Here, according to Rolling Stone Magazine, is the top 100 from their 500
Greatest Albums Issue.


1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles 1967
2 Pet Sounds Beach Boys 1966
3 Revolver The Beatles 1966
4 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 1965
5 Rubber Soul The Beatles 1965
6 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
7 Exile On Main St. Rolling Stones 1972
8 London Calling The Clash 1979
9 Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan 1966
10 The Beatles (The White Album) The Beatles 1968

11 The Sun Sessions Elvis Presley 1976
12 Kind Of Blue Miles Davis 1959
13 Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground 1967
14 Abbey Road The Beatles 1969
15 Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
16 Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan 1975
17 Nevermind Nirvana 1991
18 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen 1975
19 Astral Weeks Van Morrison 1968
20 Thriller Michael Jackson 1982

21 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry 1982
22 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon 1970
23 Innervisions Stevie Wonder 1973
24 Live At The Apollo James Brown 1963
25 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1977
26 The Joshua Tree U2 1987
27 King Of The Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1 Robert Johnson 1961
28 Who's Next The Who 1971
29 Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin 1969
30 Blue Joni Mitchell 1971

31 Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan 1965
32 Let It Bleed Rolling Stones 1969
33 Ramones Ramones 1976
34 Music From Big Pink The Band 1968
35 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars David
Bowie 1972
36 Tapestry Carole King 1971
37 Hotel California The Eagles 1976
38 The Anthology, 1947 - 1972 Muddy Waters 2001
39 Please Please Me The Beatles 1963
40 Forever Changes Love 1968

41 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols 1977
42 The Doors The Doors 1967
43 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd 1973
44 Horses Patti Smith 1975
45 The Band The Band 1969
46 Legend Bob Marley & The Wailers 1984
47 A Love Supreme John Coltrane 1964
48 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy 1988
49 At Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band 1971
50 Here's Little Richard Little Richard 1957

51 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970
52 Greatest Hits Al Green 1975
53 The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings,
1952 - 1959 Ray Charles 1991
54 Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
55 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 1956
56 Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder 1976
57 Beggars Banquet Rolling Stones 1968
58 Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 1969
59 Meet The Beatles! The Beatles 1964
60 Greatest Hits Sly & The Family Stone 1970

61 Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses 1987
62 Achtung Baby U2 1991
63 Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones 1971
64 Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) various artists 1991
65 Moondance Van Morrison 1970
66 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 1971
67 The Stranger Billy Joel 1977
68 Off The Wall Michael Jackson 1979
69 Superfly Curtis Mayfield 1972
70 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin 1975

71 After The Gold Rush Neil Young 1970
72 Purple Rain Prince 1984
73 Back In Black AC/DC 1980
74 Otis Blue: Otis Redding Singles Soul Otis Redding 1965
75 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin 1969
76 Imagine John Lennon 1971
77 The Clash The Clash 1977
78 Harvest Neil Young 1972
79 Star Time James Brown 1991
80 Odessey & Oracle The Zombies 1968

81 Graceland Paul Simon 1986
82 Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
83 I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You Aretha Franklin 1967
84 Lady Soul Aretha Franklin 1968
85 Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 1984
86 Let It Be The Beatles 1970
87 The Wall Pink Floyd 1979
88 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash 1968
89 Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield 1968
90 Talking Book Stevie Wonder 1972

91 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 1973
92 20 Golden Greats Buddy Holly 1978
93 Sign O' The Times Prince 1987
94 Bitches Brew Miles Davis 1970
95 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
96 Tommy The Who 1969
97 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 1963
98 This Year's Model Elvis Costello 1978
99 There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone 1972
100 In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra 1954

........ number 11 should be in the top ten ...
t.

Looks like "Lawrence Welk does the Best of Led Zepplin" didn't make the list.

Jerry

As a whole I think they are pretty much correct. I've always preferred Abby Road to Sgt. Pepper but as far as sales and such they probably are correct.

I would have figured that Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears would have had one in the top 100 but go figure.

I'm not sure how they missed the "Best of DNJ" album.

Tom

I'm not sure how they missed the "Best of DNJ" album.Tom[/B][/QUOTE]

Tommy email me if your interested in my new CD "Swinging With THe Big Bands"

If they are ranked by sales, then it must be true. Otherwise it is way too subjective.
How could you leave out Bill Haley and the Comets' Rock Around the Clock?
DonM

Don,

I know I'm considerably younger than you so I don't actually remember this but wasn't "Rock Around the Clock" just one song? This ranking was for albums. Was there an album also by that name?

You've got to remember that in YOUR day the population of the whole U S of A was only about 5 million. In Boo's day the United States population was about 50,000 and they were all sax players.

Tom

I actually still have the album, "Rock Around The Clock". It is generally considered to be one of the seminal R&R albums. The "Comets" were talented players who had previously been jazz and pop musicians. Great upright bass, sax, etc. Haley was pretty old for a rocker.
My favorite song from the album was "13 Women and Me The Only Man Around".
DonM

I doubt very much this is ranked by album sales. No way I can believe Zep 1 outsold Zep 4, or that Dark Side of the Moon is only 43rd.

AJ

*whistling*

[This message has been edited by claudiu (edited 04-28-2006).]