• • • Die 100 besten Rock- und Pop-Alben
• • • eine subjektive Bestandsaufnahme

Best-Of-Sampler und Live-Alben werden nicht berücksichtigt
(ausgenommen beim United Jazz- and Rock- Ensemble, da gibts eigentlich fast nur Live-Aufnahmen ...)

Außerdem wird jeder Künstler nur einmal berücksichtigt (obwohl es manche verdient hätten, in dieser Liste mehrfach Erwähnung zu finden). Allerdings, keine Regel ohne Ausnahme: Solo-Alben von (Ex-)Bandmitgliedern finden durchaus den Weg hierher.


  1. Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley (1956)
  2. Frank Sinatra: Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956)
  3. Buddy Holly: Buddy Holly (1958)
  4. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
  5. Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
  6. Otis Redding: Otis Blue (1965)
  7. James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (1965)
  8. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced (1967)
  9. The Doors: Strange Days (1967)
  10. Procol Harum: Procol Harum (1967)
  11. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
  12. The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (1967)
  13. The Beatles: The White Album (1968)
  14. Cream: Wheels Of Fire (1968)
  15. King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
  16. Carlos Santana: Abraxas (1970)
  17. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
  18. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
  19. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)
  20. Led Zeppelin: IV (1971)
  21. Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (1971)
  22. Golden Earring: Seven Tears (1971)
  23. The Who: Who's Next (1971)
  24. Jethro Tull: Jethro Tull (1971)
  25. Wishbone Ash: Argus (1972)
  26. Deep Purple: Machine Head (1972)
  27. David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
  28. Yes: Close To The Edge (1972)
  29. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  30. The Wailers: Catch a Fire (1973)
  31. Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973)
  32. Billy Cobham: Spectrum (1973)
  33. ZZ Top: Tres Hombres (1973)
  34. Udo Lindenberg: Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria (1973)
  35. Blue Öyster Cult: Secret Treaties (1974)
  36. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
  37. Supertramp: Crime Of The Century (1974)
  38. Kraftwerk: Autobahn (1974)
  39. Queen: A Night At The Opera (1975)
  40. Rick Wakeman: The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975)
  41. Patti Smith: Horses (1975)
  42. Bruce Springsteen: Born to run (1975)
  43. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
  44. Bee Gees: Main Course (1975)
  45. The Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
  46. Mothers Finest: Mother's Finest (1976)
  47. Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
  48. Peter Tosh: Legalize It (1976)
  49. Weather Report: Black Market (1976)
  50. Al Stewart: Year Of The Cat (1976)
  51. United Jazz & Rock Ensemble: Live im Schützenhaus (1977)
  52. Dire Straits: Dire Straits (1978)
  53. Tangerine Dream: Cyclone (1978)
  54. Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am (1979)
  55. The Police: Reggatta De Blanc (1979)
  56. Talking Heads: Fear of Music (1979)
  57. Whitesnake: Lovehunter (1979)
  58. Al Jarreau: Breakin' Away (1981)
  59. Frank Zappa: Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981)
  60. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
  61. Level 42: The Early Tapes (1980/1982)
  62. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: The Message (1982)
  63. Falco: Einzelhaft (1982)
  64. Asia: Asia (1982)
  65. Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Tropical Gangsters (1982)
  66. Spliff: 85555 (1982)
  67. Herbie Hancock: Future Shock (1983)
  68. Nena: Nena (1983)
  69. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
  70. Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (1983)
  71. Chaka Khan: I Feel For You (1984)
  72. Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (1984)
  73. Haindling: Stilles Potpourri (1984)
  74. Rodgau Monotones: Volle Lotte (1984)
  75. Sade: Diamond life (1984)
  76. U2: The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
  77. Van Halen: 1984 (1984)
  78. Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen (1985)
  79. Herwig Mitteregger: Kein Mut, kein Mädchen (1985)
  80. Latin Quarter: Modern Times (1985)
  81. Gary Moore: Run for Cover (1985)
  82. Fleetwood Mac: Tango In The Night (1987)
  83. Guns'n Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987)
  84. Madonna: Like a Prayer (1989)
  85. Aerosmith: Pump (1989)
  86. Red Hot Chili Peppers: BloodSugarSexMagik (1991)
  87. Gloria Estefan: Into The Light (1991)
  88. Die Prinzen: Das Leben ist grausam (1991)
  89. Prodigy: Experience (1992)
  90. Yello: Essential (1992)
  91. Pearl Jam: Vitalogy (1994)
  92. Jimmy Page/ Robert Plant: No Quarter (1994)
  93. Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995)
  94. The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin (1999)
  95. Art Of Infinity: New Horizon(2000)
  96. Within Temptation: Mother Earth (2001)
  97. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me (2003)
  98. Anastacia: Anastacia (2004)
  99. Nightwish: Once (2004)
  100. Amy Winehouse: Rehab (2006)