Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2008

[Rainfox]

"Axl Rose has not lost his appetite for disorder. Democracy could never live up to every expectation, but it is audacious and unhinged: the mass of strings, choir and Mellotron in "There Was a Time"; the Spanish guitar and blaxploitation funk of "If the World." It's hard rock without apology ? which is enough."

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/31

Chinese Democracy clocks in at number 12.

 

[14 Yrs Of Silence]

Nuff respect.  Though would have been nicer to see it in the top 10.

[reed2009]

1 on my list 

[variant]

Nuff respect.  Though would have been nicer to see it in the top 10.

  Some people are never happy!

If at the start of the year you were told that Chinese Democracy was going to be in Rolling Stones top 50 albums released this year you would have been over the fucking moon.

[Gunner80]

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

[elmir]

yeah, but it just got released...it hasn't had enough time to sink in....if it was out in say July this year, it probably would have been higher up on that list...

[Smoking Guns]

yeah, but it just got released...it hasn't had enough time to sink in....if it was out in say July this year, it probably would have been higher up on that list...

Knowing RS, they probably heard most of the songs back in July...FWIW..

[elmir]

Knowing RS, they probably heard most of the songs back in July...FWIW..

Knowing Axl, they were probably told that those were badly unfinished demos and won't make the album....

[demo23nz]

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?

[GNR4L]

Saw the issue at my work ! pretty cool ! also saw that Better was #19 on the top 100 singles of the year.

[hooliganscomics]

What a list of utter shit. If you need any more proof that music blows as a whole look at the top 50. Shit Shit and even more Shit.

[GNR4L]

What a list of utter shit. If you need any more proof that music blows as a whole look at the top 50. Shit Shit and even more Shit.

Yeah there was alot of Questionable calls in that list.

[mrarkadin]

I'd feel pretty comfortable arguing Chinese against most of the albums above them, but I think the list does a good job of collecting different styles and tastes and trying to rank them, somehow. I mean, how can you compare Chinese Democracy and the Fleet Foxes? Bon Iver and Death Magnetic? So, as much as I hate Rolling Stone, they deserve some credit for trying to merge all of those selections--most magazines never deviate from a niche.

[torzt]

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?

U calling Floyd pop???

[Skunk]

I'd feel pretty comfortable arguing Chinese against most of the albums above them, but I think the list does a good job of collecting different styles and tastes and trying to rank them, somehow. I mean, how can you compare Chinese Democracy and the Fleet Foxes? Bon Iver and Death Magnetic? So, as much as I hate Rolling Stone, they deserve some credit for trying to merge all of those selections--most magazines never deviate from a niche.

Which is I guess why the first thought I had was "they should have switched CD with Death Magnetic."

[demo23nz]

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?

U calling Floyd pop???

As in 'popular' music.

[Gunner80]

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?

U calling Floyd pop???

Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?
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Should've been #1 because let's face it it's an opus. No one in Pop music in my opinion has ever done that.

The Beatles and Pink Floyd never released anything you could call an opus?

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Relax it's just my opinion - it's not fact.

[acompleteunknown]

It could definitely have clocked in over Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes...though both are decent albums...neither are top ten material.

at least GNR faired better than AC/DC who got beat by the Jonas Brothers.

Otherwise...a pretty average list.  Nothing too unexpected...

[GNR_Green]

Death Magnetic beating CD on that list = epic fail.

It's a record industry whore list, nothing more.  I've never even heard of half the top ten and don't wish to either.

[LIGuns]

If CD it may have ranked higher..But whatever, still cool it was metioned...My issue of that liberal rag, which I haven't been charged for in years, has yet arrived..Where did Britneys new album rank?