Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ( The Greatest Albums of All Time ) is a published in 2003 by pop magazine Rolling Stone list of their opinion best albums of all time. It is based on the vote of 273 musicians, critics and record companies.

In preparing is the list of U.S. parent magazine. A year later appeared in the German edition of a homonymous, but not identical list. Here also some German -speaking artists were considered.

In November 2004, followed in the U.S. edition a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. In 2009, the magazine launched a new survey and published an updated edition of the list.

  • 2.1 The first ten
  • 3.1 2007
  • 3.2 2008
  • 3.3 2010

The U.S. list

The first ten

Criticism

The selection was not without opposition. Was particularly criticized:

  • She was too focused on the 60s and 70s
  • Rock will be highly preferred jazz and hip -hop are disadvantaged and certain rock genres, such as progressive rock and metal, as well as not represented.
  • Even though six of the top ten albums in the United Kingdom came ( four of The Beatles, one of the Rolling Stones and one of The Clash ), the US-based productions would very overweight
  • It would almost invariably listed English albums
  • Subsequent greatest hits and best-of compilations have actually lost nothing on such a list
  • Partially disagree with the rankings in the list earlier reviews of albums by the same magazine, such as Nevermind by Nirvana, the 17th claimed in U.S. list for yourself, but received in the original score only three out of five stars.

Nevertheless, became and remained this list influential. Media, fans and dealers repeatedly point to the placement of a particular album on this list. Ultimately, however, felt some initial ( U.S. ) Critics of this list, it would be but a satisfactory overview of influential and good music.

The artists most frequently represented

  • The Beatles - 11 times, including four albums in the top ten including # 1 for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones - 10 times each
  • Bruce Springsteen - 8 times
  • The Who - 7 times
  • David Bowie and Elton John - 6 each
  • The Byrds, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Otis Redding, U2 and Neil Young - 5 each

Distribution by Era

The list of German Rolling Stone

The first ten

Lists internationally

2007

  • Rolling Stone Brazil's Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira
  • Rolling Stone Argentina 's, 100 mejores discos del rock nacional
  • Rolling Stone 's 150 Album Indonesia Indonesia Terbaik
  • Rolling Stone 's 100 Greatest Japan Japanese rock album

2008

  • Rolling Stone Chile 's Los 50 mejores discos chilenos

2010

  • Rolling Stone 's 100 disques France essentiels du rock français
  • Rolling Stone Spain 's Los 50 mejores discos del rock español
  • The Rolling Stone Germanys top 50 albums
Pet Sounds Revolver (Beatles album) Highway 61 Revisited Rubber Soul Marvin Gaye London Calling Blonde on Blonde The Beatles (Album) Rock music Hip hop music Exile on Main St. The Velvet Underground Born to Run
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