Top 10 Best Rock Albums of All Time

Home to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Black Dog," this untitled fourth album is the peak of hard rock ambition and mystical blues power.

Kurt Cobain's breakthrough album knocked Michael Jackson off the No. 1 spot and single-handedly brought alternative rock into the mainstream.

Recorded amid the band's personal meltdowns, this 40-million-selling masterpiece turned heartbreak into some of the most beautifully crafted pop-rock ever made.

The Clash's double album ransacked punk, reggae, rockabilly, and jazz into an urgent, political, and endlessly thrilling statement.

Springsteen's third album crystallized the American dream and nightmare in cinematic rock'n'roll, making him a star and a spokesman for a generation.

Radiohead's prescient meditation on technology, alienation, and modern anxiety remains the most acclaimed rock album of the 1990s by critical consensus.

The Beatles' final recording features the majestic side-two medley, a seamless suite of songs that stands as the greatest achievement in pop songwriting.

Recorded in a French villa basement, this sprawling double album is the Stones at their most raw — a joyful, chaotic blur of blues, gospel, and rock.

Prince's soundtrack album fused rock, R&B, funk, and pop in a dazzling display of virtuosity, anchored by the transcendent title track.

Home to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Black Dog," this untitled fourth album is the peak of hard rock ambition and mystical blues power.

Kurt Cobain's breakthrough album knocked Michael Jackson off the No. 1 spot and single-handedly brought alternative rock into the mainstream.

Recorded amid the band's personal meltdowns, this 40-million-selling masterpiece turned heartbreak into some of the most beautifully crafted pop-rock ever made.

The Clash's double album ransacked punk, reggae, rockabilly, and jazz into an urgent, political, and endlessly thrilling statement.

Springsteen's third album crystallized the American dream and nightmare in cinematic rock'n'roll, making him a star and a spokesman for a generation.

Radiohead's prescient meditation on technology, alienation, and modern anxiety remains the most acclaimed rock album of the 1990s by critical consensus.

The Beatles' final recording features the majestic side-two medley, a seamless suite of songs that stands as the greatest achievement in pop songwriting.

Recorded in a French villa basement, this sprawling double album is the Stones at their most raw — a joyful, chaotic blur of blues, gospel, and rock.

Prince's soundtrack album fused rock, R&B, funk, and pop in a dazzling display of virtuosity, anchored by the transcendent title track.