*** Buy these albums at Turntable Lab. The album that exposed the QOTSA as a gargantuan rock force. Jason Lytle: “They’re a great band so it’s really hard to pick out any one of their records because they’re all great, but this one is terrific. Radiohead, ‘OK Computer’ (1997) Parlophone. By The Beatles (1969); Tracks: Here Comes the Sun, Oh! In the run-up to the release of Blur’s second album Damon Albarn declared “If punk was about getting rid of hippies then I’m getting rid of grunge.” He may not have succeeded but ‘Modern Life’ did signal an exhilarating new chapter for British music in a period where America dominated. Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time - Painkiller, Ride the Lightning, Cruelty and the Beast, Metropolis Pt. REM’s creative pinnacle was a delectably mournful affair approaching the ennui of loss and aging with a comforting hand. There have been plenty list available that rank the top … On another it’s full of Cocker’s idiosyncratic takes on song-writers fancying people and taking lots of lovely drugs. Click through to see the 100 best rock albums of all time, according to the critics. View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band. It’s because ‘Rumours’ travels the entire breadth of human emotion and at the heart of the record lies all the elements of an addictive rock’n’roll soap opera that never ceases to fascinate its fans. I just find a lot of late 60's early 70's English prog I don't get on that well with. In the end these are the must have albums that every serious music fan should have in their vinyl, CD or mp3 collection. ‘Astral Weeks’ is so sharp that it takes one breath between sanity and madness. Dog Faced Hermans – Those Deep Buds (1994; Alternative Tentacles) The dividing line between post-punk and post-punk revival is a blurry one, though the ‘90s weren’t a fertile period for much of either. Exuding Bowie’s androgy-trash glamour and oozing bad drugs and weirdie sex from every pore, the suave and sultry Suede debut brought over-arching pop sleaze (‘Animal Nitrate’) and all-consuming doomed romance (‘The Drowners’, ‘Pantomime Horse’, ‘Sleeping Pills’) to a UK scene previously obsessed with Es and shoes, and kick-strated the Britpop revolution. Dave Maclean, Django Django: “I remember going into Our Price with my mum and asking the guy for some Public Enemy; I was used to ’60s music in my folks’ LP collection, and that was mind-expanding enough, but this felt like my music, speaking for my generation, and it blew my tiny, Scottish head.”. 10. Daft Punk, ‘Discovery’ (2001) Virgin. The band never got higher than the summer of 1991, which they spent holed up in a studio with a mountain of drugs and heads full of music that would combine acid house and rave culture with good ol’ fashioned gospel, blues and the sort of guitar licks that would put a smile across Keith Richards’ craggy face. A record that followed the surprise gloomy shades of 1968’s ‘Beggars Banquet’ with even stormier hues, ‘Let it Bleed’ was to be the Swinging Sixties’ sinister swan song – an album that, beneath its bristling bass lines, bluesy licks of guitar and clatter of drums, lamented the crumbling of a counterculture uprising. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important. Here are ten of the top reggae albums of all time, which have taken from the genre’s rich history and influenced artists and fans for decades. Slacker pop, psychedelia, new wave, dance: ‘Revolver’ is the fountainhead, and we’re still drinking deep. With the help Brian Eno, he wound this into an album of driving polyrhythms fired with an ecstatic fervour, nowhere better than on the modern spiritual ‘Once In A Lifetime’. The Libertines’ debut sounds lapel-grabbingly urgent rather than lo-fi and unfinished. U2’s first album after a three-year absence, “Achtung Baby” won two Grammys including best rock album by a duo or group. by CoS Staff. Below you will find a short list of the top albums by decade and a chart of the entire top 100 list. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring music ranking of the finest albums in history as compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. More than thirty years on, there’s still something unknowable and otherworldly about it. These ratings are based on albums’ weekly performance on the Top Country Albums chart from January 1996 to June 2016. Artist: Beastie Boys. Where the Velvet Underground revolutionized the ’60s with their gutteral blues-meets-avant-garde jams, Television performed their own silent coup in ’70s New York by stripping that all away. 65. Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s ... Rufus, Chaka Khan, 'Ask Rufus'. Shields’ magnum opus sounds like an authentic field recording from its author’s – or should that be architect’s? 100: Amaranthe. 19. 58. 16. Behold, Yes and The whole package sparked a shift in music, putting intensity, grandiosity and scale of ambition back on the agenda, and introducing nu-folk boom. Share this: The Stone Roses were a band for all seasons, pulling influences from dance music and psychedelia, indie and rock and fusing them into one effortless whole. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites; they are based on the true greatness and/or success of the person, place or thing being ranked. His fifth album caused shockwaves that were to be felt long after it’s 1965 release, with rowdy tracks like ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ and ‘Maggie’s Farm’ a major influence on the folk-rock scene that exploded for the rest of the decade. 97. For ‘Remain In Light’, Talking Heads wanted to be more than a rock band. 66. Rubber Soul. More than a few break up after their first effort. If that’s true, ‘Blue’ is the equivalent of flesh inked with the names of ex-lovers, minus the stomach-churning regret. The Strokes, Is This It (2001) Rough Trade. Not everything here works, but when it does – the ramshackle, last-take-of-20 ‘Stuck Inside Of Mobile…’; the mesmeric, magical, magnificent ‘Visions Of Johanna’ – it’s incomparable. The All-Time Top 100 Albums was a chart published by music magazine NME in 1974, which listed the 100 greatest albums ever as voted for by their writers. Primal Scream, ‘Screamadelica’ (1991) Creation. Nowadays, it is just the baptismal font of hipness. Before ‘Get Lucky’ there was this: a house masterpiece that became to dance music what Romeo and Juliet is to tragic love stories. ADVERTISEMENT. Having Dave Grohl on drums helped, but ‘Songs For The Deaf’ is all about Josh Homme working his mojo on hip-shaking wonders ‘No One Knows’ and ‘Go With The Flow’. 78. ‘Tapestry’ is the mother of the reflective records; so comforting, beautifully woven and wise, it would be easy but foolish to forget to thank it for its guidance. 99. The Beatles, ‘Sgt. It’s the one unbroken link that takes you from Richard Hell to The Ramones to Joy Division to The Jesus & Mary Chain to OMD to Pulp to The Strokes to whatever’s happening a week next Tuesday. All albums included on this list have their available claimed figures supported by at least 30% in certified copies. 1: 1. On this follow-up their creativity peaked, full of powerful blasts of paranoid, drug-fuelled mayhem. Bob Dylan, ‘Blonde On Blonde’ (1966) Columbia. The King of Pop reigns atop the all-time list of best-selling albums. Tweet. Hole, ‘Live Through This’ (1994) City Slang. 93. Blondie, ‘Parallel Lines’ (1978) Chrysallis. The list is based on the albums' influence on music to come, quality of the music and lyrics, originality, and importance. Heaux Tales 82. The Clash, The Clash (1977) Jeff Buckley, ‘Grace’ (1994) Columbia. But she seems to need those bits to vault up to the high points. 30. 71. The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Verve. 55. All-TIME 100 Albums. Lou Reed, ‘Transformer’ (1972) RCA. The album may be dead, but it's certainly not forgotten. I felt like it would succeed to the point where we would be able to make another record. The cult success of this sole album released by Tim Buckley’s son during his short life is intrinsically linked to his mysterious premature death. Janelle Monáe: “She was speaking from so many angles – she tied in love, she tied in her love for hip-hop, and it was the first time I saw a black woman who was absolutely cheering to listen to, putting an album together that was a classic, and that every young girl should listen to.”. Worse, it reduces the listener’s ability to feel the full range of a tremendous record’s complicated and expansive power. 67. 87. It was a masterstroke of lyrical poetry, a piece of work that will continue to live through the ages. Destroy Erase Improve (1995) 97: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. 61. 53. Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia) The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia) Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) 22 … I reckon I’d have been about 11, so I never realised it was a seminal record or anything. This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music. I was getting into punk and the owner of the store was like, ‘You’re trying to get into punk and you don’t know The Clash?’ So he bought the record for me. The goal of this list to find not only the greatest albums of all time but also the most influential and culturally significant albums as well, so in addition to just the opinions of critics and fans to compile the list other metrics where used as well such as Billboard chart statistics, RIAA sales figures and several others to help determine the final rankings of the best albums. 11. Hot on the heels of two of the greatest albums ever made, this sprawling double-LP confirmed Dylan’s status as his generation’s superlative songsmith. As the Purple One himself might put it, it’s close 2 genius. ‘The Model’. Cee Lo Green: “Iggy Pop is the ultimate American icon, like the anti-working class hero, this drugged-up rebel kid with too much energy who’s thumbing his nose at the world. It isn't good at all. Brian Fallon: “I went to high school in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Screeching and visceral, raw with fury and full of desire, it’s chaotic poetry. Patti Smith, ‘Horses’ (1975) Arista. 48. Van Morrison sounds possessed and driven, his voice another Celtic-soul instrument, as the multiplicity of supporting players cajole their instruments to speak in tongues. The Greatest Albums of All-Time Sgt. 70. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Pixies, ‘Surfer Rosa’ (1988) 4AD. View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band. A ramshackle mess of a record... 98 24. Its centerpiece ‘Basket Case’ remains one of the greatest singles in modern rock – not bad for a band named after a slang term for a day spent smoking weed. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) RCA. Taking the blues as a starting point, he extrapolated horn-led jazz towards infinity. 85. TIME's critics have chosen the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954. 5. Roxy Music’s second album is the pinnacle of English art rock, mixing pop sensibilities with a brash experimental spirit, its songs about new dance crazes and inflatable doll lust attracting attention from devotees such as Morrissey. Read Later. This chart is not meant to be static and unchanging. Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic) Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971–1975, Eagles (Asylum) 23 Million. Neutral Milk Hotel, ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’, Queens Of The Stone Age ‘Songs For The Deaf’, The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’, Lauryn Hill, ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’, The Beatles, ‘Sgt. For some talented artists, a debut album can be genre changing and influence pop culture. 57 of 103. next View All. Marvin Gaye What's Going On (1971) 2: 2. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976) 5: 5. Carole King, ‘Tapestry’ (1971) Ode. 28. Suede, ‘Dog Man Star’ (1994) Nude. Considered the ultimate achievement of recorded music at the time, the gleam has dulled on ‘Pepper’s…’ medals over time, its psychedelic visuals and flower power sentiments turned corny at the edges. Matlock, Jones and Cook were always better than the “turn up, plug in and play” punk rubric would imply, but Rotten’s performances of some scabrous songs left everyone else playing catch-up. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The 100 best albums of the 21st century. Nirvana, ‘In Utero’ (1993) DGC. A hormone-drenched racket. Never for commercial success, but a hunger for art, for honesty, for beauty. Dylan’s sixth LP saw him trading stripped-back protest balladry and Woody Guthrie worship for full-band ballsiness. 90. It may have inspired legions of rubbish EDM imitators, but classics like ‘One More Time’, ‘Digital Love’ and ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ make ‘Discovery’ the real deal. 23. Ted Nugent's Intensities In 10 Cities. Nas was young when he wrote his debut album, just 19, but wise and world-weary, spinning vividly imagined stories of life on the streets. Bob … Those who view this record as being about the dissolution of a love affair certainly aren’t wrong, but to see ‘Blood On The Tracks’ simply as “Dylan’s break-up album” is to do the record and its maker a huge disservice. The merits of Radiohead’s pay-what-you-thinkit’s-worth release plan are still being debated now, but what’s not is the quality of the music, unquestionably Radiohead’s finest, most coherent record since ‘OK Computer’ – in fact, many fans now hold it in higher esteem. Arctic Monkeys, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ (2006) Domino. Utterly bewitching, ‘Dusty…’ stands up as perhaps the ultimate piece of A&R, a perfect match of evergreen songs (Wexler originally put as many as 80 to Dusty), a great singer and crack players. Blood Lust (2011) 96: Аспид . Emerging from a period of druggy reclusiveness and readings into occultism, Grail myths and the Third Reich, the triple-whammy of glam, funk and futurism would hold equal sway over Bowie’s Thin White Duke album. 42. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, Oasis, ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, The Sex Pistols, ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’, Wu-Tang Clan, ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’, David Bowie, ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’, Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, Arctic Monkeys, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, Public Enemy, ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’, The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico. Nas Illmatic (1994) 6: 6. A move that would send dank Teutonic chills down the spines of those soon to form new wave pioneers Talking Heads and Joy Division. It is one of those select few albums which seem to transcend its influences, working them into something singular and new. 88. Suede, ‘Suede’ (1993) Nude. So ahead of its time it took another four years for ‘The Model’ to reach the UK number one spot. The Libertines’ graceful romanticism has never shone brighter. 84. ‘Low’ is still the most powerful and influential of Bowie’s late-70s records; it opened unimagined doors of possibility as to what a rock album, and even a rock song, could be, while the fusion of pain and joy in the process of healing beamed bright. An album that, rather than heavy-hearted, was irrepressible in its youthful spirit. 18. The first 100 from Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time. The longing of ‘Last Goodbye’, the lump-in-the-throat heartache of ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’ and the haunting ‘Dream Brother’ are all the more eerie from beyond the grave. Without a doubt the most pivotal record of the post-punk era. ... Revolver. 33. … The percentage amount of certified sales needed increases the newer the album is, so albums released before 1975 are only expected to have their claimed figures supported by at least 30% in certified copies. 64. Bruce Springsteen, ‘Born To Run’ (1975) CBS. This aggregate list was created by compiling more than 150 best-of lists from all manner of music publications and … Today the likes of ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ and ‘A Day In The Life’ endure for their melodic brilliance. Find out here: As in the original list I also don't like 'Piper at the gates of dawn', 'Dark side of the moon', 'Pawn hearts' and a few other well thought of prog albums. 45. Far and away the best album of rock’s Phase One, virtually every one of these 35 minutes brought a fresh revelation, featuring more stylistic and cultural innovation in its first ten minutes than most other bands achieve in their lifespan. ‘The Beatles’ proved that the group were just as brilliant while unravelling as they were when everything was fab. 83. The Times - Nov - Dec 1993 - The Vultures 100 Best Albums of all Time "What makes a classic album? They were one of the first bands to popularize the ska sound, … 22. What do we mean by rock? From the opening ‘Planet Telex’ through the blistering ‘My Iron Lung’, the neurotic ‘Just’ and the world-weary ‘Fake Plastic Trees’, ‘The Bends’ is the gateway Radiohead record. Then, he went one better. It’s also the sound of a punk band that knocked shoulders with the Ramones at New York’s legendary CBGB’s venue becoming massive global superstars. The most striking aspect of Public Enemy’s second LP is how it still sounds like the future. This might be the greatest live blues recording of all time. However, newer albums, such as 21 and Come Away with … Nicky Wire: “That was the album when The Smiths really nailed it for me. This chart consists of 100 entries and the top-ranked entry in this chart is Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys. From left, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982) 7: 7. 15:41. The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever By sound.and.vision updated about 1 month ago. By Josh Tyrangiel Jan. 25, 2010. With this album, Steven Wilson’s creative surge finally began reaping commercial dividends, propelling himself and the band into the UK Top 40 for the first time. 43. 98. So with their second album they disowned their yobbish tearaway offspring and crafted something classier; an epic of grit and grandeur, a cathedral of trash. The album may be dead, but it's certainly not forgotten. 3. 92. Joy Division, ‘Closer’ (1980) Factory. Google's Top Hummed Songs 2020; All Year-End Charts; DECADE-END . Iggy & The Stooges, ‘Raw Power’ (1973) Columbia. Fleetwood Mac, ‘Rumours’ (1977) Warner Bros. “Songs are like tattoos”, sings Joni Mitchell on the title track of her fourth album. For some bands, a debut album may be their best work or even their only work. 100 Best Rock Albums of All Time, According to Critics Joni Sweet, Stacker News 10/4/2020 Biden's COVID-19 vaccine plan, Mega Millions jackpot, fast … Listed below are the top-rated albums of all time as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members! Nirvana, ‘Nevermind’ (1991) Geffen. It’s also much more than that. 49. Just over a year after its release the band was over – the closing suite of merged songs dominating side two was a fittingly staggering swansong for this most peerless of bands. Green Day, ‘Dookie’ (1994) Reprise. Rounding out the top five on the ranking of the biggest albums of all time in South Korea is BTS’s BE, which shockingly breaks into the top five, despite the fact it … 1.The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986). David Bowie, ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’ (1972) RCA. Signing to a major label didn’t cost Sonic Youth their soul, ‘Goo’ and ‘Dirty’ are both loftily-ranked in the alt.rock pantheon -but their last album before signing to Geffen is still their most revered. Share. He barked (literally) his way to the top of the charts, thanks to key singles "Get at Me Dog" and "Ruff Ryder's Anthem." British anarchopunk/post-punk rabble rousers Dog Faced Hermans never … Experimenting with stream-of-consciousness writing, inspired by American baptist preachers. If the preceding ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’ had seen Blur declare war on grunge and meathead American rock, ‘Parklife’ saw them perfect the sound that would put Britain back in the middle of the mid-‘90s cultural map. Book which includes a list of the top 25 classic rock albums of all time (pages 183-195). Greatest debut album of all time and it contains at least 3 songs which belong on a list of the top 10 rock songs of all time. Кровоизлияние (1993) 95: Slayer. Bob Dylan’s infamous acolytes really came into their own in 1969 when they cemented their invention of country-rock, predated lo-fi by three decades, and introduced a rustic, ironically reactionary take on Southern mores that would later fire many an imagination. Morrissey and Marr compliment each other perfectly. A list by Mr_1337 [List53141] | | +4. The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. The Libertines ‘Up The Bracket’ (2002) Rough Trade. 74. That’s a tougher call.So many great live albums have been made over the years – especially in the ‘70s and ‘80s. From the crunchy opener ‘Vertigo’ to the pure punk blast of ‘I Get Along’, the songs sound like they were pulled out of Pete Doherty and Carl Barât’s hearts and straight onto tape. The Clash, ‘London Calling’ (1979) CBS/Epic/Legacy. Mirror Reaper (2017) 98: Meshuggah. 88. Sgt. TIME's critics have chosen the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954. Various Artists, 'The Indestructible Beat of Soweto'. The catalyst for her then rapidly increasing fame, and therefore increasing media scrutiny, ‘Back To Black’ ensured Winehouse’s legacy would be more than just unpalatable column inches. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. So I bought ‘Surfer Rosa’ because of that. 75. The global group-hug of ‘Everybody Hurts’ offset the gorgeous skinny-dipping piano snapshot ‘Nightswimming’ and somber funeral paean ‘Sweetness Follows’. on September 15, 2010, 11:30am. 100. The Rolling Stones, ‘Beggars Banquet’ (1968) Decca. 56. Neutral Milk Hotel, ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’ (1998) Merge/Domino. The RS 500 was assembled by the editors of Rolling Stone, based on the results of two extensive polls. I'm not against wacky music. The Top 100 Albums of All Time is available at Amazon.com for $13.95 or here on the DMDB website. Demidevil [Mixtape] 83. Shedding the distortion of their debut, ‘Live Through This’ ventured into unexpectedly gentle territory with acoustic track ‘Softer, Softest’. ‘Debut’ achieved the remarkable feat of turning an idiosyncratic vocalist from a feted cult band into a significant global pop star, without losing one iota of the experimental mindset and creative cool that made her so special. Known for their work with Justin Yap on Ska Boo-Da-Ba, the band’s second album has become one of their most sought-after. Sitting midway between The Beatles’ fresh-faced beginnings and their druggier experimental indulgences, ‘Rubber Soul’ subtly shed the group’s old, squeaky clean skin on an exciting stepping stone to wilder innovations. It’s so uninhibited it’s almost grotesque. I went back and gave him the money because I was like, ‘This is awesome’”. 2. NEPA Rock 107: “Top 107 Classic Rock Albums of All Time” Radio station list generated by listener votes. We based a magazine cover on this album last year and, needless to say, it sold by the bucketload – a testament to the longevity of the record you’ve called the greatest prog album of all time. A 19-year-old word wizard, Nas packed potent poetry into 39 minutes, while A-list producers such as DJ Premier and Pete Rock supplied the perfect score. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time A definitive ranking voted and debated by our editors, staff writers, and contributors . Below are the 10 greatest albums of The 1960s, The 1970s, 1980s and The 1990s respectively and in no particular order! 69. The Velvet Underground & Nico has been worn smooth by the years. Bob Dylan, ‘Blood On The Tracks’ (1975) CBS. The Stone Roses, ‘The Stone Roses’ (1989)Silvertone. This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. You may also like: 50 binge-worthy podcasts. The Band, ‘The Band’ (1969) Capitol. BestEverAlbums.com brings together over 40,000 charts and calculates an overall ranking of the best albums of all time. Combining prog with alternative influences, they came up with a style that was supple, subtle and sensuous. 82. The Beatles and Oasis, however, did make the top ten with different albums. The first list was published in a special issue of the magazine in 2003 and a related book in 2005. It’s an album that teeters between rage (‘Southern Man’), resignation (‘Birds’) and resolve (‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’), yet its weary mood never tires, instead creating a sense of warm euphoria. Queens Of The Stone Age ‘Songs For The Deaf’ (2002) Interscope. See what music lovers have to say in the ranking below. Seamlessly gelling the coldness of machines with the hot thrum of rock’n’roll, James Murphy’s finest hour finds him squealing and wailing like a crazed party animal given access to the control room of electronic music. Bob Dylan, ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ (1965) Columbia. Wu-Tang Clam, ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chamblers)’ (1993) Loud. But she knew that to fully convey the horror of that bloody string that ties history together required a level of strength and depth as a writer that would take years to accomplish. Joni Mitchell, ‘Blue’ (1971) Reprise. Created : Dec 9, 2018 Last updated : Dec 21, 2018 100 items. Blondie’s third LP ‘Parallel Lines’ is one of the finest pop albums ever made: five of its 12 tracks are deathless classics. As voted for by a panel of judges including Artists, Critics & DJ's from around the world. Hayden Thorpe, Wild Beasts: “It’s a real time-and-a-place album. That’s easy. Songs such as ‘Reel Around The Fountain’ and debut single ‘Hand In Glove’ shine through the slightly tinny production (hey, it was the ’80s), setting the first marker of a generation-defining career. 17. He was a smooth lothario in a pop band who then went on to make an album about Vietnam and oppression. Albert Hammond Jnr: ”That was just the set list we had been playing, it was underneath our fingers and the feeling was one of extreme excitement. All-TIME 100 Albums. We’ll be revealing the full 100 Collection list throughout January 2021! Just as the blues musicians derived their rhythms from the rattle of the railroad, so Kraftwerk looked to trains as the carrier for this paean to Mitteleuropean modernity. Top 100 Most Popular Albums of ALL-TIME (Part I) - Duration: 15:41. What are the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time? The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring music ranking of the finest albums in history as compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. But rather than wallowing in it all, they soared above the squalor. Television, ‘Marquee Moon’ (1977) Elektra. If the message of ‘Changes’ was that nothing lasts forever, it’s ironic how that song has gone on to become his most enduring hit, and ‘Hunky Dory’ his most time-tested album. The Best Pop Albums of All Time. The best ever title for a live album? Dusty Springfield, ‘Dusty In Memphis’ (1969) Atlantic. Click through to see the 100 best rock albums of all time, according to the critics. It’s the fastest-selling debut album by a British band ever (it shifted over 360,000 copies in its first week) and it’s now gone quadruple-platinum in the UK alone. GREATEST OF ALL TIME BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS 21. Rapturous rock n’ roll. 26. The Libertines, ‘The Libertines’. But what are the greatest debut albums of all time? And in ‘Unfinished Sympathy’, they dreamt up its unsurpassable blueprint. Composite: n/a . The loose, narcotic roll of chateau Nellcote’s sweltering cellar infected ‘Exile…’ and gave it its arcane, subterranean voodoo; the double set splurge of an assured band at its peak, coasting on a creative high. 15. Neil Young ‘Harvest’ (1972) Reprise. The 100 Collection: The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ (2004) Locked On/679. 24. Joy Division produced a record that perversely thrived because of the weight of its own burden, a record that writhed with an all-encompassing internal atmosphere that would go on to influence artists to this day. 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