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The Guardian - 100 best albums ever (1997)

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Albums in List

Pos Album Artist
1 What's going on Marvin Gaye
2 Revolver The Beatles
3 Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols Sex pistols
4 Nevermind Nirvana
5 The Stone roses The Stone roses
6 Pet sounds The Beach boys
7 The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars David Bowie
8 Velvet underground & Nico The Velvet underground
9 The Beatles (= the white album) The Beatles
10 Astral weeks Van Morrison
11 Highway 61 revisited Bob Dylan
12 Blue lines Massive attack
13 Hunky dory David Bowie
14 Kind of blue Miles Davis
15 The bends Radiohead
16 Screamadelica Primal scream
17 London calling The Clash
18 (What's the story) Morning glory? Oasis
19 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely hearts club band The Beatles
20 It takes a nation of millions to hold us back Public enemy
21 Definitely maybe Oasis
22 Abbey road The Beatles
23 Transformer Lou Reed
24 Blonde on blonde Bob Dylan
25 Exile on Main street The Rolling stones
26 Automatic for the people R.E.M.
27 Let it bleed The Rolling stones
28 The queen is dead The Smiths
29 Electric ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience
30 Are you experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience
31 Natty dread Bob Marley and the Wailers
32 Horses Patti Smith
33 Marquee moon Television
34 The Clash The Clash
35 Blue Joni Mitchell
36 Dummy Portishead
37 Dark side of the moon Pink floyd
38 Songs in the key of life Stevie Wonder
39 Blood on the tracks Bob Dylan
40 A Northern soul Verve
41 John Lennon/Plastic Ono band John Lennon/Plastic Ono band
42 Unknown pleasures Joy division
43 Remain in light Talking heads
44 Born to run Bruce Springsteen
45 A love supreme John Coltrane
46 Queen of soul : the Atlantic recordings Aretha Franklin
47 After the goldrush Neil Young
48 Jagged little pill Alanis Morissette
49 Trout mask replica Captain Beefheart and the Magic band
50 Fear of a black planet Public enemy
51 All mod cons The Jam
52 Saturday night fever (soundtrack) #s
53 Innervisions Stevie Wonder
54 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers
55 Garbage Garbage
56 Off the wall Michael Jackson
57 The Joshua tree U2
58 Who's next The Who
59 Licensed to ill Beastie boys
60 Led zeppelin 2 Led zeppelin
61 Steve McQueen Prefab sprout
62 Low David Bowie
63 Maxinquaye Tricky
64 New boots and panties Ian Dury and the Blockheads
65 Ramones Ramones
66 Sunflower The Beach boys
67 Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches Happy mondays
68 Second toughest in the infants Underworld
69 Graceland Paul Simon
70 Younger than yesterday The Byrds
71 Achtung baby U2
72 Marcus Garvey Burning Spear
73 The Smiths The Smiths
74 Live at The Apollo, october 24, 1962 James Brown
75 Different class Pulp
76 The Doors The Doors
77 Heroes David Bowie
78 Rumours Fleetwood mac
79 Live! Bob Marley and the Wailers
80 Exodus Bob Marley and the Wailers
81 Beggars banquet The Rolling stones
82 Timeless Goldie
83 Doolittle Pixies
84 1962-1966 (red album) The Beatles
85 Treasure Cocteau twins
86 Sign o the times Prince
87 Specials The Specials
88 The lexicon of love ABC
89 Led zeppelin 4 Led zeppelin
90 Raw power Iggy and the Stooges
91 Loaded The Velvet underground
92 Kings of the wild frontier Adam and the Ants
93 Searching for the young soul rebels Dexy's midnight runners
94 Songs for swingin' lovers! Frank Sinatra
95 Closer Joy division
96 Pretenders The Pretenders
97 Out of time R.E.M.
98 Connected Stereo MCs
99 Imagine John Lennon
100 King Tubby meets Rockers uptown Augustus Pablo