Best Rock Opera 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
261	Quadrophenia - The Who	1973	85.9	77.8	93	84.6	85.2	89.2	83	88.2
344	THE RAINBOW GOBLINS - Masayoshi Takanaka	1981	85.3	78.6	–	88.9	89.3	95.8	77	82
440	Foxtrot - Genesis	1972	84.7	79.6	87	84.2	84.8	87.8	82	87.6
535	The Wall - Pink Floyd	1979	84.3	76.6	76	85.1	87.6	92.2	87	85.4
566	A Night at the Opera - Queen	1975	84.1	75.4	87	80.2	85	90.6	83	87.8
644	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis	1974	83.8	79.2	83	83.4	83.1	88.4	82	87.6
678	Remedy Lane - Pain of Salvation	2002	83.7	74.8	90	81.1	86.6	90.4	77	86
715	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater	1999	83.6	73.8	80	83.4	89.8	92.6	78	87.4
815	Operation: Mindcrime - Queensrÿche	1988	83.2	75.6	83	81.5	82.6	92.2	79	88.6
877	666 - Aphrodite's Child	1972	83	74.8	95	80	80.3	89.2	77	84.6
880	Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks	1969	83	79.6	80	83.1	80.7	89.6	82	85.8
969	Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull	1972	82.7	80.2	68	84.6	85.4	88.8	83	89.2
1059	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne	1978	82.5	75.8	85	86.5	–	87.2	75	85.4
1227	Berlin - Lou Reed	1973	82.1	76.2	83	84.2	81.8	87.4	80	82
1371	2112 - Rush	1976	81.8	75.4	75	81.4	84.2	90.8	80	85.8
1423	Is There Anybody Out There?: The Wall Live 1980-81 - Pink Floyd	2000	81.7	80.4	60	87.1	94	91.4	79	80
1508	The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - Lift to Experience	2001	81.5	79	69	87.3	86.8	89.4	78	81.2
1530	Remember the Future - Nektar	1973	81.5	76.2	80	84.2	86.1	86	80	78
1546	Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Concept Recording) - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice	1970	81.5	76.6	90	82.5	–	83.8	78	78
1753	The Human Equation - Ayreon	2004	81.1	71.2	–	79	85.1	89.8	78	83.2
1821	The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance	2006	80.9	77.6	74	88.3	87.4	93.2	74	72
2007	The Crimson Idol - W.A.S.P.	1992	80.6	76.2	70	80.8	86.6	91.2	75	84.6
2008	S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things	1968	80.6	75.6	87	76.6	73.8	90.4	78	83
2094	Three Friends - Gentle Giant	1972	80.5	75.6	80	80.3	81.8	87.6	78	80
2495	In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - Coheed and Cambria	2003	79.8	73.4	70	80.9	87.2	90.2	73	84
2586	Ziltoid the Omniscient - Devin Townsend	2007	79.7	74	80	82	84.2	87.4	74	76
2860	Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper	1975	79.2	74.2	75	77.8	–	86.2	77	85.2
3054	Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater	2002	78.9	70.6	78	80.2	80.4	87.2	76	80
3058	Tommy - The Who	1969	78.9	73.6	73	78.1	77.8	87.2	81	81.6
3491	Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness - Coheed and Cambria	2005	78.2	71	69	80	85.9	90.2	73	–
3551	Joe's Garage Acts II & III - Frank Zappa	1979	78.1	73	60	80.3	86.2	83.6	78	85.4
3635	Clockwork Angels - Rush	2012	77.9	71.2	78	75.3	78	87	75	80.6
3929	Mechanical Animals - MAR1LYN MAN5ON	1998	77.3	71.6	74	78	84.7	88.8	68	76
4015	Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) - Marilyn Manson	2000	77.1	70.2	73	78.9	83.6	87.8	67	79.4
4041	American Idiot - Green Day	2004	77.1	68.4	76	78.8	81.3	90	75	70
4058	Diamond Dogs - Bowie	1974	77	71.2	73	76.6	77.5	87	78	76
4148	The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists	2009	76.8	69.2	73	78.2	79.5	87	75	76
4189	Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf	1977	76.7	70.6	73	77.4	83.2	83	72	78
4206	Time - Electric Light Orchestra	1981	76.7	–	50	83	84	85.2	76	82
4577	The Scholars - Car Seat Headrest	2025	75.8	69.6	77	77.3	75.5	88.2	75	68
5165	1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle) - David Bowie	1995	74.1	71	69	70.1	73.1	88.4	75	72
5246	The Worm - HMLTD	2023	73.8	69.4	74	71.5	72	87.6	72	70
5269	Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1971	73.7	70.4	60	74.2	76.6	85	76	–
5440	A Passion Play - Jethro Tull	1973	72.8	71.2	60	75.1	72.3	80.8	74	76
5782	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters	1984	70.6	64	60	69.5	74.1	84.4	70	72
5929	The Resistance - Muse	2009	69	57.6	69	69.7	73.8	84.6	70	58
6038	The Final Cut - Pink Floyd	1983	67.6	58.8	64	64	68.3	82.8	71	64
6086	21st Century Breakdown - Green Day	2009	66.6	55.6	67	68.7	73.9	84.2	63	54
6091	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! - Jethro Tull	1976	66.5	63	60	62.9	–	80	69	64
6285	The Astonishing - Dream Theater	2016	58.8	42.4	81	43	53.8	79.4	62	50
6326	Music from "The Elder" - KISS	1981	52.8	55.6	35	34.5	54.4	80.8	63	46

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