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I adore rankings like the RYM Top albums of all time, but every music critic and online music rating community has it's own personality/biases that shape how albums are placed.

I've combined a ton of different sources to hopefully balance out the different ways a ranking can be biased.

This resulting ranking doesn't necessarily reflect what the "best" music is (that is subjective), but rather it reflects which albums are most likely to be consistently well-recieved in spite of any individual sources' tastes/biases.

My own ranking and opinion has no sway over this list. But you can see what I'd call my favorites here.

the music i've heard will have

Xeno's Aggregate Top Albums of All Time

Rank Artist Year Title Sources Score
101
 Mobb Deep 1995 The Infamous… 6 174
102
 Radiohead 1994 The Bends 7 174
103
 Carole King 1971 Tapestry 6 172
104
 Pulp 1995 Different Class 4 172
105
 The Rolling Stones 1971 Sticky Fingers 5 170
106
 Beastie Boys 1989 Paul’s Boutique 6 170
107
 D’Angelo 2000 Voodoo 6 169
108
 Love 1967 Forever Changes 5 169
109
 Lana Del Rey 2019 Norman Fucking Rockwell! 5 167
110
 Megadeth 1990 Rust in Peace 5 166
111
 Slint 1991 Spiderland 6 164
112
 Charles Mingus 1963 The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 3 164
113
 Oasis 1994 Definitely Maybe 4 161
114
 Leonard Cohen 1967 Songs of Leonard Cohen 6 161
115
 Opeth 2001 Blackwater Park 4 161
116
 LCD Soundsystem 2007 Sound of Silver 6 159
117
 Neil Young 1972 Harvest 5 159
118
 Black Country, New Road 2022 Ants From Up There 3 158
119
 Have a Nice Life 2008 Deathconsciousness 3 158
120
 Chico Buarque 1971 Construção 4 158
121
 The Who 1971 Who’s Next 6 157
122
 Aphex Twin 1992 Selected Ambient Works 85–92 5 157
123
 Tom Waits 1985 Rain Dogs 7 157
124
 the Microphones 2001 the Glow, pt. 2 4 156
125
 Black Sabbath 1971 Master of Reality 7 155
126
 Fishmans 1996 LONG SEASON 3 154
127
 A Tribe Called Quest 1993 Midnight Marauders 6 153
128
 Ramones 1976 Ramones 4 152
129
 Metallica 1984 Ride the Lightning 5 151
130
 Godspeed You Black Emperor! 2000 Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! 3 151
131
 The Band 1969 The Band 4 150
132
 Weyes Blood 2019 Titanic Rising 4 149
133
 James Brown 1963 Live At The Apollo (Part 2) 4 149
134
 Danny Brown 2016 Atrocity Exhibition 4 149
135
 Depeche Mode 1990 Violator 8 147
136
 R.E.M. 1992 Automatic for the People 5 147
137
 The Stooges 1970 Fun House 5 146
138
 George Harrison 1970 All Things Must Pass 6 146
139
 Alice in Chains 1992 Dirt 5 146
140
 Queens of the Stone Age 2002 Songs for the Deaf 5 146
141
 Billy Joel 1977 The Stranger 6 145
142
 Prince and The Revolution 2004 Sign o’ the Times Live! 4 145
143
 John Coltrane 1960 Giant Steps 7 145
144
 Joy Division 1979 Unknown Pleasures 4 144
145
 Dusty Springfield 1969 Dusty in Memphis 4 144
146
 Lou Reed 1972 Transformer 5 143
147
 Lorde 2017 Melodrama 4 143
148
 Genius/GZA 1995 Liquid Swords 4 143
149
 The Clash 1977 The Clash 4 143
150
 Tool 2001 Lateralus 5 142
151
 Joanna Newsom 2006 Ys 4 142
152
 Mount Eerie 2017 A Crow Looked at Me 4 142
153
 Paul Simon 1986 Graceland 4 142
154
 Opeth 1999 Still Life 4 141
155
 Steely Dan 1977 Aja 6 140
156
 System of a Down 2001 Toxicity 4 140
157
 Led Zeppelin 1975 Physical Graffiti 6 138
158
 Pink Floyd 1979 The Wall 6 138
159
 OutKast 2000 Stankonia 6 138
160
 R.E.M. 1983 Murmur 5 137
161
 The Avalanches 2000 Since I Left You 5 137
162
 Blondie 1978 Parallel Lines 4 136
163
 Simon and Garfunkel 1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water 5 135
164
 Madonna 1998 Ray of Light 7 134
165
 Björk 1995 Post 6 134
166
 Interpol 2002 Turn On the Bright Lights 5 134
167
 Bruce Springsteen 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town 5 133
168
 Guns N' Roses 1987 Appetite for Destruction 4 133
169
 Mos Def 1999 Black on Both Sides 4 133
170
 Oasis 1995 (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 5 131
171
 A Tribe Called Quest 2016 We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service 4 131
172
 Racionais MC’s 1997 Sobrevivendo no inferno 3 131
173
 Novos Baianos 1972 Acabou chorare 3 130
174
 Godspeed You Black Emperor! 1997 F♯ A♯ ∞ 3 130
175
 Talk Talk 1991 Laughing Stock 4 130
176
 Massive Attack 1991 Blue Lines 4 130
177
 Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin II 6 129
178
 Gustavo Cerati 1999 Bocanada 3 128
179
 Invisible 1976 El jardín de los presentes 3 128
180
 Aretha Franklin 1967 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 4 128
181
 Slowdive 1993 Souvlaki 4 128
182
 Arctic Monkeys 2005 Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 3 127
183
 Joni Mitchell 1976 Hejira 5 127
184
 Pixies 1988 Surfer Rosa 5 127
185
 Johnny Cash 1968 At Folsom Prison 5 127
186
 The Velvet Underground 1969 The Velvet Underground 5 127
187
 Swans 1996 Soundtracks for the Blind 4 127
188
 Erykah Badu 2000 Mama’s Gun 5 126
189
 Aretha Franklin 1968 Lady Soul 5 126
190
 Marvin Gaye 1973 Let’s Get It On 6 126
191
 Jay‐Z 2001 The Blueprint 6 125
192
 De La Soul 1989 3 Feet High and Rising 5 125
193
 Frank Zappa 1969 Hot Rats 5 125
194
 Beyoncé 2016 Lemonade 3 125
195
 Dr. Dre 1992 The Chronic 4 124
196
 Pharoah Sanders 1969 Karma 4 124
197
 Stevie Wonder 1972 Talking Book 5 123
198
 Swans 2014 To Be Kind 4 122
199
 Kanye West 2007 Graduation 6 122
200
 Hole 1994 Live Through This 5 122