Top 100 Dinosaur Rock Albums


1967-1987 (from a Rock & Roll magazine, August 1987)

Rank	Title	Artist
1	Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles
2	Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols	The Sex Pistols
3	Exile on Main Street	The Rolling Stones
4	Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon
5	Are You Experienced?	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
6	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars	David Bowie
7	Astral Waves	Van Morrison
8	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen
9	The Beatles (The White Album)	The Beatles
10	What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye
11	This Year’s Model	Elvis Costello
12	Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan
13	The Basement Tapes	Bob Dylan and the Band
14	London Calling	The Clash
15	Beggars Banquet	The Rolling Stones
16	Horses	Patti Smith
17	Abbey Road	The Beatles
18	Let it Bleed	The Rolling Stones
19	The Band	The Band
20	Dirty Mind	Prince
21	The Velvet Underground and Nico	The Velvet Underground
22	Who’s Next	The Who
23	Layla	Derek and the Dominos
24	Shoot Out the Lights	Richard and Linda Thompson
25	The Doors	The Doors
26	Tonight’s the Night	Neil Young
27	The Clash	The Clash
28	Born in the U. S. A.	Bruce Springsteen
29	My Aim is True	Elvis Costello
30	There’s a Riot Goin’ On	Sly and the Family Stone
31	Sticky Fingers	The Rolling Stones
32	Loaded	The Velvet Underground
33	Trout Mask Replica	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
34	Every Picture Tells a Story	Rod Stewart
35	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd
36	Willy and the Poor Boys	Creedence Clearwater Revival
37	Innervisions	Stevie Wonder
38	Marquee Moon	Television
39	Purple Rain	Prince and the Revolution
40	Darkness on the Edge of Town	Bruce Springsteen
41	Music from Big Pink	The Band
42	Pretenders	Pretenders
43	Green River	Creedence Clearwater Revival
44	Surrealistic Pillow	Jefferson Airplane
45	Squeezing out Sparks	Graham Parker and the Rumour
46	Blue	Joni Mitchell
47	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin
48	Lady Soul	Aretha Franklin
49	12 Songs	Randy Newman
50	Cheap Thrills	Big Brother and the Holding Company
51	The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle	Bruce Springsteen
52	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers
53	Remain in Light	Talking Heads
54	Howlin' Wind	Graham Parker and the Rumour
55	New York Dolls	New York Dolls
56	Graceland	Paul Simon
57	More Songs About Buildings and Food	Talking Heads
58	Murmur	R. E. M.
59	Moondance	Van Morrison
60	The Harder They Come	Various (Original Soundtrack)
61	Imagine	John Lennon
62	Electric Ladyland	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
63	The River	Bruce Springsteen
64	Talking Book	Stevie Wonder
65	Get Happy!!	Elvis Costello and the Attractions
66	Rust Never Sleeps	Neil Young and Crazy Horse
67	John Wesley Harding	Bob Dylan
68	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson
69	Ramones	Ramones
70	Between the Buttons	The Rolling Stones
71	After the Goldrush	Neil Young
72	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac
73	Something/Anything?	Todd Rundgren
74	Crosby, Stills and Nash	Crosby, Stills and Nash
75	Call Me	Al Green
76	From Elvis in Memphis	Elvis Presley
77	We’re Only in it for the Money	The Mothers of Invention
78	Greatest Hits	Sly and the Family Stone
79	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Pink Floyd
80	Talking Heads: 77	Talking Heads
81	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
82	Sweetheart of the Rodeo	The Byrds
83	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin
84	Siren	Roxy Music
85	Thriller	Michael Jackson
86	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight	Richard and Linda Thompson
87	Stand!	Sly and the Family Stone
88	Raw Power	Iggy and the Stooges
89	Sail Away	Randy Newman
90	Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968	Various
91	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	Aretha Franklin
92	Hearts of Stone	Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
93	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon and Garfunkel
94	Fear of Music	Talking Heads
95	History of Otis Redding	Otis Redding
96	ChangesOneBowie	David Bowie
97	The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground
98	Katie Lied	Steely Dan
99	Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy	The Who
100	Electric Warrier	T. Rex