Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12)

~ Release group series

Release groups

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	2012	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar	Album	4.45	32
2	2004	American Idiot	Green Day	Album	3.9	30
3	1979	The Wall	Pink Floyd	Album	4.5	87
4	1995	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…	Raekwon	Album	3.65	6
5	1969	Tommy	The Who	Album	4.25	49
6	1993	Exile in Guyville	Liz Phair	Album	4.25	8
7	1976	2112	Rush	Album	4.1	56
8	2006	The Black Parade	My Chemical Romance	Album	4.15	23
9	1955	In the Wee Small Hours	Frank Sinatra	Album	3.5	21
10	2018	EL MAL QUERER	ROSALÍA	Album	3.9	3
11	1967	Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Album	4.55	72
12	2010	The ArchAndroid	Janelle Monáe	Album	4	7
13	1972	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	David Bowie	Album	4.65	59
14	2000	Kid A	Radiohead	Album	4.5	29
15	2016	Lemonade	Beyoncé	Album	3.85	22
16	1971	There’s a Riot Goin’ On	Sly & the Family Stone	Album	3.4	20
17	1977	Running On Empty	Jackson Browne	Album + Live	4.15	21
18	1973	Quadrophenia	The Who	Album	4.4	26
19	1971	What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye	Album	4.45	46
20	1986	Control	Janet Jackson	Album	4.35	45
21	2004	SMiLE	Brian Wilson	Album	4.15	8
22	1977	Once Upon a Time…	Donna Summer	Album	5	8
23	1974	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway	Genesis	Album	4.5	36
24	1974	Good Old Boys	Randy Newman	Album	4	11
25	2020	MAP OF THE SOUL : 7	BTS	Album	4.15	11
26	1975	Red Headed Stranger	Willie Nelson	Album	4	10
27	1984	Zen Arcade	Hüsker Dü	Album	5	6
28	1968	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	The Kinks	Album	4.45	25
29	2021	Heaux Tales	Jazmine Sullivan	Album	3	3
30	1978	Here, My Dear	Marvin Gaye	Album	3.6	9
31	2019	Ghosteen	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Album	3.4	5
32	1974	Caught Up	Millie Jackson	Album		3
33	1977	Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome	Parliament	Album	4	3
34	1988	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Iron Maiden	Album	4.4	28
35	1999	69 Love Songs	The Magnetic Fields	Album	4.1	9
36	2019	Jimmy Lee	Raphael Saadiq	Album		3
37	1975	Welcome to My Nightmare	Alice Cooper	Album	3.85	20
38	2002	Tallahassee	The Mountain Goats	Album	5	5
39	2014	Love, Marriage & Divorce	Toni Braxton & Babyface	Album	2.5	4
40	2005	Separation Sunday	The Hold Steady	Album	3.65	3
41	1975	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John	Album	3.85	30
42	2021	If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power	Halsey	Album	4	28
43	2020	Colores	J Balvin	Album	3	3
44	2001	Southern Rock Opera	Drive‐By Truckers	Album	4	5
45	1988	Operation: Mindcrime	Queensrÿche	Album	4.5	24
46	2012	Electra Heart	Marina and the Diamonds	Album	4.85	45
47	2000	Since I Left You	The Avalanches	Album	4.65	18
48	1986	Skylarking	XTC	Album	3.5	34
49	2011	undun	The Roots	Album	4.5	4
50	1983	Kilroy Was Here	Styx	Album	3.35	11

Relationships

official homepages:	https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-concept-albums-1234604040/ [info]

Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12)

Release groups

Relationships

Series information

Tags

Genres

Other tags

External links

Editing

Subscriptions

Collections