#1 album is a total surprise


Also, wtf M.I.A.

Satan does not approve.

fleet foxes yessssssssssssss

obligatory fuck american idiot

List isnt really all that bad.

Needs moar Opeth.

7 29 42 44 and 76 are wins for album

did you notice that this is the best of the past 11 years?

i guess it could be worse. after another look there's some decent stuff on here, even if the list seems a little biased.

lists aren't bad although some terrible choices. And as good as Kayne West may be in his genre, there is absolutely no way he deserves 3 albums in the top 100

pretty sweet to see Seed (2.0) on the song list!
surprised Bob Dylan was #8 on the top albums. Modern Times was a good album but it wasn't that good.

album list wasn't that bad, albeit not a very expansive one. song list could have been better, at least the top 10 could've been.

Yeah these lists were pretty good I do have to say. Good to see Springsteen's Magic up so high - album is phenomenal and would definitely be on my decade list for sure! Not bad.

I honestly think Toxicity should be a bit higher. I'm probably alone on this though

chaos^ I'm with you, that's an awesome album, but there wasn't much metal at all. What do you expect from rolling stone though?

i disagree with most of the list. Even the bands i was pleased to see on there had songs or albums that are much better than the ones chosen.

They should do this on a smaller scale but with similar genres. A lot of the songs and albums just can't compare to each other because of the completely different genres in my opinion. Also why the hell are so many kanye west albums in the top 100? Can they just not think of any better artist?

( ) should have been way higher

Agree with hanson; The lists are good, especially the songs one.

Rolling Stone, the decade is not over yet. Also, I have all respect for you and your opinions. You had your peak at the beginning when HST was writing for you.

Album list needs The Avalanches

Some really great songs but Crazy in Love being #3 is major ugh.

Where the hell are the artists on these lists?

Having Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt at 15 is either a huge honor or slap in the face for Trent Reznor. The album's top 100 has way too many album's that are their more so of who made it then it's actually higher echelon musical quality of THIS decade *COUGH* Bob Dylan *COUGH*.

And what's up with Queens of the Stone Age's 'Rated R' being in top 100 but not 'Songs for the Deaf'???

"Crazy" isn't a bad song, but #1? Really???

Hey Ya! was the best song of the decade.

( ) should have been way higher

so depressing that rap is acceptable by rolling stone's standards and clearly metal isnt

I gotta agree with Emim here, how is "Crazy" the best song of the decade by any stretch of the imagination?

Can't agree more Academy, couldn't agree more...

Pretty good lists. Great to see System of a Down's Toxicity in the top 50 albums.

fucking worthless

so depressing that rap is acceptable by rolling stone's standards and clearly metal isnt

Lists suck. Had like five good albums...

And wtf at MIA and Kanye discographies.

The rap songs chosen in the top 12 at least are better than like 95% of metal anyways.

@Poet - So there's only 5% of metal you enjoy, that's very descriptive...

Poet was that sarcasm? I really couldn't tell.

yeah but they're better than 99+% of rap too so idk what your point is

list is pretty good

"Rolling Stone has chosen their hundred best songs and albums of the decade"

@Poet - Rolling Stone also believes they're picking out the best music of the decade that was released from all genre's. They have Blues, Country, Pop, Rock, Rap, R&B, ect. yet not 1 single 'metal' band. Your right, it is they're list but it's really arrogant or ignorant of them to completely misreprent a whole genre (With a Gazillion sub genres - Thrash, Hardcore, Post-Hardcore, Doom, Melodic, Death Metal, Nu-Metal, Crabcore ;) ).

Basically, with so many genre's in there, you should either be representing them all or only a handful (like only Rap, Hip Hop and R&B).

Not a bad list, a little disorganized though. There was probably more great albums they could have used from different artists than just picking a select few bands and using every album they made in the past decade to fill the list.

I'm pretty sure every Radiohead, Coldplay, and Kanye West album are on that list, when they probably could have filled it with something better.

MikeBirdz
Im sorry rollingstone but this is by fare your worst top 100 lists i have ever read. i mean what the f*** is with all this hip hop s*** that treuly is S***. brake it down with me here, hip hop is just beats. beats with words to make it sound cool. please thats not f***ing music. ive played around with mixcraft and played with the beats and recorded with my s***ty kye's. f*** i know its not music. and you guys can just say "oh well theirs a A# note through out the song," well f***! wheres the f***ing creativity.
i mean if you want true electonical music than listen to Zero 7 where your as high as a kite. they will become your fav high of all time. (but none of their newer s***)
radiohead is placed decently. cutos on that.
sorry it be a naging little bitch but thiers your fans income. please change your 100 songs of this decade.

i think what they're saying is that there are no metal albums good enough to be on this list

some good stuff in here this list is far from terrible.

I normally hate Rolling Stone, but this is a good list.

'i think what they're saying is that there are no metal albums good enough to be on this list'

I do think that's what the writers at Rolling Stone think and I think it's arrogant and ignorant. Releasing a list like that without any Metal is like me releasing a sports magazine of perhaps baseball ranking the MLB Teams from best to worst for the upcoming season, except when I do it we'll just leave the AL East and NL West out of it, there's no way you could argue the rankings of the temas I have in the list yet it's still incomplete without them included. And there doesn't need to be a ton of Metal, they could randomly throw in Blackwater Park by Opeth and I'd be happy.

the majority of music publications don't recognize the vast majority of metal though, which is why you're going to see a whole lot of lists like this and barely any with significant amounts of metal

Which is a shame.

Come on guys. It's obvious that all 4 Kanye West albums were better than any metal album released in the last 10 years.

Or maybe every single list we are going to see is shit.

At least Time's top 10 of the year had the decency to recognize Mastodon. Thats all I've seen though.

i think you overestimate the music world's appreciation of metal

Three Coldplay albums? Three Kings of Leon Albums? 50 Cent? Vampire Weekend? MGMT? The people selecting these "albums of the decade" have to urgently expand their musical horizons. Some great albums amid a sea of junk, though.

"i think you overestimate the music world's appreciation of metal"

Perhaps

I guess I also overestimated the abilities of the world's most famous music publication to hire one "critic and industry insider" that couldn't be described as a hipster faggot

How do I quote things on here I could never figure that out?

that's a bit harsh

The good news is that if one were so inclined to take out every single one of these people, they can all be found at Fleet Foxes' next tour date. Every last one of them.

not an awful list


some great stuff I'm glad to see on there, but a bit of absolute crap too

"i think you overestimate the music world's appreciation of metal"

I would beg to differ. Throughout history I'd say Metal bands have had some of the biggest impact on the music scene, I mean Black Sabbath alone has probably inspired every heavy guitar riff ever written since. Watch Iron Maiden's live DVD in South America and tell me what other type of Genre could go to another random country where an artist isn't from and attract that many dedicated fans apart from mainstream music (and the fact they aren't mainstream and have that big of a fanbase without popular media is astounding).

Also back to your comment about the world's appreciation of metal, there's a heck of a lot of Metal fans for getting little to absolutely no air time on public radio. Doesn't that almost support the case on how good the music is in since their are so many fans who had to find other unconventional ways to find out who the hell the band is other then just putting on the local radio station. Imagine how popular Metal would be I guess if it was mainstream.

Ghostechoes - Coldplay have had a pretty profound effect on mainstream music, so they certainly deserve a placing.

Um...dude, it's not mainstream because people don't like it. =/ Of course it'd be popular if it was mainstream, thats what the bloody mainstream IS.

Shut up, they both sucked.

Never thought i'd say this on sputnik but, uh, needs moar metal....

METAL

Shit album list. No, Tool? Lateralus was, and still is the greatest album of the last 10 years, IMO. Glad to see they gave Radiohead a nod though. Overall, Rolling Stone is a disappointment. Metal kicks the crap out of rap any day. Hell, just put a C in front of rap and there ya go.

good one!

a lot better than i expected but still, no porcupine tree, isis, opeth, avalanches, mastodon, tool, muse, mew etc

needs more metal, list mostly sucks. Sigur Ros ftw tho.

No Mastodon = instant fail.
No Tool = Even bigger fail.

Tool suck.

Mastodon didn't release a record that comes close to top 100 of the decade.

Shit album list. No, Tool? Lateralus was, and still is the greatest album of the last 10 years, IMO. Glad to see they gave Radiohead a nod though. Overall, Rolling Stone is a disappointment. Metal kicks the crap out of rap any day. Hell, just put a C in front of rap and there ya go.

tool ftw bitch

decapod you're such a moron

and kane tool doesn't suck bro man dude

pretty good lists although i feel the organization for both are totally fucked. i'm surprised out all they kanye west songs they could've chosen, they didn't choose "jesus walks." imo not only was that the best rap song of the decade, it was also the best song of the decade. and what the hell with "808's?" that album was decent but should in no way make the top 100. hell, it doesn't even qualify for the top 200!

whoops i fucked up. "jesus walks" did make it. my bad.

Actually surprised on the song list. Not bad at all especially for the mainstream picks.

For all the fail that Rolling Stone are usually associated with, these were really solid lists. For all those who are questioning why there isn't any metal, you forget that outside of sites like this, it's still an underground thing. Most people really don't care about metal, so while I agree that maybe they could've included one or two at tops (don't know which ones) it would be silly to include more. It's still an outsider genre. For those who say MIA's Kala is terrible I doubt have even heard the record. From what I've heard on it, it's pretty damn good... maybe not #9, but still.

Pretty good albums list too. Will be similar to Sputnik's list except no Brand New and Converge and other metal.

Tool suck. Mastodon didn't release a record that comes close to top 100 of the decade.

M@rty and Decapod stand out as the biggest idiots posting here. But anyways, the list is actually pretty good. There is some stuff I don't agree with, like Kanye, but oh well. You win some you lose some.


He's right though. I like Mastodon, but I'm not naive enough to believe that they deserve a spot in the top 100 albums of the decade. Also, CTTS will be on Sputnik's decade list I hope.

Gnarles Barkley has best song of the decade! HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Says the guy who thinks Lady Gaga is better than Mastodon.

Gnarles Barkley has best song of the decade!

I'm seeing the strokes topping all of these lists, wtf?

No, you can't actually. This list makes me very depressed.

totally alright

He's right though. I like Mastodon, but I'm not naive enough to believe that they deserve a spot in the top 100 albums of the decade.

I didn't expect any metal on there, but cmon. The 100 song list is so terrible it's a joke. They didn't even make a list of 100 best songs, they made a list of 100 seemingly most popular songs in mainstream music list. Any list with "Hey ya!" at #4 is fing ridiculous.

Most of the albums on the list don't deserve a spot either, Mastodon just seems like one of the few metal bands that might actually get recognized, so that's why people would like to see them on there.

Why is Sigur Ros 'Agaetis Byrjun' included in these best of the decade lists? Wasn't it released in 1999?

through the fire and the flames > hey ya despite both being of equal lol-worthiness

poor logic is poor logic

Yeah, but that's the shit that the RS is bias towards so I'm not quite sure why you weren't just expecting to see that on there when you clicked on the link. They've got a lot of other stuff right to be honest with you. RS isn't exactly a metalheads best friend just in case you haven't noticed.

God you are an ass. The subject of the matter is the list is over-saturated with unmemorable albums. Also, the list is idiotically redundant, they could have included just one Coldplay album, or two, but not three; the same applies to other bands included. Considering a few token metal albums instead would have done no harm.

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@musicaddiction101
Yeah, I guess you are right, but even Pitchfork has a place for metal/hardcore. They have really favorable reviews for bands like Agalloch, Isis, Kylesa, Harvey Milk, Converge, The Blood Brothers, Nachtmystium, Intronaut, Future of the Left, McLusky, to name a few.

why should they include a few token metal albums? I mean honestly asking them to replace mediocrity for mediocrity for representations sake is fucking stupid

but the Kings of Leon records will appeal to the RS fanbase more and more importantly the staff at rolling stone probably genuinely prefer anything Kings of Leon over anything Isis

Yeah but RS vs Pitchfork is still pretty much the special olympics.

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rolling stone dont care bout no sputnik

Bob Dylan's Modern Times at #8 & Love and Theft at #11? Rolling Stone magazine are the ultimate Dylan fan boys.

no but I'm assuming his point is that while replacing mediocre KoL album with a mediocre isis album would be pointless, replacing a mediocre KoL album with a truly great metal album, like Leviathan, Alaska, Jane Doe, A2F, Gutter Phenom., Hot Damn, NJA, Endgame, UA, TWNAH, The Curse, A Deathgrip on Yesterday, WtF, So Jealous, Iowa, Colors, etc... would be more worthwhile...

Rolling stone sucks completely, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Just leave it at that.

this one time, i got decapod's ratings deleted

Wow, you're such a winner. Glad that you did that actually, now I know the rules. So, thank you.

Bob Dylan's Modern Times at #8 & Love and Theft at #11? Rolling Stone magazine are the ultimate Dylan fan boys.

rolling stone has always been the ultimate springsteen/U2/dylan cock-riding fanboy

All people saying "it isn't that bad" are fuckin' stupid. There is not one band from the real of extreme music on that list. Therefore it is fucking worthless.

decapod you're such a moron

Thanks man! When will people learn that, words exchanged via the internet are never hurtful. Such bad vibes just because I said that there was no Tool on their list. I did write, IN MY OPINION, did I not? Anyway, got nothing but love for everyone so, take you're pent up frustration elsewhere qwe and academy. For two people so hell bent on crying to the mods about trolling, you two do your fair share of it on my page.

All people saying "it isn't that bad" are fuckin' stupid. There is not one band from the real of extreme music on that list. Therefore it is fucking worthless.

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Hey man, do your thing. I no longer troll rate, I didnt even know what that was until recently. I could care less about your favorite bands, I'm not here to please you. I dont bother you so out of respect, can you please leave me the hell alone. I'm here to check out music, not bicker with you about every statement I make.

I'm not gonna lie, the Marshall mathers lp from what I remember was pretty good

But like other people said, this list says that punk and metal are dead. Wtf.

P.S. Radiohead is one of my all time favorite bands also, so I doubt that I gave any of their albums under a 4.

why do people act surprised when rolling stone makes a shitty list. it's what they excel at these days

"oh I forgot Rolling Stone are supposed to be connoisseurs of extreme music"

IDK man, usually Rolling Stone is pretty wild.

Matt Taibbi's sardonic critiques are fucking EXTREME!!!!

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lol A milli one of the best songs of the decade.

oh wow For Emma made it to the top 100 albums...
thats nice.

Good, awesome. Now, please leave me alone.

It's so tense in here, who wants a Poopular hug

nothing like getting your musical advice from rolling stone, a bunch of wanna-be hipsters who think that britney spears is rock music

no metal should be on this list no matter who makes, especially tool

hey ya best song of the decade crazy wasn't that important

kid a is the best album of the decade

lady gaga is better than mastadon

And your a douche bag.

your a douche bag.

You're.


You forgot to capitalize.

Not bad lists, not at all. The song list has little too much mainstream hip-hop for my tastes but that was to be expected I suppose. The album list is pretty rulesauce (minus the obvious need for moar mehtul).

JWT155-
"And what's up with Queens of the Stone Age's 'Rated R' being in top 100 but not 'Songs for the Deaf'???"

Because Rated R is better.

^When's this guy getting banned?

Rolling Stone proves once again that they won't stop sucking the dicks of Bob Dylan and The Strokes.

Anyway, good to see Toxicity on here.

ok, bob dylan>SOAD

1 is exactly where it should be.

Yawn.

yeah nice job there Otherside...

Lets face it, this is another list that isn't for the general Sputnik community but'll have little bits here and there we can enjoy, thus giving us something else to argue about. This really is not a surprising list from Rolling Stone whatsoever, though the inclusion of a handful of the bands was a pretty nice idea.

The lists aren't as bad as I expected.

"ok, bob dylan>SOAD"

Yeah, I never said that. But for the record, Toxicity>>>>Modern Times.

Bob Dylan wrote propaganda songs.

Yeah I'm down, list is pretty solid

The album list is decent. Radiohead has three albums, which is cool, although very expected. Two Sigur Ros which is cool.

I could write a whole journal how more metal should be up there even though that will never happen as its Rolling Stone were talking about. I'm too lazy though, so I'll just notice how this list wasn't superbad. Merely somewhat bad.

You forgot to capitalize.

People that say this list isn't that bad are hipster as fuck.

Hellyeah I'm hipster. Don't you see my Opeth picture! Sure, I would have changed it if I'd care more about my appereance, but you can see on my profile that I listen exclusively to records that are accepted by the mainstream movement. I mean, Master of Puppets is like the greatest thing evah!@@#@!

WHERE tha FAck Is CYNIC and maudlin of the WELLLL!?!?

{insert favorite album} should be (higher | in the list)

At least the albums I know are ranked OK IMO. I'd pick In Rainbows over Kid A, but they're both excellent. Needs more metal, but it's always the same story with mainstream mags... No classical either...

this is a fairly good list considering what a lofty goal labeling best songs and albums of the decade really and truly is..

Great list, you're all fags

of course rolling stone would rather cater to the social norm and not post up any metal albums. hell, they think linkin park is good metal. they arent even close to either "good" or "metal".

how can they give the top spot to Kid A when they only rated it a 4?

Add a "C" to rap, am I nine again?

Also, Rolling Stone kind of sucks, although there was some decent stuff on there.

youre all dumb as shit jesus

"fucking worthless"

Agreed