Top 50 albums of all time according to Rolling Stone ?

[Sarah_Jayne]

The article about their top 500 is here but lets get down to the top 50 list :

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Road, The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

20. Thriller, Michael Jackson

21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry

22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon

23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown

25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

26. The Joshua Tree, U2

27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson

28. Who's Next, The Who

29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

30. Blue, Joni Mitchell

31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan

32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones

33. Ramones, Ramones

34. Music From Big Pink, The Band

35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie

36. Tapestry, Carole King

37. Hotel California, The Eagles

38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters

39. Please Please Me, The Beatles

40. Forever Changes, Love

41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols

42. The Doors, The Doors

43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

44. Horses, Patti Smith

45. The Band, The Band

46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers

47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane

48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy

49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band

50. Here's Little Richard, Little Richard


Interesting mix there, some I agree with, some I think they are joking about. I wish Automatic For The People made the top 50 but that is my own biast.

[tony286]

Also I am surprised the first Van Halen album didnt make it was ground breaking .

[Chris E]

Hmmm... not convinced! There are better efforts than those.

[Danny_C]

I don't really care for much on that list.

[SykkBoy]

I'm amazed that Slayer's Reign In Blood (one of the most influential, groundbreaking albums of all time) isn't listed there....

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by SykkBoy2
I'm amazed that Slayer's Reign In Blood (one of the most influential, groundbreaking albums of all time) isn't listed there....

we should make an alternative list with the music the reviewers were too afraid to listen to.

[Babagirls]

i only agreed with about half of the albums.

Nirvana definatly a good pick......Beatles too.....Elvis, of course! These are people that all changed music forever in their own way!!!

[Sarah_Jayne]

yes but it isn't best bands/artists it is best albums...the two don't always go hand in hand. There is a particular art to putting together a group of songs that work as an album. Rather than just putting three singles on an album and filling the rest with 'also rans'.

[Malkmus]

No Billy Ray Cyrus in that list ... hmmm shame













... just kidding

[block]

Some good choices there, but lots of crap too.

[Fu-Q]

seems about right to me, id listen to almost all of them

[tayloryum]

not a very diverse listing. these two should be there (among others):

moby "play"

beastie boys "hello nasty"

[hershie]

Q Magazine in Britain had a poll a few years back and named Radiohead's OK Computer as #1

[nancella]

I agree with 1/3 of them but there are some big gaps. Too many Beatles Albums, Too much Dylan, No Indie, No Hip Hop and No Electronic Music. Damn, they only included one Jazz album which agreeably is the best Jazz album of all time, but damn, there's a hell of a lot more. This list was made for people who don't know shit about music and are closed-minded

Oh yeah, and Fuck Elvis!

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by nancella


Oh yeah, and Fuck Elvis!

I agree..just look over your shoulder when you say it

[ThunderBalls]

I definitely agree with Sgt Peppers being number one, but Dark Side of the Moon number 43? That should be in the top 10. And where the hell is Simon and Garfunkel Bookends?

[CraigA]

No. 24, James Brown, Live at the Apollo. And here is the Godfather of Soul after his most recent performance.

[ytcracker]

im not on there
fuck that

[Michaelious]

I'm shocked to see that eric clapton or elton john aren't in it..or even santana!!

[ThunderBalls]

Originally posted by Michaelious
I'm shocked to see that eric clapton or elton john aren't in it..or even santana!!

I know! I'm also shocked these werent on there either:

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[GiantGnome]

I was going to say something but after seeing the cover of that man with a hook I forgot what it was.........

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by GiantGnome
I was going to say something but after seeing the cover of that man with a hook I forgot what it was.........

a good hook is important to any song

[Timbo]

Originally posted by SykkBoy2
I'm amazed that Slayer's Reign In Blood (one of the most influential, groundbreaking albums of all time) isn't listed there....

hahaha

[BobChezule]

Originally posted by nancella
I agree with 1/3 of them but there are some big gaps. Too many Beatles Albums, Too much Dylan, No Indie, No Hip Hop and No Electronic Music. Damn, they only included one Jazz album which agreeably is the best Jazz album of all time, but damn, there's a hell of a lot more. This list was made for people who don't know shit about music and are closed-minded

Oh yeah, and Fuck Elvis!

The bands that supposedly have too much representation defined music. The Beatles, Dylan, Elvis, they all defined what music would become and set the standards for excellent craftmanship within music, especially the Beatles. Within a six year period they created a revolution in music that has yet to be topped. Has there ever been an electronica album that influenced our culture in any way? I suppose there could have been, but never has an electronica album had any sort of social impact, which is something these 50s, 60s, and 70s rockers did all the time.

[beemk]

that list is nothing but opinions

[Krome]

I have never been a Beatles fan and much prefer the Rolling Stones....

[BobChezule]

Originally posted by beemk
that list is nothing but opinions

I think the list looked at what impact these albums had on the music world and the world in general. Sgt. Pepper's sounds like a lot of other albums now, but when it came out it completely revolutionized music. I'm thinking that's why it made the top of the list.

[badmunchkin]

Originally posted by sarah_webinc

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

This has got to be the most overrated album of all time. The Beach Boys were NOT musical geniuses! Stop making Brian Wilson out to be a god - he wasn't that talented! This album makes every lame music critic's top 10 - enough already! GRRRR

[Maru]

Nah - some of the best ones aren't there.

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by sarah_webinc


we should make an alternative list with the music the reviewers were too afraid to listen to.

actually Rolling Stone gave it a glowing review when it came out...

[Mr.Fiction]

Originally posted by badmunchkin

This has got to be the most overrated album of all time. The Beach Boys were NOT musical geniuses! Stop making Brian Wilson out to be a god - he wasn't that talented! This album makes every lame music critic's top 10 - enough already! GRRRR

It's not just music critics who worship Pet Sounds. Albums can be important for the influence they had on other artists. Pet Sounds was a major influence on both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.