O site da revista americana ‘Rolling Stone’ publicou uma lista com os 500 melhores álbuns da história da música. O novo levantamento atualiza o anterior, realizado em 2003.
Para construir o ranking, a publicação recebeu listas em formato top 50 de mais de 300 artistas, produtores, críticos e personalidades da indústria musical, desde radialistas até executivos de gravadoras. Nomes como Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, H.E.R., Adam Clayton e The Edge (ambos U2), Gene Simmons (Kiss) e Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac), Steve Perry (Journey), entre vários outros, participaram do levantamento.
Entre os 500 álbuns na nova listagem, 154 não estavam no primeiro ranking. Além disso, 76 discos foram lançados no século 21.
Como resultado geral dessa atualização, cabe destacar que o rock perdeu força, enquanto o hip hop ganhou relevância, especialmente pelos trabalhos mais atuais. O maior reconhecimento ao rap e a segmentos da soul music fizeram com que os artistas negros ganhassem destaque no top 500.
Outro ponto curioso é que os Beatles perderam a “majestade” – ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ ocupava a primeira posição do levantamento original, enquanto que, neste, o disco ‘What’s Going On’, de Marvin Gaye, está no topo. No novo ranking, o álbum melhor colocado do Fab Four é ‘Abbey Road’, em quinto.
O top 500 pode ser visto, na íntegra e com comentários (em inglês), no site da ‘Rolling Stone’. Os 100 primeiros estão disponíveis abaixo.
Os melhores álbuns da história, segundo a ‘Rolling Stone’
100. The Band – ‘Music From Big Pink’
99. Taylor Swift – ‘Red’
98. Lucinda Williams – ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’
97. Metallica – ‘Master of Puppets’
96. R.E.M. – ‘Automatic for the People’
95. Drake – ‘Take Care’
94. The Stooges – ‘Fun House’
93. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott – ‘Supa Dupa Fly’
92. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – ‘Axis: Bold as Love’
91. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’
90. Neil Young – ‘After the Gold Rush’
89. Erykah Badu – ‘Baduizm’
88. David Bowie – ‘Hunky Dory’
87. Miles Davis – ‘Bitches Brew’
86. The Doors – ‘The Doors’
85. John Lennon – ‘Plastic Ono Band’
84. AC/DC – ‘Back in Black’
83. Dusty Springfield – ‘Dusty in Memphis’
82. Sly and the Family Stone – ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ On’
81. Beyoncé – ‘Beyoncé’
80. Sex Pistols – ‘Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols’
79. Frank Ocean – ‘Blonde’
78. Elvis Presley – ‘The Sun Sessions’
77. The Who – ‘Who’s Next’
76. Curtis Mayfield – ‘Superfly’
75. Aretha Franklin – ‘Lady Soul’
74. Kanye West – ‘The College Dropout’
73. My Bloody Valentine – ‘Loveless’
72. Neil Young – ‘Harvest’
71. Bob Marley and the Wailers – ‘Exodus’
70. N.W.A – ‘Straight Outta Compton’
69. Alanis Morrissette – ‘Jagged Little Pill’
68. Kate Bush – ‘Hounds of Love’
67. Jay-Z – ‘Reasonable Doubt’
66. John Coltrane – ‘A Love Supreme’
65. James Brown – ‘Live at the Apollo’
64. OutKast – ‘Stankonia’
63. Steely Dan – ‘Aja’
62. Guns N’ Roses – ‘Appetite for Destruction’
61. Eric B. & Rakim – ‘Paid In Full’
60. Van Morrison – ‘Astral Weeks’
59. Stevie Wonder – ‘Talking Book’
58. Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin IV’
57. The Band – ‘The Band’
56. Liz Phair – ‘Exile in Guyville’
55. Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
54. James Brown – ‘Star Time’
53. Jimi Hendrix – ‘Electric Ladyland’
52. David Bowie – ‘Station to Station’
51. Chuck Berry – ‘The Great Twenty-Eight’
50. Jay-Z – ‘The Blueprint’
49. OutKast – ‘Aquemini’
48. Bob Marley and the Wailers – ‘Legend
47. Ramones – ‘Ramones’
46. Paul Simon – ‘Graceland’
45. Prince – ‘Sign O’ the Times’
44. Nas – ‘Illmatic’
43. A Tribe Called Quest – ‘The Low End Theory’
42. Radiohead – ‘OK Computer’
41. The Rolling Stones – ‘Let It Bleed’
40. David Bowie – ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and Spiders From Mars’
39. Talking Heads – ‘Remain in Light’
38. Bob Dylan – ‘Blonde on Blonde’
37. Dr. Dre – ‘The Chronic’
36. Michael Jackson – ‘Off the Wall’
35. The Beatles – ‘Rubber Soul’
34. Stevie Wonder – ‘Innervisions’
33. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back to Black’
32. Beyoncé – ‘Lemonade’
31. Miles Davis – ‘Kind of Blue’
30. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – ‘Are You Experienced?’
29. The Beatles – ‘The White Album’
28. D’Angelo – ‘Voodoo’
27. Wu-Tang Clan – ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’
26. Patti Smith – ‘Horses’
25. Carole King – ‘Tapestry’
24. The Beatles – ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
23. The Velvet Underground – ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’
22. The Notorious B.I.G. – ‘Ready to Die’
21. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Born to Run’
20. Radiohead – ‘Kid A’
19. Kendrick Lamar – ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
18. Bob Dylan – ‘Highway 61 Revisited’
17. Kanye West – ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’
16. The Clash – ‘London Calling’
15. Public Enemy – ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’
14. The Rolling Stones – ‘Exile on Main Street’
13. Aretha Franklin – ‘I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You’
12. Michael Jackson – ‘Thriller’
11. The Beatles – ‘Revolver’
10. Lauryn Hill – ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’
9. Bob Dylan – ‘Blood on the Tracks’
8. Prince and the Revolution – ‘Purple Rain’
7. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumours’
6. Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’
5. The Beatles – ‘Abbey Road’
4. Stevie Wonder – ‘Songs in the Key of Life’
3. Joni Mitchell – ‘Blue’
2. The Beach Boys – ‘Pet Sounds’
1. Marvin Gaye – ‘What’s Going On’
