List of 200 Definitive Albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Definitive 200 Albums of Rock Hall of Fame project logo The 200 definitive albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a 2007 list of the best albums ever produced by artists or bands throughout the history of world music according to the criteria of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame National Association of Recording Merchandisers [1] [2]
Table of 200 definitive albums [ edit ] The band The Beatles is #1 on the 200 list, in addition to being the most featured in the rankings Pink Floyd appears at 2nd in the 200 list, in addition to appearing 3 times in the rankingsMichael Jackson is number 3 with the album Thriller Led Zeppelin is number 4 with the album Led Zeppelin IV The Rolling Stones is 6th with Exile on Main St. Carole King is the highest ranked woman on the list, at #7 with Tapestry Bob Dylan is in 8th place with Highway 61 Revisited The Beach Boys in 9th place with Pet Sounds Nirvana is in 10th place with Nevermind Pearl Jam is at 11th with Ten Metallica appears at 14th with their self-titled album . They are the only metal band to have four albums on the list, ranking second overall. Position Album Artist Release date of 1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles June 1, 1967 2 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd March 1, 1973 3 Thriller Michael Jackson November 30, 1982 4 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin November 8, 1971 5 The Joshua Tree U2 March 9, 1987 6 Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones May 12, 1972 7 Tapestry Carole King February 10, 1971 8 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan August 30, 1965 9 Pet Sounds Beach Boys May 16, 1966 10 Nevermind Nirvana September 24, 1991 11 Ten Pearl Jam August 27, 1991 12 Abbey Road The Beatles September 26, 1969 13 Supernatural Santana June 15, 1999 14 Metallica Metallica August 12, 1991 15 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen August 25, 1975 16 Purple Rain Prince June 25, 1984 17 Back in Black AC/DC July 25, 1980 18 Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones November 28, 1969 19 The Doors The Doors January 4, 1967 20 American Beauty Grateful Dead November 1, 1970 21 Come on Over Shania Twain November 4, 1997 22 Who's Next The Who August 2, 1971 23 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder September 28, 1976 24 Rumours Fleetwood Mac February 4, 1977 25 The Wall Pink Floyd November 30, 1979 26 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette June 13, 1995 27 Come Away with Me Norah Jones February 26, 2002 28 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem March 23, 2000 29 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast September 23, 2003 30 The Chronic Dr. Dre December 15, 1992 31 Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys November 15, 1986 32 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses July 21, 1987 33 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks January 27, 1998 34 Kind of Blue Miles Davis August 17, 1959 35 Hotel California Eagles December 8, 1976 36 Hysteria Def Leppard August 3, 1987 37 Grease Various artists April 14, 1978 38 What's Going On Marvin Gaye May 21, 1971 39 The Beatles The Beatles November 22, 1968 40 Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Various artists November 15, 1977 41 Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix May 12, 1967 42 Revolver The Beatles August 5, 1966 43 Boston Boston August 25, 1976 44 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi August 18, 1986 45 Achtung Baby U2 November 19, 1991 46 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston February 14, 1985 47 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin October 22, 1969 48 Crash Dave Matthews Band April 30, 1996 49 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones April 23, 1971 50 Dookie Green Day February 1, 1994 51 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin March 28, 1973 52 Blue Joni Mitchell June 22, 1971 53 Elvis at Sun Elvis Presley June 22, 2004 54 Toys in the Attic Aerosmith April 8, 1975 55 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill August 25, 1998 56 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen June 4, 1984 57 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent February 4, 2003 58 Highway to Hell AC/DC July 27, 1979 59 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. March 25, 1997 60 Van Halen Van Halen February 10, 1978 61 American Idiot Green Day September 21, 2004 62 Paranoid Black Sabbath September 18, 1970 63 The Eminem Show Eminem May 26, 2002 64 Pieces of You Jewel February 28, 1995 65 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay August 26, 2002 66 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf October 21, 1977 67 Confessions Usher March 23, 2004 68 Devil Without a Cause Kid Rock August 18, 1998 69 All Things Must Pass George Harrison November 27, 1970 70 The Stranger Billy Joel September 29, 1977 71 Hell Freezes Over Eagles November 8, 1994 72 Moondance Van Morrison February 27, 1970 73 Automatic for the People R.E.M. October 5, 1992 74 No Jacket Required Phil Collins January 25, 1985 75 Master of Puppets Metallica March 3, 1986 76 Breathe Faith Hill November 9, 1999 77 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash October 19, 1999 78 A Love Supreme John Coltrane January 1965 79 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd September 15, 1975 80 Off the Wall Michael Jackson August 10, 1979 81 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye August 28, 1973 82 Night Moves Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band October 22, 1976 83 Graceland Paul Simon August 12, 1986 84 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park October 24, 2000 85 1999 Prince October 27, 1982 86 Pyromania Def Leppard January 20, 1983 87 Control Janet Jackson February 6, 1986 88 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers September 23, 1991 89 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits May 1, 1985 90 All Eyez on Me 2Pac February 13, 1996 91 Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox Twenty October 1, 1996 92 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers June 8, 1999 93 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin February 24, 1975 94 Country Grammar Nelly June 27, 2000 95 Human Clay Creed September 28, 1999 96 London Calling The Clash December 14, 1979 97 Falling into You Celine Dion March 12, 1996 98 Harvest Neil Young February 1, 1972 99 Dirty Dancing Various artists August 21, 1987 100 Home Dixie Chicks August 27, 2002 101 Full Moon Fever Tom Petty April 24, 1989 102 1984 Van Halen January 9, 1984 103 Titanic Various artists December 18, 1997 104 Déjà Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young March 11, 1970 105 CrazySexyCool TLC November 15, 1994 106 Odelay Beck Hansen June 18, 1996 107 Breathless Kenny G October 20, 1992 108 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A August 8, 1988 109 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols October 28, 1977 110 Rubber Soul The Beatles December 3, 1965 111 OK Computer Radiohead June 16, 1997 112 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel January 26, 1970 113 Fly Dixie Chicks August 31, 1999 114 ...And Justice for All Metallica September 6, 1988 115 Dangerous Michael Jackson November 26, 1991 116 Daydream Mariah Carey October 3, 1995 117 Top Gun Various artists May 13, 1986 118 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John October 5, 1973 119 Synchronicity The Police June 1, 1983 120 Tragic Kingdom No Doubt October 10, 1995 121 Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones December 6, 1968 122 R. R. Kelly September 29, 1998 123 Lateralus Tool May 15, 2001 124 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis October 2, 1995 125 Exodus Bob Marley and the Wailers June 3, 1977 126 Escape Journey July 31, 1981 127 Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera August 24, 1999 128 The Blueprint Jay-Z September 11, 2001 129 The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys December 1, 2003 130 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Various artists December 5, 2000 131 The Cars The Cars June 6, 1978 132 A Day Without Rain Enya November 21, 2000 133 Unforgettable... with Love Natalie Cole June 11, 1991 134 Footloose Various artists January 31, 1984 135 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie October 11, 1983 136 Surfacing Sarah McLachlan July 15, 1997 137 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt March 21, 1989 138 Ride the Lightning Metallica July 27, 1984 139 Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow August 3, 1993 140 In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra April 25, 1955 141 Gratitude Earth, Wind & Fire November 11, 1975 142 Eliminator ZZ Top March 23, 1983 143 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson May 1975 144 Imagine John Lennon September 9, 1971 145 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton July 13, 1993 146 At Last! Etta James November 15, 1960 147 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley March 23, 1956 148 Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens November 23, 1970 149 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins October 24, 1995 150 Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet December 14, 1959 151 Janet. Janet Jackson May 18, 1993 152 A Night at the Opera Queen November 21, 1975 153 Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne September 20, 1980 154 Big Willie Style Will Smith November 25, 1997 155 Sign o' the Times Prince March 31, 1987 156 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy April 17, 1988 157 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan January 17, 1975 158 Faith George Michael October 30, 1987 159 Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men April 30, 1991 160 The Writing's on the Wall Destiny's Child July 27, 1999 161 The Black Album Jay-Z November 14, 2003 162 Let Go Avril Lavigne June 4, 2002 163 The Score Fugees February 13, 1996 164 Like a Virgin Madonna November 12, 1984 165 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin January 12, 1969 166 Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan June 15, 1983 167 Core Stone Temple Pilots September 29, 1992 168 The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber October 9, 1986 169 Aqualung Jethro Tull March 19, 1971 170 Me Against the World 2Pac March 14, 1995 171 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie June 6, 1972 172 Laundry Service Shakira November 13, 2001 173 Forrest Gump Various artists June 28, 1994 174 Call Me Al Green July 18, 1973 175 Super Fly Curtis Mayfield July 11, 1972 176 Throwing Copper Live April 26, 1994 177 Breezin' George Benson March 19, 1976 178 White Blood Cells The White Stripes July 3, 2001 179 Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Lynyrd Skynyrd August 13, 1973 180 Diamond Life Sade July 28, 1984 181 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac July 11, 1975 182 Band on the Run Wings December 7, 1973 183 Dangerously in Love Beyonce June 24, 2003 184 Rapture Anita Baker March 20, 1986 185 Illmatic Nas April 15, 1994 186 A Star Is Born Paul Williams November 1976 187 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire March 15, 1975 188 Rhythm of Love Anita Baker September 13, 1994 189 In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Jay-Z November 4, 1997 190 Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J August 27, 1990 191 Aja Steely Dan September 23, 1977 192 Stardust Willie Nelson April 1978 193 Sparkle Aretha Franklin May 27, 1976 194 Andrea Andrea Bocelli November 9, 2004 195 Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan March 22, 1965 196 Never Too Much Luther Vandross August 12, 1981 197 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 October 30, 2000 198 2112 Rush April 1, 1976 199 Aquemini OutKast September 29, 1998 200 We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad July 15, 1973
Artists or bands that appear the most in the ranking [ edit ] Definitive albums ranked by decade [ edit ] Decade Number 1950s 4 1960s 17 1970s 58 1980s 40 1990s 56 2000s 25
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