Rolling Stone special edition (500 Greatest Albums of All Time)

Rolling Stone special edition (500 Greatest Albums of All Time)

"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics, and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums. Various music genres were featured in the list, including rock, hip hop, country, ska, punk, heavy metal, soul, blues, folk, jazz, pop, and combinations thereof. The list also includes a few compilations, "greatest hits" collections, and soundtracks. The accounting firm Ernst & Young devised a point system to weigh votes for 1,600 submitted titles.

The list was released in book form in 2005, with an introduction written by Steven Van Zandt. The book's list is slightly different, as the editor's foreword explains. Some compilation albums were removed, and Robert Johnson's The Complete Recordings was substituted for both of his King of the Delta Blues Singers volumes, making room for a total of eight new entries on the list.