This is a list of musical albums with articles in the Wikipedia. For a list of particularly notable albums (with or without an extant article) see
List of albums by genre.
- Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Nebraska - 1982 - critically acclaimed album released only after Springsteen scrapped the record and released the stripped-down demos
- Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle - 1973
- Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Darkness on the Edge of Town - 1978
- Budgie - Bandolier - 1975
- Budgie - Budgie - 1971
- Budgie - Deliver Us from Evil - 1982
- Budgie - If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules - 1976
- Budgie - In For The Kill - 1974
- Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - 1973
- Budgie - Nightflight - 1981
- Budgie - Power Supply - 1980
- Budgie - Squawk - 1971
- Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again - 1967
- Buju Banton - Till Shiloh - 1995
- Bunny Wailer[?] - Liberation - 1989
- Burning Spear - Man in the Hills - 1976
- Bush - Sixteen Stone - 1994
- The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo - 1968
- Carcass - Heartwork - 1994
- Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious - 1991
- Carcass - Swansong - 1996
- Carcass - Wake Up And Smell The...Carcass - 1997
- Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium - 1987
- Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning - 1999
- The Clash - London Calling - 1979
- Cocteau Twins - Head over Heels - 1983 - influential dream pop album that could be considered the genesis of Britpop, space rock, twee pop and shoegazing
- Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever - 1982
- The Cure - Disintegration - 1989
- The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys - 1979
- Curtis Mayfield - Superfly - 1972
- Crass - Bullshit Detecter - 1980 - 1984
- Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 - 1978
- Crass - Stations of the Crass - 1979
- Crass - Yes Sir, I Will - 1983
- Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever - 1982
- Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual - 1984 - one of the first albums made a blockbuster by MTV
- D'Angelo - Voodoo - 2000
- David Bowie - Aladdin Sane - 1973
- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 1972 - classic glam rock concept album that tells the story of a cross-dressing Martian rock star[?]
- De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising - 1989 - widely considered the first alternative hip hop album, both praised and derided upon its release for uplifting and optimistic lyrics
- Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - 1980
- The Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist - 1985
- Dead Prez - Let's Get Free - 2000
- Def Jef - Just a Poet with a Soul - 1989
- Deftones - Adrenaline - 1995
- Deftones - Around the Fur - 1997
- Deftones - White Pony - 2000
- Diamond Head - Canterbury
- Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream
- DJ Spooky - Songs of a Dead Dreamer
- The Doors - The Doors
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 1992 - one of the first major hip hop albums, established the popular supremacy of West Coast rap and g funk, and also launched the career of Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Dredg - El Cielo
- Dredg - Leitmotif
- Duran Duran - Rio
- The Eagles - Hotel California
- Entombed - Clandestine
- Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
- Erykah Badu - Baduizm
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- Faith Hill - Breathe
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money
- Fugazi - 13 Songs
- Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow
- Funkadelic - Funkadelic
- Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
- Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young
- Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
- Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
- Funkadelic - Let's Take It to the Stage
- Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
- Funkadelic - Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
- Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
- Funkadelic - Electric Spanking of War Babies
- Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
- Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy
- George Strait - Right or Wrong
- The Get-Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
- Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
- Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
- The Go-Go's - The Beauty and the Beat
- Godsmack - Faceless
- The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
- Green Day - Dookie - 1994
- Green Day - Insomniac - 1995
- Green Day - Nimrod - 1997
- Green Day - Shenanigans - 2002
- Green River - Rehab Doll/Dry As a Bone - 1988
- Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 1987 - breakthrough debut that made grungey hair metal mainstream for a few years
- Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 - 1993 - critically acclaimed album that cemented the sound of jazz rap
- GZA - Liquid Swords
- Helmet - Aftertaste - 1997
- Helmet - Betty - 1994
- Helmet - Born Annoying - 1994
- Helmet - Meantime - 1992
- Helmet - Strap It On - 1991
- Ice-T - Rhyme Pays
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Jukebox
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
- Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
- Jethro Tull - A
- Jethro Tull - Aqualung
- Jimmy Buffett - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
- Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come - 1972 - soundtrack that became the first major success for reggae outside of Jamaica and other Caribbean islands
- Journey - Escape
- Journey - Infinity
- Journey - Journey
- Joy Division - Closer
- Jungle Brothers - Done By the Forces of Nature
- Juvenile - 400 Degreez
- Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing - 2002
- King Diamond - Conspiracy
- The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
- Kool & the Gang - Spirit of the Boogie
- Korn - Korn - 1994
- Korn - Untouchables - 2002
- Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun - 1992 - critically acclaimed classic album that established the conventions of stoner metal
- Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - 1998 - pioneering nu soul album that became a major mainstream success
- Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 1973
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I - 1969
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 1969
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III - 1970
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 1971
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 1975
- Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same - 1976
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
- Linkin Park - Meteora
- Lit - A Place in the Sun
- Love - Forever Changes
- Madonna - Like a Virgin
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
- Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
- Massive Attack - Blue Lines
- Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
- Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
- Megadeth - Hidden Treasures
- Megadeth - Rude Awakening
- Megadeth - Rust in Peace
- Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
- Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero
- Megadeth - Youthanasia
- Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty
- Metallica - ...And Justice For All - 1988
- Metallica - The Black Album - 1991 - major commercial breakthrough
- Metallica - Garage Inc - 1998
- Metallica - Kill 'Em All - 1983
- Metallica - Load - 1996
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets - 1986
- Metallica - Ride the Lightning - 1984
- Metallica - Reload - 1997
- Metallica - S&M - 1999
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
- Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
- Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
- Moby - Animal Rights
- Monty Python team - Monty Python Sings
- Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
- Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star
- Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
- Nas - Illmatic
- Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
- The Nazz - The Nazz
- Neil Young - Harvest
- New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
- The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - 1994
- Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile - 1999
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine - 1989
- Nirvana - Bleach
- Nirvana - Nevermind - major commercial success. Believed by many to have changed the music industry
- Nirvana - Incesticide
- Nirvana - In Utero
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York - 1994
- Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- 'N Sync - No Strings Attached
- N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 1989 - first blockbuster gangsta rap album that stirred controversy, especially the track "Fuck Tha Police"
- Oasis - Definitely Maybe - 1994 - debut album that brought Britpop to the top of the charts
- The Offspring - Smash
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please
- One Minute Silence - Available in All Colours