Questa guida raccoglie i primi 200 album della lista “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” di Rolling Stone (edizione 2020, aggiornata nel 2023). Non è una classifica “nostra”, ma una mappa storica utile per orientarsi: dal soul politico di Marvin Gaye all’elettronica di Radiohead, dall’hip hop di Kendrick Lamar al rock classico dei Beatles e dei Pink Floyd.
Come leggere questa lista
- Ranking: segue l’ordine ufficiale Rolling Stone.
- Anno: aiuta a collocare ogni disco nel suo contesto storico.
- Compilations / live: segnalate quando si tratta di raccolte o album dal vivo.
I primi 200 album della lista Rolling Stone
Di seguito trovi i primi 200 titoli così come compaiono nella classifica, con anno di uscita e artista. Puoi usare questa struttura per creare link interni, sezioni di approfondimento o percorsi di ascolto su SlaveToMusic.
- What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye (1971)
- Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys (1966)
- Blue – Joni Mitchell (1971)
- Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976)
- Abbey Road – The Beatles (1969)
- Nevermind – Nirvana (1991)
- Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977)
- Purple Rain – Prince (1984)
- Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan (1975)
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998)
- Revolver – The Beatles (1966)
- Thriller – Michael Jackson (1982)
- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You – Aretha Franklin (1967)
- Exile on Main St. – The Rolling Stones (1972)
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – Public Enemy (1988)
- London Calling – The Clash (1979)
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (2010)
- Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan (1965)
- To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar (2015)
- Kid A – Radiohead (2000)
- Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975)
- Ready to Die – The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
- The Velvet Underground and Nico – The Velvet Underground (1967)
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1967)
- Tapestry – Carole King (1971)
- Horses – Patti Smith (1975)
- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
- Voodoo – D’Angelo (2000)
- The Beatles (“The White Album”) – The Beatles (1968)
- Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix (1967)
- Kind of Blue – Miles Davis (1959)
- Lemonade – Beyoncé (2016)
- Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (2006)
- Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1973)
- Rubber Soul – The Beatles (1965)
- Off the Wall – Michael Jackson (1979)
- The Chronic – Dr. Dre (1992)
- Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan (1966)
- Remain in Light – Talking Heads (1980)
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie (1972)
- Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones (1969)
- OK Computer – Radiohead (1997)
- The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
- Illmatic – Nas (1994)
- Sign o’ the Times – Prince (1987)
- Graceland – Paul Simon (1986)
- Ramones – Ramones (1976)
- Legend – Bob Marley (1984, compilation)
- Aquemini – OutKast (1998)
- The Blueprint – Jay-Z (2001)
- The Great Twenty-Eight – Chuck Berry (1982, compilation)
- Station to Station – David Bowie (1976)
- Electric Ladyland – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
- Star Time – James Brown (1991, compilation)
- The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (1973)
- Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair (1993)
- The Band – The Band (1969)
- Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin (1971)
- Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (1972)
- Astral Weeks – Van Morrison (1968)
- Paid in Full – Eric B. & Rakim (1987)
- Appetite for Destruction – Guns N’ Roses (1987)
- Aja – Steely Dan (1977)
- Stankonia – OutKast (2000)
- Live at the Apollo – James Brown (1963, live)
- A Love Supreme – John Coltrane (1965)
- Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z (1996)
- Hounds of Love – Kate Bush (1985)
- Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995)
- Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A (1988)
- Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977)
- Harvest – Neil Young (1972)
- Loveless – My Bloody Valentine (1991)
- The College Dropout – Kanye West (2004)
- Lady Soul – Aretha Franklin (1968)
- Superfly – Curtis Mayfield (1972)
- Who’s Next – The Who (1971)
- The Sun Sessions – Elvis Presley (1976, compilation)
- Blonde – Frank Ocean (2016)
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols (1977)
- Beyoncé – Beyoncé (2013)
- There’s a Riot Goin’ On – Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
- Dusty in Memphis – Dusty Springfield (1969)
- Back in Black – AC/DC (1980)
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon (1970)
- The Doors – The Doors (1967)
- Bitches Brew – Miles Davis (1970)
- Hunky Dory – David Bowie (1971)
- Baduizm – Erykah Badu (1997)
- After the Gold Rush – Neil Young (1970)
- Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen (1978)
- Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
- Supa Dupa Fly – Missy Elliott (1997)
- Fun House – The Stooges (1970)
- Take Care – Drake (2011)
- Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (1992)
- Master of Puppets – Metallica (1986)
- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams (1998)
- Red – Taylor Swift (2012)
- Music from Big Pink – The Band (1968)
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969)
- The Clash – The Clash (1977)
- 3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul (1989)
- Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones (1971)
- At Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers Band (1971, live)
- Live Through This – Hole (1994)
- Marquee Moon – Television (1977)
- When the Pawn… – Fiona Apple (1999)
- Transformer – Lou Reed (1972)
- Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell (1974)
- Control – Janet Jackson (1986)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (1973)
- The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths (1986)
- Is This It – The Strokes (2001)
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar (2012)
- Disintegration – The Cure (1989)
- Late Registration – Kanye West (2005)
- Hotel California – Eagles (1976)
- Stand! – Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
- Moondance – Van Morrison (1970)
- This Year’s Model – Elvis Costello (1978)
- The Downward Spiral – Nine Inch Nails (1994)
- Led Zeppelin II – Led Zeppelin (1969)
- Achtung Baby – U2 (1991)
- Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys (1989)
- My Life – Mary J. Blige (1994)
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music – Ray Charles (1962)
- A Night at the Opera – Queen (1975)
- The Wall – Pink Floyd (1979)
- 1999 – Prince (1982)
- Dummy – Portishead (1994)
- 40 Greatest Hits – Hank Williams (1978, compilation)
- Hejira – Joni Mitchell (1976)
- The Score – Fugees (1996)
- The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987)
- Maggot Brain – Funkadelic (1971)
- 21 – Adele (2011)
- The Immaculate Collection – Madonna (1990, compilation)
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath (1970)
- Catch a Fire – Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973)
- Doolittle – Pixies (1989)
- Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen (1984)
- The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (1969)
- Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin (1975)
- The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (2000)
- Parallel Lines – Blondie (1978)
- Grace – Jeff Buckley (1994)
- Channel Orange – Frank Ocean (2012)
- John Prine – John Prine (1971)
- Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen (1982)
- Faith – George Michael (1987)
- Pretenders – The Pretenders (1980)
- Rid of Me – PJ Harvey (1993)
- Amazing Grace – Aretha Franklin (1972)
- The Black Album – Jay-Z (2003)
- Let It Be – The Replacements (1984)
- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (1995)
- Mama’s Gun – Erykah Badu (2000)
- Synchronicity – The Police (1983)
- Ten – Pearl Jam (1991)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
- Different Class – Pulp (1995)
- Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1977, soundtrack)
- At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (1968, live)
- Murmur – R.E.M. (1983)
- 20 Golden Greats – Buddy Holly (1978, compilation)
- Violator – Depeche Mode (1990)
- Can’t Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan (1972)
- The Stranger – Billy Joel (1977)
- Disraeli Gears – Cream (1967)
- Daydream Nation – Sonic Youth (1988)
- Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
- In Utero – Nirvana (1993)
- The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff (1972, soundtrack)
- Damn – Kendrick Lamar (2017)
- Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy (1990)
- Every Picture Tells a Story – Rod Stewart (1971)
- Otis Blue – Otis Redding (1965)
- Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
- Forever Changes – Love (1967)
- Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan (1965)
- Sweet Baby James – James Taylor (1970)
- Brown Sugar – D’Angelo (1995)
- She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (1983)
- Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones (1968)
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
- AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted – Ice Cube (1990)
- Electric Warrior – T. Rex (1971)
- Dig Me Out – Sleater-Kinney (1997)
- Tommy – The Who (1969)
- At Last! – Etta James (1961)
- Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys (1986)
- Willy and the Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
- Bad – Michael Jackson (1987)
- Songs of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen (1967)
- Body Talk – Robyn (2010)
- Meet the Beatles! – The Beatles (1964)
- The B-52’s – The B-52’s (1979)
- Slanted and Enchanted – Pavement (1993)
- Diamond Life – Sade (1984)