Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time

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Just thought this was pretty interesting. The list came out about 3 and a half years ago:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...s_of_all_time/

[TheBESTP4P]

#1? milli vanilli what the i thought rolling stone was more respectful than this?

[CFH]

I don't think greatest hits albums should count. They're compilations, not albums - if that makes sense. Fuck, who smoked crack and came up with this list, I disagree with a good majority of it. But that's the problem with lists like this, much like p4p list, they're too subjective to have any merit aside from the top spots.

[FBEAR]

I probably would have ranked ZZ Top - Tres Hombres at 497 rather than 498.

[TheBESTP4P]

hey does MJ's thriller still hold the record for most albums ever sold??

[smashcrusher]

hey does MJ's thriller still hold the record for most albums ever sold??

Yes.

[FBEAR]

I'm surprised Frampton Comes Alive isn't on the list. That was the all time top seller for a long time.


Anyways, here is my top 10 more or less, in reasonable order, along with the Rolling Stone Ranking

Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (16)
Who's Next - The Who (2
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton (409)
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell (111)
Live in Europe - Rory Gallagher
New Morning - Bob Dylan
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (12)
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith (22
Zuma - Neil Young
Wired - Jeff Beck

[El Kabong]

Frampton Comes Alive is a great album!

Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones is a great album too


The plain fact that Thriller isn't #1 completely destroys the validity of that list!

[Punisher136]

That list is 100% crap theres not a van halen album in the top 200 meanwhile there's albums from bands i've never head of and rightly so...

The Flying Burrito Brothers
Todd Rundgren
Joy Division
Dr. John
Television

Who the fuck are they? You mean to tell me that 1984 (diamond as of 199 or Van Halen (also diamond as of 199 aren't better than those bands albums? There's not an mfer on this forum that hasn't heard atleast one vanhalen song. 1984 isn't in the top 200 and it has Jump, Panama, and hot for a teacher!!! Van Halen are pretty much co-pioneers of heavy metal along with Black sabbath and AC/DC (the other two bands playing moderately heavy rock pre 1980's) and they don't even crack the top 200!? Thats absolute crap.

Pink Floyd has two albums in the top 200 (maybe three i aint going back to double check) and they are crap. Yes i said pink floyd is crap. Their music is way too slow and if it wasn't for the overwhelming usage of marijuana and halucinagenics back in the 70's and today, they wouldn't be popular because any normal person with an unfried brain can't listen to that shit without falling asleep. "But their album works with the wizard of oz" That was the biggest waste of time and it angers me knowing i will not get that time back. Fuck pink floyd.

They're not even in the top 300 but clowns like weezer and mary j blige are? WTF?

Not even in the top 400 but some band named Bjork is? ROlling stone is a joke.

415 they break the countdown at 415 (With Van Halen) slightly above them is sinead o'conner and go-go's. You gotta be fucking kidding me. Rock and roll hall of famers are behind sinead o'conner and the fucking Go-Gos.

[BIG H]

Deff Leppard - Hysteria

[El Kabong]

Rolling Stone is a bunch of granola eating know nothings!



GET A JOB!

[boozeboxer]

I have not ever done any drugs in the past but I truly believe that Pink Floyd is a much more influential and more talented band.

[Punisher136]

I have not ever done any drugs in the past but I truly believe that Pink Floyd is a much more influential and more talented band.

Hmm what takes more talent: Playing 40 notes a minute or inventing just about every enhanced guitar playing technique there is? I'll go with the latter. I'm sure i could find plenty of guitarists that could play a pink floyd song and i'm pretty sure if i gave those same guitarists sheet music of one of eddie's more complex songs they would say "WTF is this?"

[skyler]

Frampton Comes Alive is a great album!

Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones is a great album too


The plain fact that Thriller isn't #1 completely destroys the validity of that list!

Ya know the Michael Jackson thing made me wonder too, but for a different reason than you stated. I was shocked that Off the Wall wasn't rated higher than Thriller because it's his best album, Thriller was great but it's simply his best selling. The reason Thriller was so big was in fact because it's predecessor Off the Wall was so excellent, and that's why it was so highly anticipated (that and the video which was groundbreaking and the first of it's kind).

[boozeboxer]

I have not ever done any drugs in the past but I truly believe that Pink Floyd is a much more influential and more talented band.

Hmm what takes more talent: Playing 40 notes a minute or inventing just about every enhanced guitar playing technique there is? I'll go with the latter. I'm sure i could find plenty of guitarists that could play a pink floyd song and i'm pretty sure if i gave those same guitarists sheet music of one of eddie's more complex songs they would say "WTF is this?"

David Gilmour makes every note count. His tone is superb. It is a matter of preference. Some people love the Malmsteems and Eddie's of the world and fast as hell guitar playing. But it truly means little to me. I prefer great tone. David Gilmour, SRV, Mike Henderson. Roy Buchanan is the most underrated guitarist IMO. CC though for the convo.