The DMDB Top 100 Albums of All Time

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At the close of the 20th century, best-of-all-time lists of anything and everything were as common as warning cries that all the computers in the world were going to come crashing down because of the Y2K bug. I accumulated the best-of music lists in a database along with album ratings, sales figures, chart peaks, awards won, etc. in the hopes of compiling a best-of-the-best list a few months into the year 2000. Well, now it’s well into the next millennium and the project has clearly become an on-going endeavor.

Shown below are the album covers for the subject-to-change-at-anytime top 100 albums of all time, according to Dave’s Music Database. Albums are in rank order, with the #1 album being the top left corner, #2 to its immediate right, etc. Hover your mouse over an album to get the name of the album and the recording act. Click on an album for a full page of information such as a full song listing, release date, rating, and album review.



The DMDB Top 100 Albums of All Time

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Beatles Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd Thriller: Michael Jackson Revolver: The Beatles Led Zeppelin IV: Led Zeppelin Rumours: Fleetwood Mac Velvet Underground & Nico: Velvet Underground & Nico Nevermind: Nirvana Pet Sounds: Beach Boys Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…: Sex Pistols
Are You Experienced?: The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Beatles (aka “The White Album”): The Beatles Exile on Main Street: The Rolling Stones The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: David Bowie London Calling: The Clash Abbey Road: The Beatles Born to Run: Bruce Springsteen What's Going On: Marvin Gaye Back in Black: AC/DC The Joshua Tree: U2
The Sun Sessions: Elvis Presley South Pacific: Cast Album/Soundtrack Blonde on Blonde: Bob Dylan West Side Story: Cast Album/Soundtrack Purple Rain: Prince & the Revolution The Doors: The Doors Hotel California: Eagles Who’s Next: The Who Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack: Bee Gees/Various Artists Kind of Blue: Miles Davis
The Wall: Pink Floyd The Sound of Music: Cast Album/Soundtrack It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: Public Enemy OK Computer: Radiohead Appetite for Destruction: Guns N' Roses Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen Rubber Soul: The Beatles Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan Astral Weeks: Van Morrison Tapestry: Carole King
Ramones: Ramones Tommy: The Who Live at the Apollo Volume 1: James Brown Blood on the Tracks: Bob Dylan Live at Fillmore East: The Allman Brothers Band Horses: Patti Smith Songs in the Key of Life: Stevie Wonder Sticky Fingers: The Rolling Stones The Queen Is Dead: The Smiths Electric Ladyland: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin II: Led Zeppelin The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses Achtung Baby: U2 Ten: Pearl Jam After the Gold Rush: Neil Young Beggars Banquet: The Rolling Stones Bat Out of Hell: Meat Loaf Bridge Over Troubled Water: Simon and Garfunkel Jagged Little Pill: Alanis Morissette
Graceland: Paul Simon Blue: Joni Mitchell Remain in Light: Talking Heads Marquee Moon: Television Forever Changes: Love Metallica (aka 'The Black Album'): Metallica Sign 'O' the Times: Prince Innervisions: Stevie Wonder Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs: Derek and the Dominos Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975: Eagles
Synchronicity: The Police My Aim Is True: Elvis Costello Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John Déjà Vu: Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Murmur: R.E.M. Moondance: Van Morrison Closer: Joy Division Van Halen What's the Story Morning Glory: Oasis Harvest: Neil Young
Blue Lines: Massive Attack Plastic Ono Band: John Lennon Transformer: Lou Reed Boston: Boston The Band: The Band Pretenders: Pretenders Automatic for the People: R.E.M. The Clash: The Clash Wish You Were Here: Pink Floyd Grievous Angel: Gram Parsons
Trout Mask Replica: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin Odelay: Beck Grace: Jeff Buckley Bringing It All Back Home: Bob Dylan Bitches Brew: Miles Davis Hunky Dory: David Bowie There's a Riot Goin' On: Sly and the Family Stone Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: Smashing Pumpkins Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division


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    The definitive Top 100 list above comes from more than 150 lists from major music publications, Websites, and books from around the world. You can check out some of the more major lists in the links below:

    My Personal Top 100 Albums of All Time Rolling Stone VH1



  • This page last updated August 4, 2006.