The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.[1] The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums. Various music genres were featured in the list, including pop, hip hop, rock, country, ska, punk, heavy metal, soul, blues, folk, jazz, and combinations thereof. The accounting firm Ernst & Young devised a point system to weigh votes for 1,600 submitted titles.[2]
The list was released in book form in 2005, with an introduction written by Steven Van Zandt. The book's list was slightly different, explained in the editor's foreword as the removal of some compilation albums and the consolidation of the two LPs of Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Singers into The Complete Recordings, making room for eight additional albums on the list.
The list also includes a few compilations, "greatest hits" collections and soundtracks.
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | September 1967 |
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Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | May 1966 |
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Revolver | The Beatles | August 1966 |
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Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | August 1965 |
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Rubber Soul | The Beatles | December 1965 |
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What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | May 1971 |
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Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | May 1972 |
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London Calling | The Clash | December 1979 |
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Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | May 1966 |
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The Beatles (also known as The White Album) | The Beatles | November 1968 |
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(Numbers in parentheses represent actual number of studio albums by the artist while the other represents the number published by artist as the list was being decided. Actual number is subject to change without update.)
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