Hall
of Fame
The full run-down of the
essential albums from each decade based on an individual's biased
opinion
What! Where is my favourite
album? - Readers have also submitted their own album lists on
this page
1960s
01. The Beatles - 'Revolver' (1966)
02. Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds' (1966)
03. Jimi Hendrix - 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience' (1967)
04. The Beatles - 'The White Album' (1969)
05. Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin I' (1969)
06. Jimi Hendrix - 'Electric Ladyland' (1967)
07. The Beatles - 'Sgt Pepper Lonely Heart's Club Band' (1967)
08. Bob Dylan - 'Highway 61 Revisited' (1965)
09. Love - 'Forever Changes' (1967)
10. The Beatles - 'Abbey Road' (1969)
11. The Rolling Stones - 'Let It Bleed' (1969)
12. The Doors - 'The Doors' (1967)
13. The Velvet Underground - 'Velvet Underground & Nico'
(1967)
14. Rolling Stones - 'Beggar's Banquet' (1968)
15. Bob Dylan - 'Blonde On Blonde' (1966)
16. The Who - 'Tommy' (1969)
17. The Doors - 'Strange Days' (1967)
18. The Byrds - 'Younger Than Yesterday' (1967)
19. Scott Walker - 'Scott Walker 2' (1968)
20. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - 'Trout Mask Replica'
(1969)
21. The Beatles - 'Rubber Soul' (1965)
22. The Who - 'The Who Sell Out' (1967)
23. Velvet Underground - 'White Light / White Heat' (1967)
24. The Stooges - 'The Stooges' (1969)
25. Pink Floyd - 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' (1967)
26. Jimi Hendrix - 'Axis: Bold As Love' (1967)
27. Bob Dylan - 'Bringing It All Back Home' (1965)
28. The Band - 'The Band' (1969)
29. Van Morrison - 'Astral Weeks' (1968)
30. The Beatles - 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964)
31. The Byrds - 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (1965)
32. Rolling Stones - 'Aftermath' (1966)
33. Love - 'Da Capo' (1967)
34. Beach Boys - 'Smiley Smile' (1967)
35. Johnny Cash - 'At Folsom Prison' (1968)
36. The Beatles - 'Magical Mystery Tour' (1967)
37. The Who - 'My Generation' (1965)
38. Bob Dylan - 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' (1964)
39. The Byrds - 'Mr Tambourine Man' (1965)
40. Beach Boys - 'Today' (1965)
1970s
01. Led Zeppelin - 'IV' (1971)
02. Black Sabbath - 'Paranoid' (1970)
03. The Who - 'Who's Next' (1971)
04. The Clash - 'London Calling' (1979)
05. Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side Of The Moon' (1973)
06. Led Zeppelin - 'Physical Graffiti' (1975)
07. AC/DC - 'Highway To Hell' (1979)
08. Pink Floyd - 'Wish You Were Here' (1975)
09. The Sex Pistols - 'Nevermind The Bollocks…' (1977)
10. Van Halen - 'Van Halen' (1978)
11. Black Sabbath - 'Vol.4' (1972)
12. Aerosmith - 'Toys In The Attic' (1975)
13. The Rolling Stones - 'Exile On Main St.' (1972)
14. Neil Young - 'After The Goldrush' (1970)
15. Joy Division - 'Unknown Pleasures' (1979)
16. The Clash - 'The Clash' (1977)
17. Aerosmith - 'Rocks' (1976)
18. Ramones - 'Ramones' (1976)
19. Neil Young - 'Tonight's The Night' (1975)
20. David Bowie - '… Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From
Mars (1972)
21. AC/DC - 'Powerage' (1977)
22. Pink Floyd - 'The Wall' (1979)
23. Led Zeppelin - 'Houses Of The Holy' (1973)
24. The Who - 'Live At Leeds' (1970)
25. Black Sabbath - 'Masters Of Reality' (1971)
26. Pink Floyd - 'Animals' (1975)
27. Rolling Stones - 'Sticky Fingers' (1971)
28. Led Zeppelin - 'II' (1970)
29. Black Sabbath - 'Black Sabbath' (1970)
30. The Who - 'Quadrophenia' (1973)
31. The Stooges - 'Raw Power' (1973)
32. David Bowie - 'Hunky Dory' (1971)
33. The Doors - 'LA Woman' (1971)
34. Black Sabbath - 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' (197)
35. Led Zeppelin - 'III' (1970)
36. Genesis - 'A Trick Of The Tail' (1976)
37. Bob Dylan - 'Blood On The Tracks' (1975)
38. Lou Reed - 'Transformer' (1972)
39. Queen - 'Night At The Opera' (1975)
40. Nick Drake - 'Pink Moon' (1972)
1980s
01. The Pixies - 'Doolittle' (1989)
02. Metallica - 'Master Of Puppets' (1986)
03. Guns N'Roses - 'Appetite For Destruction' (1987)
04. AC/DC - 'Back In Black' (1980)
05. Metallica - 'Ride The Lightning' (1984)
06. Joy Division - 'Closer' (1980)
07. Slayer - 'Reign In Blood' (1986)
08. Pixies - 'Surfer Rosa' (1988)
09. Faith No More - 'The Real Thing' (1989)
10. Ministry - 'The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste' (1989)
11. Nine Inch Nails - 'Pretty Hate Machine' (1989)
12. U2 - 'Joshua Tree' (1987)
13. Janes Addiction - 'Nothing Shocking' (1988)
14. Beastie Boys - 'Paul's Boutique' (1989)
15. Sonic Youth - 'Daydream Nation' (1988)
16. REM - 'Murmur' (1983)
17. Iron Maiden - 'Number Of The Beast' (1984)
18. Prince - 'Purple Rain' (1984)
19. Husker Du - 'Candy Apple Grey' (1986)
20. Neil Young - 'Freedom' (1989)
21. Van Halen - '1984' (1984)
22. Public Enemy -' It Takes A Nation Of Millions…' (1988)
23. Husker Du - 'Zen Arcade' (1984)
24. Ministry - 'Land Of Rape And Honey' (1988)
25. Slayer - 'South Of Heaven' (1988)
26. REM - 'Document' (1987)
27. RUN DMC - 'King Of Rock' (1986)
28. Metallica - '…And Justice For All' (1988)
29. Stone Roses - 'Stone Roses' (1989)
30. REM - 'Life's Rich Pagent' (1986)
31. Talking Heads - 'Remain In Light' (1980)
32. Soundgarden - 'Louder Than Love' (1989)
33. Meat Puppets - 'II' (1983)
34. Sonic Youth - 'Sister' (1987)
35. REM - 'Green' (1988)
36. Iron Maiden - 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' (1988)
37. Nirvana - 'Bleach' (1989)
38. Def Leppard - 'Pyromania' (1983)
39. Ozzy Osbourne - 'Bark At The Moon' (1983)
40. David Bowie - 'Scary Monsters' (1980)
1990s
01. Nirvana - 'Nevermind' (1991)
02. Nine Inch Nails - 'The Downward Spiral' (1994)
03. Faith No More - 'Angel Dust' (1992)
04. Radiohead - 'OK Computer' (1997)
05. Alice In Chains - 'Dirt' (1992)
06. Nirvana - 'In Utero' (1993)
07. Sigur Ros - 'Ágætis Byrjun' (1999)
08. Janes Addiction - 'Ritual De Lo Habitual' (1990)
09. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless' (1991)
10. Tool - 'Aenima' (1996)
11. Soundgarden - 'Superunknown' (1994)
12. Therapy? - 'Troublegum' (1994)
13. Deftones - 'Around The Fur' (1997)
14. Marilyn Manson - 'Antichrist Superstar' (1996)
15. Smashing Pumpkins - 'Siamese Dream' (1993)
16. Pearl Jam - 'Ten' (1991)
17. Smashing Pumpkins - 'Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness'
(1995)
18. Metallica - 'Metallica' (1996)
19. Radiohead - 'The Bends' (1995)
20. Stone Temple Pilots - 'Purple' (1994)
21. REM - 'Automatic For The People' (1992)
22. Soundgarden - 'Badmotorfinger' (1991)
23. Pantera - 'Vulgar Display Of Power' (1992)
24. Sugar - 'Copper Blue' (1991)
25. Fugazi - 'Repeater' (1990)
26. Manic Street Preachers - 'The Holy Bible' (1994)
27. Rage Against The Machine - 'Rage Against The Machine'
28. Pearl Jam - 'Vs' (1993)
29. The Prodigy - 'Music For A Jilted Generation' (1994)
30. Jeff Buckley - 'Grace' (1994)
31. Massive Attack - 'Mezzanine' (1998)
32. Nine Inch Nails - 'The Fragile' (1999) (1992)
33. U2 - 'Achtung Baby!' (1991)
34. Ministry - 'Psalm 69' (1992)
35. Public Enemy - 'Fear Of A Black Planet' (1990)
36. The Pixies - 'Trompe De Monde' (1991)
37. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' (1991)
38. Foo Fighters - 'The Colour An The Shape' (1997)
39. Guns N'Roses - 'Use Your Illusion II' (1991)
40. Marilyn Manson - 'Mechanical Animals' (1998)
2000s
01. Tool - 'Lateralus' (2001)
02. Arcade Fire- Funeral (2005)
03. Radiohead - 'Kid A' (2000)
04. At The Drive-In - 'Relationship of Command' (2000)
05. Deftones - 'White Pony' (2000)
06. Green Day - 'American Idiot' (2004)
07. Radiohead - 'In Rainbows' (2007)
08. Sigur Ros - 'Takk' (2005)
09. System Of A Down - 'Mezmerize / Hypnotize' (2005)
10. Queens of the Stone Age - 'Songs For The Deaf' (2002)
11. System Of A Down - 'Toxicity' (2001)
12. The White Stripes - 'Elephant' (2003)
13. Tool - '10,000 Days' (2006)
14. Muse - 'Black Holes & Revelations' (2006)
15. Outkast - 'Speakerboxx / The Love Below' (2003)
16. The Strokes - 'Is This It' (2001)
17. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible (2007)
18. My Morning Jacket - 'Z' (2003)
19. Isis - 'Oceanic' (2003)
20. Fugazi - 'The Argument' (2001)
21. Coldplay - 'X&Y' (2005)
22. Nine Inch Nails - 'Year Zero' (2007)
23. Deftones - 'Deftones' (2003)
24. Queens Of The Stone Age 'Rated R' (2000)
25. Sigur Ros - '( )' (2002
26. White Stripes - 'White Blood Cells' (2001)
27. Daft Punk - 'Discovery' (2001)
28. Coldplay - 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' (2002)
29. Battles - 'Mirrored' (2007)
30. Jimmy Eat World - 'Jimmy Eat World' (2001)
31. PJ Harvey - 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'
(2000)
32. Machine Head - 'The Blackening' (2007)
33. Wilco - 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' (2003)
34. Mercury Rev - 'All Is Dream' (2001)
35. Radiohead - 'Amnesiac' (2001)
36. Rammstein - 'Reise Reise' (2003)
37. The Mars Volta - 'De-Loused In The Comatorium' (2003)
38. Kanye West - 'Late Registration' (2005)
39. U2- 'And All That Can Be Left Behind' (2000)
40. Marilyn Manson 'Holywood - 'In The Shadow Of The Valley Of
Death' (2000)
41. White Stripes - 'Icky Thump' (2007)
42. Killers - 'Sam's Town' (2006)
43. The White Stripes -'Get Behind Me Satan' (2005)
44. Flaming Lips - 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' (2002)
45. Bob Dylan - 'Modern Times' (2006)
46. Scissor Sisters - 'Scissor Sisters' (2004)
47. Deftones - 'Saturday Night Wrist' (2006)
48. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'By The Way' (2002)
49. Slayer - 'Christ Illusion' (2006)
50. Nine Inch Nails - 'With Teeth' (2005)
Artists
of the Decade
Who I consider the most significant
artists to have the biggest impact on my musical tastes
Artists of the 1960s
1. The Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. The Who
4. Bob Dylan
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Beach Boys
7. Velvet Underground
8. The Doors
9. The Stooges
10. Love
Artists of the 1980s
1. Metallica
2. Guns N Roses
3. REM
4. The Pixies
5. U2
6. Public Enemy
7. Replacements
8. Joy Division
9. Ministry
10. Beastie Boys
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Artists of the 1970s
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Pink Floyd
3. Black Sabbath
4. The Clash
5. AC/DC
6. Neil Young
7. Sex Pistols
8. David Bowie
9. Aerosmith
10. Queen
Artists of the 1990s
1. Nirvana
2. Radiohead
3. The Prodigy
4. Nine Inch Nails
5. Faith No More
6. Alice In Chains
7. Manic Street Preachers
8. Fugazi
9. Marilyn Manson
10. Pearl Jam
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