15 Most Influential Albums… (… Not Recorded by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis or the Rolling Stones) (SPIN magazine, 2003‐04)

~ Release group series

Release groups

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1967	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground & Nico	Album	4.4	42
2	1970	Fun House	The Stooges	Album	4.2	19
3	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Album	4.5	48
4	1971	What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye	Album	4.35	46
5	1974	Autobahn	Kraftwerk	Album	3.6	27
6	1976	Ramones	Ramones	Album	4.2	21
7	1977	Queens of Noise	The Runaways	Album	2.35	6
8	1979	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	Album	4.3	29
9	1981	Damaged	Black Flag	Album	3.8	7
10	1984	Run‐D.M.C.	Run‐D.M.C.	Album	3.4	17
11	1988	Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A	Album	4	18
12	1989	Energy	Operation Ivy	Album	4.35	4
13	1990	No Depression	Uncle Tupelo	Album		8
14	1992	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	Album	4.45	36
15	1994	Diary	Sunny Day Real Estate	Album	3.8	6

publishing label:	SPIN (affiliated with SPIN Magazine)