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1. The Beatles

Essential Album: Revolver

With record sales estimated at more than a billion worldwide, no other band had a greater influence on the course of rock music.

2. Pink Floyd

Essential Album: Wish You Were Here

At the vanguard of the progressive rock movement, they have sold more than 200-million albums since 1967.

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One of the first bands to use light shows and fireworks in their live performances.

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3. The Who

Essential Album: Who's Next

One of the first, most successful, and longest lasting "power trios," this group was innovative both musically and technically.

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4. Rolling Stones

Essential Album: Sticky Fingers

The original "bad boys" of rock, they are among the most durable bands, recording and touring with few breaks since they began in 1961.

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5. Led Zeppelin

Essential Album: Led Zeppelin IV

Their Stairway To Heaven is believed to have received more radio airplay than any other song in history, even though it was never released as a single.

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6. Eagles

Essential Album: Their Greatest Hits

Another of rock's longest-lasting acts, their 1976 greatest hits album is the biggest selling album of all time.

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7. Grateful Dead

Essential Album: Anthem Of The Sun

One of San Francisco's first "flower power" bands, their fan following is nearly as strong today as it was when the group disbanded in 1995.

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8. Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship

Essential Album: While Bathing At Baxter's

Pioneers of the Psychedelic Rock genre, they were in the vanguard of the counter-culture of the '60s and '70s.

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9. The Doors

Essential Album: The Doors

In spite of a short life and limited discography, they became one of rock's most popular and influential groups.

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10. Moody Blues

Essential Album: Days Of Future Passed

With the exception of a few years in the mid-70s, this progressive/psychedelic group has toured and recorded since 1964.

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11. Fleetwood Mac

Essential Album: Rumours

After numerous personnel and musical style changes, their 1977 Rumours album is still among the top ten best selling albums ever.

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12. AC/DC

Essential Album: Back In Black

This pioneering hard rock/heavy metal group has sold an estimated 100-million albums worldwide.

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13. Boston

Essential Album: Boston

When their first album was released in 1976, it was the highest grossing debut album ever seen up until that time.

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14. Cream

Essential Album: Wheels Of Fire

The group existed for less than three years but staked its place as one of the first and most enduringly popular of rock's "power trios."

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15. Def Leppard

Essential Album: Hysteria

Futuristic instrumentation and vocal harmonies have kept them near the top of the all-time best selling album lists for a quarter of a century.

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16. The Byrds

Essential Album: The Byrds' Greatest Hits

Aomng the pioneers of Folk Rock, their popularity in the mid-60s rivaled that of the Beatles.

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17. Aerosmith

Essential Album: Toys In The Attic

Originally written off as Rolling Stones imitators, the group has consistently produced multi-million-selling albums for 30+ years.

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18. Santana

Essential Album: Abraxas

This groundbreaking Latin Rock group timed the release of its first album to coincide with a highly successful performance at Woodstock in 1969.

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19. Blood Sweat & Tears

Essential Album: Blood Sweat & Tears

Virtually a small orchestra, this group established a milestone in rock history with its large horn section and jazz-blues orientation.

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20. Van Halen

Essential Album: 1984

One of the most innovative and influential heavy metal groups of the late '70s, the group continues to perform some 30+ years after its inception.

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21. ZZ Top

Essential Album: The Best Of ZZ Top

The self-proclaimed "little ol' band from Texas" was one of the earliest influences in Southern Rock, and continues so, three decades later.

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22. U2

Ireland's best known rockers have been a successful fixture on album charts and in concert venues since their formation in 1976.

Essential Album: The Joshua Tree

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23. Allman Brothers

Essential Album: Eat A Peach

The success of their unique fusion of hard rock, blues, jazz, and classical music has secured this group's immortality.

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24. Journey

Essential Album: Greatest Hits

Its jazz-flavored progressive rock sound has been a fixture in the rock scene since 1973.

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25. Traffic

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