Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums is a ranked list published in 2020 — one of the 9 sources behind the music canon, weighted as major international poll. 241 of its 500 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. 1What's Going On — Marvin Gaye (1971)Canon #4
2. 2Pet Sounds — The Beach Boys (1966)Canon #3
3. 3Blue — Joni Mitchell (1971)Canon #23
4. 4Songs in the Key of Life — Stevie Wonder (1976)Canon #5
5. 5Abbey Road — The Beatles (1969)Canon #1
6. 6Nevermind — Nirvana (1991)Canon #9
7. 7Rumours — Fleetwood Mac (1977)Canon #22
8. 8Purple Rain — Prince and the Revolution (1984)Canon #8
9. 9Blood on the Tracks — Bob Dylan (1975)Canon #29
10. 10The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — Lauryn Hill (1998)Canon #33
11. 11Revolver — The Beatles (1966)Canon #2
12. 12Thriller — Michael Jackson (1982)Canon #6
13. 13I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You — Aretha Franklin (1967)Canon #37
14. 14Exile on Main Street — The Rolling Stones (1972)Canon #30
15. 15It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back — Public Enemy (1988)Canon #13
16. 16London Calling — The Clash (1979)Canon #10
17. 17My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye West (2010)Canon #63
18. 18Highway 61 Revisited — Bob Dylan (1965)Canon #21
19. 19To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar (2015)Canon #171
20. 20Kid A — Radiohead (2000)Canon #56
21. 21Born to Run — Bruce Springsteen (1975)Canon #7
22. 22Ready to Die — The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)Canon #61
23. 23The Velvet Underground and Nico — The Velvet Underground (1967)
24. 24Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — The Beatles (1967)Canon #18
25. 25Tapestry — Carole King (1971)Canon #14
26. 26Horses — Patti Smith (1975)Canon #20
27. 27Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) — Wu-Tang Clan (1993)Canon #58
28. 28Voodoo — D'Angelo (2000)Canon #207
29. 29White Album — The Beatles (1968)Canon #15
30. 30Are You Experienced — Jimi Hendrix (1967)Canon #11
31. 31Kind of Blue — Miles Davis (1959)Canon #12
32. 32Lemonade — Beyoncé (2016)
33. 33Back to Black — Amy Winehouse (2006)Canon #51
34. 34Innervisions — Stevie Wonder (1973)Canon #19
35. 35Rubber Soul — The Beatles (1965)Canon #16
36. 36Off the Wall — Michael Jackson (1979)Canon #49
37. 37The Chronic — Dr. Dre (1992)Canon #46
38. 38Blonde on Blonde — Bob Dylan (1966)Canon #17
39. 39Remain in Light — Talking Heads (1980)Canon #39
40. 40The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars — David Bowie (1972)Canon #43
41. 41Let It Bleed — The Rolling Stones (1969)Canon #28
42. 42OK Computer — Radiohead (1997)Canon #38
43. 43The Low End Theory — A Tribe Called Quest (1991)Canon #73
44. 44Illmatic — Nas (1994)Canon #67
45. 45Sign O' the Times — Prince (1987)Canon #77
46. 46Graceland — Paul Simon (1986)Canon #57
47. 47Ramones — Ramones (1976)Canon #36
48. 48Legend — Bob Marley and the Wailers (1984)Canon #150
49. 49Aquemini — OutKast (1998)Canon #184
50. 50The Blueprint — Jay-Z (2001)Canon #75
51. 51The Great Twenty-Eight — Chuck Berry (1982)Canon #141
52. 52Station to Station — David Bowie (1976)Canon #83
53. 53Electric Ladyland — Jimi Hendrix (1968)Canon #48
54. 54Star Time — James Brown (1991)Canon #166
55. 55The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd (1973)Canon #24
56. 56Exile in Guyville — Liz Phair (1993)Canon #161
57. 57The Band — The Band (1969)Canon #153
58. 58Led Zeppelin IV — Led Zeppelin (1971)
59. 59Talking Book — Stevie Wonder (1972)Canon #96
60. 60Astral Weeks — Van Morrison (1968)Canon #27
61. 61Paid in Full — Eric B. and Rakim (1987)Canon #113
62. 62Appetite for Destruction — Guns N' Roses (1987)Canon #41
63. 63Aja — Steely Dan (1977)Canon #101
64. 64Stankonia — OutKast (2000)Canon #178
65. 65Live at the Apollo — James Brown (1963)Canon #52
66. 66A Love Supreme — John Coltrane (1965)Canon #69
67. 67Reasonable Doubt — Jay-Z (1996)Canon #211
68. 68Hounds of Love — Kate Bush (1985)Canon #71
69. 69Jagged Little Pill — Alanis Morissette (1995)Canon #115
70. 70Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A (1988)Canon #50
71. 71Exodus — Bob Marley and the Wailers (1977)Canon #54
72. 72Harvest — Neil Young (1972)Canon #70
73. 73Loveless — My Bloody Valentine (1991)Canon #84
74. 74The College Dropout — Kanye West (2004)Canon #121
75. 75Lady Soul — Aretha Franklin (1968)Canon #35
76. 76Superfly — Curtis Mayfield (1972)Canon #123
77. 77Who's Next — The Who (1971)Canon #40
78. 78The Sun Sessions — Elvis Presley (1976)Canon #89
79. 79Blond — Frank Ocean (2016)
80. 80Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols — The Sex Pistols (1977)Canon #25
81. 81Beyoncé — Beyoncé (2013)
82. 82There's a Riot Goin' On — Sly and the Family Stone (1971)Canon #133
83. 83Dusty in Memphis — Dusty Springfield (1969)Canon #45
84. 84Back in Black — AC/DC (1980)Canon #59
85. 85Plastic Ono Band — John Lennon (1970)Canon #55
86. 86The Doors — The Doors (1967)Canon #60
87. 87Bitches Brew — Miles Davis (1970)Canon #62
88. 88Hunky Dory — David Bowie (1971)Canon #32
89. 89Baduizm — Erykah Badu (1997)
90. 90After the Gold Rush — Neil Young (1970)Canon #44
91. 91Darkness on the Edge of Town — Bruce Springsteen (1978)Canon #66
92. 92Axis: Bold as Love — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)Canon #122
93. 93Supa Dupa Fly — Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott (1997)Canon #177
94. 94Fun House — The Stooges (1970)Canon #78
95. 95Take Care — Drake (2011)
96. 96Automatic for the People — R.E.M. (1992)Canon #170
97. 97Master of Puppets — Metallica (1986)Canon #93
98. 98Car Wheels on a Gravel Road — Lucinda Williams (1998)Canon #194
99. 99Red — Taylor Swift (2012)
100. 100Music From Big Pink — The Band (1968)Canon #119
101. 101Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin (1969)Canon #31
102. 102The Clash — The Clash (1977)Canon #72
103. 103Three Feet High And Rising — De La Soul (1989)
104. 104Sticky Fingers — The Rolling Stones (1971)Canon #34
105. 105At Fillmore East — The Allman Brothers (1971)Canon #90
106. 106Live Through This — Hole (1994)Canon #99
107. 107Marquee Moon — Television (1977)Canon #65
108. 108When the Pawn ... — Fiona Apple (1999)
109. 109Transformer — Lou Reed (1972)Canon #85
110. 110Court and Spark — Joni Mitchell (1974)Canon #142
111. 111Control — Janet Jackson (1986)
112. 112Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Elton John (1973)Canon #92
113. 113The Queen Is Dead — The Smiths (1986)Canon #64
114. 114Is This It — The Strokes (2001)Canon #91
115. 115good kid — Kendrick Lamar (2012)Canon #117
116. 116Disintegration — The Cure (1989)Canon #79
117. 117Late Registration — Kanye West (2005)
118. 118Hotel California — The Eagles (1976)Canon #104
119. 119Stand! — Sly and the Family Stone (1969)Canon #107
120. 120Moondance — Van Morrison (1970)Canon #68
121. 121This Year's Model — Elvis Costello (1978)Canon #143
122. 122The Downward Spiral — Nine Inch Nails (1994)Canon #149
123. 123Led Zeppelin II — Led Zeppelin (1969)
124. 124Achtung Baby — U2 (1991)Canon #105
125. 125Paul's Boutique — Beastie Boys (1989)Canon #42
126. 126My Life — Mary J. Blige (1994)Canon #213
127. 127Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music — Ray Charles (1962)Canon #139
128. 128A Night at the Opera — Queen (1975)Canon #165
129. 129The Wall — Pink Floyd (1979)Canon #145
130. 1301999 — Prince (1982)Canon #109
131. 131Dummy — Portishead (1994)Canon #102
132. 13240 Greatest Hits — Hank Williams (1978)
133. 133Hejira — Joni Mitchell (1976)
134. 134The Score — Fugees (1996)Canon #227
135. 135The Joshua Tree — U2 (1987)Canon #47
136. 136Maggot Brain — Funkadelic (1971)Canon #224
137. 13721 — Adele (2011)Canon #128
138. 138The Immaculate Collection — Madonna (1990)
139. 139Paranoid — Black Sabbath (1970)Canon #120
140. 140Catch a Fire — Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973)Canon #154
141. 141Doolittle — Pixies (1989)Canon #87
142. 142Born in the U.S.A. — Bruce Springsteen (1984)Canon #140
143. 143The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground (1969)Canon #26
144. 144Physical Graffiti — Led Zeppelin (1975)Canon #112
145. 145The Marshall Mathers LP — Eminem (2000)Canon #106
146. 146Parallel Lines — Blondie (1978)Canon #80
147. 147Grace — Jeff Buckley (1994)Canon #97
148. 148Channel Orange — Frank Ocean (2012)Canon #172
149. 149John Prine — John Prine (1971)Canon #223
150. 150Nebraska — Bruce Springsteen (1982)Canon #100
151. 151Faith — George Michael (1987)Canon #231
152. 152Pretenders — The Pretenders (1980)Canon #116
153. 153Rid of Me — PJ Harvey (1993)Canon #205
154. 154Amazing Grace — Aretha Franklin (1972)
155. 155The Black Album — Jay-Z (2003)
156. 156Let It Be — The Replacements (1984)Canon #157
157. 157(What's the Story) Morning Glory? — Oasis (1995)Canon #82
158. 158Mama's Gun — Erykah Badu (2000)
159. 159Synchronicity — The Police (1983)Canon #229
160. 160Ten — Pearl Jam (1991)Canon #188
161. 161Crosby, Stills & Nash — Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)Canon #174
162. 162Different Class — Pulp (1995)Canon #130
163. 163Saturday Night Fever — Various Artists (1977)Canon #168
164. 164At Folsom Prison — Johnny Cash (1968)Canon #76
165. 165Murmur — R.E.M. (1983)Canon #169
166. 16620 Golden Greats — Buddy Holly (1978)
167. 167Violator — Depeche Mode (1990)Canon #195
168. 168Can't Buy a Thrill — Steely Dan (1972)Canon #180
169. 169The Stranger — Billy Joel (1977)Canon #125
170. 170Disraeli Gears — Cream (1967)Canon #155
171. 171Daydream Nation — Sonic Youth (1988)Canon #103
172. 172Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon and Garfunkel (1970)Canon #94
173. 173In Utero — Nirvana (1993)Canon #127
174. 174The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack — Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists (1972)
175. 175DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar (2017)
176. 176Fear of a Black Planet — Public Enemy (1990)Canon #118
177. 177Every Picture Tells a Story — Rod Stewart (1971)Canon #134
178. 178Otis Blue — Otis Redding (1965)Canon #88
179. 179Life After Death — Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
180. 180Forever Changes — Love (1967)Canon #74
181. 181Bringing It All Back Home — Bob Dylan (1965)Canon #53
182. 182Sweet Baby James — James Taylor (1970)Canon #132
183. 183Brown Sugar — D'Angelo (1995)
184. 184She's So Unusual — Cyndi Lauper (1983)Canon #248
185. 185Beggars Banquet — The Rolling Stones (1968)Canon #81
186. 186Blood Sugar Sex Magik — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)Canon #218
187. 187AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted — Ice Cube (1990)
188. 188Electric Warrior — T. Rex (1971)Canon #114
189. 189Dig Me Out — Sleater-Kinney (1997)Canon #228
190. 190Tommy — The Who (1969)Canon #147
191. 191At Last! — Etta James (1961)
192. 192Licensed to Ill — Beastie Boys (1986)Canon #198
193. 193Willy and the Poor Boys — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
194. 194Bad — Michael Jackson (1987)Canon #129
195. 195Songs of Leonard Cohen — Leonard Cohen (1967)Canon #167
196. 196Body Talk — Robyn (2010)
197. 197Meet the Beatles! — The Beatles (1964)
198. 198The B-52's — The B-52's (1979)Canon #163
199. 199Slanted and Enchanted — Pavement (1993)Canon #111
200. 200Diamond Life — Sade (1984)
201. 201Midnight Marauders — A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
202. 202Homogenic — Björk (1997)
203. 203Pink Moon — Nick Drake (1979)
204. 204Graduation — Kanye West (2007)
205. 205Tea for the Tillerman — Cat Stevens (1970)Canon #182
206. 206Low — David Bowie (1977)Canon #95
207. 207Eagles — Eagles (1972)Canon #234
208. 208Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne (2008)
209. 209Raising Hell — Run-DMC (1986)Canon #159
210. 210The Birth of Soul — Ray Charles (1991)
211. 211Unknown Pleasures — Joy Divison (1980)Canon #138
212. 212Wild Is the Wind — Nina Simone (1966)
213. 213The Idler Wheel — Fiona Apple (2012)
214. 214Wildflowers — Tom Petty (1994)
215. 215American Beauty — Grateful Dead (1970)Canon #200
216. 216Either/Or — Elliott Smith (1997)Canon #181
217. 217Definitely Maybe — Oasis (1994)Canon #148
218. 218CrazySexyCool — TLC (1994)Canon #245
219. 219Only Built 4 Cuban Linx — Raekwon (1995)
220. 220Déjà Vu — Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (1970)Canon #176
221. 221Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine (1992)Canon #240
222. 222Ray of Light — Madonna (1998)Canon #193
223. 223Imagine — John Lennon (1971)Canon #110
224. 224Fly — Dixie Chicks (1999)
225. 225Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — Wilco (2001)
226. 226Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs — Derek and the Dominos (1970)Canon #158
227. 227Here's Little Richard — Little Richard (1957)Canon #126
228. 228De La Soul Is Dead — De La Soul (1991)
229. 229The Ultimate Collection — Patsy Cline (2000)
230. 230Anti — Rihanna (2016)
231. 231Damn the Torpedoes — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1979)
232. 232Giant Steps — John Coltrane (1960)
233. 233Little Earthquakes — Tori Amos (1992)
234. 234Master of Reality — Black Sabbath (1971)
235. 235Metallica (The Black Album) — Metallica (1991)
236. 236Discovery — Daft Punk (2001)Canon #160
237. 237Red Headed Stranger — Willie Nelson (1975)Canon #201
238. 238Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk (1977)Canon #86
239. 239Criminal Minded — Boogie Down Productions (1987)
240. 240Live at the Harlem Square Club — Sam Cooke (1985)Canon #226
241. 241Blue Lines — Massive Attack (1991)Canon #131
242. 242Loaded — The Velvet Underground (1970)Canon #183
243. 243Odessey and Oracle — The Zombies (1968)Canon #98
244. 244808s & Heartbreak — Kanye West (2008)
245. 245Heaven or Las Vegas — Cocteau Twins (1990)
246. 246Mama Said Knock You Out — LL Cool J (1991)
247. 247Love Deluxe — Sade (1992)
248. 248American Idiot — Green Day (2004)
249. 249Whitney Houston — Whitney Houston (1985)
250. 250Singles Going Steady — Buzzcocks (1979)
251. 251Honky Château — Elton John (1972)
252. 252Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! — Devo (1978)
253. 253The Piper at the Gates of Dawn — Pink Floyd (1967)Canon #152
254. 254Head Hunters — Herbie Hancock (1973)
255. 255The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan — Bob Dylan (1963)Canon #137
256. 256Tracy Chapman — Tracy Chapman (1988)Canon #242
257. 257Coat of Many Colors — Dolly Parton (1971)Canon #197
258. 258The Hissing of Summer Lawns — Joni Mitchell (1975)Canon #202
259. 259Pearl — Janis Joplin (1971)Canon #135
260. 260Cut — The Slits (1979)Canon #214
261. 261Check Your Head — Beastie Boys (1992)
262. 262Power — New Order (1983)
263. 263Hard Day's Night — The Beatles (1964)Canon #151
264. 264Wish You Were Here — Pink Floyd (1975)Canon #221
265. 265Wowee Zowee — Pavement (1995)
266. 266Help! — The Beatles (1965)
267. 267Double Nickels on the Dime — Minutemen (1984)
268. 268Sail Away — Randy Newman (1972)Canon #249
269. 269Yeezus — Kanye West (2013)
270. 270Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves (2018)
271. 271What's the 411? — Mary J. Blige (1992)
272. 272White Light/White Heat — The Velvet Underground (1968)Canon #187
273. 273Entertainment! — Gang of Four (1979)Canon #179
274. 274Sweetheart of the Rodeo — The Byrds (1968)Canon #156
275. 275Curtis — Curtis Mayfield (1970)
276. 276The Bends — Radiohead (1995)Canon #136
277. 277The Diary of Alicia Keys — Alicia Keys (2003)
278. 278Houses of the Holy — Led Zeppelin (1973)
279. 279MTV Unplugged in New York — Nirvana (1994)
280. 280Get Rich or Die Tryin' — 50 Cent (2002)
281. 281Nilsson Schmilsson — Harry Nilsson (1971)
282. 282In the Wee Small Hours — Frank Sinatra (1955)Canon #124
283. 283Bad Girls — Donna Summer (1975)
284. 284Down Every Road 1962-1994 — Merle Haggard (1996)
285. 285Third/Sister Lovers — Big Star (1978)
286. 286Californication — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
287. 287Mr. Tambourine Man — The Byrds (1965)Canon #230
288. 288The Modern Lovers — The Modern Lovers (1976)Canon #203
289. 289Post — Björk (1995)
290. 290Speakerboxxx/The Love Below — OutKast (2003)Canon #225
291. 291The Writing's on the Wall — Destiny's Child (1999)
292. 292Van Halen — Van Halen (1978)
293. 293Last Splash — The Breeders (1993)
294. 294Weezer (The Blue Album) — Weezer (1994)
295. 295Random Access Memories — Daft Punk (2013)
296. 296Rust Never Sleeps — Neil Young (1979)
297. 297So — Peter Gabriel (1986)Canon #232
298. 298Full Moon Fever — Tom Petty (1989)
299. 299Live at the Regal — B.B. King (1965)Canon #210
300. 300Come on Over — Shania Twain (1997)
301. 301New York Dolls — New York Dolls (1973)Canon #190
302. 302Tonight's the Night — Neil Young (1975)
303. 303The Definitive Collection — ABBA (2001)
304. 304Just As I Am — Bill Withers (1971)
305. 305Alive! — Kiss (1975)
306. 306I'm Still in Love With You — Al Green (1972)
307. 307Portrait of a Legend — Sam Cooke (2003)
308. 308Here Come the Warm Jets — Brian Eno (1974)
309. 309Closer — Joy Divison (1980)Canon #108
310. 310Pink Flag — Wire (1977)Canon #250
311. 311On the Beach — Neil Young (1974)Canon #191
312. 312A Seat at the Table — Solange (2016)
313. 313Stories From the City — PJ Harvey (2000)Canon #204
314. 314One in a Million — Aaliyah (1996)
315. 315El Mal Querer — Rosalía (2018)
316. 316The Who Sell Out — The Who (1967)Canon #212
317. 317Lady in Satin — Billie Holiday (1958)
318. 318The Velvet Rope — Janet Jackson (1997)
319. 319The Stone Roses — The Stone Roses (1989)Canon #144
320. 320Los Angeles — X (1980)
321. 321Norman Fucking Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey (2019)
322. 322From Elvis in Memphis — Elvis Presley (1969)Canon #235
323. 323Sandinista! — The Clash (1980)
324. 324A Rush of Blood to the Head — Coldplay (2002)
325. 325All Killer No Filler! — Jerry Lee Lewis (1993)
326. 326Dirty Mind — Prince (1980)
327. 327Live at Leeds — The Who (1970)Canon #206
328. 328Modern Vampires of the City — Vampire Weekend (2013)
329. 329Entroducing..... — DJ Shadow (1996)
330. 330Aftermath — The Rolling Stones (1966)Canon #220
331. 331Like a Prayer — Madonna (1989)Canon #199
332. 332Elvis Presley — Elvis Presley (1956)Canon #164
333. 333Still Bill — Bill Withers (1972)
334. 334Abraxas — Santana (1970)Canon #219
335. 335The Basement Tapes — Bob Dylan and the Band (1975)
336. 336Avalon — Roxy Music (1982)
337. 337John Wesley Harding — Bob Dylan (1967)
338. 338Another Green World — Brian Eno (19755)
339. 339Rhythm Nation 1814 — Janet Jackson (1989)
340. 340Doggystyle — Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)Canon #241
341. 341Siamese Dream — The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
342. 342Let It Be — The Beatles (1970)
343. 343Greatest Hits — Sly and the Family Stone (1970)
344. 344Funky Kingston — Toots and the Maytals (1973)
345. 345The Wild — Bruce Springsteen (1973)
346. 346AM — Arctic Monkeys (2013)
347. 347Liquid Swords — GZA (1995)Canon #222
348. 348Time (The Revelator) — Gillian Welch (2001)
349. 349Kick Out the Jams — MC5 (1969)Canon #216
350. 350Music of My Mind — Stevie Wonder (1972)
351. 351For Your Pleasure — Roxy Music (1973)Canon #175
352. 352The Slim Shady LP — Eminem (1999)Canon #246
353. 353The Cars — The Cars (1978)
354. 354Germfree Adolescents — X-Ray Spex (1978)
355. 355Black Sabbath — Black Sabbath (1970)
356. 356Gris-Gris — Dr. John (1968)Canon #243
357. 357Rain Dogs — Tom Waits (1985)Canon #186
358. 358Goo — Sonic Youth (1990)
359. 359Radio City — Big Star (1974)
360. 360One Nation Under a Groove — Funkadelic (1978)
361. 361The Black Parade — My Chemical Romance (2006)
362. 362Never Too Much — Luther Vandross (1981)
363. 363The Mothership Connection — Parliament (1975)Canon #208
364. 364More Songs About Buildings and Food — Talking Heads (1978)
365. 365Madvillainy — Madvillain (2004)
366. 366Rocks — Aerosmith (1976)
367. 367If You're Reading This It's Too Late — Drake (2015)
368. 368All Things Must Pass — George Harrison (1970)
369. 369The Infamous — Mobb Deep (1995)
370. 370Tha Carter II — Lil Wayne (2005)
371. 371Anthology — The Temptations (1973)
372. 372Cheap Thrills — Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)Canon #236
373. 373Hot Buttered Soul — Isaac Hayes (1969)
374. 374King of the Delta Blues Singers — Robert Johnson (1961)
375. 375Dookie — Green Day (1994)
376. 376In the Aeroplane Over the Sea — Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
377. 377Fever to Tell — Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)
378. 378Run-D.M.C. — Run-DMC (1983)
379. 379Moving Pictures — Rush (1981)
380. 380Mingus Ah Um — Charles Mingus (1959)
381. 381(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) — Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
382. 382Currents — Tame Impala (2015)
383. 383Mezzanine — Massive Attack (1998)
384. 384The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society — The Kinks (1969)
385. 385Rocket to Russia — Ramones (1977)
386. 386Donuts — J Dilla (2006)
387. 387In Rainbows — Radiohead (2007)Canon #215
388. 388Young — Aretha Franklin (1972)
389. 389The Emancipation of Mimi — Mariah Carey (2005)
390. 390Surfer Rosa — Pixies (1988)Canon #173
391. 391Kaleidoscope — Kelis (1999)
392. 392Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner — Ike and Tina Turner (1991)
393. 3931989 — Taylor Swift (2014)
394. 394Diana — Diana Ross (1980)
395. 395Black Messiah — D'Angelo and the Vanguard (2014)
396. 396Something/Anything? — Todd Rundgren (1972)
397. 397When We All Fall Asleep — Billie Eilish (2019)
398. 398The Raincoats — The Raincoats (1979)
399. 399Smile — Brian Wilson (2004)
400. 400Beauty and the Beat — The Go-Go's (1981)
401. 401Blondie — Blondie (1977)
402. 402Expensive Shit — Fela Kuti and Africa 70 (1975)
403. 403Supreme Clientele — Ghostface Killah (2000)
404. 404Rapture — Anita Baker (1986)
405. 405Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era — Various (1972)
406. 40669 Love Songs — Magnetic Fields (1999)
407. 407Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere — Neil Young (1969)Canon #247
408. 408Ace of Spades — Motörhead (1980)
409. 409Workingman's Dead — Grateful Dead (1970)
410. 410Wild Honey — The Beach Boys (1967)
411. 411Love and Theft — Bob Dylan (2001)
412. 412Going to a Go Go — Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1965)
413. 413Cosmo's Factory — Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)
414. 414Risqué — Chic (1979)
415. 415Looka Py Py — The Meters (1969)
416. 416Things Fall Apart — The Roots (1999)
417. 417The Shape of Jazz to Come — Ornette Coleman (1959)
418. 418Brothers in Arms — Dire Straits (1985)
419. 419Chief — Eric Church (2011)
420. 420That’s the Way of the World — Earth, Wind and Fire (1975)
421. 421Arular — M.I.A. (2005)
422. 422Let's Get It On — Marvin Gaye (1973)
423. 423I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One — Yo La Tengo (1997)
424. 424Odelay — Beck (1996)
425. 425Paul Simon — Paul Simon (1972)
426. 426Lucinda Williams — Lucinda Williams (1988)
427. 427Call Me — Al Green (1973)
428. 428New Day Rising — Hüsker Dü (1985)
429. 429Reach Out — The Four Tops (1967)
430. 430My Aim Is True — Elvis Costello (1977)Canon #185
431. 431How Will the Wolf Survive? — Los Lobos (1984)
432. 432Confessions — Usher (2004)
433. 433Sound of Silver — LCD Soundsystem (2007)Canon #237
434. 434Crooked Rain — Pavement (1994)
435. 435Actually — Pet Shop Boys
436. 436All Eyez on Me — 2Pac (1996)
437. 437Screamadelica — Primal Scream (1991)Canon #233
438. 438Parklife — Blur (1994)Canon #238
439. 439Sex Machine — James Brown (1970)
440. 440Coal Miner's Daughter — Loretta Lynn (1971)
441. 441Blackout — Britney Spears (2007)
442. 442Beauty Behind the Madness — The Weeknd (2015)
443. 443Scary Monsters — David Bowie (1980)
444. 444Extraordinary Machine — Fiona Apple (2005)
445. 445Close to the Edge — Yes (1972)
446. 446Journey in Satchidanada — Alice Coltrane (1971)
447. 447X 100pre — Bad Bunny (2018)
448. 448Dictionary of Soul — Otis Redding (1966)
449. 449Elephant — The White Stripes (2003)
450. 450Ram — Paul and Linda McCartney (1971)
451. 451First Take — Roberta Flack (1969)
452. 452Anthology — Diana Ross and the Supremes (1974)
453. 453Pretty Hate Machine — Nine Inch Nails (1989)
454. 454Ege Bamyasi — Can (1972)
455. 455Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley (1958)
456. 456Greatest Hits — Al Green (1975)
457. 457I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got — Sinéad O’Connor (1990)
458. 458Southeastern — Jason Isbell (2013)
459. 459Man on the Moon: The End of the Day — Kid Cudi (2009)
460. 460Melodrama — Lorde (2017)
461. 461For Emma — Bon Iver (2008)
462. 462The Gilded Palace of Sin — The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)
463. 463Eli & the 13th Confession — Laura Nyro (1968)
464. 4643 + 3 — The Isley Brothers (1973)
465. 465The Best of the Classic Years — King Sunny Adé (2003)
466. 466The Beach Boys Today! — The Beach Boys (1965)
467. 467BLACKsummers'night — Maxwell (2009)
468. 468Some Girls — The Rolling Stones (1978)
469. 469Clandestino — Manu Chao (1998)
470. 470400 Degreez — Juvenile (1998)
471. 471Surrealistic Pillow — Jefferson Airplane (1967)
472. 472Ctrl — SZA (2017)
473. 473Barrio Fino — Daddy Yankee (2004)
474. 474#1 Record — Big Star (1972)
475. 475Sheryl Crow — Sheryl Crow (1996)
476. 476Kimono My House — Sparks (1974)
477. 477Moanin' in the Moonlight — Howlin' Wolf (1959)
478. 478Something Else by the Kinks — The Kinks (1968)
479. 479Amor Prohibido — Selena (1994)
480. 480The Weight of These Wings — Miranda Lambert (2016)
481. 481If You're Feeling Sinister — Belle and Sebastian (1996)
482. 482Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde — The Pharcyde (1992)
483. 483The Anthology — Muddy Waters (2001)
484. 484Born This Way — Lady Gaga (2011)
485. 485I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight — Richard and Linda Thompson (1974)
486. 486Continuum — John Mayer (2006)
487. 487Damaged — Black Flag (1981)
488. 488The Stooges — The Stooges (1969)
489. 489Back to Mono (1958-1969) — Phil Spector and Various Artists (1991)
490. 490Heart Like a Wheel — Linda Ronstadt (1975)
491. 491Fine Line — Harry Styles (2019)
492. 492Nick of Time — Bonnie Raitt (1989)
493. 493Here — Marvin Gaye (1978)
494. 494Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes — The Ronettes (1964)
495. 495II — Boyz II Men (1991)
496. 496Dónde Están los Ladrones — Shakira (1998)
497. 497The Indestructible Beat of Soweto — Various Artists (1985)
498. 498Suicide — Suicide (1977)
499. 499Chaka Khan — Rufus (1977)
500. 500Funeral — Arcade Fire (2004)

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