At the end of 2003, Rolling Stone put out a Special Collectors Issue containing a listing of and short essays about what a panel of experts convened by the magazine considered to be the "500 greatest albums of all time". The listing and essays can be viewed here at Rolling Stone's website, www.rollingstone.com.

Currently, I have 374 of the 500 albums in my collection.

Recording	Artist
"Saturday Night Fever" The Original Movie Soundtrack	Various Artists
"Superfly" - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Curtis Mayfield
#1 Record / Radio City	Big Star
(Pronounced 'Leh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)	Lynyrd Skynyrd
(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis
12 Songs	Randy Newman
1999	Prince
20 All-Time Greatest Hits!	James Brown
3 Feet High And Rising	De La Soul
40 Greatest Hits (Disc 1)	Hank Williams
40 Greatest Hits (Disc 2)	Hank Williams
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector	Various Artists
A Hard Day's Night (U.K.)	The Beatles
A Love Supreme	John Coltrane
A Night At The Opera	Queen
A Quick One	The Who
A Rush Of Blood To The Head	Coldplay
Abbey Road	The Beatles
Abraxas	Santana
Achtung Baby	U2
After The Gold Rush	Neil Young
Aftermath (U.K.)	The Rolling Stones
Aja	Steely Dan
Aladdin Sane	David Bowie
All That You Can't Leave Behind	U2
All The Young Dudes	Mott The Hoople
American Recordings	Johnny Cash
Another Green World	Brian Eno
Appetite For Destruction	Guns N' Roses
Aqualung	Jethro Tull
Are You Experienced?	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Armed Forces	Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Astral Weeks	Van Morrison
At Budokan: The Complete Concert (Disc 1)	Cheap Trick
At Budokan: The Complete Concert (Disc 2)	Cheap Trick
At Folsom Prison	Johnny Cash
At Last!	Etta James
Automatic For The People	R.E.M.
Avalon	Roxy Music
Axis: Bold As Love	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Back In Black	AC/DC
Back Stabbers	The O'Jays
Band On The Run	Paul McCartney and Wings
Beauty And The Beat	The Go-Go's
Beggars Banquet	The Rolling Stones
Between The Buttons (U.K.)	The Rolling Stones
Bitches Brew (Disc 1)	Miles Davis
Bitches Brew (Disc 2)	Miles Davis
Blonde On Blonde	Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks	Bob Dylan
Blood Sugar Sex Magik	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blue Lines	Massive Attack
Bookends	Simon and Garfunkel
Born In The U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run	Bruce Springsteen
Born Under A Bad Sign	Albert King
Boy	U2
Boys Don't Cry	The Cure
Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon and Garfunkel
Bringing It All Back Home	Bob Dylan
Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits
Bryter Layter	Nick Drake
Buena Vista Social Club	Various Artists
Burnin'	The Wailers [ska/reggae]
Call Me	Al Green
Can't Buy A Thrill	Steely Dan
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road	Lucinda Williams
Catch A Fire	Bob Marley and The Wailers
Cheap Thrills	Big Brother and The Holding Company
Child Is Father To The Man	Blood, Sweat and Tears
Closer	Joy Division
Coat Of Many Colors	Dolly Parton
Cosmo's Factory	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Country Life	Roxy Music
Court And Spark	Joni Mitchell
Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills and Nash
Damaged	Black Flag
Darkness On The Edge Of Town	Bruce Springsteen
Daydream Nation	Sonic Youth
Desire	Bob Dylan
Destroyer	Kiss
Dirty Mind	Prince
Disintegration	The Cure
Disraeli Gears	Cream
Document	R.E.M.
Dookie	Green Day
Doolittle	Pixies
Dummy	Portishead
Dusty In Memphis	Dusty Springfield
Electric Ladyland	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Warrior	T. Rex
Elephant	The White Stripes
Eliminator	ZZ Top
Elton John	Elton John
Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	Wu-Tang Clan
Entertainment! / Yellow EP	Gang Of Four
Every Picture Tells A Story	Rod Stewart
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	Neil Young and (with) Crazy Horse
Exile In Guyville	Liz Phair
Exile On Main Street	The Rolling Stones
Exodus	Bob Marley and The Wailers
Fear Of A Black Planet	Public Enemy
Five Leaves Left	Nick Drake
Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac
For Your Pleasure	Roxy Music
Forever Changes	Love
Fresh	Sly and The Family Stone
From Elvis In Memphis	Elvis Presley
Fun House	The Stooges
Funky Kingston	Toots and The Maytals
Ghost In The Machine	The Police
Giant Steps	John Coltrane
Going To A Go-Go / Away We A Go-Go	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Good Old Boys	Randy Newman
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John
GP / Grievous Angel	Gram Parsons
Grace	Jeff Buckley
Graceland	Paul Simon
Greatest Hits	The Mamas and The Papas
Greatest Hits	Sly and The Family Stone
Green River	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.	Bruce Springsteen
Gris-Gris	Dr. John (Mac Rebennack)
Guitar Town	Steve Earle
Gumbo	Dr. John (Mac Rebennack)
Happy Trails	Quicksilver Messenger Service
Harvest	Neil Young
Heaven Up Here	Echo and The Bunnymen
Help! (U.K.)	The Beatles
Here Come The Warm Jets	Brian Eno
Here, My Dear	Marvin Gaye
Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan
Highway To Hell	AC/DC
Honky Chateau	Elton John
Horses	Patti Smith
Hotel California	The Eagles
How Will The Wolf Survive?	Los Lobos
Hunky Dory	David Bowie
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	Sinéad O'Connor
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You	Aretha Franklin
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight	Richard and Linda Thompson
If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears	The Mamas and The Papas
Illmatic	Nas
I'm Still In Love With You	Al Green
Imagine	John Lennon
Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello and The Attractions
In Color	Cheap Trick
In The Jungle Groove	James Brown
In The Wee Small Hours	Frank Sinatra
In Utero	Nirvana
Innervisions	Stevie Wonder
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back	Public Enemy
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon
John Wesley Harding	Bob Dylan
Kick Out The Jams	MC5
Kid A	Radiohead
Kind Of Blue	Miles Davis
L.A. Woman	The Doors
Lady Soul	Aretha Franklin
Late For The Sky	Jackson Browne
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs	Derek and The Dominos
Let It Be	The Beatles
Let It Be	The Replacements
Let It Bleed	The Rolling Stones
Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye
Licensed To Ill	The Beastie Boys
Live At Leeds	The Who
Live At The Apollo (1963)	James Brown
Live At The Regal	B.B. King
Live In Europe	Otis Redding
Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (Disc 1)	The Velvet Underground
Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (Disc 2)	The Velvet Underground
London Calling	The Clash
Look-ka Py Py	The Meters
Los Angeles	X
Love And Theft	Bob Dylan
Loveless	My Bloody Valentine
Low	David Bowie
Maggot Brain	Funkadelic
Marquee Moon	Television
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Disc 1)	The Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Disc 2)	The Smashing Pumpkins
Metallica	Metallica
Mezzanine	Massive Attack
Moby Grape	Moby Grape
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music	Ray Charles
Moondance	Van Morrison
More Songs About Buildings And Food	Talking Heads
Mothership Connection	Parliament
Mott	Mott The Hoople
Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds
MTV Unplugged In New York	Nirvana
Mule Variations	Tom Waits
Murmur	R.E.M.
Music From "Purple Rain"	Prince and The Revolution
Music from "The Harder They Come"	Various Artists
Music From Big Pink	The Band
Music Of My Mind	Stevie Wonder
My Aim Is True	Elvis Costello
Natty Dread	Bob Marley and The Wailers
Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols	The Sex Pistols
Nevermind	Nirvana
New York Dolls	New York Dolls
Nick Of Time	Bonnie Raitt
Nightbirds	LaBelle
Nothing's Shocking	Jane's Addiction
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 1	Various Artists
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 2	Various Artists
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 3	Various Artists
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 4	Various Artists
Odelay	Beck
Odessey & Oracle - 30th Anniversary Edition	The Zombies
OK Computer	Radiohead
One Nation Under A Groove	Funkadelic
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul	Otis Redding
Out Of Our Heads (U.S.)	The Rolling Stones
Outlandos D'Amour	The Police
Paid In Full	Eric B. and Rakim
Parallel Lines	Blondie
Paranoid	Black Sabbath
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme	Simon and Garfunkel
Paul's Boutique	The Beastie Boys
Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys
Phil Spector: Back To Mono (1958-1969) (Disc 1)	Various Artists
Phil Spector: Back To Mono (1958-1969) (Disc 2)	Various Artists
Phil Spector: Back To Mono (1958-1969) (Disc 3)	Various Artists
Pink Flag	Wire
Pink Moon	Nick Drake
Play	Moby
Please Please Me	The Beatles
Post	Björk
Pretenders	The Pretenders
Pretzel Logic	Steely Dan
Product: A Different Kind Of Tension / Singles Going Steady (Disc 2)	Buzzcocks
Psychocandy	The Jesus and Mary Chain
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	Devo
Quadrophenia (Disc 1)	The Who
Quadrophenia (Disc 2)	The Who
Rain Dogs	Tom Waits
Raising Hell	Run-D.M.C.
Ramones	The Ramones
Raw Power	Iggy and The Stooges
Reasonable Doubt	Jay-Z
Red Headed Stranger	Willie Nelson
Reggatta De Blanc	The Police
Remain In Light	Talking Heads
Revolver (U.K.)	The Beatles
Rid Of Me	PJ Harvey
Ritual De Lo Habitual	Jane's Addiction
Rocket To Russia	The Ramones
Rocks	Aerosmith
Roger The Engineer	The Yardbirds
Rubber Soul (U.K.)	The Beatles
Rum Sodomy & The Lash	The Pogues
Rumours	Fleetwood Mac
Run-D.M.C.	Run-D.M.C.
Rust Never Sleeps	Neil Young and (with) Crazy Horse
Sail Away	Randy Newman
Sandinista! (Disc 1)	The Clash
Sandinista! (Disc 2)	The Clash
Santana	Santana
Sea Change	Beck
Second Edition	Public Image Ltd.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles
She's So Unusual	Cyndi Lauper
Shoot Out The Lights	Richard and Linda Thompson
Sign "O" The Times (Disc 1)	Prince
Sign "O" The Times (Disc 2)	Prince
Siren	Roxy Music
Sketches Of Spain	Miles Davis
Sleepless	Peter Wolf
So	Peter Gabriel
Some Girls	The Rolling Stones
Something / Anything? (Disc 1)	Todd Rundgren
Something / Anything? (Disc 2)	Todd Rundgren
Something Else By The Kinks	The Kinks
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!	Frank Sinatra
Songs In The Key Of Life (Disc 1)	Stevie Wonder
Songs In The Key Of Life (Disc 2)	Stevie Wonder
Squeezing Out Sparks & Live Sparks	Graham Parker and The Rumour
Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto	Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
Stand!	Sly and The Family Stone
Stankonia	Outkast
Stardust	Willie Nelson
Station To Station	David Bowie
Sticky Fingers	The Rolling Stones
Stop Making Sense	Talking Heads
Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A
Strange Days	The Doors
Substance (Disc 1)	New Order
Substance (Disc 2)	New Order
Suicide (Disc 1)	Suicide
Suicide (Disc 2)	Suicide
Sunflower / Surf's Up	The Beach Boys
Surfer Rosa	Pixies
Surrealistic Pillow	Jefferson Airplane
Sweet Baby James	James Taylor
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo	The Byrds
Synchronicity	The Police
Talking Book	Stevie Wonder
Talking Heads: 77	Talking Heads
Tapestry	Carole King
Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones
Ten	Pearl Jam
That's The Way Of The World	Earth, Wind and Fire
The "Chirping" Crickets	Buddy Holly and The Crickets
The Anthology (Disc 1)	Muddy Waters
The Anthology (Disc 2)	Muddy Waters
The B-52's	The B-52's
The Band	The Band
The Beach Boys Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	The Beach Boys
The Beatles (Disc 1)	The Beatles
The Beatles (Disc 2)	The Beatles
The Bends	Radiohead
The Birth Of Soul - 1952-1954 (Disc 1)	Ray Charles
The Birth Of Soul - 1954-1957 (Disc 2)	Ray Charles
The Birth Of Soul - 1957-1959 (Disc 3)	Ray Charles
The Blueprint	Jay-Z
The Cars	The Cars
The Chronic	Dr. Dre
The Clash (U.K.)	The Clash
The Complete Studio Recordings: (Disc 4)	Led Zeppelin
The Complete Studio Recordings: Houses Of The Holy (Disc 5)	Led Zeppelin
The Complete Studio Recordings: Led Zeppelin (Disc 1)	Led Zeppelin
The Complete Studio Recordings: Led Zeppelin II (Disc 2)	Led Zeppelin
The Complete Studio Recordings: Physical Graffiti (Disc 7)	Led Zeppelin
The Complete Studio Recordings: Physical Graffiti (Disc 8)	Led Zeppelin
The Dark Side Of The Moon	Pink Floyd
The Dock Of The Bay	Otis Redding
The Doors	The Doors
The Downward Spiral	Nine Inch Nails
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan
The Genius Of Ray Charles	Ray Charles
The Gilded Palace Of Sin & Burrito Deluxe	The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Immaculate Collection	Madonna
The Joshua Tree	U2
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society	The Kinks
The Low End Theory	A Tribe Called Quest
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill
The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers
The Notorious Byrd Brothers	The Byrds
The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable	Otis Redding
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn	Pink Floyd
The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars	David Bowie
The River (Disc 1)	Bruce Springsteen
The River (Disc 2)	Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones, Now!	The Rolling Stones
The Shape Of Jazz To Come	Ornette Coleman
The Smiths	The Smiths
The Stooges	The Stooges
The Sun Sessions CD	Elvis Presley
The Ultimate Collection (Disc 1)	Patsy Cline
The Ultimate Collection (Disc 2)	Patsy Cline
The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 (Disc 1)	John Lee Hooker
The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 (Disc 2)	John Lee Hooker
The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Wall (Disc 1)	Pink Floyd
The Wall (Disc 2)	Pink Floyd
The Who Sell Out	The Who
The Who Sings My Generation	The Who
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle	Bruce Springsteen
The World Is A Ghetto	War
There Goes Rhymin' Simon	Paul Simon
There's A Riot Goin' On	Sly and The Family Stone
Third / Sister Lovers	Big Star
This Years Model	Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Thriller - Special Edition	Michael Jackson
Tim	The Replacements
Time Out Of Mind	Bob Dylan
To Bring You My Love	PJ Harvey
Tommy	The Who
Tonight's The Night	Neil Young
Toys In The Attic	Aerosmith
Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt
Trans-Europe Express	Kraftwerk
Transformer	Lou Reed
Tres Hombres	ZZ Top
Trout Mask Replica	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Tumbleweed Connection	Elton John
Tunnel Of Love	Bruce Springsteen
Two Steps From The Blues	Bobby "Blue" Bland
Van Halen	Van Halen
Violator	Depeche Mode
War	U2
Weezer	Weezer
What's Going On	Marvin Gaye
White Light / White Heat	The Velvet Underground
Who's Next	The Who
Wild Gift	X
Willy And The Poor Boys	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
With The Beatles	The Beatles
Workingman's Dead	Grateful Dead
Younger Than Yesterday	The Byrds

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