I 500 migliori album secondo Rolling Stone
La lista dei 500 migliori album secondo Rolling Stone è un elenco pubblicato dalla rivista specializzata statunitense Rolling Stone dal 2003 e aggiornato senza periodicità fissa.
Prima versione
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]L'elenco è stato determinato attraverso la votazione effettuata da un'apposita giuria composta da 273 musicisti, critici, storici e persone dell'industria musicale, tra cui Beck, The Edge, Jackson Browne, Art Garfunkel, Missy Elliott e membri dei Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Linkin Park e Doors. Ciascun giurato poteva esprimere 50 preferenze. I risultati vennero calcolati con un sistema di punti ideato dalla Ernst & Young tra 1 600 titoli votati in totale.[1]
I musicisti più rappresentati sono stati i Beatles (11 album), Bob Dylan (10), i Rolling Stones (10), Bruce Springsteen (8), gli Who (7), Elton John (6), David Bowie (6), i Radiohead (5), gli U2 (5), Bob Marley (5) i Led Zeppelin (5) e i Pink Floyd (4).
Prime 50 posizioni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) - 1967
- Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) - 1966
- Revolver (The Beatles) - 1966
- Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) - 1965
- Rubber Soul (The Beatles) - 1965
- What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) - 1971
- Exile on Main St. (The Rolling Stones) - 1972
- London Calling (The Clash) - 1979
- Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) - 1966
- The Beatles (The White Album) (The Beatles) - 1968
- The Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) - 1976
- Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) - 1959
- The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico) - 1967
- Abbey Road (The Beatles) - 1969
- Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - 1967
- Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) - 1975
- Nevermind (Nirvana) - 1991
- Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) - 1975
- Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) - 1968
- Thriller (Michael Jackson) - 1982
- The Great Twenty-Eight (Chuck Berry) - 1982
- Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) - 1970
- Innervisions (Stevie Wonder) - 1973
- Live at the Apollo (James Brown) - 1963
- Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) - 1977
- The Joshua Tree (U2) - 1987
- King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (Robert Johnson) - 1961
- Who's Next (The Who) - 1971
- Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) - 1969
- Blue (Joni Mitchell) - 1971
- Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan) - 1965
- Let It Bleed (The Rolling Stones) - 1969
- Ramones (Ramones) - 1976
- Music from Big Pink (The Band) - 1968
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) - 1972
- Tapestry (Carole King) - 1971
- Hotel California (Eagles) - 1976
- The Anthology: 1947-1972 (Muddy Waters) - 2001
- Please Please Me (The Beatles) - 1963
- Forever Changes (Love) - 1967
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Sex Pistols) - 1977
- The Doors (The Doors) - 1967
- The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) - 1973
- Horses (Patti Smith) - 1975
- The Band (The Band) - 1969
- Legend (Bob Marley) - 1984
- A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) - 1965
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy) - 1988
- At Fillmore East (The Allman Brothers Band) - 1971
- Here's Little Richard (Little Richard) - 1957
Numero di album per ogni decennio
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- 1950 o prima: 29 album (5,8%)
- 1960: 126 (25,2%)
- 1970: 183 (36,6%)
- 1980: 88 (17,6%)
- 1990: 61 (12,2%)
- 2000: 13 (2,6%).
Gli album non britannici né statunitensi
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]La lista redatta da Rolling Stone contiene album cantati esclusivamente in lingua inglese o strumentali (con la sola eccezione di alcune tracce). Gli interpreti sono quasi esclusivamente artisti britannici o statunitensi. Gli unici dischi di artisti che non sono di tali nazionalità sono:
Irlanda
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- The Joshua Tree (U2) - 1987 (n. 26)
- Achtung Baby (U2) - 1991 (n. 62)
- War (U2) - 1983 (n. 223)
- All That You Can't Leave Behind (U2) - 2000 (n. 280)
- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Sinéad O'Connor) - 1990 (n. 406)
Kanada
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Blue (Joni Mitchell) - 1971 (n. 30)
- Music from Big Pink (The Band) - 1968 (n. 34)
- The Band - (The Band) - 1969 (n. 45)
- After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) - 1970 (n. 71)
- Harvest (Neil Young) - 1972 (n. 78)
- Tonight's the Night (Neil Young) - 1975 (n. 331)
Giamaica
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Legend (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - 1984 (n. 46)
- Catch a Fire (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - 1973 (n. 123)
- Exodus (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - 1977 (n. 169)
- Natty Dread (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - 1974 (n. 181)
Svezia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- The Definitive Collection (ABBA) - 2001 (n. 179)
Germania
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Trans Europa Express (Kraftwerk) - 1977 (n. 256)
Islanda
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Francia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Próxima estación: Esperanza (Manu Chao) - 2001 (n. 474)
Seconda versione
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Nel 2012 Rolling Stone ha apportato vari cambiamenti alla lista, aggiornandola con dischi più recenti. Tra le modifiche si notano l'inclusione di tre album di Kanye West e dei dischi più recenti dei Radiohead, di Bruce Springsteen e Bob Dylan.
Sono stati rimossi in tutto 30 album e altrettanti sono stati aggiunti.
Tra le nuove entrate si segnalano gli Arcade Fire e gli Arctic Monkeys; tra i dischi esclusi, invece, la compilation ChangesOneBowie di David Bowie e Music di Madonna. L'album più vecchio tra quelli nella lista è The Anthology of American Folk Music, del 1952. Tre sono gli artisti con più album a testa figurano Beatles, Rolling Stones e Bob Dylan, con 10 titoli in classifica.
Nell'elenco figurano 40 album pubblicati dal 2000 al 2012, mentre quelli degli anni 1970 sono arrivati, con le nuove aggiunte, a un totale di 187.
Terza versione
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Il 22 settembre 2020 la rivista ha cambiato radicalmente la lista, focalizzandosi su artisti più moderni con 154 aggiunte, 86 delle quali del XXI secolo.[2]
Viene modificata anche la top 10:
- What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) - 1971
- Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) - 1966
- Blue (Joni Mitchell) - 1971
- Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder) - 1976
- Abbey Road (The Beatles) - 1969
- Nevermind (Nirvana) - 1991
- Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) - 1977
- Purple Rain (Prince and The Revolution) - 1984
- Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) - 1975
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill) - 1998
L'album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (in precedenza sempre alla prima posizione) indietreggia al 24º posto.[2] Inoltre sono stati esclusi tutti i dischi di Frank Zappa.
Parte degli opinionisti ha evidenziato come la revisione della lista rifletta valutazioni basate sull'impatto sociale delle canzoni oltre che sul loro valore musicale intrinseco,[2] nonché sulla diffusione di nuove piattaforme quali Soundcloud e Spotify,[2] ma non sono mancate le critiche di chi ritiene che la graduatoria favorisca ancora troppo la musica rock e la musica di epoche passate, seppur in misura minore rispetto alle precedenti versioni della classifica.[3] Altre critiche hanno rimarcato come, con questa terza revisione, la musica in senso stretto sia passata in secondo piano,[4] lasciando spazio alla denuncia sociale in un'ottica di rivalutazione storica della black music e, più in generale, della black nation statunitense, nell'epoca dell'ascesa del movimento Black Lives Matter.[5][6]
Quarta versione
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Il 31 dicembre 2023 viene pubblicata l'ultima versione della classifica, di seguito riportata:
- What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) - 1971
- Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) - 1966
- Blue (Joni Mitchell) - 1971
- Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder) - 1976
- Abbey Road (The Beatles) - 1969
- Nevermind (Nirvana) - 1991
- Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) - 1977
- Purple Rain (Prince and The Revolution) - 1984
- Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) - 1975
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill) - 1998
- Revolver (The Beatles) - 1966
- Thriller (Michael Jackson) - 1982
- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (Aretha Franklin) - 1967
- Exile on Main St. (The Rolling Stones) - 1972
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy) - 1988
- London Calling (The Clash) - 1979
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West) - 2010
- Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) - 1965
- To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar) - 2015
- Kid A (Radiohead) - 2000
- Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) - 1975
- Ready to Die (The Notorious B.I.G.) - 1994
- The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico) - 1967
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) - 1967
- Tapestry (Carole King) - 1971
- Horses (Patti Smith) - 1975
- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang Clan) - 1993
- Voodoo (D'Angelo) - 2000
- The Beatles (The White Album) (The Beatles) - 1968
- Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - 1967
- Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) - 1959
- Lemonade (Beyoncé) - 2016
- Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) - 2006
- Innervisions (Stevie Wonder) - 1973
- Rubber Soul (The Beatles) - 1965
- Off the Wall (Michael Jackson) - 1979
- The Chronic (Dr. Dre) - 1992
- Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) - 1966
- Remain in Light (Talking Heads) - 1980
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie) - 1972
- Let It Bleed (The Rolling Stones) - 1969
- OK Computer (Radiohead) - 1997
- The Low End Theory (A Tribe Called Quest) - 1991
- Illmatic (Nas) - 1994
- Sign o' the Times (Prince) - 1987
- Graceland (Paul Simon) - 1986
- Ramones (Ramones) - 1976
- Exodus (Bob Marley & the Wailers) - 1977
- Aquemini (OutKast) - 1998
- The Blueprint (Jay-Z) - 2001
- The Great Twenty-Eight (Chuck Berry) - 1982
- Station to Station (David Bowie) - 1976
- Electric Ladyland (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - 1968
- Star Time (James Brown) - 1991
- The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) - 1973
- Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair) - 1993
- The Band (The Band) - 1969
- Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin) - 1971
- Talking Book (Stevie Wonder) - 1972
- Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) - 1968
- Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim) - 1987
- Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses) - 1987
- Aja (Steely Dan) - 1977
- Stankonia (OutKast) - 2000
- Live at the Apollo (James Brown) - 1963
- A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) - 1965
- Reasonable Doubt (Jay-Z) - 1996
- Hounds of Love (Kate Bush) - 1985
- Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette) - 1995
- Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A) - 1988
- Renaissance (Beyoncé) - 2022
- Harvest (Neil Young) - 1972
- Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 1991
- The College Dropout (Kanye West) - 2004
- Lady Soul (Aretha Franklin) - 1968
- Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield) - 1972
- Who's Next (The Who) - 1972
- The Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) - 1976
- Blonde (Frank Ocean) - 2016
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Sex Pistols) - 1977
- Beyoncé (Beyoncé) - 2013
- There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly & the Family Stone) - 1971
- Dusty in Memphis (Dusty Springfield) - 1969
- Back in Black (AC/DC) - 1980
- Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) - 1970
- The Doors (The Doors) - 1967
- Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) - 1970
- Hunky Dory (David Bowie) - 1971
- Baduizm (Erykah Badu) - 1997
- After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) - 1970
- Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen) - 1978
- Axis: Bold as Love (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - 1967
- Supa Dupa Fly (Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) - 1997
- Fun House (The Stooges) - 1970
- Take Care (Drake) - 2011
- Automatic for the People (R.E.M.) - 1992
- Master of Puppets (Metallica) - 1986
- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams) - 1998
- Red (Taylor Swift) - 2012
- Music from Big Pink (The Band) - 1968
- Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) - 1969
- The Clash (The Clash) - 1977
- 3 Feet High and Rising (De La Soul) - 1989
- Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones) - 1971
- At Fillmore East (The Allman Brothers Band) - 1971
- Live Through This (Hole) - 1994
- Marquee Moon (Television) - 1977
- When the Pawn... (Fiona Apple) - 1999
- Transformer (Lou Reed) - 1972
- Court and Spark (Joni Mitchell) - 1974
- Control (Janet Jackson) - 1986
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) - 1973
- The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths) - 1986
- Is This It (The Strokes) - 2001
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (Kendrick Lamar) - 2012
- Disintegration (The Cure) - 1989
- Late Registration (Kanye West) - 2005
- Hotel California (Eagles) - 1976
- Stand! (Sly and the Family Stone) - 1969
- Moondance (Van Morrison) - 1970
- This Year's Model (Elvis Costello) - 1978
- The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails) - 1994
- Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin) - 1969
- Achtung Baby (U2) - 1991
- Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys) - 1989
- My Life (Mary J. Blige) - 1994
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Ray Charles) - 1962
- A Night at the Opera (Queen) - 1975
- The Wall (Pink Floyd) - 1979
- 1999 (Prince) - 1982
- Dummy (Portishead) - 1994
- 40 Greatest Hits (Hank Williams) - 1978
- Hejira (Joni Mitchell) - 1976
- The Score (Fugees) - 1996
- The Joshua Tree (U2) - 1987
- Maggot Brain (Funkadelic) - 1971
- 21 (Adele) - 2011
- The Immaculate Collection (Madonna) - 1990
- Paranoid (Black Sabbath) - 1970
- Catch a Fire (Bob Marley and The Wailers) - 1973
- Doolittle (Pixies) - 1989
- Born in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen) - 1984
- The Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground) - 1969
- Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin) - 1975
- The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem) - 2000
- Parallel Lines (Blondie) - 1978
- Grace (Jeff Buckley) - 1994
- Channel Orange (Frank Ocean) - 2012
- John Prine (John Prine) - 1971
- Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) - 1982
- Faith (George Michael) - 1987
- Pretenders (The Pretenders) - 1980
- Rid of Me (PJ Harvey) - 1993
- Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin) - 1972
- The Black Album (Jay-Z) - 2003
- Let It Be (The Replacements) - 1984
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Oasis) - 1995
- Mama's Gun (Erykah Badu) - 2000
- Synchronicity (The Police) - 1983
- Ten (Pearl Jam) - 1991
- Crosby, Stills & Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) - 1969
- Different Class (Pulp) - 1995
- Saturday Night Fever (Artisti vari) - 1977
- At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash) - 1968
- Murmur (R.E.M.) - 1983
- 20 Golden Greats (Buddy Holly, The Crickets) - 1970
- Violator (Depeche Mode) - 1990
- Can't Buy a Thrill (Steely Dan) - 1972
- The Stranger (Billy Joel) - 1977
- Folkore (Taylor Swift) - 2020
- Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth) - 1988
- Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) - 1970
- In Utero (Nirvana) - 1993
- The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff, Artisti vari) - 1972
- Damn (Kendrick Lamar) - 2017
- Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy) - 1990
- Every Picture Tells a Story (Rod Stewart) - 1971
- Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Otis Redding) - 1965
- Life After Death (The Notorious B.I.G.) - 1997
- Forever Changes (Love) - 1967
- Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan) - 1965
- Sweet Baby James (James Taylor) - 1970
- Brown Sugar (D'Angelo) - 1995
- She's So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper) - 1983
- Beggars Banquet (The Rolling Stones) - 1968
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1991
- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Ice Cube) - 1990
- Electric Warrior (T. Rex) - 1971
- Dig Me Out (Sleater-Kinney) - 1997
- Tommy (The Who) - 1969
- At Last! (Etta James) - 1960
- Licensed to Ill (Beastie Boys) - 1986
- Willy and the Poor Boys (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - 1969
- Bad (Michael Jackson) - 1987
- Songs of Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen) - 1967
- Body Talk (Robyn) - 2010
- Meet the Beatles! (The Beatles) - 1964
- The B-52's (The B-52's) - 1979
- Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement) - 1992
- Diamond Life (Sade) - 1984
- Midnight Marauders (A Tribe Called Quest) - 1993
- Homogenic (Björk) - 1997
- Pink Moon (Nick Drake) - 1972
- Graduation (Kanye West) - 2007
- Tea for the Tillerman (Cat Stevens) - 1970
- Low (David Bowie) - 1977
- Eagles (Eagles) - 1972
- Tha Carter III (Lil Wayne) - 2008
- Raising Hell (Run DMC) - 1986
- The Birth of Soul (Ray Charles) - 1991
- Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division) - 1979
- Wild Is the Wind (Nina Simone) - 1966
- The Idler Wheel... (Fiona Apple) - 2012
- Wildflowers (Tom Petty) - 1994
- American Beauty (Grateful Dead) - 1970
- Either/Or (Elliott Smith) - 1997
- Definitely Maybe (Oasis) - 1994
- CrazySexyCool (TLC) - 1994
- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Raekwon) - 1995
- Déjà vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) - 1970
- Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine) - 1992
- Ray of Light (Madonna) - 1998
- Imagine (John Lennon) - 1971
- Fly (Dixie Chicks) - 1999
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco) - 2002
- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek and the Dominos) - 1970
- Here's Little Richard (Little Richard) - 1957
- De La Soul Is Dead (De La Soul) - 1991
- The Ultimate Collection (Patsy Cline) - 2000
- Anti (Rihanna) - 2016
- Damn the Torpedoes (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) - 1979
- Giant Steps (John Coltrane) - 1960
- Little Earthquakes (Tori Amos) - 1992
- Master of Reality (Black Sabbath) - 1971
- Metallica (The Black Album) (Metallica) - 1991
- Discovery (Daft Punk) - 2001
- Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson) - 1975
- Trans Europa Express (Kraftwerk) - 1977
- Criminal Minded (Boogie Down Productions) - 1987
- Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (Sam Cooke) - 1985
- Blue Lines (Massive Attack) - 1991
- Loaded (The Velvet Underground) - 1970
- Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies) - 1968
- 808s & Heartbreak (Kanye West) - 2008
- Heaven or Las Vegas (Cocteau Twins) - 1990
- Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J) - 1990
- Love Deluxe (Sade) - 1992
- American Idiot (Green Day) - 2004
- Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston) - 1985
- Singles Going Steady (Buzzcocks) - 1979
- Honky Château (Elton John) - 1972
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Devo) - 1978
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd) - 1967
- Head Hunters (Herbie Hancock) - 1973
- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan) - 1963
- Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) - 1988
- Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton) - 1971
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Joni Mitchell) - 1975
- Pearl (Janis Joplin) - 1971
- Cut (The Slits) - 1979
- Check Your Head (Beastie Boys) - 1992
- Power, Corruption & Lies (New Order) - 1983
- A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) - 1964
- Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) - 1975
- Wowee Zowee (Pavement) - 1995
- Help! (The Beatles) - 1965
- Double Nickels on the Dime (Minutemen) - 1984
- Sail Away (Randy Newman) - 1972
- Yeezus (Kanye West) - 2013
- Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves) - 2018
- What's the 411? (Mary J. Blige) - 1992
- White Light/White Heat (The Velvet Underground) - 1968
- Entertainment! (Gang of Four) - 1979
- Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds) - 1968
- Curtis (Curtis Mayfield) - 1970
- The Bends (Radiohead) - 1995
- The Diary of Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys) - 2003
- Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) - 1973
- MTV Unplugged in New York (Nirvana) - 1994
- Get Rich or Die Tryin' (50 Cent) - 2003
- Nilsson Schmilsson (Harry Nilsson) - 1971
- In the Wee Small Hours (Frank Sinatra) - 1955
- Bad Girls (Donna Summer) - 1979
- Down Every Road 1962–1994 (Merle Haggard) - 1996
- Third/Sister Lovers (Big Star) - 1978
- Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1999
- Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) - 1965
- The Modern Lovers (The Modern Lovers) - 1976
- Post (Björk) - 1995
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (OutKast) - 2003
- The Writing's on the Wall (Destiny's Child) - 1999
- Van Halen (Van Halen) - 1978
- Last Splash (The Breeders) - 1993
- Weezer (The Blue Album) (Weezer) - 1994
- Random Access Memories (Daft Punk) - 2013
- Rust Never Sleeps (Neil Young & Crazy Horse) - 1979
- So (Peter Gabriel) - 1986
- Full Moon Fever (Tom Petty) - 1989
- Live at the Regal (B.B. King) - 1965
- Come on Over (Shania Twain) - 1997
- New York Dolls (New York Dolls) - 1973
- Tonight's the Night (Neil Young) - 1975
- The Definitive Collection (ABBA) - 2001
- Just as I Am (Bill Withers) - 1971
- Alive! (Kiss) - 1975
- I'm Still in Love with You (Al Green) - 1972
- Portrait of a Legend (Sam Cooke) - 2003
- Here Come the Warm Jets (Brian Eno) - 1974
- Closer (Joy Division) - 1980
- Pink Flag (Wire) - 1977
- On the Beach (Neil Young) - 1974
- A Seat at the Table (Solange) - 2016
- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (PJ Harvey) - 2000
- One in a Million (Aaliyah) - 1996
- El mal querer (Rosalía) - 2018
- The Who Sell Out (The Who) - 1967
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday) - 1958
- The Velvet Rope (Janet Jackson) - 1997
- The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses) - 1989
- Los Angeles (X) - 1980
- Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Lana Del Rey) - 2019
- From Elvis in Memphis (Elvis Presley) - 1969
- Sandinista! (The Clash) - 1980
- A Rush of Blood to the Head (Coldplay) - 2002
- All Killer, No Filler (Jerry Lee Lewis) - 1993
- Dirty Mind (Prince) - 1980
- Live at Leeds (The Who) - 1970
- Modern Vampires of the City (Vampire Weekend) - 2013
- Endtroducing..... (DJ Shadow) - 1996
- African Giant (Burna Boy) - 2019
- Like a Prayer (Madonna) - 1989
- Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley) - 1956
- Still Bill (Bill Withers) - 1972
- Abraxas (Santana) - 1970
- The Basement Tapes (Bob Dylan and The Band) - 1975
- Avalon (Roxy Music) - 1982
- John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan) - 1967
- Another Green World (Brian Eno) - 1975
- Rhythm Nation 1814 (Janet Jackson) - 1989
- Doggystyle (Snoop Doggy Dogg) - 1993
- Siamese Dream (The Smashing Pumpkins) - 1993
- Let It Be (The Beatles) - 1970
- Greatest Hits (Sly & the Family Stone) - 1970
- Funky Kingston (Toots & the Maytals) - 1973
- The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen) - 1973
- AM (Arctic Monkeys) - 2013
- Liquid Swords (GZA) - 1995
- Time (The Revelator) (Gillian Welch) - 2001
- Kick Out the Jams (MC5) - 1969
- Music of My Mind (Stevie Wonder) - 1972
- SOS (SZA) - 2022
- The Slim Shady LP (Eminem) - 1999
- The Cars (The Cars) - 1978
- Germ Free Adolescents (X-Ray Spex) - 1978
- Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) - 1970
- Gris-Gris (Dr. John) - 1968
- Rain Dogs (Tom Waits) - 1985
- Sour (Olivia Rodrigo) - 2021
- Radio City (Big Star) - 1974
- One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic) - 1978
- The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance) - 2006
- Never Too Much (Luther Vandross) - 1981
- Mothership Connection (Parliament) - 1975
- More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads) - 1978
- Madvillainy (Madvillain, DOOM and Madlib) - 2004
- Rocks (Aerosmith) - 1976
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Drake) - 2015
- All Things Must Pass (George Harrison) - 1970
- The Infamous (Mobb Deep) - 1995
- Tha Carter II (Lil Wayne) - 2005
- Anthology (The Temptations) - 1973
- Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company) - 1968
- Hot Buttered Soul (Isaac Hayes) - 1969
- King of the Delta Blues Singers (Robert Johnson) - 1961
- Dookie (Green Day) - 1994
- In the Aeroplane over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel) - 1998
- Fever to Tell (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - 2003
- Run-D.M.C. (Run DMC) - 1984
- Moving Pictures (Rush) - 1981
- Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus) - 1959
- (Pronounced 'Leh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - 1973
- Currents (Tame Impala) - 2015
- Mezzanine (Massive Attack) - 1998
- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks) - 1968
- Rocket to Russia (Ramones) - 1977
- Donuts (J Dilla) - 2006
- In Rainbows (Radiohead) - 2007
- Young, Gifted and Black (Aretha Franklin) - 1972
- The Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey) - 2005
- Surfer Rosa (Pixies) - 1988
- Kaleidoscope (Kelis) - 1999
- Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner (Ike and Tina Turner) - 1991
- 1989 (Taylor Swift) - 2014
- Diana (Diana Ross) - 1980
- Black Messiah (D'Angelo and The Vanguard) - 2014
- Something/Anything? (Todd Rundgren) - 1972
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish) - 2019
- The Raincoats (The Raincoats) - 1979
- Brian Wilson Presents Smile (Brian Wilson) - 2004
- Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's) - 1981
- Blondie (Blondie) - 1976
- Expensive Shit (Fela Kuti & Africa 70) - 1975
- Supreme Clientele (Ghostface Killah) - 2000
- Rapture (Anita Baker) - 1986
- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (Artisti vari) - 1972
- 69 Love Songs (The Magnetic Fields) - 1999
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young & Crazy Horse) - 1969
- Ace of Spades (Motörhead) - 1980
- Workingman's Dead (Grateful Dead) - 1970
- Wild Honey (The Beach Boys ) - 1967
- Love and Theft (Bob Dylan) - 2001
- Going to a Go-Go (Smokey Robinson and The Miracles) - 1965
- Cosmo's Factory (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - 1970
- Risqué (Chic) - 1979
- Look-Ka Py Py (The Meters) - 1969
- Things Fall Apart (The Roots) - 1999
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- Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits) - 1985
- Chief (Eric Church) - 2011
- That's the Way of the World (Earth, Wind & Fire) - 1975
- Arular (M.I.A.) - 2005
- Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye) - 1973
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (Yo La Tengo) - 1997
- Odelay (Beck) - 1996
- Paul Simon (Paul Simon) - 1972
- Lucinda Williams (Lucinda Williams) - 1988
- Call Me (Al Green) - 1973
- New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü) - 1985
- Reach Out (Four Tops) - 1967
- Un verano sin ti (Bad Bunny) - 2022
- How Will the Wolf Survive? (Los Lobos) - 1984
- Confessions (Usher) - 2004
- Sound of Silver (LCD Soundsystem) - 2007
- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Pavement) - 1994
- Actually (Pet Shop Boys) - 1987
- All Eyez on Me (2Pac) - 1996
- Demon Days (Gorillaz) - 2005
- Parklife (Blur) - 1994
- Sex Machine (James Brown) - 1970
- Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) - 1971
- Blackout (Britney Spears) - 2007
- Beauty Behind the Madness (The Weeknd) - 2015
- Scary Monsters (David Bowie) - 1980
- Extraordinary Machine (Fiona Apple) - 2005
- Close to the Edge (Yes) - 1972
- Journey in Satchidananda (Alice Coltrane) - 1971
- X 100pre (Bad Bunny) - 2018
- Dictionary of Soul (Otis Redding) - 1966
- Elephant (The White Stripes) - 2003
- Ram (Paul and Linda McCartney) - 1971
- First Take (Roberta Flack) - 1969
- Anthology (Diana Ross & The Supremes) - 1974
- Pretty Hate Machine (Nine Inch Nails) - 1989
- Ege Bamyasi (Can) - 1972
- Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley) - 1959
- Greatest Hits (Al Green) - 1975
- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (Sinéad O'Connor) - 1990
- Southeastern (Jason Isbell) - 2013
- Man on the Moon: The End of Day (Kid Cudi) - 2009
- Melodrama (Lorde) - 2017
- For Emma, Forever Ago (Bon Iver) - 2007
- The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers) - 1969
- Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Laura Nyro) - 1968
- 3 + 3 (The Isley Brothers) - 1973
- The Best of the Classic Years (King Sunny Adé) - 2003
- Red (Black Uhuru) - 1981
- BLACKsummers'night (Maxwell) - 2009
- Some Girls (The Rolling Stones) - 1978
- Clandestino (Manu Chao) - 1998
- 400 Degreez (Juvenile) - 1998
- Surrealistic Pillow (Jefferson Airplane) - 1967
- Ctrl (SZA) - 2017
- Barrio fino (Daddy Yankee) - 2004
- #1 Record (Big Star) - 1972
- Sheryl Crow (Sheryl Crow) - 1996
- Kimono My House (Sparks) - 1974
- Moanin' in the Moonlight (Howlin' Wolf) - 1959
- Something Else by the Kinks (The Kinks) - 1967
- Amor prohibido (Selena) - 1994
- The Weight of These Wings (Miranda Lambert) - 2016
- If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle and Sebastian) - 1996
- Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (The Pharcyde) - 1992
- The Anthology (Muddy Waters) - 2001
- Born This Way (Lady Gaga) - 2011
- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Richard and Linda Thompson) - 1974
- Continuum (John Mayer) - 2006
- Damaged (Black Flag) - 1981
- The Stooges (The Stooges) - 1969
- Back to Mono (1958–1969) (Phil Spector, Artisti vari) - 1991
- Heart Like a Wheel (Linda Ronstadt) - 1974
- Harry's House (Harry Styles) - 2022
- Nick of Time (Bonnie Raitt) - 1989
- Here, My Dear (Marvin Gaye) - 1970
- Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (The Ronettes) - 1964
- II (Boyz II Men) - 1994
- ¿Dónde están los ladrones? (Shakira) - 1998
- The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (Artisti vari) - 1985
- Suicide (Suicide) - 1977
- Ask Rufus (Rufus, Chaka Khan) - 1977
- Funeral (Arcade Fire) - 2004
Note
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- ^ (EN) It's certainly a thrill: 'Sgt. Pepper' is best album, Usa Today
- ^ a b c d (EN) Rolling Stone's 500 'greatest albums of all time' list makes us question the meaning of classic, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 settembre 2020.
- ^ (EN) The Futility of Rolling Stone’s Best-Albums List, The New York Times, 2 ottobre 2020.
- ^ (EN) Jack Butler, Thoughts on the New Rolling Stone List of the Top 500 Albums, National Review, 5 ottobre 2020.
- ^ Carlo Massarini, La lista dei migliori 500 dischi di tutti i tempi è un inno alla black music (e una foto della società americana), su linkiesta.it, www.linkiesta.it. URL consultato il 14 gennaio 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 5 gennaio 2021).
- ^ Antonio Lamorte, La classifica dei migliori album della storia della musica secondo Rolling Stone, su L'Unità, 15 maggio 2023. URL consultato il 5 febbraio 2024.
Voci correlate
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- I 100 migliori album di debutto secondo Rolling Stone
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- I 100 migliori artisti secondo Rolling Stone
- I 100 migliori cantanti secondo Rolling Stone
Collegamenti esterni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- (EN) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition / Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition / Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition / Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) 500 Greatest Albums List (2003), su Rolling Stone, 31 maggio 2009. URL consultato il 15 dicembre 2020 (archiviato dall'url originale il 13 dicembre 2020).
- (EN) The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, su Rolling Stone, 22 settembre 2020. URL consultato il 15 dicembre 2020 (archiviato il 10 dicembre 2020).
- (EN) The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, su Rolling Stone, 31 dicembre 2023.