They're revisiting their list from 1989, and although I've noted this before, we don't have it here at AM. The version used by AM is the Rolling Stone Australian version, which has quite a few differences. For example, no "1999."
They're revisiting their list from 1989, and although I've noted this before, we don't have it here at AM. The version used by AM is the Rolling Stone Australian version, which has quite a few differences. For example, no "1999."
Wow...that takes me back. Like you, Rocky, this was the first big list I can remember perusing; in fact, it was published as little CD-sized book, which I kept around for a while as a reference (which is why I always remember that they actually picked a 1979 album as #1).
That said...um, no, it hasn't aged well (Aretha Franklin? Robbie Robertson? Daydream Nation one place behind Dylan's Oh Mercy?). Somewhere between 1980 and 1990, RS pretty much lost the plot, primarily because their center of gravity was still 1967. On the other hand, considering the list was created in 1989, it's not too surprising that Doolittle and Paul's Boutique aren't on it (but Tracy Chapman is, and at #10, no less).
Really, decade lists should be revised from time to time, as Pitchfork did with their 90s list. With all due gratitude to Harold Wexler for tabulating the current rash of EOD lists (many thanks, Harold!), in five years there will be things on those lists that look kinda silly.