Lists that rank the best musical records to ever hit our ears.

The Greatest Albums

Greatest Albums

This is a list of the greatest albums of all time, created and ranked by music fans worldwide. Music is as subjective as any art form, but most people can agree that there are works that rise above the rest and go down as the best albums of all time, regardless of their genre. This is not a list of your &quot;favorite&quot; albums, but a list of the &quot;greatest&quot; albums. Whatever your musical tastes, vote and rank the albums you think had the most impact on music, the most influence on culture and other musicians... the greatest relevance to their genre. From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/diamond-certified-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">Diamond-certified albums</a> to the most popular albums ever, this list has them all.If you see an album that should be listed here, be sure to add it! And to really impact this list's order, rerank&nbsp;it to add your own version of how these albums should be ranked.&nbsp;So what are the best albums ever? How about the top albums of all time? Vote now!

The Greatest Albums of All-Time

Musical Album

Greatest Albums of All Time | List of Best Records Ever Made

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Ranking the very best songs, bands, and musicians of the greatest decade for hit jams.

Music for Your '90s Playlists

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&nbsp;List of the best albums released in the 1990s, from the years 1990 to 1999. These albums span all music genres – though tend to focus largely on <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-genres-of-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular music genres</a> like rock, hip-hop, R&amp;B and pop – and cover both new '90s bands that exploded on the scene along with older acts from previous generations that continued making music at the time. The list order is based both on votes and on individual lists made by users – to have the most influence on the rankings, add your own list of favorite '90s albums.Popular trends in the '90s largely carried over from the previous decade, including a fascination with teen pop and dance pop music, along with the growing popularity of hip-hop and rap albums among a mainstream audience. The early 1990s were dominated by the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/west-coast-hip-hop-bands-and-musicians/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">West Coast gangsta rap</a> sound, particularly following the release of Dr. Dre's &quot;The Chronic&quot; in 1992. The mid '90s were notable for the shocking, violent deaths of two of the era's most popular rappers – Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Notorious BIG). Wallace's producer and collaborator, Sean &quot;Puffy&quot; Combs, went on to dominate the mainstream hip-hop charts in the ensuing years.Contemporary R&amp;B and soul – sometimes in the '90s grouped under the term &quot;urban music&quot; – also remained extremely popular with acts such as En Vogue, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Babyface, and R. Kelly dominating the charts.Rock in the '90s was notable for the explosion of the &quot;grunge&quot; sound in the early part of the decade, with <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bands-like-nirvana/music-lover?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">bands like Nirvana</a>, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam bringing the grimy, less polished style of the Pacific Northwest to mainstream radio. Later, the grunge trend melded with the popularity of what was termed &quot;alternative rock,&quot; an umbrella term incorporating styles as varied as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, and Sublime. British acts making up the &quot;Britpop&quot; sub-genre of rock, which remained popular throughout the decade, included Blur, Oasis, Pulp, and Supergrass.What are greatest albums of the 90s? Take a look here and you'll see.

Automatic for the People

The Best Albums of the 1990s

Best 90s Albums | List of the Top 1990s Records & Releases

Hip-Hop Albums

Update: <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rap-songs-2020/music-lover" target="_blank">Dive into the best new hip hop with our list of 2020&#39;s top rap songs</a>.

Hip-hop heads,&nbsp;let&#39;s rank the best rap albums of 2018, which may also include the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rap-songs-2018/ranker-music" target="_blank">best rap songs of 2018</a>. These are only studio albums, but&nbsp;we do have a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mixtapes-of-2018/ranker-music" target="_blank">list of&nbsp;2018 rap mixtapes</a>&nbsp;if you&#39;re interested in that. From popular hip-hop artists, like Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Cardi&nbsp;B, Drake, and Chance the Rapper, this list of new rap albums will keep being updated as highly anticipated albums are released. What is the best hip-hop album of 2018?

Starting the year off, Migos, Rich Brian, Nipsey Hussle, and Lil Skies,&nbsp;all had 2018 album releases. Even the Black Panther soundtrack is featured here!&nbsp;Other top rappers who are releasing their&nbsp;upcoming&nbsp;albums in 2018 include Nas, Lil Wayne, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Post Malone, and Nicki Minaj.

Which new rap albums of 2018 did you like the best? Feel free to add your favorite 2018&nbsp;rap albums that are missing from this list.&nbsp;

The Best Rap Albums Of 2018

The 50+ Best New Rap Albums Of 2018, Ranked By Hip Hop Heads

Ranker Music

Hey, music buffs: study up on these lists fun facts and little-known trivia that take you inside the studio and behind the scenes of classic, hit, and infamous songs and albums.

Music in the Making

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There are plenty of contenders for the best albums of the &#39;90s, but The Downward Spiral&nbsp;by Nine Inch Nails is an LP that&rsquo;s more than a look inside 1994. The album is a genuine masterpiece written and recorded by Trent Reznor during the beginning of his descent into drug-fueled madness. Through the record,&nbsp;Reznor was able to channel the depression and mania that were&nbsp;piling on his personal and professional lives&nbsp;into a dense concept album that captured the feeling of falling apart.

The time leading up to the recording of the album was marked by&nbsp;scandal. Reznor&nbsp;was hiding out from his record company,&nbsp;jettisoning members of his touring band, and becoming the poster boy for industrial rock. Reznor wasn&rsquo;t just writing about the downward spiral, he was living it.&nbsp;

Behind The Scenes, ‘The Downward Spiral’ Was A Chronicle Of Trent Reznor’s Depression

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Music of the 2000s

2000s Music

List of the best albums of the 2000s decade, voted on and ranked by fans and critics. This list includes the greatest albums released between January 2000 and December 2009. Despite the rising popularity of song singles and accessibility through iTunes and other mp3 formats, the titles listed prove that the in the 00s, the album was as strong and creative as ever. This list contains the best 00s albums from all genres, from hip hop to pop to indie rock to metal. Vote for your favorites to move them up the list, or press "rerank" to create your own personalized order that will impact this ultimate list.

The Best Albums of the 2000s

Albums

Whether you&#39;re hanging at your best friend&#39;s house, taking a peek at your aunt&#39;s record collection, or rifling through the glove box in your dad&#39;s car, the results are always&nbsp;the same: you find those few albums every parent owns. It seems like the exact same mix of early 2000s albums and classic records filled up every CD tower and drawer. These <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-guitar-rock-albums" target="_blank">guitar rock albums</a> and soft contemporary hits&nbsp;probably provided the soundtrack to your childhood, before you got your own taste in music and had enough allowance to buy some discs yourself.

To be fair, some of the CDs in your parent&#39;s collection are probably among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums of all time</a>. Who doesn&#39;t love Michael Jackson&#39;s Thriller, or the the Beatles&#39; top hits? But some of these albums beloved by your mom or dad might <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/embarrassing-90s-cds/chaz-fletcher" target="_blank">make you cringe</a>. Sure, you love them, but it&#39;s awkward to watch your parents throw on Abba and attempt some &#39;80s-inspired&nbsp;moves.

How do these albums get into each parent&#39;s collection? Who knows! However they end up in that CD rack, it&#39;s time to celebrate the music your mom listens to and the CDs your dad loves.

Albums You're Guaranteed To Find In Every Parent's CD Collection

20 Albums In Every Parent's CD Collection

Rebecca Shortall

Building a successful band is tough but keeping it going is much&nbsp;tougher. Even some of history's biggest, best-selling bands couldn't repeat the&nbsp;magic more than once. Break-ups and bad musical decisions have sabotaged some of the all-time best bands and artists. Just how hard is it? The Smiths, Cream and Velvet Underground lasted just four albums. Nirvana and&nbsp;Jimi Hendrix? Just three. The Sex Pistols? Only one.Sure, plenty of bands continue to release albums for years but that doesn't mean they are good. The list of artists who have released what would be considered five great albums isn't as long as you might think. Not everyone can successfully reinvent themselves like Bob Dylan or The Beatles or stay as consistent as AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.&nbsp;So which artists have gone the distance five full times?&nbsp;

Bands Or Artists With Five Great Albums

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50+ Bands Or Artists With Five Great Albums

90s Music

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-songs-by-90s-one-hit-wonders/ranker-music" target="_blank">One-hit wonders</a>&nbsp;on albums can be a blessing and a curse for an artist. On one hand, having a hit is a great and life-changing thing. On the other hand, if the album fails, oftentimes the artist immediately fades into obscurity. For fans, it can be disappointing when you love a song, but the album it&#39;s on doesn&#39;t deliver as a whole. The &#39;90s and 2000s were full of such albums.

&#39;90s&nbsp;one-hit wonders are a real nostalgic phenomenon nowadays, and it seems like there were too&nbsp;many of them to count - from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/forgotten-90s-boy-band-hits/carly-silver" target="_blank">boy bands</a> to hip-hop artists to rock groups. Do you remember the feeling you got when you put on Deep Blue Something&#39;s&nbsp;11th Song&nbsp;and realized that &quot;Breakfast At Tiffany&#39;s&quot; was pretty much a catchy anomaly on an album of duds? And let&#39;s be honest, everyone was a little disappointed when they listened to that <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lou-bega-albums-discography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Lou Bega album</a> in full after car jamming to &quot;Mambo No. 5.&quot;

Get ready to relive some truly bland moments in music history and vote on the most disappointing albums of the &#39;90s and 2000s.&nbsp;

The Most Disappointing Nostalgic Albums For '90s Kids

The Most Disappointing Nostalgic Albums From 1990 to 2002

Sean Kelly

Ranking the all-time greatest and hottest new Christmas songs and albums for your yuletide singalongs and party playlists.

That's the Jingle Bell Rock

Christmas

Nothing goes better with hot chocolate&nbsp;in the wintertime than the best R&amp;B Christmas albums of all-time.&nbsp;Featuring great&nbsp;Christmas songs from popular R&amp;B singers, like John Legend, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, and Mary J. Blige, this list of R&amp;B holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas R&amp;B albums ever?

Vote up the best R&amp;B and soul Xmas albums, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot on this list.

The Best R&B Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 50+ Greatest R&B and Soul Christmas Albums Ever, Ranked By Fans

Jovaughn Brown

AC/DC is among the most iconic bands in rock and roll history. The ultimate garage band, they have achieved a status few bands are capable of. They have the ability to appeal to fans of most any genre of music without changing their sound, and this is just one of the reasons why they are considered by many to be one of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">best rock bands of all time</a>. Vote for the AC/DC albums you love the most, and of course, rerank this list in any order you like. Which of AC/DC's 15 studio albums rank highest on this list is arguably dependent on whether you are a fan of Bon Scott or Brian Johnson. The truth is, both fit the AC/DC sound perfectly, and Bon would no doubt look down from on high with thumbs or horns raised. There is no doubt, however, that these albums contain some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/ac-and-dc-best-songs-ever-/aargh" target="_blank">greatest AC/DC songs</a> ever recorded. AC/DC is an enduring rock band in an era when great bands often fall on the wayside in favor of newer, &quot;hotter&quot; young groups. Why? Because this band recorded some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums of all time</a>. The AC/DC repertoire&nbsp;is chock full of amazing albums that are all classics. Now we'll get to decide once and for all which AC/DC album is the best!

Stiff Upper Lip

AC/DC Albums, Ranked Best to Worst

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Music History

The biggest and most popular band in the progressive rock world of the 1970s&nbsp;was almost certainly Pink Floyd. Their star only rose after the release of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-side-of-the-moon-facts/sean-kelly" target="_blank">The Dark Side of the Moon</a>. Pink Floyd posters coated dorm room walls, and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music" target="_blank">band</a>&#39;s recording techniques were copied by wannabees worldwide. What was next for these trendsetters? Making music by twanging rubber bands and banging pots together, of course.

The story of&nbsp;Wish You Were Here&nbsp;is a bumpy one. Pink Floyd had to start over after months of work resulted in an album too bizarre even for them. It also took dedication to overcome divorces, creative conflicts, and the increasingly poor health of a person very close to the band members. It&#39;s a miracle the album made it to store shelves.&nbsp;

Pink Floyd Tried To Make An Album That Ended Up Being Too Trippy Even For Them

Pink Floyd Behind The Scenes: The Making Of 'Wish You Were Here'

Ryan Sargent

List of the best Charley Pride albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Charley Pride discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Charley Pride albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Charley Pride singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Charley Pride album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Charley Pride album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular. If you want to know, "What is the Best Charley Pride album of all time?" or "What are the top Charley Pride albums?" then this list will answer your questions. The list you're viewing is made up of different albums like Christmas in My Home Town and 24 Greatest Hits.This list of popular Charley Pride CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion. You can use the albums in this list to create a new list, re-rank it to fit your opinion, then share it with your Twitter followers, Facebook friends or with any other social networks you use on a regular basis.

The Best Charley Pride Albums of All Time

List of All Top Charley Pride Albums, Ranked

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Things all metalheads should know about their favorite bands, artists, and albums.

The Devil's Music

When thrash metal titans Slayer announced that they were going to play one last tour before breaking up, fans and critics started reminiscing over the band’s numerous accomplishments over the past 37 years. During that time, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/slayer/2045598" target="_blank">Slayer</a> released 11 full-length studio albums, toured the world countless times and gone from feared pariahs to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/slayer-band-facts/jessika-gilbert" target="_blank">monumental anti-rock stars</a>.Perusing the triumphs and pitfalls of the band’s career, it’s impossible not to recognize their 1986 album Reign in Blood as, perhaps, their greatest and undoubtedly most controversial release. When it came out the albums was faster than any other thrash album, and while the Reign’s tempos have been surpassed by lots of death metal and black metal outfits, the record remains one of the heaviest and most brutal metal releases to date.Slayer weren’t the first thrash metal band signed to a major label. That honor goes to Metallica, but with Reign in Blood Slayer became the most extreme. The album addressed Nazi <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nazi-experiments/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">war atrocities</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/satanism-facts-and-trivia/will-gish" target="_blank">Satanism</a>, serial killing and Christianity bashing and bombardment was relentless, never slowing below breakneck speed. Considering its malignant aesthetic it’s surprising that it was distributed by a powerful record corporation – in this case Geffen. What’s even more surprising is that Reign in Blood went double-platinum and is now considered a metal classic.&nbsp;Here are other wild facts you probably didn’t know about one of the greatest metal albums ever.

Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Slayer's 'Reign In Blood'

15 Things You Didn't Know About Slayer's "Reign In Blood" Recording

Jon Wiederhorn

Lists of the greatest country bands, artists, and songs, ranked by fans like you. 

Country Music for Country Fans

Have yourself a honky tonk holiday with the best country Christmas albums of all-time, ranked by fans everywhere. Featuring <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-christmas-country-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">good country Christmas songs</a> from popular country singers, like Kacey Musgraves, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Brad Paisley, this list of country holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas country albums ever?

Vote up the best country Xmas albums, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot on this list.

The Best Country Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 50+ Greatest Country Christmas Albums Ever, Ranked

Grunge

It's hard to believe that behind the dreamy pop of the Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album&nbsp;Siamese Dream, the Chicago band were battling drug addiction, suicidal thoughts and a possible nervous breakdown. The group headed to Atlanta to record the follow-up to their 1991 smash hit&nbsp;Gish&nbsp;- an album that found critics calling them the next Nirvana. The pressure to live up to those expectations mounted, causing relationships within the group to strain and members to dive into drugs.For as troubled as the&nbsp;Siamese&nbsp;sessions were, what emerged was one of the most popular and critically-praised albums of the '90s, lead by several hits and stellar production by Nirvana producer Butch Vig. It also set the stage for the band's next project, the critically lauded and&nbsp;adventurous&nbsp;Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness.&nbsp;Here are some things you might not have known about the band's rock masterpiece.&nbsp;

12 Things You Didn’t Know About The Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Siamese Dream’

12 Things You Didn’t Know About The Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream

Indian

List of the best Pankaj Udhas albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Pankaj Udhas discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Pankaj Udhas albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Pankaj Udhas singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Pankaj Udhas album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Pankaj Udhas album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular. If you want to know, "What is the Best Pankaj Udhas album of all time?" or "What are the top Pankaj Udhas albums?" then this list will answer your questions. List albums include Hits Of Pankaj Udhas, Volume 2, Humsafar and more.This list of popular Pankaj Udhas CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion. You're able to copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers or with any other social networks you use on a regular basis.

The Best Pankaj Udhas Albums of All Time

List of All Top Pankaj Udhas Albums, Ranked

100's of album lists: Top albums, worst 10 records, etc.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin II

The Doors

Boston

Illmatic

good kid, m.A.A.d city

All Eyez on Me

Black Sabbath

Master of Puppets

Ride the Lightning

It’s no coincidence that great bands and artists have some of the best debut <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">albums of all time</a>. You can tell a lot about a music artist from their first album, for better or worse. A debut album sets the stage for what audiences can expect, including genre, style, inventiveness, and many more details. For some talented artists, a debut album can be genre changing and influence pop culture. But what are the greatest debut albums of all time? See what music lovers have to say in the ranking below.For some bands, a debut album may be their best work or even their only work. More than a few break up after their first effort. For many others, it may be their best work and they may end up being <a href="/list/greatest-songs-by-one-hit-wonders/ranker-music">one-hit wonders</a>. Not many artists continue to find more success after initial efforts.For the purpose of this list however, we only care about that first seminal album. So vote for the artists that you think have the very best debut albums of all time. No sophomore albums allowed. If you don’t see a particularly great debut album listed, add it so that others may vote on it. All genres welcome.

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The Best Debut Albums of All Time, Ranked

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Fascinating things you didn't know about your favorite entertainers, and lists that rank the greatest rock singers and musicians ever to grace the spotlights.

True Rock Stars

Update:&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/693nUJzIqPADySoYwTFCGu?si=HVODKpb_QZaRJeSbp67Tfg" target="_blank">Follow Ranker&#39;s official New Rock 2020 playlist&nbsp;on Spotify</a>!

Remember when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous, and every rock song had at least a half assed decent guitar solo, and people were doing real drugs and not bath salts? Well, this is a tribute to the music in a time when America was simply about life, liberty, and the pursuit of SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK-N-ROLL! That said, guitar rock may not be as popular as it was in the past, but that doesn&#39;t mean that in the genre&#39;s heyday, there weren&#39;t albums that transcended genres, music types and connected with fans from all over the globe. For starters, who can forget the entire Led Zeppelin catalog? Jimmy Page&#39;s bonecrunching riffs and Robert Plant&#39;s howls brought heavy blues chords to the mainstream while establishing the band as one of guitar rock&#39;s greatest bands.

There are so many influential albums and top guitar albums here that it&#39;s impossible to list them all right here. But so many of the biggest bands in the world populate this list and all of the biggest guitar players in the world are rightfully present on here. Their mere presence alone means that their particular album is going to rock. You have dudes like Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young, Tony Iommi and Stevie Ray Vaughn amongst others whose guitar prowess is showcased on so many of these albums.&nbsp;

So what are the best guitar rock <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">albums of all time</a>? You&#39;ll notice Led Zeppelin II, Are You Experienced and Couldn&#39;t Stand the Weather, but there are so many more. If you think something including amazing guitars is missing, feel free add that album to this list. Vote and re-rank to how you deem it to be fit.

The Greatest Guitar Rock Albums of All Time

Best Guitar Rock Albums Ever | List of Greatest Guitar Rock Records of All Time

Lists that rank the greatest bands and artists in every metal genre.

Hard Rock & Heavy Metal

Shreddit's top metal albums include some of the best and most classic extreme metal albums ever made. For casual fans, some of these album titles might be new, but they're certainly worth checking out. Longtime fans, however, will likely instantly recognize several of these albums, and realize that they are from some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-heavy-metal-bands-that-i-know" target="_blank">greatest heavy metal bands</a> of all time. This is where the votes come in: Cast your votes up or down, based on your own personal opinions. You can also add any of your favorites that might not be listed, and of course, you can (and should) re-rank this list of Shreddit's favorite metal albums any way you want.

From the doom metal of bands like Sweden's Candlemass to albums by the "stoner" metal band Sleep, the albums listed here reflect the diversity of the metal genre. Again, these are some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-heavy-metal-albums-you_ve-never-heard-/king-dinosaur" target="_blank">best heavy metal albums you've possibly never heard</a>, but they are all worth your time to track down.

Interested in other heavy metal-related lists? Check out and vote on these lists of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-hard-rock-and-metal-guitar-shredders" target="_blank">best female hard rock/metal guitar shredders</a>, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-screamo-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">best screamo bands of all time</a> and the best overall <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-metal-guitarists-and-guitar-teams" target="_blank">metal guitarists and guitar teams</a>.

The Number of the Beast

The Top Metal Albums of All Time

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Lists that rank the best rappers and hip hop artists from every time and place.

Hip Hop Wars

What are the best hip hop <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">albums of all time</a>? The answer, of course, is totally subjective. Everyone has differing opinions about which hip hop and rap albums should be ranked on top, and that&#39;s what this list is all about. Vote for your personal favorite hip hop albums ever, and vote down those albums listed that you don&#39;t feel are worthy of the honor.

The hip-hop albums here represent decades of great music from notables rappers and hip-hop artists -- some we&#39;ve lost, and others who continue to make <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/old-school-hip-hop-bands-and-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">great new hip hop tracks</a>&nbsp;year after year. Some of the biggest and best hip hop albums ever made include classics like The Chronic from Dr. Dre, Fear of a Black Planet&nbsp;by Public Enemy, Paid in Full&nbsp;by Eric B. and Rakim and N***az4Life&nbsp;by N.W.A. And no list of amazing hip hop albums would be complete without Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers&nbsp;by Wu-Tang Clan and Life After Death&nbsp;by The Notorious B.I.G.

If any of your top 10 favorite hip hop albums aren&#39;t listed here, by all means, add them. Whether you&#39;re a fan of more recent hits or those&nbsp;classic hip hop albums, be sure to vote up what you think are truly the greatest rap albums of all time.