Saturday, September 27, 2008

Rolling Stone/Q best-reviewed albums of the decade

Rolling Stone and Q are my favorite magazines for keeping up with album reviews. Both reserve their top 5-star rating for only those albums they deem "classic." Q is a little more generous than Rolling Stone in this regard, generally giving several albums per year the highest rating, while Rolling Stone gives it to one, maybe two albums per year. Wikipedia has the list of albums Q awarded a 5-star rating, but I haven't seen a list for Rolling Stone. So I did my own going back to 2000. So far, nothing this year has gotten a 5-star rating.

5-star albums, 2000-September 2008

Bruce Springsteen – Magic (2007)
Bob Dylan – Modern Times (2006)
Kanye West – Late Registration (2005)
Damon & Naomi – The Earth Is Blue (2005)**
Brian Wilson – Smile (2004)
Beastie Boys – To the Five Boroughs (2004)
White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
Beck – Sea Change (2002)
Bruce Springsteen – The Rising (2002)
Mick Jagger – Goddess in the Doorway (2001)
Bob Dylan – Love and Theft (2001)

**This one seems a bit strange to me, but I confirmed it on Rolling Stone's Web site.

Also, since 2005, Rolling Stone has awarded a 4.5 rating as well. So far two albums have gotten it this year:

Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III (2008)
Stephen Malkmus – Real Emotional Trash (2008)
Kanye West – Graduation (2007)
M.I.A. – Kala (2007)
TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Willie Nelson – You Don’t Know Me (2006)
The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang (2005)
Bruce Springsteen – Devils & Dust (2005)
White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

1 comment:

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