| 1964 | ‘Out to Lunch!’ | Eric Dolphy | Album | 4.3 | 16 |
| 1973 | (pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Album | 4.65 | 16 |
| 1971 | [Led Zeppelin IV] | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.75 | 73 |
| 2012 | 301 | Esbjörn Svensson Trio | Album | 3 | 2 |
| 1974 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | Album | 4.5 | 22 |
| 1965 | A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | Album | 4.6 | 36 |
| 1963 | A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | Album | 3 | 5 |
| 1970 | Abraxas | Santana | Album | 4.7 | 30 |
| 1970 | After the Gold Rush | Neil Young | Album | 4.9 | 24 |
| 1972 | All Directions | The Temptations | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | American Idiot | Green Day | Album | 4 | 23 |
| 2002 | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | Album | 3.85 | 13 |
| 1976 | Amigos | Santana | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 1971 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | Album | 4.1 | 47 |
| 1958 | Ascenseur pour l’échafaud | Miles Davis | Album + Soundtrack | 4 | 24 |
| 1968 | At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | Album + Live | 4.15 | 15 |
| 1982 | Avalon | Roxy Music | Album | 3.85 | 31 |
| 1980 | Back in Black | AC/DC | Album | 4.45 | 53 |
| 2006 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Album | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1987 | Bad | Michael Jackson | Album | 4.2 | 42 |
| 1977 | Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album | 3.95 | 38 |
| 1962 | Big Band Bossa Nova | Quincy Jones | Album | 5 | 9 |
| 1957 | Birth of the Cool | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation | 4.5 | 27 |
| 1970 | Bitches Brew | Miles Davis | Album | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1993 | Blade Runner | Vangelis | Album + Soundtrack | 4 | 34 |
| 1966 | Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 47 |
| 1975 | Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 27 |
| — | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | Red Hot Chili Peppers Revival | | | 1 |
| 1971 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | Album | 4.25 | 21 |
| 1991 | Blue Lines | Massive Attack | Album | 4.05 | 20 |
| 1957 | Blue Train | John Coltrane | Album | 4.65 | 43 |
| 1976 | Boston | Boston | Album | 4.1 | 33 |
| 1979 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | Album | 4.35 | 45 |
| 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | Album | 4 | 39 |
| 1976 | Bright Size Life | Pat Metheny | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 1997 | Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | Album | 4.4 | 15 |
| 1983 | Can’t Slow Down | Lionel Richie | Album | 4 | 20 |
| 1988 | Cello Concertos | Dvořák, Elgar; Pierre Fournier, Berliner Philharmoniker, George Szell, Alfred Wallenstein | Album + Compilation | | 3 |
| 1973 | Countdown to Ecstasy | Steely Dan | Album | 5 | 15 |
| 1990 | Cowboys From Hell | Pantera | Album | 4.2 | 17 |
| 2017 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.15 | 12 |
| 1970 | Deep Purple in Rock | Deep Purple | Album | 4.55 | 35 |
| 1961 | Dexter Calling… | Dexter Gordon | Album | | 6 |
| 1984 | Diamond Life | Sade | Album | 4.25 | 23 |
| 1978 | Die Mensch·Maschine | Kraftwerk | Album | 3.9 | 27 |
| 2001 | Discovery | Daft Punk | Album | 4.2 | 15 |
| 1967 | Disraeli Gears | Cream | Album | 4.9 | 26 |
| 1992 | Don Giovanni | Mozart; Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis | Album | | 1 |
| 1993 | Dubnobasswithmyheadman | Underworld | Album | 4.65 | 18 |
| 1994 | Dummy | Portishead | Album | 4.4 | 18 |
| 1988 | Dvorak: Symphonie No. 9 »Aus der neuen Welt« / Smetana: Die Moldau / Liszt: Les Préludes | Dvořák, Smetana, Liszt; Ferenc Fricsay | Album | 5 | 6 |
| 1968 | Electric Ladyland | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Album | 4 | 49 |
| 1983 | Eliminator | ZZ Top | Album | 4.6 | 29 |
| 1956 | Ellington at Newport | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Album + Live | | 7 |
| 1978 | Équinoxe | Jean Michel Jarre | Album | 4.8 | 25 |
| 1963 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | Album | | 6 |
| 1992 | Exclusively for My Friends | Oscar Peterson | Album + Compilation | | 5 |
| 1969 | Five Leaves Left | Nick Drake | Album | 4.45 | 15 |
| 1971 | Fragile | Yes | Album | 4.4 | 38 |
| 1974 | Fulfillingness’ First Finale | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.55 | 13 |
| 1951 | Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 | Thelonious Monk | Album | 3.5 | 13 |
| 1962 | Go | Dexter Gordon | Album | 3 | 12 |
| 1973 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | Album | 4 | 53 |
| 1986 | Graceland | Paul Simon | Album | 4.55 | 43 |
| 1978 | Grease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 3 | 26 |
| 1972 | Harvest | Neil Young | Album | 4.5 | 26 |
| 1973 | Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | Album | 4 | 27 |
| 1990 | Heaven or Las Vegas | Cocteau Twins | Album | 3.7 | 13 |
| 1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 31 |
| 1979 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC | Album | 4.55 | 44 |
| 1997 | Homework | Daft Punk | Album | 4.2 | 20 |
| 1975 | Horses | Patti Smith | Album | 4.15 | 24 |
| — | Hotel California | Eagles | Album + Compilation + Live | | 1 |
| 1973 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1971 | Hunky Dory | David Bowie | Album | 4.4 | 34 |
| 1966 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Grant Green | Album | | 4 |
| 1964 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | Album | 4 | 13 |
| 1994 | Illmatic | Nas | Album | 4.15 | 20 |
| 1971 | Imagine | John Lennon | Album | 4.1 | 41 |
| 1969 | In a Silent Way | Miles Davis | Album | 4.5 | 20 |
| 1989 | In Step | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Album | 4 | 17 |
| 1969 | In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | Album | 4.55 | 71 |
| 1993 | In Utero | Nirvana | Album | 4.15 | 54 |
| 1973 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | Album | 5 | 33 |
| 1964 | Inventions & Dimensions | Herbie Hancock | Album | 4 | 8 |
| 1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Album | 4.1 | 36 |
| 2013 | Johann Sebastian Bach Matthaus-Passion BWV 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Album | | 1 |
| 1964 | Juju | Wayne Shorter | Album | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | Justice | Justice | Album | | 1 |
| 2019 | Keep On Keeping On: Curtis Mayfield Studio Albums 1970-1974 | Curtis Mayfield | Album + Compilation | | 3 |
| 1997 | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Album | 5 | 2 |
| 1971 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | Album | 4 | 42 |
| 1973 | La bohème | Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Panerai, Maffeo, Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Album | | 8 |
| 1969 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.55 | 61 |
| 1969 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 58 |
| 1983 | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | 3.9 | 28 |
| 1973 | Let’s Get It On | Marvin Gaye | Album | 4.25 | 19 |
| 1973 | Light as a Feather | Chick Corea and Return to Forever | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
| 1970 | Live at Leeds | The Who | Album + Live | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1965 | Live at the Regal | B.B. King | Album + Live | 4.15 | 16 |
