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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums. Various music genres were featured in the list, including pop, rock, metal, punk, soul, blues, folk, jazz, hip hop, and combinations thereof. The accounting firm Ernst & Young devised a point system to weigh votes for 1,600 submitted titles.[1]

The list was released in book form in 2005, with an introduction written by Steven Van Zandt. The book's list was slightly different, explained in the editor's foreword as the removal of some compilation albums and the consolidation of the two LPs of Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers into The Complete Recordings, making room for 8 additional albums on the list.

The list's apparent generational bias toward the 1960s and 1970s prompted a response. Following the publicity surrounding the list, rock critic Jim DeRogatis, a former Rolling Stone editor, published Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics (ISBN 1-56980-276-9) in 2004. This featured a number of younger critics arguing against the magazine's high evaluation of various "classic" albums, including DeRogatis taking on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which had been Rolling Stone's top choice.

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Top Ten Albums

  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 St., The Rolling Stones
  8. London Calling, The Clash
  9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
  10. The Beatles (The White Album), The Beatles

Artists with the most albums in the list

Number of albums from each decade

  • 1950s or before - 29 albums (5.8%)
  • 1960s - 126 (25.2%) (with 7 of the top 10)
  • 1970s - 183 (36.6%) (with the other 3 of the top 10)
  • 1980s - 88 (17.6%)
  • 1990s - 61 (12.2%)
  • 2000s - 13 (2.6%)

See also

External links

References

1. ^ "It's Certainly a Thrill: Sgt. Pepper Is Best Album", USA Today, November 17, 2003.

Type Music magazine
Format

Owner Jann Wenner
Publisher Wenner Publishing
Editor Jann Wenner
Will Dana
Founded 1967
Language English
Headquarters New York City, NY
Circulation 1.2 to 1.
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Ernst & Young

Member firms have different legal structures, USA and UK:- Limited Liability Partnership
Founded 1989; individual components from 1849
Headquarters London, UK EY Global

Industry Professional services
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) The Beatles
(1968)

The Beatles U.S. chronology

Revolver
(1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) Magical Mystery Tour
(1967)

Back cover
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) The Beatles
(1968)

The Beatles U.S. chronology

Revolver
(1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) Magical Mystery Tour
(1967)

Back cover
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The Beatles were an English musical group from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
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Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. It has been widely ranked as one of the most influential record albums ever released, including The Mojo Magazine and New Musician Express, who both rank the album at number one in their all-time lists.
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Revolver
(1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967)

The Beatles U.S. chronology

Yesterday and Today
(1966) Revolver
(1966) Sgt.
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The Beatles were an English musical group from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
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Highway 61 Revisited
(1965) Blonde on Blonde
(1966)

Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan's sixth studio album, released in 1965 by Columbia Records.
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Rubber Soul
(1965) Revolver
(1966)

The Beatles U.S. chronology

Help!
(1965) Rubber Soul
(1965) Yesterday and Today
(1966)

Alternate cover

Cover of the original 1965 U.S.
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What's Going On
(1971) Trouble Man
(1972)

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Exile on Main St.
(1972) Goats Head Soup
(1973)

Exile on Main St. is a double album released in 1972 by The Rolling Stones. Although initially greeted with lukewarm reviews, it is now widely considered the band's finest work and one of the
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London Calling
(1979) Sandinista!
(1980)

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Blonde on Blonde
(1966) Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
(1967)

Blonde on Blonde is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 7th studio album, released in 1966 by Columbia Records.
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The Beatles
(1968) Yellow Submarine
(1969)

The Beatles U.S. chronology

Magical Mystery Tour
(1967) The Beatles
(1968) Yellow Submarine
(1969)

The Beatles
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The Beatles were an English musical group from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
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The Beatles were an English musical group from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
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