The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
by Rolling Stone (2020)

From DommeDamian 11/01/2020 10:50 | #260043

This 100/500 list proves how the mainstream now view their music-choices as a gateway to memes, momentary politics (it's very "woke" but not in a genuine way) instead of a pure art-form, older than 20 years.

According to RS right here, these albums are not worthy of top 100:
Michael Jackson - Bad, Michael Jackson - Dangerous, U2 - The Joshua Tree, U2 - Achtung Baby, Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, Yes - Close To The Edge, King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King (wasn't on the list at all wtf), Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd - Animals (wasn't mentioned, c'mon man), Pink Floyd - The Wall, 2Pac - Me Against The World (wasn't on the list), Van Halen - I, Pixies - Doolittle, Rage Against The Machine - s/t, David Bowie - "Heroes" (not on the list at all), Whitney Houston - s/t, Queen - A Night At The Opera, Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Nick D - Pink Moon, TTD - Introducing (why not on the list?), The Cure - Disintegration, and Charles Mingus - Black Saint

Albums apparently worth of top 100:
Taylor Swift - Red, Drake - Take Care, Beyoncé - s/t, Frank Ocean - Blond, Jay-Z - Blueprint, Steely Dan - Aja, The Band - s/t, Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Picks that are too high: (those above), Blue, Rumors, TPAB, Kid A, Lemonade, Ready To Die, Back To Black

Picks that are too low: Thriller (!), VU&N, Are You Experienced, Kind of Blue, LZIV, DSoTM, Blonde On Blonde, The Doors, Astral Weeks

From Timhop 06/05/2021 22:35 | #270404

They managed to sneak a contemporary black female’s album into the top ten. But at the expense of Kind of Blue, and A Love Supreme, and a host of others. Sorry Miles and co. The quota was full. Shame on you, Rolling Stone. Let’s see if as many people in 50 years time are still listening to the miseducation of whatserface as there are people still buying copies of Kind of Blue today. (Edited)

I think Rolling Stone should have checked out the top 500 here for a far more accurate reflection of what are considered the greatest albums of all time. Our list puts them to shame! (Edited)

Whilst one might credit ‘Rolling Stone’ with trying to diversify from a white male canon, that should for one thing not mean that:

— they substantially exclude genres – most especially but not only heavy metal and hard rock – associated (whether correctly or not) with lower- and middle-class whites who overwhelmingly support a far-right Republican Party
— they include popular albums from very recent years for which there is little evidence they will stand the test of time, substantially in an effort to include more black and female artists
— older, less popular genres of black music remain weakly represented even if they had critical influence – for instance efforts to represent avant-garde jazz from the 1960s and 1970s are patchy compared (say) to Joe S. Harrington

The flaws noted by many writers – for example Danny A. Vogel – as far back as the original 2003 list still remain or largely remain, too. In this case, to be fair, inclusions (Can) are balanced by removals (Captain Beefheart) so one cannot say anything new here.

‘Rolling Stone’ certainly tried to update its list, but it did not succeed in any meaningful manner whatsoever. (Edited)

Pretty sure the record industry vote and bad picks of voter artists by RS ruined this one.
Two Beyonce albums on top 100 and that CCR (an album era band) compilation on the top 500 list were the low points.