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Music
The 11 Most Influential Albums of All Time
Records that changed what came after them, across rock, jazz, hip-hop, and soul.
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This ranking is illustrative. The eleven entries are real, but the order they appear in was not produced by testing, scoring, voting or measurement of any kind, and Top11 publishes no scores, view counts or reach figures because it has never recorded any.
The short answer
The best albums combine craft with lasting influence.
The Top11 index
The complete ranking.
- #2
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
- #3
Michael Jackson - Thriller
- #4
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
- #5
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- #6
Nirvana - Nevermind
- #7
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- #8
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- #9
Radiohead - OK Computer
- #10
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
- #11
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
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