time's all time 100 best albums [decadewise]

So here's how we chose the albums for the All-TIME 100. We researched and listened and agonized until we had a list of the greatest and most influential records ever - and then everyone complained because there was no Pink Floyd on it. And that's exactly how it should be. We hope you'll treat the All-TIME 100 as a great musical parlor game. Read and listen to the arguments for the selections, then tell us what we missed or got wrong. Or even possibly what we got right.

2000s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years		Hank Williams		Mercury, 2005
The College Dropout		Kanye West		Roc-a-Fella, 2004
Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964		Sam Cooke		ABKCO Music & Records, 2003
Elvis: 30 No. 1 Hits		Elvis Presley		BMG/Elvis, 2002
The Anthology, 1947 - 1972		Muddy Waters		Chess, 2001
Kid A		Radiohead		Capitol, 2000
Stankonia		Outkast		LaFace, 2000
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea		PJ Harvey		UMG Recordings, 2000
The Marshall Mathers LP		Eminem		Interscope, 2000

1990s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

Sunrise		Elvis Presley		BMG / Elvis, 1999
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road		Lucinda Williams		Universal, 1998
OK Computer		Radiohead		Capitol, 1997
Time Out of Mind		Bob Dylan		Sony, 1997
Endtroducing...		DJ Shadow		Mo' Wax, 1996
(What's the Story) Morning Glory		Oasis		Sony, 1995
Live Through This		Hole		Geffen, 1994
My Life		Mary J. Blige		MCA, 1994
Ready to Die		The Notorious B.I.G.		Bad Boy, 1994
Slanted and Enchanted		Pavement		Matador, 1992
The Chronic		Dr. Dre		Death Row/Interscope, 1992
Achtung Baby		U2		Island, 1991
Nevermind		Nirvana		DGC Records, 1991
Out of Time		R.E.M.		Warner Brothers, 1991
Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969)		Various Artists		Abkco, 1991
Ropin' The Wind		Garth Brooks		Capitol, 1991
Star Time		James Brown		Polydor, 1991
The Low End Theory		A Tribe Called Quest		Jive, 1991

1980s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

Like a Prayer		Madonna		Sire/London/Rhino, 1989
Paul's Boutique		Beastie Boys		Capitol, 1989
The Stone Roses		The Stone Roses		Jive, 1989
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back		Public Enemy		Def Jam/Columbia, 1988
Straight Outta Compton		N.W.A		Priority, 1988
Document		R.E.M.		I.R.S. Records, 1987
Paid in Full		Eric B. and Rakim		Island, 1987
Sign O' The Times		Prince		Paisley Park, 1987
The Joshua Tree		U2		Island, 1987
Graceland		Paul Simon		Warner Brothers, 1986
Master of Puppets		Metallica		Elektra/Wea, 1986
Raising Hell		Run-DMC		Arista Records/Profile, 1986
Legend		Bob Marley and the Wailers		Island/Tuff Gong, 1984
Purple Rain		Prince		Warner Brothers, 1984
Stop Making Sense		Talking Heads		Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984
The Great Twenty-Eight		Chuck Berry		MCA, 1982
Thriller		Michael Jackson		Sony, 1982
Back in Black		AC/DC		Atlantic, 1980

1970s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

London Calling		The Clash		Sony, 1979
One Nation Under a Groove		Parliament / Funkadelic		Warner Brothers, 1978
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols		The Sex Pistols		Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977
Rumours		Fleetwood Mac		Warner Brothers, 1977
Hotel California		The Eagles		Elektra/Wea, 1976
Ramones		The Ramones		Sire, 1976
Songs in the Key of Life		Stevie Wonder		Motown, 1976
Born to Run		Bruce Springsteen		Sony, 1975
Horses		Patti Smith		Arista, 1975
Red Headed Stranger		Willie Nelson		Sony, 1975
Call Me		Al Green		The Right Stuff, 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road		Elton John		MCA, 1973
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust		David Bowie		RCA, 1972
Exile on Main Street		The Rolling Stones		Virgin, 1972
Talking Book		Stevie Wonder		UMG Recordings, 1972
The Harder They Come		Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists		Island, 1972
Blue		Joni Mitchell		Warner Brothers/Wea, 1971
Coat of Many Colors		Dolly Parton		RCA, 1971
Hunky Dory		David Bowie		RCA, 1971
Led Zeppelin IV (a.k.a. Zoso)		Led Zeppelin		Wea International, 1971
Paranoid		Black Sabbath		Warner Brothers, 1971
Sticky Fingers		The Rolling Stones		Virgin, 1971
Tapestry		Carole King		Ode/A&M, 1971
What's Going On		Marvin Gaye		Motown, 1971
Who's Next		The Who		Mobile Fidelity, 1971
After the Gold Rush		Neil Young		Reprise, 1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water		Simon and Garfunkel		Columbia, 1970
John Lennon		Plastic Ono Band		Apple/EMI, 1970
Moondance		Van Morrison		Warner Brothers/Wea, 1970

1960s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

Abbey Road		The Beatles		Capitol, 1969
Bitches Brew		Miles Davis		Sony, 1969
Stand!		Sly & the Family Stone		Epic, 1969
The Band		The Band		Capitol, 1969
Astral Weeks		Van Morrison		Warner Brothers/Wea, 1968
At Folsom Prison		Johnny Cash		Sony, 1968
Lady Soul		Aretha Franklin		Atlantic, 1968
The Beatles ("The White Album")		The Beatles		Capitol, 1968
Are You Experienced		The Jimi Hendrix Experience		Experience Hendrix, 1967
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You		Aretha Franklin		Atlantic, 1967
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		The Beatles		Capitol, 1967
The Velvet Underground and Nico		The Velvet Underground		Polydor/Pgd, 1967
Blonde on Blonde		Bob Dylan		Columbia, 1966
Pet Sounds		The Beach Boys		DCC, 1966
Revolver		The Beatles		Capitol, 1966
Highway 61 Revisited		Bob Dylan		Columbia, 1965
Otis Blue		Otis Redding		Atlantic, 1965
Rubber Soul		The Beatles		Capitol, 1965
A Love Supreme		John Coltrane		Impulse, 1964
Live at the Apollo (1963)		James Brown		Polydor, 1963
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music		Ray Charles		ABC/Paramount, 1962
King of the Delta Blues Singers		Robert Johnson		Columbia, 1961

1950s

Album

Artist

Label/Year Released

Kind of Blue		Miles Davis		Sony, 1959
Here's Little Richard		Little Richard		Specialty, 1957
Songs for Swingin' Lovers		Frank Sinatra		Capitol, 1955
In the Wee Small Hours		Frank Sinatra		Capitol, 1954

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