Rolling Stones Top 500 Albums Of All Time

[ZiprHead]

I remember from the late eighties, maybe early ninetie when Prince was king of the world. Some of my rocker friends were a little taken aback when I said yes to the question of would I go see a Prince concert. I asked them if there was anyone else out there making a guitar scream like that. They actually kind of agreed with that sentiment.

 

[ZiprHead]

Which raises a good question about the make-up of lists like this. Should they be the most influential albums, so you kind of need to know the cultural context in which it was released to fully appreciate why it was included, or should it be the albums who's music has best stood up to the test of time and they're ranked as the best because solely because of the songs on them and you don't need to know anything more about them than the playlist?

Here's a wiki on how the list was compiled.:

The first version of the list, published as a magazine in November 2003, was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics, and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums. The accounting firm Ernst & Young devised a point system to weigh votes for 1,600 submitted titles. The list includes a few compilations, and "greatest hits" collections.[3]

The following authors contributed to the citations made of each album:

Pat Blashill
Anthony DeCurtis
Ben Edmonds
Gavin Edwards
Jenny Eliscu
David Fricke
Mark Kemp
Greg Kot
Joe Levy
Parke Puterbaugh
Austin Scaggs
Karen Schoemer
Bud Scoppa
Rob Sheffield
David Thigpen
Barry Walters
An amended list was released in book form in 2005, with an introduction written by Steven Van Zandt. As the editor's foreword explains, some compilation albums were removed, and Robert Johnson's The Complete Recordings was substituted for both of his King of the Delta Blues Singers volumes, making room for a total of eight new entries on the list. The Complete Recordings would be reinstated to the list in the 2012 edition.

Another interesting factoid from the wiki:

Artists with the most albums[4]

11 albums

Bob Dylan (ten solo albums and an additional album as Bob Dylan and the Band; two in the top 10 including the #9 and #4 spots)

10 albums

The Beatles (four in the top 10 including the #10, #5, #3, and #1 spots; an additional four from their solo careers, two from John Lennon, one from George Harrison, and one from Paul McCartney and Wings, give a total of 14 for the group)
Eric Clapton (two solo albums, three with Cream, one with Derek and the Dominos, one with the Yardbirds and one with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
The Rolling Stones (one in the top 10 at the #7 spot)

8 albums

Bruce Springsteen

7 albums

The Who
Neil Young (three solo albums, two with Crazy Horse, one with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and another with Buffalo Springfield)

6 albums

David Bowie (Produced 1 Lou Reed Album)
Elton John
Lou Reed (two solo albums, four with the Velvet Underground)

5 albums

Chris Hillman (four albums with the Byrds, one with the Flying Burrito Brothers)
David Crosby (three albums with the Byrds, two with Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Led Zeppelin
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Radiohead
Paul Simon (two solo albums, three with Simon and Garfunkel)
U2
Jerry Harrison (Four with Talking Heads one with Modern Lovers)

4 albums

The Byrds
Elvis Costello (one solo album, three with the Attractions)
Grateful Dead
James Brown
Pink Floyd
The Police
Prince
Roxy Music
Sly and the Family Stone
The Smiths
Stevie Wonder
Talking Heads
The Velvet Underground (one album with Nico)

3 albums

The Beach Boys
Big Star
Black Sabbath
The Clash
Marvin Gaye
Nick Drake (in 2003 edition)
Michael Jackson
The Kinks
Madonna
Elvis Presley
Miles Davis
R.E.M.
Simon and Garfunkel
Steely Dan
Jay Z
Stephen Stills (two with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, one with Buffalo Springfield)
The Stooges
Al Green
The Doors
Tom Waits
Kanye West[2]
Nirvana
Eminem (in 2003 edition)
PJ Harvey

 

[rousseau]

I knew that the Rolling Stones were prolific, but I would have guessed that (even including compilation albums and box sets) they wouldn't have released as many as 100 albums in total, much less 500.

Or is there an apostrophe missing from the thread title?

I have to admit I've never given The Rolling Stones the proper time of day, outside of a few plays of a bunch of their singles. I should get to it because I have to think their discography is packed with good stuff.

 

[Horatio Parker]

I knew that the Rolling Stones were prolific, but I would have guessed that (even including compilation albums and box sets) they wouldn't have released as many as 100 albums in total, much less 500.

Or is there an apostrophe missing from the thread title?

I have to admit I've never given The Rolling Stones the proper time of day, outside of a few plays of a bunch of their singles. I should get to it because I have to think their discography is packed with good stuff.

I'd rather play a Stones tune than listen to one.

I liked Keith Richards book.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The Who have 7 albums?

Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who's Next, maybe Who are You, one early one. What are the other two?

Lists like these are just silly. Thriller, #20? Fuck you! That was biggest album of all-time. Dark Side of the Moon, #43?!

These lists tend to be arbitrary and pretend that, in general, the present doesn't exist.