on a scale from 1 to I disagree this gets an 8

Makes Pitchfork's list look good by comparison.

You could've at least posted the top 10....

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Wild Flag at 9 so I'm happy

Digging: The World is a Beautiful Place And... - Whenever, If Ever

List fucking blows.

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Reading the comments on the list makes me lol hard

if anyone's surprised by this, they shouldn't be

Wow, navigating through this list is possibly the most retarded part about it. Glad to see that Charles Bradley made one list, apparently the rest of the world is ignoring how awesome that dude is.

What a bare bones fucking article. You could have posted a little more.


Either way, I guess I'm just surprised that this list came from one of the most laughable publications, considering it's not all THAT bad. There are some weird/terrible choices (Eric Church/Lady Gaga), but seeing Wilco and Tune-yards is pretty cool.

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PitchFork and Rolling Stone are hands down the worst music magazines/sites I've ever seen to rate music. Incredibly bias and it's actually pretty pathetic that Pitchfork did better than this.

"...And why isn't Lulu on this list?"


A person said this.

this is scary disgusting list ! I am affraid to say that but Pitchfork list is about ten times better than this

"I hate the single album per page format" says the lazy internet user in me.

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Honestly, the way the list has been, I really wouldn't have been surprised if Rolling Stone put it on there. Why is every magazine glorifying Beyonce's new album? Also, man is Adele's album getting way to much recognition.

they have to hate hip-hop so much attention on bloody overrated LP's and 2.rank for Watch the Throne is pathetic... No Cunninlynguists, No Danny Brown, No Shabazz Palaces.... well Fuck 'em

can't tell if the comments about lulu deserving to be on the list are serious or not......

Nah, say what you want about Pitchfork, but I've found some nice music from their site because of the amount of albums they review a day.

Well sometimes I agree with Pitchfork reviews but Rollingstone contributors are bench of clowns

Adele's good, but mannnnnn. That's just not right.

list is wiggity wiggity whack

Adele is such a beaitful person and shes amazing talent god bless her and hope she beats her vocal chord operation she deserves everything in the world her album is the best thing ever created thank you rolling stone

Again, not a terrible list. Adele being one is pretty shitty, but Wilco, Radiohead and Fleet Foxes make me smile.

Any reason why the Grammy nominated best surround sound album of 2011 by Steven Wilson is not on the list?

Pretty terrible list.

lol at Lady Gaga being anywhere near the top 10.

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I bet they only put Wild Flag to get indie cred

this list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8u7px_GzWQ

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Incredible list, has almost all my favorites.

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Reckless & Relentless by Asking Alexandria should have been on here :P Foo Fighters should have been higher and Cage the Elephant is right in there place. I only have one thing to say about all the pop albums on here, it sucks :P Adele is a good singer, don't get me wrong. But I'm not a fan at all

Rolling Stones end of the year list always make me laugh.

pretty horrible list

who makes up these lists?

Lots of hate here.

I mean, other than Lady Gaga, I don't see that top 10 being all that bad, ESPECIALLY considering that it's Rolling Stone.

And Adele is getting some hate, isn't she? I've never listened to anything beyond her singles, but I can't imagine that she'd be getting as much shit here on Sputnik if she had only, say, Regina Spektor's level of fame.

who makes up these lists?

who makes up these lists?

remember when rolling stone's opinion mattered?

Before my time

List is flawless

"Before my time" bingo

Eeeew, this list reeks.

"Mick Jagger & Keith Richards" lol

i'm so glad that places like sputnik exist, where music fans who aren't stupid can make fun of the music fans that are stupid. :]

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Rolling Stones opinion mattered from the 60's to the 90's , they've been slacking hard since early 00's

Why are people surprised when a mainstream magazine only focuses on mainstream artists?

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gay

"PitchFork and Rolling Stone are hands down the worst music magazines/sites I've ever seen to rate music. Incredibly bias and it's actually pretty pathetic that Pitchfork did better than this."

I feel like you say this because it's cool to hate on Pitchfork because of its popularity. Pitchfork has plenty of good reviewers and it's great for news/its BNMs are usually great.

Some of this is wtf material

gabe, defender of all things popular.

Comments tells a lot about Rolling Stone's demographic.

"However, Katy Perry, Radiohead, Lady Gaga are incredible too."

When you've got comments like that in your top 50 countdown, you know your magazine sucks. Not including Radiohead in this context, btw.

What a horrible fucking list of non music.

Wilco and Radiohead are a bit high aren't they??
But Wild Flag and Fleet Foxes being in the top 10 is awesome

lol youre such a terrible user sylentecho

Who cares.

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You see why movies like Twilight are #1 box office draws. Lots of commercial faggots out there, mainstream maggots. Let them have their gay top 10 lists and may they all burn in the fiery pits of Hades.

andcas, somethinger of something something and fuck you i'm just not feeling very witty right now.

lol youre such a terrible user sylentecho

Good list. A blend of pop music, folk, hip-hop etc. Bit of everything. =)
Loved Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Paul Simon and Wilco's new albums.

Probably wouldn't have ordered them that way myself but I get that Rolling Stones have to appeal to a broad audience in order to compete with the competition.

The only list that matters is your own list though and the albums that you continue to listen to after 2011 is over. =)

"remember when rolling stone's opinion mattered?"

They gave Abbey Road an unfavourable review when it was released. How the fuck is that even possible? Their opinion never mattered.

This list is awful. Yuck.

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"PitchFork and Rolling Stone are hands down the worst music magazines/sites I've ever seen to rate music."
sup Kerrang

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just the idea of making a top 10 list sucks, it's like declaring war on everybody.

on the other hand people asking why there's no [any band] in the list aren't helping either...

+1 for the anarchistfish

They gave Abbey Road an unfavourable review when it was released. How the fuck is that even possible? Their opinion never mattered.

"abbey road is mediocre though."

You should wite for Rolling Stone.

Is this for serious?

"abbey road is mediocre though"
fuckTHATnoise.
Velvet Underground is mediocre, and I blame them hipsters, pitchfork, and best of lists, and making heroin supes cool.

this list is hilarious

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Lol 5 being one of the best of the year? I thought that album sucked.

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Haha, the Rolling Stone; what a JOKE!

Well at least there's no Lulu.

Rolling Stone's musical opinions have never mattered. This is the same magazine that shit all over every Led Zeppelin album when they were released. They couldn't even get shit right in the 60s-70s. The only thing they've ever been good for are some of their various loosely affiliated writers over the years like Hunter S. Thompson.

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well at least someone else likes king of limbs as much as me

i like the paul simon shoutout honestly

it really didnt matter what Watch the Throne ended up sounding like, it was destined to be in every publication's top 10 list.... The fact that it was pretty decent overall is like, undercut by this... nobody on the rolling stone staff even listened to it...

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Rolling Stone's musical opinions have never mattered. This is the same magazine that shit all over every Led Zeppelin album when they were released

Rolling Stone is really infamous for changing their opinion on bands and albums once they become classic

"Rolling Stone is really infamous for changing their opinion on bands and albums once they become classic"
yeah I noticed this

Finally some love for TKOL. List is still shit though.

over-rated

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rolling stone's music coverage is terrible but to you fagass scene metalheads complaining about p4k just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean they don't have incredible writers.

most fucking retarded top 10 ive ever seen. and this is from rolling stone. another reason to not read this stupid stupid thing.

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My biggest problem is that they only pay attention to like 3 genres

its almost like they dont pay any attention to anything that isnt on the radio. Its funny because this year was so good for hip hop, yet they have yeezy and jay z on here. which honestly could compete for one of the WORST hip hop albums of the year. meh.

they have a core audience just like every site ever has a key demographic. to expect something outside of that is just asinine. i mean yeah it's a "ooooooooooh time to bitch at the mainstream" excuse but to actually think that it's gonna be anything other than what it is means you're probably some retarded 15 year old and you haven't realized that your opinion doesn't matter anyways. RABBLERABBLERABBLECHOKEONDICKRABBLE

trebor's cool, just more to the rest of you angry little shits who i have no idea who you are.

I'm appreciating the inclusion of Fleet Foxes and The Decemberists, the rest is pretty inconsequential imho

I don't know how much of Rolling Stone's core audience listens to Adele

"This is the same magazine that shit all over every Led Zeppelin album when they were released."

Led Zeppelin sux, tho. They just plagiarized half of every blues guitarist along with cheesy lyrics
then brought this "technicality equals talent" mindset into music.

but seriously, I don't know why you guys are shocked that x super obscure release isn't on a fucking
ROLLING STONE list.

plus 8 of these are good albums. I only think that fleet foxes album is the only one worthy of any top 25 praise but it still doesnt take away from the fact that these albums are at least somewhat enjoyable. lower your fucking expectations for a mainstream publication.

Led Zeppelin owns dude. you just lost your visa to Middle Earth.

abbey road is mediocre though.

"lower your fucking expectations for a mainstream publication."

make me

"Led Zeppelin owns dude. you just lost your visa to Middle Earth.


@Pawpnbawtlez: Wanna throw down? I'll fight you.

yeh son, bring it. nah ur a homie im talkin bout redsky. mur fur

Trolling Stone. its official.

I guess Adele's label payed them off considering rolling stone gave her album 3 and a half stars, but put it as number 1

Am I the only one who thinks that Watch the Throne is over-rated? It's good but not as good as Yeezy's and Jay's best solo efforts.

i dont think its over rated, its shit. as have many other reviewers and people have said aswell. its only getting into the spotlight because it is yeezy and jay.

Nahhh it's not shit. It's good for some bangers but as an album it's just okay.

This list of albums makes me cringe. some are good though

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its overrated. its a nice album but its so vastly overshadowed by Kanye's album (still); the eminem/royce album... sheeeet, carter 4 shit on watch the throne

oh....gawd...what the....what the FUCK!

"angry little shits who i have no idea who you are"

OH MY GOD THIS IS ME ON EVERY PAGE ON THIS SITE

EVERY SINGLE ONE

watch the throne was a great album but doesnt deserve to be that high, and rollingstones opinion sucks hard

Thank you for reminding me how much I hate Rolling Stone's website, leaving entirely aside the publication itself.

lol, trolling stone, I like it

This list is a fucking joke.

Jokes are funny^

sup Kerrang

Damn, you got me there.

sucky suck list

Why haven't they included the new album by Dream Thea-HAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though. I expected nothing better from Rolling Stone so I'm just glad Fleet Foxes got up there.

lol rolling stone

lolling stone

If that's the top 10, Fleet Foxes should've been #1.

I don't even know the band at 49, but why the fuck is their album cover a picture of Darkthrone?

Led Zeppelin owns dude. you just lost your visa to Middle Earth.

It's a reference to how they made concepts/lyrics related to Lord of the Rings.

I don't see what's wrong with Pitchfork. The writing is excellent.

Pitchfork is too overtly hipster for the true hipsters.

This list is a piece of shit. Adele is an overweight, ugly , and overrated tramp.

I don't see what's wrong with Pitchfork. The writing is excellent.

"they're a bunch of Americans (a guess here) trying to understand the UK music scene"

Definitely agree here

The complete over-analysis in some reviews is what irks me the most.

^^^ They complain about pretentious music and themes, which makes them hypocrites of the highest caliber.

As long as the Gaga album is on here, this list is void.

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"They know how to write a sentence, but I personally take issue with them latching onto blog trends to try and appeal to a wider audience. Their electronic reviews really aren't the best either, mainly because they're a bunch of Americans (a guess here) trying to understand the UK music scene"

I can see that, but for me it's less about opinions and trends and audiences than it is writing well. I suppose it's because I want to be a writer.

.....................................................................fatpenis.

List has no Wild Beasts. List sucks.

I clicked just to have a laugh.