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The above lists the obvious: RS is vastly overrated, Miles should have been top 10... Outside of the greatest hits albums, which have no place on this list (Outside of artists like Little Richard or Hank Williams who was releasing single 45's as that was the focus of pop music back in the day.), this isn't really that bad of a list. There are some problems, however. First off, as mentioned above, the greatest hits albums. Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline. All fine examples of greatest hits albums that would and should make the list. However, when you get around to James Brown and Madonna, they have no place for inclusion on the list. I'm also against including live albums as well, but that's just me. The order of some of the albums can be questioned, but really, is an album ranked #434 any different than #438? Not really, it's a bit much listing five hundred, but I appreciate the effort. One can complain that Nas was rated too low, and I'll even say that having Bowie's 'Low' album one spot lower than Jay-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' is absurd, but really, it's no big deal, as they are both in the mid 300's and back to back, so it's not as if one is better than the other. I'll knock Rolling Stone for being a magazine that has been known to cling to certain artists nuts, and I'll say that even though a large group of musicians and industry leaders were polled, along with RS writers/editors and even Britney Spears, the list isn't all that it could have been...Speaking of which, I don't think that the latest U2 album should have been placed that high, and No Doubt did not belong on the list, period. Note to Jere: Hey, I love you man, but what in God's name are you doing with Pet Sounds missing from your collection? Do yourself a favor and pick it up. Now. Step away from the computer and hop down to Best Buy and pick up Pet Sounds, it is a fucking classic. (If Brian Wilson would have put 'Good Vibrations' on the album, it would be the easy choice for greatest of all-time.) To anyone that just knocks the list straight up, I challenge you to make your own top 500, or even a top 100. I've been working on one for a class presentation I'm in and I'll post it when it is complete to at least back up my claims that my list is more complete than this one. But remember that your list of FAVORITE albums may vary slightly with the list of GREATEST albums, per se. I made my list with what I feel are the most accomplished albums of all-time, regardless of how much I like them. I like the new Sophie Ellis-Bextor album more than I like anything by Hank Williams, however, in terms of influence Hank would make the top 500, while Sophie would miss out. She would be included on my personal favorite list, but not the critical list. Any way you look at it, at least the lists inspire debate and stir up activity. I was getting tired of some of these stale topics on the board, to say the least... j. The List (Rolling Stone) . Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 3. Revolver, The Beatles 4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan 5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles 6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones 8. London Calling, The Clash 9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan 10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles 11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley 12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis 13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground 14. Abbey Road, The Beatles 15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan 17. Nevermind, Nirvana 18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen 19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison 20. Thriller, Michael Jackson 21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry 22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon 23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder 24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown 25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 26. The Joshua Tree, U2 27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson 28. Who's Next, The Who 29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 30. Blue, Joni Mitchell 31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan 32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones 33. Ramones, Ramones 34. Music From Big Pink, The Band 35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, avid Bowie 36. Tapestry, Carole King 37. Hotel California, The Eagles 38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters 39.
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