Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums
The 2023 edition of Rolling Stone’s all-time album canon. Each placement feeds an artist’s prestige score, weighted by rank, and appears as a crimson badge on their profile. Artist names link where we track them. This is one input to the artist rankings.
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What's Going On
#1
Pet Sounds
#2
Blue
#3
Songs in the Key of Life
#4
Abbey Road
#5
Nevermind
#6
Rumours
#7
Purple Rain
#8
Blood on the Tracks
#9
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
#10
Revolver
#11
Thriller
#12
| # | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| 2 | Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys |
| 3 | Blue | Joni Mitchell |
| 4 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| 5 | Abbey Road | The Beatles |
| 6 | Nevermind | Nirvana |
| 7 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac |
| 8 | Purple Rain | Prince |
| 9 | Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan |
| 10 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill |
| 11 | Revolver | The Beatles |
| 12 | Thriller | Michael Jackson |
| 13 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | Aretha Franklin |
| 14 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones |
| 15 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | Public Enemy |
| 16 | London Calling | The Clash |
| 17 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West |
| 18 | Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan |
| 19 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar |
| 20 | Kid A | Radiohead |
| 21 | Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen |
| 22 | Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 23 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground |
| 24 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles |
| 25 | Tapestry | Carole King |
| 26 | Horses | Patti Smith |
| 27 | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu-Tang Clan |
| 28 | Voodoo | D'Angelo |
| 29 | The Beatles | The Beatles |
| 30 | Are You Experienced | Jimi Hendrix |
| 31 | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis |
| 32 | Lemonade | Beyoncé |
| 33 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse |
| 34 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder |
| 35 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles |
| 36 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| 37 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| 38 | Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan |
| 39 | Remain in Light | Talking Heads |
| 40 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie |
| 41 | Let It Bleed | The Rolling Stones |
| 42 | OK Computer | Radiohead |
| 43 | The Low End Theory | A Tribe Called Quest |
| 44 | Illmatic | Nas |
| 45 | Sign o' the Times | Prince |
| 46 | Graceland | Paul Simon |
| 47 | Ramones | Ramones |
| 48 | Exodus | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 49 | Aquemini | Outkast |
| 50 | The Blueprint | Jay-Z |
| 51 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Chuck Berry |
| 52 | Station to Station | David Bowie |
| 53 | Electric Ladyland | Jimi Hendrix |
| 54 | Star Time | James Brown |
| 55 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd |
| 56 | Exile in Guyville | Liz Phair |
| 57 | The Band | The Band |
| 58 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin |
| 59 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder |
| 60 | Astral Weeks | Van Morrison |
| 61 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim |
| 62 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N' Roses |
| 63 | Aja | Steely Dan |
| 64 | Stankonia | Outkast |
| 65 | Live at the Apollo | James Brown |
| 66 | A Love Supreme | John Coltrane |
| 67 | Reasonable Doubt | Jay-Z |
| 68 | Hounds of Love | Kate Bush |
| 69 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette |
| 70 | Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A |
| 71 | Renaissance | Beyoncé |
| 72 | Harvest | Neil Young |
| 73 | Loveless | My Bloody Valentine |
| 74 | The College Dropout | Kanye West |
| 75 | Lady Soul | Aretha Franklin |
| 76 | Super Fly | Curtis Mayfield |
| 77 | Who's Next | The Who |
| 78 | The Sun Sessions | Elvis Presley |
| 79 | Blonde | Frank Ocean |
| 80 | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols |
| 81 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé |
| 82 | There's a Riot Goin' On | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 83 | Dusty in Memphis | Dusty Springfield |
| 84 | Back in Black | AC/DC |
| 85 | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon |
| 86 | The Doors | The Doors |
| 87 | Bitches Brew | Miles Davis |
| 88 | Hunky Dory | David Bowie |
| 89 | Baduizm | Erykah Badu |
| 90 | After the Gold Rush | Neil Young |
| 91 | Darkness on the Edge of Town | Bruce Springsteen |
| 92 | Axis: Bold as Love | Jimi Hendrix |
| 93 | Supa Dupa Fly | Missy Elliott |
| 94 | Fun House | The Stooges |
| 95 | Take Care | Drake |
| 96 | Automatic for the People | R.E.M. |
| 97 | Master of Puppets | Metallica |
| 98 | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | Lucinda Williams |
| 99 | Red | Taylor Swift |
| 100 | Music from Big Pink | The Band |
| 101 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin |
| 102 | The Clash | The Clash |
| 103 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| 104 | Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones |
| 105 | At Fillmore East | The Allman Brothers Band |
| 106 | Live Through This | Hole |
| 107 | Marquee Moon | Television |
| 108 | When the Pawn... | Fiona Apple |
| 109 | Transformer | Lou Reed |
| 110 | Court and Spark | Joni Mitchell |
| 111 | Control | Janet Jackson |
| 112 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John |
| 113 | The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths |
| 114 | Is This It | The Strokes |
| 115 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Kendrick Lamar |
| 116 | Disintegration | The Cure |
| 117 | Late Registration | Kanye West |
| 118 | Hotel California | Eagles |
| 119 | Stand! | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 120 | Moondance | Van Morrison |
| 121 | This Year's Model | Elvis Costello |
| 122 | The Downward Spiral | Nine Inch Nails |
| 123 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin |
| 124 | Achtung Baby | U2 |
| 125 | Paul's Boutique | Beastie Boys |
| 126 | My Life | Mary J. Blige |
| 127 | Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | Ray Charles |
| 128 | A Night at the Opera | Queen |
| 129 | The Wall | Pink Floyd |
| 130 | 1999 | Prince |
| 131 | Dummy | Portishead |
| 132 | 40 Greatest Hits | Hank Williams |
| 133 | Hejira | Joni Mitchell |
| 134 | The Score | Fugees |
| 135 | The Joshua Tree | U2 |
| 136 | Maggot Brain | Funkadelic |
| 137 | 21 | Adele |
| 138 | The Immaculate Collection | Madonna |
| 139 | Paranoid | Black Sabbath |
| 140 | Catch a Fire | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 141 | Doolittle | Pixies |
| 142 | Born in the U.S.A. | Bruce Springsteen |
| 143 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground |
| 144 | Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin |
| 145 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem |
| 146 | Parallel Lines | Blondie |
| 147 | Grace | Jeff Buckley |
| 148 | Channel Orange | Frank Ocean |
| 149 | John Prine | John Prine |
| 150 | Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen |
| 151 | Faith | George Michael |
| 152 | Pretenders | The Pretenders |
| 153 | Rid of Me | PJ Harvey |
| 154 | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin |
| 155 | The Black Album | Jay-Z |
| 156 | Let It Be | The Replacements |
| 157 | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis |
| 158 | Mama's Gun | Erykah Badu |
| 159 | Synchronicity | The Police |
| 160 | Ten | Pearl Jam |
| 161 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| 162 | Different Class | Pulp |
| 163 | Saturday Night Fever | Various artists |
| 164 | At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash |
| 165 | Murmur | R.E.M. |
| 166 | 20 Golden Greats | Buddy Holly |
| 167 | Violator | Depeche Mode |
| 168 | Can't Buy a Thrill | Steely Dan |
| 169 | The Stranger | Billy Joel |
| 170 | Folklore | Taylor Swift |
| 171 | Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth |
| 172 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 173 | In Utero | Nirvana |
| 174 | The Harder They Come | Various artists |
| 175 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar |
| 176 | Fear of a Black Planet | Public Enemy |
| 177 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart |
| 178 | Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding |
| 179 | Life After Death | The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 180 | Forever Changes | Love |
| 181 | Bringing It All Back Home | Bob Dylan |
| 182 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor |
| 183 | Brown Sugar | D'Angelo |
| 184 | She's So Unusual | Cyndi Lauper |
| 185 | Beggars Banquet | The Rolling Stones |
| 186 | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 187 | AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | Ice Cube |
| 188 | Electric Warrior | T. Rex |
| 189 | Dig Me Out | Sleater-Kinney |
| 190 | Tommy | The Who |
| 191 | At Last! | Etta James |
| 192 | Licensed to Ill | Beastie Boys |
| 193 | Willy and the Poor Boys | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 194 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| 195 | Songs of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen |
| 196 | Body Talk | Robyn |
| 197 | Meet the Beatles! | The Beatles |
| 198 | The B-52's | The B-52's |
| 199 | Slanted and Enchanted | Pavement |
| 200 | Diamond Life | Sade |
| 201 | Midnight Marauders | A Tribe Called Quest |
| 202 | Homogenic | Björk |
| 203 | Pink Moon | Nick Drake |
| 204 | Graduation | Kanye West |
| 205 | Tea for the Tillerman | Cat Stevens |
| 206 | Low | David Bowie |
| 207 | Eagles | Eagles |
| 208 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne |
| 209 | Raising Hell | Run-DMC |
| 210 | The Birth of Soul | Ray Charles |
| 211 | Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division |
| 212 | Wild Is the Wind | Nina Simone |
| 213 | The Idler Wheel... | Fiona Apple |
| 214 | Wildflowers | Tom Petty |
| 215 | American Beauty | Grateful Dead |
| 216 | Either/Or | Elliott Smith |
| 217 | Definitely Maybe | Oasis |
| 218 | CrazySexyCool | TLC |
| 219 | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | Raekwon |
| 220 | Déjà Vu | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 221 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine |
| 222 | Ray of Light | Madonna |
| 223 | Imagine | John Lennon |
| 224 | Fly | The Chicks |
| 225 | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Wilco |
| 226 | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | Derek & The Dominos |
| 227 | Here's Little Richard | Little Richard |
| 228 | De La Soul Is Dead | De La Soul |
| 229 | The Ultimate Collection | Patsy Cline |
| 230 | Anti | Rihanna |
| 231 | Damn the Torpedoes | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| 232 | Giant Steps | John Coltrane |
| 233 | Little Earthquakes | Tori Amos |
| 234 | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath |
| 235 | Metallica | Metallica |
| 236 | Discovery | Daft Punk |
| 237 | Red Headed Stranger | Willie Nelson |
| 238 | Trans-Europe Express | Kraftwerk |
| 239 | Criminal Minded | Boogie Down Productions |
| 240 | Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 | Sam Cooke |
| 241 | Blue Lines | Massive Attack |
| 242 | Loaded | The Velvet Underground |
| 243 | Odessey and Oracle | The Zombies |
| 244 | 808s & Heartbreak | Kanye West |
| 245 | Heaven or Las Vegas | Cocteau Twins |
| 246 | Mama Said Knock You Out | LL Cool J |
| 247 | Love Deluxe | Sade |
| 248 | American Idiot | Green Day |
| 249 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston |
| 250 | Singles Going Steady | Buzzcocks |
| 251 | Honky Château | Elton John |
| 252 | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | Devo |
| 253 | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Pink Floyd |
| 254 | Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock |
| 255 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan |
| 256 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman |
| 257 | Coat of Many Colors | Dolly Parton |
| 258 | The Hissing of Summer Lawns | Joni Mitchell |
| 259 | Pearl | Janis Joplin |
| 260 | Cut | The Slits |
| 261 | Check Your Head | Beastie Boys |
| 262 | Power, Corruption & Lies | New Order |
| 263 | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles |
| 264 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd |
| 265 | Wowee Zowee | Pavement |
| 266 | Help! | The Beatles |
| 267 | Double Nickels on the Dime | Minutemen |
| 268 | Sail Away | Randy Newman |
| 269 | Yeezus | Kanye West |
| 270 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves |
| 271 | What's the 411? | Mary J. Blige |
| 272 | White Light/White Heat | The Velvet Underground |
| 273 | Entertainment! | Gang of Four |
| 274 | Sweetheart of the Rodeo | The Byrds |
| 275 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| 276 | The Bends | Radiohead |
| 277 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys |
| 278 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin |
| 279 | MTV Unplugged in New York | Nirvana |
| 280 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | 50 Cent |
| 281 | Nilsson Schmilsson | Harry Nilsson |
| 282 | In the Wee Small Hours | Frank Sinatra |
| 283 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer |
| 284 | Down Every Road 1962–1994 | Merle Haggard |
| 285 | Third/Sister Lovers | Big Star |
| 286 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 287 | Mr. Tambourine Man | The Byrds |
| 288 | The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers |
| 289 | Post | Björk |
| 290 | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Outkast |
| 291 | The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child |
| 292 | Van Halen | Van Halen |
| 293 | Last Splash | The Breeders |
| 294 | Weezer | Weezer |
| 295 | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk |
| 296 | Rust Never Sleeps | Neil Young and Crazy Horse |
| 297 | So | Peter Gabriel |
| 298 | Full Moon Fever | Tom Petty |
| 299 | Live at the Regal | B.B. King |
| 300 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| 301 | New York Dolls | New York Dolls |
| 302 | Tonight's the Night | Neil Young |
| 303 | The Definitive Collection | ABBA |
| 304 | Just as I Am | Bill Withers |
| 305 | Alive! | Kiss |
| 306 | I'm Still in Love with You | Al Green |
| 307 | Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke |
| 308 | Here Come the Warm Jets | Brian Eno |
| 309 | Closer | Joy Division |
| 310 | Pink Flag | Wire |
| 311 | On the Beach | Neil Young |
| 312 | A Seat at the Table | Solange Knowles |
| 313 | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | PJ Harvey |
| 314 | One in a Million | Aaliyah |
| 315 | El Mal Querer | Rosalía |
| 316 | The Who Sell Out | The Who |
| 317 | Lady in Satin | Billie Holiday |
| 318 | The Velvet Rope | Janet Jackson |
| 319 | The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses |
| 320 | Los Angeles | X |
| 321 | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey |
| 322 | From Elvis in Memphis | Elvis Presley |
| 323 | Sandinista! | The Clash |
| 324 | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Coldplay |
| 325 | All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 326 | Dirty Mind | Prince |
| 327 | Live at Leeds | The Who |
| 328 | Modern Vampires of the City | Vampire Weekend |
| 329 | Endtroducing..... | DJ Shadow |
| 330 | Aftermath | The Rolling Stones |
| 331 | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
| 332 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley |
| 333 | Still Bill | Bill Withers |
| 334 | Abraxas | Santana |
| 335 | The Basement Tapes | Bob Dylan and the Band |
| 336 | Avalon | Roxy Music |
| 337 | John Wesley Harding | Bob Dylan |
| 338 | Another Green World | Brian Eno |
| 339 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson |
| 340 | Doggystyle | Snoop Dogg |
| 341 | Siamese Dream | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 342 | Let It Be | The Beatles |
| 343 | Greatest Hits | Sly and the Family Stone |
| 344 | Funky Kingston | Toots and the Maytals |
| 345 | The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle | Bruce Springsteen |
| 346 | AM | Arctic Monkeys |
| 347 | Liquid Swords | GZA |
| 348 | Time (The Revelator) | Gillian Welch |
| 349 | Kick Out the Jams | MC5 |
| 350 | Music of My Mind | Stevie Wonder |
| 351 | SOS | SZA |
| 352 | The Slim Shady LP | Eminem |
| 353 | The Cars | The Cars |
| 354 | Germfree Adolescents | X-Ray Spex |
| 355 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath |
| 356 | Gris-Gris | Dr. John |
| 357 | Rain Dogs | Tom Waits |
| 358 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo |
| 359 | Radio City | Big Star |
| 360 | One Nation Under a Groove | Funkadelic |
| 361 | The Black Parade | My Chemical Romance |
| 362 | Never Too Much | Luther Vandross |
| 363 | Mothership Connection | Parliament |
| 364 | More Songs About Buildings and Food | Talking Heads |
| 365 | Madvillainy | Madvillain |
| 366 | Rocks | Aerosmith |
| 367 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | Drake |
| 368 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison |
| 369 | The Infamous | Mobb Deep |
| 370 | Tha Carter II | Lil Wayne |
| 371 | Anthology | The Temptations |
| 372 | Cheap Thrills | Big Brother and the Holding Company |
| 373 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| 374 | King of the Delta Blues Singers | Robert Johnson |
| 375 | Dookie | Green Day |
| 376 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel |
| 377 | Fever to Tell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| 378 | Run-D.M.C. | Run-DMC |
| 379 | Moving Pictures | Rush |
| 380 | Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus |
| 381 | (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 382 | Currents | Tame Impala |
| 383 | Mezzanine | Massive Attack |
| 384 | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society | The Kinks |
| 385 | Rocket to Russia | Ramones |
| 386 | Donuts | J Dilla |
| 387 | In Rainbows | Radiohead |
| 388 | Young, Gifted and Black | Aretha Franklin |
| 389 | The Emancipation of Mimi | Mariah Carey |
| 390 | Surfer Rosa | Pixies |
| 391 | Kaleidoscope | Kelis |
| 392 | Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner | Ike Turner, Tina Turner |
| 393 | 1989 | Taylor Swift |
| 394 | Diana | Diana Ross |
| 395 | Black Messiah | D'Angelo |
| 396 | Something/Anything? | Todd Rundgren |
| 397 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Billie Eilish |
| 398 | The Raincoats | The Raincoats |
| 399 | Brian Wilson Presents Smile | Brian Wilson |
| 400 | Beauty and the Beat | The Go-Go's |
| 401 | Blondie | Blondie |
| 402 | Expensive Shit | Fela Kuti and Africa '70 |
| 403 | Supreme Clientele | Ghostface Killah |
| 404 | Rapture | Anita Baker |
| 405 | Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 | Various artists |
| 406 | 69 Love Songs | The Magnetic Fields |
| 407 | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | Neil Young |
| 408 | Ace of Spades | Motörhead |
| 409 | Workingman's Dead | Grateful Dead |
| 410 | Wild Honey | The Beach Boys |
| 411 | Love and Theft | Bob Dylan |
| 412 | Going to a Go-Go | Smokey Robinson |
| 413 | Cosmo's Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 414 | Risqué | Chic |
| 415 | Look-Ka Py Py | The Meters |
| 416 | Things Fall Apart | The Roots |
| 417 | The Shape of Jazz to Come | Ornette Coleman |
| 418 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits |
| 419 | Chief | Eric Church |
| 420 | That's the Way of the World | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 421 | Arular | M.I.A. |
| 422 | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
| 423 | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | Yo La Tengo |
| 424 | Odelay | Beck |
| 425 | Paul Simon | Paul Simon |
| 426 | Lucinda Williams | Lucinda Williams |
| 427 | Call Me | Al Green |
| 428 | New Day Rising | Hüsker Dü |
| 429 | Reach Out | Four Tops |
| 430 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny |
| 431 | How Will the Wolf Survive? | Los Lobos |
| 432 | Confessions | Usher |
| 433 | Sound of Silver | LCD Soundsystem |
| 434 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | Pavement |
| 435 | Actually | Pet Shop Boys |
| 436 | All Eyez on Me | 2Pac |
| 437 | Demon Days | Gorillaz |
| 438 | Parklife | Blur |
| 439 | Sex Machine | James Brown |
| 440 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn |
| 441 | Blackout | Britney Spears |
| 442 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd |
| 443 | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | David Bowie |
| 444 | Extraordinary Machine | Fiona Apple |
| 445 | Close to the Edge | Yes |
| 446 | Journey in Satchidananda | Alice Coltrane |
| 447 | X 100pre | Bad Bunny |
| 448 | Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul | Otis Redding |
| 449 | Elephant | The White Stripes |
| 450 | Ram | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
| 451 | First Take | Roberta Flack |
| 452 | Anthology | The Supremes |
| 453 | Pretty Hate Machine | Nine Inch Nails |
| 454 | Ege Bamyası | Can |
| 455 | Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley[a] | Bo Diddley |
| 456 | Al Green's Greatest Hits | Al Green |
| 457 | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got | Sinéad O'Connor |
| 458 | Southeastern | Jason Isbell |
| 459 | Man on the Moon: The End of Day | Kid Cudi |
| 460 | Melodrama | Lorde |
| 461 | For Emma, Forever Ago | Bon Iver |
| 462 | The Gilded Palace of Sin | The Flying Burrito Brothers |
| 463 | Eli and the Thirteenth Confession | Laura Nyro |
| 464 | 3 + 3 | The Isley Brothers |
| 465 | The Best of the Classic Years | King Sunny Adé |
| 466 | Red | Black Uhuru |
| 467 | BLACKsummers'night | Maxwell |
| 468 | Some Girls | The Rolling Stones |
| 469 | Clandestino | Manu Chao |
| 470 | 400 Degreez | Juvenile |
| 471 | Surrealistic Pillow | Jefferson Airplane |
| 472 | Ctrl | SZA |
| 473 | Barrio Fino | Daddy Yankee |
| 474 | #1 Record | Big Star |
| 475 | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow |
| 476 | Kimono My House | Sparks |
| 477 | Moanin' in the Moonlight | Howlin' Wolf |
| 478 | Something Else by the Kinks | The Kinks |
| 479 | Amor Prohibido | Selena |
| 480 | The Weight of These Wings | Miranda Lambert |
| 481 | If You're Feeling Sinister | Belle and Sebastian |
| 482 | Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde | The Pharcyde |
| 483 | The Anthology: 1947–1972 | Muddy Waters |
| 484 | Born This Way | Lady Gaga |
| 485 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson |
| 486 | Continuum | John Mayer |
| 487 | Damaged | Black Flag |
| 488 | The Stooges | The Stooges |
| 489 | Back to Mono (1958–1969) | Various artists |
| 490 | Heart Like a Wheel | Linda Ronstadt |
| 491 | Harry's House | Harry Styles |
| 492 | Nick of Time | Bonnie Raitt |
| 493 | Here, My Dear | Marvin Gaye |
| 494 | Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica | The Ronettes |
| 495 | II | Boyz II Men |
| 496 | ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? | Shakira |
| 497 | The Indestructible Beat of Soweto | Various artists |
| 498 | Suicide | Suicide |
| 499 | Ask Rufus | Rufus, Chaka Khan |
| 500 | Funeral | Arcade Fire |