Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200"

"The Definitive 200 is a list of 200 ranked albums that every music lover should own...celebrating classic recordings by favorite iconic and contemporary artists." [The Definitive 200]

1. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1967 Rock
2. PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973 Rock
3. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER 1982 Pop
4. LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN IV 1971 Rock
5. U2 - JOSHUA TREE 1987 Rock
6. ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN STREET 1972 Rock
7. CAROLE KING - TAPESTRY 1971 Adult Contemporary
8. BOB DYLAN - HIGHWAY '61 REVISITED 1965 Rock
9. BEACH BOYS - PET SOUNDS 1966 Rock
10. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND 1996 Rock
11. PEARL JAM - TEN 1991 Rock
12. BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD 1969 Rock
13. SANTANA - SUPERNATURAL 1999 Rock
14. METALLICA - METALLICA 1991 Rock
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BORN TO RUN 1984 Rock
16. PRINCE - PURPLE RAIN 1984 Pop
17. AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK 1980 Rock
18. ROLLING STONES - LET IT BLEED 1969 Rock
19. DOORS - DOORS 1967 Rock
20. GRATEFUL DEAD - AMERICAN BEAUTY 1970 Rock
21. SHANIA TWAIN - COME ON OVER 1997 Country
22. THE WHO - WHO'S NEXT 1971 Rock
23. STEVIE WONDER - SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE 1976 R&B
24. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS 1977 Pop
25. PINK FLOYD - THE WALL 1979 Rock

Radiohead's OK Computer, arguably the best album of the 90's, comes in at #111, further down the line than Dave Matthews Band's Crash (#48), 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' (#57), Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory (#84), Creed's Human Clay (#95), and the Soundtrack to Dirty Dancing (#99). It is Radiohead's only entry on "the Definitive", a list which, we just discovered, isn't definitive.

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Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame Ballot

"R.E.M., Van Halen, the Stooges and Patti Smith are among the nine acts on the ballot for the 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, to be held March 12 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Also on the ballot are the Dave Clark Five, Chic, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Joe Tex and the Ronettes." [Billboard]