Best Albums of All Time
Artists work around the clock to craft somewhere between seven and 15 songs that they think sound pretty good together. Throw them all together and you just might go triple platinum. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.
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History Volume 1 - Michael Jackson
“He is the king! long live the king! I love you”
“I love all the songs from this album,...”
“love this album...”
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“3 words - Too High To Get Over! Thats 5 words acutally.. me and my poor math!”
“"Billie Jean is not my lover" "Thriller, Thriller Night! " "No one wants to be defeated! " "It’s too High to Get over. "”
“millions and millions of people that brought the album must be right. enough said.”
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“Explain why I voted?
Can I? I wish I could find the most suitable word to describe in the rightest way how his powerful voice is? His voice is diamond and with the sensitive, beautiful soul, he creates a Legend. About this album, it deserves to be voted millions times”
“Return home
Return paradise”
“"return home" is the best of his 7 albums, also the greatest album of all time.. Vitas did most of lyrics writing/composition himself, especially on part2. In this album, You can hear pop/classic both style music. In this album, He sings for motherland, for family.. for kids.. for love... for life... Everybody could find a song for himself/herself from this album. Beautiful music, great voice, meanful lyrics... Listen to his songs, you will be happy that you did.. :)”
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“magical, purely magical and haunting. especially the songs: anytime anywhere and only an ocean away.”
“This is truly her best album. It is an absolute evergreen you can listen to a million times without getting tired of. Whenever I introduce a new person to her I show them Eden because it really shows everything in her vocal range and is really touching to the listener.”
“Eden is a truly incredible work. Nothing by anyone else has ever even come close to this level of beauty and raw emotion. This is by far the best thing I have heard in my life, no quetions asked.”
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Mama - Vitas
“Vitas composed this album in memory of his deceased mother. After his mother’s leaving, for a whole year, he rejected all performances and immersed himself in the deepest grief... In this album he poured out all his love for his mother. A brilliant nonsuch.”
“The best of all... every song is composed and written by him and it has a special meaning to him so he preforms those songs really well. it’s great!”
“My favourite!”
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Dangerous - Michael Jackson
“This is my favorite album!”
“Maravilloso.”
“king”
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“I love all of MJ’s music...but I think Bad is the best album”
“I love you MJ”
“cool”
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
“It’s hard to go past The Beatles”
“Britney Spears? Come on! Don’t you think she’s a bit overrated? Beatles are classic! They stand in time. Britney...go home”
“The Beatles are the best band and will always be the best. All of their albums are greet. My favorite from this album is Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Paul, John, George, and Ringo make a great group.”
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“to me the best because it shows the raw talent and deversity of the beatles”
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Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses
“Numero uno! They were the best band of the 90’s until Axl had a huge ego trip. Still, I love all of them-Duff, Izzy, Matt, Slash and Rose. GnR lives on in my heart and appetite lives on in my mind.
! FTW”
“They are like greatest rock band ever. love old Guns n’ Roses. they were original and creative. They have their own style. I love them so much.
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“this should be number 1”
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“no one can explainn what is so good in this album.
everyone just love it.
such a great band, such a great KURT.
In addition, it was the first grung album in the world!”
“Best Album Ever, Loved all the songs, 5 Stars, R. I. P. Kurt”
“this album is a generation definer man.. it single handedly created music as we know it today!
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A Night At The Opera - Queen
“A Night At The Opera has all different types of music all rolled into one album. They were men of many talents. RIP Freddie.”
“The melody, the harmony, it’s just simply breathtaking.”
“included here the best rock song ever made in the history Bohemian Rapsody.”
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“this is the only album on this whole list that deserves to be on this list, this list is a joke”
“Hey, this is a classic.”
“The Wall should be #1 on this list... from the looks of this list you people are missing out on a lot of great music”
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“Grew up with these guys, Joe Walsh great guitarist still unreconized. Don Henley added the voice. Hotel California was there best but i believe every album is great.”
“The one Eagles album where you can play it over and over again.. Joe Walsh adds a distinct guitar sound!”
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In The Zone - Britney Spears
“In The Zone showed the evolution of a teen girl into a woman, where she explored not only her sexuality but the new highs she took pop music into. This album is classic pop, where an iconic artist took pop music somewhere it has never been before.”
“each of her albums are amazing. I’m still waiting for her new song.”
“pop music perfection
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Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
“Apparantly Britney Spears’ album is better than DSOTM. Gentlemen, we live in dark times.”
“724 weeks on the Billboard top 200. 25 million in sales so far. #1 by almost any measurement available.”
“Forget about the whole Wizard of Oz thing for a second (for the uninformed, you start the album at the lion’s 3rd roar), this album is essential”
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Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
“this is one of the greatest albums the world has ever been blessed with how is it not in the top ten?”
“Great!”
“I love this album. It’s one of the best albums ever!
So go on voting for it!
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Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso) - Led Zeppelin
“If you don’t have this album in your collection you aren’t human. There, I’ve said it.”
“There are no words to describe this music! It is absolutely perfect and it gives me goose bumps every time I listen to it! Led Zeppelin will rock forever!”
“are you kiddin’ me? 18? maaan!”
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Joshua Tree - U2
“Classic album that saw U2 become the mega band they still are. In 1987, NOONE could touch these guys, they were truly the only band that mattered.”
“Each song on this album meshes so well with the other songs. This album is more of a mood than a collection of songs. It’s proof that a great album is more than just a bunch of great songs. It’s a collection of great songs that works perfectly together.”
“This album has so many great songs. It should be further up there
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Metallica (The Black Album) - Metallica
“Black album is always gunna be 1 of the greatest albums ever”
“Metallica deserves to be in top 5! Michael Jackson isn’t the only singer in the world! Nirvana deserves a better place, AC/DC, and The Beatles too!”
“Its Metallica. What else is there to be said?”
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Ten - Pearl Jam
“It’s an intense orgy of amazing and grunge”
“"Every single song on this album is incredible. Brilliant album.”
“Alive, Black, Once, Jeremy, Why go, Porch, Garden, Oceans, Release... Come on- Give me an album with more #1’s?”
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“Best album of all time
She was just 16 years old when she created this album!!! How cool and amazing”
“shes just her own person. just like Amy Lee. Expect Avril has more "POP" in her music. Plus I love her hair! =D”
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The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
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“Possibly their greatest album, and it proved that the loss of Bon Scott wouldn’t stop AC/DC”
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“Top 3 in this list are Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the moon and the Wall, also Sgt Pepper’s by The beatles. I vote for Whitesnake self titled ’cause it deserve a higher rank.”
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A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
“Their music is magical. Especially this album, every track is a classic.”
“Great”
“This album is not for entertainment, but for those who listen by their hearts”
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Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
“Such a masterpiece, nothing else can give you mixed feelings somewhere between tranquility, melancholy, and hopefulness. Brian Wilson is the man.”
“Brittney Spears above the Beach Boys? WTF? You people are flipping morons
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Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
“this the best album... and the afterlife solo oh! my God.. it’s out of this world”
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Crash - Dave Matthews Band
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“Pure perfection! Everything you could want from an album. It takes you through an aray of emotions... aaaah it’s just the best album ever. WHY IS BRITNEY BEATING THE MAC?!”
“The best album of all time from the best band of all time”
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Boston - Boston
“Fantastic vocals”
“Best of the best”
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“I agree that this album of Britney Spears is amazing!!! but now she’s a total DISASTER!!
sorry but that’s really the truth..”
“i love you”
“Britney was the first album on which Spears assumed some creative control co-writing five of the album’s tracks. It had a successful debut at number one in the U.S. selling 745,744 units during its first week, and making her the only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first three albums debut at number one.The album fared well with critics such as All Music Guide who gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars describing the album’s title tracks as being "pivotal moments on Britney Spears’ third album, the record where she strives to deepen her persona, making it more adult while still recognizably Britney.”
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Use Your Illusion II - Guns N` Roses
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Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
“no wonder, no matter how many times I listen to it, it still rocks! the best ever album.. my medicine..”
“The best album of all time!”
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“Should be top ten”
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The Best Damn Thing - Avril Lavigne
“The best album of all time”
“most catchy songs”
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Use Your Illusion I - Guns N’ Roses
“is where there legendary start... best4ever...”
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Carnival Ride - Carrie Underwood
“An album which can represents the rising power of female country singers!”
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“Amy Lee’s voice is just great
”
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Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
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Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
“one of the greatest albums of the 90s”
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
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“The best album ever!”
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King - T.I.
“The best rap album ever...”
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Alive! - KISS
“I VOTED FOR KISS BECAUSE THEY ARE MY MOST FAVORITE BAND.”
“The Best Album Ever! It’s None Over and Many Under! Jonas Brothers go Home!”
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“You have to put Black Sabbath’s Paranoid up there with the greatest albums of all time for the number of artists that have cited that band and that album as an influence. This album was way ahead of its time.”
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Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
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How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
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The Colour and Shape - Foo Fighters
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Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
“The highest selling debut album from a classical artist, the title defines Hayley’s angelic voice, impeccable interpretation and unique tracklist.
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Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
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“Best party album ever”
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Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
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Faust - Faust
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The Good Son - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold
“Amazing Album from beginning to end. Covers everything from Metal to Ballads”
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Fragile - Yes
“Most Albums have one or two tracks which stand out from the rest. This album has nine. It also has nine total tracks. Every song is a masterpiece in and of itself, and they fit together perfectly on the album to create pure perfection.”
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American Idiot - Green Day
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The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
“Listen to coming back to life”
“Listen to coming back to life, great song by pink floyd, this song is not just a song its more than that”
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Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux
“A terrifying and compelling journey through the drug-addled minds of two souls spiraling into oblivion.”
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The Parable of Arable Land - The Red Krayola
“One of the most creative albums ever made, Parable is a compositional masterwork. The songs are bookended by "free-form freakouts" which have been weaved into the music. The result is a dizzying but highly gratifying experience.”
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Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey
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Like Vines - The Hush Sound
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Thug Of Love- Dirk Hamilton
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Distant Relatives - Nas & Damian Marley
“A very positive album with great songs about Africa with best voices of Rap & Hip Hop and Reggae, one of the greatest collaborative albums of ALL TIME!”
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Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
“The most emotional ever made. This miracle of an album is beyond words.”
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