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the all-time ranking

the best albums of all time

2,467 recordsranked by

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number 1.
the all-time number one
OK Computer
Radiohead
alternative rock, art rock, britpop, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, indie rock
21 may 1997
9.2combined score21 ratings
number 2.
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
ballad, contemporary r&b, disco, funk, pop
10 august 1979
9.6provisional14 ratings
number 3.
Nevermind
Nirvana
alternative rock, grunge, punk rock, rock, surf punk
24 september 1991
9.2combined score18 ratings
number 4, down from the last build.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie
art rock, classic rock, glam rock, pop rock, rock
6 june 1972
9.8provisional11 ratings
number 5, down from the last build.
Sign “☮︎” the Times
Prince
ballad, contemporary r&b, electronic, funk, funk rock
30 march 1987
9.9provisional10 ratings
number 6.
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
blues rock, classic rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk rock
30 august 1965
9.9combined score10 ratings
number 7.
Ramones
Ramones
punk, punk rock, rock
23 april 1976
9.9combined score10 ratings
number 8.
The Doors
The Doors
acid rock, alternative rock, blues rock, classic rock, pop
4 january 1967
9.3combined score15 ratings
number 9.
Thriller
Michael Jackson
ambient, boogie, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, disco
30 november 1982
9.1combined score17 ratings
number 10.
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
blues, blues rock, classic rock, folk pop, folk rock
4 february 1977
9.9provisional10 ratings
number 11.
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
ambient, art rock, electronic, experimental rock, jazz
12 september 1975
9.8combined score10 ratings
number 12, down from the last build.
Graceland
Paul Simon
acoustic rock, afrobeat, alternative rock, folk, folk pop
29 august 1986
9.8combined score10 ratings
number 13, down from the last build.
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
alternative rock, britpop, neo-psychedelia, rock, shoegaze
30 august 1994
9.0combined score17 ratings
number 14.
Doolittle
Pixies
alternative rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, rock, slacker rock
17 april 1989
9.1provisional16 ratings
number 15.
Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell
folk pop, folk rock, jazz, jazz pop, pop
17 january 1974
9.7provisional10 ratings
number 16, down from the last build.
Revolver
The Beatles
beat music, pop, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic pop
5 august 1966
9.9provisional9 ratings
number 17, down from the last build.
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
art pop, art rock, avant-garde jazz, classic rock, folk rock
9.7combined score10 ratings
number 18, down from the last build.
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
baroque pop, classic rock, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock
22 november 1968
9.5combined score11 ratings
number 19.
Electric Ladyland, Part 1
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
acid rock, blues, blues rock, classic rock, electric blues
25 october 1968
9.8provisional9 ratings
number 20.
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
art rock, classic rock, experimental rock, folk pop, folk rock
1 march 1969
9.4combined score11 ratings
number 21, down from the last build.
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
blues, blues rock, country rock, hard rock, rock
23 april 1971
9.5provisional10 ratings
number 22.
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
alternative rock, indie rock, noise rock, post-hardcore, rock
21 march 1988
9.5combined score10 ratings
number 23, down from the last build.
A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles
beat music, classic rock, folk rock, merseybeat, pop
26 june 1964
9.5combined score10 ratings
number 24, down from the last build.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Stereo Remastered)
The Beatles
art rock, baroque pop, classic rock, music hall, pop
26 may 1967
9.7provisional9 ratings
number 25, down from the last build.
Low
David Bowie
alternative rock, ambient, art pop, art rock, avant-garde
14 january 1977
9.3combined score11 ratings
number 26.
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, singer-songwriter
25 february 1972
9.4provisional10 ratings
number 27, down from the last build.
Purple Rain
Prince
contemporary r&b, dance-pop, dance-rock, funk, minneapolis sound
25 june 1984
9.4combined score10 ratings
number 28.
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
folk rock, gospel, jam band, pop, pop rock
27 november 1970
9.6provisional9 ratings
number 29, down from the last build.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Ye
british rhythm & blues, hip hop, pop rap, pop soul
22 november 2010
9.4combined score10 ratings
number 30.
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
conscious hip hop, g-funk, hip hop, jazz rap, neo soul
15 march 2015
9.4combined score10 ratings
number 31, down from the last build.
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Paul Simon
folk, folk pop, folk rock, pop rock, rock
1 may 1973
9.3combined score10 ratings
number 32.
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap, progressive
14 may 1989
9.3combined score10 ratings
number 33.
I Love You Jennifer B
Jockstrap
electro, electronic, indie pop, pop, synth-pop
9 september 2022
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 34, down from the last build.
Like a Prayer
Madonna
art pop, club, dance, dance-pop, electronic
20 march 1989
8.7combined score14 ratings
number 35.
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
gangsta rap, g-funk, hip hop, west coast hip hop
15 december 1992
8.5combined score17 ratings
number 36.
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
motown, orchestral, progressive, progressive soul, psychedelic soul
20 may 1971
9.2provisional10 ratings
number 37.
Exile in Guyville
Liz Phair
alternative rock, indie rock, rock
22 june 1993
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 38.
Hell Hath No Fury
Clipse
experimental hip hop, gangsta rap, hip hop, southern hip hop
28 november 2006
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 39, down from the last build.
GLOW ON
Turnstile
alternative rock, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, rock
27 august 2021
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 40, down from the last build.
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, pop, rock
20 march 2015
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 41, down from the last build.
1989 (Taylor’s version)
Taylor Swift
alternative pop, ballad, dance-pop, electronic, electropop
27 october 2023
9.2combined score10 ratings
number 42.
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
electronic, electronica, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental
16 september 1996
9.3provisional9 ratings
number 43, down from the last build.
Ants From Up There
Black Country, New Road
indie rock, post-rock, progressive pop
10 june 2022
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 44, down from the last build.
you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Olivia Rodrigo
pop
12 june 2026
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 45, down from the last build.
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
blues, folk, folk pop, folk rock, pop
1 march 1972
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 46.
Hidden History of the Human Race
Blood Incantation
death metal, metal, old school death metal, progressive metal, technical death metal
22 november 2019
9.3provisional9 ratings
number 47, down from the last build.
Help!
The Beatles
beat music, classic rock, folk pop, folk rock, merseybeat
6 august 1965
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 48.
Is This It
The Strokes
alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival
27 january 2001
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 49, down from the last build.
1999
Prince
contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, funk
27 october 1982
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 50.
Faith (remastered)
George Michael
blue-eyed soul, dance-pop, dance-rock, downtempo, electronic
30 october 1987
8.6combined score14 ratings
number 51, down from the last build.
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Hayley Williams
7 november 2025
9.1provisional10 ratings
number 52.
Aquemini
OutKast
alternative hip hop, dirty south, hip hop
28 september 1998
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 53, down from the last build.
The Who Sell Out
The Who
art rock, beat music, classic rock, freakbeat, hard rock
16 december 1967
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 54, down from the last build.
Tsunami Sea
Spiritbox
alternative metal, metalcore
7 march 2025
9.1combined score10 ratings
number 55, down from the last build.
The Bends
Radiohead
alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, pop rock, post-britpop
29 november 1994
8.4combined score17 ratings
number 56, down from the last build.
folklore
Taylor Swift
alternative folk, alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient, chamber pop
24 july 2020
9.0provisional10 ratings
number 57.
Jane Doe
Converge
hardcore punk, mathcore, metalcore, progressive, sludge metal
4 september 2001
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 58.
Blue Weekend
Wolf Alice
alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, rock
4 june 2021
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 59, down from the last build.
Who’s Next (deluxe edition)
The Who
arena rock, art rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock
14 august 1971
9.4provisional8 ratings
number 60.
Tim
The Replacements
alternative rock, power pop, punk rock, rock
1 july 1985
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 61.
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar
conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, hip hop, political hip hop, pop
14 april 2017
9.2provisional9 ratings
number 62, down from the last build.
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Arctic Monkeys
alternative pop, alternative rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, pop
1 january 2005
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 63.
Double Nickels on the Dime
Minutemen
alternative rock, art punk, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, post-punk
1 july 1984
9.1provisional9 ratings
number 64, down from the last build.
In Rainbows
Radiohead
alternative pop, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, dream pop
10 october 2007
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 65, down from the last build.
In Rainbows Disk 2
Radiohead
alternative rock, art rock, rock
9 june 2009
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 66.
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk revival, rock
3 july 2010
9.0combined score10 ratings
number 67, down from the last build.
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
art rock, classic rock, glam rock, hard rock, piano rock
19 april 1973
8.7combined score12 ratings
number 68, down from the last build.
Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition)
Dua Lipa
dance-pop, disco, electronic, electropop, funktronica
21 march 2020
8.9provisional10 ratings
number 69.
Ride the Lightning
Metallica
heavy metal, metal, progressive, thrash metal
27 july 1984
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 70.
This Could Be Texas
English Teacher
indie rock, post-punk
12 april 2024
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 71.
private music
Deftones
alternative metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, pop
22 august 2025
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 72, down from the last build.
channel ORANGE
Frank Ocean
alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, disco, drum and bass, electro
10 july 2012
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 73.
RTJ4
Run the Jewels
experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop
2 june 2020
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 74.
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
chamber pop, electronic, indie folk, indie pop, pop
7 september 1999
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 75.
Speakerboxxx
OutKast
alternative hip hop, contemporary r&b, electronic, funk, gangsta rap
23 september 2003
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 76.
Dookie
Green Day
alternative punk, alternative rock, pop punk, punk, punk rock
28 january 1994
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 77.
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
conscious hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, pop rap
21 october 2012
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 78, down from the last build.
The Downward Spiral (deluxe edition)
Nine Inch Nails
alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electro-industrial, electronic
8 march 1994
8.4combined score15 ratings
number 79.
Promises
Floating Points
ambient, electronic, instrumental, instrumental jazz, jazz
24 november 2020
8.9provisional10 ratings
number 80.
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
alternative rock, emo, pop punk, pop rock, punk
20 october 2006
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 81.
Death Certificate
Ice Cube
gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, west coast hip hop
29 october 1991
8.3combined score16 ratings
number 82, down from the last build.
Songs of a Lost World
The Cure
gothic rock, new wave, rock
1 november 2024
8.9provisional10 ratings
number 83.
Mezzanine
Massive Attack
alternative dance, downtempo, dub, electronic, electronica
17 april 1998
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 84.
Glory
Perfume Genius
alternative pop, indie pop, singer-songwriter
28 march 2025
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 85, down from the last build.
Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers
chamber folk, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter
18 june 2020
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 86, down from the last build.
SOS Deluxe: LANA
SZA
pop, r&b, soul
9 december 2022
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 87.
Melodrama
Lorde
electronic, indie pop, pop, synth-pop
16 june 2017
9.0provisional9 ratings
number 88.
Agents of Fortune
Blue Öyster Cult
arena rock, classic rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock
21 may 1976
8.9combined score10 ratings
number 89, down from the last build.
Yeezus
Ye
alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, chipmunk soul, drumless hip hop, electronic
1 january 2013
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 90, down from the last build.
Red (Taylor’s version)
Taylor Swift
alternative country, ambient, blues, contemporary country, country
12 november 2021
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 91.
Funeral for Justice
Mdou Moctar
3 may 2024
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 92.
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
club, dance, disco, electro, electro-disco
17 may 2013
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 93.
Heavy Heavy
Young Fathers
alternative hip hop, art pop, hip hop, neo-psychedelia, pop
3 february 2023
8.7combined score11 ratings
number 94.
Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee
indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter
22 march 2024
8.8provisional10 ratings
number 95.
In Colour
Jamie xx
alternative pop, ambient, deep house, downtempo, electronic
29 may 2015
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 96.
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Perfume Genius
art pop, indie rock, pop, rock, singer-songwriter
15 may 2020
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 97.
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Caroline Polachek
art pop, downtempo, indie pop, pop, uk garage
31 january 2023
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 98.
MASSEDUCTION
St. Vincent
alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock
13 october 2017
8.3combined score14 ratings
number 99.
“Heroes”
David Bowie
alternative rock, ambient, art pop, art rock, avant-garde
14 october 1977
8.6provisional11 ratings
number 100, down from the last build.
Honey
Robyn
alternative dance, ambient house, club, contemporary r&b, dance-pop
26 october 2018
8.8provisional10 ratings
number 101.
Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Yves Tumor
electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, neo-psychedelia, pop
3 april 2020
8.8combined score10 ratings
number 102.
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles
art pop, art rock, beat music, classic rock, merseybeat
27 november 1967
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 103.
Disraeli Gears
Cream
blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock
2 november 1967
9.4provisional7 ratings
number 104.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
acoustic rock, classic rock, country pop, folk rock, pop
11 july 1975
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 105.
You’re Dead!
Flying Lotus
electronic, experimental, wonky
6 october 2014
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 106.
Bad
Michael Jackson
ballad, club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop
25 august 1987
8.1combined score17 ratings
number 107, down from the last build.
evermore
Taylor Swift
alternative pop, americana, chamber pop, contemporary folk, country pop
11 december 2020
8.7provisional10 ratings
number 108, down from the last build.
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski
alternative country, alternative folk, americana, chamber pop, country
15 september 2023
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 109, down from the last build.
LP1
FKA twigs
alternative pop, alternative r&b, alternative rock, ambient, art pop
11 august 2014
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 110, down from the last build.
EUSEXUA
FKA twigs
2-step, alternative pop, alternative r&b, art pop, chicago house
24 january 2025
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 111.
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock
28 april 2003
8.4combined score12 ratings
number 112.
Buhloone Mindstate
De La Soul
abstract hip hop, boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap
21 september 1993
8.6provisional11 ratings
number 113, down from the last build.
Lonerism
Tame Impala
alternative rock, electronic, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock
8 october 2012
8.7provisional10 ratings
number 114.
GNX
Kendrick Lamar
conscious hip hop, hip hop, west coast hip hop
22 november 2024
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 115.
Lust for Life
Iggy Pop
hard rock, rock
29 august 1977
8.9provisional9 ratings
number 116.
Blunderbuss
Jack White
blues rock, folk rock, garage rock revival, rock
23 april 2012
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 117.
GOLLIWOG
billy woods
abstract hip hop, conscious hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop, horrorcore
9 may 2025
8.8provisional9 ratings
number 118, down from the last build.
Ctrl
SZA
contemporary r&b, r&b
9 june 2017
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 119, down from the last build.
SAWAYAMA REMIXED
Rina Sawayama
indie pop, pop
4 december 2020
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 120, down from the last build.
SAWAYAMA
Rina Sawayama
art pop, pop, pop rock, rock
17 april 2020
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 121.
Romance
Fontaines D.C.
alternative rock, indie rock, pop, post-punk, rock
23 august 2024
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 122, down from the last build.
Jubilee
Japanese Breakfast
chamber pop, experimental, indie pop, indie rock, pop
4 june 2021
8.5combined score11 ratings
number 123, down from the last build.
BRAT
Charli xcx
bubblegum bass, club, dance-pop, edm, electroclash
7 june 2024
8.7provisional10 ratings
number 124, down from the last build.
NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
6 june 2025
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 125, down from the last build.
U
underscores
alternative pop, alternative r&b, complextro, contemporary r&b, dance-pop
20 march 2026
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 126, down from the last build.
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
contemporary country, country, country pop, singer-songwriter
30 march 2018
8.7combined score10 ratings
number 127.
Here in the Pitch
Jessica Pratt
3 may 2024
8.8provisional9 ratings
number 128, down from the last build.
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, chamber pop
8 may 2016
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 129, down from the last build.
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Tyler, The Creator
hardcore hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap, neo soul, synth funk
25 june 2021
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 130, down from the last build.
Disintegration
The Cure
alternative rock, ambient, art rock, dream pop, electronic
1 may 1989
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 131.
A Night at the Opera
Queen
arena rock, art rock, baroque pop, classic rock, glam rock
21 november 1975
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 132.
The Overload
Yard Act
alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, punk, rock
21 january 2022
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 133, down from the last build.
GUTS (spilled)
Olivia Rodrigo
ballad, country, country folk, country pop, folk
8 september 2023
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 134, down from the last build.
Midnights
Taylor Swift
alternative pop, chillwave, downtempo, drill, east coast hip hop
21 october 2022
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 135, down from the last build.
Body Talk
Robyn
dance-pop, downtempo, electro, electroclash, electro-disco
29 november 2010
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 136, down from the last build.
Body Talk Pt. 3
Robyn
dance-pop, electro, electro-disco, electro house, electronic
22 november 2010
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 137.
Imagine
John Lennon
ballad, experimental, folk, piano rock, pop
9 september 1971
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 138, down from the last build.
to hell with it (remixes)
PinkPantheress
ambient, dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop
28 january 2022
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 139, down from the last build.
to hell with it
PinkPantheress
2-step, alternative pop, alternative r&b, atmospheric drum and bass, bedroom pop
15 october 2021
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 140, down from the last build.
Eternal Blue
Spiritbox
alternative metal, metalcore
17 september 2021
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 141.
Sunbather
Deafheaven
atmospheric black metal, blackgaze, post-metal
28 may 2013
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 142, down from the last build.
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
beat music, blues, blues rock, british rhythm & blues, classic rock
15 april 1966
9.0provisional8 ratings
number 143.
Bright Future
Adrianne Lenker
americana, contemporary folk, indie folk, singer-songwriter
22 march 2024
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 144.
Bleeds
Wednesday
alternative country, noise pop, noise rock, shoegaze, slacker rock
19 september 2025
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 145.
Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
new wave, sophisti-pop, synth-pop
17 june 1985
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 146.
Big Time
Angel Olsen
indie rock, rock
3 june 2022
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 147.
Out of Time
R.E.M.
alternative rock, jangle pop, pop rock, rock
8 march 1991
8.0combined score16 ratings
number 148, down from the last build.
From the Pyre
The Last Dinner Party
art rock, baroque pop, blues rock, chanson française, glam rock
17 october 2025
8.6provisional10 ratings
number 149, down from the last build.
Getting Killed
Geese
art punk, art rock, blues rock, funk rock, indie rock
26 september 2025
8.6combined score10 ratings
number 150.
Separation Sunday
The Hold Steady
indie rock, rock, rock and roll
3 may 2005
8.6combined score10 ratings

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