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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
301
 Sigur Rós 1999 Ágætis byrjun 4 94
302
 Bob Dylan 1963 The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 4 94
303
 Smashing Pumpkins 1995 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 5 94
304
 Can 1971 Tago Mago 4 94
305
 Tool 1996 Ænima 4 94
306
 Janis Joplin 1971 Pearl 4 94
307
 Kendrick Lamar 2017 DAMN. 4 93
308
 Nujabes 2003 Metaphorical Music 3 93
309
 Buena Vista Social Club 1997 Buena Vista Social Club 4 93
310
 Weezer 1996 Pinkerton 3 93
311
 Slayer 1986 Reign in Blood 4 93
312
 PJ Harvey 2000 Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea 5 93
313
 SOPHIE 2018 OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN‐INSIDES 4 93
314
 Sweet Trip 2003 Velocity : Design : Comfort 3 92
315
 Talking Heads 1984 Stop Making Sense 3 92
316
 Pavement 1994 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 5 92
317
 Converge 2001 Jane Doe 4 92
318
 The Byrds 1967 Younger Than Yesterday 3 91
319
 The Who 1973 Quadrophenia 5 91
320
 Beyoncé 2022 RENAISSANCE 3 91
321
 Elton John 1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3 91
322
 Adrianne Lenker 2020 songs 3 91
323
 Burial 2007 Untrue 3 90
324
 Talking Heads 1983 Speaking in Tongues 4 90
325
 Nine Inch Nails 1999 The Fragile 4 90
326
 Jethro Tull 1972 Thick as a Brick 3 90
327
 Rod Stewart 1971 Every Picture Tells a Story 4 90
328
 Dead Kennedys 1980 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables 3 89
329
 Queens of the Stone Age 2013 …Like Clockwork 4 89
330
 The Cure 1982 Pornography 3 89
331
 The Beatles 1964 A Hard Day’s Night 4 88
332
 Rush 1981 Moving Pictures 4 88
333
 John Coltrane 1961 My Favorite Things 3 88
334
 Liz Phair 1993 Exile in Guyville 3 88
335
 Deftones 2000 White Pony 4 87
336
 The Velvet Underground 1970 Loaded 4 87
337
 Iron Maiden 1982 The Number of the Beast 3 87
338
 Tame Impala 2015 Currents 4 86
339
 Sly & the Family Stone 1969 Stand! 3 86
340
 Derek and the Dominos 1970 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 3 86
341
 The Kinks 1968 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 4 85
342
 Elvis Presley 1956 Elvis Presley 4 85
343
 Soundgarden 1994 Superunknown 4 85
344
 Common 2005 Be 4 85
345
 Car Seat Headrest 2016 Teens of Denial 3 85
346
 The Who 1969 Tommy 3 85
347
 Elliott Smith 1995 Elliott Smith 3 85
348
 Beck 1996 Odelay 4 84
349
 Steely Dan 1972 Can’t Buy a Thrill 5 84
350
 Brand New 2006 The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me 4 84
351
 The Replacements 1984 Let It Be 4 84
352
 Pretenders 1980 Pretenders 3 83
353
 SZA 2017 Ctrl 3 83
354
 Wire 1977 Pink Flag 5 83
355
 Funkadelic 1978 One Nation Under a Groove 4 83
356
 The Byrds 1968 Sweetheart of the Rodeo 4 83
357
 Tom Waits 1983 Swordfishtrombones 3 82
358
 The Mars Volta 2005 Frances the Mute 4 82
359
 Ray Charles 1962 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 3 81
360
 Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970 Cosmo’s Factory 3 81
361
 Camel 1974 Mirage 3 81
362
 Julee Cruise 1989 Floating Into the Night 3 80
363
 M.I.A. 2007 Kala 3 80
364
 Cocteau Twins 1984 Treasure 3 80
365
 Nina Simone 1966 Wild Is the Wind 4 80
366
 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2003 Fever to Tell 3 79
367
 My Chemical Romance 2004 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 3 79
368
 OutKast 1996 ATLiens 3 79
369
 Lucinda Williams 1998 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 3 79
370
 Elliott Smith 2000 Figure 8 4 78
371
 Gorillaz 2005 Demon Days 4 78
372
 New York Dolls 1973 New York Dolls 4 78
373
 John Coltrane 1958 Blue Train 3 78
374
 Jay‐Z 2003 The Black Album 5 77
375
 The Modern Lovers 1976 The Modern Lovers 4 77
376
 Beach House 2012 Bloom 4 77
377
 The Breeders 1993 Last Splash 3 77
378
 Frank Sinatra 1955 In the Wee Small Hours 4 77
379
 Tyler, The Creator 2017 Flower Boy 3 76
380
 The Magnetic Fields 1999 69 Love Songs 4 76
381
 Sade 1985 Promise 3 76
382
 Beach House 2010 Teen Dream 4 76
383
 Run‐D.M.C. 1986 Raising Hell 3 76
384
 Built to Spill 1996 Perfect From Now On 3 76
385
 Beastie Boys 1986 Licensed to Ill 3 75
386
 Joni Mitchell 1975 The Hissing of Summer Lawns 4 75
387
 the Microphones 2002 Mount Eerie 3 75
388
 David Bowie 1973 Aladdin Sane 4 75
389
 Deep Purple 1972 Machine Head 3 75
390
 Neil Young 1975 Tonight’s the Night 4 75
391
 The Replacements 1985 Tim 3 75
392
 Ornette Coleman 1959 The Shape of Jazz to Come 4 74
393
 Gorillaz 2010 Plastic Beach 3 74
394
 Iggy and The Stooges 1973 Raw Power 3 74
395
 Jorge Ben 1974 A Tábua de Esmeralda 3 74
396
 Eminem 1999 The Slim Shady LP 4 74
397
 Kraftwerk 1977 Trans Europa Express 3 73
398
 Santana 1970 Abraxas 4 73
399
 Little Richard 1957 Here’s Little Richard 3 73
400
 Led Zeppelin 1973 Houses of the Holy 4 73