The Beatles, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson and U2 may be one step closer to paradise. But Bob Dylan is still "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."

The Vatican has previously denounced rock music as the devil's work but in a surprise change of tune on Sunday the Holy See's official newspaper, L' Osservatore Romano, published what it called "a semiserious guide" to the top ten rock and pop albums of all time.

The...