The Guardian is a UK newspaper which has published a few best-of lists over the years. Below are their top 100 albums, as determined by aggregating five album-focused lists published from 1997 to 2007. See links to those lists at bottom of page.
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1. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
2. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
3. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
4. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
6. Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
7. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
8. Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
9. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
10. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
11. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
12. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
13. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
14. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
15. The Clash London Calling (1979)
16. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
17. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
18. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
19. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
20. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
21. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
22. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
23. Talking Heads Fear of Music (1979)
24. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
25. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
26. The Doors The Doors (1967)
27. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
28. Pulp Different Class (1995)
29. Joy Division Closer (1980)
30. Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
31. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
32. Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
33. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
34. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
35. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
36. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
37. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
38. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
39. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
40. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
41. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
42. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
43. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
44. Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
45. The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
46. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
47. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
48. The Smiths The Smiths (1984)
49. John Lennon Imagine (1971)
50. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
51. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
52. Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
53. Portishead Dummy (1994)
54. Spice Girls Spice (1996)
55. Blur Parklife (1994)
56. Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
57. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
58. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
59. Ramones Ramones (1976)
60. Björk Debut (1993)
61. Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
62. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
63. Love Forever Changes (1967)
64. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
65. Various artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
66. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977)
67. Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
68. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
69. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
70. The Verve A Northern Soul (1995)
71. The Human League Dare! (1981)
72. Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)
73. Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
74. Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen (aka “Two Wheels Good”) (1985)
75. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
76. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
77. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
78. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
79. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
80. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
81. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
82. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
83. The Band The Band (1969)
84. The Prodigy Fat of the Land (1997)
85. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
86. Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977)
87. Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
88. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
89. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
90. The Clash The Clash (1977)
91. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
92. Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus (1977)
93. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985)
94. The Jam All Mod Cons (1978)
95. Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
96. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
97. Happy Mondays Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
98. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
99. The Specials The Specials (1979)
100. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)
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