Released two months after singer Ian Curtis’ suicide, it’s almost impossible to untangle ‘Closer’ from the events that surrounded it. Tweet. A startling expression of human existence, bringing form to chaos and raising the bar. Oh, and slash is a god Guns and roses is … 48. REM, ‘Murmur’ (1983) IRS. Bee Gees -- "Saturday Night Fever" (Soundtrack), 19. It refined what was possible in rock, showcasing new sounds, new ideas, and a host of phenomenal songs. 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. Joy Division, ‘Unknown Pleasures’ (1979) Factory. ‘Different Class’ is the sound of Pulp smuggling some deeply subversive truths into our record players. Blondie, ‘Parallel Lines’ (1978) Chrysallis. Any song that lists the days of the week pisses me off.”. Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ (2010) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam. RZA’s dirt-encrusted production took hip-hop back to its grimy New York basics after LA’s sun-blasted melodiousness had turned the genre into pop, and the Babel of lyrical styles from the then masked emcees returned some mystique to a music that was lacking those essential qualities. It’s been mastered very high in the mix, so it leaps out of the speakers at you.”. Finally, here is a much-needed list of argument-starting top 100 seminal and influential albums of all time. I reckon I’d have been about 11, so I never realised it was a seminal record or anything. 33. Today the likes of ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ and ‘A Day In The Life’ endure for their melodic brilliance. 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. The 40 best albums to listen to in lockdown, from Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ to Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ Some records are so good that they can change your life. 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. Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was originally published in 2003, with a slight update in 2012. 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. Kate Bush ‘Hounds Of Love’ (1985) EMI. The answer, of course, is totally subjective. Combining prog with alternative influences, they came up with a style that was supple, subtle and sensuous. Prince & The Revolution -- "Purple Rain", 37. Depending on who you believe, either a monument to the pretension of a pop band overreaching itself, or a beguiling if flawed experiment that reveals itself in a thousand lush layers. 100 Greatest Albums of All Time . Whitney Houston -- "The Bodyguard" (Soundtrack), 15. 78. It is one of those select few albums which seem to transcend its influences, working them into something singular and new. The 25 best live albums of all time Today's fans might not truly understand the love old-school music lovers have for the live album experience. 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. I felt like it would succeed to the point where we would be able to make another record. 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. 'Lady Soul' by Aretha Franklin. Though it sold poorly on its initial release, this has since become arguably the most influential rock album of all time. The best music of all time.. Music reviews, ratings, news and more. 52. Bob Dylan, ‘Blonde On Blonde’ (1966) Columbia. 54. Every now and then, an album comes along that we can all agree upon. 28. Talking Heads, ‘Remain In Light’ (1980) Sire. 63. Listen to the album . ‘Robots’. The Beach Boys, ‘Pet Sounds’ (1966) Capitol. Over the years, it's been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine (last year, the RS 500 got over 63 million views on the site). Everyone has differing opinions about which hip hop and rap albums should be ranked on top, and that's what this list is all about. 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. 19. It’s beautiful (the stirring ‘Alone Again, Or’), threatening (‘A House Is Not A Motel’), paranoid and, most of all, magnificent. 1 / 100. Let the debate begin! View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band. Dusty Springfield, ‘Dusty In Memphis’ (1969) Atlantic. Experimenting with stream-of-consciousness writing, inspired by American baptist preachers. 94. PJ Harvey had always wanted to make an album about war. Released: 1990 What makes it so great? BestEverAlbums.com brings together over 40,000 charts and calculates an overall ranking of the best albums of all time. 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. The whole package sparked a shift in music, putting intensity, grandiosity and scale of ambition back on the agenda, and introducing nu-folk boom. It’s still irresistible today. 11. ‘Sound Of Silver’ is humanism made to sound superhuman. Britney Spears -- "...Baby One More Time", 28. So ahead of its time it took another four years for ‘The Model’ to reach the UK number one spot. Hayden Thorpe, Wild Beasts: “It’s a real time-and-a-place album. 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. 83. #98. The Rolling Stones, ‘Beggars Banquet’ (1968) Decca. Alanis Morisette -- "Jagged Little Pill", 16. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Nowadays, it is just the baptismal font of hipness. Dylan’s sixth LP saw him trading stripped-back protest balladry and Woody Guthrie worship for full-band ballsiness. A hormone-drenched racket. Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ crystallized in song a specific mood, in this case the fragile pre-millennial atmosphere of late 90s Britain with lyrics about yuppie culture, political malaise, paranoia and emotional isolation. The Beatles, ‘Abbey Road’ (1969) Apple. Kraftwerk, ‘Trans-Europe Express’ (1977) Kling Klang. The King of Pop reigns atop the all-time list of best-selling albums. As appeared in The Guardian - UK daily broadsheet newspaper, on September 19th 1997. 93. The King of Pop reigns atop the all-time list of best-selling albums. For one thing, timelessness. And here was an album that managed to utterly encapsulate the baggy Madchester scene of the moment and that would continue to influence bands to this day. It hasn’t stood the test of time like 1998’s ‘Mezzanine’ but it’s this debut record that marked the invention of trip-hop and the birth of the Bristol movement. The Band, ‘The Band’ (1969) Capitol. The Top 50 Albums of All Time is a chart from Sound & Vision Magazine, created in 2010. 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. 43. He was a smooth lothario in a pop band who then went on to make an album about Vietnam and oppression. 39. 44. The garage rock sound that made follow-up album ‘White Blood Cells’ famous was absent on ‘De Stijl’, which instead operated as a giant leap forward from the band’s self-titled debut, an opportunity for Jack to prove he plays the blues better than anyone since Jimmy Page. 'Awaken, My Love!' These are the 20 best-selling albums of all time: You can tell a lot about a music artist from their first album, for better or worse. Capturing Kanye as his ego went supernova, the whole album is layered thick with bold megalomaniac statements, but ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ is not just West’s most accomplished and well rounded album to date but also the perfect balance between his pop brilliance and boundary pushing tendencies. 73 Clipse Eschewing the trends of commercial rap in the early 90s, Nas and DJ Premier combined minimalist production with funk, soul and jazz samples to create an album against which any future rap release would be judged. 16. 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. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. 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. Adele 1 21 Adele 2 The Sound Of Music Soundtrack 3 Thriller Michael Jackson 4 Fearless Taylor Swift … Pink Floyd -- "Dark Side of the Moon", 24. 70. Best albums of all time by Black artists. Lyrically examining Courtney Love’s new place in motherhood, Hole’s second album showed a sweeter side to the band. 100 Greatest Albums of All Time . I fast-forward that bit, “Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday…”. What distinguishes it as the greatest ever made? Custom chart of the greatest albums of all-time, as voted by RYM users; include Live or archival releases. The album that has inspired the rise of new artists such as Florence & The Machine and Haim. The 100 Best Albums of All Time Hardcover – 1 Sept. 2013 by Craig Mathieson (Author), Toby Creswell (Author) › Visit Amazon's Toby Creswell Page. For ‘Remain In Light’, Talking Heads wanted to be more than a rock band. You can tell a lot about a music artist from their first album, for better or worse. A list by Mr_1337 [List53141] | | +4. 65. These days always close to the top of any list of the best albums of all time, OK Computer is the album that took Radiohead far into the mainstream, while retaining rockist cred. Follow Business Insider UK on Twitter. 53. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. My Bloody Valentine, ‘Loveless’ (1991) Creation. One of the greatest debut albums of all time, Hendrix announced his arrival on the scene with this record, which showcased his songwriting ability, virtuoso guitar skills and his not inconsiderable vocal skills - about which Hendrix was famously shy. The underlying thing that tied it all together was their commitment. 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. Marvin Gaye, ‘What’s Going On’ (1971) Tamla. But she seems to need those bits to vault up to the high points. ‘Ziggy Stardust…’ demands to be engaged with from start to finish. Without a doubt the most pivotal record of the post-punk era. 24. 45. All Items ; Items I Want ; Purchases ; Cart ; Record Store Day ; Sell Music. Super Furry Animals, ‘Radiator’ (1997) Creation. Tackling subjects such as suicide, abduction and Kurt Cobain’s disintegrating relationship with his then-girlfriend, Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail, Nirvana’s second album ‘Nevermind’ would sell over 30 million copies worldwide and define the grunge era. 24. Amy Winehouse, ‘Back To Black’ (2006) Island. Neil Young ‘Harvest’ (1972) Reprise. Bob Dylan, ‘Blood On The Tracks’ (1975) CBS. It’s also much more than that. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time. The first 100 from Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time. At first glance it read like a particularly morbid edition of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, but ‘Aeroplane…’ crystallizes the no-fi psych-folk ethos of the Elephant 6 collective that Mangum emerged from. 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. 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 is a state-of-the-nation address which seems impervious to the passage of years. The rest of their albums are not brilliantly produced and even ‘The Queen Is Dead’ doesn’t have the depth of ‘Hatful of Hollow’.”. 92. What are the best hip hop albums of all time? The 20 best pop albums of all time have touched hearts around the world, represented cultural eras and, invariably, sound fresh to this day. The Smiths, ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ (1984) Rough Trade. 58. Public Enemy, ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ (1988) Def Jam. Suede, ‘Dog Man Star’ (1994) Nude. 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. Having wrestled creative control of his career from Motown, Wonder was at the peak of his powers as both a performer and songwriter; his transition from child hitmaker to experimental adult artist was complete. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is the title of a 2003 special issue of American magazine Rolling Stone, and a related book published in 2005. View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band. 22. Arctic Monkeys, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ (2006) Domino. 80. 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.”. And in ‘Unfinished Sympathy’, they dreamt up its unsurpassable blueprint. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967) Parlophone. Nas, ‘Illmatic’ (1994) Columbia. Their seventh record is the one that saw Kraftwerk deliver their definitive text, and fire the starting gun of the synth pop revolution. ”He’s the PlayStation generation’s William Blake!” they shouted after Mike’s Skinner’s zeitgeist capturing 2002 debut ‘Original Pirate Material’. Released: 2000 What makes it so great? The King of Pop reigns atop the all-time list of best-selling albums. The lyrics on the song Time are incredible. This chart consists of 50 entries and the top-ranked entry in this chart is Revolver by The Beatles. The Libertines’ graceful romanticism has never shone brighter. In 1983, ‘Murmur’ placed REM at the vanguard of American indie, a position they only relinquished when they finally called it a day in 2011. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. 50. "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.It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. Shirlaine Forrest // Getty Images #100. ‘Neon Lights’. It was a masterstroke of lyrical poetry, a piece of work that will continue to live through the ages. 72. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Slacker pop, psychedelia, new wave, dance: ‘Revolver’ is the fountainhead, and we’re still drinking deep. 79. Suede, ‘Suede’ (1993) Nude. It’s impossible to... 2. 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. Public Enemy, ‘Fear Of A Black Planet’ (1990) Def Jam. In the middle of the 1970s, this album was the Molotov cocktail that ignited a cultural revolution. 3. #99. 98. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? What is the greatest music album of all time? 56. Young admits to having a love/hate relationship this album – it’s huge sales gave him the freedom to do what he wanted, in spite of that he’s never been able to shake off the ‘country rocker’ mantle. Playful and seductive. 47. It's a reflection on the tragedies of life and human insanity. The lists presented were compiled based on votes from selected rock musicians, critics, and industry figures, and predominantly feature British and American music from the 1960s and 1970s. It may not be the album with the most hit songs. Steve Miller Band -- "Greatest Hits 1974-1978", 34. 66. Thus began the most fruitful musical period in The Stones’ long history. Prince And The Revolution, ‘Purple Rain’ (1984) Warner Bros. The Strokes, Is This It (2001) Rough Trade. No sales figures can convey the gut-punch excitement of ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’. 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. ‘Radio Free Europe’ was their fuzzed up rallying cry and ‘Perfect Circle’ a sign of bounteous alt.balladry to come as ‘Murmur’ slowly became a cultural bellow. Eight flawless tracks make up Springsteen’s triumphant third album. ‘Raw Power’ is probably the best Stooges album, because it’s so loud. 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. Hayden Thorpe, Wild Beasts “He’s a hero to me because he’s such an antihero. 60. A ramshackle mess of a record with Pete’s vocals cobbled together from the few coherent sessions of his rare visits to the studio, the songwriting panache of ‘Music When The Lights Go Out’ and ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’ shining through the druggy drawls to create a brilliantly haggard portrait of a great talent tipped over the edge. It was Carole King. Over the years, it's been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine (last year, the RS 500 got over 63 million views on the site). We compiled the RIAA's data for the best-selling albums in U.S. history (measured in "certified units" sold), and it's fascinating to see some of the names that appear in the top 50 -- including a recent entry from Adele's "21.". The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 100-1 100 The Smiths, ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ 100. Everything was bigger, brighter and more resigned to the grave. Epic in every sense of the word, ‘Daydream Nation’ was hailed as a work of undiluted genius upon its release, age has not withered it a jot. – sleeping subconscious: immersive and impressionistic, ‘Come In Alone’ and ‘To Here Knows When’ sounded as if they were being beamed in from another plane of consciousness. A debut album sets the stage for what audiences can expect, including genre, style, inventiveness, and many more details. But don’t let Partridge fool you. The Beatles, ‘The Beatles’ (1968)Apple. Since the first ... #100. 1: 1. Billy Joel -- "Greatest Hits Volume 1 & Volume 2", 2. A list by Mr_1337 [List53141] | | +4. Young was in his mid 20s, but wrote and sang like a man who’d already seen too much. Everything about it was epic; the ambition, the scope, the dynamics. GREATEST OF ALL TIME BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS 21. Guns N' Roses -- "Appetite for Destruction", 10. Massive Attack, ‘Blue Lines’ (1991) Virgin. This list ranks what are, in my opinion, the 100 greatest rock albums ever made. REM, ‘Automatic For The People’ (1992) Warner Bros. Don Henley originally complained about the album as … 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. Rough Trade. search results for this author. 59. Love’s third and best album replaced garage rock snarl with baroque strings and acoustic guitars, but the resulting sweetness did little to mask the air of menace within. Few artists ever capture a moment like this, hooked around the story of a stoner losing a wedge down the back of the TV. 7. Freddie Cowan, The Vaccines: “When I was growing up I used to like skate videos and there was this one where they used ‘Where Is My Mind?’ and it just got me. There were moments of greatness throughout the subsequent six albums, but it all came to a head with The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shields’ magnum opus sounds like an authentic field recording from its author’s – or should that be architect’s? Worse, it reduces the listener’s ability to feel the full range of a tremendous record’s complicated and expansive power. 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. 31. The 20 best pop albums of all time have touched hearts around the world, represented cultural eras and, invariably, sound fresh to this day. 1.The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986). On one level it’s a brilliant pop record, full of songs custom-built for the indie disco. The Streets ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ (2004) Locked On/679. Blur, ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’ (1993) Food. 36. The seven-minute ‘Champagne Supernova’ hinted at the cocaine sprawls of ‘Be Here Now’, but nonetheless trapped the early-Oasis lightning in a Bolly bottle. And, of course, it featured one of the greatest album covers of all time… The Beatles -- "The Beatles 1967-1970", 11. 1 The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967). He made the mundane seem epic. A more joyous, winsome listen than the downbeat ‘Let It Bleed’ from the get-go, ‘Brown Sugar’ collided Jagger’s libidinous swagger with the controversial story of a slave trade worker to a din of honky tonk pianos. The Libertines’ debut sounds lapel-grabbingly urgent rather than lo-fi and unfinished. Taking the blues as a starting point, he extrapolated horn-led jazz towards infinity. 85. The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. 74. 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