The greatest rock albums you should own, ranked by year of release

Want to know the greatest album of 1970? Or the top 5 albums of 1982? Curious to know where Grunge sits in the annals of history? Look no further. Just click on a year to see the chart for that 12 months.

The Enter Sadmen Hard Rock & Heavy Metal; Hall of Fame is a live ranking process. If your favourite album isn’t listed here, it’s because we haven’t reviewed it yet, so keep checking back!