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1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
by The Beatles
With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. ... More
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2. Back in Black (1980)
by AC/DC
The first sound on Back in Black is the deep, ominous drone of church bells -- or "Hell's Bells," as it were, opening the album and AC/DC's next era ... More
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3. The Beatles [White Album] (1968)
by The Beatles
Each song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. This makes for a ... More
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4. Greatest Hits (1994)
by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
For over 20 years, Bob Seger was one of the best mainstream rock & rollers in America, developing a distinctive body of honest, hard-rocking songs. ... More
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5. Led Zeppelin II (1969)
by Led Zeppelin
Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it. ... More
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7. Led Zeppelin (1969)
by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates. Taking the heavy, distorted electric blues ... More
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8. Led Zeppelin III (1970)
by Led Zeppelin
On their first two albums, Led Zeppelin unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs, but Led Zeppelin III provided the band ... More
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9. Metallica (1991)
by Metallica
After the muddled production and ultracomplicated song structures of ...And Justice for All, Metallica decided that they had taken the progressive ...
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10. Greatest Hits (1993)
by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Greatest Hits is a lean yet complete overview of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' biggest singles from their first prime. Sure, it's possible to ... More
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11. Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971-1993 (1993)
by The Rolling Stones
List of all editionsReleased in 1994 to coincide with the Stones' catalog moving to Virgin Records, as well as the accompanying remastering of their Rolling Stone ... More
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12. The Best of Santana [Columbia] (1998)
by Santana
List of all editionsThe Best of Santana is a 16-track collection that greatly expands the scope of Santana's previous hits compilation, Greatest Hits. Drawing from the ... More
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13. Let It Bleed (1969)
by The Rolling Stones
List of all editionsMostly recorded without Brian Jones -- who died several months before its release (although he does play on two tracks) and was replaced by Mick ... More
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14. Greatest Hits (1995)
by Styx
List of all editionsReplacing the band's volume in A&M's Classics series, Greatest Hits collects all Styx's major chart and radio hits, from "Lady" to "Show Me the Way." ... More
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15. At Fillmore East (1971)
by The Allman Brothers Band
List of all editionsWhereas most great live rock albums are about energy, At Fillmore East is like a great live jazz session, where the pleasure comes from the musicians ... More
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16. The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (2002)
by Elton John
List of all editionsGreatest Hits 1970-2002 commemorates Elton John's career in a double-disc set. Seeing songs such as "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," "Goodbye ... More
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17. Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (2004)
by Pearl Jam
List of all editionsJoe Strummer once claimed that the Clash had stardom in their hands, then they dropped it on the floor and broke it. Pearl Jam took the opposite tact ... More
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18. A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 (1991)
by The Allman Brothers Band
List of all editionsThe record industry's blatantly greedy ploy of remastering and "upgrading" CDs is shameful. The sonics are usually improved, but the CDs could have ... More
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19. London Calling (1979)
by The Clash
List of all editionsGive 'Em Enough Rope, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for the Clash, but the double-album London Calling is a ... More
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20. In Through the Out Door (1979)
by Led Zeppelin
List of all editionsSomewhere between Presence and In Through the Out Door, disco, punk, and new wave had overtaken rock & roll, and Led Zeppelin chose to tentatively ... More
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21. Appetite for Destruction (1987)
by Guns N' Roses
List of all editionsGuns N' Roses' debut, Appetite for Destruction was a turning point for hard rock in the late '80s -- it was a dirty, dangerous, and mean record in a ... More
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22. Hemispheres (1978)
by Rush
List of all editionsWhile such albums as 1980's Permanent Waves and 1981's Moving Pictures are usually considered Rush's masterpieces (and with good reason), 1978's ... More
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23. Presence (1976)
by Led Zeppelin
List of all editionsPresence scales back the size of Physical Graffiti to a single album, but it retains the grandiose scope of that double record. If anything, Presence ... More
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24. Physical Graffiti (1975)
by Led Zeppelin
List of all editionsLed Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, a sprawling, ambitious double album. Zeppelin treat many of the ... More
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25. Devil Without a Cause (1998)
by Kid Rock
List of all editionsIt's unlikely that even Kid Rock believed he had an album as good as Devil Without a Cause in him. Nobody else believed it, that's for sure. But he ... More







