Ultimate
Album List
Version: December 1999 Compiled by Johan
Stapel October 1997. Updated in October 1998 and in December
1999. Published in Dutch magazine Heaven,
vol. 2 (2000), issue 1/2 (jan/febr), p. 50-56. Check out [my sources]
and [my scoring method].
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Legend:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Album Title | Artist /Band | Year |
1= position
2= points
3= nominations
4= number of top 10
5= number of #1
| 1 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | What's going on | Marvin Gaye | 1971 |
| 2 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | The Velvet Underground and Nico | The Velvet Underground and Nico | 1967 |
| 3 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | Revolver | The Beatles | 1966 |
| 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 1 | Exile on Main Street | Rolling Stones | 1972 |
| 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | Never mind the bollocks… | Sex Pistols | 1977 |
| 6 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 |
| 7 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | Pet sounds | The Beach Boys | 1966 |
| 8 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | Blonde on blonde | Bob Dylan | 1966 |
| 9 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | Astral weeks | Van Morrison | 1968 |
| 10 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | London calling | The Clash | 1979 |
| 11 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | The Beatles | The Beatles | 1968 |
| 12 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie | 1972 |
| 13 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | Sign 'o' the times | Prince | 1987 |
| 14 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | Marquee moon | Television | 1977 |
| 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | Highway 61 revisited | Bob Dylan | 1965 |
| 16 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | The Doors | The Doors | 1967 |
| 17 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | Born to run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 |
| 18 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | Horses | Patti Smith Group | 1975 |
| 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | Are you experienced? | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967 |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1990 |
| 21 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | Unknown pleasures | Joy Division | 1979 |
| 22 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | The Clash | The Clash | 1977 |
| 23 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | It takes a nation of millions to hold us back | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 24 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | Blood on the tracks | Bob Dylan | 1975 |
| 25 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | Electric ladyland | Jimi Hendrix | 1968 |
| 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | Closer | Joy Division | 1980 |
| 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | Remain in light | Talking Heads | 1980 |
| 28 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | The Band | The Band | 1969 |
| 29 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | Beggar's banquet | Rolling Stones | 1968 |
| 30 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | Dark side of the moon | Pink Floyd | 1973 |
| 31 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | Abbey road | The Beatles | 1969 |
| 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Trout mask replica | Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | 1969 |
| 33 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 |
| 34 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Songs in the key of life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 |
| 35 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | Stone Roses | Stone Roses | 1989 |
| 36 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | The queen is dead | The Smiths | 1986 |
| 37 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Rubber soul | The Beatles | 1965 |
| 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Purple rain | Prince & The Revolution | 1984 |
| 39 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Otis blue | Otis Redding | 1966 |
| 40 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | The Joshua tree | U2 | 1987 |
| 41 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Ramones | Ramones | 1976 |
| 42 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Let it bleed | Rolling Stones | 1969 |
| 43 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1977 |
| 44 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Transformer | Lou Reed | 1972 |
| 45 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | After the gold rush | Neil Young | 1970 |
| 46 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Forever changes | Love | 1968 |
| 47 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | Live at the Apollo 1962 | James Brown | 1963 |
| 48 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Automatic for the people | R.E.M. | 1992 |
| 49 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Swordfishtrombones | Tom Waits | 1983 |
| 50 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 1971 |
| 51 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1971 |
| 52 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1982 |
| 53 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | Born in the USA | Bruce Springsteen | 1984 |
| 54 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Hunky dory | David Bowie | 1971 |
| 55 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Achtung baby | U2 | 1991 |
| 56 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Murmur | R.E.M. | 1983 |
| 57 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Berlin | Lou Reed | 1973 |
| 58 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Bringing it all back home | Bob Dylan | 1965 |
| 59 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | 1973 |
| 60 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Darkness on the edge of town | Bruce Springsteen | 1978 |
| 61 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | This year's model | Elvis Costello | 1978 |
| 62 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Sticky fingers | Rolling Stones | 1971 |
| 63 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon | 1970 |
| 64 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Out of time | R.E.M. | 1991 |
| 65 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Pretenders | Pretenders | 1979 |
| 66 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Low | David Bowie | 1977 |
| 67 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | My aim is true | Elvis Costello | 1977 |
| 68 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Who's next | The Who | 1971 |
| 69 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Blue lines | Massive Attack | 1991 |
| 70 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Rain dogs | Tom Waits | 1985 |
| 71 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Layla and other assorted love songs | Derek & The Dominoes | 1971 |
| 72 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | There's a riot goin' on | Sly & The Family Stone | 1971 |
| 73 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | 1969 |
| 74 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | The Sun sessions | Elvis Presley | 1987 |
| 75 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | The Stooges | The Stooges | 1969 |
| 76 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | The Smiths | The Smiths | 1984 |
| 77 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | All mod cons | The Jam | 1978 |
| 78 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Moondance | Van Morrison | 1970 |
| 79 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Music from Big Pink | The Band | 1968 |
| 80 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | The river | Bruce Springsteen | 1980 |
| 81 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | The wall | Pink Floyd | 1979 |
| 82 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Grievious angel | Gram Parsons | 1974 |
| 83 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Clear spot | Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | 1973 |
| 84 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | For your pleasure | Roxy Music | 1973 |
| 85 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | The notorious Byrd brothers | The Byrds | 1968 |
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