Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)

Here is an exercise in futility. The following is a list of the Top 500 Albums of all time(as of 2003, when it was first published, and I still have a copy of the issue in question)  as voted by over 250 musiic critics and journos as well as musicians and other luminaries. I have indicated all of the ones I have from this list and given the total out of 500 that I own at the end just to show off my exellent taste in music. Why? cos I can. The ones in Red I own.

 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
3. Revolver - The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
6. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling - The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles ("The White Album") - The Beatles
11. The Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley
12. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
13. Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
14. Abbey Road - The Beatles
15. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
16. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
17. Nevermind - Nirvana
18. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
20. Thriller - Michael Jackson
21. The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry
22. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
23. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
24. Live at the Apollo (1963) - James Brown
25. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree - U2
27. King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. 1 - Robert Johnson
28. Who's Next - The Who
29. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
30. Blue - Joni Mitchell
31. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
32. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
33. Ramones - Ramones
34. Music From Big Pink - The Band
35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
36. Tapestry - Carole King
37. Hotel California - The Eagles
38. The Anthology - 1947 - 1972 - Muddy Waters
39. Please Please Me - The Beatles
40. Forever Changes - Love
41. Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors - The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
44. Horses - Patti Smith
45. The Band - The Band
46. Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
50. Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
51. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
52. Greatest Hits - Al Green
53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings -
1952 - 1959 - Ray Charles
54. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
56. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
57. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
58. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
59. Meet the Beatles - The Beatles
60. Greatest Hits - Sly and the Family Stone
61. Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
62. Achtung Baby - U2
63. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
64. Phil Spector - Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) - Various Artists
65. Moondance - Van Morrison
66. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
67. The Stranger - Billy Joel
68. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
69. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
70. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
71. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
72. Purple Rain - Prince
73. Back in Black - AC/DC
74. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
75. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
76. Imagine - John Lennon
77. The Clash - The Clash
78. Harvest - Neil Young
79. Star Time - James Brown
80. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
81. Graceland - Paul Simon
82. Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
83. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
84. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
85. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
86. Let It Be - The Beatles
87. The Wall - Pink Floyd
88. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
89. Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield
90. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
92. 20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly
93. Sign 'o' the Times - Prince
94. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
95. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
96. Tommy - The Who
97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
98. This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
99. There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and the Family Stone
100. In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
101. Fresh Cream - Cream
102. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
103. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
104. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
105. Rocket to Russia - Ramones
106. Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 - Sam Cooke
107. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
108. Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
109. Loaded - The Velvet Underground
110. The Bends - Radiohead
111. Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
112. Disraeli Gears - Cream
113. The Who Sell Out - The Who
114. Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
115. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos
116. At Last - Etta James
117. Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
118. Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone
119. The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack - Various Artists
120. Raising Hell - Run-DMC
121. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
122. Pearl - Janis Joplin
123. Catch a Fire - Bob Marley and the Wailers
124. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
125. Raw Power - The Stooges
126. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
127. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas and the Papas
128. Marquee Moon - Television
129. 40 Greatest Hits - Hank Williams
130. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
131. Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack - Various Artists
132. The Wild - the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
133. Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
134. Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
135. Greatest Hits - Elton John
136. Tim - The Replacements
137. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
138. Rejuvenation - The Meters
139. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
140. Parallel Lines - Blondie
141. Live at the Regal - B.B. King
142. Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift for You - Various Artists
143. Gris-Gris - Dr. John
144. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
145. Aja - Steely Dan
146. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
147. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology - Otis Redding
148. Deja Vu - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
149. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
150. Santana - Santana
151. Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
152. The B-52's - The B-52's
153. Moanin' in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
154. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
155. Pretenders - The Pretenders
156. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
157. Closer - Joy Division
158. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
159. Alive - Kiss
160. Electric Warrior - T. Rex
161. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
162. OK Computer - Radiohead
163. 1999 - Prince
164. Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
165. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
166. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello
167. Master of Puppets - Metallica
168. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
169. Exodus - Bob Marley
170. Live at Leeds - The Who
171. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
172. Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
173. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
174. Desire - Bob Dylan
175. Close to You - The Carpenters
176. Rocks - Aerosmith
177. One Nation Under a Groove - Parliament/Funkadelic
178. Greatest Hits - The Byrds
179. The Anthology 1961 - 1977 - Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
180. The Definitive Collection - Abba
181. The Rolling Stones - Now! - The Rolling Stones
182. Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
183. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
184. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
185. The Stooges - The Stooges
186. Fresh - Sly and the Family Stone
187. So - Peter Gabriel
188. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
189. Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
190. From Elvis in Memphis - Elvis Presley
191. Funhouse - The Stooges
192. The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
193. Dookie - Green Day
194. Transformer - Lou Reed
195. Bluesbreakers - John Mayall With Eric Clapton
196. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 - 1968 -
Various Artists
197. Murmur - R.E.M.
198. The Best of - Little Walter
199. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
200. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
201. Parsley - Sage - Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel
202. Bad - Michael Jackson
203. Wheels of Fire - Cream
204. Dirty Mind - Prince
205. Abraxas - Santana
206. Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
207. Ten - Pearl Jam
208. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young With Crazy Horse
209. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
210. Crooked Rain - Crooked Rain - Pavement
211. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
212. Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner - Ike and Tina Turner
213. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
214. Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
215. Two Steps From the Blues - Bobby Bland
216. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
217. Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
218. Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters
219. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
220. New Orleans Piano - Professor Longhair
221. War - U2
222. The Neil Diamond Collection - Neil Diamond
223. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
224. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
225. The Complete Hank Williams - Hank Williams
226. Doolittle - Pixies
227. Paid in Full - Eric B. and Rakim
228. Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
229. Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
230. A Night at the Opera - Queen
231. The Kink Kronikles - The Kinks
232. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
233. Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
234. The Ultimate Collection - Patsy Cline
235. Mr. Excitement! - Jackie Wilson
236. The Who Sings My Generation - The Who
237. Like a Prayer - Madonna
238. Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
239. Let It Be - The Replacements
240. Run-DMC - Run-DMC
241. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
242. The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler! - Jerry Lee Lewis
243. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention
244. Live Dead - Grateful Dead
245. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
246. The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
247. Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
248. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
249. Low - David Bowie
250. The River - Bruce Springsteen
251. The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul - Otis Redding
252. Metallica - Metallica
253. Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
254. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
255. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
256. The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
257. Stardust - Willie Nelson
258. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
259. Crosby Stills and Nash - Crosby Stills and Nash
260. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
261. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
262. Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
263. The Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
264. Child Is Father to the Man - Blood - Sweat and Tears
265. Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
266. Quadrophenia - The Who
267. There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
268. Psycho Candy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
269. Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
270. The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
271. Going to a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
272. Nightbirds - Labelle
273. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
274. Mothership Connection - Parliament
275. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
276. Anthology of American Folk Music - Harry Smith - ed.
277. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
278. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna
279. My Life - Mary J. Blige
280. Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
281. Can't Get Enough - Barry White
282. The Cars - The Cars
283. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
284. Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
285. I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green
286. Los Angeles - X
287. Anthem of the Sun - Grateful Dead
288. Something Else by the Kinks - The Kinks
289. Call Me - Al Green
290. Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads
291. The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan and the Band
292. White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground
293. Greatest Hits - Simon and Garfunkel
294. Kick Out the Jams - MC5
295. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
296. We're Only In It For the Money - The Mothers of Invention
297. Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer
298. Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
299. Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
300. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
301. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
302. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
303. Grace - Jeff Buckley
304. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
305. Odelay - Beck
306. Songs for Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra
307. Avalon - Roxy Music
308. The Sun Records Collection - Various Artists
309. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
310. BloodSugarSexMagik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
311. MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
312. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
313. Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
314. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
315. Surfer Rosa - Pixies
316. Rock Steady - No Doubt
317. The Eminem Show - Eminem
318. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
319. Burnin' - Bob Marley and the Wailers
320. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
321. Sail Away - Randy Newman
322. Ghost in the Machine - The Police
323. Station to Station - David Bowie
324. The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt
325. Slowhand - Eric Clapton
326. Disintegration - The Cure
327. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
328. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
329. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
330. In the Jungle Groove - James Brown
331. Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
332. Help! - The Beatles
333. Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson
334. Wild Gift - X
335. Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker
336. Superunknown - Soundgarden
337. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
338. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company
339. The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
340. Damaged - Black Flag
341. Play - Moby
342. Violator - Depeche Mode
343. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
344. Berlin - Lou Reed
345. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
346. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
347. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
348. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
349. Roger the Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down) - The Yardbirds
350. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
351. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
352. 52nd Street - Billy Joel
353. Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds - The Yardbirds
354. 12 Songs - Randy Newman
355. Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones
356. Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
357. Honky Chateau - Elton John
358. Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
359. Stankonia - Outkast
360. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
361. Substance - New Order
362. L.A. Woman - The Doors
363. Ray of Light - Madonna
364. American Recordings - Johnny Cash
365. Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths
366. Mott - Mott the Hoople
367. Is This It - The Strokes
368. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
369. Reggatta de Blanc - The Police
370. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
371. Siren - Roxy Music
372. Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne
373. Post - Bjork
374. The Eagles - The Eagles
375. The Ultimate Collection (1948 - 1990) - John Lee Hooker
376. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
377. CrazySexyCool - TLC
378. Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals
379. Greetings from Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen
380. Sunflower - The Beach Boys
381. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
382. More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
383. A Quick One (Happy Jack) - The Who
384. Pyromania - Def Leppard
385. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
386. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
387. Country Life - Roxy Music
388. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
389. The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
390. Elephant - The White Stripes
391. The Pretender - Jackson Browne
392. Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
393. Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
394. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
395. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
396. Eliminator - ZZ Top
397. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
398. Anthology - The Temptations
399. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
400. Illmatic - Nas
401. (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
402. Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John
403. Radio City - Big Star
404. Sandinista! - The Clash
405. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
406. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O' Connor
407. Strange Days - The Doors
408. Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
409. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
410. Pink Flag - Wire
411. Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
412. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
413. Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go's
414. Greatest Hits - James Brown
415. Van Halen - Van Halen416. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
417. Boy - U2
418. Band on the Run - Wings
419. Dummy - Portishead
420. With the Beatles - The Beatles
421. The "Chirping" Crickets - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
422. The Best of the Girl Groups - Volumes 1 and 2 - Various Artists
423. Greatest Hits - The Mamas and the Papas
424. King of the Delta Blues Singers - Vol. 2 - Robert Johnson
425. Changesone - David Bowie
426. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
427. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica - The Ronettes
428. Kid A - Radiohead
429. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
430. At Budokan - Cheap Trick
431. Anthology - Diana Ross and the Supremes
432. Sleepless - Peter Wolf
433. Another Green World - Brian Eno
434. Outlandos D'Amour - The Police
435. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
436. Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
437. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
438. #1 Record - Big Star
439. In Utero - Nirvana
440. Sea Change - Beck
441. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
442. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
443. Live at the Harlem Square Club - 1963 - Sam Cooke
444. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
445. Rum Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues
446. Suicide - Suicide
447. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
448. In Color - Cheap Trick
449. The World Is a Ghetto - War
450. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
451. Back in the USA - MC5
452. Music - Madonna
453. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
454. Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
455. Synchronicity - The Police
456. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
457. For Everyman - Jackson Browne
458. John Prine - John Prine
459. Strictly Business - EPMD
460. Love It to Death - Alice Cooper
461. How Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
462. Here - My Dear - Marvin Gaye
463. Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
464. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
465. Golden Hits - The Drifters
466. Live Through This - Hole
467. Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
468. Elton John - Elton John
469. Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
470. Document - R.E.M.
471. Heaven Up Here - Echo and the Bunnymen
472. Hysteria - Def Leppard
473. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
474. Live in Europe - Otis Redding
475. Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
476. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
477. The Score - Fugees
478. Radio - LL Cool J
479. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
480. Faith - George Michael
481. The Smiths - The Smiths
482. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
483. Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G.
484. Branded Man - Merle Haggard
485. All Time Greatest Hits - Loretta Lynn
486. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
487. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
488. Voodoo - D'Angelo
489. Guitar Town - Steve Earle
490. Entertainment! - Gang of Four
491. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
492. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
493. That's the Way of the World - Earth - Wind and Fire
494. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
495. New Day Rising - Husker Du
496. Destroyer - Kiss
497. Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy
498. Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
499. Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
500. Touch - Eurythmics

194/500 and how to waste time on a saturday night.