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Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2005)  

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Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967. In 2003, Rolling Stone published an article describing what it considered to be the top 500 music albums of all time. In 2005, this list was updated and released as a book.
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71. New entry

After The Gold RushNeil Young
Year of Release:1970Appears in:402 charts
Rank in 1970:1Rank Score:14,333
Rank in 1970s21Overall Rank:75
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72. New entry

Star TimeJames Brown
Year of Release:1991Appears in:13 charts
Rank in 1991:50Rank Score:306
Rank in 1990s594Overall Rank:2,748
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73. New entry

Purple RainPrince & The Revolution
Year of Release:1984Appears in:293 charts
Rank in 1984:1Rank Score:10,378
Rank in 1980s15Overall Rank:114
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74. New entry

Back In BlackAC/DC
Year of Release:1980Appears in:407 charts
Rank in 1980:3Rank Score:15,186
Rank in 1980s11Overall Rank:73
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Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis Redding
Year of Release:1965Appears in:154 charts
Rank in 1965:6Rank Score:3,191
Rank in 1960s49Overall Rank:365
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76. New entry

Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
Year of Release:1969Appears in:592 charts
Rank in 1969:2Rank Score:25,966
Rank in 1960s12Overall Rank:35
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77. New entry

ImagineJohn Lennon
Year of Release:1971Appears in:230 charts
Rank in 1971:9Rank Score:6,453
Rank in 1970s50Overall Rank:195
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78. New entry

The ClashThe Clash
Year of Release:1977Appears in:261 charts
Rank in 1977:6Rank Score:9,034
Rank in 1970s35Overall Rank:130
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79. New entry

HarvestNeil Young
Year of Release:1972Appears in:360 charts
Rank in 1972:4Rank Score:11,862
Rank in 1970s28Overall Rank:100
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80. New entry

Odessey And OracleThe Zombies
Year of Release:1968Appears in:295 charts
Rank in 1968:5Rank Score:10,770
Rank in 1960s22Overall Rank:111
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Top 500 Albums of All Time composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 3 3%
1960s 36 36%
1970s 42 42%
1980s 11 11%
1990s 7 7%
2000s 1 1%
2010s 0 0%
Band Albums %


The Beatles 8 8%
Bob Dylan 5 5%
Led Zeppelin 4 4%
The Rolling Stones 4 4%
Stevie Wonder 3 3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3 3%
The Who 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 57 57%
United Kingdom 32 32%
Canada 5 5%
Ireland 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Australia 1 1%
Jamaica 1 1%

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From Fedfan 10/16/2012 18:51
list is ok, nothing spectacular
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From Saoirse 05/15/2012 00:16
The List was a little bet better this time around, but still too narrow in it's focus. And still too many greatest hits and compilation albums, although a few of the most un-necessary we're removed. Still, it's a very dissapointing list, especially given the hype.
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From Kleinfall 04/23/2012 01:28
A little better than the 2003 list.
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From cannychub1 04/19/2012 11:22
RS have definitely got a hard on for the Beatles.
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From dwils0891 03/23/2012 18:58
A little better than their previous greatest album list but this one is still bad. How can anyone truly believe that the 60s and 70s had all of the good music. That is ignorance at its finest. What about bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Blur, The Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Beach House, Beastie boys, Beck, Outkast, the Black Keys, Bjork, Bloc Party, Built to spill, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Jay-Z, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Elliott Smith, The Flaming Lips, Pavement, Fugazi, Black Flag, Joy Division, Meat Puppets, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, Interpol, The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, M83, Public Enemy, Nas, N.W.A., A Tribe Called Quest, Modest Mouse and many many many many many many more. I'm just tired of typing now but I could go on forever with great 80s 90s and 2000s artists.
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From mag 03/15/2012 13:33
There's a huge gap in rock after 1980.
Depression-inducing albums are overrepresented, while hard rock and heavy metal are virtually non-existent.

The inclusion of compilations is absurd!
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From flacoarevalo 02/24/2012 20:26
too nostalgic and not enough compromised with the new artist
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From Jackwc 02/22/2012 22:51
This chart is offensively bad and horridly banale.
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From mikecurran 02/10/2012 22:23
not bad team
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75/100
Wouldn't have expected anything else from you, Nape.

That aside, this is an alright chart, not that brilliant though.
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