The Top 50 Albums of All Time by Sound & Vision Magazine (2010)

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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1.

Revolver

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,081 charts

Rank Score:

77,895

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (3,940 votes)

Comments:

429

2.

Blonde On Blonde

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,673 charts

Rank Score:

34,568

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 88 (2,067 votes)

Comments:

149

3.

Electric Ladyland

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,304 charts

Rank Score:

20,320

Rank in 1968:

3

Rank in 1960s:

18

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 86 (1,673 votes)

Comments:

88

4.

Let It Bleed

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,460 charts

Rank Score:

23,144

Rank in 1969:

5

Rank in 1960s:

16

Overall Rank:

62

Average Rating:

 86 (1,799 votes)

Comments:

108

5.

Highway 61 Revisited

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,010 charts

Rank Score:

40,864

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 88 (2,429 votes)

Comments:

201

6.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,009 charts

Rank Score:

71,980

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 90 (3,956 votes)

Comments:

424

7.

Who's Next

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,837 charts

Rank Score:

31,524

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 86 (2,221 votes)

Comments:

173

8.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

 Derek & The Dominos

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

636 charts

Rank Score:

8,583

Rank in 1970:

11

Rank in 1970s:

54

Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

 81 (809 votes)

Comments:

54

9.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,688 charts

Rank Score:

59,475

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,465 votes)

Comments:

262

10.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,614 charts

Rank Score:

61,736

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,036 votes)

Comments:

310

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The Top 50 Albums of All Time composition

Decade	Albums	%
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%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	8%
The Rolling Stones	4	8%
The Who	3	6%
Led Zeppelin	2	4%
The Band	2	4%
Bob Dylan	2	4%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	25	50%
	17	34%
	3	6%
	3	6%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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75/100	05/18/2020 23:16	Exist-en-ciel	101	78/100
50/100	12/14/2019 23:29	Thad	160	80/100
55/100	08/26/2018 12:37	DeusExMackia	110	82/100
45/100	11/22/2017 13:16	Jbalbinolr	20	77/100
75/100	08/15/2017 12:58	sdees33	201	81/100

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From Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 13:17

You won´t discover anything here.

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From EcethZig3010 04/12/2017 00:05

Lo mismo de siempre

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From gon2bed 07/08/2016 08:21

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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30/100

From mianfei 07/08/2016 00:33

Too routine and lacking any surprises, but at the same time free of most ludicrously overrated records.

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95/100

From stangetzaway 07/06/2016 12:30

Easily the best of the critics/writers polls that I've seen.

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75/100

From Azkushang 10/13/2015 00:44

Decent

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From gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:46

60's and 70's biased for a mag... Editors and critics need replacing now.

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75/100

From GandalfORiley345 03/27/2014 03:38

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

I love 60´s, but repeats same bands far too much.

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From tgarritsen 10/13/2013 18:37

Best list i've seen so far.

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