Rolling Stone Readers Poll : Top 100 albums
Submitted by auralm on Wed, 11/20/2002 - 09:20
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- 100) Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd*
- 99) The Immaculate Collection, Madonna*
- 98) Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix
- 97) Odelay, Beck*
- 96) Songs In the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
- 95) Play, Moby
- 94) Hysteria, Def Leppard
- 93) Legend, Bob Marley
- 92) Version 2.0, Garbage
- 91) Maladroit, Weezer
- 90) Quadrophenia, The Who*
- 89) Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
- 88) Master of Puppets, Metallica*
- 87) The Queen is Dead, The Smiths*
- 86) Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi
- 85) Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
- 84) House of the Holy, Led Zeppelin*
- 83) A Night At the Opera, Queen
- 82) Vitalogy, Pearl Jam*
- 81) 101, Depeche Mode
- 80) Superunknown, Soundgarden*
- 79) The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground
- 78) Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt
- 77) Doolitte, Pixies*
- 76) What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
- 75) August & Everything After, Counting Crows
- 74) Never Mind the Bollocks, The Sex Pistols
- 73) Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
- 72) Toxicity, System of a Down*
- 71) Under the Table & Dreaming, Dave Matthews Band
- 70) Zooropa, U2
- 69) Daydream, Mariah Carey
- 68) Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones
- 67) Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine*
- 66) Purple Rain, Prince
- 65) Tommy, The Who*
- 64) Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
- 63) Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen
- 62) Like A Prayer, Madonna
- 61) Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
- 60) Back In Black, AC/DC
- 59) Paranoid, Black Sabbath*
- 58) Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park
- 57) Is This It, The Strokes*
- 56) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie*
- 55) MTV Unplugged in New York (Live), Nirvana*
- 54) Crash, Dave Matthews Band
- 53) The Unforgettable Fire, U2
- 52) Music, Madonna
- 51) Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin*
- 50) Vs, Pearl Jam*
- 49) War, U2*
- 48) Highway 61 Revisted, Bob Dylan*
- 47) Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morrisette*
- 46) Use Your Illusion, Guns N' Roses*
- 45) Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers*
- 44) Are You Experienced, Jimi Hendrix*
- 43) Rumours, Fleetwood Mac*
- 42) Metallica, Metallica*
- 41) Defintely Maybe, Oasis
- 40) Grace, Jeff Buckley*
- 39) Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
- 38) Dookie, Green Day
- 37) The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem*
- 36) Who's Next, The Who*
- 35) BloodSugarSexMagik, Red Hot Chili Peppers*
- 34) Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
- 33) (What's the Story)Morning Glory, Oasis*
- 32) Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen
- 31) The Wall, Pink Floyd*
- 30) Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
- 29) Ray of Light, Madonna
- 28) Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins*
- 27) Aenmia, Tool*
- 26) Kid A, Radiohead*
- 25) Automatic For the People, R.E.M
- 24) The Eminem Show, Eminem
- 23) Rubber Soul, The Beatles
- 22) In Utero, Nirvana*
- 21) Weezer(The Blue Album & The Green Album), Weezer**
- 20) Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
- 19) Ten, Pearl Jam*
- 18) Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins*
- 17) The Bends, Radiohead*
- 16) Pinkerton, Weezer*
- 15) All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2
- 14) London Calling, The Clash*
- 13) Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
- 12) Thriller, Michael Jackson*
- 11) Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd*
- 10) Achtung Baby, U2*
- 9) Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin*
- 8) OK Computer, Radiohead*
- 7) Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses*
- 6) Abbey Road, The Beatles*
- 5) The Beatles(The White Album), The Beatles*
- 4) The Joshua Tree, U2*
- 3) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles*
- 2) Nevermind, Nirvana*
- 1) Revolver, The Beatles*
Author Comments:
* Albums i own in one form or another (56 in total)
Here it is if you're interested..
By the looks of it the poll was overun by Weezer (every album???), U2 (Zooroopa???), Radiohead and Pearl jam fans. There is also a major lack of decent female artists, the best they could come up with was Madonna, Mariah carey and Alanis. Rap is represented atrociously by 2 Eminem albums. Hasn't anyone heard of Public enemy, Beastie boys, NWA? ...Linkin Park?? ahahaha. Other than that it wasn't terrible, good to see The Clash up high, also Jeff Buckley, The Pixies, Miles Davis and The Smiths who i would not of thought would be there.
yeah, this list bothered me when I got that free issue of RS with Keef on the cover. I wrote a little diatribe on some RS.com message board (I don't know why I do that. intelligent discussion can't occur on RS message boards. it's proven.) for no reason other than to clear my mind of bad vibes stemming from extreme collective short-sightedness.
and I have 48 albums on this list. sonofagun. 'course, they're good, but most of 'em ain't Joni Mitchell "Blue" good.
Only because it is really bothering me, but what in blue blazes is Stealing Frogs by the Rolling Stones?
I think, looking at a copy of this poll, that title should be Sticky Fingers...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Of course, the initials are also the same, and I can only assume Sticky Fingers would aid in Stealing Frogs.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Haha, I didn't even pick up on that, i just thought it was an album i'd never heard of. I'm positive it is suppose to be "Sticky Fingers" though. I copied and pasted this list from a discussion board.