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The following page lists Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It concentrates on the 2023-updated list, on which some new albums were added, while others were up- or downrated, or entirely removed. The "Major contributors" column lists up to three main contributing editors. These also include copyeditors and blocked/banned users, but not GA reviewers. To avoid any conflicts, you may note under that column that you are working on one or several specific articles. You are allowed to use templates like  Working. For the songs version, visit this page).

An archived version of the 2012 list can be found here.

Current status of albums on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on the English Wikipedia
# Album Artist(s) Major contributors
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 Ritchie333
6 Nevermind Nirvana WesleyDodds
7 Rumours Fleetwood Mac Rafablu88
8 Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution
9 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan
10 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill isento
11 Revolver The Beatles JG66
12 Thriller Michael Jackson Realist2, The Elfoid, Tbhotch
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 pjoef
17 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West isento
18 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan Mick gold, Moisejp
19 To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
20 Kid A Radiohead Popcornduff, electricController, DannyMusicEditor
21 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen zmbro
22 Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G. isento
23 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground Chrissymad, Pele Merengue
24 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles GabeMc
25 Tapestry Carole King
26 Horses Patti Smith
27 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan
28 Voodoo D'Angelo isento
29 The Beatles The Beatles Ritchie333, JG66
30 Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience GabeMc
31 Kind of Blue Miles Davis isento
32 Lemonade Beyoncé
33 Back to Black Amy Winehouse AppleWormBoy
34 Innervisions Stevie Wonder
35 Rubber Soul The Beatles
36 Off the Wall Michael Jackson Realist2
37 The Chronic Dr. Dre isento
38 Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan Mick gold, Moisejp
39 Remain in Light Talking Heads Rafablu88
40 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie zmbro
41 Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones
42 OK Computer Radiohead blz 2049, Popcornduff
43 The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest
44 Illmatic Nas isento, Chubdub
45 Sign o' the Times Prince
46 Graceland Paul Simon
47 Ramones Ramones CrowzRSA
48 Exodus Bob Marley and the Wailers
49 Aquemini Outkast Basilisk4u, DepressedPer
50 The Blueprint Jay-Z
51 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry
52 Station to Station David Bowie Ian Rose
53 Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience
54 Star Time James Brown
55 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd Parrot of Doom
56 Exile in Guyville Liz Phair
57 The Band The Band
58 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin Ritchie333
59 Talking Book Stevie Wonder
60 Astral Weeks Van Morrison Agadant
61 Paid in Full Eric B. & Rakim Spellcast, isento
62 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses
63 Aja Steely Dan
64 Stankonia Outkast Basilisk4u, isento
65 Live at the Apollo James Brown
66 A Love Supreme John Coltrane
67 Reasonable Doubt Jay-Z Noahdabomb3
68 Hounds of Love Kate Bush
69 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
70 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A
71 Renaissance Beyonce
72 Harvest Neil Young
73 Loveless My Bloody Valentine WesleyDodds
74 The College Dropout Kanye West Bruce Campbell, Igordebraga
75 Lady Soul Aretha Franklin
76 Super Fly Curtis Mayfield
77 Who's Next The Who Ritchie333
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 JennKR
82 There's a Riot Goin' On Sly and the Family Stone isento
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 zmbro
89 Baduizm Erykah Badu
90 After the Gold Rush Neil Young
91 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen zmbro
92 Axis: Bold as Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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 Retrohead
98 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
99 Red Taylor Swift TheSandDoctor
100 Music from Big Pink The Band
101 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Ritchie333
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 Saginaw-hitchhiker
106 Live Through This Hole
107 Marquee Moon Television isento
108 When the Pawn... Fiona Apple
109 Transformer Lou Reed
110 Court and Spark Joni Mitchell
111 Control Janet Jackson Bookkeeperoftheoccult
112 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
113 The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
114 Is This It The Strokes Rafablu88
115 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar STATicVapor
116 Disintegration The Cure NSR77, WesleyDodds
117 Late Registration Kanye West isento
118 Hotel California Eagles
119 Stand! Sly and the Family Stone
120 Moondance Van Morrison isento
121 This Year's Model Elvis Costello zmbro
122 The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails Gixce93
123 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin Edelmand, isento
124 Achtung Baby U2 Y2kcrazyjoker4, Merbabu
125 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys
126 My Life Mary J. Blige
127 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles isento
128 A Night at the Opera Queen
129 The Wall Pink Floyd Parrot of Doom
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 Y2kcrazyjoker4, Merbabu
136 Maggot Brain Funkadelic
137 21 Adele
138 The Immaculate Collection Madonna Bluesatellite
139 Paranoid Black Sabbath
140 Catch a Fire Bob Marley and the Wailers Tomcat7
141 Doolittle Pixies CloudNine
142 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
143 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground
144 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin Ritchie333
145 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
146 Parallel Lines Blondie
147 Grace Jeff Buckley
148 Channel Orange Frank Ocean isento
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 Mewerlack
158 Mama's Gun Erykah Badu
159 Synchronicity The Police
160 Ten Pearl Jam -5-
161 Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash
162 Different Class Pulp
163 Saturday Night Fever Various artists
164 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash Teemu08
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 WesleyDodds
174 The Harder They Come Various artists
175 Damn Kendrick Lamar
176 Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy isento
177 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart
178 Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding Tomcat7
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 isento
184 She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper
185 Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones
186 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers NSR77
187 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube
188 Electric Warrior T. Rex
189 Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney Niwi3
190 Tommy The Who Ritchie333
191 At Last! Etta James
192 Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys
193 Willy and the Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival
194 Bad Michael Jackson Crystal Clear x3, Realist2
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 Andrzejbanas
203 Pink Moon Nick Drake
204 Graduation Kanye West Bruce Campbell
205 Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens
206 Low David Bowie zmbro
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 Legolas2186
223 Imagine John Lennon
224 Fly Dixie Chicks
225 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco Teemu08
226 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Derek and 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 electricController, DannyMusicEditor
237 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson GDuwen
238 Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk Andrzejbanas, Ricadus
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 Bruce Campbell
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 DannyMusicEditor, electricController
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 Ummagumma23, MusicforthePeople
254 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
255 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Mick gold, I.M.S., Moisejp
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 Parrot of Doom
265 Wowee Zowee Pavement Niwi3
266 Help! The Beatles
267 Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen Cjmarsicano, CloudNine
268 Sail Away Randy Newman
269 Yeezus Kanye West STATicVapor
270 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves
271 What's the 411? Mary J. Blige
272 White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground DecrepitlyOnward, zmbro
273 Entertainment! Gang of Four
274 Sweetheart of the Rodeo The Byrds Kohoutek1138, Cbben
275 Curtis Curtis Mayfield
276 The Bends Radiohead Popcornfud, Tunakanski
277 The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys
278 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin Ritchie333
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 Bleff
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 Cowbellcity45
295 Random Access Memories Daft Punk Jhsounds, Bobamnertiopsis
296 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young and Crazy Horse
297 So Peter Gabriel JennKR
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 isento
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 Andrzejbanas
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 GDuwen
323 Sandinista! The Clash
324 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay Efe
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 isento
329 Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow Holiday56
330 Aftermath The Rolling Stones isento, JG66
331 Like a Prayer Madonna Theknine2
332 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley
333 Still Bill Bill Withers
334 Abraxas Santana
335 The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan and the Band Mick gold, I.M.S., Moisejp
336 Avalon Roxy Music
337 John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
338 Another Green World Brian Eno Andrzejbanas
339 Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson Bookkeeperoftheoccult
340 Doggystyle Snoop Doggy Dogg Guerilla In Tha Mist
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 Basilisk4u
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 Orfen
362 Never Too Much Luther Vandross
363 Mothership Connection Parliament
364 More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads
365 Madvillainy Madvillain AstonishingTunesAdmirer
366 Rocks Aerosmith
367 If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake
368 All Things Must Pass George Harrison JG66
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 Xihix
376 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel Famous Hobo
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 Tkbrett ( Working)
385 Rocket to Russia Ramones CrowzRSA
386 Donuts J Dilla
387 In Rainbows Radiohead Atlantik, Popcornduff
388 Young, Gifted and Black Aretha Franklin
389 The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey Petergriffin9901
390 Surfer Rosa Pixies CloudNine
391 Kaleidoscope Kelis
392 Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner
393 1989 Taylor Swift
394 Diana Diana Ross
395 Black Messiah D'Angelo and the Vanguard
396 Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren Ritchie333
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 ILIL
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. ChrisTheDude
422 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye isento
423 I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Yo La Tengo Niwi3
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 Efe
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 Xwomanizerx
442 Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd
443 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) David Bowie zmbro
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 Tomcat7
449 Elephant The White Stripes
450 Ram Paul McCartney and 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 Crystal Clear x3
460 Melodrama Lorde De88
461 For Emma, Forever Ago Bon Iver Saginaw-hitchhiker
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 Brankestein
474 #1 Record Big Star
475 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Niwi3
476 Kimono My House Sparks
477 Moanin' in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
478 Something Else by the Kinks The Kinks
479 Amor Prohibido Selena AJona1992
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 PDTantisocial
483 The Anthology: 1947–1972 Muddy Waters
484 Born This Way Lady Gaga GagaNutella
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 11JORN
497 The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Various artists
498 Suicide Suicide
499 Ask Rufus Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
500 Funeral Arcade Fire

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  1. ^ Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley is a compilation album that contains Bo Diddley and Go Bo Diddley.