Best Hard Rock Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
7	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie	1972	91.6	85.2	100	91.1	90.3	93.4	90	91
13	Decade - Neil Young	1977	90.5	87.4	100	91.6	91.6	90	85	88
16	Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin	1971	90.3	82	100	88.5	89	92.2	90	90.6
20	Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	89.9	83.2	100	90.6	88	92.2	86	89.2
25	Paranoid - Black Sabbath	1970	89.6	84.8	96	89.5	87.4	92.8	86	90.8
38	Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1967	89.2	81.8	100	86.9	86.2	92.2	87	90.4
45	Red - King Crimson	1974	89	85.4	92	89.9	86.9	92.8	86	89.8
53	The Beatles - The Beatles	1968	88.8	82.8	96	87.8	86.7	92	89	87.2
104	Mothership - Led Zeppelin	2007	87.6	84	93	84.5	90.7	93	82	86
109	Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath	1970	87.5	81.4	97	85.5	84.8	92.8	83	88
125	Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin	1969	87.2	78	97	84	85.2	91.8	87	87.6
146	Who's Next - The Who	1971	86.8	77.8	100	82.8	82.7	90.4	86	88.2
149	Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin	1969	86.8	78.2	98	83.7	84.8	91.8	86	85.2
152	Canción Animal - Soda Stereo	1990	86.8	77.6	100	84	86.2	95.2	81	83.4
160	Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.7	81.8	98	85	82	88.8	84	87.2
164	Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads	1987	86.6	79.8	92	86.5	91	90	79	88
169	Fun House - The Stooges	1970	86.6	81.2	97	83.1	79.8	93.2	83	88.6
174	Live Rust - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.5	83	90	85.4	89.9	88.2	81	88
176	How the West Was Won - Led Zeppelin	2003	86.5	82.6	89	82.5	89	92.2	82	88
182	Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones	1971	86.4	79.6	93	83.6	84.3	91.2	86	87.2
189	Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1967	86.4	79	94	85.6	84.3	91.6	83	87
192	Superunknown - Soundgarden	1994	86.4	78	97	86.4	84.7	90.6	81	86.8
198	Animals - Pink Floyd	1977	86.3	84.2	69	90.7	89.8	92.4	88	90.2
206	Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy - The Who	1971	86.3	85	100	85.3	82.7	85.8	81	84
221	Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin	1975	86.1	79.4	87	87.5	85.6	91.6	85	86.4
239	Moving Pictures - Rush	1981	85.9	78.6	90	84.7	83.9	92.6	83	88.6
249	Quadrophenia - The Who	1973	85.9	77.8	93	84.6	85.2	89.2	83	88.2
270	Raw Power - Iggy & The Stooges	1973	85.7	79.8	94	82.7	83	90.8	82	87.4
277	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1969	85.6	80.6	93	83	82	90	84	86.6
325	Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age	2002	85.2	80.2	82	88	85.3	92.4	83	85.4
334	Rising - Rainbow	1976	85.1	78.8	90	83.5	84.6	90.2	80	88.8
380	Van Halen - Van Halen	1978	84.9	74.6	100	81	83.7	89.4	80	85.4
386	Machine Head - Deep Purple	1972	84.8	78.2	90	81.8	82.6	90	83	88.2
422	Greatest Hits - Queen	1981	84.6	80.2	77	85.9	91.5	90.8	83	84
443	Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin	1973	84.5	77.6	87	82.9	82.8	90.2	85	86.2
465	...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age	2013	84.4	78.2	82	88.6	86	90.8	82	83.4
482	Live at Leeds - The Who	1970	84.3	81	90	81.3	76.8	88.2	83	90
503	Aqualung - Jethro Tull	1971	84.2	77.8	90	81.9	81.6	89.2	83	86
520	A Night at the Opera - Queen	1975	84.1	75.4	87	80.2	85	90.6	83	87.8
534	Greatest Hits II - Queen	1991	84.1	76	85	82	89.1	91.4	81	84
535	Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy	1976	84	77.4	90	81.5	83.8	89.6	80	86
536	Made In Japan - Deep Purple	1972	84	82	80	83.4	79.8	90	81	92
552	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd	1973	84	75.4	92	80.8	81.5	91	80	87
566	Aladdin Sane - David Bowie	1973	83.9	76.4	89	83.7	83.3	89	82	84
638	The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers	1994	83.7	76.6	84	84.8	86	89.4	78	86.8
657	Meliora - Ghost	2015	83.6	72.4	81	80.6	81.8	91.2	78	100
675	Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy	1978	83.5	80.8	80	79.6	82.2	89.8	80	92
717	Ten - Pearl Jam	1991	83.3	75	78	83.7	85.3	92.2	82	87
733	Smash Hits - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	83.2	84.4	90	80.5	78	87.8	82	80
738	Overkill - Motörhead	1979	83.2	77.4	88	80	80.8	90.8	80	85.6
745	Zuma - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1975	83.2	78.8	89	82.3	82.5	87.8	80	82
837	Secret Treaties - Blue Öyster Cult	1974	82.9	76.6	95	80	78	86	80	84.6
860	Holy Diver - Dio	1983	82.8	77.8	77	83.1	85.8	91.2	77	87.6
874	Permanent Waves - Rush	1980	82.8	77.4	80	82.5	83.8	89.6	80	86
909	Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower	1974	82.7	75.8	90	80.9	81.7	88.2	80	82
937	Celebration Day - Led Zeppelin	2012	82.6	76	80	81.4	85.7	91.8	79	84
940	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - Budgie	1973	82.5	76.2	90	81.2	80.6	89.8	76	84
958	Deep Purple in Rock - Deep Purple	1970	82.5	77.8	83	79.8	80.1	89.4	80	87.2
960	Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head	1980	82.5	77	90	76.3	80	91.2	75	87.8
971	Hemispheres - Rush	1978	82.4	78.8	70	83.8	85.7	90	81	87.8
987	The Slider - T. Rex	1972	82.4	76.2	89	81.2	80.6	88.8	79	82
1038	Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin	1970	82.3	75.4	82	80.5	80.9	91	84	82
1071	Danzig II: Lucifuge - Danzig	1990	82.2	75.8	85	78.9	83.1	91.4	77	84.2
1107	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath	1973	82.1	79.8	73	82.8	83.4	90.6	81	84
1139	Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden	1991	82	76.2	81	83.1	82.7	91	78	82.2
1145	Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters	2009	82	74.2	80	81.1	87.5	90.4	81	80
1158	Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath	1980	82	77.4	78	81.2	83.4	90.6	77	86.2
1210	Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Lou Reed	1974	81.9	74.8	80	86	86.8	85.4	78	82
1228	Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind	1974	81.8	75	90	81.1	78.2	87.4	79	82
1232	2112 - Rush	1976	81.8	75.4	75	81.4	84.2	90.8	80	85.8
1246	If You Want Blood, You've Got It - AC/DC	1978	81.8	77.4	80	81	84	87	79	84
1265	Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond	1972	81.7	75.8	90	79	73.4	90.8	79	84
1292	Disraeli Gears - Cream	1967	81.7	73.8	90	78.3	77.9	88.6	80	83
1309	Sabotage - Black Sabbath	1975	81.6	76.4	88	79.7	79.3	89	79	80
1312	Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep	1972	81.6	75.6	90	76.3	81.1	87.4	77	84
1323	Black Rose: A Rock Legend - Thin Lizzy	1979	81.6	76.8	80	83.2	81.8	87.4	78	84
1376	Still Got the Blues - Gary Moore	1990	81.5	72.8	90	79.3	85.4	86.6	76	80.4
1399	No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Motörhead	1981	81.4	81	73	78.1	79.2	89.8	79	90
1406	Ahí vamos - Gustavo Cerati	2006	81.4	72.4	80	80.5	83.5	91.4	80	82.2
1408	Black Sabbath Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath	1972	81.4	79.2	73	83.3	83.2	90.2	81	80
1448	Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd	1974	81.3	73.4	90	77.8	80.5	88.6	77	82
1454	Boston - Boston	1976	81.3	72.6	83	80.2	83	87.6	78	84.8
1459	Alive! - KISS	1975	81.3	74.6	95	77.3	78.4	87.8	72	84
1460	Killer - Alice Cooper	1971	81.3	75	90	78.6	77.8	84.6	79	84
1470	Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest	1982	81.3	78.4	72	81.4	84.4	90.2	78	84.4
1474	Elephant - The White Stripes	2003	81.3	74.6	81	82.2	79.6	90.4	83	78
1485	Kick Out the Jams - MC5	1969	81.2	73	100	78.2	70.9	87.6	77	82
1492	At Budokan - Cheap Trick	1978	81.2	74.6	100	76.6	75	81.4	77	84
1530	Dreamboat Annie - Heart	1975	81.2	73	89	80.5	81.4	86.2	78	80
1552	Some Girls - The Rolling Stones	1978	81.1	73	94	78	77.6	87.2	80	78
1574	Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses	1987	81.1	68.8	92	74.4	81	91.2	78	82
1591	Vs. - Pearl Jam	1993	81	73.2	79	81.7	82.3	89.2	80	81.8
1603	Argus - Wishbone Ash	1972	81	77	70	81.3	84.5	88.2	80	86
1653	Restless and Wild - Accept	1982	80.9	74.2	90	76.6	81.3	87.2	75	82
1658	Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest	1976	80.9	77.4	73	79	80	90	79	87.8
1666	Heaven Tonight - Cheap Trick	1978	80.9	72.8	100	77.7	77.3	83.4	75	80
1742	Back in Black - AC/DC	1980	80.7	68.6	95	73.4	77.8	90.4	80	80
1753	The Real Thing - Faith No More	1989	80.7	74.6	82	80.3	79.7	88.4	78	82
1777	Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest	1984	80.7	78.2	73	81.7	84.6	89.2	76	82
1785	No Name - Jack White	2024	80.7	74.2	85	81	77.9	92.6	78	76

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