The pop culture magazine’s original list was published in 2003 and despite the fact that almost two decades have passed, the list remains wildly popular and polarising, with nearly 63 million readers last year alone, according to Rolling Stone.
Rolling Stone amended the list to include 86 albums from this century, and 154 are new additions that weren’t on the 2003 or 2012 versions. The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better.
The top 10 Rolling Stone 500 best albums
1. Marvin Gaye, ‘What’s Going On’
2. The Beach Boys, ‘Pet Sounds’
3. Joni Mitchell, ‘Blue’
4. Stevie Wonder, ‘Songs in the Key of Life’
5. The Beatles, ‘Abbey Road’
6. Nirvana, ‘Nevermind’
7. Fleetwood Mac, ‘Rumours’
8. Prince and the Revolution, ‘Purple Rain’
9. Bob Dylan, ‘Blood on the Tracks’
10. Lauryn Hill, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’
For the whole list, click here.
And so it only felt right, that the MiNDFOOD team had a go at curating their favourite albums from the list. No judgement please!
Ashley, Staff Writer
17: Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
33: Amy Winehouse, ‘Back to Black’
230: Rihanna, ‘Anti’
270: Kacey Musgraves, ‘Golden Hour’
460: Lorde, ‘Melodrama’
Kathryn, Staff Writer
491: Harry Styles, ‘Fine Line’
461: Bon Iver, ‘For Emma’
312: Solange, ‘A Seat at the Table’
195: Leonard Cohen, ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’
79: Frank Ocean, ‘Blonde’
Nicole, STYLE Editor
17: Kanye West, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
46: Paul Simon ‘Graceland’
115: Kendrick Lamar ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’
148: Frank Ocean, ‘Channel Orange’
389: Mariah Carey, ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’
468: The Rolling Stones, ‘Some Girls’
