Greatest Albums of All Time
Greatest Albums Of All Time is a structured music dataset with 30 entries. Its fields include Album, Artist, Year. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 30 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Album, Artist, Year, Genre, Label, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1959 to 2015
- Across 30 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Album, Artist, and Year across music entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 30 downloadable records
Album↕ | Artist↕ | Year↕ | Genre↕ | Label↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | Psychedelic Rock | Parlophone | Pioneered the concept album format |
OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 | Alternative Rock | Parlophone | Prophetic themes of technology and alienation |
The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 1973 | Progressive Rock | Harvest | Spent 937 weeks on the Billboard 200 |
Abbey Road | The Beatles | 1969 | Rock | Apple | Iconic crosswalk cover and medley finale |
Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1982 | Pop | Epic | Best-selling album of all time (70M+ copies) |
Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 | Jazz | Columbia | Best-selling jazz album ever |
Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | Grunge | DGC | Brought alternative rock to the mainstream |
Purple Rain | Prince | 1984 | Pop/R&B | Warner Bros. | Soundtrack to the film of the same name |
Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1977 | Soft Rock | Warner Bros. | Over 40 million copies sold worldwide |
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 1998 | R&B/Hip-Hop | Ruffhouse | First hip-hop album to win Album of the Year Grammy |
Illmatic | Nas | 1994 | Hip-Hop | Columbia | Considered the greatest hip-hop album ever |
Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1971 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | Contains Stairway to Heaven |
Back in Black | AC/DC | 1980 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | Second best-selling album of all time |
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | Soul | Tamla | Groundbreaking socially conscious soul album |
London Calling | The Clash | 1979 | Punk Rock | CBS | Blended punk, reggae, rockabilly, and ska |
Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | Rock | Columbia | Made Springsteen a rock icon |
Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | 1966 | Folk Rock | Columbia | First major double album in rock |
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 2010 | Hip-Hop | Roc-A-Fella | Maximalist hip-hop masterpiece |
Are You Experienced | Jimi Hendrix | 1967 | Psychedelic Rock | Track | Redefined electric guitar possibilities |
Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 1966 | Baroque Pop | Capitol | Inspired Sgt. Pepper's and concept albums |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie | 1972 | Glam Rock | RCA | Iconic alter ego concept album |
A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | 1965 | Jazz | Impulse! | Spiritual jazz masterwork in four parts |
Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. | 1994 | Hip-Hop | Bad Boy | Defined East Coast hip-hop in the 90s |
Appetite for Destruction | Guns N' Roses | 1987 | Hard Rock | Geffen | Best-selling debut album in the US (30M+) |
Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | Soul/Funk | Tamla | Double album spanning soul, jazz, and funk |
Aquemini | OutKast | 1998 | Hip-Hop | LaFace | Fused Southern hip-hop with funk and psychedelia |
The Joshua Tree | U2 | 1987 | Rock | Island | Defined arena rock with anthemic sound |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | 1998 | Indie Folk | Merge | Cult classic that defined indie folk |
To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | 2015 | Hip-Hop | Top Dawg | Blended jazz, funk, and spoken word with hip-hop |
Blue | Joni Mitchell | 1971 | Folk | Reprise | Emotionally raw confessional songwriting |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Greatest Albums of All Time organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 30 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 30 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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