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Rolling Stone 200: The Essential Rock Collection

The 50's Era

• Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
• Ruth Brown - Rockin' In Rhythm: The Best of Ruth Brown
• Johnny Cash - The Sun Years
• Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
• Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music
• Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
• Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven - The Best of Fats Domino
• The Everly Brothers - Cadence Classics (Their 20 Greatest Hits)
• Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats
• Jerry Lee Lewis - The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler!
• Little Richard - The Georgia Peach
• Roy Orbison - For The Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology - 1956-1964
• Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits
• Elvis Presley - The Complete Sun Sessions
• Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records
• Elvis Presley - The Memphis Record
• Joe Turner - Big Bad and Blue
• Various Artists - Atlantic R&B 1947-1974
• Various Artists - The Best of Doo Wop Uptempo
• Various Artists - The Sun Records Collection

The 60s Era

• The Animals - The Best of the Animals
• The Band - The Band
• The Beach Boys - Endless Summer
• The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• The Beatles - 1962-1966
• The Beatles - Rubber Soul
• The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• The Beatles - The Beatles
• The Beatles - Abbey Road
• James Brown - Star Time
• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
• The Byrds - The Byrds' Greatest Hits
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
• Sam Cooke - The Man and His Music
• Cream - Wheels Of Fire
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
• Crosby - Stills - Nash and Young - Déjà Vu
• The Doors - The Doors
• Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
• Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
• Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
• Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes
• Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
• Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
• Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
• The Grateful Dead - Live Dead
• The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (British Version)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
• The Kinks - The Kinks Greatest Hits!
• The Kinks - Something Else
• John Mayall - Bluesbreakers - John Mayall With Eric Clapton
• Joni Mitchell - Blue
• Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
• Otis Redding - Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding
• Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Anthology
• The Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
• The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
• The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
• The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
• The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
• The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
• Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
• Phil Spector - Back To Mono (1958-1969)
• Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
• Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
• The Velvet Underground - Loaded
• The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
• The Who - Tommy
• The Who - Who's Next
• Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement!
• The Yardbirds - Greatest Hits - Vol. I (1964-1966)
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
• Various Artists - The Best of the Girl Groups - Vols. I and II
• Various Artists - Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection - 1959-1971
• Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968

The 70s Era

• AC/DC - Highway To Hell
• Aerosmith - Rocks
• The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
• Big Star - Radio City
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid
• Blondie - Parallel Lines
• David Bowie - Hunky Dory
• David Bowie - Low
• Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
• Chic - Risqué
• The Clash - The Clash
• The Clash - London Calling
• Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
• Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
• The Eagles - Hotel California
• Brian Eno - Another Green World
• Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
• Marvin Gaye - Anthology
• Al Green - Greatest Hits
• Billy Joel - Greatest Hits: Vol. I and Vol. II
• Elton John - Honky Château
• Elton John - Greatest Hits
• Carole King - Tapestry
• Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
• John Lennon - Imagine
• Bob Marley and the Wailers - Burnin'
• Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live!
• Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions - The Anthology 1966-1977
• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
• Van Morrison - Moondance
• Van Morrison - The Best of Van Morrison
• Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
• Randy Newman - 12 Songs
• The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
• The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
• Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection
• Parliament/Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
• Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
• Pretenders - Pretenders
• Ramones - Ramones
• Roxy Music - Siren
• The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
• Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
• Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On
• Patti Smith - Horses
• Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
• Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
• Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
• Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
• The Stooges - Funhouse
• James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
• Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
• Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
• X - Los Angeles
• Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
• Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
• Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
• Various Artists - The Harder They Come
• Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever

The 80s Era

• Laurie Anderson - Big Science
• Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock - The Album
• Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
• Black Flag - Damaged
• The Cure - Staring At The Sea: The Singles
• De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
• Eurythmics - Touch
• Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Greatest Message's
• Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
• Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
• Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
• Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
• The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll
• Joy Division - Closer
• LL Cool J - Radio
• Madonna - Like A Prayer
• Metallica - Kill 'Em All
• Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
• Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
• N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
• Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
• Pixies - Surfer Rosa
• Prince - Dirty Mind
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Prince - Sign 'o' the Times
• Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
• Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
• R.E.M. - Murmur
• R.E.M. - Document
• The Replacements - Let It Be
• Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
• The Smiths - The Smiths
• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
• Talking Heads - Remain In Light
• U2 - The Joshua Tree
• U2 - Achtung Baby

The 90s Era

• Beck - Odelay
• Dr. Dre - The Chronic
• PJ Harvey - Dry
• Hole - Live Through This
• Massive Attack - Blue Lines
• Moby - "Go"
• My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
• Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
• The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
• Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
• Pearl Jam - Ten
• Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

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Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Pop Songs

I just got the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine (the December 7th - 2000 issue) and they had a special feature on what their critics and some critics from MTV in the U.S.A. decided were the 100 Greatest Pop Songs since the Beatles era.


1. Yesterday - The Beatles
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
4. Like A Virgin - Madonna
5. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
7. Respect - Aretha Franklin
8. With Or Without You - U2
9. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
10. I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
11. Hotel California - The Eagles
12. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
13. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
14. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
15. Imagine - John Lennon
16. Nothing Compares 2 U - Siniad O-Connor
17. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
18. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
19. Vogue - Madonna
20. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
21. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
22. Beat It - Michael Jackson
23. Oh - Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
24. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
25. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
26. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
27. When Doves Cry - Prince
28. MMMBop - Hanson
29. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
30. Your Song - Elton John
31. Smooth - Santana featuring Rob Thomas
32. (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
33. My Generation - The Who
34. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
35. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
36. Waterfalls - TLC
37. O.P.P. - Naughty by Nature
38. Changes - David Bowie
39. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
40. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
41. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
42. Every Breath You Take - The Police
43. Miss You - The Rolling Stones
44. Dancing Queen - Abba
45. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
46. The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
47. Jump - Van Halen
48. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
49. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
50. Little Red Corvette - Prince
51. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
52. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
53. Faith - George Michael
54. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
55. Bye Bye Bye - -N Sync
56. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
57. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go-s
58. One Headlight - The Wallflowers
59. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
60. Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
61. The One I Love - R.E.M.
62. Papa Don-t Preach - Madonna
63. In My Life - The Beatles
64. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
65. Just What I Needed - The Cars
66. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
67. My Name Is - Eminem
68. Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
69. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
70. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
71. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
72. Free Fallin - Tom Petty
73. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club
74. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
75. Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
76. Creep - Radiohead
77. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
78. Longview - Green Day
79. Nasty - Janet Jackson
80. I Need Love - LL Cool J
81. Don-t Speak - No Doubt
82. Rock With You - Michael Jackson
83. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
84. Wonderwall - Oasis
85. Surrender - Cheap Trick
86. Don-t You Want Me - The Human League
87. Brass In Pocket (I-m Special) - The Pretenders
88. Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean
89. Careless Whisper - Wham! Featuring George Michael
90. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica
91. No Diggity - BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre
92. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
93. Stayin- Alive - The Bee Gees
94. All The Small Things - Blink-182
95. Good Times - Chic
96. Photograph - Def Leppard
97. Love Shack - The B-52-s
98. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
99. Just A Friend - Biz Markie
100. Tainted Love - Soft Cell

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The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums
(December 2003)

Sgt Pepper

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 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 - David Bowie
36. Tapestry - Carole King
37. Hotel California - The Eagles
38. The Anthology - 1947 - 1972 - Muddy Waters
39. Please Please Me - The Beatles
40. Forever Changes - Love
41. Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors - The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
44. Horses - Patti Smith
45. The Band - The Band
46. Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
50. Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
51. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
52. Greatest Hits - Al Green
53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings -
1952 - 1959 - Ray Charles
54. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
56. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
57. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
58. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
59. Meet the Beatles - The Beatles
60. Greatest Hits - Sly and the Family Stone
61. Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
62. Achtung Baby - U2
63. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
64. Phil Spector - Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) - Various Artists
65. Moondance - Van Morrison
66. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
67. The Stranger - Billy Joel
68. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
69. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
70. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
71. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
72. Purple Rain - Prince
73. Back in Black - AC/DC
74. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
75. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
76. Imagine - John Lennon
77. The Clash - The Clash
78. Harvest - Neil Young
79. Star Time - James Brown
80. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
81. Graceland - Paul Simon
82. Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
83. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
84. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
85. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
86. Let It Be - The Beatles
87. The Wall - Pink Floyd
88. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
89. Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield
90. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
92. 20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly
93. Sign 'o' the Times - Prince
94. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
95. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
96. Tommy - The Who
97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
98. This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
99. There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and the Family Stone
100. In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
101. Fresh Cream - Cream
102. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
103. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
104. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
105. Rocket to Russia - Ramones
106. Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 - Sam Cooke
107. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
108. Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
109. Loaded - The Velvet Underground
110. The Bends - Radiohead
111. Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
112. Disraeli Gears - Cream
113. The Who Sell Out - The Who
114. Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
115. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos
116. At Last - Etta James
117. Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
118. Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone
119. The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack - Various Artists
120. Raising Hell - Run-DMC
121. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
122. Pearl - Janis Joplin
123. Catch a Fire - Bob Marley and the Wailers
124. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
125. Raw Power - The Stooges
126. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
127. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas and the Papas
128. Marquee Moon - Television
129. 40 Greatest Hits - Hank Williams
130. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
131. Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack - Various Artists
132. The Wild - the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
133. Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
134. Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
135. Greatest Hits - Elton John
136. Tim - The Replacements
137. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
138. Rejuvenation - The Meters
139. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
140. Parallel Lines - Blondie
141. Live at the Regal - B.B. King
142. Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift for You - Various Artists
143. Gris-Gris - Dr. John
144. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
145. Aja - Steely Dan
146. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
147. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology - Otis Redding
148. Deja Vu - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
149. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
150. Santana - Santana
151. Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
152. The B-52's - The B-52's
153. Moanin' in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
154. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
155. Pretenders - The Pretenders
156. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
157. Closer - Joy Division
158. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
159. Alive - Kiss
160. Electric Warrior - T. Rex
161. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
162. OK Computer - Radiohead
163. 1999 - Prince
164. Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
165. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
166. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello
167. Master of Puppets - Metallica
168. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
169. Exodus - Bob Marley
170. Live at Leeds - The Who
171. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
172. Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
173. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
174. Desire - Bob Dylan
175. Close to You - The Carpenters
176. Rocks - Aerosmith
177. One Nation Under a Groove - Parliament/Funkadelic
178. Greatest Hits - The Byrds
179. The Anthology 1961 - 1977 - Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
180. The Definitive Collection - Abba
181. The Rolling Stones - Now! - The Rolling Stones
182. Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
183. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
184. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
185. The Stooges - The Stooges
186. Fresh - Sly and the Family Stone
187. So - Peter Gabriel
188. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
189. Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
190. From Elvis in Memphis - Elvis Presley
191. Funhouse - The Stooges
192. The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
193. Dookie - Green Day
194. Transformer - Lou Reed
195. Bluesbreakers - John Mayall With Eric Clapton
196. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 - 1968 -
Various Artists
197. Murmur - R.E.M.
198. The Best of - Little Walter
199. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
200. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
201. Parsley - Sage - Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel
202. Bad - Michael Jackson
203. Wheels of Fire - Cream
204. Dirty Mind - Prince
205. Abraxas - Santana
206. Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
207. Ten - Pearl Jam
208. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young With Crazy Horse
209. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
210. Crooked Rain - Crooked Rain - Pavement
211. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
212. Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner - Ike and Tina Turner
213. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
214. Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
215. Two Steps From the Blues - Bobby Bland
216. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
217. Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
218. Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters
219. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
220. New Orleans Piano - Professor Longhair
221. War - U2
222. The Neil Diamond Collection - Neil Diamond
223. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
224. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
225. The Complete Hank Williams - Hank Williams
226. Doolittle - Pixies
227. Paid in Full - Eric B. and Rakim
228. Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
229. Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
230. A Night at the Opera - Queen
231. The Kink Kronikles - The Kinks
232. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
233. Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
234. The Ultimate Collection - Patsy Cline
235. Mr. Excitement! - Jackie Wilson
236. The Who Sings My Generation - The Who
237. Like a Prayer - Madonna
238. Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
239. Let It Be - The Replacements
240. Run-DMC - Run-DMC
241. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
242. The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler! - Jerry Lee Lewis
243. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention
244. Live Dead - Grateful Dead
245. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
246. The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
247. Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
248. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
249. Low - David Bowie
250. The River - Bruce Springsteen
251. The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul - Otis Redding
252. Metallica - Metallica
253. Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
254. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
255. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
256. The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
257. Stardust - Willie Nelson
258. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
259. Crosby Stills and Nash - Crosby Stills and Nash
260. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
261. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
262. Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
263. The Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
264. Child Is Father to the Man - Blood - Sweat and Tears
265. Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
266. Quadrophenia - The Who
267. There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
268. Psycho Candy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
269. Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
270. The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
271. Going to a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
272. Nightbirds - Labelle
273. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
274. Mothership Connection - Parliament
275. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
276. Anthology of American Folk Music - Harry Smith - ed.
277. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
278. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna
279. My Life - Mary J. Blige
280. Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
281. Can't Get Enough - Barry White
282. The Cars - The Cars
283. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
284. Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
285. I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green
286. Los Angeles - X
287. Anthem of the Sun - Grateful Dead
288. Something Else by the Kinks - The Kinks
289. Call Me - Al Green
290. Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads
291. The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan and the Band
292. White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground
293. Greatest Hits - Simon and Garfunkel
294. Kick Out the Jams - MC5
295. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
296. We're Only In It For the Money - The Mothers of Invention
297. Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer
298. Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
299. Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
300. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
301. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
302. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
303. Grace - Jeff Buckley
304. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
305. Odelay - Beck
306. Songs for Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra
307. Avalon - Roxy Music
308. The Sun Records Collection - Various Artists
309. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
310. BloodSugarSexMagik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
311. MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
312. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
313. Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
314. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
315. Surfer Rosa - Pixies
316. Rock Steady - No Doubt
317. The Eminem Show - Eminem
318. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
319. Burnin' - Bob Marley and the Wailers
320. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
321. Sail Away - Randy Newman
322. Ghost in the Machine - The Police
323. Station to Station - David Bowie
324. The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt
325. Slowhand - Eric Clapton
326. Disintegration - The Cure
327. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
328. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
329. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
330. In the Jungle Groove - James Brown
331. Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
332. Help! - The Beatles
333. Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson
334. Wild Gift - X
335. Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker
336. Superunknown - Soundgarden
337. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
338. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company
339. The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
340. Damaged - Black Flag
341. Play - Moby
342. Violator - Depeche Mode
343. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
344. Berlin - Lou Reed
345. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
346. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
347. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
348. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
349. Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down) - The Yardbirds
350. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
351. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
352. 52nd Street - Billy Joel
353. Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds - The Yardbirds
354. 12 Songs - Randy Newman
355. Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones
356. Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
357. Honky Chateau - Elton John
358. Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
359. Stankonia - Outkast
360. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
361. Substance - New Order
362. L.A. Woman - The Doors
363. Ray of Light - Madonna
364. American Recordings - Johnny Cash
365. Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths
366. Mott - Mott the Hoople
367. Is This It - The Strokes
368. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
369. Reggatta de Blanc - The Police
370. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
371. Siren - Roxy Music
372. Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne
373. Post - Bjork
374. The Eagles - The Eagles
375. The Ultimate Collection (1948 - 1990) - John Lee Hooker
376. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
377. CrazySexyCool - TLC
378. Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals
379. Greetings from Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen
380. Sunflower - The Beach Boys
381. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
382. More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
383. A Quick One (Happy Jack) - The Who
384. Pyromania - Def Leppard
385. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
386. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
387. Country Life - Roxy Music
388. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
389. The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
390. Elephant - The White Stripes
391. The Pretender - Jackson Browne
392. Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
393. Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
394. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
395. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
396. Eliminator - ZZ Top
397. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
398. Anthology - The Temptations
399. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
400. Illmatic - Nas
401. (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
402. Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John
403. Radio City - Big Star
404. Sandinista! - The Clash
405. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
406. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O' Connor
407. Strange Days - The Doors
408. Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
409. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
410. Pink Flag - Wire
411. Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
412. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
413. Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go's
414. Greatest Hits - James Brown
415. Van Halen - Van Halen
416. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
417. Boy - U2
418. Band on the Run - Wings
419. Dummy - Portishead
420. With the Beatles - The Beatles
421. The "Chirping" Crickets - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
422. The Best of the Girl Groups - Volumes 1 and 2 - Various Artists
423. Greatest Hits - The Mamas and the Papas
424. King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. 2 - Robert Johnson
425. Changesone - David Bowie
426. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
427. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica - The Ronettes
428. Kid A - Radiohead
429. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
430. At Budokan - Cheap Trick
431. Anthology - Diana Ross and the Supremes
432. Sleepless - Peter Wolf
433. Another Green World - Brian Eno
434. Outlandos D'Amour - The Police
435. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
436. Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
437. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
438. #1 Record - Big Star
439. In Utero - Nirvana
440. Sea Change - Beck
441. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
442. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
443. Live at the Harlem Square Club - 1963 - Sam Cooke
444. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
445. Rum Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues
446. Suicide - Suicide
447. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
448. In Color - Cheap Trick
449. The World Is a Ghetto - War
450. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
451. Back in the USA - MC5
452. Music - Madonna
453. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
454. Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
455. Synchronicity - The Police
456. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
457. For Everyman - Jackson Browne
458. John Prine - John Prine
459. Strictly Business - EPMD
460. Love It to Death - Alice Cooper
461. How Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
462. Here - My Dear - Marvin Gaye
463. Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
464. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
465. Golden Hits - The Drifters
466. Live Through This - Hole
467. Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
468. Elton John - Elton John
469. Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
470. Document - R.E.M.
471. Heaven Up Here - Echo and the Bunnymen
472. Hysteria - Def Leppard
473. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
474. Live in Europe - Otis Redding
475. Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
476. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
477. The Score - Fugees
478. Radio - LL Cool J
479. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
480. Faith - George Michael
481. The Smiths - The Smiths
482. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
483. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
484. Branded Man - Merle Haggard
485. All Time Greatest Hits - Loretta Lynn
486. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
487. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
488. Voodoo - D'Angelo
489. Guitar Town - Steve Earle
490. Entertainment! - Gang of Four
491. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
492. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
493. That's the Way of the World - Earth - Wind and Fire
494. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
495. New Day Rising - Husker Du
496. Destroyer - Kiss
497. Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy
498. Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
499. Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
500. Touch - Eurythmics

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The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums (2020 Edition)

An updated list to the 2012 list (see below). Apparantly there is 154 new entrees since the 2003 edition of the list. - But still no room for Sufjan Stevens, Super Furry Animals Or Elbow!



1. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On - 1971
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - 1967
3. Joni Mitchell - Blue - 1971
4. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life - 1976
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road - 1969
6. Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 1977
8. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain - 1984
9. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - 1975
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - 1998
11. The Beatles - Revolver - 1966
12. Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982
13. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - 1967
14. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street - 1972
15. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - 1988
16. The Clash - London Calling - 1979
17. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - 2010
18. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - 1965
19. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 2015
20. Radiohead - Kid A - 2000
21. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - 1975
22. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - 1994
23. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico - 1967
24. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967
25. Carole King - Tapestry - 1971
26. Patti Smith - Horses - 1975
27. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang(36 Chambers) - 1993
28. DAngelo - Voodoo - 2000
29. The Beatles - White Album - 1968
30. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced - 1967
31. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - 1959
32. Beyoncé - Lemonade - 2016
33. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black - 2006
34. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - 1973
35. The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1965
36. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall - 1979
37. Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 1992
38. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde - 1966
39. Talking Heads - Remain in Light - 1980
40. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - 1972
41. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - 1969
42. Radiohead - OK Computer - 1997
43. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory - 1991
44. NAS- Illmatic - 1994
45. Prince - Sign O the Times - 1987
46. Paul Simon - Graceland - 1986
47. Ramones - Ramones - 1976
48. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend - 1984
49. OutKast - Aquemini - 1998
50. Jay-Z - The Blueprint - 2001
51. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight - 1982
52. David Bowie - Station to Station - 1976
53. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - 1968
54. James Brown - Star Time - 1991
55. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - 1973
56. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville - 1993
57. The Band - The Band - 1969
58. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 1971
59. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book - 1972
60. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - 1968
61. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full - 1987
62. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 1987
63. Steely Dan - Aja - 1977
64. OutKast - Stankonia - 2000
65. James Brown - Live at the Apollo - 1963
66. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - 1965
67. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt - 1996
68. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - 1985
69. Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill - 1995
70. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 1988
71. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus - 1977
72. Neil Young - Harvest - 1972
73. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - 1991
74. Kanye West - The College Dropout - 2004
75. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul - 1968
76. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly - 1972
77. The Who - Whos Next - 1971
78. Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions - 1976
79. Frank Ocean - Blonde - 2016
80. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Heres the Sex Pistols - 1977
81. Beyoncé - Beyoncé - 2013
82. Sly and the Family Stone - Theres a Riot Goin On - 1971
83. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis - 1969
84. AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980
85. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band - 1970
86. The Doors - The Doors - 1967
87. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - 1970
88. David Bowie - Hunky Dory - 1971
89. Erykah Badu - Baduizm - 1997
90. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush - 1970
91. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town - 1978
92. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love - 1967
93. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly - 1997
94. The Stooges - Fun House - 1970
95. Drake - Take Care - 2011
96. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People - 1992
97. Metallica - Master of Puppets - 1986
98. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - 1998
99. Taylor Swift - Red - 2012
100. The Band - Music From Big Pink - 1968
101. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 1969
102. The Clash - The Clash - 1977
103. De La Soul - Three Feet High And Rising - 1989
104. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - 1971
105. The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East - 1971
106. Hole - Live Through This - 1994
107. Television - Marquee Moon - 1977
108. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... - 1999
109. Lou Reed - Transformer - 1972
110. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark - 1974
111. Janet Jackson - Control - 1986
112. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973
113. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - 1986
114. The Strokes - Is This It - 2001
115. Kendrick Lamar - good kid - m.A.A.d city - 2012
116. The Cure - Disintegration - 1989
117. Kanye West - Late Registration - 2005
118. The Eagles - Hotel California - 1976
119. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! - 1969
120. Van Morrison - Moondance - 1970
121. Elvis Costello - This Years Model - 1978
122. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - 1994
123. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 1969
124. U2 - Achtung Baby - 1991
125. Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique - 1989
126. Mary J. Blige - My Life - 1994
127. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - 1962
128. Queen - A Night at the Opera - 1975
129. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979
130. Prince - 1999 - 1982
131. Portishead - Dummy - 1994
132. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - 1978
133. Joni Mitchell - Hejira - 1976
134. Fugees - The Score - 1996
135. U2 - The Joshua Tree - 1987
136. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - 1971
137. Adele - 21 - 2011
138. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 1990
139. Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1970
140. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire - 1973
141. Pixies - Doolittle - 1989
142. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the US.A. - 1984
143. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 1969
144. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 1975
145. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 2000
146. Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978
147. Jeff Buckley - Grace - 1994
148. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange - 2012
149. John Prine - John Prine - 1971
150. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - 1982
151. George Michael - Faith - 1987
152. The Pretenders - Pretenders - 1980
153. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me - 1993
154. Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace - 1972
155. Jay-Z - The Black Album - 2003
156. The Replacements - Let it Be - 1984
157. Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? - 1995
158. Erykah Badu - Mamas Gun - 2000
159. The Police - Synchronicity - 1983
160. Pearl Jam - Ten - 1991
161. Crosby - Stills & Nash - Crosby - Stills & Nash - 1969
162. Pulp - Different Class - 1995
163. Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever - 1977
164. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison - 1968
165. R.E.M. - Murmur - 1983
166. Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats - 1978
167. Depeche Mode - Violator - 1990
168. Steely Dan - Cant Buy a Thrill - 1972
169. Billy Joel - The Stranger - 1977
170. Cream - Disraeli Gears - 1967
171. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - 1988
172. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 1970
173. Nirvana - In Utero - 1993
174. Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists - The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack - 1972
175. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. - 2017
176. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet - 1990
177. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story - 1971
178. Otis Redding - Otis Blue - 1965
179. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - 1997
180. Love - Forever Changes - 1967
181. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - 1965
182. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James - 1970
183. DAngelo - Brown Sugar - 1995
184. Cyndi Lauper - Shes So Unusual - 1983
185. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet - 1968
186. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - 1991
187. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKas Most Wanted - 1990
188. T. Rex - Electric Warrior - 1971
189. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out - 1997
190. The Who - Tommy - 1969
191. Etta James - At Last! - 1961
192. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 1986
193. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys - 1969
194. Michael Jackson - Bad - 1987
195. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - 1967
196. Robyn - Body Talk - 2010
197. The Beatles - Meet the Beatles! - 1964
198. The B-52s - The B-52s - 1979
199. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted - 1993
200. Sade - Diamond Life - 1984
201. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders - 1993
202. Björk - Homogenic - 1997
203. Nick Drake - Pink Moon - 1969
204. Kanye West - Graduation - 2007
205. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman - 1970
206. David Bowie - Low - 1977
207. Eagles - Eagles - 1972
208. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - 2008
209. Run-DMC - Raising Hell - 1986
210. Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul - 1991
211. Joy Divison - Unknown Pleasures - 1979
212. Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind - 1966
213. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel - 2012
214. Tom Petty - Wildflowers - 1994
215. Grateful Dead - American Beauty - 1970
216. Elliott Smith - Either/Or - 1997
217. Oasis - Definitely Maybe - 1994
218. TLC - CrazySexyCool - 1994
219. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - 1995
220. Crosby - Stills - Nash - and Young - Déjà Vu - 1970
221. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine - 1992
222. Madonna - Ray Of Light - 1998
223. John Lennon - Imagine - 1971
224. Dixie Chicks - Fly - 1999
225. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - 2001
226. Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - 1970
227. Little Richard - Heres Little Richard - 1957
228. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead - 1991
229. Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection - 2000
230. Rihanna - Anti - 2016
231. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes - 1979
232. John Coltrane - Giant Steps - 1960
233. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes - 1992
234. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality - 1971
235. Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album) - 1991
236. Daft Punk - Discovery - 2001
237. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - 1975
238. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express - 1977
239. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded - 1987
240. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club - 1963 - 1985
241. Massive Attack - Blue Lines - 1991
242. The Velvet Underground - Loaded - 1970
243. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle - 1968
244. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak - 2008
245. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas - 1990
246. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out - 1991
247. Sade - Love Deluxe - 1992
248. Green Day - American Idiot - 2004
249. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 1985
250. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady - 1979
251. Elton John - Honky Château - 1972
252. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - 1978
253. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - 1967
254. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - 1973
255. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin Bob Dylan - 1963
256. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman - 1988
257. Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors - 1971
258. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns - 1975
259. Janis Joplin - Pearl - 1971
260. The Slits - Cut - 1979
261. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - 1992
262. New Order - Power - Corruption & Lies - 1983
263. The Beatles - Hard Days Night - 1964
264. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975
265. Pavement - Wowee Zowee - 1995
266. The Beatles - Help! - 1965
267. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime - 1984
268. Randy Newman - Sail Away - 1972
269. Kanye West - Yeezus - 2013
270. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour - 2018
271. Mary J. Blige - Whats the 411? - 1992
272. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - 1968
273. Gang of Four - Entertainment! - 1979
274. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo - 1968
275. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis - 1970
276. Radiohead - The Bends - 1995
277. Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - 2003
278. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - 1973
279. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York - 1994
280. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin - 2002
281. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - 1971
282. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours - 1955
283. Donna Summer - Bad Girls - 1975
284. Merle Haggard - Down Every Road 1962-1994 - 1996
285. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers - 1978
286. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 1999
287. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man - 1965
288. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers - 1976
289. Björk - Post - 1995
290. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 2003
291. Destinys Child - The Writings on The Wall - 1999
292. Van Halen - Van Halen - 1978
293. The Breeders - Last Splash - 1993
294. Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) - 1994
295. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - 2013
296. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps - 1979
297. Peter Gabriel - So - 1986
298. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever - 1989
299. B.B. King - Live at the Regal - 1965
300. Shania Twain - Come on Over - 1997
301. New York Dolls - New York Dolls - 1973
302. Neil Young - Tonights the Night - 1975
303. ABBA - The Definitive Collection - 2001
304. Bill Withers - Just As I Am - 1971
305. Kiss - Alive! - 1975
306. Al Green - Im Still in Love With You - 1972
307. Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend - 2003
308. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets - 1974
309. Joy Divison - Closer - 1980
310. Wire - Pink Flag - 1977
311. Neil Young - On the Beach - 1974
312. Solange - A Seat at the Table - 2016
313. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City - Stories From the Sea - 2000
314. Aaliyah - One In A Million - 1996
315. Rosalía - El Mal Querer - 2018
316. The Who - The Who Sell Out - 1967
317. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - 1958
318. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope - 1997
319. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - 1989
320. X - Los Angeles - 1980
321. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! - 2019
322. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis - 1969
323. The Clash - Sandinista! - 1980
324. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head - 2002
325. Jerry Lee Lewis - All Killer No Filler! - 1993
326. Prince - Dirty Mind - 1980
327. The Who - Live at Leeds - 1970
328. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City - 2013
329. DJ Shadow - Entroducing..... - 1996
330. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath - 1966
331. Madonna - Like a Prayer - 1989
332. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley - 1956
333. Bill Withers - Still Bill - 1972
334. Santana - Abraxas - 1970
335. Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes - 1975
336. Roxy Music - Avalon - 1982
337. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding - 1967
338. Brian Eno - Another Green World - 1975
339. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 - 1989
340. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 1993
341. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - 1993
342. The Beatles - Let It Be - 1970
343. Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits - 1970
344. Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston - 1973
345. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild - the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - 1973
346. Arctic Monkeys - AM - 2013
347. GZA - Liquid Swords - 1995
348. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) - 2001
349. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams - 1969
350. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind - 1972
351. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure - 1973
352. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - 1999
353. The Cars - The Cars - 1978
354. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents - 1978
355. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - 1970
356. Dr. John - Gris-Gris - 1968
357. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - 1985
358. Sonic Youth - Goo - 1990
359. Big Star - Radio City - 1974
360. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove - 1978
361. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade - 2006
362. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much - 1981
363. Parliament - The Mothership Connection - 1975
364. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food - 1978
365. Madvillain - Madvillainy - 2004
366. Aerosmith - Rocks - 1976
367. Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 2015
368. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 1970
369. Mobb Deep - The Infamous - 1995
370. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II - 2005
371. The Temptations - Anthology - 1973
372. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills - 1968
373. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul - 1969
374. Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers - 1961
375. Green Day - Dookie - 1994
376. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - 1998
377. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell - 2003
378. Run-DMC - Run-D.M.C. - 1983
379. Rush - Moving Pictures - 1981
380. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - 1959
381. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Lĕh-nérd Skin-nérd) - 1973
382. Tame Impala - Currents - 2015
383. Massive Attack - Mezzanine - 1998
384. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - 1969
385. Ramones - Rocket to Russia - 1977
386. J Dilla - Donuts - 2006
387. Radiohead - In Rainbows - 2007
388. Aretha Franklin - Young - Gifted and Black - 1972
389. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 2005
390. Pixies - Surfer Rosa - 1968
391. Kelis - Kaleidoscope - 1999
392. Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner - 1991
393. Taylor Swift - 1989 - 2014
394. Diana Ross - Diana - 1980
395. DAngelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah - 2014
396. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? - 1972
397. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep - Where Do We Go? - 2019
398. The Raincoats - The Raincoats - 1979
399. Brian Wilson - Smile - 2004
400. The Go-Gos - Beauty and the Beat - 1981
401. Blondie - Blondie - 1977
402. Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive Shit - 1975
403. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele - 2000
404. Anita Baker - Rapture - 1986
405. Various - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1972
406. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 1999
407. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 1969
408. Motörhead - Ace of Spades - 1980
409. Grateful Dead - Workingmans Dead - 1970
410. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey - 1967
411. Bob Dylan - Love and Theft - 2001
412. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a Go Go - 1965
413. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory - 1970
414. Chic - Risqué - 1979
415. The Meters - Looka Py Py - 1969
416. The Roots - Things Fall Apart - 1999
417. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - 1959
418. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 1985
419. Eric Church - Chief - 2011
420. Earth - Wind and Fire - Thats the Way of the World - 1975
421. M.I.A. - Arular - 2005
422. Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On - 1973
423. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One - 1997
424. Beck - Odelay - 1996
425. Paul Simon - Paul Simon - 1972
426. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams - 1988
427. Al Green - Call Me - 1973
428. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising - 1985
429. The Four Tops - Reach Out - 1967
430. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - 1977
431. Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? - 1984
432. Usher - Confessions - 2004
433. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver - 2007
434. Pavement - Crooked Rain - Crooked Rain - 1994
435. Pet Shop Boys - Actually - 1987
436. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me - 1986
437. Primal Scream - Screamadelica - 1991
438. Blur - Parklife - 1994
439. James Brown - Sex Machine - 1970
440. Loretta Lynn - Coal Miners Daughter - 1971
441. Britney Spears - Blackout - 2007
442. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 2015
443. David Bowie - Scary Monsters - 1980
444. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - 2005
445. Yes - Close to the Edge - 1972
446. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidanada - 1971
447. Bad Bunny - X 100pre - 2019
448. Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul - 1966
449. The White Stripes - Elephant - 2003
450. Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram - 1971
451. Roberta Flack - First Take - 1969
452. Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology - 1974
453. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine - 1989
454. Can - Ege Bamyasi - 1972
455. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley - 1958
456. Al Green - Greatest Hits - 1975
457. Sinéad OConnor - I Do Not Want What I Havent Got - 1990
458. Jason Isbell - Southeastern - 2013
459. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day - 2009
460. Lorde - Melodrama - 2017
461. Bon Iver - For Emma - 2008
462. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin - 1969
463. Laura Nyro - Eli & the 13th Confession - 1968
464. The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 - 1973
465. King Sunny Adé - The Best of the Classic Years - 2003
466. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! - 1965
467. Maxwell - BLACKsummersnight - 2009
468. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls - 1978
469. Manu Chao - Clandestino - 1998
470. Juvenile - 400 Degreez - 1998
471. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - 1967
472. SZA - Ctrl - 2017
473. Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino - 2004
474. Big Star - #1 Record - 1972
475. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow - 1996
476. Sparks - Kimono My House - 1974
477. Howlin Wolf - Moanin in the Moonlight - 1959
478. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks - 1968
479. Selena - Amor Prohibido - 1994
480. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings - 2016
481. Belle and Sebastian - If Youre Feeling Sinister - 1996
482. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde - 1992
483. Muddy Waters - The Anthology - 2001
484. Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 2011
485. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - 1974
486. John Mayer - Continuum - 2006
487. Black Flag - Damaged - 1981
488. The Stooges - The Stooges - 1969
489. Phil Spector and Various Artists - Back to Mono (1958-1969) - 1991
490. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel - 1975
491. Harry Styles - Fine Line - 2019
492. Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time - 1989
493. Marvin Gaye - Here - My Dear - 1978
494. The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes - 1964
495. Boyz II Men - II - 1991
496. Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones - 1998
497. Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - 1985
498. Suicide - Suicide - 1977
499. Rufus - Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus - 1977
500. Arcade Fire - Funeral - 2004




The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums (2012 Edition)

The list is a compilation of the two previous lists - 2003 & 2009 plus a further panel of experts to submitted lists of their favourite albums of the 2000's. The result is a predictable list of the usual suspects in a roughly predictable order. However as you get down below 300 a few interesting inclusions.

One irritation is the inclusion compilation albums that are normally excluded from most other lists of this type.

1. Sgt Peppers 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 - Margin Gaye
7. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling - The Clash
9. Blond On Blond - Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles
11. Sunrise - Elvis Presley
12. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
13. The 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. Never Mind - Nirvana
18. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
20. Thriller - Michael Jackson
21. The Great Twent-Eight - Chuck Berry
22. The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
23. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
24. Inner Visions - Steve Wonder
25. Live At The Apollo - James Brown
26. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
27. The Joshua Tree - U2
28. Who's Next - The Who
29. Led Zeppelin (1) - Led Zeppelin
30. Blue - Joni Mitchell
31. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
32. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
33. Ram Ones - Ram Ones
34. Music From Big Pink - The Band
35. The Rise And Fall Of Zingy Stardust.... - David Bowie
36. Tapestry - Carole King
37. Hotel California - The Eagles
38. The Anthology - Muddy Waters
39. Pleas Please Me - The Beatles
40. Forever Changes - Love
41. Never Mind The Bollocks... - Sex Pistols
42. The Doors - The Doors
43. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
44. Horses - Patti Smith
45. The Band - The Band
46. Legend - Bob Marley And The Wailers
47. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
48. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
49. At The Fillmore East - The All An Brothers Band
50. Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
51. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
52. Greatest Hits - Al Green
53. Meet The Beatles - The Beatles
54. The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings - Ray Charles
55. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
56. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
57. Songs In The Key Of Life - Steve Wonder
58. Begets Banquet - The Rolling Stones
59. Chronicles Vol. 1 - Credence Clearwater Revival
60. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
61. Greatest Hits - Sly And The Family Stone
62. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
63. A Hung Baby - U2
64. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
65. Back To Mono (1958-1969) - Phil Spector
66. Moon Dance - Van Morrison
67. Kid A - Radiohead
68. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
69. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
70. The Stranger - Billy Joel
71. Graceland - Paul Simon
72. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
73. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
74. After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
75. Star Time - James Young
76. Purple Rain - Peri Nice
77. Back I M Black - Ac/Dc
78. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
79. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
80. Imagine - John Lennon
81. The Clash - The Clash
82. Harvest - Neil Young
83. Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience
84. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
85. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
86. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
87. The Wall - Pink Floyd
88. At Fulsome Prison - Johnny Cash
89. Dusty In Memphis - Du Sty Springfield
90. Talking Book - Steve Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
92. 20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly
93. Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
94. 40 Greatest Hits - Hank Williams
95. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
96. Tommy - The Who
97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
98. This Years Model - Elvis Costello
99. There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly And The Family Stone
100. Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies
101. In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
102. Fresh Cream - Cream
103. Giant Steps John Coltrane
104. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
105. Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles
106. Rocket To Russia - The Ramones
107. Portrait Of A Legend 1954-1964 - Sam Cooke
108. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
109. Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
110. Loaded - The Velvet Underground
111. The Bends - Radiohead
112. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears - The Mamas And The Papas
113. Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
114. Disraeli Gears - Cream
115. The Who Sell Out - The Who
116. Out Of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
117. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek And The Dominos
118. Late Registration - Kane West
119. At Last - Etta James
120. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds
121. Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone
122. The Harder They Come - OST Various
123. Raising Hell - Run-Dmc
124. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
125. Pearl - Janis Joplin
126. Catch A Fire - Bob Marley And The Wailers
127. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
128. Raw Power - Iggy And The Stooges
129. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
130. Marquee Moon - Television
131. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
132. Saturday Night Fever - OST Various
133. The Jails The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
134. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
135. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
136. Greatest Hits - Elton John
137. Tim - The Replacements
138. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
139. Rejuvenation - The Meters
140. Parallel Lines - Blondie
141. Live At The Regal - B.B. King
142. A Christmas Gift For You - Phil Spector
143. Gris-Gris - Dr. John
144. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
145. Aja - Steely Dan
146. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
147. Deja Vu - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
148. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
149. Santana - Santana
150. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
151. Funeral - Arcade Fire
152. The B-52's - The B-52's
153. The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest
154. Moaning' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
155. Pretenders - T He Pretenders
156. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
157. Closer - Joy Division
158. Captain Fantastic And The Dirt Brown Cowboy - Elton John
159. Alive! - Kiss
160. Electric Warrior - Trex
161. The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
162. Ok Computer - Radiohead
163. 1999 - Prince
164. The Very Best Of Linda Ronstat
165. Let's Get It On - Marin Gaye
166. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello
167. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
168. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
169. Exodus - Bob Marley And The Wailers
170. Live At Leeds - The Who
171. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - T He Byrds
172. Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
173. Something/Anything? - Todd Round Green
174. Desire - Bob Dylan
175. Close To You - The Carpenters
176. Rocks - Aerosmith
177. One Nation. Under A Groove - Funkadelic
178. The Anthology - 1961-1977 - Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions
179. The Definitive Collection - Abba
180. The Rolling Stones- Now! - The Rolling Stones
181. Natty Dread - Bob Marley And The Wailers
182. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
183. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
184. The Immaculate Collection - Madonnas
185. The Stooges - The Stooges
186. Fresh - Sly And The Family Stone
187. So - Peter Gabriel
188. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
189. Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
190. From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley
191. Fun House - The Stooges
192. The Gilded Plaice Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
193. Dookie - Green Day
194. Transformer - Lou Reed
195. Blues Breakers - John Mayall With Eric Clapton
196. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts... 1965-1968 - Various Artists
197. Murmur - R.E.M.
198. The Best Of... - Little Walter
199. Is This It - The Strokes
200. Highway To Hell - Ac/Dc
201. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
202. Parsley Sage Rosemary And Thyme - Simon And Garfunkel
203. Bad ' Michael Jackson
204. Modern Times - Bob Dylan
205. Wheels Of Fire - Cream
206. Dirty Mind - Prince
207. Abraxis - Santana
208. Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
209. Ten - Pearl Jam
210. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
211. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
212. Crooked Rain- Crooked Rain - Pavement
213. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
214. Proud Mary: The Best Of I've And Tina Turner - Ike And Tina Turner
215. New Your Dolls - New Your Dolls
216. Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
217. Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby Bland
218. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
219. Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
220. Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters
221. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
222. New Orleans Piano - Professor Longhair
223. War - U2
224. The Neil Diamond Collection - Neil Diamond
225. American Idiot - Green Day
226. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
227. Doolittle - Pixies
228. Paid In Full - Eric B. And Rakim
229. Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith
230. Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt
231. A Night At The Opera - Queen
232. The Kink Kronikles - The Kinks
233. Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
234. Bookends - Simon And Garfunkel
235. The Ultimate Collection - Patsy Cline
236. Mr Excitement - Jackie Wilson
237. The Who Sings My Generation - The Who
238. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
239. Like A Prayer - Madonna
240. Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
241. Let It Be - The Replacements
242. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
243. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
244. The Marshall Mathews Lp - Eminem
245. All Killer- No Filler - Jerry Lee Lewis
246. Freak Out - Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention
247. Live Dead - The Grateful Dead
248. The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette The Coleman
249. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
250. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
251. Low - David Bowie
252. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
253. The River - Bruce Springsteen
254. Dictionary Of Soul - Otis Redding
255. Metallica - Metallica
256. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
257. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
258. The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
259. The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
260. Stardust - Willie Nelson
261. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
262. Crosby- Stills And Nash - Crosby- Stills And Nash
263. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
264. Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
265. The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
266. Child Is The Farther To The Man - Blood- Sweat And Tears
267. Quadrophenia - The Who
268. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
269. Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain
270. Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
271. The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
272. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
273. Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
274. Night Birds - Labelle
275. The Slim Shady Lp - Eminem
276. Mother Ship Connection - Parliament
277. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
278. Anthology Of American Music - Harry Smith
279. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
280. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
281. My Life - Mary J Bilge
282. Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
283. Can't Get Enough - Barry White
284. The Cars - The Cars
285. Music Of My Mind - Steve Wonder
286. I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green
287. Los Angeles - X
288. Anthem Of The Sun - The Grateful Dead
289. Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
290. Call Me - Al Green
291. Talking Heads 77 - Talking Heads
292. The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan
293. White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
294. Kick Out The Jams - Mc5
295. Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen
296. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
297. We're Only In It For The Money - Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention
298. The College Dropout - Kane West
299. Weezer (Blue) - Weezer
300. Master Of Reality - Black Sabbath
301. Coat Of Many Colours - Dolly Parton
302. Feat Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
303. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
304. Grace - Jeff Buckley
305. Car Wheels On Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
306. Odelay - Beck
307. A Hard Days Night - The Beatles
308. Songs For Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra
309. Willie And The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
310. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
311. The Sun Collection - Various Artists
312. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
313. Unplugged - Nirvana
314. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
315. Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
316. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
317. Surfer Rosa - Pixies
318. Back Stabbers - The O'jays
319. Burnin' - The Wailers
320. Amnesiac - Radiohead
321. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
322. Sail Away - Randy Newman
323. Ghost In The Machine- The Police
324. Station To Station - David Bowie
325. Slow Hand - Eric Clapton
326. Disintegration - The Cure
327. Exile In Guy Villa - Liz Pair
328. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
329. In The Jungle Groove - James Brown
330. Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
331. Help! - The Beatles
332. Shoot Out The Lights - Richard And Linda Thompson
333. Wild Gift - X
334. Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker
335. Super Unknown - Soundgarden
336. In Rainbows - Radiohead
337. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
338. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother And The Holding Company
339. They Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
340. Damaged - Black Flag
341. Play - Moby
342. Violater - Depeche Mode
343. Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
344. Berlin - Lou Reed
345. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
346. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
347. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
348. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
349. The Black Album - Jay-Z
350. Roger The Engineer (Aka Over Under Sideways Down) - The Yardbirds
351. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
352. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
353. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
354. 52nd Street - Billy Joel
355. Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds
356. 12 Songs - Randy Newman
357. Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones
358. Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis
359. Honky Chateau - Elton John
360. Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
361. Stankonia - Outlast
362. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
363. Substance - New Order
364. L.A. Woman - The Doors
365. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
366. American Recordings - Johnny Cash
367. Ray Of Lit - Madonna
368. Eagles - The Eagles
369. Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths
370. Mott - Mott The Hoopla
371. Whatever People Say I Am- That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
372. Regatta De Blank - The Police
373. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
374. Siren - Roxy Music
375. Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
376. Post - Bork
377. The Ultimate Collection - John Lee Hooker
378. (What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
379. Crazy Sexy Cool - Tlc
380. Funky Kingston - Toots And The Maytals
381. Smile (2011 Version) - The Beach Boys
382. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
383. More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
384. A Quick One - The Who
385. Love And Theft - Bob Dylan
386. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
387. Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
388. The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto - Various Artists
389. The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
390. Elephant - The White Stripes
391. The Pretender - Jackson Brown
392. Let It Be - The Beatles
393. Kala - M.I.A.
394. Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
395. Sound Of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
396. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
397. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
398. Eliminator - Zz Top
399. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
400. Anthology - The Temptations
401. Californiacation - Red Hot Chili Peppers
402. Illmatic - NAS
403. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd - Lanyard Skynyrd
404. Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr John
405. Radio City - Big Star
406. Rid Of Me - Pj Harvey
407. Sandinista! - The Clash
408. I Do Not What What I Haven't Got - Sinead O' Conner
409. Strange Days - The Doors
410. Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
411. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
412. Pink Flag - Wire
413. Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
414. Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's
415. Van Halen - Van Halen
416. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
417. Boy - U2
418. Band On The Run - Paul Mccartney And Wings
419. Dummy - Portishead
420. The "Chirping" Crickets - Buddy Holly And The Crickets
421. The Best Of The Girl Groups Volumes 1 & 2 - Various Artists
422. Pretending The Fabulous Rosettes - The Ronnets
423. Anthology - Diana Ross And The Supremes
424. The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
425. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
426. At The Budokan - Cheap Trick
427. Sleepless - Peter Wolf
428. Outlandish D'amour - The Police
429. Another Green World - Brian Eno
430. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
431. Stories From The City- Stories From The Sea - Pj Harvey
432. Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno
433. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
434. #1 Record - Big Star
435. In Utero - Nirvana
436. Sea Change - Beck
437. Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
438. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
439. Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963 - Sam Cooke
440. Rum Sodomy And The Lash - The Pogues
441. Suicide - Suicide
442. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo
443. In Color ' Cheap Trick
444. The World Is A Ghetto - War
445. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
446. Back In The USA - Mc5
447. Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto
448. Synchronicity - The Police
449. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
450. For Everyman - Jackson Browne
451. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
452. John Prine - John Prine
453. Strictly Business - Epmd
454. Love It To Death - Alice Cooper
455. How Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
456. Here- My Dear - Marvin Gaye
457. Z - My Morning Jacket
458. Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
459. Golden Hits - The Drifters
460. Live Through This ' Hole
461. Metal Box - Public Image Limited
462. Document - R.E.M.
463. Heave Up Here - Echo And The Bunnymen
464. Hysteria - Def Leopard
465. 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
466. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
467. Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen
468. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
469. The Score - Fugues
470. Radio - L.L. Cool J
471. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard And Linda Thompson
472. Faith - George Michales
473. The Smiths - The Smiths
474. Proxima Estacion Esperanza - Manu Chao
475. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello And The Attractions
476. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
477. Down Every Road - Merl Haggard
478. All Time Greatest Hits - Loretta Lynn
479. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
480. Only Built 4 Cuban Linux - Raekwon
481. Voodoo - D'angelo
482. Guitar Town - Steve Earle
483. Entertainment! - Gang Of Four
484. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
485. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
486. That's The Way Of The World - Earth Wind And Fire
487. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
488. New Day Rising - Husker Du
489. Destroyer - Kiss
490. Tres Hombres - Zz Top
491. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
492. Touch - Eurythmics
493. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
494. Oracular - Mgmt
495. Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt
496. Boz Skaggs - Boz Skaggs
497. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
498. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
499. Live In Cooke County Jail - B.B. King
500. Aquemini - Outlast

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Rolling Stone Albums Of The Decade (2000-2009)


1 . Radiohead - Kid A
2 . The Strokes - Is This It
3 . Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4 . Jay-Z - The Blueprint
5 . The White Stripes - Elephant
6 . Arcade Fire - Funeral
7 . Eminem - The Marshal Mathers LP
8 . Bob Dylan - Modern Times
9 . M.I.A. - Kala
10 . Kanye West - The College Dropout
11 . Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
12 . LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
13 . U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
14 . Jay-Z - The Black Album
15 . Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
16 . Outkast - Stankonia
17 . Beck - Sea Change
18 . MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
19 . Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
20 . The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
21 . Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
22 . Green Day - American Idiot
23 . D'Angelo - Voodoo
24 . Bruce Springsteen - Magic
25 . Radiohead - Amnesiac
26 . Cat Power - The Greatest
27 . The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
28 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
29 . Sigur Rós - Ágaetis Byrjun
30 . Radiohead - In Rainbows
31 . My Morning Jacket - Z
32 . Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
33 . Daft Punk - Discovery
34 . Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
35 . PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
36 . U2 - No Line On The Horizon
37 . 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
38 . Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
39 . Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
40 . Kanye West - Late Registration
41 . Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
42 . Elliott Smith - Figure 8
43 . The Killers - Hot Fuss
44 . System Of A Down - Toxicity
45 . Kanye West - Graduation
46 . Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
47 . Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
48 . TV On The Radio - Dear Science
49 . Fiona Apple - Extraordionary Machine
50 . Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
51 . Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
52 . M.I.A. - Arular
53 . Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
54 . Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
55 . Robert Plant And Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
56 . Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
57 . Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
58 . Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
59 . Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
60 . Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
61 . The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
62 . Johnny Cash - American III - Solitary Man
63 . Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
64 . Gillian Welch - Time The Revelator
65 . Manu Chao - Próxima Estación Esperanza
66 . Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
67 . Björk - Vespertine
68 . U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
69 . Missy Elliott - Under Construction
70 . Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
71 . Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Eart To The Ground
72 . Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
73 . Coldplay - Parachutes
74 . Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
75 . Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
76 . Sigur Rós - ()
77 . Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
78 . Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
79 . The New Pornographers - Electric Version
80 . Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
81 . Ryan Adams - Gold
82 . Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
83 . The Black Keys - Attack & Release
84 . Eminem - The Eminem Show
85 . Coldplay - Viva La Vida
86 . The Postal Service - Give Up
87 . Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
88 . Brian Wilson - Smile
89 . Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
90 . Amadou & Miriam - Dimanche A Bamako
91 . The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
92 . Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
93 . Johnny Cash - Unearthed
94 . The Libertines - Up The Brackett
95 . Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
96 . The Streets - Original Pirate Material
97 . Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
98 . TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
99 . The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
100 . Leonard Cohen - 10 New Songs

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Rolling Stone Songs Of The Decade (2000-2009)

1 . Gnarls Barkley — Crazy
2 . Jay -Z — 99 Problems
3 . Beyoncé — Crazy in Love
4 . Outkast — Hey Ya!
5 . M.I.A. — Paper Planes
6 . The White Stripes — Seven Nation Army
7 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Maps
8 . Amy Winehouse — Rehab
9 . U2 — Beautiful Day
10 . Eminem — Stan
11 . MGMT — Time to Pretend
12 . Eminem — Lose Yourself
13 . 50 Cent — In Da Club
14 . Missy Elliott — Get Ur Freak On
15 . Johnny Cash — Hurt
16 . The Strokes — Last Nite
17 . Bob Dylan — Mississippi
18 . Kelly Clarkson — Since U Been Gone
19 . Kanye West — Jesus Walks
20 . Justin Timberlake — Cry Me a River
21 . OutKast — B.O.B.
22 . Amerie — 1 Thing
23 . Rihanna — Umbrella
24 . Radiohead — Everything in Its Right Place
25 . Missy Elliott — Work It
26 . Coldplay — Clocks
27 . The Postal Service — Such Great Heights
28 . Randy Newman — A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
29 . Kanye West — Gold Digger
30 . R. Kelly — Ignition (Remix)
31 . The Flaming Lips — Do You Realize?
32 . Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out
33 . Daft Punk — One More Time
34 . Coldplay — Yellow
35 . Bruce Springsteen — The Rising
36 . U2 — Moment of Surrender
37 . LCD Soundsystem — Losing My Edge
38 . Gorillaz — Clint Eastwood
39 . Modest Mouse — Float On
40 . Kelis — Milkshake
41 . LCD Soundsystem — All My Friends
42 . Arcade Fire — Wake Up
43 . The Roots — The Seed (2.0)
44 . Britney Spears — Toxic
45 . Kylie Minogue — Can't Get You Out of My Head
46 . MGMT — Kids
47 . Green Day — American Idiot
48 . The Killers — Mr. Brightside
49 . The Walkmen — The Rat
50 . Beyoncé — Single Ladies
51 . D'Angelo — Untitled (How Does It Feel)
52 . Christina Aguilera — Beautiful
53 . The Rapture — House of Jealous Lovers
54 . Coldplay — The Scientist
55 . OutKast — Ms. Jackson
56 . Radiohead — Idioteque
57 . The Shins — New Slang
58 . The White Stripes — Fell In Love With a Girl
59 . The Strokes — Hard to Explain
60 . Beyoncé — Irreplaceable
61 . Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl
62 . Alicia Keys — Fallin'
63 . Lil Wayne — A Milli
64 . U2 — Vertigo
65 . Green Day — Boulevard of Broken Dreams
66 . Madonna — Music
67 . Wilco — Jesus, Etc.
68 . Coldplay — Viva La Vida
69 . Santigold — L.E.S. Artistes
70 . Arctic Monkeys — I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor
71 . Justice — D.A.N.C.E.
72 . Kings of Leon — Use Somebody
73 . Queens of the Stone Age — No One Knows
74 . TV on the Radio — Wolf Like Me
75 . Arcade Fire — Rebellion (Lies)
76 . Madonna — Hung Up
77 . Dixie Chicks — Not Ready to Make Nice
78 . LCD Soundsystem — Daft Punk is Playing at My House
79 . Robert Plant and Alison Krauss — Gone Gone Gone
80 . Phoenix — 1901
81 . Pink — Get The Party Started
82 . Jay -Z — Dirt Off Your Shoulder
83 . The Gossip — Standing in the Way of Control
84 . The Clipse — Grindin'
85 . The Dirty Projectors — Stillness Is the Move
86 . Aaliyah — Try Again
87 . The Knife — Heartbeats
88 . Jay -Z — Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
89 . Bright Eyes — Lua
90 . Midlake — Roscoe
91 . Bruce Springsteen — My City of Ruins
92 . Brad Paisley — Alcohol
93 . Snoop Dogg — Drop It Like It's Hot
94 . Radiohead — Pyramid Song
95 . Mary J. Blige — Family Affair
96 . Lady Gaga — Poker Face
97 . Fleet Foxes — White Winter Hymnal
98 . Amy Winehouse — Back to Black
99 . Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc.
100 . Damian Marley — Welcome to Jamrock

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Rolling Stone Albums Of The Decade (2010-2019)
(December 2019)


Kanye West


1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
4. Taylor Swift - Red
5. David Bowie - Blackstar
6. Drake - Take Care
7. Lorde - Melodrama
8. Adele - 21
9. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel
10. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
11. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
12. Frank Ocean - Blonde
13. Kanye West - Yeezus
14. The Black Keys - Brothers
15. J Balvin - Vibras
16. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
17. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
18. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
19. Taylor Swift - 1989
20. Solange - A Seat at the Table
21. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think - and Sometimes I Just Sit
22. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
23. Robyn - Body Talk
24. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
25. Rihanna - Anti
26. Beyoncé - Beyoncé
27. Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
28. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
29. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
30. Ariana Grande - Thank U - Next
31. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep - Where Do We Go?
32. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
33. Mitski - Be the Cowboy
34. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
35. DAngelo - Black Messiah
36. Randy Newman - Dark Matter
37. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
38. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
39. Rosalía - El Mal Querer
40. SZA - CTRL
41. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailors Guide to Earth
42. Miranda Lambert - Platinum
43. Bob Dylan - Tempest
44. Haim - Days Are Gone
45. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
46. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
47. Bon Iver - 22 - A Million
48. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
49. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
50. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
51. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
52. Khalid - American Teen
53. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel…
54. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
55. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
56. Sky Ferreira - Night Time - My Time
57. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
58. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
59. Harry Styles - Harry Styles
60. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
61. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
62. Paul McCartney - Egypt Station
63. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
64. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
65. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
66. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid…m.A.A.d City
67. Bad Bunny - X 100Pre
68. Florence + the Machine - How Big - How Blue - How Beautiful
69. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
70. Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
71. Grimes - Art Angels
72. Jack White - Blunderbuss
73. Jenny Lewis - On the Line
74. Pusha T - Daytona
75. Father John Misty - I Love You - Honeybear
76. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia Ultra
77. The Highwomen - The Highwomen
78. Soccer Mommy - Clean
79. Kesha - Rainbow
80. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
81. Brandi Carlile - By The Way - I Forgive You
82. Kamasi Washington - The Epic
83. Eric Church - Chief
84. Jamie XX - In Color
85. Metallica - Hardwired … to Self-Destruct
86. Angel Olsen - My Woman
87. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
88. Arctic Monkeys - AM
89. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
90. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
91. Tierra Whack - Whack World
92. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
93. U2 - Songs of Innocence
94. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
95. Future - Monster
96. Low Cut Connie - Call Me Sylvia
97. Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1
98. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness
99. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
100. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

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Rolling Stone Songs Of The Centry...So Far
(June 2018)


1. Crazy in Love - Beyonce feat. Jay-Z
2. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
3. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
4. Hey Ya! - Outkast
5. 99 Problems - Jay-Z
6. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Runaway - Kanye West feat. Pusha T
8. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
9. Royals - Lorde
10. Last Nite - The Strokes
11. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
12. Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott
13. Alright - Kendrick Lamar
14. Toxic - Britney Spears
15. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
16. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
17. Work It - Missy Elliott
18. Blackstar - David Bowie
19. Dancing on My Own - Robyn
20. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
21. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
22. Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
23. Ms. Jackson - Outkast
24. Lose Yourself - Eminem
25. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
26. Hotline Bling - Drake
27. B.O.B. Outkast
28. Umbrella - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
29. All Too Well Taylor Swift
30. Mississippi - Bob Dylan
31. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
32. In Da Club - 50 Cent
33. Idioteque - Radiohead
34. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
35. Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey
36. Gold Digger Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
37. You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
38. Formation - Beyoncé
39. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
40. Beautiful Day - U2
41. Hurt - Johnny Cash
42. Electric Feel - MGMT
43. Cranes in the Sky - Solange
44. Stan - Eminem
45. Sorry - Justin Bieber
46. Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
47. Redbone - Childish Gambino
48. Happy - Pharrell Williams
49. Sign of the Times - Harry Styles
50. The Scientist - Coldplay
51. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyoncé
52. Chandelier - Sia
53. Oblivion - Grimes
54. Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley
55. 212 - Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay
56. Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi - Radiohead
57. Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips
58. Niggas in Paris Jay-Z and Kanye West
59. Bodak Yellow - Cardi B
60. The Wire - Haim
61. Hung Up - Madonna
62. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
63. Sugar - We’re Goin Down - Fall Out Boy
64. DNA - Kendrick Lamar
65. We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
66. Beez in the Trap - Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz
67. What You Know - T.I.
68. Springsteen - Eric Church
69. Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean
70. American Idiot - Green Day
71. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
72. Bad and Boujee - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
73. House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
74. Letter From an Occupant - The New Pornographers
75. The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
76. Get Lucky - Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
77. Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem
78. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
79. Drop It Like It’s Hot Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell
80. Ante Up (Robbin-Hoodz Theory) M.O.P.
81. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
82. New Slang - The Shins
83. Lost Cause - Beck
84. One More Time - Daft Punk
85. My Shot - Original Broadway Cast of ‘Hamilton’
86. I Love It - Icona Pop w/Charli XCX
87. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
88. Hannah Hunt - Vampire Weekend
89. Hate to Say I Told You So - The Hives
90. 1 Thing Amerie
91. Despacito (Remix) Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
92. Stoned and Starving - Parquet Courts
93. I’m Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
94. Jesus Walks - Kanye West
95. Can’t Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
96. Tighten Up - The Black Keys
97. 1901 - Phoenix
98. Archie - Marry Me - Alvvays
99. Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) - UGK feat. Outkast
100. Gasolina Daddy Yankee feat. Glory