JCC Amph Let's discuss Rolling Stone's new top 500 albums of all time

#1 solo artist... We were talking about Elvis vs Garth Brooks for #1 solo artist of all time

 

I thought the top selling solo artist was Chris Gaines.

 

And I thought Spinal Tap was the top selling band of all time.

 

*Slow clap*

 

I can't even see the list, but I can confidently predict that a ton of my favourite artists and albums won't be on there. Anything of this nature will always be more than a little subjective, because if you own thousands of albums, then you know that there are way more brilliant albums than 500.

 

I looked at the top 50 because I don't have time right now to look at the whole list. I think What's Going On taking the top spot is very much reflective of our political moment. Not to say it isn't a great album, because it is, but I think it's definitely the fact that it's basically entirely made up of mournful protest songs elevated it.

Also, Garth Brooks does not belong on this list if we're going by musical quality. He has some decent songs, even a couple of great ones, but not for this list.

"Arguably" is right because if you try to say it is, I will most definitely argue with you.

But the point with lists like this, in my opinion, is to not get too bogged down in the rankings because those are always just weird and nonsensical. My main concern is that the albums all be good. And that top 50 is made up of many, many excellent albums. I reckon the rest of the list is too. That's good enough for me. These are great albums and people should listen to them. That's the real point. Hopefully it gets people to listen to great music they otherwise wouldn't.

 

Get a copy of the "What's Going On" album as soon as possible.

 

they do these lists every few years. i remember flipping through it at the grocery store a few years ago. it 's so hard to rank albums. how would even i compare those that i like to each other? i don't think i've ever tried. With artists that have done a lot of albums , that i like, some stick out for me. Still very difficult across decades and genres.

 

Don't get me wrong, Master of Puppets is an absolute banger. Those first four tracks are as blistering an opening to an album as you'll see anywhere. I still prefer Ride the Lightning though. It helps that three of the songs on it are in my top 5 Metallica tracks of all time though (For Whom The Bell Tolls, Ride the Lightning & The Call of Ktulu).

 

It's not like the old list was excellent, but some of the new changes do seem pretty arbitrary, and like they wanted to get attention by making big changes. "Moving up 312 spots for no apparent reason is ______. Appearing in the top 10 despite never having been on the list before is ______."

 

I can never choose between the two whenever this debate comes up. They're both classics.

 

The Beech Boys are always near the top when RS does these lists. They and the Beatles were constantly trying to top each other and it produced, arguably, some of the best albums of all time. It also broke Brian Wilson.

And What's Going On and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill are great, influential albums that deserve their spots at the top .

 

You're absolutely right. Okay, I'll check out the list.

*checks out list

445: Yes - Close To The Edge
441: Britney Spears - Blackout

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**** this list!

 

Seriously, you can't just plop a link to 500 albums down and say, "okay, discuss," lol.

 

Number?

 

luckily i don't have to look at this list to know it's wrong.

 

Don't know enough of these to strongly agree or disagree. Also, there's very little music that I actually dislike, though I do have my favorites.

Edit: Happy to see that my personal #1 made the list at least at number 393.

 

The correct response. Not that a reponse should be needed, the thread should not exist.

 

These are 500 good albums, so I'm not too mad