World critics lists - 1977 en 1987 (compiled by Paul Gambaccini)

1	Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely hearts club band	1967
2	Bob Dylan	Blonde on blonde	1966
3	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 revisited	1965
4	Van Morrison	Astral weeks	1968
5	Beatles	Rubber soul	1965
6	Beatles	Revolver	1966
7	Rolling stones	Exile on Main street	1972
8	Rolling stones	Let it bleed	1969
9	Beatles	Abbey road	1969
10	Bruce Springsteen	Born to run	1975
11	Elvis Presley	The Sun collection	1975
12	Beach boys	Pet sounds	1966
13	Band	The Band	1969
14	Velvet underground	Velvet underground + Nico	1967
15	Derek and the Dominos	Layla and other assorted love songs	1970
16	Love	Forever changes	1967
17	Jimi Hendrix	Are you experienced?	1967
18	Beatles	The Beatles (= the white album)	1968
19	Who	Who's next	1971
20	Buddy Holly	Legend	1985
21	Carole King	Tapestry	1971
22	Van Morrison	Moondance	1970
23	Otis Redding	Otis blue - Otis Redding sings soul	1965
24	Clash	The Clash	1977
25	Bob Dylan	Blood on the tracks	1974
26	#s	The harder they come (soundtrack)	1972
27	Bob Dylan	Bringing it all back home	1965
28	John Lennon	Imagine	1971
29	Led zeppelin	Led zeppelin 4	1971
30	Velvet underground	1969 (live)	1974
31	Who	My generation	1965
32	Who	Tommy	1969
33	Otis Redding	The immortal Otis Redding	1968
34	Simon and Garfunkel	Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme	1966
35	Rolling stones	Out of our heads	1965
36	John Stewart	California bloodlines	1969
37	Rolling stones	Big hits (high tide and green grass)	1966
38	Beatles	1962-1966 (red album)	1973
39	Beach boys	Endless summer	1974
40	Neil Young	After the goldrush	1970
41	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the key of life	1976
42	Rolling stones	Beggars banquet	1968
43	Doors	The Doors	1967
44	Paul Simon	There goes rhymin' Simon	1973
45	James Brown	Live at The Apollo, october 24, 1962	1963
46	Rod Stewart	Every picture tells a story	1971
47	David Bowie	The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars	1972
48	Van Morrison	Saint Dominic's preview	1972
49	Peter Frampton	Frampton comes alive!	1975
50	Beatles	With the Beatles	1963
51	Blood, sweat & tears	Blood, sweat & tears	1969
52	Who	The Who live at Leeds	1970
53	Frank Zappa & the Mothers of invention	We're only in it for the money	1968
54	Beach boys	Surf's up	1971
55	Who	Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy	1971
56	Bob Dylan	Greatest hits	1967
57	Boz Scaggs	Boz Scaggs	1969
58	Michael Nesmith	And the hits just keep on comin'	1972
59	Average white band	AWB	1974
60	Buddy Holly & the Crickets	The "chirping" Crickets	1957
61	Five royales	Dedicated to you
62	Diana Ross and the Supremes	Greatest hits	1967
63	Supertramp	Even in the quietest moments	1977
64	John Lennon	Mind games	1973
65	King Crimson	In the court of the Crimson king	1969
66	Elvis Presley	Rock and roll	1972
67	Sly and the family Stone	Stand!	1969
68	Rolling stones	Sticky fingers	1971
69	Who	The Who sell out	1967
70	Elvis Presley	Worldwide 50 gold award hits : vol. 1	1970
71	MC 5	Back in the USA	1970
72	Mike Oldfield	Ommadawn	1975
73	Jefferson airplane	Surrealistic pillow	1967
74	Elvis Presley	A date with Elvis	1959
75	Chuck Berry	More Chuck Berry	1960
76	Big Brother and the Holding company	Cheap thrills	1968
77	Van Morrison	Hard nose the highway	1973
78	Ronettes	Sing their greatest hits	1975
79	George Harrison	All things must pass	1970
80	Doors	Absolutely live	1996
81	Aretha Franklin	Lady soul	1968
82	Them	The angry young Them	1965
83	Rolling stones	Between the buttons	1967
84	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly's greatest hits	1967
85	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy	1975
86	Who	Direct hits	1969
87	Bob Seger and the Silver bullet band	Live bullet	1976
88	Led zeppelin	Led zeppelin 2	1969
89	Bob Dylan	The bootleg series, vol. 4 Live 1966 the Royal Albert hall	1998
90	Rolling stones	Hot rocks 1964-1971	1972
91	Booker T and the MG's	Soul dressing	1972
92	Stevie Wonder	Talking book	1972
93	Jimi Hendrix	Electric ladyland	1968
94	Neil Young	Harvest	1972
95	Randy Newman	12 songs	1970
96	Creedence clearwater revival	Cosmo's factory	1970
97	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	Going to a go-go	1965
98	Genevieve Waite	Romance is on the rise	1974
99	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry's golden decade : vol. 2	1973
100	Buddy Holly	The Buddy Holly story	1959
101	Simon and Garfunkel	Simon and Garfunkel	1968
102	Aretha Franklin	Aretha's gold	1969
103	Jackson Browne	Saturate before using	1972
104	Allman brothers band	At Fillmore east	1971
105	Steve Miller	Sailor	1972
106	Marvin Gaye	What's going on	1971
107	Moody blues	Days of future passed	1967
108	Supertramp	Crime of the century	1974
109	Ry Cooder	Paradise and lunch	1974
110	David Ackles	American gothic	1972
111	B.B. King	Live at the Regal	1964
112	Ramones	Ramones	1976
113	Dory Previn	Live at Carnegie hall	1973
114	Stooges	Fun house	1970
115	Beach boys	Greatest hits	1970
116	Elvis Presley	Elvis' golden records : volume 1	1958
117	Bob Dylan	Nashville skyline	1969
118	Kinks	Something else by the Kinks	1967
119	David Bowie	David live	1974
120	John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono band	1970
121	Led zeppelin	Led zeppelin 1	1969
122	Elton John	Goodbye yellow brick road	1973
123	Jimi Hendrix	Axis : bold as love	1967
124	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean boulevard	1974
125	Velvet underground	White light/white heat	1968
126	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Catch a fire	1973
127	Velvet underground	Golden archive series	1970
128	Joe Cocker	With a little help from my friends	1969
129	John Phillips	John, the wolf king of LA	1970
130	John Prine	John Prine	1971
131	Jonathan Richman	Jonathan Richman & the Modern lovers	1976
132	Procol harum	In concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra	1971
133	Richard & Linda Thompson	I want to see the bright lights tonight	1973
134	Huey 'Piano' Smith and the Clowns	Rockin'' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu	1965
135	Pink floyd	Dark side of the moon	1973
136	Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' roll trio	Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' roll trio	1956
137	Chuck Berry	Motorvatin' (22 rock 'n' roll classics)	1977
138	Beatles	Magical mystery tour	1967
139	Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	1967
140	#	Motown songbook : the original versions	1976
141	Eagles	Their greatest hits (1971-1975)	1976
142	Joni Mitchell	For the roses	1972
143	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1969
144	Janis Joplin	Joplin in concert	1972
145	Joe Cocker	Joe Cocker	1969
146	Pink floyd	Wish you were here	1975
147	Chicago	Live at Carnegie hall	2005
148	Cream	Goodbye	1969
149	Nico	Chelsea girl	1967
150	#s	Woodstock (soundtrack)	1970
151	Jackson Browne	Late for the sky	1974
152	John Mayall	Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton	1966
153	Dionne Warwick	Presenting ...	1963
154	Byrds	The notorious Byrd brothers	1968
155	John Cale	Paris 1919	1973
156	Grateful dead	American beauty	1970
157	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Works	1971
158	Frank Zappa	Hot rats	1969
159	Appletree theatre	Playback	1969
160	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1968
161	Belmonts	Cigars, acappella, Candy	1972
162	T. Rex	Electric warrior	1971
163	Beatles	1967-1970 (blue album)	1973
164	Joni Mitchell	Clouds	1969
165	Rolling stones	No. 2	1964
166	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	Greatest hits : vol. 2	1968
167	Otis Redding	Live in Europe	1967
168	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge over troubled water	1969
169	Bruce Springsteen	Greetings from Asbury park, N.J.	1973
170	David Bowie	Hunky dory	1971
171	Steve Miller band	Fly like an eagle	1976
172	Ray Charles	A man and his soul	1967
173	Lou Reed	Rock 'n' roll animal	1974
174	Ray Charles	Genius sings the blues	1960
175	Traffic	Shoot out at the fantasy factory	1973
176	Traffic	The low spark of high-heeled boys	1971
177	Soft machine	The Soft machine	1968
178	Eddie Cochran	The legendary masters series : vol. 4	1972
179	Gram Parsons	Grievous angel	1974
180	Peter, Paul & Mary	Album 1700	1967
181	Robert Johnson	King of the Delta blues singers	1961
182	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
183	Sir Douglas quintet	Mendocino	1969
184	Can	Ege bamyasi	1972
185	Beach boys	Holland	1973
186	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry's golden decade	1967
187	Doors	L.A. woman	1971
188	Cliff Richard	Hit album	1963
189	Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding	Live at the Monterey international pop festival	1970
190	Eagles	One of these nights	1975
191	Velvet underground	Velvet underground	1969
192	Led zeppelin	Physical graffiti	1975
193	Chicago	Chicago 9 : Chicago's greatest hits	1975
194	Brian Eno	Taking tiger mountain (by strategy)	1974
195	#	Solid gold soul	1966
196	Graham Bond organisation	The sounds of 65	1965
197	Donny Hathaway	Everything is everything	1971
198	Temptations	Greatest hits	1966
199	New York dolls	New York dolls	1973
200	Ritchie Havens	Mixed bag	1967