„Cele mai bune 500 de albume ale tuturor timpurilor” este un sondaj de opinie periodic, și un clasament muzical al celor mai bune albume din istorie, realizat de revista americană Rolling Stone. Acesta se bazează pe voturile ponderate ale unor muzicieni, critici și personalități din industria muzicală. Prima listă a fost publicată într-un număr special al revistei în 2003, și într-o carte dedicată acestui subiect în 2005.Related news articles:
Criticii au acuzat listele că acordă o pondere disproporționată artiștilor de o anumită etnie și gen. În lista originală, majoritatea selecțiilor erau albume ale unor muzicieni rock albi de sex masculin, prima poziție fiind ocupată de albumul Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) al formației The Beatles. În 2012, Rolling Stone a publicat o ediție revizuită, bazată pe original și pe un sondaj ulterior privind albumele lansate până la începutul anilor 2000.
O altă ediție actualizată a listei a fost publicată în 2020, cu 269 de noi apariții care au înlocuit albumele din cele două ediții anterioare. Aceasta s-a bazat pe un nou sondaj, și nu a luat în considerare sondajele realizate pentru listele din 2003 și 2012. Lista din 2020 a inclus mai mulți artiști de culoare și artiste femei, fiind condusă de albumul What's Going On (1971) al lui Marvin Gaye. Aceasta a primit critici similare cu cele adresate listelor anterioare. O altă revizuire a fost publicată în 2023.
Lista originală 1-100
1) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) 2) Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) 3) Revolver (The Beatles) 4) Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) 5) Rubber Soul (The Beatles) 6) What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) 7) Exile on Main Street (The Rolling Stones) 8) London Calling (The Clash) 9) Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) 10) The Beatles (The Beatles) 11) The Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) 12) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) 13) The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground) 14) Abbey Road (The Beatles) 15) Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 16) Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 17) Nevermind (Nirvana) 18) Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) 19) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) 20) Thriller (Michael Jackson) 21) The Great Twenty-Eight (Chuck Berry) 22) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) 23) Innervisions (Stevie Wonder) 24) Live at the Apollo (James Brown) 25) Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) 26) The Joshua Tree (U2) 27) King of the Delta Blues Singers (Robert Johnson) 28) Who's Next (The Who) 29) Led Zeppelin I (Led Zeppelin) 30) Blue (Joni Mitchell) 31) Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan) 32) Let It Bleed (The Rolling Stones) 33) The Ramones (The Ramones) 34) Music From Big Pink (The Band) 35) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) 36) Tapestry (Carole King) 37) Hotel California (The Eagles) 38) The Anthology, 1947 - 1972 (Muddy Waters) 39) Please Please Me (The Beatles) 40) Forever Changes (Love) 41) Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Sex Pistols) 42) The Doors (The Doors) 43) The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 44) Horses (Patti Smith) 45) The Band (The Band) 46) Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers) 47) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) 48) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy) 49) At Fillmore East (The Allman Brothers Band) 50) Here's Little Richard (Little Richard) 51) Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) 52) Greatest Hits (Al Green) 53) The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings (Ray Charles) 54) Electric Ladyland (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 55) Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley) 56) Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder) 57) Beggars Banquet (The Rolling Stones) 58) Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band) 59) Meet the Beatles (The Beatles) 60) Greatest Hits (Sly and the Family Stone) 61) Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses) 62) Achtung Baby (U2) 63) Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones) 64) Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) (Compilație) 65) Moondance (Van Morrison) 66) Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin) 67) The Stranger (Billy Joel) 68) Off the Wall (Michael Jackson) 69) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield) 70) Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin) 71) After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) 72) Purple Rain (Prince) 73) Back in Black (AC/DC) 74) Otis Blue (Otis Redding) 75) Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin) 76) Imagine (John Lennon) 77) The Clash (The Clash) 78) Harvest (Neil Young) 79) Star Time (James Brown) 80) Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies) 81) Graceland (Paul Simon) 82) Axis: Bold As Love (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 83) I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (Aretha Franklin) 84) Lady Soul (Aretha Franklin) 85) Born in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen) 86) Let It Be (The Beatles) 87) The Wall (Pink Floyd) 88) At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash) 89) Dusty in Memphis (Dusty Springfield) 90) Talking Book (Stevie Wonder) 91) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 92) 20 Golden Greats (Buddy Holly) 93) Sign 'o' the Times (Prince) 94) Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) 95) Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 96) Tommy (The Who) 97) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan) 98) This Year's Model (Elvis Costello) 99) There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly and the Family Stone) 100) In the Wee Small Hours (Frank Sinatra)
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101) Fresh Cream (Cream) 102) Giant Steps (John Coltrane) 103) Sweet Baby James (James Taylor) 104) Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Ray Charles) 105) Rocket to Russia (Ramones) 106) Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 (Sam Cooke) 107) Hunky Dory (David Bowie) 108) Aftermath (The Rolling Stones) 109) Loaded (The Velvet Underground) 110) The Bends (Radiohead) 111) Court and Spark (Joni Mitchell) 112) Disraeli Gears (Cream) 113) The Who Sell Out (The Who) 114) Out of Our Heads (The Rolling Stones) 115) Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek and the Dominos) 116) At Last (Etta James) 117) Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds) 118) Stand! (Sly and the Family Stone) 119) The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack (Various Artists) 120) Raising Hell (Run-DMC) 121) Moby Grape (Moby Grape) 122) Pearl (Janis Joplin) 123) Catch a Fire (Bob Marley and the Wailers) 124) Younger Than Yesterday (The Byrds) 125) Raw Power (The Stooges) 126) Remain in Light (Talking Heads) 127) If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (The Mamas and the Papas) 128) Marquee Moon (Television) 129) 40 Greatest Hits (Hank Williams) 130) Paranoid (Black Sabbath) 131) Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack (Various Artists) 132) The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen) 133) Ready to Die (The Notorious B.I.G.) 134) Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement) 135) Greatest Hits (Elton John) 136) Tim (The Replacements) 137) The Chronic (Dr. Dre) 138) Rejuvenation (The Meters) 139) All That You Can't Leave Behind (U2) 140) Parallel Lines (Blondie) 141) Live at the Regal (B.B. King) 142) Phil Spector, A Christmas Gift for You (Various Artists) 143) Gris-Gris (Dr. John) 144) Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A) 145) Aja (Steely Dan) 146) Surrealistic Pillow (Jefferson Airplane) 147) Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology (Otis Redding) 148) Deja Vu (Crosby Stills Nash and Young) 149) Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) 150) Santana (Santana) 151) Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen) 152) The B-52's (The B-52's) 153) Moanin' in the Moonlight (Howlin' Wolf) 154) The Low End Theory (A Tribe Called Quest) 155) Pretenders (The Pretenders) 156) Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys) 157) Closer (Joy Division) 158) Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Elton John) 159) Alive! (KISS) 160) Electric Warrior (T. Rex) 161) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) 162) OK Computer (Radiohead) 163) 1999 (Prince) 164) Heart Like a Wheel (Linda Ronstadt) 165) Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye) 166) Imperial Bedroom (Elvis Costello) 167) Master of Puppets (Metallica) 168) My Aim Is True (Elvis Costello) 169) Exodus (Bob Marley) 170) Live at Leeds (The Who) 171) The Notorious Byrd Brothers (The Byrds) 172) Every Picture Tells a Story (Rod Stewart) 173) Something/Anything? (Todd Rundgren) 174) Desire (Bob Dylan) 175) Close to You (The Carpenters) 176) Rocks (Aerosmith) 177) One Nation Under a Groove (Parliament/Funkadelic) 178) Greatest Hits (The Byrds) 179) The Anthology 1961 - 1977 (Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions) 180) The Definitive Collection (ABBA) 181) The Rolling Stones, Now! (The Rolling Stones) 182) Natty Dread (Bob Marley and the Wailers) 183) Fleetwood Mac (Fleetwood Mac) 184) Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson) 185) The Stooges (The Stooges) 186) Fresh (Sly and the Family Stone) 187) So (Peter Gabriel) 188) Buffalo Springfield Again (Buffalo Springfield) 189) Happy Trails (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 190) From Elvis in Memphis (Elvis Presley) 191) Fun House (The Stooges) 192) The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers) 193) Dookie (Green Day) 194) Transformer (Lou Reed) 195) Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton) 196) Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (Various Artists) 197) Murmur (R.E.M.) 198) The Best of (Little Walter) 199) Highway to Hell (AC/DC) 200) The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails)
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201) Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Simon and Garfunkel) 202) Bad (Michael Jackson) 203) Wheels of Fire (Cream) 204) Dirty Mind (Prince) 205) Abraxas (Santana) 206) Tea for the Tillerman (Cat Stevens) 207) Ten (Pearl Jam) 208) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young With Crazy Horse) 209) Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) 210) Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Pavement) 211) Tattoo You (The Rolling Stones) 212) Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner (Ike and Tina Turner) 213) New York Dolls (New York Dolls) 214) Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley) 215) Two Steps From the Blues (Bobby Bland) 216) The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths) 217) Licensed to Ill (Beastie Boys) 218) Look-Ka Py Py (The Meters) 219) Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) 220) New Orleans Piano (Professor Longhair) 221) War (U2) 222) The Neil Diamond Collection (Neil Diamond) 223) Howlin' Wolf (Howlin' Wolf) 224) Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) 225) The Complete Hank Williams (Hank Williams) 226) Doolittle (Pixies) 227) Paid in Full (Eric B. and Rakim) 228) Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) 229) Nick of Time (Bonnie Raitt) 230) A Night At The Opera (Queen) 231) The Kink Kronikles (The Kinks) 232) Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) 233) Bookends (Simon and Garfunkel) 234) The Ultimate Collection (Patsy Cline) 235) Mr. Excitement! (Jackie Wilson) 236) The Who Sings My Generation (The Who) 237) Like a Prayer (Madonna) 238) Can't Buy a Thrill (Steely Dan) 239) Let It Be (The Replacements) 240) Run-DMC (Run-DMC) 241) Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) 242) The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler! (Jerry Lee Lewis) 243) Freak Out! (The Mothers of Invention) 244) Live Dead (Grateful Dead) 245) Bryter Layter (Nick Drake) 246) The Shape of Jazz to Come (Ornette Coleman) 247) Automatic for the People (R.E.M.) 248) Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z) 249) Low (David Bowie) 250) The River (Bruce Springsteen) 251) The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Otis Redding) 252) Metallica (Metallica) 253) Trans-Europa Express (Kraftwerk) 254) Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston) 255) The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks) 256) The Velvet Rope (Janet Jackson) 257) Stardust (Willie Nelson) 258) American Beauty (Grateful Dead) 259) Crosby Stills and Nash (Crosby Stills and Nash) 260) Buena Vista Social Club (Buena Vista Social Club) 261) Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) 262) Workingman's Dead (Grateful Dead) 263) The Genius of Ray Charles (Ray Charles) 264) Child Is Father to the Man (Blood, Sweat and Tears)