| 1 | 1976 | Ramones | Ramones | Album | 4.15 | 21 |
| 2 | 1994 | Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. | Album | 4.25 | 12 |
| 3 | 1967 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground & Nico | Album | 4.5 | 38 |
| 4 | 1993 | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album | 4.7 | 18 |
| 5 | 1975 | Horses | Patti Smith | Album | 4.3 | 24 |
| 6 | 1967 | Are You Experienced | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Album | 4.1 | 47 |
| 7 | 2019 | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? | Billie Eilish | Album | 4.25 | 53 |
| 8 | 1987 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N’ Roses | Album | 4.45 | 63 |
| 9 | 1977 | The Clash | The Clash | Album | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | 1993 | Exile in Guyville | Liz Phair | Album | 4.5 | 7 |
| 11 | 1983 | Murmur | R.E.M. | Album | 4.15 | 24 |
| 12 | 2002 | Lord Willin’ | Clipse | Album | 3.5 | 4 |
| 13 | 2012 | channel ORANGE | Frank Ocean | Album | 3.95 | 11 |
| 14 | 1968 | Music From Big Pink | The Band | Album | 4 | 22 |
| 15 | 1987 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | Album | 3.65 | 6 |
| 16 | 1983 | Madonna | Madonna | Album | 4.25 | 36 |
| 17 | 1978 | Handsworth Revolution | Steel Pulse | Album | | 7 |
| 18 | 2001 | Is This It | The Strokes | Album | 4.4 | 17 |
| 19 | 1979 | Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | Album | 4.45 | 28 |
| 20 | 2018 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album | 3.15 | 13 |
| 21 | 1963 | Please Please Me | The Beatles | Album | 4 | 70 |
| 22 | 1992 | Dry | PJ Harvey | Album | 4.45 | 11 |
| 23 | 1977 | Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | Album | 4.45 | 50 |
| 24 | 1980 | Pretenders | Pretenders | Album | 4 | 22 |
| 25 | 1996 | Tidal | Fiona Apple | Album | 4.8 | 10 |
| 26 | 1998 | It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot | DMX | Album | 3 | 8 |
| 27 | 1969 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.5 | 61 |
| 28 | 2017 | Ctrl | SZA | Album | | 8 |
| 29 | 2003 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | Album | 4.2 | 17 |
| 30 | 1978 | The Cars | The Cars | Album | 4.5 | 22 |
| 31 | 1994 | Illmatic | Nas | Album | 4.15 | 20 |
| 32 | 2006 | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Album | 4.35 | 51 |
| 33 | 1995 | Brown Sugar | D’Angelo | Album | 3 | 6 |
| 34 | 1992 | Slanted and Enchanted | Pavement | Album | 4.5 | 16 |
| 35 | 1996 | Reasonable Doubt | Jaÿ‐Z | Album | 3.8 | 9 |
| 36 | 1978 | Germfree Adolescents | X‐Ray Spex | Album | 4 | 9 |
| 37 | 1984 | Run‐D.M.C. | Run‐D.M.C. | Album | 3.4 | 17 |
| 38 | 1977 | Marquee Moon | Television | Album | 4.15 | 19 |
| 39 | 2021 | SOUR | Olivia Rodrigo | Album | 3.8 | 53 |
| 40 | 1978 | Van Halen | Van Halen | Album | 4.15 | 29 |
| 41 | 2018 | X 100PRE | Bad Bunny | Album | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | 1989 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | Album | 3.9 | 16 |
| 43 | 1979 | The B‐52’s | The B‐52’s | Album | 4.35 | 20 |
| 44 | 1967 | Songs of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen | Album | 4.55 | 19 |
| 45 | 1994 | Dummy | Portishead | Album | 4.4 | 18 |
| 46 | 2001 | Songs in A minor | Alicia Keys | Album | 4.65 | 27 |
| 47 | 1967 | The Doors | The Doors | Album | 4.6 | 41 |
| 48 | 1986 | Licensed to Ill | Beastie Boys | Album | 4.2 | 20 |
| 49 | 1979 | Entertainment! | Gang of Four | Album | 4.4 | 15 |
| 50 | 2003 | The Last Don | Don Omar | Album | 4 | 9 |
| 51 | 1997 | Homework | Daft Punk | Album | 4.2 | 20 |
| 52 | 1980 | I Just Can’t Stop It | The Beat | Album | | 11 |
| 53 | 1997 | Supa Dupa Fly | Missy Misdemeanor Elliott | Album | 3.4 | 7 |
| 54 | 2003 | Fever to Tell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Album | 4.5 | 9 |
| 55 | 1973 | (pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Album | 4.4 | 16 |
| 56 | 1969 | The Stooges | The Stooges | Album | 4.4 | 20 |
| 57 | 1956 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley | Album | 4.15 | 17 |
| 58 | 1979 | Cut | The Slits | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 59 | 1992 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album | 4.45 | 33 |
| 60 | 1981 | Beauty and the Beat | The Go‐Go’s | Album | 3 | 12 |
| 61 | 1992 | What’s the 411? | Mary J. Blige | Album | 3.5 | 7 |
| 62 | 1977 | Pink Flag | Wire | Album | 4.15 | 13 |
| 63 | 1988 | Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | Album | 4.2 | 16 |
| 64 | 1977 | My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | Album | 3.4 | 20 |
| 65 | 1994 | Definitely Maybe | Oasis | Album | 4.4 | 31 |
| 66 | 1984 | Diamond Life | Sade | Album | 4.25 | 24 |
| 67 | 1994 | Grace | Jeff Buckley | Album | 4.3 | 21 |
| 68 | 1996 | Endtroducing..... | DJ Shadow | Album | 4.7 | 19 |
| 69 | 1970 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | Album | 4.55 | 42 |
| 70 | 1985 | Psychocandy | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Album | 3.65 | 17 |
| 71 | 1991 | Ten | Pearl Jam | Album | 4.2 | 29 |
| 72 | 2005 | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
| 73 | 1967 | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Pink Floyd | Album | 3.8 | 74 |
| 74 | 1976 | The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | Album | 4.25 | 14 |
| 75 | 1980 | Los Angeles | X | Album | | 7 |
| 76 | 1971 | John Prine | John Prine | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 77 | 2005 | Arular | M.I.A. | Album | 4.2 | 9 |
| 78 | 1996 | Hard Core | Lil’ Kim | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 79 | 1984 | The Smiths | The Smiths | Album | 4.5 | 17 |
| 80 | 2013 | Same Trailer Different Park | Kacey Musgraves | Album | 4.5 | 4 |
| 81 | 1973 | New York Dolls | New York Dolls | Album | 4.15 | 9 |
| 82 | 1994 | Weezer | Weezer | Album | 4.6 | 26 |
| 83 | 1983 | Kill ’Em All | Metallica | Album | 4.15 | 59 |
| 84 | 1989 | Pretty Hate Machine | Nine Inch Nails | Album | 2.6 | 28 |
| 85 | 1972 | Roxy Music | Roxy Music | Album | 4 | 20 |
| 86 | 2004 | Hot Fuss | The Killers | Album | 3.8 | 25 |
| 87 | 1983 | She’s So Unusual | Cyndi Lauper | Album | 4.5 | 27 |
| 88 | 1983 | Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes | Album | 4.15 | 22 |
| 89 | 1985 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album | 4.4 | 16 |
| 90 | 2010 | Thank Me Later | Drake | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 91 | 2002 | Up the Bracket | The Libertines | Album | | 11 |
| 92 | 1982 | Upstairs at Eric’s | Yazoo | Album | 4.35 | 21 |
| 93 | 2013 | Settle | Disclosure | Album | 3.5 | 12 |
| 94 | 2004 | Funeral | Arcade Fire | Album | 4.35 | 14 |
| 95 | 2008 | The Fame | Lady Gaga | Album | 4.15 | 113 |
| 96 | 1989 | Bleach | Nirvana | Album | 4.1 | 39 |
| 97 | 2006 | Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not | Arctic Monkeys | Album | 4.2 | 14 |
| 98 | 1978 | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | DEVO | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
| 99 | 1972 | #1 Record | Big Star | Album | 1.5 | 9 |
| 100 | 2013 | Pure Heroine | Lorde | Album | 3.7 | 15 |
