The New Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums List • Page 8

Yeah I think Automatic would still be number one for me. New Adventures, Murmur, Lifes Rich Pageant and Document have all held the 2 spot. No idea what I'd choose now. Out of Time super underrated as well. Reckoning might even be 7th for me, and I think it's great!

 

Went through my record collection and I have 36/500 on this list.

Need to step up the classics

 

If we're going off what we own on vinyl then I have the Springsteen ones and that's it. I've got some Davis, Holliday, and REM but they aren't the ones on this list.

 

I have 87 but it's almost all of the classic rock variety, not much of the more interesting stuff

 

It’s weird how many records in this list I know. Am I old?

 

If I listen to both versions back to back The Murmur version sounds so murky and flat to me. The slightly speedier version seems to have a lot more energy.

 

I've been really into their '90s stuff this year. Spent a lot of time with New Adventures and Monster earlier this year. I do that every few months: pick one or two of their records and just play it a ton. They have such a deep, dynamic catalog that they're an especially fun band to do that with.

The Murmur version is the one I heard first (probably by like a decade), so it's how I think the song is supposed to sound. Nothing against the other version, of course.

 

Btw worth noting re: R.E.M. that Document was on the older list

 

One that I'm genuinely surprised isn't on here: Mellon Collie.

 

Yeah that’s a bummer

 

That was on the 2003 but dropped during the slight tweak in 2012

 

Too much Kanye

 

To go so hard toward poptimism but not add an ELO album is a missed opportunity

 

I missed it the first time but Gillian Welch - Time (The Relevator) is a low key great addition. It is absolutely one of the best albums ever made.

 

I always thought the 2012 tweak was pretty worthless. 2003 is the version I’m more familiar with.

 

Yeah agreed. Some moves on the 2012 were actively negative. Swapping out Merle’s Branded Man for a comp, for instance.

 

I didn’t even know about that one!

 

I'm also quite miffed that not only is their representation of country on the thin side, but they cut WIllie's Stardust, an absolute all-time masterpiece. We really didn't have room for that, but we had Destiny's Child in ADDITION to two Beyonce?

 

I'm kinda bummed there is no Modest Mouse now I think about it. Could make a very strong argument for LCW, Moon or even Good News.

 

Also, Wowee Zowee is a surprise. Definitely has grown in stature over the years, but I still prefer Brighten the Corners personally.

 

No Guided By Voices a bit of a surprise also, on that note (90s low-fi indie pop/rock). Especially since Steven Hyden contributed and has said Alien Lanes is his favourite album. He mentioned he placed Blonde on Blonde as his number one, but I assume Alien Lanes was pretty high up. You'd think that would give it a lot of points. But I suppose with so many people voting, those 'only one person chose it but it was really high' kinda albums didn't sneak in -- sample size was big enough to remove outliers.

 

Just realized no Warren Zevon on this list. Lame.

 

Critics have always been iffy on his records, sadly. Not sure what someone could find to complain about on his self-titled, but here we are.

 

Albums from the top 50 on Rate Your Music to miss out on the RS top 500...

King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (this is FIFTH on RYM at present with 37,546 votes -- almost certainly the most glaring omission given its stature, popularity and the fact it fits within Rolling Stone's classic rock MO (released 1969))

The other omissions indicate the contributors are not fans of post-rock. At all.

Godspeed You Black Emperor: Lift Yr Skinny Fists
Pink Floyd: Animals
Silnt: Spiderland
Godspeed You Black Emperor: F♯A♯∞
Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Sigur Ros: Ágætis byrjun
King Crimson: Red

 

- What’s Going On is a legit choice for the greatest song of all time, but I don’t think that album is particularly amazing. I much prefer other Marvin Gaye albums.

And someone correct me if Im wrong, but wasn’t the album hastily scrapped together to capitalize on the success of the single? Not that rapid action can’t make amazing music, but like, is there even another stone cold out and out classic song on that album?

- No classical?

- interesting how much blues is falling off the popular radar, it seems like a pretty vital music that’s fading from our collective consciousness. Howlin’ Wolf (Moanin At Midnight seems way way low), Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, BB King etc but also folks like Bukka White, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Rev Gary Davis, and many many more are pretty transcendent.