Ten Classic Rock Albums Ranked by Influence

Collider has ranked the 10 most important classic rock albums, placing The Beatles' 1968 self-titled double LP (sometimes known as the White Album) at number one.

The list, which focuses on albums widely considered part of classic rock, spans chiefly the late 1960s and early 1970s and enforces a limit of one album per artist. From the top spot downward it names: The Beatles (1968) The Beatles; Led Zeppelin (1969) Led Zeppelin I; Pink Floyd (1973) The Dark Side of the Moon; David Bowie (1972) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) Are You Experienced; The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) The Velvet Underground & Nico; Bob Dylan (1966) Blonde on Blonde; Black Sabbath (1970) Paranoid; The Rolling Stones (1971) Sticky Fingers; and The Who (1971) Who's Next.

The article notes that while classic rock broadly covers the late 1960s through the 1970s (with some entries from the 1980s), most of the albums highlighted were released between 1966 and 1973; the piece was published 51 minutes ago.

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