Rolling Stone — 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Liverpool’s lads take home 4 of the top ten (of course). Link to story.
Nothing too surprising here, but here’s the top ten:
1. Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet
Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver,
The Beatles
4. Highway
61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber
Soul, The Beatles
6. What’s
Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile
on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London
Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde
on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The
Beatles (“The White Album”), The Beatles
(Taken from a 2003 issue.)
Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On?
This song is timeless and speaks to us just as easily today as it did when it was first released in May of 1971. When Motown head, Berry Gordy heard the album he didn’t want to release it. Gordy felt the material was too dark and didn’t like the political commentary. He relented, feeling it would flop, but WGO went on to sell over 2 million copies through the end of 1972.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band covered the entire album for release in the wake of Hurrican Katrina. Sometimes I wonder, what IS going on?
