Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"

There are so many things wrong with this list that I can hardly count them all.

First of all, this list presents an extreme bias towards 1960’s rock. No list of the greatest albums of all time should have four albums by the same band in the top ten. Even if they are The Beatles. Bob Dylan is of course also overrepresented.

Nostalgia for failed 1960’s cultural revolution definitely trumps musical ingenuity on this list.

The only album on the top 20 that was published after 1990 is Nirvana’s “Nevermind.” This is really sad. This demonstrates a great ignorance of modern rock music.

And of course, I don’t really understand why someone like Madonna even needs to be on this list, especially when truly great musicians like Frank Zappa are either underrepresented or left off entirely.

Progressive rock is no where to be found on this list. Sure, I’m not mad that there’s no Genesis here, but to completely omit King Crimson’s “Red” and “In the Court of the Crimson King” is just plain stupid, anti-intellectual even. Gentle Giant should be seen SOMEWHERE at least.

Also, the inclusion of Jazz albums is a big mistake. It’s insulting to every Jazz musician included or not included on this list. There is no fair basis of comparison between pop music and Jazz. Stupid.

Ultimately, this list is just a sad mixture between suedo-political rockers of the 60’s and a bunch of feel good pop that some critics probably voted for because they are being paid by record labels.

True political revolutionaries such as Dead Prez are of course left off.

I wish that someone would produce an alternative list that accounts better for the truly great moments of pop music’s history. It’s would have to shorter no doubt. Maybe 100 items. They’re haven’t been that many great moments, really.