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Rate Your Music — Top Albums of All Time

From https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/

Top albums of all time as voted by RYM/Sonemic users (top 200).

83 / 200 done · 41%

41%

1

To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2015
2

OK Computer

Radiohead

1997
3

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2007
4

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

1975
5

In the Court of the Crimson King

King Crimson

1969
6

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

2012
7

Kid A

Radiohead

2000
8

Madvillainy

Madvillain

2004
9

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd

1973
10

Loveless

my bloody valentine

1991
11

Abbey Road

The Beatles

1969
12

Remain in Light

Talking Heads

1980
13

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars

David Bowie

1972
14

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

2000
15

Illmatic

Nas

1994
16

Revolver

The Beatles

1966
17

Vespertine

Björk

2001
18

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

1970
19

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1963
20

Disintegration

The Cure

1989
21

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

1967
22

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

1965
23

Animals

Pink Floyd

1977
24

Red

King Crimson

1974
25

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

1959
26

Songs in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder

1976
27

Long Season

Fishmans

1996
28

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

1966
29

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

2019
30

Heaven or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

1990
31

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2010
32

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2004
33

Dummy

Portishead

1994
34

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1993
35

Spiderland

Slint

1991
36

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

1972
37

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

1998
38

The Money Store

Death Grips

2012
39

Souvlaki

Slowdive

1993
40

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1986
41

The Glow Pt. 2

The Microphones

2001
42

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

1967
43

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

1971
44

Discovery

Daft Punk

2001
45

Homogenic

Björk

1997
46

Blonde

Frank Ocean

2016
47

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1979
48

Either / Or

Elliott Smith

1997
49

F♯A♯∞

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

1997
50

In a Silent Way

Miles Davis

1969
51

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

2016
52

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

1991
53

The Beatles [White Album]

The Beatles

1968
54

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

1992
55

Close to the Edge

Yes

1972
56

98.12.28 Otokotachi no wakare

Fishmans

1999
57

★ [Blackstar]

David Bowie

2016
58

Deathconsciousness

Have a Nice Life

2008
59

Nevermind

Nirvana

1991
60

Mm..Food

MF DOOM

2004
61

Hounds of Love

Kate Bush

1985
62

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2005
63

Low

David Bowie

1977
64

Marquee Moon

Television

1977
65

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1965
66

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1970
67

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1996
68

Grace

Jeff Buckley

1994
69

Master of Reality

Black Sabbath

1971
70

In Utero

Nirvana

1993
71

Soundtracks for the Blind

Swans

1996
72

Donuts

J Dilla

2006
73

Led Zeppelin [IV]

Led Zeppelin

1971
74

Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

2022
75

Doolittle

Pixies

1989
76

Late Registration

Kanye West

2005
77

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

1968
78

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1994
79

Mezzanine

Massive Attack

1998
80

The Doors

The Doors

1967
81

Station to Station

David Bowie

1976
82

Ride the Lightning

Metallica

1984
83

Laughing Stock

Talk Talk

1991
84

Imaginal Disk

Magdalena Bay

2024
85

Blood on the Tracks

Bob Dylan

1975
86

Blonde on Blonde

Bob Dylan

1966
87

Symbolic

Death

1995
88

Karma

Pharoah Sanders

1969
89

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

2015
90

Closer

Joy Division

1980
91

Aquemini

OutKast

1998
92

Love Deluxe

Sade

1992
93

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2000
94

Clube da esquina

Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges

1972
95

Midnight Marauders

A Tribe Called Quest

1993
96

Velocity : Design : Comfort

Sweet Trip

2003
97

Is This It

The Strokes

2001
98

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

1970
99

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

1973
100

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads

1984
101

Master of Puppets

Metallica

1986
102

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

1967
103

Songs of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1967
104

Pornography

The Cure

1982
105

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

2014
106

Rubber Soul

The Beatles

1965
107

To Be Kind

Swans

2014
108

Toxicity

System of a Down

2001
109

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

1977
110

Liquid Swords

Genius/GZA

1995
111

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

1969
112

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

1969
113

The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse

1997
114

When the Pawn

Fiona Apple

1999
115

Ágætis byrjun

Sigur Rós

1999
116

Violator

Depeche Mode

1990
117

Leaves Turn Inside You

Unwound

2001
118

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

1970
119

Future Days

Can

1973
120

Giant Steps

John Coltrane

1960
121

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

1988
122

Twin Fantasy

Car Seat Headrest

2018
123

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1982
124

The Infamous

Mobb Deep

1995
125

The Magnolia Electric Co

Songs: Ohia

2003
126

My Favorite Things

John Coltrane

1961
127

Post

Björk

1995
128

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk

1988
129

A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead

2016
130

Tago Mago

Can

1971
131

Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada

1998
132

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1971
133

The Bends

Radiohead

1995
134

Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich and Musicians

1978
135

London Calling

The Clash

1979
136

Swans Are Dead

Swans

1998
137

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada

2002
138

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

1965
139

Siamese Dream

Smashing Pumpkins

1993
140

Flood

Boris

2000
141

Dopethrone

Electric Wizard

2000
142

Ys

Joanna Newsom

2006
143

Untrue

Burial

2007
144

Songs for the Deaf

Queens of the Stone Age

2002
145

Fun House

The Stooges

1970
146

White Pony

Deftones

2000
147

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

1982
148

Journey in Satchidananda

Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders

1971
149

Titanic Rising

Weyes Blood

2019
150

Discipline

King Crimson

1981
151

El jardín de los presentes

Invisible

1976
152

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

1968
153

Dirt

Alice in Chains

1992
154

Rust in Peace

Megadeth

1990
155

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1998
156

Silent Hill 2

Akira Yamaoka

2001
157

You Will Never Know Why

Sweet Trip

2009
158

After the Gold Rush

Neil Young

1970
159

Jenny Death

Death Grips

2015
160

Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

1959
161

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

1992
162

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

1971
163

Turn On the Bright Lights

Interpol

2002
164

Boris at Last -Feedbacker-

Boris

2003
165

Fôrça bruta

Jorge Ben

1970
166

LP!

JPEGMAFIA

2021
167

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

1969
168

Uchu Nippon Setagaya宇宙日本世田谷

Fishmans

1997
169

Perfect From Now On

Built to Spill

1997
170

Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

2017
171

Voodoo

D'Angelo

2000
172

Meddle

Pink Floyd

1971
173

Minecraft: Volume Alpha

C418

2011
174

ATLiens

OutKast

1996
175

Black on Both Sides

Mos Def

1999
176

Ready to Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1994
177

On the Beach

Neil Young

1974
178

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

1985
179

The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

2011
180

Yeezus

Kanye West

2013
181

"Heroes"

David Bowie

1977
182

Larks' Tongues in Aspic

King Crimson

1973
183

We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service

A Tribe Called Quest

2016
184

Odessey and Oracle

The Zombies

1968
185

Alive 2007

Daft Punk

2007
186

Acabou chorare

Novos Baianos

1972
187

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

1973
188

Modal Soul

Nujabes

2005
189

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1979
190

Another Green World

Eno

1975
191

Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII

Pink Floyd

2025
192

Dots and Loops

Stereolab

1997
193

Bocanada

Gustavo Cerati

1999
194

Get Up With It

Miles Davis

1974
195

Lateralus

Tool

2001
196

Fear of Music

Talking Heads

1979
197

Mount Eerie

The Microphones

2003
198

Aja

Steely Dan

1977
199

Construção

Chico Buarque

1971
200

Jane Doe

Converge

2001