What Are The Best Rock and Metal Albums EVER?

In Britain, NME magazine blew us all away by voting Iron Maiden’s icon Number of the Beast as the Best Album of All Time. It was released all the way back in 1982 and still, to this day, owns your face. What about the rest of the world though? Surely they can be equally as amazing. Mainly focusing on the US, there are obviously plenty of artists and albums to choose from. Buzzfeed gave it the research whip and below is what follows. Cover your eyes, it is deathly embarrassing.

The Best Rock Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone?s Top 500 Albums of All-Time
#1. Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
#2. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys

VH1?s Top 100 Albums of All-Time
#1. Revolver by the Beatles
#2. Nevermind by Nirvana

NME?s 100 Best Albums of All-Time
#1. The Stone Roses by the Stone Roses
#2. Doolittle by Pixies

Virgin All-Time Top 1,000 Albums
#1. Revolver by the Beatles
#6. Automatic for the People by R.E.M.

The Definitive 200 by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers
#1. Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
#3. Thriller by Michael Jackson

Q?s Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
#1. OK Computer by Radiohead
#3. Automatic for the People by R.E.M.

Mojo?s 100 Greatest Albums of All-Time
#1. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys

Melody Maker?s Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
#1. The Queen is Dead by the Smiths
#3. Nevermind by Nirvana

The Guardian?s 100 Best Albums Ever
#1. What?s Going On by Marvin Gaye

ABC?s Top 100 Albums
#1. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
#2. Grace by Jeff Buckley

Channel 4?s Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
#1. OK Computer by Radiohead
#3. Nevermind by Nirvana

Sound and Vision?s Top 50 Albums of All-Time
#1. Revolver by the Beatles
#2. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Consequence of Sound?s Top 100 Albums Ever
#1. Abbey Road by the Beatles
#2. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys