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The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Of All Time. Every one of these albums is worth a listen, whether you’re discovering it for the first time or reconnecting with a longtime favorite.
- Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
- Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
- Definitely Maybe by Oasis
- Achtung Baby by U2
- Master of Puppets by Metallica
- Amnesiac by Radiohead
- Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
- The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
- Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,823 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 82 - Rank all-time: #116 - Rank in decade: #23 - Rank in year: #2 - Year: 1992 The debut album by Rage Against the Machine was considered groundbreaking in its mix of rap with rock. The band blended guitar solos with angry lyrics, and it's widely considered to be the band's best work.
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,350 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 80 - Rank all-time: #114 - Rank in decade: #28 - Rank in year: #5 - Year: 1977 "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" exploded onto the British music scene where the album, with songs like "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the UK," would become one of the most-influentia...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,415 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 80 - Rank all-time: #111 - Rank in decade: #21 - Rank in year: #5 - Year: 1994 "Definitely Maybe" was the debut album of Britpop's Oasis, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher shaking up a music scene filled with grunge sounds at the time. Not satisfied while they were making it, Oasi...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,600 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 80 - Rank all-time: #110 - Rank in decade: #20 - Rank in year: #5 - Year: 1991 U2's first album after a three-year absence, "Achtung Baby" won two Grammys including best rock album by a duo or group. The first major CD to be sold in environmentally-friendly packaging, "Achtung Baby" f...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,704 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 83 - Rank all-time: #109 - Rank in decade: #15 - Rank in year: #2 - Year: 1986 "Master of Puppets" is considered one of metal's best albums. The band made the album in Denmark, working on it overnight for three months. Not long after its release, Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton was k...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,720 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 83 - Rank all-time: #108 - Rank in decade: #17 - Rank in year: #2 - Year: 2001 Most of the songs on "Amnesiac" were recorded in the same sessions in Oxford, England; Paris; and Copenhagen, Denmark, as those on "KidA," an album released eight months earlier. Radiohead said it opted not...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,735 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 86 - Rank all-time: #107 - Rank in decade: #23 - Rank in year: #4 - Year: 1965 "Bringing It All Back Home" marked Bob Dylan's explosive recording move, into electric from acoustic, that would change rock 'n' roll. He recorded the 11 songs—including "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Mr. ...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,751 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 83 - Rank all-time: #106 - Rank in decade: #19 - Rank in year: #2 - Year: 1999 The orchestral "The Soft Bulletin" by Oklahoma City's The Flaming Lips was more harmonious and personal than their earlier four-disc album "Zaireeka." It broadened the psychedelic rock band's popularity eno...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,834 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 84 - Rank all-time: #104 - Rank in decade: #27 - Rank in year: #5 - Year: 1975 The sixth album by Led Zeppelin, "Physical Graffiti" was the first the band made on its own record label, Swan Song. Critics said it confirmed the band's megastatus after all five of its previous albums wen...
- Best Ever Albums score: 15,866 - Best Ever Albums user rating: 83 - Rank all-time: #103 - Rank in decade: #15 - Rank in year: #4 - Year: 2002 "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" by The Flaming Lips was called "storytelling acid rock" designed to entertain. It followed their earlier popular album "The Soft Bulletin." The single "Do You Realize?" was...
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