Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time [Pt. 1 of 5]


In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine revised its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. You can see the complete list here, but at this address we're only interested in albums on the list that were released in the years 1976-85.  Yes, overall the list is weighted towards white, male, rock artists from the late '60s, but I'm trying to discover "new-to-me" music from my favorite decade that I may have missed. I made these lists for my own sake, but thought I'd share them with you for the common good of society.  Here's the 29 albums from '76-'85 that ranked between 500-401:



No.
Album
Artist
Year
492 Touch Eurythmics 1984
489 Destroyer Kiss 1976
488 New Day Rising Hüsker Dü 1985
487 She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper 1983
483 Entertainment! Gang of Four 1979
475 Armed Forces Elvis Costello and the Attractions 1979
473 The Smiths The Smiths 1984
470 Radio LL Cool J 1985
463 Heaven Up Here Echo and the Bunnymen 1981
461 Metal Box Public Image Ltd. 1979
456 Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye 1978
455 How Will the Wolf Survive? Los Lobos 1984
449 Third/Sister Lovers Big Star 1978
448 Synchronicity The Police 1983
445 Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band 1976
443 In Color Cheap Trick 1977
442 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo 1978
441 Suicide Suicide 1977
440 Rum Sodomy and The Lash The Pogues 1985
439 Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 Sam Cooke 1985
438 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 1980
428 Outlandos D'Amour The Police 1978
426 at Budokan Cheap Trick 1979
417 Boy U2 1980
415 Van Halen Van Halen 1978
414 Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's 1981
413 Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen 1984
412 Pink Flag Wire 1977
407 Sandinista! The Clash 1980




Here's a breakdown of the above 29 albums by release date:

1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
2
3
5
4
3
2
0
2
4
4

1 comment :

  1. This is gonna be a fun tour. I've often wondered what ratings each of these albums got when they were reviewed in the pages of the magazine. Do you think they are all the top ranked albums or has there been some historical perspective and correction applied?

    Are you going to be spotlighting the new-to-you albums? Hope so. Also hoping 1982 makes a strong showing later on. They say cream rises to the top.

    Suicide is the only one here I have never ever listened to. Avoided it this long, no reason to start listening now.

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