Kid A — Radiohead (2000)Canon #56
  68. 68Off the Wall — Michael Jackson (1979)Canon #49
  69. 69 — Led Zeppelin (1971)
  70. 70The Stranger — Billy Joel (1977)Canon #125
  71. 71Graceland — Paul Simon (1986)Canon #57
  72. 72Superfly — Curtis Mayfield (1972)Canon #123
  73. 73Physical Graffiti — Led Zeppelin (1975)Canon #112
  74. 74After the Gold Rush — Neil Young (1970)Canon #44
  75. 75Star Time — James Brown (1991)Canon #166
  76. 76Purple Rain — Prince and the Revolution (1984)Canon #8
  77. 77Back in Black — AC/DC (1980)Canon #59
  78. 78Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul — Otis Redding (1965)
  79. 79Led Zeppelin II — Led Zeppelin (1969)
  80. 80Imagine — John Lennon (1971)Canon #110
  81. 81The Clash — The Clash (1977)Canon #72
  82. 82Harvest — Neil Young (1972)Canon #70
  83. 83Axis: Bold as Love — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)Canon #122
  84. 84I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You — Aretha Franklin (1967)Canon #37
  85. 85Lady Soul — Aretha Franklin (1968)Canon #35
  86. 86Born in the U.S.A. — Bruce Springsteen (1984)Canon #140
  87. 87The Wall — Pink Floyd (1979)Canon #145
  88. 88At Folsom Prison — Johnny Cash (1968)Canon #76
  89. 89Dusty in Memphis — Dusty Springfield (1969)Canon #45
  90. 90Talking Book — Stevie Wonder (1972)Canon #96
  91. 91Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John (1973)Canon #92
  92. 9220 Golden Greats — Buddy Holly (1978)
  93. 93Sign "Peace" the Times — Prince (1987)
  94. 9440 Greatest Hits — Hank Williams (1984)
  95. 95Bitches Brew — Miles Davis (1970)Canon #62
  96. 96Tommy — The Who (1969)Canon #147
  97. 97The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan — Bob Dylan (1963)Canon #137
  98. 98This Year's Model — Elvis Costello (1978)Canon #143
  99. 99There's a Riot Goin' On — Sly & The Family Stone (1971)Canon #133
  100. 100Odessey and Oracle — The Zombies (1968)Canon #98
  101. 101In the Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra (1955)Canon #124
  102. 102Fresh Cream — Cream (1966)
  103. 103Giant Steps — John Coltrane (1959)
  104. 104Sweet Baby James — James Taylor (1970)Canon #132
  105. 105Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music — Ray Charles (1962)Canon #139
  106. 106Rocket to Russia — Ramones (1977)
  107. 107Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 — Sam Cooke (2003)
  108. 108Hunky Dory — David Bowie (1971)Canon #32
  109. 109Aftermath — The Rolling Stones (1966)Canon #220
  110. 110Loaded — The Velvet Underground (1970)Canon #183
  111. 111The Bends — Radiohead (1995)Canon #136
  112. 112If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears — The Mamas and the Papas (1966)
  113. 113Court and Spark — Joni Mitchell (1974)Canon #142
  114. 114Disraeli Gears — Cream (1967)Canon #155
  115. 115The Who Sell Out — The Who (1967)Canon #212
  116. 116Out of Our Heads — The Rolling Stones (1965)
  117. 117Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs — Derek and the Dominos (1970)Canon #158
  118. 118Late Registration — Kanye West (2005)
  119. 119At Last! — Etta James (1960)
  120. 120Sweetheart of the Rodeo — The Byrds (1968)Canon #156
  121. 121Stand! — Sly & The Family Stone (1969)Canon #107
  122. 122The Harder They Come — Various Artists (1972)
  123. 123Raising Hell — Run D.M.C. (1986)Canon #159
  124. 124Moby Grape — Moby Grape (1967)
  125. 125Pearl — Janis Joplin (1971)Canon #135
  126. 126Catch a Fire — The Wailers (1973)Canon #154
  127. 127Younger Than Yesterday — The Byrds (1967)Canon #239
  128. 128Raw Power — Iggy and The Stooges (1973)Canon #146
  129. 129Remain in Light — Talking Heads (1980)Canon #39
  130. 130Marquee Moon — Television (1977)Canon #65
  131. 131Paranoid — Black Sabbath (1970)Canon #120
  132. 132Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track — Various Artists (1977)
  133. 133The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle — Bruce Springsteen (1973)
  134. 134Ready to Die — The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)Canon #61
  135. 135Slanted and Enchanted — Pavement (1992)Canon #111
  136. 136Greatest Hits — Elton John (1974)
  137. 137Tim — The Replacements (1985)
  138. 138The Chronic — Dr. Dre (1992)Canon #46
  139. 139Rejuvenation — The Meters (1974)
  140. 140Parallel Lines — Blondie (1978)Canon #80
  141. 141Live at the Regal — B.B. King (1965)Canon #210
  142. 142A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector — Phil Spector (1963)
  143. 143Gris-Gris — Dr. John, the Night Tripper (1968)Canon #243
  144. 144Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A (1988)Canon #50
  145. 145Aja — Steely Dan (1977)Canon #101
  146. 146Surrealistic Pillow — Jefferson Airplane (1967)
  147. 147Deja vu — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)Canon #176
  148. 148Houses of the Holy — Led Zeppelin (1973)
  149. 149Santana — Santana (1969)
  150. 150Darkness on the Edge of Town — Bruce Springsteen (1978)Canon #66
  151. 151Funeral — Arcade Fire (2004)
  152. 152The B 52's / Play Loud — The B 52's (1979)
  153. 153The Low End Theory — A Tribe Called Quest (1991)Canon #73
  154. 154Moanin' in the Moonlight — Howlin' Wolf (1958)
  155. 155Pretenders — Pretenders (1980)Canon #116
  156. 156Paul's Boutique — Beastie Boys (1989)Canon #42
  157. 157Closer — Joy Division (1980)Canon #108
  158. 158Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy — Elton John (1975)
  159. 159Alive! — KISS (1975)
  160. 160Electric Warrior — T. Rex (1971)Canon #114
  161. 161The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding (1968)
  162. 162OK Computer — Radiohead (1997)Canon #38
  163. 1631999 — Prince (1982)Canon #109
  164. 164The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt — Linda Ronstadt (2002)
  165. 165Let's Get It On — Marvin Gaye (1973)
  166. 166Imperial Bedroom — Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1982)
  167. 167Master of Puppets — Metallica (1986)Canon #93
  168. 168My Aim Is True — Elvis Costello (1977)Canon #185
  169. 169Exodus — Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977)Canon #54
  170. 170Live at Leeds — The Who (1970)Canon #206
  171. 171The Notorious Byrd Brothers — The Byrds (1968)
  172. 172Every Picture Tells a Story — Rod Stewart (1971)Canon #134
  173. 173Something/Anything? — Todd Rundgren (1972)
  174. 174Desire — Bob Dylan (1976)
  175. 175Close to You — Carpenters (1970)
  176. 176Rocks — Aerosmith (1976)
  177. 177One Nation Under a Groove — Funkadelic (1978)
  178. 178The Anthology: 1961-1977 — Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions (1992)
  179. 179The Definitive Collection — ABBA (2001)
  180. 180The Rolling Stones, Now! — The Rolling Stones (1965)
  181. 181Natty Dread — Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974)Canon #209
  182. 182Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac (1975)
  183. 183Red Headed Stranger — Willie Nelson (1975)Canon #201
  184. 184The Immaculate Collection — Madonna (1990)
  185. 185The Stooges — The Stooges (1969)
  186. 186Fresh — Sly & The Family Stone (1973)
  187. 187So — Peter Gabriel (1986)Canon #232
  188. 188Buffalo Springfield Again — Buffalo Springfield (1967)
  189. 189Happy Trails — Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
  190. 190From Elvis in Memphis — Elvis Presley (1969)Canon #235
  191. 191Fun House — The Stooges (1970)Canon #78
  192. 192The Gilded Palace of Sin — The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)
  193. 193Dookie — Green Day (1994)
  194. 194Transformer — Lou Reed (1972)Canon #85
  195. 195Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton ("The Beano Album") — John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (1966)
  196. 196Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 — Various Artists (1998)
  197. 197Murmur — R.E.M. (1983)Canon #169
  198. 198The Best of Little Walter — Little Walter (1967)
  199. 199Is This It — The Strokes (2001)Canon #91
  200. 200Highway to Hell — AC/DC (1979)
  201. 201The Downward Spiral — Nine Inch Nails (1994)Canon #149
  202. 202Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme — Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
  203. 203Bad — Michael Jackson (1987)Canon #129
  204. 204Modern Times — Bob Dylan (2006)
  205. 205Wheels of Fire — Cream (1968)
  206. 206Dirty Mind — Prince (1980)
  207. 207Abraxas — Santana (1970)Canon #219
  208. 208Tea for the Tillerman — Cat Stevens (1970)Canon #182
  209. 209Ten — Pearl Jam (1991)Canon #188
  210. 210Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere — Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1969)Canon #247
  211. 211Wish You Were Here — Pink Floyd (1975)Canon #221
  212. 212Crooked Rain Crooked Rain — Pavement (1994)
  213. 213Tattoo You — The Rolling Stones (1981)
  214. 214Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner — Ike & Tina Turner (1991)
  215. 215New York Dolls — New York Dolls (1973)Canon #190
  216. 216Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley (1986)
  217. 217Two Steps From the Blues — Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961)
  218. 218The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths (1986)Canon #64
  219. 219Licensed to Ill — Beastie Boys (1986)Canon #198
  220. 220Look-Ka Py Py — The Meters (1970)
  221. 221Loveless — My Bloody Valentine (1991)Canon #84
  222. 222New Orleans Piano — Professor Longhair (1972)
  223. 223War — U2 (1983)
  224. 224The Neil Diamond Collection — Neil Diamond (1999)
  225. 225American Idiot — Green Day (2004)
  226. 226Nebraska — Bruce Springsteen (1982)Canon #100
  227. 227Doolittle — Pixies (1989)Canon #87
  228. 228Paid in Full — Eric B. & Rakim (1987)Canon #113
  229. 229Toys in the Attic — Aerosmith (1975)
  230. 230Nick of Time — Bonnie Raitt (1989)
  231. 231A Night at the Opera — Queen (1975)Canon #165
  232. 232The Kink Kronikles — The Kinks (1972)
  233. 233Mr. Tambourine Man — The Byrds (1965)Canon #230
  234. 234Bookends — Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
  235. 235The Ultimate Collection — Patsy Cline (2000)
  236. 236Mr. Excitement! — Jackie Wilson (1992)
  237. 237My Generation — The Who (1965)
  238. 238Howlin' Wolf — Howlin' Wolf (1962)
  239. 239Like a Prayer — Madonna (1989)Canon #199
  240. 240Can't Buy a Thrill — Steely Dan (1972)Canon #180
  241. 241Let It Be — The Replacements (1984)Canon #157
  242. 242Run D.M.C. — Run D.M.C. (1984)
  243. 243Black Sabbath — Black Sabbath (1970)
  244. 244The Marshall Mathers LP — Eminem (2000)Canon #106
  245. 245All Killer No Filler! The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology — Jerry Lee Lewis (1993)
  246. 246Freak Out! — The Mothers of Invention (1966)
  247. 247Live/Dead — The Grateful Dead (1969)
  248. 248The Shape of Jazz to Come — Ornette Coleman (1959)
  249. 249Automatic for the People — R.E.M. (1992)Canon #170
  250. 250Reasonable Doubt — Jay Z (1996)Canon #211
  251. 251Low — David Bowie (1977)Canon #95
  252. 252The Blueprint — Jay Z (2001)Canon #75
  253. 253The River — Bruce Springsteen (1980)
  254. 254Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul — Otis Redding (1966)
  255. 255Metallica ("The Black Album") — Metallica (1991)
  256. 256Trans Europa Express — Kraftwerk (1977)
  257. 257Whitney Houston — Whitney Houston (1985)
  258. 258The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society — The Kinks (1968)
  259. 259The Velvet Rope — Janet (1997)
  260. 260Stardust — Willie Nelson (1978)
  261. 261American Beauty — Grateful Dead (1970)Canon #200
  262. 262Crosby, Stills & Nash — Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)Canon #174
  263. 263Tracy Chapman — Tracy Chapman (1988)Canon #242
  264. 264Workingman's Dead — Grateful Dead (1970)
  265. 265The Genius of Ray Charles — Ray Charles (1959)
  266. 266Child Is Father to the Man — Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)
  267. 267Quadrophenia — The Who (1973)
  268. 268Paul Simon — Paul Simon (1972)
  269. 269Psychocandy — The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)Canon #244
  270. 270Some Girls — The Rolling Stones (1978)
  271. 271The Beach Boys Today! — The Beach Boys (1965)
  272. 272Dig Me Out — Sleater Kinney (1997)Canon #228
  273. 273Going to a Go-Go — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1966)
  274. 274Nightbirds — LaBelle (1974)
  275. 275The Slim Shady LP — Eminem (1999)Canon #246
  276. 276Mothership Connection — Parliament (1975)Canon #208
  277. 277Rhythm Nation 1814 — Janet Jackson (1989)
  278. 278Anthology of American Folk Music — Various (1997)
  279. 279Aladdin Sane — David Bowie (1973)
  280. 280All That You Can't Leave Behind — U2 (2000)
  281. 281My Life — Mary J. Blige (1994)Canon #213
  282. 282Folk Singer — Muddy Waters (1964)
  283. 283Can't Get Enough — Barry White (1974)
  284. 284The Cars — The Cars (1978)
  285. 285Music of My Mind — Stevie Wonder (1972)
  286. 286I'm Still in Love With You — Al Green (1972)
  287. 287Los Angeles — X (1980)
  288. 288Anthem of the Sun — Grateful Dead (1968)
  289. 289Something Else by The Kinks — The Kinks (1967)
  290. 290Call Me — Al Green (1973)
  291. 291Talking Heads: 77 — Talking Heads (1977)
  292. 292The Basement Tapes — Bob Dylan and the Band (1975)
  293. 293White Light/White Heat — The Velvet Underground (1968)Canon #187
  294. 294Kick Out the Jams — MC5 (1969)Canon #216
  295. 295Songs of Love and Hate — Leonard Cohen (1970)
  296. 296Meat Is Murder — The Smiths (1985)
  297. 297We're Only in It for the Money — The Mothers of Invention (1968)
  298. 298The College Dropout — Kanye West (2003)Canon #121
  299. 299Weezer (Blue Album) — Weezer (1994)
  300. 300Master of Reality — Black Sabbath (1971)
  301. 301Coat of Many Colors — Dolly Parton (1971)Canon #197
  302. 302Fear of a Black Planet — Public Enemy (1990)Canon #118
  303. 303John Wesley Harding — Bob Dylan (1967)
  304. 304Grace — Jeff Buckley (1994)Canon #97
  305. 305Car Wheels on a Gravel Road — Lucinda Williams (1998)Canon #194
  306. 306Odelay — Beck (1996)
  307. 307A Hard Day's Night — The Beatles (1964)Canon #151
  308. 308Songs for Swingin' Lovers! — Frank Sinatra (1956)
  309. 309Willy and the Poor Boys — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
  310. 310Blood Sugar Sex Magik — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)Canon #218
  311. 311The Sun Records Collection — Various (1994)
  312. 312Nothing's Shocking — Jane's Addiction (1988)
  313. 313MTV Unplugged in New York — Nirvana (1994)
  314. 314The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — Lauryn Hill (1998)Canon #33
  315. 315Damn the Torpedoes — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1979)
  316. 316The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground (1969)Canon #26
  317. 317Surfer Rosa — Pixies (1988)Canon #173
  318. 318Back Stabbers — The O'Jays (1972)
  319. 319Burnin' — The Wailers (1973)
  320. 320Amnesiac — Radiohead (2001)
  321. 321Pink Moon — Nick Drake (1972)
  322. 322Sail Away — Randy Newman (1972)Canon #249
  323. 323Ghost in the Machine — The Police (1981)
  324. 324Station to Station — David Bowie (1976)Canon #83
  325. 325Slowhand — Eric Clapton (1977)
  326. 326Disintegration — The Cure (1989)Canon #79
  327. 327Exile in Guyville — Liz Phair (1993)Canon #161
  328. 328Daydream Nation — Sonic Youth (1988)Canon #103
  329. 329In the Jungle Groove — James Brown (1986)
  330. 330Tonight's the Night — Neil Young (1975)
  331. 331Help! — The Beatles (1965)
  332. 332Shoot Out the Lights — Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)
  333. 333Wild Gift — X (1981)
  334. 334Squeezing Out Sparks — Graham Parker & The Rumour (1979)
  335. 335Superunknown — Soundgarden (1994)
  336. 336In Rainbows — Radiohead (2007)Canon #215
  337. 337Aqualung — Jethro Tull (1971)
  338. 338Cheap Thrills — Big Brother & the Holding Company (1968)Canon #236
  339. 339The Heart of Saturday Night — Tom Waits (1974)
  340. 340Damaged — Black Flag (1981)
  341. 341Play — Moby (1999)
  342. 342Violator — Depeche Mode (1990)Canon #195
  343. 343Bat Out of Hell — Meat Loaf (1977)
  344. 344Berlin — Lou Reed (1973)
  345. 345Stop Making Sense — Talking Heads (1984)
  346. 3463 Feet High and Rising — De La Soul (1989)Canon #196
  347. 347The Piper at the Gates of Dawn — Pink Floyd (1967)Canon #152
  348. 348Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 — Muddy Waters (1960)
  349. 349The Black Album — Jay Z (2003)
  350. 350Roger the Engineer — The Yardbirds (1966)
  351. 351Rust Never Sleeps — Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)
  352. 352Brothers in Arms — Dire Straits (1985)
  353. 353My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye West (2010)Canon #63
  354. 35452nd Street — Billy Joel (1978)
  355. 355Having a Rave Up — The Yardbirds (1965)
  356. 35612 Songs — Randy Newman (1970)
  357. 357Between the Buttons — The Rolling Stones (1967)
  358. 358Sketches of Spain — Miles Davis (1960)
  359. 359Honky Ch‰teau — Elton John (1972)
  360. 360Singles Going Steady — Buzzcocks (1979)
  361. 361Stankonia — OutKast (2000)Canon #178
  362. 362Siamese Dream — The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
  363. 363Substance 1987 — New Order (1987)
  364. 364L.A. Woman — The Doors (1971)
  365. 365Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine (1992)Canon #240
  366. 366American Recordings — Johnny Cash (1994)
  367. 367Ray of Light — Madonna (1998)Canon #193
  368. 368Eagles — Eagles (1972)Canon #234
  369. 369Louder Than Bombs — The Smiths (1987)
  370. 370Mott — Mott the Hoople (1973)
  371. 371Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not — Arctic Monkeys (2006)
  372. 372Reggatta de Blanc — The Police (1979)
  373. 373Volunteers — Jefferson Airplane (1969)
  374. 374Siren — Roxy Music (1975)
  375. 375Late for the Sky — Jackson Browne (1974)
  376. 376Post — Bjork (1995)
  377. 377The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 — John Lee Hooker (1991)
  378. 378(What's the Story) Morning Glory? — Oasis (1995)Canon #82
  379. 379CrazySexyCool — TLC (1994)Canon #245
  380. 380Funky Kingston — Toots & The Maytals (1973)
  381. 381The Smile Sessions — The Beach Boys (2011)
  382. 382The Modern Lovers — The Modern Lovers (1976)Canon #203
  383. 383More Songs About Buildings and Food — Talking Heads (1978)
  384. 384A Quick One — The Who (1966)
  385. 385"Love and Theft" — Bob Dylan (2001)
  386. 386Pretzel Logic — Steely Dan (1974)
  387. 387Enter the Wu_Tang: 36 Chambers — Wu Tang Clan (1993)Canon #58
  388. 388The Indestructible Beat of Soweto — Various Artists (1985)
  389. 389The End of the Innocence — Don Henley (1989)
  390. 390Elephant — The White Stripes (2003)
  391. 391The Pretender — Jackson Browne (1976)
  392. 392Let It Be — The Beatles (1970)
  393. 393Kala — M.I.A. (2007)
  394. 394Good Old Boys — Randy Newman (1974)
  395. 395Sound of Silver — LCD Soundsystem (2007)Canon #237
  396. 396For Your Pleasure — Roxy Music (1973)Canon #175
  397. 397Blue Lines — Massive Attack (1991)Canon #131
  398. 398Eliminator — ZZ Top (1983)
  399. 399Rain Dogs — Tom Waits (1985)Canon #186
  400. 400Anthology: The Best of The Temptations — The Temptations (1995)
  401. 401Californication — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
  402. 402Illmatic — Nas (1994)Canon #67
  403. 403(pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd) — Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
  404. 404Dr. John's Gumbo — Dr. John (1972)
  405. 405Radio City — Big Star (1974)
  406. 406Rid of Me — PJ Harvey (1993)Canon #205
  407. 407Sandinista! — The Clash (1980)
  408. 408I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got — Sinead O'Connor (1989)
  409. 409Strange Days — The Doors (1967)
  410. 410Time Out of Mind — Bob Dylan (1997)
  411. 411461 Ocean Boulevard — Eric Clapton (1974)
  412. 412Pink Flag — Wire (1977)Canon #250
  413. 413Double Nickels on the Dime — Minutemen (1984)
  414. 414Beauty and the Beat — The Go Go's (1981)
  415. 415Van Halen — Van Halen (1978)
  416. 416Mule Variations — Tom Waits (1999)
  417. 417Boy — U2 (1980)
  418. 418Band on the Run — Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)
  419. 419Dummy — Portishead (1994)Canon #102
  420. 420The "Chirping" Crickets — The Crickets (1957)
  421. 421The Best of the Girl Groups, Volume 1 — Various Artists (1990)
  422. 422Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica — The Ronettes (1963)
  423. 423Anthology — Diana Ross & The Supremes (2001)
  424. 424The Rising — Bruce Springsteen (2002)
  425. 425Grievous Angel — Gram Parsons (1974)
  426. 426Cheap Trick at Budokan — Cheap Trick (1978)
  427. 427Sleepless — Peter Wolf (2002)
  428. 428Outlandos d'Amour — The Police (1978)
  429. 429Another Green World — Brian Eno (1975)
  430. 430Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend (2007)
  431. 431Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea — PJ Harvey (2000)
  432. 432Here Come the Warm Jets — Brian Eno (1973)
  433. 433All Things Must Pass — George Harrison (1970)
  434. 434#1 Record — Big Star (1972)
  435. 435In Utero — Nirvana (1993)Canon #127
  436. 436Sea Change — Beck (2002)
  437. 437Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne (2008)
  438. 438Boys Don't Cry — The Cure (1979)
  439. 439Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 — Sam Cooke (1985)
  440. 440Rum Sodomy & the Lash — The Pogues (1985)
  441. 441Suicide — Suicide (1977)
  442. 442Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! — DEVO (1978)
  443. 443In Color — Cheap Trick (1977)
  444. 444The World Is a Ghetto — War (1972)
  445. 445Fly Like an Eagle — Steve Miller Band (1976)
  446. 446Back in the USA — MC5 (1970)
  447. 447Getz / Gilberto — Stan GetzĘ/ĘJoao GilbertoĘfeaturingĘAntonio Carlos Jobim (1964)
  448. 448Synchronicity — The Police (1983)Canon #229
  449. 449Third/Sister Lovers — Big Star (1978)
  450. 450For Everyman — Jackson Browne (1973)
  451. 451Back to Black — Amy Winehouse (2006)Canon #51
  452. 452John Prine — John Prine (1971)Canon #223
  453. 453Strictly Business — EPMD (1987)
  454. 454Love It to Death — Alice Cooper (1971)
  455. 455How Will the Wolf Survive? — Los Lobos (1984)
  456. 456Here, My Dear — Marvin Gaye (1978)
  457. 457Z — My Morning Jacket (2005)
  458. 458Tumbleweed Connection — Elton John (1970)
  459. 459The Drifters' Golden Hits — The Drifters (1968)
  460. 460Live Through This — Hole (1994)Canon #99
  461. 461Metal Box — Public Image Ltd. (1979)
  462. 462Document — R.E.M. (1987)
  463. 463Heaven Up Here — Echo and The Bunnymen (1981)
  464. 464Hysteria — Def Leppard (1987)
  465. 46569 Love Songs — The Magnetic Fields (1999)
  466. 466A Rush of Blood to the Head — Coldplay (2002)
  467. 467Tunnel of Love — Bruce Springsteen (1987)
  468. 468The Paul Butterfield Blues Band — The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
  469. 469The Score — Fugees (1996)Canon #227
  470. 470Radio — L.L. Cool J (1985)
  471. 471I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight — Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
  472. 472Faith — George Michael (1987)Canon #231
  473. 473The Smiths — The Smiths (1984)
  474. 474Proxima estacion: Esperanza — Manu Chao (2001)
  475. 475Armed Forces — Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1979)
  476. 476Life After Death — The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
  477. 477Down Every Road — Merle Haggard (1996)
  478. 478All Time Greatest Hits — Loretta Lynn (2002)
  479. 479Maggot Brain — Funkadelic (1971)Canon #224
  480. 480Only Built 4 Cuban Linx — Raekwon (1995)
  481. 481Voodoo — D'Angelo (2000)Canon #207
  482. 482Guitar Town — Steve Earle (1986)
  483. 483Entertainment! — Gang of Four (1979)Canon #179
  484. 484All the Young Dudes — Mott the Hoople (1972)
  485. 485Vitalogy — Pearl Jam (1994)
  486. 486That's the Way of the World — Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)
  487. 487She's So Unusual — Cyndi Lauper (1983)Canon #248
  488. 488New Day Rising — Husker Du (1985)
  489. 489Destroyer — KISS (1976)
  490. 490Tres hombres — ZZ Top (1973)
  491. 491Born Under a Bad Sign — Albert King (1967)
  492. 492Touch — Eurythmics (1983)
  493. 493Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — Wilco (2002)
  494. 494Oracular Spectacular — MGMT (2007)
  495. 495Give It Up — Bonnie Raitt (1972)
  496. 496Boz Scaggs — Boz Scaggs (1969)
  497. 497White Blood Cells — The White Stripes (2001)
  498. 498The Stone Roses — The Stone Roses (1989)Canon #144
  499. 499Live in Cook County Jail — B.B. King (1971)
  500. 500Aquemini — OutKast (1998)Canon #184

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.