Starting December 2, 2021, the Philadelphia-based radio station WXPN did a countdown of the top 2021 albums of all time (!). The voter-based list took a week to play (it wrapped up on December 10), with lower albums getting one song apiece and then, by the time they got to the top 10, the entire albums were played. The station did a countdown of the top 885 albums (the station is 88.5 on the FM dial) in 2005. Links to both lists are included at the bottom of this page, but the top 100 from the 2021 list are included here.
Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here.
1. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
2. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
3. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
4. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
5. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
6. The Clash London Calling (1979)
7. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
8. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
9. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
10. Carole King Tapestry (1971)
11. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
12. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
13. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
14. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
15. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
16. Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
17. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
18. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
19. Steely Dan Aja (1977)
20. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
21. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
22. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
23. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
24. The Grateful Dead American Beauty (1970)
25. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
26. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu (1970)
27. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
28. The Beatles Meet the Beatles! (1964)
29. Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
30. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
31. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
32. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
33. The Who Quadrophenia (1973)
34. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
35. Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
36. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
37. Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
38. The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (live, 1971)
39. Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
40. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975)
41. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
42. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)
43. Joni Mitchell Court and Spark (1974)
44. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
45. Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
46. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)
47. Counting Crows August and Everything After (1993)
48. Van Morrison Moondance (1970)
49. The Beatles Let It Be (1970)
50. John Prine John Prine (1971)
51. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
52. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
53. Pink Floyd Animals (1977)
54. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
55. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
56. Neil Young Harvest (1972)
57. The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach (1972)
58. Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
59. Eagles Hotel California (1976)
60. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
61. Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
62. George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
64. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
65. The Replacements Let It Be (1984)
66. Peter Gabriel So (1986)
67. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
68. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
69. The Band The Band (1969)
70. Yes Close to the Edge (1972)
71. Tom Petty Wildflowers (1994)
72. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
73. Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
74. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
75. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
76. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
77. Radiohead In Rainbows (2007)
78. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
79. Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006)
80. The Rolling Stones Some Girls (1978)
81. Billy Joel The Stranger (1977)
82. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
83. Pretenders Pretenders (1980)
84. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
85. The Cars The Cars (1978)
86. Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973)
87. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I (1969)
88. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
89. Radiohead Kid A (2000)
90. Little Feat Waiting for Columbus (1978)
91. Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
92. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
93. The Who Tommy (1969)
94. Joni Mitchell Hejira (1976)
95. Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
96. Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
97. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)
98. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
99. Jackson Browne Late for the Sky (1974)
100. The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed (1967)
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First posted 12/10/2021. | 
Great list folks!!! :-)
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