VH1 100 Greatest Albums

VH1 100 Greatest Albums is a ranked list published in 2001 — one of the 9 sources behind the music canon, weighted as critics' canon. 69 of its 100 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. 1RevolverCanon #2
2. 2NevermindCanon #9
3. 3Pet SoundsCanon #3
4. 4What's Going OnCanon #4
5. 5Are You ExperiencedCanon #11
6. 6Rubber SoulCanon #16
7. 7Songs in the Key of LifeCanon #5
8. 8Abbey RoadCanon #1
9. 9Blonde on BlondeCanon #17
10. 10Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
11. 11White AlbumCanon #15
12. 12Exile on Main StreetCanon #30
13. 13Who's NextCanon #40
14. 14BlueCanon #23
15. 15The Joshua Tree — U2Canon #47
16. 16Rumours — Fleetwood MacCanon #22
17. 17Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsCanon #25
18. 18Purple RainCanon #8
19. 19The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & , 1967)
20. 20It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackCanon #13
21. 21Sun SessionsCanon #89
22. 22Highway 61 RevisitedCanon #21
23. 23ThrillerCanon #6
24. 24Let It BleedCanon #28
25. 25London CallingCanon #10
26. 26Bob Marley Exodus
27. 27Born to RunCanon #7
28. 28Patti Smith, Horses
29. 29Blood on the TracksCanon #29
30. 30I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You- Aretha Fanklin (1967)
31. 31InnervisionsCanon #19
32. 32Van Morrison Moondance
33. 33Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water
34. 34James Brown — Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
35. 35Sign O' the TimesCanon #77
36. 36Off the WallCanon #49
37. 37The Miseducation of Lauryn HillCanon #33
38. 38The Eagles — Hotel California
39. 39TapestryCanon #14
40. 40Astral WeeksCanon #27
41. 41Lady Soul- Aretha Franklin
42. 42Appetite for DestructionCanon #41
43. 43Led ZeppelinCanon #31
44. 44Led Zeppelin II
45. 45Sly & the Family Stone — Stand!
46. 46Sticky FingersCanon #34
47. 47Hunky DoryCanon #32
48. 48The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsCanon #43
49. 491999Canon #109
50. 50The Police — Synchronicity
51. 51Dark Side of the MoonCanon #24
52. 52Pretenders — PretendersCanon #116
53. 53Bringing It All Back HomeCanon #53
54. 54RamonesCanon #36
55. 55Mothership ConnectionCanon #208
56. 56Trans-Europe Express (Kraftwerk, 1977)
57. 57Saturday Night FeverCanon #168
58. 58Dusty in MemphisCanon #45
59. 59At Fillmore East — The Allman BrothersCanon #90
60. 60The DoorsCanon #60
61. 61Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young — Déjà Vu
62. 62Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A.Canon #50
63. 63Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
64. 64Bitches Brew — Miles DavisCanon #62
65. 65Achtung BabyCanon #105
66. 66Kind of BlueCanon #12
67. 67Beggars Banquet- The Rolling Stones
68. 68Darkness on the Edge of TownCanon #66
69. 69Raw PowerCanon #146
70. 70Call Me
71. 71Physical GraffitiCanon #112
72. 72Electric LadylandCanon #48
73. 73Grace — Jeff BuckleyCanon #97
74. 74Paul's BoutiqueCanon #42
75. 75Let It BeCanon #157
76. 76Aretha Franklin Young Gifted & Black
77. 77James Taylor- Sweet Baby James
78. 78Bold as Love — Axis
79. 79Pearl Jam Ten
80. 80My Aim Is TrueCanon #185
81. 81Otis BlueCanon #88
82. 82Back in BlackCanon #59
83. 83Marquee MoonCanon #65
84. 84GracelandCanon #57
85. 85Abraxas — SantanaCanon #219
86. 86Quadrophenia (The Who, 1973)
87. 87Cream — Disraeli Gears
88. 88Remain in LightCanon #39
89. 89Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs — Derek and the DominosCanon #158
90. 90TommyCanon #147
91. 91SoCanon #232
92. 92MurmurCanon #169
93. 93Bookends
94. 94OK ComputerCanon #38
95. 95Private Dancer- Tina Turner
96. 96Exile in Guyville- Liz Phair
97. 97Modern Sounds in Country & Western, Vols. 1 and 2
98. 98Jackson 5 — ABC
99. 99The B-52'S- The B-52'S
100. 100Like a Prayer by Madonna

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