En 1969, The Who se sont démarqués avec l'opéra-rock Tommy, pendant que Led Zeppelin faisaient un début fracassant avec deux albums.

Mais ce sont les Rolling Stones qui sont demeurés au sommet.

1.

The Rolling Stones

Let It Bleed

2.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin II

3.

The Beatles

Abbey Road

4.

The Who

Tommy

5.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills & Nash

6.

Santana

Santana

7.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Green River

8.

The Band

The Band

9.

King Crimson

In the Court of the Crimson King

10.

Neil Young with Crazy Horse

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

11.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

12.

Sly and the Family Stone

Stand!

13.

Nick Drake

Five Leaves Left

14.

Frank Zappa

Hot Rats

15.

The Stooges

The Stooges

16.

The Kinks

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

17.

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

Trout Mask Replica

18.

Flying Burrito Brothers

The Gilded Palace of Sin

19.

Isaac Hayes

Hot Buttered Soul

20.

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

Fairport Convention

Unhalfbricking

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Elvis Presley

From Elvis in Memphis

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Willy and the Poor Boys