Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The best albums of all times

What is your best rock album of all times? The magazine Rolling Stones has published an impressive list of "500 greatest albums of all times" in a special issue in 2003.




I guess the list would be more or less the same today as I do not see any recent album which could join at least the Top 20. Some interesting things :



Best years : 1965/1967
For Rolling Stones, the Top 5 albums were released during these four years : Sergeant Pepper (1967), Pet Sounds (1966) , Revolver (1966), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Rubber Soul (1965). 8 of their Top 10 albums were made before 1970. Even more compelling, there is only one album in tehir TOP 20 which was made after 1990 ("Never mind" by Nirvana)

Best band by far : The Beatles
The Beatles made 13 "official albums" between 1963 and 1970. 3 of them are part of the Top 5, 4 of them part of the Top 20, 7 of them part of the Top 100. I fully agree with this ranking and I can only see one comparison for such incredible achievements in such a short period of time, Mozart and a Top list of best operas ever written! Bob Dylan has 3 albums in the Top 20.

When you're good, you're good !
Almost all the bands or artist in the the Top 100 have several albums in the list, wether it be The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience, The Clash, U2, etc.

Give your top list here!

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