The 30 albums of music most acclaimed by the criticism of all time
These are the best records of all time, according to criticism.
Good music is in the spectator's ear, but even if opinions differ on what makes an excellent album, these incarnated classics exist which are recognized as among the best of all time - at least according to professional criticism. Metacritic is a website This brings together music and attributes a digital score representing the critical consensus on an album. We used this data to count the 30 best albums never made, in the order of the way the experts classified them. Read the rest to find out if your favorite disc has made the list.
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30 Abbey Road: luxury edition 50th anniversary by the Beatles
Metricitic Score: 99
Released five decades after the release of the original version of 1969, the album featuring the Fab Four at the top of their collaboration was remastered by a team co-directed by George Martin son Giles Martin And presents 23 demos and outings. He scored a 99 out of 100 in 10 criticisms, with Classic rock magazine Commenting that he has " Freshness and immediacy This makes fun of the passage of half a century. ""
29 Rumors [35th anniversary Deluxe Edition] By Fleetwood Mac
Metricitic Score: 99
Famous product in the middle of the dissolution of each romantic relationship in the group plus a great consumption of drugs, the album of Fleetwood Mac of 1977 produced some of the most durable successes of the late 1970s, including "you can go go You too long "," Dreams "and" You have fun. "The 2004 birthday edition revisits the drama with an emblematic album remaster, plus an additional disc, live recordings and songs Unpublished.
28 Girly-Sound in Guyville [Box] by Liz Phair
Metricitic Score: 99
Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville Inaugurated independent land with shameless denominational words that challenged Wicker Park dominated by men, the Chicago scene from the early 90s. This box of CD 7 LP / 3 published in 2018 gives fans an overview of its Artistic evolution of Girly-Sound Lo-Fi demos to Phair's Breakthrough album.
27 Ten summers of freedom By Wadada Leo Smith
Metricitic Score: 99
This epic opus with four disks of trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith was composed over 34 years. Each of its 19 tracks tackles a moment of the civil rights movement and American history - Dred Scott At the boycott of Montgomery buses until September 11 - blowing improvisation with compound elements to create a deep listening experience and emotionally charged.
26 American Dreamer [Box] By Laura Nyro
Metricitic Score: 99
This 2021 box collects seven albums and with rare recordings of the singer-songwriter Laura Nyro , who wrote his own music and wrote tunes for Barbra Streisand and the fifth dimension. She died in 1997 at the age of 49 and was then inducted into rock and roll Hall of Fame.
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25 Band on the Run [50th Anniversary Edition] by Paul McCartney & Wings
Metricitic Score: 99
In addition to several Beatles albums, Paul McCartney Hang a place on the list for his work outside this emblematic group. The third album of Paul McCartney & Wings, released in 1973, marks the most successful post-Beatles project of the singer-songwriter, named one of the best British rock albums of all time Rolling stone .
24 Live in Europe 1967: Best of the Bootleg, vol. 1 By Miles Davis
Metricitic Score: 99 AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
This live epic album with three Blues Master discs Miles Davis was recorded on three concerts in Belgium, Denmark and France, capturing an indelible tour in which Davis played alongside his "second Great Quartet", including Herbie Hancock On the keyboard, saxophonist Wayne shorter, bass player Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams .
23 Sign O 'The Times [Deluxe Edition] by the prince
Metricitic Score: 99
Prince The ninth studio album - and first after dissolving the revolution - is undoubtedly the artist's best and most creative record, even if he has failed to match sales of previous albums, especially Purple rain And1999 . Since its release in 1987, it has been frequently named among the best albums of all time. Released in 2020, the luxury edition includes a remastered version of the original album, as well as unpublished songs, demos and a book with essays and interviews on the album.
22 The queen is dead [luxury edition] by blacksmiths
Metricitic Score: 99
The 1986 monitoring of Meat is murder I took the improbable heroes of Manchester Rock in new places. Built on the basics of the beloved "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" and "There is a light that never comes out", the group is at the top of their game on this disc, of Morrissey Alternatively, melancholy and spirit lyricism to the sound of the now perfected sound. The 2017 luxury edition offers an album remastered more additional recordings and the live album Live in Boston .
21 The subsoil bands are finished: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 By Bob Dylan
Metricitic Score: 99
A legendary collection of unpublished records of Bob Dylan And the group, The subsoil bands complete is a must for any Dylan fan. This set of six CDs includes more than 100 tracks, including alternative versions of classic songs such as "like a rolling stone" and "it ain't me, babe".
20 The complete collection of Columbia albums By Johnny Cash
Metricitic Score: 99
No stone has not been returned to this box to put an end to all the boxes published in 2012. The amazing collection consists of 59 albums on 63 discs, from Johnny Cash's In 1958 LP starts with the label, The fabulous Johnny Cash , thanks to its release in 1990 with supergroup motorways, The Highwayman 2 , as well as certain unpublished tracks before.
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19 Tago Mago [40th Anniversary Edition] by can
Metricitic Score: 99
An 18 -minute drum groove ("Halleluhwah") is not for everyone, but Krautrock's kings can not either. Their second studio album, released for the first time in 1971, embodied their prowess of improvisation and established them as pioneers who would later influence artists as diverse as sex pistols and a tribe calls.
18 Tim: Let it Shelter Edition [Box] by replacements
Metricitic Score: 99
With classics like "Bastards of Young" and "Kiss Me on the Bus", 1985 Tim embodies the rudely energetic but hoarse and hoarse rock. But the production of original Lo-Fi, by Tommy (Ramone) Erdelyi , it was not exactly what the group was looking for - by bassist Tommy Stinson , Erdelyi's ears " were killed "Until then and his tastes have looked stronger than what was interested in the group. This Croquant Remaster, 2023 by the longtime production partner of Erdelyi and the collaborator of Ramones Ed Stasium Give fans the carpets because they were always supposed to ring.
17 Purple Rain [Deluxe edition edition] by prince and the revolution
Metricitic Score: 100
Prince has become a real legend with the release of Purple rain , A Concept film of the work album This has crystallized his image as the sexiest Lothario Pop in the world. This extended edition of the album, released a year after the singer's death, includes 11 unpublished songs.
16 DOOLITTLE 25 by pixies
Metricitic Score: 100
The second studio album by alt-rock icons the pixies has solidified its completely / strong sound, and has become a favorite at the end of the end Kurt Cobain . This birthday re -edition includes B Siaves and unpublished demonstration sessions.
15 1999 [Super Deluxe Edition] by the prince
Metricitic Score: 100
Prince's first album recorded with the Revolution struck the charts in 1982, and nothing in pop music has never been the same. His success stimulated by his sensual voice and the hypnotic rhythms of singles, in particular "Little Red Corvette", "Delirious" and the title, intended for a protest against the nuclear arms race.
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14 Fingers sticky [luxury edition] by rollers
Metricitic Score: 100
The ninth stripped album of Rolling Stones was the first in the group without founder Brian Jones , died two years earlier. He was also the first with the guitarist Mick Taylor , and the first to complete the graphics in the United States and the United Kingdom. The 2015 luxury edition includes alternative sockets and a new remaster.
13 Long live and dangerous [Super Deluxe Edition] By Mance Lizzy
Metricitic Score: 100
This double album by Irish Heavy Metal Rockers Thin Lizzy was recorded in concerts in 1976 and 1977, capturing the group to its peak. Released shortly before the original guitarist left Brian Robertson and assembled from several previous programs when the group did not have time to record new documents, it was classified alongside the best live albums of all time .
12 What's going on [40th anniversary] by Marvin Gaye
Metricitic Score: 100
Inspired by his brother's experiences in the Vietnam War and social disorders and police brutality of the late 1960s, Marvin Gaye R&B reshaped with his 1971 album attacking the heavy themes of the time as well as spirituality. What is going on was a monumental change compared to the fame "I heard it through the grapevin" which he carried out in the years preceding the artistic control of his work. And its impact, described by John Legend in 2014 like " The voice of black America Speaking that we couldn't always smile for you, "has been felt since.
11 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [50th Anniversary Edition Deluxe version] by the Beatles
Metricitic Score: 100
One of the most successful efforts of a group to redefine and expand its sound, the eighth album of the Beatles is trying to do so many things - mix influences from circus, vaudeville, British pop pop and Classical Indian music - that it would have been a disaster if it had not been one of the best works of the best group of all time. The 50th anniversary edition includes a new stereo remix assembled by the son of the original producer George Martin.
10 London calling [25th anniversary Legacy Edition] by confrontation
Metricitic Score: 100
The determining example of the socio -political punk rock of the clash, London's call Find the group exploring a wider range of sounds and reflects the influence of the movement of the new wave of the arrow, as well as reggae, ska, jazz and R&B. The 25th anniversary edition includes Vanilla bands , a disc separated from "missing" recordings of the production of the album.
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9 Revolver Special Edition (Super Deluxe) [Box] by the Beatles
Metricitic Score: 100
This reissue of the Seventh Beatles album was released in 2022 and joined a new stereo mixture, demos, studio sessions and an additional EP of alternative mixes. Although all the extras offer new information on the group's creative process during a transition period, they were not really necessary to raise it to a "list of the best albums of all time".
8 Pinkerton (luxury edition) By Weezer
Metricitic Score: 100
This reissue of Weezer's second -year album in 1996 reverses Rivers Cuomo Harvard's slope anxiety around the success, loneliness and seduction of many groupies. While the follow -up of their Preppier, Poppier Blue album Assist traditional fans, songs such as "El Scorcho", "through the sea" and "I just threw the love of my dreams" were catnip for emo children in the mid -90s who did not Not yet awakened to the more problematic positions of the album to race and women. The luxury edition doubles more than the length of the original with a multitude of live recordings and bonus tracks.
7 Ramones [40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] ramon
Metricitic Score: 100
Filled with classics, including "Judy is a punk" and "Blitzkrieg Bop", the eponymous beginnings in 1976 laid the basics of pop-punk to become a kind of graphic. The 40th anniversary Deluxe Edition presents the timeless songs in stereo and mono and gives fans of demos and live equipment from fans.
6 OK Computer: Oknotok 1997-2017 by radiohead
Metricitic Score: 100
Radiohead's record company was sure that the group's infused bad humor follow -up, High -end concept, 1995 The curves Alienated traditional auditors and commercially flop. Instead, the album struck the No. 1 in the United Kingdom, went double-flat in America and was immediately acclaimed by criticism. This reissue of the 20th anniversary includes new tracks before.
5 Modern sounds in country and western music, flights. 1 & 2 [Reissue] by Ray Charles
Metricitic Score: 100
When Ray Charles Having moved away from his previous R&B style with this 1962 album, he broken down the racial barrier that had prevented black artists from finding success by playing country and Western music. The album was instantly acclaimed by criticism and successful in the trade, which notes Charles' profile with the Pop and Country public.
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4 Exile on Main Street [Reissue] by rollers
Metricitic Score: 100
Arriving after a series of critical blows, including Let him bleed And Sticky fingers ,, Exile on the main street turned out to be both a celebration of the success of the Rolling Stones, with a jovial atmosphere animated on many tracks; And an evolution of their sound, with a greater emphasis on the exploration of new sounds and genres, in particular the blues, the country and the west and the gospel. The group's first double album, he initially received mixed criticism, but was finally recognized as One of the best albums never recorded .
3 G means Go-Betweens, vol. 2 [Box] by go-Betweens
Metricitic Score: 100
Relatively unknown in the United States, Go-Betweens caused a sensation when they moved to London and have a bridge named according to them in their native brisbane in Australia. The second set in its anthology series celebrates the independent post-punk group literate to their peak with remastered studio albums Liberty Belle and The Black Diamond Express ,, Tallulah , And 16 lovers lane , the more the B faces and live recordings.
2 LED Zeppelin IV [remastered] by Led Zeppelin
Metricitic Score: 100
The 1971 fourth monumental album of Rock Gods Led Zeppelin sold more than 37 million copies and perhaps boasts the most requisitioned song in radio history, "Stairway to Heaven", alongside seven songs Emblematic, including "Black Dog", The Bluesy "When the The The The Levee breaks," and epic, inspired by Tolkien "Battle of Evermore". The 2014 version was remastered by Jimmy Page Himself and includes a second disc of unpublished alternative tracks.
1 The Beatles (The White Album) [50th birthday Super Deluxe Edition] by the Beatles
Metricitic Score: 100
The most ambitious work of the Beatles, The white album , is less a rock disc and more an art project for the flow of consciousness - an image of the group at a pivotal moment in its history, when each member explored more and more their own musical style and its ambitions and, perhaps , the cracks began to form. For its 50th anniversary in 2018, it was reissued with a new stereo mixture and 50 new recordings.