Monday, December 30, 2013

Sales v critics v fans 2.1: Critics top 100 albums of all time

Now its time to shift our focus to the critics.

I started with the top 100 from the Rolling Stone 500 which was compiled in 2009.

"The RS 500 was assembled by the editors of Rolling Stone, based on the results of two extensive polls. In 2003, Rolling Stone asked a panel of 271 artists, producers, industry executives and journalists to pick the greatest albums of all time. In 2009, we asked a similar group of 100 experts to pick the best albums of the 2000s. From those results, Rolling Stone created this new list of the greatest albums of all time."

I combined this with lists published in 2013 by New Musical Express and Entertainment Weekly to create my own meta-list.



Rank Artist Album Year
1 The Beatles Revolver 1966
2 The Beatles The Beatles (White Album) 1968
3 The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street 1972
4 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966
5 Nirvana Nevermind 1991
6 Marvin Gaye What's Going On 1971
7 The Clash London Calling 1979
8 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967
9 Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks 1975
10 The Beatles Abbey Road 1969
11 Stevie Wonder Innervisions 1973
12 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust 1972
13 The Beatles Rubber Soul 1965
14 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 1965
15 Joni Mitchell Blue 1971
16 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
17 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 1975
18 Michael Jackson Thriller 1982
19 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2010
20 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988
21 Patti Smith Horses 1975
22 Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced 1967
23 Love Forever Changes 1967
24 The Smiths The Queen is Dead 1986
25 John Lennon Plastic Ono Band 1970
26 Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang 1993
27 Radiohead OK Computer 1997
28 The Who Who's Next 1971
29 Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain 1984
30 Arcade Fire Funeral 2004
31 Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde 1966
32 The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 1968
33 Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight 1982
34 The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 1977
35 The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed 1969
36 U2 Achtung Baby 1991
37 Van Morrison Astral Weeks 1968
38 The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely hearts Club Band 1967
39 Paul Simon Graceland 1986
40 Pixies Doolitle 1989
41 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959
42 Aretha Franklin Lady Soul 1968
43 Television Marquee Moon 1977
44 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 1987
45 My Bloody Valentine Loveless 1991
46 Neil Young After the Gold Rush 1970
47 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver 2007
48 Daft Punk Discovery 2001
49 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968
50 Amy Winehouse Back to Black 2006
51 Bob Dylan Bringing it all Back Home 1965
52 David Bowie Hunky Dory 1971
53 Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 1989
54 The Strokes Is This It 2001
55 Pulp Different Class 1995
56 Otis Redding Otis Blue 1965
57 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989
58 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation 1988
59 Oasis Definitely Maybe 1994
60 Michael Jackson Off the Wall 1979
61 Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions 1999
62 Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits 1970
63 David Bowie Low 1977
64 PJ Harvey Let England Shake 2011
65 Joy Division Closer 1980
66 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998
67 Elvis Presley Sunrise (Anthology) 1999
68 Carole King Tapestry 1971
69 Adele 21 2011
70 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971
71 AC/DC Back in Black 1980
72 Al Green Call Me 1973
73 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
74 Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings 1990
75 Blur Parklife 1994
76 James Brown Live at the Apollo 1963
77 Bob Marley and the Wailers Catch a Fire 1973
78 The Band The Band 1969
79 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
80 Primal Scream Screamadelica 1991
81 Nas Illimatic 1994
82 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969
83 Talking Heads Remain in Light 1980
84 Suede Dog Man Star 1994
85 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die 1994
86 Ramones Ramones 1976
87 Blur Modern Life is Rubbish 1993
88 Band Music From Big Pink 1968
89 Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis 1969
90 The Rolling Stones Some Girls 1978
91 Nirvana In Utero 1993
92 Jay-Z The Blueprint 2001
93 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1973
94 Eagles Hotel California 1976
95 Muddy Waters The Anthology 2001
96 The Beatles Please Please Me 1963
97 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1979
98 The Clash The Clash 1977
99 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000
100 Doors The Doors 1967

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