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Story: Jack Foley
THE usual suspects ruled (or rocked) when US magazine, Rolling
Stone, announced its 500 greatest albums of all time, recently,
with The Beatles occupying four positions in the top 10 (including
number one), and the Stones and Bob Dylan cropping up, too!
The Beatles’ top ten haul includes, rather predictably,
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, at number one, followed
by Revolver, at three, Rubber Soul, at five, and The Beatles,
at ten.
The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited
round off the top five.
The most recent artist to appear in the top 50, however, was
Nirvana, with their Nevermind long-player, which means that, according
to Rolling Stone journos, only one modern band warrants a place
in the hall of fame.
Michael Jackson did, however, make it with his Thriller LP, while
U2’s Joshua Tree also crept into the top 30.
There were no mentions for some of today’s biggest and most
influential names, however, including rapper, Eminem, or Radiohead.
The Rolling Stones confirmed their reputation as rock ‘n’
roll greats with the inclusion of Exile on Main Street, at number
seven, and Let It Bleed, in the top 50.
The full Top 50 is (click on the album names to order them, through
Amazon):
Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Pet
Sounds - The Beach Boys
Revolver
- The Beatles
Highway
61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Rubber
Soul - The Beatles
What's
Going On - Marvin Gaye
Exile
on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
London
Calling - The Clash
Blonde
On Blonde - Bob Dylan
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The
Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles
The
Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley
Kind
of Blue - Miles Davis
Velvet
Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground
Abbey
Road - The Beatles
Are
You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Blood
on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Nevermind
- Nirvana
Born
to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Astral
Weeks - Van Morrison
Thriller
- Michael Jackson
The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Live
At The Apollo (1963) - James Brown
Rumours
- Fleetwood Mac
The
Joshua Tree - U2
King Of The Delta Blues Singers Vol. 1 - Robert Johnson
Who's
Next - The Who
Led
Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Blue
- Joni Mitchell
Bringing
It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Let
It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Ramones
- Ramones
Music From Big Pink - The Band
The
Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- David Bowie
Tapestry - Carole King
Hotel
California - The Eagles
The Anthology 1947 – 1972 - Muddy Waters
Please
Please Me - The Beatles
Forever Changes - Love
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
The Doors - The Doors
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Horses - Patti Smith
The Band - The Band
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
It
Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
At
Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
Here's
Little Richard - Little Richard
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