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The Greatest Albums of All-Time

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Updated May 16, 2024 1.2M views 1,700 items

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Vote up the albums that are the best of the best.

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Over 96.4K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Albums of All Time

This is a list of the greatest albums of all time, created and ranked by music fans worldwide. Music is as subjective as any art form, but most people can agree that there are works that rise above the rest and go down as the best albums of all time, regardless of their genre. This list is not simply a compilation of your "favorite" albums, but rather a list of the best albums. Whatever your musical tastes are, please vote for the studio LPs that you think have had the most impact throughout music history, the most influence on culture and other musicians, and the most authentic songwriting. From multi-platinum and diamond-certified albums to the most popular Grammy Award winning full-length projects ever, this list features every album one can think of. Some of the thousands of studio albums featured below range from the Beatles' Abbey Road to the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, to the Who's My Generation.

So what are the best albums ever? How about the top albums of all time? Vote below, and be sure to vote based on the quality of their music and overall impact on listeners worldwide instead of just their popularity or number of streams.

1
29,270 votes
Abbey Road
The Beatles
"Something"

"Come Together"

"Because"
2
20,070 votes
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
"Have a Cigar"

"Welcome to the Machine"

"Wish You Were Here"
3
23,639 votes
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
"Black Dog"

"Misty Mountain Hop"

"Rock and Roll"
4
23,332 votes
Revolver
The Beatles
"Eleanor Rigby"

"Yellow Submarine"

"Here, There and Everywhere"
5
17,907 votes
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
"Go Your Own Way"

"Dreams"

"Don't Stop"
6
32,765 votes
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd
"Money"

"Any Colour You Like"

"Us and Them"
7
30,430 votes
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

"Fixing a Hole"
8
17,466 votes
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie
"Starman"

"Suffragette City"

"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
9
21,036 votes
The White Album
The Beatles
"Back in the U.S.S.R."

"Glass Onion"

"Wild Honey Pie"
10
18,846 votes
Rubber Soul
The Beatles
"Drive My Car"

"You Won't See Me"

"Nowhere Man"

11
16,650 votes
The Doors
The Doors
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"

"Light My Fire"

"The Crystal Ship"
12
15,702 votes
Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Foxy Lady"

"Can You See Me"

"Love or Confusion"
13
14,119 votes
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
"Whole Lotta Love"

"Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)"

"Thank You"
14
18,597 votes
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
"Caroline, No"

"Sloop John B"

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
15
15,471 votes
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
"Good Times Bad Times"

"Communication Breakdown"

"You Shook Me"
16
14,725 votes
A Night at the Opera
Queen
"Bohemian Rhapsody"

"Love of My Life"

"You're My Best Friend"
17
20,904 votes
Nevermind
Nirvana
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"

"Come as You Are"

"Lithium"
18
15,089 votes
OK Computer
Radiohead
"Paranoid Android"

"Karma Police"

"Lucky"
19
8,534 votes
A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles
20
4,211 votes
The Wall
Pink Floyd

21
13,382 votes
Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"All Along the Watchtower"

"Crosstown Traffic"

"Voodoo Chile [sic]"
22
11,541 votes
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
"Brown Sugar"

"Bitch"

"Wild Horses"
23
9,813 votes
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
"Like a Rolling Stone"

"From a Buick 6"

"Highway 61 Revisited"
24
9,695 votes
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
"The Boxer"

"Bridge over Troubled Water"

"Cecilia"
25
15,929 votes
Thriller
Michael Jackson
"The Girl Is Mine"

"Billie Jean"

"Beat It"
26
8,414 votes
Animals
Pink Floyd
"Sheep"

"Dogs"

"Pigs on the Wing (Part 1)"
27
10,673 votes
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
"Trampled Under Foot"

"Black Country Woman"

"The Rover"
28
8,651 votes
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
"What's Going On"

"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"

"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
29
8,253 votes
Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Is This Love"

"Three Little Birds"

"Get Up, Stand Up"
30
10,915 votes
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
"Paranoid"

"Iron Man"

"Electric Funeral"

Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers