rolling stone's 500 greatest albums of all time

My top ten from this list is just Sgt. Poppers ten times on repeat. Heaven. Heaven.

there were a bunch of records i'm problaby never going to play thru in their entirety but i left them off because the odd song from them still has a place in my heart

then again i haven't listened much to albums beginning to end in an eternity

I do not get why Robert Johnson is singled out among the blues musicians of the 30s, except if for stupid mythology reasons, he's fine but listening to his whole recording discography in one go would be very repetitive and dull.

I also still like Sgt Pepper, do I need to be put on some sort of list?

Yeah, I like it as a resource to draw from. There are some very surprising and clever things going on in the playing and writing. Who do you put on or above his level? xp

i love Johnson but i love Skip James more off the top of my head

I mean, you get two takes of half the songs. I never thought of it as a sequenced album like Rumours or something.xp

Son House is probably my fave old blues dude based on the names I'm acquainted with.

That list is mostly either a) albums I generally like or b) albums/musical acts IDG enough of AF about to listen to, but they're mostly very boring choices.

Sgt. Pooper is both the least good of the latter day Bettles albums and not even in the top, what, 30? 40? albums released in '67. Such a boring, dumb choice for number one, every time it's chosen as number one in anything.

xps big bill broonzy, barbecue bob, kokomo arnold - also think the late 20s is a better time for blues than late 30s

I mean, it's RS. There's no canon to be bored by/rail against if there's no one upholding it.

I'm here if you want someone to rep for Breakfast in America instead.

j/k Crime of the Century is better.

I guess ILM ultimately prefers p4k's take on the canon.

As for top 100s I stan hardly for Wired’s “100 records that set the world on fire” instead:

https://www.discogs.com/es/lists/the-wires-100-records-that-set-the-world-on-fire-while-no-one-was-listening-extra-30-records/421

As a canon

I guess ILM ultimately prefers p4k's take on the canon.

Did they list Kontakte?

And yeah I probably prefer p4k’s list albeit some very laughably on-brand choices.

That said I guess the most influential and important of these canonical lists is actually the one by Rolling Stone.

#80 of their top 200 albums of the 1960s.

2xp

Hard disagree, obv. I'm against repressing one's musical feelings.

xp

― pomenitul, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 1:41 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i mean, it's not therapy

i don't care what people express just the whole "taking down a canonical classic down a peg or two" is just so played out at this point

It is for me!

#80 of their top 200 albums of the 1960s.

I think that means Pitchfork > a random classic rock station in the American Midwest > Rolling Stone

>>>>> NME

otm

1. BTO - Fartin' Down the Freeway
2. Stephenwolf - Bad to the Bone
3. CCR - Swamp-Shufflin' Mama
4. Bob Denver - Interstate 69 Repaved
5. Gradeful Dead - Beaded Seat Cover Mama
5. Bittles - Corporal Healthcare's Friendly Fishstick Stand
5. Bitch Boys - Pet Smiles
5. Old Blues Willie - Scratchy Sounds for College Students

Sgt Pepper is currently at #34 on the RYM list.

think their #1 and #2 are going to be equally controversial though

https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=album&year=alltime&genre_include=1&include_child_genres=1&genres=&include_child_genres_chk=1&include=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries=

Indeed, indeed:

Let's poll... RYM's Top 50 Albums of All Time

nice timing!

it’s probably good but it makes me sad

― brimstead, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:20 AM

my thoughts on going outside

honestly i'll take the rolling stone 500 list, boringness and all, over all those Q best albums lists i used to see that had like two oasis albums in the top 10

Posting yet one more link to this ILX-friendly list, hope it's not spam: https://www.othermusic.com/blogs/top-sellers/other-musics-100-top-sellers-of-all-time

I did actually buy two of the albums listed in the top 10 there (one in person, and one via mail after leaving NYC).

I like Sgt Peppers, but I think 4 Beatles albums in the top 10 is a bit much. To be honest I don't care much for Revolver or Rubber Soul. I never got into Pet Sounds either, but I can see why people like it. London Calling is good but not sure why that gets to be the new wave album in the top 10, there are tons of others just as good. Highway 61, Exile, Sgt Peppers and the White Album are all time though, I can't argue with those.

I’m a big Dylan guy, but Highway 61 has never been one of my faves... seeing it rated above Blonde on Blonde is surprising to me (Nirvana at #17 is another story, but whatever).

The Airplane not showing up until #146, with Surrealist Pillow, is an eye-roll for sure.

*ic

If only Prince and the Revolution had tried 10x harder, Purple Rain could have been rated as high as Kid A.

RS once famously dubbed R.E.M. “America’s Best Rock and Roll Band”—but they don’t show up until #197 (with Murmur)... four slots below mother fucking Dookie.

To their credit, R.E.M. shows up twice more—AFTP at #249 (five slots beneath The Marshall Mathers LP), and Document (their “best rock & roll band” album) in the nosebleed seats at #462.

At least MGMT made it into the top 500; I can call it a night, relieved.

Woah ROFL @ Geir Hongro posts upthread.

Anyway the RS list is right on par with that awful ILM jazz albums one.

Why don't you guys just realised that hip-hop will never be even remotely as important as rock. Hip-hop is just as passing fad - completely forgotten in 20 years - while rock will live forever.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:55 PM (sixteen years ago)

Whoa there, Nostradamus.

So uh, the only evidence of this i can find is a picture of the October issue's cover on Bruce Springsteen's facebook page, but it looks like they're revising the top 500 again

https://www.facebook.com/brucespringsteen/posts/10158393622925250

Will Arctic Monkeys crack the top 200 this time? Stay tuned.

I did my best.

Geir still has 3 years left to be proven right. Give him a chance guys.

i can't at this list being a hype-able intellectual property

Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin V
Led Zeppelin VI
Led Zeppelin VII
Led Zeppelin VIII
Led Zeppelin IX
Led Zeppelin X

imaginary Rolling Stone otm