Virgin Records's "Top 100 Albums (To Give a Listen)"

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The Beatles’ album Revolver has been voted the greatest record of all time in a massive survey of musical tastes. Music from the 1960s and 70s dominate the top 100 but contemporary bands such as Radiohead and U2 and 80s bands like The Smiths have established their musical credentials in the hall of fame. (September 3, 2000)

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  1. 1.
    Revolver

  2. 2.
    The Bends
    by Radiohead
  3. 3.
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    by Beatles
  4. 4.
    OK Computer
    by Radiohead
  5. 5.
    The Beatles (The White Album)
    by Beatles
  6. 6.
    Automatic for the People
    by R.E.M.
  7. 7.
    Blood on the Tracks
    by Bob Dylan
  8. 8.
    Abbey Road
    by Beatles
  9. 9.
    The Queen is Dead
    by Smiths
  10. 10.
    The Dark Side of the Moon, 30th Anniversary Edition
    by Pink Floyd
  11. 11.
    Stone Roses
    by Stone Roses
  12. 12.
    Forever Changes
    by Love
  13. 13.
    The Velvet Underground & Nico
    by The Velvet Underground & Nico
  14. 14.
    Kind of Blue
    by Miles Davis
  15. 15.
    The Unforgettable Fire
    by U2
  16. 16.
    Astral Weeks
    by Van Morrison
  17. 17.
    Nevermind
    by Nirvana
  18. 18.
    Pet Sounds
    by The Beach Boys
  19. 19.
    Sign O the Times
    by Prince
  20. 20.
    Born to Run
    by Bruce Springsteen
  21. 21.
    (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
    by Oasis
  22. 22.
    A Hard Day's Night
    by The Beatles
  23. 23.
    Hunky Dory
    by David Bowie
  24. 24.
    Blue
    by Joni Mitchell
  25. 25.
    The Joshua Tree
    by U2
  26. 26.
    Highway 61 Revisited
    by Bob Dylan
  27. 27.
    Ziggy Stardust
    by David Bowie
  28. 28.
    Blue Lines
    by Massive Attack
  29. 29.
  30. 30.
    The Wall
    by Pink Floyd
  31. 31.
    Rumours
    by Fleetwood Mac
  32. 32.
    Electric Ladyland
    by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  33. 33.
    Blonde on Blonde
    by Bob Dylan
  34. 34.
    Rubber Soul (1990)
    by Beatles
  35. 35.
    Exile on Main Street
    by Rolling Stones
  36. 36.
    Achtung Baby
    by U2
  37. 37.
    London Calling
    by The Clash
  38. 38.
    Wish You Were Here
    by Pink Floyd
  39. 39.
    What's Going On
    by Marvin Gaye
  40. 40.
    Let It Bleed
    by The Rolling Stones
  41. 41.
    Dummy
    by Portishead
  42. 42.
    Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO)
    by Led Zeppelin
  43. 43.
    Graceland
    by Paul Simon
  44. 44.
    Definitely Maybe
    by Oasis
  45. 45.
    The Band
    by Band
  46. 46.
    Doors
    by Doors
  47. 47.
    Low
    by David Bowie
  48. 48.
    Who's Next
    by Who
  49. 49.
    Out of Time
    by R.E.M.
  50. 50.
    Trout Mask Replica
    by Captain Beefheart

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hscottroth

:( — 3 years ago

someone deleted albums. 34 from the list. bad form.

Jul 12, 03:16PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

MARK

are these — 4 years ago

in chronological order?

Nov 17, 09:11AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

DrFenderfunk

The Ramones? — 4 years ago

Why aren’t The Ramones on this list? They invented punk for Pete’s sake! Everybody claims that The Sex Pistols invented punk, but in reality, The Ramones came along first!

Sep 11, 04:48PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

kjohnsonhp

Untitled — 5 years ago

I own 80% of these and most have garnished very high critical reviews for years. It’s easy to critique the rankings and some specific inclusions or omissions but in general this is a good list…especially if you focus just on the rock albums. Fans of classic jazz and other genres would be better suited with other lists. I prefer to keep my top 100 Jazz list seperate from pop/rock. I also think rap and country should have their own list.

I’ve seen other lists with a much higher skew towards 1990 and after albums…..

Jan 20, 12:26PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

potsmokerdudeman

cv — 5 years ago

fuck u all led zeppelin phyical graffiti should be number 1 fuck everyone

Dec 05, 12:46AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

AeroMetalGnr

Wait.. — 5 years ago

Yup, geez louise has pointed out a true thing here. The person that posted this list was probably on heavy drugs or brithish(probably both). Since when is Nevermind better that Exile on Main St. ? Yup, heavy narcotics. Oh.. wait.. THEBENDS IS BETTERTHANTHEDOORS ? Jesus Crist.. when will you people learn ? Go talk to your grandparents and your parents (if they are in their 60’s or late 50’s and ask them to give you a little musical lesson.

Sep 25, 03:39PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Greg

Pearl Jam's "TEN" — 5 years ago

Just need to hear that one and I can check off another one..

Sep 23, 03:54PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Aly

Untitled — 6 years ago

Why in God’s name is stuff like Hounds of Love below rubbish like Jagged Little Pill? And for God’s sake, were these people on substances when making this? It’s so scattered. It’s not even like you can TELL it’s got a certain edge (like Q and Pitchfork do)… Not that I like that kind of sway anyway.

And no London Suede? Aren’t they a bloody requirement for a best of list?

Oct 10, 08:12AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

bryan_oyeah

This list is shite ! — 6 years ago

Who wrote this list ? Secondly, what the fuck were they injecting ? and finaly, where were all the good albums ?

Sep 12, 02:05PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Queen Esther

geez louise! — 7 years ago

okay, whoever made this list is a: british, b: favors pop and c. is quite young or really quite out of it.

there’s nice music on this list but what about parliament funkadelic? what about ornette coleman? what about sly stone’s album “there’s a riot goin’ on” or “fresh”? what about edwin hawkins “oh happy day”? that album changed the world! what about the pixies, people? the freakin’ pixies! without that band, there’d be no grunge. come on, pilgrim. (get it? ha-ha.)

a little more objectivity when compiling this list would have been nice. but i suppose you have to look at these “definitive” declarations from such authoritative sources with one eye…

Jun 16, 11:13PM | 1 comment | Reply to this


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