These are always fun to discuss and critique, here is their list:

100. Body Talk Robyn
99. Hotel California The Eagles
98. ASTROWORLD Travis Scott
97. Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine
96. Pure Heroine Lorde
95. Confessions USHER
94. Untrue Burial
93. A Seat at the Table Solange
92. Flower Boy Tyler, The Creator
91. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael
90. Back in Black AC/DC
89. The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition) Lady Gaga
88. I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone
87. Blue Lines Massive Attack
86. My Life Mary J Blige
85. Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves
84. Doggystyle Snoop Dogg
83. Horses Patti Smith
82. Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent
81. After the Gold Rush Neil Young
80. The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
79. Norman F****** Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
78. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
77. Like A Prayer Madonna
76. Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny
75. Supa Dupa Fly Missy Eliott
74. Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails
73. Aja Steely Dan
72. SOS SZA
71. Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk
70. Straight Outta Compton N.W.A
69. Master of Puppets (Remastered) Metallica
68. Is this It The Strokes
67. Dummy Portishead
66. The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
65. 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul
64. Baduizm Erykah Badu
63. Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience
62. All Eyez on Me 2Pac
61. Love Deluxe Sade
60. The Velvet Underground and Nico (45th Anniversary Edition) Velvet Underground & Nico
59. AM Arctic Monkeys
58. (What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis
57. Voodoo D'Angelo
56. Disintegration (Remastered) The Cure
55. ANTI Rihanna
54. A Love Supreme John Coltrane
53. Exile on Main Street (2010 Remaster) The Rolling Stones
52. Appetite for Destruction Guns 'N Roses
51. Sign O'The Times Prince
50. Hounds of Love (2018 Remaster) Kate Bush
49. The Joshua Tree U2
48. Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys
47. Take Care (Deluxe Version) Drake
46. Exodus ((2013 Remaster) Bob Marley & The Wailers
45. Homogenic Björk
44. Innervisions Stevie Wonder
43. Remain in Light Talking Heads
42. Control Janet Jackson
41. Aquemini OutKast
40. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin
39. Illmatic Nas
38. Tapestry Carole King
37. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [Expanded Edition] Wu-Tang Clan
36. BEYONC Beyonc
35. London Calling The Clash
34. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy
33. Kid A Radiohead
32. Ready to Die (The Remaster) Notorious B.I.G.
31. Jagged Little Pill (Remastered) Alanis Morissette
30. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish
29. The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest
28. The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
27. Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
26. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West
25. Kind of Blue Miles Davis
24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (2012 Remaster) David Bowie
23. Discovery Daft Punk
22. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
21. Revolver The Beatles
20. Pet Sounds The Beach Boys
19. The Chronic Dr. Dre
18. 1989 (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift
17. What's Going On Marvin Gaye
16. Blue Joni Mitchell
15. 21 Adele
14. Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan
13. The Blueprint Jay-Z
12. OK Computer Radiohead
11. Rumours Fleetwood Mac
10. Lemonade Beyonc
09. Nevermind Nirvana
08. Back to Black Amy Winehouse
07. good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version) Kendrick Lamar
06. Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder
05. Blonde Frank Ocean
04. Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution
03. Abbey Road The Beatles
02. Thriller Michael Jackson
01. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill

I would have figured it would be all Beatles at the top.

No Arcade Fire or Red Hot Chili Peppers?

And lol at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy being above Kendrick Lamar or any other artist from that time, the album is top 10 all time.

Lastly, Hotel California was like 98. Come on.

Personally, for #1 I would have gone with Devo's seminal album, "Freedom of Choice," but I guess whoever made the list had a recency bias in choosing Lauren Hill.

Mathguy64 said:

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I'm 60 and not in their market demographic. But I listen to a lot of rock. A lot.

I have never heard of the #1 album or artist. Never. My reaction was literally "who?"

I have never heard of probably 1/4 of the artists in the list and have never gone out of my way to intentionally listen to 1/2 of these albums. In fact I would not know a tune from them if asked.

I guess the times they are a changin'.

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That's actually surprising - I'm 58 and I've definitely more than just heard of her.

You may have heard of her another way though as the former lead singer of The Fugees (Killing Me Softly cover) before this solo album. And then she just stopped recording due to various personal and professional reasons.

Not defending their list at all but that is an amazing album. Truly a game changer and huge influence just not in your genre I'm sure.

But I've also heard of every album on this list - my tastes run the entire spectrum of music really including jazz, classical, and of course pop, rock, soul, funk, etc.

Nope. Never heard of her.

By tastes run what now would be considered a very narrow band. Rock mid 60's to I guess mid 90's overall, but including new albums for bands in that range.

I will also admit that when Green Day got inducted into the RRHOF (on their first attempt) I went "who?"

wow

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is a top ten album of mine all time but that list is ridiculous. In what universe is Frank Ocean ahead of Stevie Wonder and "Songs in the Key of Life" which is the actual greatest album ever made?

AustinAg2K said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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Nope. Never heard of her.

By tastes run what now would be considered a very narrow band. Rock mid 60's to I guess mid 90's overall, but including new albums for bands in that range.

I will also admit that when Green Day got inducted into the RRHOF (on their first attempt) I went "who?"

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Honestly, that's says more about you. Green Day was one of the biggest bands in the world for a decade.

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I grew up on radio, 8 track, cassettes and CDs. I stayed with what I knew and liked. Sirius XM 25/26 is where the car mostly stays.

I missed most of the grunge bands. They came up after I grew up. It was just timing.

I also missed the whole "pirate music" deal. I bought albums. And later used iTunes to convert my CDs to early iPods. I never shared it online or got it from Napster. That phenomenon was after me ij the sense I wasn't in college at that time.

Saw/heard about the list, couldn't wait to see TexAgs response

Bruce Almighty said:

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I love the Fugees and that Lauryn Hill album is great, but it shouldn't even be in the top 25, much less #1.

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Top 25 ish is about right, imho.

All this kinda depends what you are talking about though. Popularity or influence or both? In popularity it would be much lower yes, in influence much higher.

It's like box office vs academy awards/critics choice.


Hell for me one of my favorite albums of all time is not even here and it was both critically acclaimed with several grammy noms and was a big success on the charts and in sales.

Peter Gabriel So is an amazing album start to finish.

No Sgt Pepper

2, 3, and 4 are definite top 10s.

I'm a rock guy so a lot of the R&B and rap albums I dont understand.

Rumors and Pet Sounds definitely need to be higher.

I thought Frank Ocean was Billy Ocean from the 80s. Turns out he's a rapper my age.

TXAG 05 said:

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100. Body Talk Robyn

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Just here to say I completely forgot about this album. What a banger.

Janet Jackson - Control - really? It was popular and had some hits at the time but I'll take "songs that didn't age well and you never hear anywhere" for $100.

Edit: a ton of crap to dissect that one just jumped out to me when I saw Joshua Tree and Paul's Boutique above it.