Category: Rolling Stone 500, Album Reviews

Artist: Bruce Springsteen · Album: Nebraska · Year: 1982 · Label: Columbia · Rank: 101 /…

Siamese Dream – Beauty, Anxiety and the Loudest Whisper of the ’90s

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins · Album: Siamese Dream · Year: 1993 · Label: Virgin · Rank:…

Transformer – Glam, Decadence and Velvet Shadows

Artist: Lou Reed · Album: Transformer · Year: 1972 · Label: RCA · Rank: 95 /…

Rage Against the Machine – The Revolution Set to Drop-D Tuning

Artist: Rage Against the Machine · Album: Rage Against the Machine · Year: 1992 · Label:…

Wildflowers – Freedom, Renewal and the Beauty of Letting Go

Artist: Tom Petty · Album: Wildflowers · Year: 1994 · Label: Warner Bros. · Rank: 93…

Radiator – Psychedelia, Pop Oddities and Welsh Magic

Artist: Super Furry Animals · Album: Radiator · Year: 1997 · Label: Creation · Rank: 92…

After the Gold Rush – Fragile Folk, Rusted Dreams

Artist: Neil Young · Album: After the Gold Rush · Year: 1970 · Label: Reprise ·…

Baduizm – Soul, Incense, and a New Orbit for R&B

Artist: Erykah Badu · Album: Baduizm · Year: 1997 · Label: Kedar / Universal · Rank:…

Hunky Dory – Bowie Writes Himself into the Cosmos

Artist: David Bowie · Album: Hunky Dory · Year: 1971 · Label: RCA · Rank: 88…

The Doors – When Rock Turned into a Seance

Artist: The Doors · Album: The Doors · Year: 1967 · Label: Elektra · Rank: 86…

Born in the U.S.A. – Patriotism, Pain, and Stadium-Sized Catharsis

Artist: Bruce Springsteen · Album: Born in the U.S.A. · Year: 1984 · Label: Columbia ·…

Giant Steps – Jazz at the Speed of Thought

Artist: John Coltrane · Album: Giant Steps · Year: 1960 · Label: Atlantic · Rank: 82…

Never Mind the Bollocks – 38 Minutes That Scared an Empire

Artist: Sex Pistols · Album: Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols · Year: 1977…

Blonde – Memory, Desire, and the Sound of Time Slipping

Artist: Frank Ocean · Album: Blonde · Year: 2016 · Label: Boys Don’t Cry · Rank:…

Superfly – Street Cinema, String Sections, and Moral Hangovers

Artist: Curtis Mayfield · Album: Superfly · Year: 1972 · Label: Curtom · Rank: 76 /…

Lady Soul – When the Voice Becomes the Song

Artist: Aretha Franklin · Album: Lady Soul · Year: 1968 · Label: Atlantic · Rank: 75…

The College Dropout – Soul Samples, Self-Doubt, and a New Rap Blueprint

Artist: Kanye West · Album: The College Dropout · Year: 2004 · Label: Roc-A-Fella · Rank:…

Loveless – When Guitar Becomes Weather

Artist: My Bloody Valentine · Album: Loveless · Year: 1991 · Label: Creation · Rank: 73…

Harvest – Soft Rust, Hard Truths

Artist: Neil Young · Album: Harvest · Year: 1972 · Label: Reprise · Rank: 72 /…

Jagged Little Pill – Diary Pages Turned Into ’90s Rock Anthems