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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
201
 Blur 1994 Parklife 3 122
202
 Judas Priest 1990 Painkiller 5 121
203
 Daft Punk 2013 Random Access Memories 6 121
204
 Radiohead 2016 A Moon Shaped Pool 3 120
205
 Wilco 2002 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 6 120
206
 N.W.A 1988 Straight Outta Compton 4 120
207
 AC/DC 1980 Back in Black 4 120
208
 Michael Jackson 1987 Bad 6 119
209
 D’Angelo 2014 Black Messiah 4 119
210
 Modest Mouse 1997 The Lonesome Crowded West 5 118
211
 Talk Talk 1988 Spirit of Eden 4 118
212
 Death Grips 2012 The Money Store 3 118
213
 Swans 2016 The Glowing Man 3 117
214
 U2 1987 The Joshua Tree 4 117
215
 Herbie Hancock 1973 Head Hunters 5 117
216
 Björk 1993 Debut 3 117
217
 Death 1998 The Sound of Perseverance 4 116
218
 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Axis: Bold as Love 5 116
219
 Genesis 1973 Selling England by the Pound 4 115
220
 Bob Marley & The Wailers 1977 Exodus 3 115
221
 Nick Drake 1969 Five Leaves Left 4 115
222
 Death 1991 Human 4 115
223
 Boards of Canada 1998 Music Has the Right to Children 4 115
224
 Led Zeppelin 2001 Led Zeppelin 3 114
225
 Black Sabbath 1970 Black Sabbath 6 114
226
 MF DOOM 2004 MM..FOOD 3 114
227
 Neil Young 1974 On the Beach 4 114
228
 Public Enemy 1990 Fear of a Black Planet 4 113
229
 Curtis Mayfield 1972 Superfly 5 113
230
 Bruce Springsteen 1982 Nebraska 5 113
231
 Nick Drake 1971 Bryter Layter 5 113
232
 Gang of Four 1979 Entertainment! 5 112
233
 JID 2022 The Forever Story 3 111
234
 Isaac Hayes 1969 Hot Buttered Soul 5 111
235
 Belle and Sebastian 1996 If You’re Feeling Sinister 4 111
236
 Opeth 2005 Ghost Reveries 3 110
237
 Pescado Rabioso 1973 Artaud 3 110
238
 Iron Maiden 1984 Powerslave 5 110
239
 Natalia Lafourcade 2022 De todas las flores 3 110
240
 Unwound 2001 Leaves Turn Inside You 5 108
241
 Leonard Cohen 1971 Songs of Love and Hate 6 108
242
 Nirvana 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York 5 107
243
 David Bowie 1977 “Heroes” 4 107
244
 Eminem 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP 4 107
245
 Pavement 1992 Slanted and Enchanted 4 107
246
 Sly & the Family Stone 1971 There’s a Riot Goin’ On 3 106
247
 The Rolling Stones 1968 Beggars Banquet 4 106
248
 LCD Soundsystem 2010 This Is Happening 4 105
249
 Charles Mingus 1959 Mingus Ah Um 6 105
250
 Nujabes 2005 Modal Soul 3 105
251
 Gojira 2005 From Mars to Sirius 3 105
252
 Raekwon 1995 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… 7 105
253
 Swans 2012 The Seer 4 104
254
 Talking Heads 1979 Fear of Music 4 104
255
 John Lennon 1971 Imagine 4 104
256
 The Flaming Lips 1999 The Soft Bulletin 3 104
257
 Van Morrison 1970 Moondance 4 104
258
 Elliott Smith 1998 XO 4 104
259
 The Smiths 1984 The Smiths 4 104
260
 The Jesus and Mary Chain 1985 Psychocandy 3 104
261
 Joni Mitchell 1974 Court and Spark 6 103
262
 Erykah Badu 1997 Baduizm 4 103
263
 The Band 1968 Music From Big Pink 3 103
264
 Jay‐Z 1996 Reasonable Doubt 5 102
265
 My Chemical Romance 2006 The Black Parade 5 101
266
 Green Day 1994 Dookie 4 101
267
 Bob Dylan 1976 Desire 4 101
268
 T. Rex 1971 Electric Warrior 5 101
269
 Sade 1984 Diamond Life 5 101
270
 D’Angelo 1995 Brown Sugar 5 100
271
 The White Stripes 2003 Elephant 4 100
272
 Little Simz 2021 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 3 100
273
 Roxy Music 1973 For Your Pleasure 3 100
274
 Kanye West 2013 Yeezus 3 100
275
 FKA twigs 2019 MAGDALENE 4 100
276
 Gang Starr 1998 Moment of Truth 5 99
277
 U2 1991 Achtung Baby 3 99
278
 Eagles 1976 Hotel California 3 99
279
 Joanna Newsom 2010 Have One on Me 3 98
280
 Portishead 2008 Third 4 98
281
 Queen 1975 A Night at the Opera 5 98
282
 Bon Iver 2007 For Emma, Forever Ago 6 97
283
 The Roots 1999 Things Fall Apart 4 97
284
 Electric Wizard 2000 Dopethrone 3 97
285
 PJ Harvey 1995 To Bring You My Love 5 97
286
 At the Drive‐In 2000 Relationship of Command 4 97
287
 Charly García 1983 Clics modernos 3 97
288
 Pearl Jam 1991 Ten 5 96
289
 Boards of Canada 2002 Geogaddi 4 96
290
 Funkadelic 1971 Maggot Brain 5 96
291
 Elvis Costello 1977 My Aim Is True 3 96
292
 The Allman Brothers Band 1971 At Fillmore East 3 96
293
 The White Stripes 2001 White Blood Cells 3 96
294
 The Zombies 1968 Odessey and Oracle 4 96
295
 Elvis Costello 1978 This Year’s Model 3 95
296
 Kate Bush 1982 The Dreaming 4 95
297
 Pink Floyd 1967 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 95
298
 Refused 1998 The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts 4 95
299
 Curtis Mayfield 1970 Curtis 4 95
300
 Bruce Springsteen 1984 Born in the U.S.A. 4 94