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The Top 50 American Rock Albums, unsurprisingly, were made by some of the biggest artists in\u00a0the history of popular music.<\/p>\n
As you will see in the list below,\u00a0which the UCR staff\u00a0selected, even after removing the\u00a0Beatles<\/a>, the\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and other\u00a0rock giants, there’s still much to love. You won’t find many one-hit wonders here; almost every band, singer-songwriter and performer\u00a0is a\u00a0legendary act. That’s why several of them check in with more than one record.<\/p>\n The albums included are some of the biggest and best-selling of all time; most secured their classic status decades ago.. The list features LPs from the ’50s through the ’90s, rock music’s most fertile years. And it includes everyone from Elvis Presley<\/a> to Green Day<\/a>. It\u2019s a diverse\u00a0group that showcases the wide range of rock music.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 40 Songs That Aren’t on the Albums They Were Named After<\/a><\/p>\n What’s not here are artists who straddle the line between the U.S. and other countries. Half of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young<\/a>\u00a0were born outside of the States, including Canadian Neil Young<\/a>. Fellow\u00a0Canuck Joni Mitchell<\/a> also didn’t qualify. Neither did the Jimi Hendrix<\/a> Experience or the Pretenders<\/a>, American-led groups based in the U.K.<\/p>\n