Back in the summer of 2000, I was browsing through greatest-albums lists online when I stumbled across a list that had been posted on a music message board in Germany (if memory serves) by a fellow from Sweden named Henrik Franzon. There was something different about this list, which was labeled as “the most acclaimed albums of the 20th century“; rather than being from a particular magazine, or simply one person’s personal choices, it was apparently a synthesis of a lot of the existing lists that were floating around, and it instantly seemed more authoritative and comprehensive than any other such list that I’d seen before. (It didn’t hurt that a lot of my own favorites had high positions.) I had no way of knowing at the time that a little over a year later, the creator of that list would launch his own website, and that it would still be going strong and helping guide people’s listening and record-buying choices to this day.

I thought it would be fun to go back in time and repost Henrik’s original top 500 albums list (which is also available for posterity at the RockList site: http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/20century.htm), as a point of comparison with the current Acclaimed Music top 500. Here it is:

1 BOB DYLAN BLONDE ON BLONDE 1966
2 THE BEATLES SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1967
3 THE ROLLING STONES EXILE ON MAIN ST 1972
4 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 1991
5 THE BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS 1966
6 SEX PISTOLS NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS - HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS 1977
7 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO 1967
8 THE BEATLES REVOLVER 1966
9 BOB DYLAN HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 1965
10 MARVIN GAYE WHAT'S GOING ON 1971
11 VAN MORRISON ASTRAL WEEKS 1968
12 THE CLASH LONDON CALLING 1979
13 JIMI HENDRIX ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? 1967
14 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN TO RUN 1975
15 DAVID BOWIE THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS 1972
16 THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 1968
17 THE BEATLES RUBBER SOUL 1965
18 THE ROLLING STONES BEGGAR'S BANQUET 1968
19 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 1969
20 THE DOORS THE DOORS 1967
21 THE BAND THE BAND 1969
22 TELEVISION MARQUEE MOON 1977
23 PRINCE SIGN 'O' THE TIMES 1987
24 PUBLIC ENEMY IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK 1988
25 BOB DYLAN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1975
26 PATTI SMITH HORSES 1975
27 RADIOHEAD OK COMPUTER 1997
28 JIMI HENDRIX ELECTRIC LADYLAND 1968
29 THE ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED 1969
30 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973
31 THE CLASH THE CLASH 1977
32 LED ZEPPELIN IV 1971
33 JAMES BROWN LIVE AT THE APOLLO 1962
34 THE WHO WHO'S NEXT 1971
35 TALKING HEADS REMAIN IN LIGHT 1980
36 STEVIE WONDER INNERVISIONS 1973
37 R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE 1992
38 JOY DIVISON CLOSER 1980
39 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND TROUT MASK REPLICA 1969
40 NEIL YOUNG AFTER THE GOLDRUSH 1970
41 PRINCE PURPLE RAIN 1984
42 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE 1987
43 LOVE FOREVER CHANGES 1967
44 BOB DYLAN BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 1965
45 JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND 1970
46 JONI MITCHELL BLUE 1971
47 DAVID BOWIE HUNKY DORY 1971
48 OTIS REDDING OTIS BLUE 1965
49 THE ROLLING STONES STICKY FINGERS 1971
50 BECK ODELAY 1996
51 THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD 1986
52 DEREK AND THE DOMINOS LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS 1970
53 ELVIS COSTELLO THIS YEAR'S MODEL 1978
54 ELVIS COSTELLO MY AIM IS TRUE 1977
55 MASSIVE ATTACK BLUE LINES 1991
56 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON 1971
57 RAMONES RAMONES 1976
58 JOHN LENNON IMAGINE 1971
59 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 1982
60 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 1977
61 STEVIE WONDER SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE 1976
62 DAVID BOWIE LOW 1977
63 THE STONE ROSES THE STONE ROSES 1989
64 THE BAND MUSIC FROM BIG PINK 1968
65 LED ZEPPELIN II 1969
66 R.E.M. MURMUR 1983
67 VAN MORRISON MOONDANCE 1970
68 ROD STEWART EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY 1971
69 TRICKY MAXINQUAYE 1995
70 PRETENDERS PRETENDERS 1980
71 CAROLE KING TAPESTRY 1971
72 PAUL SIMON GRACELAND 1986
73 NEIL YOUNG TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT 1975
74 LOU REED TRANSFORMER 1972
75 NEIL YOUNG RUST NEVER SLEEPS 1979
76 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN 1978
77 JOY DIVISON UNKNOWN PLEASURES 1979
78 DE LA SOUL 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING 1989
79 ROXY MUSIC FOR YOUR PLEASURE 1973
80 U2 ACHTUNG, BABY 1991
81 STEVIE WONDER TALKING BOOK 1972
82 OASIS (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? 1995
83 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE U.S.A. 1984
84 PORTISHEAD DUMMY 1994
85 FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY 1968
86 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS CATCH A FIRE 1972
87 TOM WAITS SWORDFISHTROMBONES 1983
88 THE SMITHS THE SMITHS 1984
89 IGGY AND THE STOOGES RAW POWER 1973
90 BLONDIE PARALLEL LINES 1978
91 JONI MITCHELL COURT AND SPARK 1974
92 GRAM PARSONS GRIEVOUS ANGEL 1974
93 THE STOOGES FUN HOUSE 1970
94 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE SURREALISTIC PILLOW 1967
95 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD DUSTY IN MEMPHIS 1969
96 MARVIN GAYE LET'S GET IT ON 1973
97 ARETHA FRANKLIN LADY SOUL 1968
98 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN PSYCHOCANDY 1985
99 IGGY POP LUST FOR LIFE 1977
100 THE BYRDS YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY 1967
101 PRIMAL SCREAM SCREAMADELICA 1991
102 PINK FLOYD THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 1967
103 KRAFTWERK TRANS-EUROPA EXPRESS 1977
104 PJ HARVEY TO BRING YOU MY LOVE 1995
105 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE STAND! 1969
106 PUBLIC ENEMY FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET 1990
107 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 1969
108 THE JAM ALL MOD CONS 1978
109 THE BEATLES WITH THE BEATLES 1963
110 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS NATTY DREAD 1974
111 THE ROLLING STONES AFTERMATH 1966
112 LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI 1975
113 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 1970
114 NEIL YOUNG HARVEST 1972
115 THE DOORS L.A. WOMAN 1971
116 RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT 1974
117 R.E.M. OUT OF TIME 1991
118 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AT FILLMORE EAST 1971
119 THE BYRDS NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS 1968
120 GANG OF FOUR ENTERTAINMENT! 1979
121 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT 1968
122 MICHAEL JACKSON OFF THE WALL 1979
123 LOU REED BERLIN 1973
124 RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS 1982
125 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK THE HARDER THEY COME 1972
126 JIMI HENDRIX AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE 1967
127 BOB DYLAN TIME OUT OF MIND 1997
128 THE EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA 1976
129 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE RIVER 1980
130 TOM WAITS RAIN DOGS 1985
131 PREFAB SPROUT STEVE McQUEEN/TWO WHEELS GOOD 1985
132 MY BLOODY VALENTINE LOVELESS 1991
133 NEW YORK DOLLS NEW YORK DOLLS 1973
134 TALKING HEADS FEAR OF MUSIC 1979
135 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 1978
136 NEIL YOUNG EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE 1969
137 ARETHA FRANKLIN I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU 1967
138 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND LOADED 1970
139 DONALD FAGEN THE NIGHTFLY 1982
140 THE BEATLES A HARD DAY'S NIGHT 1964
141 PRINCE 1999 1982
142 RANDY NEWMAN 12 SONGS 1970
143 CREAM DISRAELI GEARS 1967
144 ELVIS COSTELLO IMPERIAL BEDROOM 1982
145 PIXIES DOOLITTLE 1989
146 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN NEBRASKA 1982
147 ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS PRESLEY 1956
148 DAVID BOWIE HEROES 1977
149 LEONARD COHEN SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN 1968
150 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL GREEN RIVER 1969
151 NIRVANA IN UTERO 1993
152 THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN 1969
153 THE STOOGES THE STOOGES 1969
154 THE VERVE URBAN HYMNS 1997
155 THE WHO TOMMY 1969
156 DAVID BOWIE STATION TO STATION 1976
157 BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPA CHEAP THRILLS 1968
158 SONIC YOUTH DAYDREAM NATION 1988
159 LAURYN HILL THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 1998
160 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL WILLY AND THE POORBOYS 1969
161 THE FLAMING LIPS THE SOFT BULLETIN 1999
162 GUNS 'N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 1987
163 TALKING HEADS TALKING HEADS: 77 1977
164 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH 1969
165 BLUR PARKLIFE 1994
166 PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. METAL BOX/SECOND EDITION 1979
167 THE WHO THE WHO SELL OUT 1968
168 THE BYRDS SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO 1968
169 TODD RUNDGREN SOMETHING/ANYTHING 1972
170 ELVIS COSTELLO ARMED FORCES 1979
171 DR. DRE THE CHRONIC 1992
172 OASIS DEFINITELY MAYBE 1994
173 BRIAN ENO ANOTHER GREEN WORLD 1975
174 PRINCE DIRTY MIND 1980
175 BIG STAR RADIO CITY 1974
176 JOHN MAYALL BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON 1966
177 SINÈAD O'CONNOR I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT 1990
178 TALKING HEADS MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD 1978
179 HOLE LIVE THROUGH THIS 1994
180 KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING 1969
181 ELVIS COSTELLO GET HAPPY!! 1980
182 PAVEMENT SLANTED AND ENCHANTED 1992
183 RAMONES ROCKET TO RUSSIA 1977
184 BJÖRK DEBUT 1993
185 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 1969
186 AIR MOON SAFARI 1998
187 PIXIES SURFER ROSA 1988
188 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS LIVE! 1975
189 THE SPECIALS THE SPECIALS 1979
190 LOU REED NEW YORK 1989
191 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG DÉJÀ VU 1970
192 N.W.A. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON 1988
193 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1975
194 BOB DYLAN JOHN WESLEY HARDING 1967
195 STEELY DAN PRETZEL LOGIC 1974
196 NICK DRAKE BRYTER LAYTER 1970
*197 ROXY MUSIC SIREN 1975
198 AC/DC BACK IN BLACK 1980
199 PULP DIFFERENT CLASS 1995
200 MC5 KICK OUT THE JAMS 1969
201 DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS 1980
202 NICK DRAKE FIVE LEAVES LEFT 1969
203 STEELY DAN COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY 1973
204 THE WHO THE WHO SINGS MY GENERATION 1965
205 ROXY MUSIC ROXY MUSIC 1972
206 ELTON JOHN GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD 1973
207 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS SIAMESE DREAM 1993
208 CHIC RISQUE 1979
209 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 1975
*210 THE DOORS STRANGE DAYS 1967
211 KRAFTWERK DIE MENSCH MASCHINE 1978
212 HÜSKER DÜ ZEN ARCADE 1984
213 LIZ PHAIR EXILE IN GUYVILLE 1993
214 THE SMALL FACES OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE 1968
215 FUNKADELIC ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE 1978
216 T. REX ELECTRIC WARRIOR 1971
217 IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES! 1977
218 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS DIG YOUR OWN HOLE 1997
219 NEIL YOUNG RAGGED GLORY 1990
220 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL BOOKENDS 1968
221 FRANK ZAPPA HOT RATS 1969
222 THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS 1970
223 ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS 1956
224 NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK 1994
225 BURNING SPEAR MARCUS GARVEY 1975
226 SONIC YOUTH SISTER 1987
227 PERE UBU THE MODERN DANCE 1978
228 THE MODERN LOVERS THE MODERN LOVERS 1976
229 AL GREEN CALL ME 1973
230 THE ROLLING STONES BETWEEN THE BUTTONS 1967
231 THE ROLLING STONES SOME GIRLS 1978
232 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 1986
233 THE CRICKETS THE CHIRPIN' CRICKETS 1957
234 ELVIS PRESLEY FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS 1969
235 RADIOHEAD THE BENDS 1995
236 VAN HALEN VAN HALEN 1978
237 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL COSMO'S FACTORY 1970
238 ABC THE LEXICON OF LOVE 1982
239 DJ SHADOW ENDTRODUCING..... 1996
*240 GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS 1979
241 ISAAC HAYES HOT BUTTERED SOUL 1969
242 JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE 1994
243 JANIS JOPLIN PEARL 1971
*244 ROXY MUSIC STRANDED 1973
245 BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND THE BASEMENT TAPES 1975
246 NEW ORDER LOW-LIFE 1985
247 RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT NEW FORMS 1997
248 MERCURY REV DESERTER'S SONGS 1998
249 THE BYRDS MR. TAMBOURINE MAN 1965
250 WIRE PINK FLAG 1977
251 PEARL JAM TEN 1991
*252 HÜSKER DÜ WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES 1987
253 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 1979
*254 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND CLEAR SPOT 1972
255 BEASTIE BOYS ILL COMMUNICATION 1994
256 GRATEFUL DEAD WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 1970
257 KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE 1985
258 MASSIVE ATTACK MEZZANINE 1998
259 CURTIS MAYFIELD SUPERFLY 1972
*260 JOHN HIATT BRING THE FAMILY 1987
*261 BECK MIDNITE VULTURES 1999
*262 TODD RUNDGREN A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR 1973
263 DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS 1978
264 B.B. KING LIVE AT THE REGAL 1965
265 PUBLIC ENEMY YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW 1987
266 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS EXODUS 1977
267 PJ HARVEY RID OF ME 1993
268 ROXY MUSIC AVALON 1982
269 THE BEACH BOYS SURF'S UP 1971
270 GRATEFUL DEAD AMERICAN BEAUTY 1970
271 THE HUMAN LEAGUE DARE! 1981
272 BJÖRK POST 1995
273 BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN 1967
*274 THE JAM SETTING SONS 1979
275 JAMES TAYLOR SWEET BABY JAMES 1970
276 R.E.M. DOCUMENT 1987
277 X LOS ANGELES 1980
*278 DAVID BOWIE YOUNG AMERICANS 1975
279 BEASTIE BOYS CHECK YOUR HEAD 1992
*280 KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE 1976
281 FAIRPORT CONVENTION LIEGE AND LIEF 1969
*282 NEIL YOUNG FREEDOM 1989
283 JOHN CALE PARIS 1919 1973
284 BOB DYLAN THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN 1963
285 U2 WAR 1983
*286 NEW YORK DOLLS TOO MUCH TOO SOON 1974
287 HAPPY MONDAYS PILLS 'N´ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES 1990
288 MOTT THE HOOPLE MOTT 1973
289 AEROSMITH ROCKS 1976 2
290 THE REPLACEMENTS LET IT BE 1984
291 FUGEES THE SCORE 1996
292 BIG STAR THE THIRD ALBUM 1978
293 DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK 1970
294 GEORGE HARRISON ALL THINGS MUST PASS 1970
295 SPIRITUALIZED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE 1997
*296 BEASTIE BOYS HELLO NASTY 1998
297 THE ROLLING STONES THE ROLLING STONES 1964
298 PETER GABRIEL SO 1986
299 MOBY PLAY 1999
300 NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE 1989
301 METALLICA MASTER OF PUPPETS 1986
302 THE POLICE SYNCHRONICITY 1983
303 SOUNDGARDEN SUPERUNKNOWN 1994
*304 CORNERSHOP WHEN I WAS BORN FOR THE 7TH TIME 1997
*305 IGGY POP THE IDIOT 1977
306 THE ROLLING STONES GET YER YA-YA'S OUT 1970
307 BLACK SABBATH PARANOID 1970
*308 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE 1973
309 RUN DMC RAISING HELL 1986
310 THE KINKS THE KINKS ARE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY 1968
311 ERIC CLAPTON 461 OCEAN BOULEVARD 1974
*312 VAN MORRISON IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP US NOW 1974
313 TOM PETTY DAMN THE TORPEDOES 1979
*314 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE 1987
*315 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ... 1992
316 GENESIS THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY 1974
*317 TRAFFIC MR. FANTASY 1967
318 BOBBY BLAND TWO STEPS FROM THE BLUES 1960
*319 LITTLE FEAT DIXIE CHICKEN 1973
*320 JOHN PRINE JOHN PRINE 1971
321 THE PRODIGY THE FAT OF THE LAND 1997
322 AEROSMITH TOYS IN THE ATTIC 1975
323 PARLIAMENT MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION 1975
324 JONI MITCHELL THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS 1975
325 THE UNDERTONES UNDERTONES 1979
326 DEEP PURPLE MACHINE HEAD 1972
*327 MC5 BACK IN THE USA 1970
328 THE KINKS SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS 1967
329 SCOTT WALKER SCOTT 4 1969
*330 OTIS REDDING LIVE IN EUROPE 1967
331 LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS RATTLESNAKES 1984
332 SUICIDE SUICIDE 1977
333 STEELY DAN AJA 1977
*334 TOM WAITS MULE VARIATIONS 1999
*335 SUEDE DOG MAN STAR 1994
336 CREAM WHEELS OF FIRE 1968
337 THE POGUES RUM, SODOMY & THE LASH 1985
338 BASEMENT JAXX REMEDY 1999
*339 PRINCE PARADE 1986
340 JANE'S ADDICTION RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL 1990
*341 CURTIS MAYFIELD CURTIS 1970
342 LITTLE RICHARD HERE'S LITTLE RICHARD 1957
*343 R.E.M. GREEN 1988
344 ROBERT WYATT ROCK BOTTOM 1974
*345 JANET JACKSON CONTROL 1986
346 SANTANA ABRAXAS 1970
347 STEELY DAN CAN'T BUY A THRILL 1972
348 PETER GABRIEL PETER GABRIEL 1980
349 LUCINDA WILLIAMS CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD 1998
*350 SUGAR COPPER BLUE 1992
351 NINE INCH NAILS THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL 1994
352 PJ HARVEY DRY 1992
353 THE POLICE OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR 1978
*354 SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES GOING TO A GO-GO 1965
355 JACKSON BROWNE LATE FOR THE SKY 1974
356 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS 1995
357 NEW ORDER POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES 1983
358 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK 1991
359 BOB DYLAN DESIRE 1976
360 PAVEMENT CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN 1994
361 WILLIE NELSON RED HEADED STRANGER 1975
*362 GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR HOWLIN' WIND 1976
363 FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION FREAK OUT 1966
364 MOBY GRAPE MOBY GRAPE 1967
365 MADONNA LIKE A PRAYER 1989
366 MANIC STREET PREACHERS EVERYTHING MUST GO 1996
*367 THE O'JAYS BACK STABBERS 1972
368 GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE/DEAD 1969
*369 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY & THYME 1966
370 JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON 1968
*371 BOB DYLAN NASHVILLE SKYLINE 1969
372 RANDY NEWMAN SAIL AWAY 1972
*373 STEELY DAN KATY LIED 1975
*374 JACKSON BROWNE THE PRETENDER 1976
375 MIKE OLDFIELD TUBULAR BELLS 1973
*376 THE BEATLES BEATLES FOR SALE 1964
**377 THE BEACH BOYS SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) 1965
378 BEASTIE BOYS PAUL'S BOUTIQUE 1989
*379 METALLICA KILL 'EM ALL 1983
*380 THE CLASH GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE 1978
*381 R.E.M. RECKONING 1984
382 MINUTEMEN DOUBLE NICKELS ON THE DIME 1984
383 THE JAM SOUND AFFECTS 1980
384 METALLICA METALLICA 1991
385 TEENAGE FANCLUB BANDWAGONESQUE 1991
386 GRAM PARSONS G.P. 1973
*387 ROD STEWART GASOLINE ALLEY 1970
*388 KING SUNNY ADÉ JUJU MUSIC 1982
*389 LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN 1988
390 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS BURNIN' 1973
391 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 1988
392 AC/DC HIGHWAY TO HELL 1979
393 BJÖRK HOMOGENIC 1997
*394 BLACK UHURU RED 1981
*395 MARVIN GAYE MIDNIGHT LOVE 1982
396 DAFT PUNK HOMEWORK 1997
397 THE POLICE REGATTA DE BLANC 1979
*398 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 1969: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND LIVE 1974
399 THE B-52'S THE B-52'S 1979
400 DAVID BOWIE ALADDIN SANE 1973
401 RAY CHARLES MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC 1962
*402 THE ROLLING STONES OUT OF OUR HEADS 1965
403 WU-TANG CLAN ENTER THE WU-TANG (36 CHAMBERS) 1993
404 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS BAND ON THE RUN 1973
*405 SUPERGRASS I SHOULD COCO 1995
406 NEIL YOUNG ON THE BEACH 1974
*407 HOWLIN' WOLF MOANIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT 1959
408 AUGUSTUS PABLO KING TUBBY MEETS THE ROCKERS UPTOWN 1976
*409 NEIL YOUNG SLEEPS WITH ANGELS 1994
**410 VAN MORRISON INTO THE MUSIC 1979
*411 SONIC YOUTH DIRTY 1992
**412 THE SHADOWS THE SHADOWS 1961
*413 THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME 1987
*414 SONIC YOUTH GOO 1990
**415 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS SURRENDER 1999
*416 ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS IS BACK 1960
417 THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME 1963
*418 SAM COOKE LIVE AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB 1985
*419 THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! 1965
*420 GOLDIE TIMELESS 1995
421 LED ZEPPELIN III 1970
**422 THE STRANGLERS RATTUS NORVEGICUS 1977
*423 THE SOFT MACHINE THE SOFT MACHINE 1968
*424 BECK MUTATIONS 1998
*425 TINA TURNER PRIVATE DANCER 1984
426 BECK MELLOW GOLD 1994
*427 BOB DYLAN THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING 1964
428 VIOLENT FEMMES VIOLENT FEMMES 1983
429 PET SHOP BOYS BEHAVIOUR 1990
430 HÜSKER DÜ NEW DAY RISING 1985
*431 THE BYRDS FIFTH DIMENSION 1966
*432 LL COOL J MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT 1990
*433 PIXIES BOSSANOVA 1990
*434 ELVIS COSTELLO KING OF AMERICA 1986
435 U2 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE 1984
436 THE ORB THE ORB'S ADVENTURES BEYOND THE ULTRAWORLD 1991
*437 R.E.M. LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT 1986
*438 THE CLASH SANDINISTA! 1980
439 RANDY NEWMAN GOOD OLD BOYS 1974
440 JONI MITCHELL HEJIRA 1976
*441 KATE BUSH THE KICK INSIDE 1978
*442 THE ROLLING STONES NO. 2/THE ROLLING STONES NOW! 1965
*443 LAURA NYRO ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION 1968
*444 SIMPLE MINDS NEW GOLD DREAM (81,82,83,84) 1982
*445 MORRISSEY VAUXHALL AND I 1994
*446 THE SMITHS HATFUL OF HOLLOW 1984
447 BIG STAR #1 RECORD 1972
448 DEVO Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO 1978
449 DAVID BOWIE SCARY MONSTERS 1980
450 ERIC B AND RAKIM PAID IN FULL 1986
*451 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE FRESH 1973
*452 PERE UBU DUB HOUSING 1978
*453 ELVIS COSTELLO BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE 1986
*454 ELLIOT SMITH XO 1998
**455 ROBERT CRAY BAND STRONG PERSUADER 1986
456 SUEDE SUEDE 1993
**457 PRIMAL SCREAM VANISHING POINT 1997
*458 UNDERWORLD SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS 1996
*459 THE NEVILLE BROTHERS YELLOW MOON 1989
*460 PAUL SIMON PAUL SIMON 1972
*461 THEM (THE ANGRY YOUNG) THEM 1965
462 AL GREEN I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU 1972
463 VARIOUS ARTISTS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR 1963
464 XTC SKYLARKING 1986
**465 BLACK GRAPE IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU'RE STRAIGHT...YEAH 1995
**466 JERRY LEE LEWIS LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB 1964
*467 X WILD GIFT 1981
*468 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES THE SCREAM 1978
*469 ERYKAH BADU BADUIZM 1997
470 LEONARD COHEN SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE 1971
**471 R.E.M. MONSTER 1994
*472 THE LEMONHEADS IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY 1992
*473 PEARL JAM VS 1993
*474 RY COODER PARADISE AND LUNCH 1974
*475 PULP THIS IS HARDCORE 1998
**476 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN HEAVEN UP HERE 1981
**477 ELTON JOHN HONKY CHATEAU 1972
*478 PAUL SIMON THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON 1973
479 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST THE LOW END THEORY 1991
*480 MARVIN GAYE HERE, MY DEAR 1978
*481 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN DARKLANDS 1987
482 BLACK FLAG DAMAGED 1981
**483 TALKING HEADS LITTLE CREATURES 1985
**484 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND DOC AT THE RADAR STATION 1980
*485 RUN DMC RUN DMC 1984
*486 TIM BUCKLEY STARSAILOR 1970
*487 PORTISHEAD PORTISHEAD 1997
*488 THE JAM IN THE CITY 1977
*489 ANITA BAKER RAPTURE 1986
*490 LL COOL J RADIO 1985
*491 THE BOO RADLEYS GIANT STEPS 1993
*492 TLC CRAZYSEXYCOOL 1995
**493 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND SHINY BEAST (BAT CHAIN PULLER) 1978
*494 ROXY MUSIC COUNTRY LIFE 1974
*495 CULTURE TWO SEVENS CLASH 1977
***496 FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION OVER-NITE SENSATION 1973
*497 CHUCK BERRY ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL 1964
*498 ELASTICA ELASTICA 1995
**499 VAN MORRISON TUPELO HONEY 1971
500 THE BREEDERS LAST SPLASH 1993

* Not in current top 500; in top 1000 (107 albums).
** Not in current top 1000; in top 2000 (16).
***Not in current top 2000 (1).

So, 376 of the original top 500 are in the current one (as updated with the inclusion of the most acclaimed albums of 2006; I inserted them into the October 24 album list just as Schleuse did with the song list when he created his brackets). The post below lists the 124 albums that have taken the place of those that have dropped off.

I’ve divided these 124 albums into three categories: those which have been released since the beginning of 2000; the jazz, world music, and non-rock pop (i.e., Sinatra) albums that are in the top 500 as a result of Henrik’s 2005 expansion of the site’s parameters; and those 20th century albums that have found a place in the top 500 as lists have been added (and canons revised).

The Current Century:
THE STROKES IS THIS IT 2001
SUFJAN STEVENS ILLINOIS 2005
FRANZ FERDINAND FRANZ FERDINAND 2004
THE WHITE STRIPES ELEPHANT 2003
TV ON THE RADIO RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN 2006
THE ARCADE FIRE FUNERAL 2004
WILCO YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT 2002
OUTKAST SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW 2003
RADIOHEAD KID A 2000
EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2000
THE WHITE STRIPES WHITE BLOOD CELLS 2001
M.I.A. ARULAR 2005
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS I AM A BIRD NOW 2005
OUTKAST STANKONIA 2000
THE STREETS ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL 2002
JOANNA NEWSOM YS 2006
BRIAN WILSON SMILE 2004
KANYE WEST THE COLLEGE DROPOUT 2004
JAY-Z THE BLUEPRINT 2001
ARCTIC MONKEYS WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT’S WHAT I’M NOT 2006
KANYE WEST LATE REGISTRATION 2005
DIZZEE RASCAL BOY IN DA CORNER 2003
BOB DYLAN MODERN TIMES 2006
COLDPLAY A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 2002
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ABBATOIR BLUES/THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS 2004
BOB DYLAN LOVE AND THEFT 2001
SIGUR ROS AGAETIS BYRJUN 2000
THE STREETS A GRAND DON’T COME FOR FREE 2004
BLOC PARTY SILENT ALARM 2005
THE FLAMING LIPS YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS 2002
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 2005
INTERPOL TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 2002
RADIOHEAD HAIL TO THE THIEF 2003
P J HARVEY STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA 2000
COLDPLAY PARACHUTES 2000
GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 2006
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE SONGS FOR THE DEAF 2002
GHOSTFACE KILLAH FISHSCALE 2006
LORETTA LYNN VAN LEAR ROSE 2004
THE SHINS CHUTES TOO NARROW 2003
RADIOHEAD AMNESIAC 2001
BRIGHT EYES I’M WIDE AWAKE, IT’S MORNING 2005
FRANZ FERDINAND YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER 2005
BJORK VESPERTINE 2001
PRIMAL SCREAM XTRMNTR 2000

Jazz/Pop/World:
MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE 1959
JOHN COLTRANE A LOVE SUPREME 1964
MILES DAVIS BITCHES BREW 1970
FRANK SINATRA SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS 1956
FRANK SINATRA IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS 1955
JOHN COLTRANE GIANT STEPS 1959
ERIC DOLPHY OUT TO LUNCH! 1964
ORNETTE COLEMAN THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME 1959
DAVE BRUBECK TIME OUT 1959
MILES DAVIS BIRTH OF THE COOL 1954
MILES DAVIS IN A SILENT WAY 1969
CHARLES MINGUS THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY 1963
MILES DAVIS SKETCHES OF SPAIN 1960
SONNY ROLLINS SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS 1956
DUKE ELLINGTON ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT 1956
CHARLES MINGUS MINGUS AH UM 1959
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB 1997
STAN GETZ/JOAO GILBERTO GETZ/GILBERTO 1963
THELONIOUS MONK BRILLIANT CORNERS 1957
THELONIOUS MONK GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC, VOL. 1 1951
OLIVER NELSON BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH 1961
JOHN COLTRANE MY FAVORITE THINGS 1961
HERBIE HANCOCK MAIDEN VOYAGE 1965
BILL EVANS SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD 1961
BILL EVANS WALTZ FOR DEBBY 1961
THE QUINTET JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL 1953
ORNETTE COLEMAN FREE JAZZ - A COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION 1961

Re-evaluated Classics:
NICK DRAKE PINK MOON 1972
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 69 LOVE SONGS 1999
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 1992
CAN TAGO MAGO 1971
KRAFTWERK AUTOBAHN 1974
TORTOISE MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE 1996
THE DEAD KENNEDYS FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES 1980
BRIAN ENO - DAVID BYRNE MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS 1981
THE CURE DISINTEGRATION 1989
JANE’S ADDICTION NOTHING’S SHOCKING 1988
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN IF YOU’RE FEELING SINISTER 1996
SLINT SPIDERLAND 1991
LEFTFIELD LEFTISM 1995
JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN RECORDINGS 1994
ALANIS MORISSETTE JAGGED LITTLE PILL 1995
THIN LIZZY LIVE AND DANGEROUS 1978
TALK TALK SPIRIT OF EDEN 1988
THE ZOMBIES ODESSEY AND ORACLE 1968
NAS ILLMATIC 1994
ENO HERE COME THE WARM JETS 1973
THE PRODIGY MUSIC FOR THE JILTED GENERATION 1994
BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY I SEE A DARKNESS 1999
FATBOY SLIM YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY 1998
SLAYER REIGN IN BLOOD 1986
FUNKADELIC MAGGOT BRAIN 1971
THE WHO QUADROPHENIA 1973
MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL 1977
JAMES BROWN SEX MACHINE 1970
GREEN DAY DOOKIE 1994
LED ZEPPELIN HOUSES OF THE HOLY 1973
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND SAFE AS MILK 1967
APHEX TWIN SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS 85-92 1992
DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN 1973
HOWLIN’ WOLF HOWLIN’ WOLF 1962
THE FALL THIS NATION’S SAVING GRACE 1985
TORI AMOS LITTLE EARTHQUAKES 1992
WEEZER WEEZER 1994
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. READY TO DIE 1994
TIM BUCKLEY HAPPY SAD 1969
IRON MAIDEN THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST 1982
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS CRIMINAL MINDED 1987
WIRE CHAIRS MISSING 1978
FAIRPORT CONVENTION UNHALFBRICKING 1969
THE FEELIES CRAZY RHYTHMS 1980
BLACK SABBATH BLACK SABBATH 1970
THE REPLACEMENTS TIM 1985
LITTLE FEAT SAILIN’ SHOES 1972
SOUL II SOUL CLUB CLASSICS VOL. 1/KEEP ON MOVIN’ 1989
JETHRO TULL AQUALUNG 1971
EMINEM THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999
BOSTON BOSTON 1976
NINE INCH NAILS PRETTY HATE MACHINE 1989

OMG, reminds me of how old I've become... spring 2000, Tommy's Site, a rather subdued but promising post... and whaddayaknow, it's Starbucks now