Not sure when this is going to be coming out, but I sure hope it's as dumb as the 100 Greatest Guitarists list. Of course, the #1 album of all time is Sgt. Pepper, because Rolling Stone said so.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/n...one-list_x.htm

The following appeared, I guess, in a sidebar to the above-linked article. From it we know that 29 of the albums in the top 500 were recorded prior to 1960. Oh, and Madonna placed as many albums as Elvis Costello:

Artists with the most entries in Rolling Stone's 500 best albums:

Beatles: 11
Bob Dylan: 10
Rolling Stones: 10
Bruce Springsteen: 8
The Who: 7
David Bowie: 6
Elton John: 6

5 each: The Byrds, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Otis Redding, U2

4 each: Madonna, Bob Marley, Elvis Costello, Grateful Dead, James Brown, Police, The Smiths, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Prince, Roxy Music, Simon & Garfunkel, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads.

Decade by decade breakdown: 50s or before: 29 albums (5.8% of total 500 list) 60s: 126 (25.2%, but 55% of the top 20 70s: 183 (36.6%) 80s: 88 (17.6%) 90s: 61 (12.2%) 00s: 13 (2.6%).