Rolling Stones Top 500 Albums

[JCarr]

If Jethro Tull - Aqualung isn't on the list their shorts are moldy.

...P.s. Don’t forget to add Alex Daigle and Kelly Buchberger to YOUR list. They should be right near the top.

Alexander Daigle? One of my all time favorite Sens. But my favorite Senators of all time are Dennis Vial and Bill Huard...followed closely by Denny Lambert.

 

[ZJ68]

Rolling Stone 500: Adam Horovitz's Ballot is Full of Obscure Gems and Imaginary Classics

500 Greatest Albums of All Time poll. : Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys has been a passionate record collector for years.

www.rollingstone.com

I thought about making a comment in my first reply about how much Rolling Stone loves to huff their own farts, but thought better of it and decided not to. That was a mistake.

 

[SharpieB]

If Jethro Tull - Aqualung isn't on the list their shorts are moldy.



Alexander Daigle? One of my all time favorite Sens. But my favorite Senators of all time are Dennis Vial and Bill Huard...followed closely by Denny Lambert.

Daigle WAS THE SENS!

Smart move on the Sens part giving him that contract. He earned it (in today’s $$$ anyways)!

 

[Doc4]

Daigle WAS THE SENS!

Smart move on the Sens part giving him that contract. He earned it (in today’s $$$ anyways)!

Wasn't he a flop of a first-overall pick? Supposed to be "the next great thing" and ... meh.

 

[SharpieB]

Wasn't he a flop of a first-overall pick? Supposed to be "the next great thing" and ... meh.

That’s being nice. He was a complete disaster.

We are just being dumbdumbs.

 

[Doc4]

We are just being dumbdumbs.

You are Sens fans ... so that goes without saying.

 

[SharpieB]

You are Sens fans ... so that goes without saying.

Nope. Much worse.... I’m a die hard Leaf fan!

 

[Doc4]

Nope. Much worse.... I’m a die hard Leaf fan!

 

[SharpieB]

Get lost. They have won a bunch of Stanley Cups!!!!

Of course the last one was In 1967, 2 years before I was born.

 

[The Knize]

I think this hockey talk killed the thread!

I still think there is something worth talking about here. I am sure these lists are intended to cause controversy and discussion. And, of course, none of it means much. For that matter getting input lists of 50 from 300 people and creating a list of 500 by weighting all the responses is not something that is going to create a list based on any consistent criteria even if it was possible otherwise.

And I cannot find a nice list in one place of all 500. Seems one has to scroll through these things on RS's site 100 at a time, with a paragraph under each entry. So it is hard to even figure out what is on the list.

One that leaps out to me is there is only one Tupac entry and it is 436, which seems absurd, as far as quality, popularity, influence, or whatever criteria one would use, especially given 3 or 4 Kanye albums, some very high.

 

[musicman1951]

I generally find this kind of list a little moronic. Their methodology is not designed to produce a list of high quality, only most often played.

 

[The Knize]

I generally find this kind of list a little moronic. Their methodology is not designed to produce a list of high quality, only most often played.

Not to defend the quality of this RS list, but I am not sure about "most played" for purposes of it. They supposedly asked 300 folks involved in the music industry to put together their own lists of their 50 top albums. I would think music industry folks would likely not to be affected by what has been most played. Actually, for albums, I am not sure what most played would be.

Here is a current list of the biggest selling albums of all time. https://www.businessinsider.com/50-best-selling-albums-all-time-2016-9 Lots of greatest hits albums on there, which does not really count to me for top albums. Kind of a scary list. Tastes change over time, methinks. Also, popular taste is not something to admire!

Here is a 2013 list by the Brit magazine that supposedly used a similar methodology to the RS list. https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-100-1-1426116 The Smiths The Queen is Dead was number 1. None of us could argue with that result, could we? Not that I dislike The Smiths.

What's Going On was 25 and Pet Sounds 26. Kind of a more interesting list to me, but rather silly.

 

[Hydguy]

Thread is TL/DR . . . I am just going to assume that, because it's Rolling Stone, it's legitimacy is suspect at best, and utter bollocks at worst. Rolling Stone has not been credible in over a decade, on any subject.

Add another decade to that.

 

[TexLaw]

Lists like these are more about drawing attention to the one making the list, rather than those on the list. "Dubious exercise" is a marvelous way to describe such lists, especially when they come from tattered vestiges like Rolling Stone.

I subscribed to Rolling Stone for a little while during high school and college, but I let go of it some thirty-something years ago when I realized it was about as valuable and vacuous as People. I suppose an issue of Rolling Stone might make for a passable trivet or a large coaster for a small crowd (open it, and it's twice the size for larger dishes or parties). One could fold a page to insert under a leg of a wobbly table. Its pages also work well to keep paint, oil, or grease off surfaces when once doesn't wish to soil one's newspaper. Otherwise, it's (dare I say) a "non-issue."

(However, I suppose I should give RS some credit for learning how to write reviews like the above.)

 

[FarmerTan]

Lists like these are more about drawing attention to the one making the list, rather than those on the list. "Dubious exercise" is a marvelous way to describe such lists, especially when they come from tattered vestiges like Rolling Stone.

I subscribed to Rolling Stone for a little while during high school and college, but I let go of it some thirty-something years ago when I realized it was about as valuable and vacuous as People. I suppose an issue of Rolling Stone might make for a passable trivet or a large coaster for a small crowd (open it, and it's twice the size for larger dishes or parties). One could fold a page to insert under a leg of a wobbly table. Its pages also work well to keep paint, oil, or grease off surfaces when once doesn't wish to soil one's newspaper. Otherwise, it's (dare I say) a "non-issue."

(However, I suppose I should give RS some credit for learning how to write reviews like the above.)

I used to get it for free for the clients in my home salon.

I knew I was old when the kids all laughed at me when I asked, "who's this Two pack Shaker guy?"

My niece and nephew still tease me about that...

 

[Doc4]

I think this hockey talk killed the thread!

According to Rolling Stone, the good old hockey game is 26th on the list of the best games you can name.

Also, popular taste is not something to admire

If "best" = "most popular" , McDonald's is the best restaurant in the world.

 

[Owen Bawn]

According to Rolling Stone, the good old hockey game is 26th on the list of the best games you can name.



If "best" = "most popular" , McDonald's is the best restaurant in the world.

Personally I thought the hockey talk gave this thread some needed gravitas.

 

[shavefan]

Rolling Stone has not been credible in over a decade, on any subject.

Were they ever?

 

[FarmerTan]

Were they ever?

Well, according to Bob Seger they "Deeetroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world!" And he knew that for 10 years.

So we know they were right on one subject prior to 1974......LOL!

 

[Bakker1964]

Were they ever?

Yes. Much like some of the very interesting interviews from the early Playboy years, Rolling Stone DID make valuable contributions to music journalism, and occasionally just journalism. Those days are LONG gone, however.