1997 The Guardian - All Time Top 100 Albums

Ranking	Artist / Band	Album Title	Release
1	Gaye, Marvin	What's Going On	1971
2	Beatles, The	Revolver	1966
3	Sex Pistols, The	Never Mind The Bollocks	1977
4	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
5	Stone Roses, The	The Stone Roses	1989
6	Beach Boys, The	Pet Sounds	1966
7	Bowie, David	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust	1972
8	Velvet Underground, The	The Velvet Underground + Nico	1967
9	Beatles, The	The Beatles (White Album)	1968
10	Morrison, Van	Astral Weeks	1968
11	Dylan, Bob	Highway 61 Revisited	1965
12	Massive Attack	Blue Lines	1991
13	Bowie, David	Hunky Dory	1971
14	Davis, Miles	Kind Of Blue	1959
15	Radiohead	The Bends	1995
16	Primal Scream	Screamadelica	1991
17	Clash, The	London Calling	1979
18	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995
19	Beatles, The	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967
20	Public Enemy	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back	1988
21	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	1994
22	Beatles, The	Abbey Road	1969
23	Reed, Lou	Transformer	1972
24	Dylan, Bob	Blonde On Blonde	1966
25	Rolling Stones, The	Exile On Main Street	1972
26	R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	1992
27	Rolling Stones, The	Let It bleed	1969
28	Smiths, The	The Queen Is Dead	1986
29	Hendrix, Jimi	Electric Ladyland	1968
30	Hendrix, Jimi	Are You Experienced?	1967
31	Marley, Bob	Natty Dread	1975
32	Smith, Patti	Horses	1975
33	Television	Marquee Moon	1977
34	Clash, The	The Clash	1977
35	Mitchell, Joni	Blue	1971
36	Portishead	Dummy	1994
37	Pink Floyd	Dark Side Of The Moon	1973
38	Wonder, Stevie	Songs In The Key Of Life	1976
39	Dylan, Bob	Blood On The Tracks	1975
40	Verve, The	A Northern Soul	1995
41	Lennon, John	John Lennon & Plastic Ono band	1970
42	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979
43	Talking Heads	Remain In Light	1980
44	Springsteen, Bruce	Born To Run	1975
45	Coltrane, John	A Love Supreme	1964
46	Franklin, Aretha	The Queen Of Soul	1992
47	Young, Neil	After The Goldrush	1970
48	Morissette, Alanis	Jagged Little Pill	1995
49	Captain Beefheart	Trout Mask Replica	1969
50	Public Enemy	Fear Of A Black Planet	1990
51	Jam, The	All Mod Cons	1978
52	Bee Gees, The	Saturday Night Fever	1977
53	Wonder, Stevie	Innervisions	1973
54	Marley, Bob	Legend	1984
55	Garbage	Garbage	1995
56	Jackson, Michael	Off The Wall	1979
57	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987
58	Who, The	Who's Next	1971
59	Beastie Boys, The	Licensed To Ill	1986
60	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1969
61	Prefab Sprout	Steve McQueen	1985
62	Bowie, David	Low	1977
63	Tricky	Maxinquaye	1995
64	Dury, Ian	New Boots and Panties	1978
65	Ramones, The	The Ramones	1976
66	Beach Boys, The	Sunflower	1970
67	Happy Mondays	Pills N' Thrills And Bellyaches	1990
68	Underworld	Second Toughest In The Infants	1996
69	Simon, Paul	Graceland	1986
70	Byrds, The	Younger Than Yesterday	1967
71	U2	Achtung Baby	1991
72	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	1975
73	Smiths, The	The Smiths	1984
74	Brown, James	Live At The Apollo, October 24, 1962	1963
75	Pulp	Different Class	1995
76	Doors, The	The Doors	1967
77	Bowie, David	Heroes	1977
78	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977
79	Marley, Bob	Live!	1975
80	Marley, Bob	Exodus	1977
81	Rolling Stones, The	Beggars' Banquet	1968
82	Goldie	Timeless	1995
83	Pixies, The	Doolittle	1989
84	Beatles, The	1962 - 1966	1973
85	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	1984
86	Prince	Sign 'O' The Times	1987
87	Specials, The	The Specials	1979
88	ABC	Lexicon Of Love	1982
89	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	1971
90	Iggy (Pop) & The Stooges	Raw Power	1973
91	Velvet Underground, The	Loaded	1970
92	Adam & The Ants	Kings Of The Wild Frontier	1980
93	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Searching For The Young Soul Rebels	1980
94	Sinatra, Frank	Songs For Swingin' Lovers!	1955
95	Joy Division	Closer	1980
96	Pretenders, The	The Pretenders	1980
97	R.E.M.	Out Of Time	1991
98	Stereo MC's	Connected	1992
99	Lennon, John	Imagine	1971
100	Pablo, Augustus	King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (compilation)	1976