Top 20 Best Albums of All Time

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  • These are the most influential albums of all time. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most iconic and important records ever made. Our countdown of the top albums of all time includes “A Night at the Opera”, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, “Ready to Die”, “What’s Going On”, “The Dark Side of the Moon”, and more! What’s your favorite album of all time? Let us know in the comments below.
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  5 місяців тому +49

    What’s your favorite album of all time? Let us know in the comments below.
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  • @stephen9302
    @stephen9302 5 місяців тому +145

    Prince's Purple Rain and Thriller were ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES 💯

  • @marcusalrand7937
    @marcusalrand7937 5 місяців тому +118

    Michael Jackson’s thriller was the first album I’ve ever listened to, and it’s still a classic to this day.

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому +1

      People always told me... be careful what you do... don't go around sniffin young boys farts

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому +2

      Gross 🤢

    • @Sithijanimesh99
      @Sithijanimesh99 5 місяців тому

      @@user-sy5sy2np8ryour father smelling boys farts

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      ​@@user-sy5sy2np8ryour comment made zero sense you empty headed jackass weirdo ✌️

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому +2

      so true and the cover is iconic

  • @phantomrequim
    @phantomrequim 5 місяців тому +58

    My mom got me to love Prince cause she always played his songs during my childhood. "Purple Rain" and "I Will Die 4 U." And my favorite songs from Michael Jackson are "Dirty Diana" and "Human Nature."

    • @emmyali920
      @emmyali920 5 місяців тому +2

      I'm in my late 40's and I remember growing up listening to his albums on my record player. Prince, Michael Jackson's Thriller and Madonna's Like a Virgin album were on constant repeat. I think Purple Rain should have been much closer to the number one spot. At least in the top 5.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 5 місяців тому +221

    Rest in Peace, Michael Jackson. Thriller was the first album I ever bought, and his legacy will never be forgotten.

    • @samj666
      @samj666 5 місяців тому

      nonce

    • @alphagames8737
      @alphagames8737 5 місяців тому +15

      The GOAT

    • @chrisquarrie
      @chrisquarrie 5 місяців тому +12

      Especially by the young boys he traumatized

    • @robynwolph3836
      @robynwolph3836 5 місяців тому +22

      ​@@chrisquarrie He's not a p*do. He was acquitted of any wrongdoing

    • @manueltapia1859
      @manueltapia1859 5 місяців тому +4

      Despite his personal life, this man was a genious 😊. Thriller will always be a classic and best selling album 😊
      What a joke named that rapper "King of Pop" 😅

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 5 місяців тому +58

    No harm in having at least half a dozen of these albums, in any format, whatever your musical taste. 🎶❤️

    • @WinsberryEntertainment
      @WinsberryEntertainment 5 місяців тому +2

      Was nothing but Metal when I was younger. But as I've gotten older I've learned to appreciate all types of music.
      From Slipknot to Stevie Wonder
      Black Sabbath to Britney Spears
      Nirvana to Notorious BIG

    • @user-mf4rm4fj6l
      @user-mf4rm4fj6l 5 місяців тому +1

      I have got number one, five and some of the others, far from all, maybe one day...

    • @MrRAPSAIKER
      @MrRAPSAIKER 5 місяців тому

      I listen to metal music most of the time. But I would love to own all of these amazing records!

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 5 місяців тому

      @@MrRAPSAIKER The playlists are available online and you could if you know where get an MP3 player, with some of these on. Vinyl is back in fashion, so you could get mint or near mint secondhand pressings or new ones. Plus there are still some CDs out there, but most old cassettes and minidiscs are usually past use. Good luck, have fun looking. 🎶❤️

  • @GamerFunOriginallyAarush
    @GamerFunOriginallyAarush 5 місяців тому +65

    I still really love Micheal Jackson’s Thriller!

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому +3

      🤢.

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому +3

      People always told me... be careful what you do... don't go around sniffin young boys farts

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому

      @@user-sy5sy2np8r he did more than that I'm sure..

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому +3

      same here it's a timeless classic

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 3 місяці тому

      @@MichaelSevilla97 it's awful

  • @guidoamorim
    @guidoamorim 5 місяців тому +17

    20. A night at the Opera, Queen
    19. Enter the Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Clan
    18. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
    17. Dreaming of you, Selena
    16. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
    15. At Last, Etta James
    14. Purple Rain, Prince
    13. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie
    12. London Calling, The Clash
    11. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
    10. Ready to die, The Notorious B.I.G.
    9. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
    8. Blue, Joni Mitchell
    7. Whats Going On, Marvin Gaye
    6. Rumors, Fleetwood Mac
    5. Nevermind, Nirvana
    4. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
    3. Thriller, MJ
    2. The Dark Side of the moon, Pink Floyd
    1. Sgt Peppers, Beatles

  • @terraboundmisfit
    @terraboundmisfit 5 місяців тому +23

    Santana, Abraxas! The first Latin Rock/Blues album that I know of. Carlos's guitar was truly on fire, along with the entire band!

  • @ryananggara01
    @ryananggara01 5 місяців тому +53

    i would like to add:
    Radiohead - Ok Computer
    The Cure - Disintegration
    The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
    The Who - Who’s Next
    King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Alice in Chains - Dirt
    Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
    Metallica - Master of Puppets
    U2 - The Joshua Tree
    Talking Heads - Remain in Light
    Ramones - Ramones
    Rush - Moving Pictures
    Eagles - Hotel California
    Yes - Fragile
    Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
    The Doors - The Doors

    • @mcflyguy8873
      @mcflyguy8873 5 місяців тому +6

      RHCP “Stadium”? Really? I’d say Blood Sugar was more iconic. Great documentary as well

    • @JidionisthebiggestMenace
      @JidionisthebiggestMenace 5 місяців тому +3

      How do you forget Meatloaf but remember U2?

    • @I-JXSUS_-
      @I-JXSUS_- 4 місяці тому

      All of these albums are astonishing and great. I think what watchmojo focuses on is the impact on music these albums had. These albums for sure would be included if watchmojo made a top 50 list. The top 20 did have a larger impact on music.

    • @Darcinator-music
      @Darcinator-music 2 місяці тому +3

      HOW THE HELL WAS OK COMPUTER NOT IN THE WATCHMOJO LIST

    • @parmeshhotman
      @parmeshhotman 2 місяці тому +1

      to pimp a butterfly?

  • @cjscrubs
    @cjscrubs 5 місяців тому +28

    Personally I'd swap Led Zeppelin I with Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side of the Moon with Wish You Were Here and swap Sgt Pepper's with either The White Album or Let It Be.

    • @ZOSO900
      @ZOSO900 5 місяців тому +2

      I was predicting they'd pick The White Album for Beatles and Led Zeppelin IV, too.

    • @mct18
      @mct18 5 місяців тому +5

      I thought Led Zeppelin IV might be the selection from them, (Led Zeppelin II is my personal fav) but the other two are not surprising.

    • @michaelmorris1486
      @michaelmorris1486 5 місяців тому +6

      Would definitely swap white album for Sgt pepper’s. Abbey road, revolver are masterpieces too

    • @rtflone
      @rtflone 5 місяців тому +2

      @@michaelmorris1486 The brilliance of Sgt Pepper wasn't just its content which was great but how far ahead it was. There are other Beatle albums I'd rather listen to but SP was the first of its kind by a long shot..

    • @mikenicholson7465
      @mikenicholson7465 Місяць тому +2

      I can understand preferring the White Album but I just can't consider Let It Be a very good record.

  • @olivabuckhanon1228
    @olivabuckhanon1228 5 місяців тому +69

    Michael Jackson's album will always rock on forever 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому +1

      No it won't. I grew up and now have superior taste in music. No black artists except for Prince. The others stink as does Michael Jackson

    • @nickmacdonald5399
      @nickmacdonald5399 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@michelled8408 what is wrong with u

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 4 місяці тому

      @@nickmacdonald5399 I have taste..

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      ​@@michelled8408your comment made zero sense you empty headed dumbass and thriller will rock on forever prince respected jackson for a reason 🤡 ✌️

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 2 місяці тому

      @@michelled8408 Pretentious asf... booooo

  • @whackedlearner3
    @whackedlearner3 5 місяців тому +11

    There is no way thriller and dark side of the moon got beaten by The Beatles

    • @LuvOneAnother
      @LuvOneAnother Місяць тому +2

      The Beatles being most overrated, are one list that they could be number one on.

    • @07nikhilchaudhari83
      @07nikhilchaudhari83 16 днів тому +2

      If you understand anything about music you would know. The beatles have the most groundbreaking and musically sophisticated albums.

    • @georgelucas2571
      @georgelucas2571 4 дні тому

      @@07nikhilchaudhari83I like the Beatles more than Pink Floyd, but I’d honestly put Dark Side Of The Moon as number 1. You don’t even have to be a rock fan to enjoy that album.

  • @highwind1991
    @highwind1991 5 місяців тому +16

    Songs in the key of life is my personal number one!

  • @KCee984
    @KCee984 5 місяців тому +21

    Enter the Wu had me in a chokehold in middle school 🔥

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 5 місяців тому +48

    Marvin Gaye had wonderful music and his songs are so good to listen to

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому

      No they aren't. He is an awful singer

    • @kung.fu.kellzz
      @kung.fu.kellzz 5 місяців тому +4

      @@michelled8408you must not know what amazing music sounds like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @talltomboynyc
    @talltomboynyc 5 місяців тому +3

    Wonderful list! Well done!

  • @spacejam8765
    @spacejam8765 5 місяців тому +56

    No one will ever beat Michael jacksons Thriller. He was and still is the greatest entertainers ever. Brilliant man.

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому +3

      No he isn't. Prince is superior to that lame Michael Jackson.

    • @Fibonacci64
      @Fibonacci64 5 місяців тому

      And I think ”Off The Wall” is way better. Not as mainstream pop, more soulful.

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому

      @@Fibonacci64 soul?. Yuck

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      Michael Jackson was and always will be a mutant, side show carnival freak PEDOPHILE! And IMO the person responsible for RUINING old school R and B! Glad he's in hell where he belongs!

    • @user-hx9po6ft5j
      @user-hx9po6ft5j 5 місяців тому +1

      @@michelled8408 Nobody cares about Prince or the Beatles, any poll would overwhelmingly be Michael Jackson in a landslide.

  • @PenguinDust1969
    @PenguinDust1969 5 місяців тому +9

    A relatively conventional list, but I can't argue that all titles mentioned are worth being there. Additionally, this is very much a best POP (as in "popular" which includes rock, hip-hop, and country) albums of all time since there is no jazz or classical. I'd put John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Charlie Parker's With Strings on a more comprehensive "Best Albums" list.

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 5 місяців тому +10

    Overall, excellent list. 70s the best decade for music the 1970s, started with the end of the beatles, 1977 on birth of punk and new wave. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, David Bowie, The Eagles, ABBA, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, solo the Beatles soli projects, DISCO, like it or not, Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Queen

  • @magusxxx
    @magusxxx 5 місяців тому +26

    Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell should have made the list. Ridiculously underrated, this album has sold 14 million in the U.S. alone. That's three million more than Sgt. Pepper. Worldwide it has sold more than 43 million copies. And is considered the biggest selling debut album in UK history. It's also the fourth longest charting UK album behind: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.

  • @ead630
    @ead630 5 місяців тому +13

    There are some great albums that would have felt right at home on this list:
    - Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones (or a few other Stones albums)
    - Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
    - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
    - Come On Over by Shania Twain
    - OK Computer by Radiohead
    - Ram by Paul McCartney

  • @garretterickson7319
    @garretterickson7319 5 місяців тому +17

    Not sure how Born to Run does not make this list, but that seems to be a miss. Springsteen is possibly America's greatest songwriter and the stories spun in the Born to Run album reflect everything about what it means to be young, restless, and exploding with untapped potential and blind ambition.

  • @thegood9
    @thegood9 5 місяців тому +14

    Selena's album was a good choice here. Hard to overestimate what her record meant in the grand scheme of Latin American music. She was lost way too soon.

    • @garrett4575
      @garrett4575 4 місяці тому

      Shocked it made it. Definitely an important part of music history.

    • @user-uk2hm4gx8u
      @user-uk2hm4gx8u Місяць тому

      Who is Selena?

  • @paulwestenberger3710
    @paulwestenberger3710 5 місяців тому +18

    All worthy albums. Guns and Roses should be on the list Appetite for Destruction is an album for the ages.

    • @Gremlinsfan40
      @Gremlinsfan40 5 місяців тому +3

      Either that one or use your illusion should be on here

    • @LuvOneAnother
      @LuvOneAnother Місяць тому

      @@Gremlinsfan40 They missed the boat on this list, so Many should be there and most shouldnt. ALBUMS with no skips...

  • @bradjohnson619
    @bradjohnson619 5 місяців тому +11

    List is incomplete without Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    • @Reaperguy67
      @Reaperguy67 5 місяців тому +1

      You are right. I can't remember the name of his song that was in the movie El Dorado

    • @questocd174
      @questocd174 5 місяців тому +1

      Goodbye Yellow Brick Road deserves it for sure.

  • @Davids_Hobbies
    @Davids_Hobbies 5 місяців тому +9

    You forgot to include Chicago 17. Peter Cetera's final album with Chicago. A stratospherically chart topping sendoff with nearly all of the songs being absolutely killer tracks. The MTV sensation "Stay the Night," Peter Cetera's filthiest bassline intro on "Only You," and we can't forget the worldwide chart topping "You're The Inspiration" and "Hard Habit to Break."

    • @garrett4575
      @garrett4575 4 місяці тому

      Chicago had the most success on the Billboard Charts I've heard, along with the Beach Boys of any American band. Lean towards their earlier stuff from their hard rock jazz albums such as Chicago II or their early move into pop such as the underrated Hard Streets but 17 was their best selling and hands down, best album of the '80s. Thought 19 was alright (not a fan of 18) and while Im more of a fan of Bobby Lamm and Terry Kath as vocalists, they weren't the same without Peter Cetera.

  • @darth_batman8190
    @darth_batman8190 5 місяців тому +18

    I always loved Houses of the Holy and this was a great list.

    • @axxellein
      @axxellein 5 місяців тому

      No Stones??

    • @richprokop5155
      @richprokop5155 2 місяці тому

      ​@@axxelleinSTONERS WERE AN AVERAGE BAND...

  • @crazycatladyoftullamore5176
    @crazycatladyoftullamore5176 5 місяців тому +10

    I was born in 1960 so every one of these albums was the music I grew up with. Thanks for reminding me just how really awesome the music was then and is still discovered and loved by more generations to come. 🇦🇺👏❤️

  • @kenderrickjones
    @kenderrickjones 5 місяців тому +16

    Micheal Jackson was on a different level of music rest in peace to the goat 🐐

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      He didn't play ANY instruments. And I'm sure he didn't write his own songs either. (What pop "artist" does?) Plus he was a carnival side show freak PEDOPHILE!

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      I get the GOAT part though. Just picturing that stone white carnival side show freak face of his DEFINITELY makes me think of a GOAT!

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      ​@@user-sy5sy2np8rit would show him before he had lupus and vitligo your a disrespectful empty headed dumbass that wasn't raised right at all be a better person than that childish 🤡 ✌️

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому +1

      jackson is definitely a goat in music and showmanship but prince was another level compared any solo artist ✌️

  • @CactusJuiceTrip
    @CactusJuiceTrip 5 місяців тому +10

    Fun Fact about Selena Quintanillas song Dreaming of you. She recorded the song in ONE take while having Bronchitis.
    A singer taken too soon during her prime.

  • @robertrogers074
    @robertrogers074 5 місяців тому +33

    There is a reason why thriller was so great
    Not because of the voice of the legend
    Not because of the impactful music videos
    But because of the genius of making a album that has a different genre of a song
    From funk to rock.

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      Thriller is the album that more or less RUINED true R and B. Pop sucks! And Michael Jackson was a carnival side show freak PEDOPHILE!!!

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      so true

    • @07nikhilchaudhari83
      @07nikhilchaudhari83 16 днів тому +3

      There are like dozen albums before thriller that did that. With more variety and diverse styles.

    • @georgelucas2571
      @georgelucas2571 4 дні тому

      The Beatles White Album did that like a decade before Michael Jackson.

  • @warrior64
    @warrior64 5 місяців тому +21

    “AC⚡️DC” Back in Black is a monster album with killer tracks , that should be on any top 20 list !!!!

    • @I-JXSUS_-
      @I-JXSUS_- 4 місяці тому

      No doubt it was great and AC/DC is a timeless band! In all honesty, it wasn’t moving,it hit charts, it was loved, but it wasn’t innovative.

  • @romoc0p
    @romoc0p 5 місяців тому +21

    Really missing 'Exodus' by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Time magazine even named it best album of the 20th century.

  • @jaxonjaxoff3291
    @jaxonjaxoff3291 5 місяців тому +11

    My superior top 20
    20 Toys in the Attic
    19 Back in Black
    18 Kind of Blue
    17 Damn the Torpedoes
    16 The Dark Side of the Moon
    15 Let’s Dance
    14 Let it Bleed
    13 All Things Must Pass
    12 The Joshua Tree
    11 Purple Rain
    10 Thriller
    9 Nevermind
    8 A Night at The Opera
    7 Led Zeppelin iv
    6 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
    5 Revolver
    4 The White Album
    3 Let It Be
    2 Abbey Road
    1 Rubber Soul

    • @oasisbeyond
      @oasisbeyond 5 місяців тому +3

      Good taste, everyone has a different top Beatles Albums, for me it changes. I didn't buy Rubber Soul when I discovered them with the 1 album, but I've heard it a few year's later thanks to the internet and I feel it's their best cuz it's still popish like most of their fans loved, before they went more alternative which is what I liked more.

    • @Mark-kt1vm
      @Mark-kt1vm 5 місяців тому +1

      Much better list.

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 5 місяців тому +18

    RIP Micheal Jackson

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      Burn in hell, Micheal Jackson. You carnival side show freak PEDO!!!

  • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
    @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 5 місяців тому +22

    I grew up in the 80s and Micheal Jackson, Debbie Gibson, Madonna were our favorite artists and still are. We LOVE Thriller! It is still one of our favorite albums ever. The MVs were great too! Still iconic to this day and is so timeless.

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому +1

      If that's STILL your favorite "music" are you SURE that you grew up?!?

  • @EliThomas585
    @EliThomas585 5 місяців тому +9

    Y’all are forgetting Boston debut album, fantastic album

  • @justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291
    @justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291 5 місяців тому +25

    Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” is still my most favorite.

  • @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348
    @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 5 місяців тому +39

    40 YEARS OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER!
    😁👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому

      🤢🤮. He's a bad as Stevie wonder and Marvin Gaye.

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому +1

      40 years TOO MANY!!

    • @michelled8408
      @michelled8408 5 місяців тому

      @@user-sy5sy2np8r exactly. 1 month was enough of that crap

  • @kenterminateddq5311
    @kenterminateddq5311 5 місяців тому +38

    11 Albums That Didn't Get a Mention (But Should Be On This Video):
    1. Nas - Illmatic
    2. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
    3. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
    4. Metallica - Master of Puppets
    5. 2Pac - Me Against The World
    6. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
    7. Fugees - The Score
    8. Kanye West - Late Registration
    9. Radiohead - OK Computer
    10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    11. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

    • @vickthashredder
      @vickthashredder 5 місяців тому +3

      Ill raise your master of puppets for the black album

    • @sergiojuan6135
      @sergiojuan6135 5 місяців тому +8

      Kendrick good kid MAAD city

    • @user-zt9rd1wm2f
      @user-zt9rd1wm2f 5 місяців тому +1

      @@sergiojuan6135 and to pimp a butterfly

    • @rolando7660
      @rolando7660 5 місяців тому +1

      I was pretty surprised to not see Master Of Puppets or Lauryn Hill on this list.

    • @thepaindriller
      @thepaindriller 5 місяців тому

      Late Reg is good but if ur gonna out a Ye album it gonna have be College dropout, Grad, or MDTF

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 5 місяців тому +8

    Metallica’s Master of Puppets is arguably the definitive and quintessential thrash metal album.

    • @Wheresthepepsibismol
      @Wheresthepepsibismol 5 місяців тому +1

      I agree I still own the cassette and play it when I'm playing games like Need For Speed and Halo. Leper Messiah makes me destroy everything in my path that song is like my fight anthem

  • @musicchartsbillbaord
    @musicchartsbillbaord 5 місяців тому +5

    I would've added Jagged Little Pill

  • @TheSithLord
    @TheSithLord 5 місяців тому

    Great list.

  • @alankeith7866
    @alankeith7866 5 місяців тому +3

    This list should be 200 instead of 20...
    Wishing the WatchMojo cast and crew a Very Merry Christmas!!!

    • @LeonardoHeredia-hz7wx
      @LeonardoHeredia-hz7wx 3 місяці тому

      If you want more albums the closest things you’ll get will be a top 100

  • @ashleynicole2546
    @ashleynicole2546 5 місяців тому +3

    Do this but with specific genres!!

  • @example2844
    @example2844 5 місяців тому +5

    The fact that Queen The News of the World or Phil Collins No Jacket Required arent on here is a MASSIVELY missed opportunity

  • @davidskidmore3816
    @davidskidmore3816 5 місяців тому +5

    The number of adverts in this video is a joke...

  • @sirwill619
    @sirwill619 5 місяців тому +3

    There should've been an honorable mention for the album All Eyez on Me by 2Pac

  • @xavierquintero8111
    @xavierquintero8111 5 місяців тому +8

    Pet sounds will always be my favorite albulm 🐐 🔥

  • @amethyst5393
    @amethyst5393 5 місяців тому

    Dang! This list was spot on..🎉

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I remember back in the mid-1980s, everyone was talking about how good Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" was. 😁 Nearly everyone I knew had a poster of MJ and Bon Jovi posters in the room by the late 1980s. 🤣

  • @captaincosy
    @captaincosy 5 місяців тому +16

    Video
    20. A Night At The Opera - Queen
    19. Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
    18. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
    17. Dreaming Of You - Selena
    16. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
    15. At Last - Etta James
    14. Purple Rain - Prince And The Revolution
    13. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
    12. London Calling - The Clash
    11. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
    10. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
    9. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
    8. Blue - Joni Mitchell
    7. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
    6. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
    5. Nevermind - Nirvana
    4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
    3. Thriller - Michael Jackson
    2. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
    1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

    • @eldin8910
      @eldin8910 5 місяців тому +2

      was such a mid list

    • @andya696
      @andya696 5 місяців тому +2

      You saved me from having to sit through the video. Thanks!

  • @sjogre7789
    @sjogre7789 5 місяців тому +1

    Question for anyone!! With the way music is released now. How hard do you think it wil be for modern music to break into this top 20?

  • @ma53jg
    @ma53jg 5 місяців тому +6

    I love "OK Computer" by Radiohead & "Joshua Tree" by U2.

  • @marcusknowles1013
    @marcusknowles1013 5 місяців тому +13

    Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

  • @Theprophet3928
    @Theprophet3928 5 місяців тому +5

    Watchmojo had a great opportunity to mention The Prophet's Song while talking about A Night At The Opera.

    • @kevins90sc
      @kevins90sc 5 місяців тому +1

      Beware the Storm that gathers Near.

    • @Theprophet3928
      @Theprophet3928 5 місяців тому

      ​@@kevins90scListen to the wise man.

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      ​@@kevins90scnot sure what you meant by that ✌️

  • @terencegarcia4193
    @terencegarcia4193 5 місяців тому

    Solid list.

  • @DiNap44
    @DiNap44 5 місяців тому +2

    What about “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”?

    • @chrisbooth3417
      @chrisbooth3417 5 місяців тому

      It always gets underrated in lists like this. Still a masterpiece though.

  • @FalconFire22
    @FalconFire22 5 місяців тому +4

    I honestly believe Gun N Roses debut should have been on here too. I mean that album was loaded with classics.

  • @jordanfrost25
    @jordanfrost25 5 місяців тому +4

    Would love to hear Anthony Fantano's thoughts on this list

  • @thomaslikesmusic
    @thomaslikesmusic 5 місяців тому +4

    I'm starting this video, and if neither of Weezer's first two albums made it, y'all are dead to me

  • @morganbarriere6733
    @morganbarriere6733 5 місяців тому +8

    To pimp a butterfly - Kendrick lamar

  • @ROOPRAYRIMO
    @ROOPRAYRIMO 5 місяців тому +1

    HEY WATCHMOJO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, SINCE I AM PERSONALLY TRYING TO EXPLORE THE MUSICAL WORLD(OF THE OLDER GENERATION AND THE NEW ONE AS WELL)
    I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THIS MASTERPIECE VIDEO CONSTISTING OF SOME REAL OLDIE MUSIC, I REQUEST YOU TO NEVER REMOVE THIS VIDEO FROM UA-cam(EVEN BY MISTAKE) SINCE I AM PROBABLY GONNA GO THROUGH THIS VIDEO AGAIN AND LOOK OUT FOR THE FANTASTIC SONGS MENTIONED HERE
    AND SURELY GIMME A HEART IF U HAVE IT(SINCE I COMPLIMENTED SUCH LONG SPEECH FOR THIS VIDEO)

  • @RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards
    @RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards 5 місяців тому +2

    Great list again! I would include: Synchronicity by The Police, Achtung Baby by U2, Chicago II' (1970), Genesis (1983), Van Halen (1978), .... many othes.

  • @joshuarizalforeman816
    @joshuarizalforeman816 5 місяців тому +2

    Never Mind the Bollocks, London Calling, Nevermind, What's Going On, and Johnny Cash American Hero IV. Motorhead's Ace of Spades always has a spot in my heart but KD Lang's Shadowland always puts me to bed with a smile, albeit with a certain degreee of natural chemical assistance.

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE 5 місяців тому +2

    I just scrolled to the top 5. Approved. 👍🏻

  • @alexanderbearup9709
    @alexanderbearup9709 5 місяців тому +3

    dont stop me now was the very first rock song i ever heard. then i listened to a night at the opera (this is what led me to my favorite band Pink Floyd) . ive been hooked on classic rock ever since lol

    • @alexanderbearup9709
      @alexanderbearup9709 5 місяців тому

      not a huge fan of this list ngl tho, so many rock albums left out that destroyed the charts. back in black, hysteria... list goes on

  • @spongebob6614
    @spongebob6614 5 місяців тому +2

    There are around 10+ unrealased tracks that didn't make the cut in the Thriller album. Even tho they'd be consider as demo they are almost if not fully completed songs. My favourite are "Hot Street" and "What a lovely way to go", "Chicago 1945"

  • @NathanNotorious__
    @NathanNotorious__ 5 місяців тому +9

    Some other fantastic albums include:
    The Joshua Tree - U2
    TPAB - Kendrick Lamar
    Basically any album by Kanye West
    Discovery - Daft Punk
    Currents - Tame Impala
    Illmatic - Nas
    Me Against The World - 2pac
    The Doors - the Doors

    • @iAdden
      @iAdden 5 місяців тому

      Any Kanye? His first two, heartbreaks, but #1 for me would be Dark Fantasy. Absolute masterpiece

    • @thepaindriller
      @thepaindriller 5 місяців тому +2

      Basically any Kanye album is such a w statement

    • @NathanNotorious__
      @NathanNotorious__ 5 місяців тому

      @@iAdden mainly his older stuff of course basically up until Ye but yeah MBDTF is definitely solid contender for goat Kanye album

  • @JidionisthebiggestMenace
    @JidionisthebiggestMenace 5 місяців тому +2

    Great list WatchMojo. Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa and MeatLoaf should be included.

  • @Dopecheetah
    @Dopecheetah 5 місяців тому +1

    Pretty good list. You need another list though cause you missed Bjork Homogenic, Tupac All Eyez On Me ( the first rap double album. Cmon), Nas Ilmmatic, Beastie Boy Ill Communication, Beyonce Lemonade, Mary J Blige What’s the 411, Outcast Speaker Boxxx/The Love Below and there are few others. I realize there are a lot of hiphop albums in here. Maybe do a hiphop greatest albums🤔?

  • @laukc7085
    @laukc7085 5 місяців тому +7

    Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory and ACDC's Back In Black should both be on this list somewhere.

    • @XG-OFFICIAL-59
      @XG-OFFICIAL-59 5 місяців тому

      Couldn't agree more

    • @Gremlinsfan40
      @Gremlinsfan40 5 місяців тому

      What about the highway to hell album

    • @garrett4575
      @garrett4575 4 місяці тому

      Linkin Park were good and everything but there's many far better hard rock and metal albums that could've made the list: AC/DC, Metallica, Maiden, Van Halen, Deep Purple, NIN, Tool...
      Agree in ways as Hybrid Theory was a smash hit but LP to Metallica is like Kanye West to Wu-Tang.

  • @Salicat99
    @Salicat99 5 місяців тому +7

    Hysteria from Def Leppard had around 6 number one songs!
    Madonna created so many amazing albums in the 80s and 90s.
    Depeche Mode did as well.

    • @Wheresthepepsibismol
      @Wheresthepepsibismol 5 місяців тому +2

      Ray Of Light is my favorite Madonna album even though I grew out of listening to her music because I just like extremely heavy metal like Death Metal

    • @caleblausen8895
      @caleblausen8895 5 місяців тому +2

      Yeah, Hysteria is one of my favorite albums. Every single track on it is amazing, even the deeps cuts that nobody knows are on there.

    • @MichaelSevilla97
      @MichaelSevilla97 3 місяці тому

      ​@@caleblausen8895so true that album is iconic for a reason

  • @cenyoolando9124
    @cenyoolando9124 5 місяців тому +8

    Thriller was the best Album and the song Thriller is my Fav.❤

  • @sundoga4961
    @sundoga4961 5 місяців тому +3

    Surprised "Tapestry" wasn't there. Carole King had MAJOR influence.

  • @janesoderstrom6069
    @janesoderstrom6069 5 місяців тому +17

    I still love Queen! Freddy Mercury was amazing!

  • @sylasDC
    @sylasDC 5 місяців тому +3

    Has been said before my favorite is thriller I could sing the song surprisingly and enjoyed it can't tell you how many times I've listened to it on repeat. RIP the King of Pop MJ Michael Jackson.

  • @adamcavalle
    @adamcavalle 5 місяців тому

    Ive never agreed with a list more. This one was spot on.

  • @itsactuallytony5699
    @itsactuallytony5699 5 місяців тому +5

    Thriller is the best selling album for a reason 😉

    • @mikecrawford1247
      @mikecrawford1247 5 місяців тому +3

      Thriller has actually been swapping between # 1 and #2 for awhile with The Eagles Greatest hits for awhile haven’t check in a while but he had retook 1 last time I checked

    • @user-sy5sy2np8r
      @user-sy5sy2np8r 5 місяців тому

      Yeah. Because a lot of people have TERRIBLE TASTE!!

  • @AshPrimeDCFC
    @AshPrimeDCFC 5 місяців тому +2

    Certainly thought RHCP's Californication would feature.

  • @phil4208
    @phil4208 5 місяців тому +3

    No rolling stones or bruce Springsteen is a slight to these great musician, sticky fingers and born to run are multi platinum sellers and these artists still sell out stadiums

  • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
    @Jeremiah_Rivers76 5 місяців тому +7

    _Hotel California_ by the Eagles has several great songs, like the title track and “New Kid In Town.”

  • @McGomezAddams
    @McGomezAddams 5 місяців тому

    One of the FEW watchmojo videos I like

  • @haroonpaul1997
    @haroonpaul1997 5 місяців тому +1

    I still listen to all these songs!

  • @landonandvinceryan9034
    @landonandvinceryan9034 5 місяців тому +4

    I have been a Watch Mojo sub for many years, so thank you for your terrific work!
    But here on this list, its obvious you all felt the need to toe the politically correct line vs the truth in numbers. This would be hard for me to do, so all due respect. I just cannot fathom that the other 2 biggest bands of all time besides The Beatles-U2 and The Rolling Stones, respectively-have not even one record on this list 😳🤔.
    How can Boston’s 1976 debut; The Police-Synchronicity; NWA-Straight Outta Compton; U2-The Joshua Tree (which outsold “Thriller”) should be an obvious one; or even The Weeknd-After Hours not be here in lieu of many of your list below #5 ??
    But even still, THANK YOU all at Mojo for your great work!

  • @supermarroman9120
    @supermarroman9120 5 місяців тому

    I’d love to see All Eyes on Me or 2001 be on here but this list is solid
    #1 was always going to be this but every other one on this list has accomplished so much.

  • @kalaric.7108
    @kalaric.7108 5 місяців тому

    This list was well done I really enjoyed how diverse and from all over the ages and diverse music artists it covered.

  • @pipermccool
    @pipermccool 5 місяців тому +3

    Steely Dan - _Aja_
    Van Morrison - _Tupelo Honey,_
    _Moondance_

  • @celticpoet21
    @celticpoet21 5 місяців тому +5

    Great list. Regarding "A night at the opera", you forgot to mention Dr. Sir Brian May's underrated lead vocals for '39 and "good company".

    • @kevins90sc
      @kevins90sc 5 місяців тому

      The Simple Year of the Volunteer.

  • @Lonestarman7188
    @Lonestarman7188 5 місяців тому

    The Refreshments “Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy” has to be the most underrated album ever it’s so good

  • @user-hx9po6ft5j
    @user-hx9po6ft5j 5 місяців тому +6

    Thriller alone outsold 43% of all 15 Beatles studio albums combined, not having it #1 is pure contrarianism and a joke.

    • @richardvelten197
      @richardvelten197 5 місяців тому +3

      Thank god it‘s not a list of most selling albums :) And as much as i love Thriller for what it has done to Pop-Music, in my opinion sgt. Pepper is the deserved number 1. At least for now. Maybe we will see a more influential Album in the future. But now Sgt. Pepper is a well deserved number 1 :)
      * Beatles have 13 studio Albums

    • @07nikhilchaudhari83
      @07nikhilchaudhari83 16 днів тому +1

      Cause its not just about selling. There are things like intellectual and artistic values. You would be surprised but thriller is never top 10 in most of the greatest albums list of critics whereas beatles is always there. Avatar is the highest earning movie but its not the best. Simple.

    • @user-hx9po6ft5j
      @user-hx9po6ft5j 16 днів тому +1

      @@07nikhilchaudhari83 Same critics who were lynching him and writing constant hitpieces about a black musician for decades. No shit they don’t rate him highly but prop up a mediocre white band

    • @07nikhilchaudhari83
      @07nikhilchaudhari83 16 днів тому

      @@user-hx9po6ft5j “mediocre white band”
      Yeah you are damn clueless. Another way to tell you know nothing about music.

    • @user-hx9po6ft5j
      @user-hx9po6ft5j 16 днів тому +1

      @@07nikhilchaudhari83It’s true, outside the US & UK nobody cares about the Beatles. Comparing them to the most influential artist of all time (Michael Jackson) is laughable.

  • @Zebes14
    @Zebes14 5 місяців тому +3

    Back in Black belongs on this list!

  • @BinarySmurf
    @BinarySmurf 5 місяців тому

    Absolutely stellar list. Well done. :)

  • @joe4242
    @joe4242 5 місяців тому +3

    controversial list

  • @Gor85
    @Gor85 5 місяців тому +1

    So many fantastic songs! :D So hard to choose😁A Night at the Opera,Purple Rain,pure emotion and love,When the Doves Cry, Let's Go Crazy great too!😀At last,Another Brick in the Wall. I choose Thriller as the best album of all time. No doubt!

  • @kristinweems9894
    @kristinweems9894 5 місяців тому +2

    What a fabulously eclectic mix of music! ❤ Love Led Zeppelin, particularly Kashmir. Would’ve loved to have seen Metallica on this list.

  • @superwhizz114
    @superwhizz114 5 місяців тому

    Would definitely put Since I Left You somewhere on this list

  • @Anfmethodjor
    @Anfmethodjor 5 місяців тому +3

    According to American/English standards... 🙃🫠

  • @AlexRudyChannel
    @AlexRudyChannel 5 місяців тому

    I'm surprised Carole King's "Tapestry" wasn't even mentioned. That's one of those essential albums that shows up on many album lists.