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Dec 31, 2023 · The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better. By Rolling Stone. Illustration by Sean McCabe for Rolling Stone. Dec...
- The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead 1. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986). Rough Trade. What distinguishes it as the greatest ever made? For one thing, timelessness.
- The Beatles, Revolver 2. The Beatles, Revolver (1966). Parlophone. Far and away the best album of rock’s Phase One, virtually every one of these 35 minutes brought a fresh revelation, featuring more stylistic and cultural innovation in its first ten minutes than most other bands achieve in their lifespan.
- David Bowie, Hunky Dory 3. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) RCA. If the message of ‘Changes’ was that nothing lasts forever, it’s ironic how that song has gone on to become his most enduring hit, and ‘Hunky Dory’ his most time-tested album.
- The Strokes, Is This It 4. The Strokes, Is This It (2001) Rough Trade. Albert Hammond Jnr: ”That was just the set list we had been playing, it was underneath our fingers and the feeling was one of extreme excitement.
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures.
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- Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Led Zeppelin. Millennials coming at this album can end up feeling like the guy who saw Hamlet and complained it was all quotations.
- The Best of the Shangri-Las (1996), The Shangri-Las. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no, no one ever did teen heartbreak quite like the Shangri-Las. Long before the Spice Girls packaged attitude for popular consumption, songwriter Ellie Greenwich was having trouble with a group of teenagers who had grown up in a tough part of Queens – “with their gestures, and language, and chewing the gum and the stockings ripped up their legs”.
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), David Bowie. Pictorial proof that Ziggy did indeed play guitar ( (Rex) Flamboyance, excess, eccentricity – this is the breakthrough album that asserted Bowie as glam rock’s new icon.
- Unknown Pleasures (1979), Joy Division. In their brief career, ended by the suicide of 23-year-old singer Ian Curtis, Joy Division created two candidates for the best album by anyone ever.
The 100 greatest albums of all time that are highly influential and culturally significant. The best album list includes records from the 1950s through today and include the best in rock, rap, jazz, r&b and more.
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May 22, 2024 · 1. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon. $9.99. Buy now from Amazon. Year: 1973. After the initial Syd Barrett-inspired success of their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, it took a while for Pink Floyd Mk II to find their feet.
