RateYourMusic top 250 albums of all time

According to RateYourMusic (RYM), what are the top 250 albums of all time (May, 2024) Excluded album criteria: - Uncommon Characters in album title - Live Album - Soundtrack - Foreign Language - Special Characters

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#	Artist	Answer
1	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp A Butterfly
2	Radiohead	OK Computer
3	Radiohead	In Rainbows
4	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here
5	Madvillain	Madvillainy
6	King Crimson	In the Court of the Crimson King
7	Radiohead	King Crimson
8	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city
9	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless
10	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon
11	The Beatles	Abbey Road
12	Talking Heads	Remain in Light
13	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
14	Mingus	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
15	Nas	Illmatic
16	The Velvet Undergound	The Velvet Underground & Nico
17	The Beatles	Revolver
18	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme
19	Godspeed You Black Emperor!	List Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
20	Björk	Vespertine
21	Black Sabbath	Paranoid
22	The Cure	Disintegration
23	Miles Davis	Kind of Blue
24	Wu-Tang Clan	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
25	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
26	Pink Floyd	Animals
27	Fishmans	Long Season
28	King Crimson	Red
29	Slint	Spiderland
30	The Beach Boys	Pet Sounds
31	Neutral Milk Hotel	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
32	Nick Drake	Pink Moon
33	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life
34	Death Grips	The Money Store
35	Portishead	Dummy
36	Kanye West	The College Dropout
37	Slowdive	Souvlaki
38	The Smiths	The Queen is Dead
39	The Microphones	The Glow Pt. 2
40	Cocteau Twins	Heaven or Las Vegas
41	Tyler, the Creator	Igor
42	Danny Brown	Atrocity Exhibition
43	Miles Davis	In a Silent Way
44	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
45	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures
46	Frank Ocean	Blond
47	Fishmans	Otokotachi no wakare
48	Björk	Homogenic
49	Kate Bush	Hounds of Love
50	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory
51	Godspeed You Black Emperor!	F♯A♯∞
52	The Beatles	The Beatles (White Album)
53	Elliott Smith	Either / Or
54	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On
55	MF DOOM	MM..FOOD
56	David Bowie	Low
57	Miles Davis	Bitches Brew
58	Yes	Close to the Edge
59	David Bowie	Blackstar
60	DJ Shadow	Entroducing.....
61	Television	Marquee Moon
62	Pixies	Doolittle
63	Sufjan Stevens	Illinois
64	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited
65	Aphex Twin	Selected Abient Works (85-92)
66	Swans	Soundtracks for the Blind
67	Have a Nice Life	Deathconsciousness
68	Daft Punk	Discovery
69	J Dilla	Donuts
70	Jimi Hendrix	Electric Ladyland
71	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin (IV)
72	Black Sabbath	Master of Reality
73	Nirvana	Nevermind
74	The Doors	The Doors
75	Talk Talk	Laughing Stock
76	David Bowie	Station to Station
77	Nirvana	In Utero
78	Bob Dylan	Blonde on Blonde
79	Pharoah Sanders	Karma
80	Bob Dylan	Blood on the Tracks
81	Joy Division	Closer
82	Black Country, New Road	Ants From Up There
83	Metallica	Ride the Lightning
84	Nine Inch Nails	The Downward Spiral
85	OutKast	Aquemini
86	Kanye West	Late Registration
87	Sufjan Stevens	Carrie & Lowell
88	Jimi Hendrix	Are You Experienced
89	A Tribe Called Quest	Midnight Marauders
90	Death	Symbolic
91	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Leonard Cohen
92	Massive Attack	Mezzanine
93	Sweet Trip	Velocity: Design: Comfort
94	Genius/GZA	Liquid Swords
95	Jeff Buckley	Grace
96	Can	Future Days
97	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions
98	Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges	Clube da Esquina
99	Metallica	Master of Puppets
100	The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground
101	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath
102	The Avalanches	Since I Left You
103	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats
104	Sigur Rós	Ágætis byrjun
105	The Cure	Pornography
106	Modest Mouse	The Lonesome Crowded West
107	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation
108	Can	Tago Mago
109	Swans	To Be Kind
110	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Piñata
111	John Coltrane	Giant Steps
112	The Beatles	Rubber Soul
113	The Strokes	Is This It
114	Talk Talk	Spirit of Eden
115	Talking Heads	Stop Making Sense
116	John Coltrane	My Favorite Things
117	Mobb Deep	The Infamous
118	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass
119	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours
120	Steve Reich and Musicians	Music for 18 Musicians
121	Joni Mitchell	Blue
122	Depeche Mode	Violator
123	The Stooges	Fun House
124	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush
125	Neil Young / Crazy Horse	Rust Never Sleeps

#	Artist	Answer
126	The Velvet Underground	White Light / White Heat
127	Bob Dylan	Bringing It All Back Home
128	The Clash	London Calling
129	Swans	Swans Are Dead
130	Radiohead	A Moon Shaped Pool
131	Unwound	Leaves Turn Inside You
132	David Bowie	Hunky Dory
133	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um
134	Alice Coltrane	Journey in Satchidananda
135	Tom Waits	Rain Dogs
136	Kate Bush	The Dreaming
137	OutKast	ATLiens
138	Joanna Nesom	Ys
139	Car Seat Headrest	Twin Fantasy
140	The Zombies	Odessey and Oracle
141	The Notorious B.I.G.	Ready to Die
142	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Live at Red Rocks
143	Boards of Canada	Music Has the Right to Children
144	Bob Dylan	On the Beach
145	Björk	Post
146	Sade	Love Deluxe
147	The Beach Boys	The Smile Session
148	Sweet Trip	You Will Never Know Why
149	Burial	Untrue
150	JPEGMAFIA	LP!
151	Megadeth	Rust in Peace
152	Tyler, the Creator	Flower Boy
153	Arcade Fire	Funeral
154	Eno	Another Green World
155	A Tribe Called Quest	We got if from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
156	Built to Spill	Perfect From Now On
157	Boards of Canada	Geogaddi
158	Nick Drake	Five Leaves Left
159	Songs: Ohia	The Magnolia Electric Co
160	Fiona Apple	When the Pawn
161	Weyes Blood	Titanic Rising
162	System of a Down	Toxicity
163	Death Grips	Jenny Death: The Powers That B
164	Pink Floyd	Meddle
165	Smashing Pumpkins	Siamese Dream
166	Mos Def	Black on Both Sides
167	Novos Baianos	Acaboy chorare
168	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine
169	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	King Crimson
170	David Bowie	"Heroes"
171	Leonard Cohen	Songs of Love and Hate
172	Interpol	Turn on the Bright Lights
173	Boris	Flood
174	Queens of the Stone Age	Songs for the Deaf
175	Michael Jackson	Thriller
176	Can	Ege Bamyasi
177	Talking Heads	Fear of Music
178	Electric Wizard	Dopethrone
179	Deftones	White Pony
180	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Live in Chicago
181	The Microphones	Mount Eerie
182	Invisible	El jardín de los presentes
183	King Crimson	Discipline
184	Jorge Ben	Fôrça bruta
185	Radiohead	The Bends
186	Duster	Stratosphere
187	Boris	Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
188	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
189	Fishmans	Uchu Nippon Setagaya
190	Feta Kuti & The Africa '70	Expensive Shit
191	Miles Davis	Get Up With It
192	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers	Art Blaker and The Jazz Messengers [Moanin']
193	Daft Punk	Alive 2007
194	Neil Young / Crazy Horse	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
195	Comus	First Utterance
196	Townes Ven Zandt	Townes Wan Zandt
197	Akira Yamaoka	Silent Hill 2
198	KIDS SEE GHOSTS	KIDS SEE GHOSTS
199	Judas Priest	Painkiller
200	Alice in Chains	Dirt
201	Kanye West	Yeezus
202	Swans	The Seer
203	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses
204	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York
205	Ludwig van Beethoven / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan	IX. Symphonie
206	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters
207	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis
208	Tool	Laterus
209	Little Simz	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
210	Steely Dan	Aja
211	Prince & The Revolution	Purple Rain
212	Chico Buarque	Construção
213	Iron Maiden	Powerslave
214	Juan Gabriel	Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes
215	Genesis	Selling England by the Pound
216	Talking Heads	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
217	Pescado Rabioso	Artaud
218	Neil Young	Live at Massey Hall
219	Various Artists	The Fire This Time
220	Jorge Ben	A Tábua de Esmeralda
221	Cocteau Twins	Treasure
222	The Stooges	Raw Power
223	Charles Mingus	Let My Children Jear Music
224	Parannoul	After the Night
225	Converge	Jane Doe
226	Prince	Sign the Times
227	D'Angelo	Voodoo
228	King Crimson	The Great Deceiver
229	Death Grips	Bottomless Pit
230	John Coltrane	Blue Train
231	C418	Minecraft Soundtrack
232	Fela Kuti / The Africa '70	Zombie
233	black midi	Hellfire
234	Death	Human
235	Ween	Quebec
236	The Kinks	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
237	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory
238	John Coltrane	The Olatunji Concert: The Last Living Recording
239	Stereolab	Dots and Loops
240	Slayer	Reign in Blood
241	Elliott Smith	Elliott Smith
242	Viktor Vaughn	Vaudeville Villain
243	Bob Dylan	The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
244	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick
245	Joanna Newsom	Have One on Me
246	Gustavo Certai	Bocanada
247	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers
248	JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown	Scaring the Hoes
249	Funkadelic	Maggot Brain
250	LCD Soundsystem	The Long Goodbye