The 500 best albums of all time (Rolling Stone)

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

The list is the list of the US parent magazine. The following year, a list with the same name but not identical appeared in the German edition; German-speaking artists were also taken into account.

In November 2004, a list of the 500 best songs of all time followed in the US edition . In 2009 the magazine polled again and published an updated edition of the list.

The US list

The first ten

1. 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 St. , The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling , The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde , Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles , The Beatles

criticism

The selection was not without contradiction. Was particularly criticized

• she is too focused on the 1960s and 1970s;
• Rock is preferred too much, jazz and hip-hop are disadvantaged and certain rock genres such as progressive rock and metal are as good as not represented;
• although six of the first ten albums came from Great Britain (four by the Beatles , one by the Rolling Stones and one by The Clash ), US productions were overweighted;
• English-language albums are listed almost without exception;
• subsequent greatest hits - and best-of - compilations would really have no place on such a list;
• The placements in the list partly contradict previous reviews of albums by the same magazine, such as Nevermind by Nirvana , which claims 17th place in the US list, but only received three out of five stars in the original rating.

Even so, the list became and has remained influential. Media, fans and retailers keep pointing out the placement of a particular album on this list. Ultimately, however, some American experts, who were initially critics of this list, admitted that it gave a satisfactory overview of influential and good music.

The most frequently represented performers

• The Beatles - eleven times, including four albums in the top ten including # 1 for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones - ten times each
• Bruce Springsteen - eight times
• The Who - seven times
• David Bowie and Elton John - six times each
• The Byrds , Led Zeppelin , Bob Marley & the Wailers , Otis Redding , U2 , Radiohead and Neil Young - five times each

Distribution by epoch

• 1950s and before - 29 albums (5.8%)
• 1960s - 126 (25.2%)
• 1970s - 183 (36.6%)
• 1980s - 088 (17.6%)
• 1990s - 061 (12.2%)
• 2000s - 013 ( 02.6%)

The list of the German Rolling Stones

The first ten

1. Blonde on Blonde , Bob Dylan
2. Revolver , The Beatles
3. Exile on Main St. , The Rolling Stones
4. The Velvet Underground & Nico , The Velvet Underground
5. The Beatles , The Beatles
6. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols , The Sex Pistols
7. Nevermind , nirvana
8. Pet Sounds , The Beach Boys
9. Born to Run , Bruce Springsteen
10. Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , The Beatles

Lists international

2007

• Rolling Stone Brazil ’s Os 100 maiores discos da musica brasileira
• Rolling Stone Argentina ’s, 100 mejores discos del rock nacional
• Rolling Stone Indonesia ’s 150 album Indonesia Terbaik
• Rolling Stone Japan ’s 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums

2008

• Rolling Stone Chile ’s Los 50 mejores discos chilenos

2010

• Rolling Stone France ’s 100 disques essentiels du rock français
• Rolling Stone Spain ’s Los 50 mejores discos del rock español
• Rolling Stone Germany ’s The 50 Best German Albums

See also

• List of artists with the highest number of records sold worldwide

literature

• Levy, Joe (Ed.): Rolling Stone. The 500 best albums of all time . (Original edition: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Wenner Media 2005). Translation: Karin Hofmann. Wiesbaden: White Star Verlag, 2011

Web links

• The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Web site for the US edition of Rolling Stone , accessed March 5, 2014.
• 10 classics Rolling Stone overlooked ( February 7, 2004 memento in the Internet Archive ) , article by Ed Masley in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , November 30, 2003, the link is the saved page in the Internet Archive of February 7, 2004.

swell

1. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Intro. Rolling Stone, accessed March 5, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Review of Nevermind from Nirvana
3. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/899791
4. ^ Rolling Stone ; February 18, 2010; ISSN  1764-1071
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.de/die-50-besten-deutschen-alben-aller-zeiten-358373/