On Tuesday, Rolling Stone released a list of their 500 best albums of all time. The list was voted on by musicians, critics, music industry members, and staff. Here are the top 20; the rest are found at the link.
- Marvin Gaye, What's Going On (1971)
- The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (1966
- Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)
- Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
- The Beatles, Abbey Road (1969)
- Nirvana, Nevermind (1991)
- Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977)
- Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (1984)
- Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1975)
- Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
- The Beatles, Revolver (1966)
- Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982)
- Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
- The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St. (1972)
- Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
- The Clash, London Calling (1979)
- Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
- Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
- Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
- Radiohead, Kid A (2000)