The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
by Rolling Stone (2020)

I prefer the List from 2003

I thought the pick for number one, while not my favourite, is as great as can be. And the presence of rap albums in the top spots is totally justified as it is the music of the times. I'm too ignorant on the subject to pretend to know which rap albums are great. What I found issue with is the ranking of the music I know about, relative to one another. In my opinion they had it almost upside down.

Propaganda.

From AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 02:48 | #273832

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From Timhop 06/05/2021 22:35 | #270404

They managed to sneak a contemporary black female’s album into the top ten. But at the expense of Kind of Blue, and A Love Supreme, and a host of others. Sorry Miles and co. The quota was full. Shame on you, Rolling Stone. Let’s see if as many people in 50 years time are still listening to the miseducation of whatserface as there are people still buying copies of Kind of Blue today.

We all knew the list was about to suck when we saw that Funeral was number 500. So, they met expectations

From Jbalbinolr 05/02/2021 15:13 | #269219

Better than the 2012 list, but not by much.

Too political... Lauryn Hill in the top 10 ... nope.

Bof bof
5 beatles 3 stevie wonder ect
C'est trop répétitif et pas très original !
De moins en moins rock n roll en plus

Whilst one might credit ‘Rolling Stone’ with trying to diversify from a white male canon, that should for one thing not mean that:

— they substantially exclude genres – most especially but not only heavy metal and hard rock – associated (whether correctly or not) with lower- and middle-class whites who overwhelmingly support a far-right Republican Party
— they include popular albums from very recent years for which there is little evidence they will stand the test of time, substantially in an effort to include more black and female artists
— older, less popular genres of black music remain weakly represented even if they had critical influence – for instance efforts to represent avant-garde jazz from the 1960s and 1970s are patchy compared (say) to Joe S. Harrington

The flaws noted by many writers – for example Danny A. Vogel – as far back as the original 2003 list still remain or largely remain, too. In this case, to be fair, inclusions (Can) are balanced by removals (Captain Beefheart) so one cannot say anything new here.

‘Rolling Stone’ certainly tried to update its list, but it did not succeed in any meaningful manner whatsoever.