One record per artist
Best of each artist
Every artist appears only once – with their best record. The list is ranked by the editors’ Still holds up score, then First listen and the readers’ ratings.
All 205Rock 30Pop 23Soul, funk and R&B 19Jazz 15Hip hop 19Electronic 20Folk, country and song 15Reggae and world 16Hard rock and metal 48
- 1 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Timeless classic
- 2 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico Timeless classic
- 3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland Timeless classic
- 4 The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Timeless classic
- 5 The Beatles Abbey Road Timeless classic
- 6 Neil Young After the Gold Rush Timeless classic
- 7 The Who Who’s Next Timeless classic
- 8 David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Timeless classic
- 9 The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. Timeless classic
- 10 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Timeless classic
- 11 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run Timeless classic
- 12 Patti Smith Horses Timeless classic
- 13 Queen A Night at the Opera Timeless classic
- 14 Fleetwood Mac Rumours Timeless classic
- 15 Television Marquee Moon Timeless classic
- 16 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures Timeless classic
- 17 The Clash London Calling Timeless classic
- 18 Talking Heads Remain in Light Timeless classic
- 19 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead Timeless classic
- 20 U2 The Joshua Tree Timeless classic
- 21 Pixies Doolittle Timeless classic
- 22 The Cure Disintegration Timeless classic
- 23 Nirvana Nevermind Timeless classic
- 24 R.E.M. Automatic for the People Timeless classic
- 25 Kent Isola Timeless classic
- 26 Radiohead OK Computer Timeless classic
- 27 The Strokes Is This It Modern classic
- 28 Arcade Fire Funeral Modern classic
- 29 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Modern classic
- 30 Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters Modern classic
205 artists in the collection.