I don't know where they keep getting these crazy-ass lists, but here you go:

1. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
2. Rolling Stones - Aftermath
3. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
4. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6. Blondie - Parallel Lines
7. Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark
8. Massive Attack - Protection
9. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
10. The Beatles - Revolver
11. Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
12. Pavement - Wowee Zowee!
13. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
14. Prince - 1999
15. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
16. Bjork - Vespertine
17. Various - Heavyweight Sound: Blood and Fire Sampler
18. Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
19. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
20. Chic - Real People
21. David Bowie - Station to Station
22. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
23. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
24. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
25. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
26. Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy
27. Beck - Odelay
28. The Ronettes - Best of the Ronettes
29. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
30. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
31. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
32. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
33. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
34. White Stripes - De Stijl
35. Various - Super Bad is Back
36. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
37. Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
38. Alexander Spence - Oar
39. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
40. Bikini Kill - Reject All American
41. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Anthology
42. Merle Haggard - Songs I'll Always Sing
43. Roxanne Shante - Bad Sister
44. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
45. Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip
46. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
47. Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
48. Aphex Twin - Classics
49. The Strokes - Is This It
50. Madonna - You Can Dance

Discuss...

Whatever, Rolling Stone...

So cool we made a list! *snort*

random

Cinnie said:

I think they steal 'm off the Org.

26. Brides Of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy

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people get paid to do that??

looks like a random itunes shuffle

Sdldawn said:

and most of the lists in the "random iTunes shuffle" thread are cooler than this.

My guess is this list aren't the BIG albums but the neat ones the fans really like. My only ??? here is Odelay, which it is a cool album, but I think there is a better choice than that.

Anxiety said:

I usually cringe at these lists, especially from rolling stone.

But. I think this one is pretty good. All the artists have a good vibe, and there are not many albums that I would classify as bad
[Edited 4/23/08 10:35am]

It could have been a lot worse.

Plus they picked the right Velvets album at the top and "1999" is indeed Princey-boy's "coolest" album.

What are these lists based on.

"cool"? That's an abstract concept.

God, I hate Rolling Stone's lists.
[Edited 4/23/08 11:38am]

Hey, Maceo, they tryin to quantify cool! I don't know, if you can quantify it, it ain't cool!

This list is designed to give credit to albums that don't make their normally inane lists, so I'll let them be this go round.

I'll give credit to Rolling Stone on these selections, ESPECIALLY for Done By The Forces of Nature, one of the very greatest hip-hop albums of all time. While their Natives Tongues colleagues De La Soul and a Tribe Called Quest got more recognition for their debut albums during this time, this albums stacks up very well, and ages as well if not better over time.


[Edited 4/23/08 13:26pm]

namepeace said:

that's exactly it. Any dork can buy Pet Sounds, this is like their guide to appearing more "in the know."

Anxiety said:

This is a cool selection, but since the label squelched the release of Theme from "Jack Johnson" (it chose to promote "Live at Fillmore[/b], probably becuse it had a higher markup as a two-fer). This was Miles big dip into guitar-driven funk and it has a major underground cult following to this day.
[Edited 4/23/08 14:10pm]

Anxiety said:

Wowee Zowee!?????

Where the fuck is Slanted & Enchanted??

Anxiety said:

Cinnie said:

You know you sing along to that shit so stop frontin!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

How is it her "coolest"?


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Cinnie said:

They had to add her somewhere even if it is a shit record. It's like Rolling Stone is contractually obliged to put Madonna and Michael Jackson in every poll they do, even if it does not fit.

i think they stayed up all night drunkenly picking things out of the rolling stone swag vault at random, then they made a list out of it.

Anxiety said:

even at random, I wouldn't pick Wowee Zowee! by Pavement..... not that it's a bad record, but certainly not their best!
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abierman said:

even 'crooked rain' would be more understandable.

Anxiety said:

these are getting worse than the fake tracklists in PM&M

Anxiety said:

Crooked Rain should have been the Pavement pick. It is about the same critical caliber as Odelay, and college DJs still play it.

Cinnie said:

Not to mention any Pavement album in your library shows some cool (in the manner this thread implies). Even the most popular one is fairly obscure.
[Edited 4/23/08 16:23pm]

I think (relative) obscurity is how You Can Dance got on this list.

Cinnie said:

you know their first pick was totally the evita soundtrack.