Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums 2003 v 2012 v. 2020

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	2003 #	2012 #	2020 #	Artist	Album	Year	Net Shift (2012-2020)
2	6	6	1	Gaye, Marvin	What's Going On	1971	5
3	2	2	2	Beach Boys	Pet Sounds	1966	0
4	30	30	3	Mitchell, Joni	Blue	1971	27
5	57	57	4	Wonder, Stevie	Songs in the Key of Life	1976	53
6	14	14	5	Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	9
7	17	17	6	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991	11
8	26	26	7	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977	19
9	73	76	8	Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain	1984	68
10	16	16	9	Dylan, Bob	Blood on the Tracks	1975	7
11	308	314	10	Hill, Lauryn	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	1998	304
12	3	3	11	Beatles	Revolver	1966	-8
13	20	20	12	Jackson, Michael	Thriller	1982	8
14	83	84	13	Franklin, Aretha	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	1967	71
15	7	7	14	Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St.	1972	-7
16	48	48	15	Public Enemy	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	1988	33
17	8	8	16	Clash	London Calling	1979	-8
18		353	17	West, Kanye	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	2010	336
19	4	4	18	Dylan, Bob	Highway 61 Revisited	1965	-14
20			19	Lamar, Kendrick	To Pimp a Butterfly	2015	-19
21	420	67	20	Radiohead	Kid A	2000	47
22	18	18	21	Springsteen, Bruce	Born to Run	1975	-3
23	133	134	22	Notorious B.I.G.	Ready to Die	1994	112
24	13	13	23	Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground & Nico	1967	-10
25	1	1	24	Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	-23
26	36	36	25	King, Carole	Tapestry	1971	11
27	44	44	26	Smith, Patti	Horses	1975	18
28	382	387	27	Wu Tang Clan	Enter the Wu_Tang: 36 Chambers	1993	360
29	480	481	28	D'Angelo	Voodoo	2000	453
30	10	10	29	Beatles	The Beatles ("The White Album")	1968	-19
31	15	15	30	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced	1967	-15
32	12	12	31	Davis, Miles	Kind of Blue	1959	-19
33			32	Beyonce	Lemonade	2016	-32
34		451	33	Winehouse, Amy	Back to Black	2006	418
35	24	24	34	Wonder, Stevie	Innervisions	1973	-10
36	5	5	35	Beatles	Rubber Soul	1965	-30
37	68	68	36	Jackson, Michael	Off the Wall	1979	32
38	137	138	37	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	1992	101
39	9	9	38	Dylan, Bob	Blonde on Blonde	1966	-29
40	128	129	39	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980	90
41	35	35	40	Bowie, David	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	1972	-5
42	32	32	41	Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	1969	-9
43	161	162	42	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	120
44	152	153	43	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	1991	110
45	396	402	44	Nas	Illmatic	1994	358
46	93	93	45	Prince	Sign "Peace" the Times	1987	48
47	81	71	46	Simon, Paul	Graceland	1986	25
48	33	33	47	Ramones	Ramones	1976	-14
49	46	46	48	Marley, Bob	Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers	1984	-2
50	500	500	49	OutKast	Aquemini	1998	451
51	456	252	50	Jay-Z	The Blueprint	2001	202
52	21	21	51	Berry, Chuck	The Great Twenty_Eight	1982	-30
53	319	324	52	Bowie, David	Station to Station	1976	272
54	55	55	53	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Electric Ladyland	1968	2
55	72	75	54	Brown, James	Star Time	1991	21
56	43	43	55	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon	1973	-12
57	324	327	56	Phair, Liz	Exile in Guyville	1993	271
58	45	45	57	Band, The	The Band ("The Brown Album")	1969	-12
59	66	69	58	Led Zeppelin	[Led Zeppelin IV]	1971	11
60	90	90	59	Wonder, Stevie	Talking Book	1972	31
61	19	19	60	Morrison, Van	Astral Weeks	1968	-41
62	223	228	61	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full	1987	167
63	61	62	62	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987	0
64	145	145	63	Steely Dan	Aja	1977	82
65	355	361	64	OutKast	Stankonia	2000	297
66	25	25	65	Brown, James	Live at the Apollo, 1962	1963	-40
67	47	47	66	Coltrane, John	A Love Supreme	1965	-19
68	245	250	67	Jay-Z	Reasonable Doubt	1996	183
69			68	Bush, Kate	Hounds of Love	1985	-68
70	323		69	Morrissette, Alanis	Jagged Little Pill	1995	-69
71	144	144	70	N.W.A	Straight Outta Compton	1988	74
72	168	169	71	Marley, Bob	Exodus	1977	98
73	79	82	72	Young, Neil	Harvest	1972	10
74	217	221	73	My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	1991	148
75		298	74	West, Kanye	The College Dropout	2003	224
76	84	85	75	Franklin, Aretha	Lady Soul	1968	10
77	69	72	76	Mayfield, Curtis	Superfly	1972	-4
78	28	28	77	Who, The	Who's Next	1971	-49
79	11	11	78	Presley, Elvis	The Sun Sessions	1976	-67
80			79	Ocean, Frank	Blonde	2016	-79
81	41	41	80	Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols	1977	-39
82			81	Beyonce	Beyonce	2013	-81
83	100	99	82	Sly & The Family Stone	There's a Riot Goin' On	1971	17
84	89	89	83	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1969	6
85	74	77	84	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	-7
86	23	23	85	Lennon, John	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	1970	-62
87	42	42	86	Doors	The Doors	1967	-44
88	95	95	87	Davis, Miles	Bitches Brew	1970	8
89	108	108	88	Bowie, David	Hunky Dory	1971	20
90			89	Badu, Erykah	Baduizm	1997	-89
91	71	74	90	Young, Neil	After the Gold Rush	1970	-16
92	150	150	91	Springsteen, Bruce	Darkness on the Edge of Town	1978	59
93	82	83	92	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Axis: Bold as Love	1967	-9
94			93	Elliott, Missy	Supa Dupa Fly	1997	-93
95	189	191	94	Stooges	Fun House	1970	97
96			95	Drake	Take Care	2011	-95
97	244	249	96	R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	1992	153
98	166	167	97	Metallica	Master of Puppets	1986	70
99	300	305	98	Williams, Lucinda	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road	1998	207
100			99	Swift, Taylor	Red	2012	-99