The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
"The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better". https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/
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[First added to this chart: 09/24/2020]
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1971
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21,064
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1966
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52,522
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1971
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18,947
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1976
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15,785
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1969
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75,654
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1991
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48,225
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1977
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37,149
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1984
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17,912
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1975
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27,523
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1998
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5,084
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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| James Brown | 2 | 2% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
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57/100 (from 52 votes)
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40/100  | 05/10/2022 22:23 | Rm12398 | | 88/100 |
45/100 | 04/26/2022 11:41 |  Bach | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 04/14/2022 00:14 | P4ul1029 | | 80/100 |
75/100 | 04/13/2022 10:49 |  pedro1976 | | 80/100 |
80/100 | 04/06/2022 19:10 | TheUglyUniverse | | 80/100 |
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From cooldude2000 03/28/2022 19:05
What's Going On? No really, what is going on?
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5/100
From ALALUCHACARAJO 03/10/2022 16:36
Propaganda.
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5/100
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AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 02:48
AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 02:48
zzzzzz
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From DoctorBob 08/31/2021 17:24
The worst list I’ve ever seen. Too political. You can’t apply diversity to quality in art. Part of the forced left wing agenda
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20/100
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Timhop 06/05/2021 22:35
Timhop 06/05/2021 22:35
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.
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30/100
From gregthealien 05/03/2021 06:37
We all knew the list was about to suck when we saw that Funeral was number 500. So, they met expectations
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30/100
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Jbalbinolr 05/02/2021 15:13
Jbalbinolr 05/02/2021 15:13
Better than the 2012 list, but not by much.
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10/100
From MickLord 04/27/2021 09:26
Too political... Lauryn Hill in the top 10 ... nope.
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40/100
From Guigou 04/16/2021 14:28
Bof bof
5 beatles 3 stevie wonder ect
C'est trop répétitif et pas très original !
De moins en moins rock n roll en plus
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From Roadrunner14 03/30/2021 10:10
Way too many albums that have not, and more than likely will not stand the test of time have been added of late to make anyone take this latest iteration seriously.
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