Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Albums of All Time"

Rolling Stone Magazine ^ | 03/19/02

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Top 50 Coolest Albums of All Time

1. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
2. Rolling Stones - Aftermath
3. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
4. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6. Blondie - Parallel Lines
7. Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark
8. Massive Attack - Protection
9. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
10. The Beatles - Revolver
11. Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
12. Pavement - Wowee Zowee!
13. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
14. Prince - 1999
15. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
16. Bjork - Vespertine
17. Various - Heavyweight Sound: Blood and Fire Sampler
18. Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
19. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
20. Chic - Real People
21. David Bowie - Station to Station
22. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
23. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
24. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
25. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
26. Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy
27. Beck - Odelay
28. The Ronettes - Best of the Ronettes
29. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
30. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
31. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
32. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
33. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
34. White Stripes - De Stijl
35. Various - Super Bad is Back
36. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
37. Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
38. Alexander Spence - Oar
39. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
40. Bikini Kill - Reject All American
41. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Anthology
42. Merle Haggard - Songs I'll Always Sing
43. Roxanne Shante - Bad Sister
44. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
45. Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip
46. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
47. Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
48. Aphex Twin - Classics
49. The Strokes - Is This It
50. Madonna - You Can Dance

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[Big Dan]

That's quite a list. Let me check my cool quotient compared to the list.... mmmmm... OK, I've got my quotient figured out.

I have *none* of these albums!

I guess I've got no reason to live any more...

[BibChr]

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Good heavens. What is the matter with you people??

Dan

[Argh]

Maybe they picked Dusty Springfield because she was a dyke, and that's now considered cool.

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Then Ann Murray must be really cool.

[Argh]

Burt Reynolds used to think so.

Ann Murray. Yuck.

[grellis]

No Dark Side of the Moon, no Doors, no Clapton? What else is missing?

No kidding. What an incredibly $hitty list.

[grellis]

Garage sale fodder.

Nope, this crap wouldn't even sell at a garage sale. This is the kind of garbage you box up and donate to the local Salvation Army. Then you pray like crazy that they don't look into the box, because even they would refuse them as garbage.

[L.N. Smithee]

How do they define "coolest?"

[GSWarrior]

The Strokes? How can an album that was just recently released be on this list?

[damnlimey]

I see Rolling stone is still staffed by tossers and posers.

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One of their problems is that they're mixing genres. Can you include Merle Haggard on a list with Madonna or Michael Jackson with Velvet Underground? I think they tried to come off as "edgy" and "in the know" but ended up leaving a lot of people scratching their heads.

[Chuzzlewit]

ahh Blue Cheer, I remember them, still have that album. Great record.. I seem to recall that the urban legend of that time was, that they were so loud that the drummer became deaf and he had to play by the vibrations of the music. Hah !... How about Jethro Tull 2nd lp (forgot the name) or the 3rd lp "Benefit". I agree with your other choices.

[occam's chainsaw]

Ping for later...where the hell is the bookmark feature?

[occam's chainsaw]

never mind - found it!

[balrog666]

I have *none* of these albums! I guess I've got no reason to live any more...

You ain't the only one, buddy!

And most of the crap being discussed here is just as bad. Oh, well, there's no accounting for taste (or the lack thereof).

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And most of the crap being discussed here is just as bad

Maybe it's us. Maybe we're not cool.

[Revolting cat!]

Looking at these lists I'm not sure what their or anybody's definition of "cool" is. The Who, the Pretties cool? What's hot then? Dusty Springfield was definitely the queen of cool. Temptations were cool. Al Green. John Hammond. Traffic, probably. Where is Delbert McClinton or Chris Isaak or Dwight Yoakam? Ann Peebles - super cool! J.J. Cale (who I saw a week ago) super cool. His first album Naturally would be on my list. Naturally! But I don't make lists, hate lists, have no use for lists or halls of fame.

[gracie1]

As a serious collector of vintage vinyl, your post allmost made me cry. (:<