The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time According to the Media

It seems like once every 6 months or so Rolling Stone decides to feature a complete list of the best songs, musicians or albums of all time. And this month we’re once again subjected to that treatment. This time around, they’ve completed a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (because they did the 50 greatest six months ago). Needless to say, I have a few objections with the list.

For starters, it would be nice if they could keep some sort of consistency between their number one albums in each list. Last time they picked Revolver as the greatest record of all time, and now they’ve named Sgt. Pepper as numero uno. Really, all they’re doing is rotating the Beatles albums so that every one gets a stint as number one.
Ah yes, and then we have the beautifully repulsive All That You Can’t Leave Behind at 139, outranking Radiohead’s masterwork OK Computer at 162. Forget the fact that I’m a Radiohead junkie for a moment here and grasp the stupidity of that placement. By all means, a U2 album should be ranked above OK Computer (U2 is one of the bands that influenced Radiohead after all). But if you’re going to put U2 above Radiohead at least put one of their better albums at the top. Consequently, War is in the 221st slot.
Finally, two of the best Dinosaur Jr. albums (and arguably two of the greatest rock albums of all time) Bug and You’re Living All Over Me go unlisted.

Sorry for the rant, but it’s just disappointing to see more of these lists cranked out. They always plug the same stuff, just in a different order. If anything, they should be delving into the underground music scene and digging out the "50 greatest albums Rolling Stone magazine always neglects".