The Top 50 Albums of All Time
by Sound & Vision Magazine (2010) 
Sound & Vision is an American magazine, purchased by AVTech Media Ltd. in March 2018, covering home theater, audio, video and multimedia consumer products. Before 2000, it had been published for most of its history as Stereo Review. The magazine is headquartered in New York City. These are their best albums of all time. To help celebrate Sound & Vision Magazine's 50th-anniversary year, the editors and critics selected their "Top 50 Albums of All Time".
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1966
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1965
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1967
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1971
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21,011
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The Top 50 Albums of All Time composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 21 | 42% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 4% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 8% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 8% | |
| The Who | 3 | 6% | |
| The Band | 2 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 4% | |
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The Top 50 Albums of All Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 12/11/2020 07:56 |  pjohnsongolf | 272 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2020 13:00 |  Larcx13 | 1,138 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2020 03:33 | ChadMiles | 29 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2020 17:59 |  Timestarter | 114 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2020 17:45 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
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From Goliath 07/10/2020 17:49 | #255376
Goliath 07/10/2020 17:49 | #255376
Another magazine list that focuses on the ground breaking albums, not the great ones, (a subtle but important difference).
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Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:17 | #201805
Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:17 | #201805
You won´t discover anything here.
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From EcethZig3010 04/12/2017 00:05 | #189130
Lo mismo de siempre
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From gon2bed 07/08/2016 08:21 | #170863
This is suppose to be all time but yet they have 42% for the 60's and 44% for the 70's... Anyone who loves this pole is clearly biased to these decades. There's plenty of albums as good as these decades worth.
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From mianfei 07/08/2016 00:33 | #170851
Too routine and lacking any surprises, but at the same time free of most ludicrously overrated records.
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From stangetzaway 07/06/2016 12:30 | #170667
Easily the best of the critics/writers polls that I've seen.
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From Azkushang 10/13/2015 00:44 | #151377
Decent
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From gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:46 | #134290
60's and 70's biased for a mag... Editors and critics need replacing now.
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GandalfORiley345 03/27/2014 03:38 | #107724
GandalfORiley345 03/27/2014 03:38 | #107724
Are You Experienced it´shy far the best Jimi Hendrix album, Why Electric Ladyland
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From mascamangas 02/28/2014 11:17 | #104795
I love 60´s, but repeats same bands far too much.
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