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Since 2020 Rolling Stone has also produced a weekly podcast called Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, which, according to magazine, is based on an "updated version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list". [5] The podcast is hosted by Brittany Spanos, a staff writer at the magazine. [6] [7]
The second best-selling album of the year is alternative rock band Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends with 2.144 million copies sold, followed by Swift's Fearless with 2.112 million. [6] It is also the best-selling album in digital format, having topped the Billboard Top Digital Albums of 2008. [8]
The following page lists Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It concentrates on the 2023-updated list, on which some new albums were added, while others were up- or downrated, or entirely removed. The "Major contributors" column lists up to three main contributing editors.
On December 8, 2008, Rolling Stone named the album cover for Day & Age the best album cover of 2008. [7] On December 15, Rolling Stone readers voted Day & Age the best album of 2008. [8] In an interview with Rolling Stone in September 2009, Flowers commented on the album, stating: "It sits well with our other two albums.
[21] The album was named as the best album of 2008 by NME. [22] In 2009, Rolling Stone named it the 18th-best album of the decade, and in 2012 the magazine included it at number 494 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, saying, "Two hipster geeks get some rad vintage keyboards and compose a suite of synthesized heartache". [23] [24]
It landed on numerous best-of-the-decade lists, including Rolling Stone (No. 78), NME (No. 17), and Paste Magazine (No. 1), and is widely considered to be one of history's finest folk-pop albums.
The self-proclaimed “Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World,” the Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, with founding guitarist Brian Jones naming the band after “Rollin’ Stone” by ...
It was released on July 15, 2008. At the end of 2008, Rolling Stone magazine named Life, Death, Love and Freedom No. 5 on its list of the 50 best albums of the year. The song "Troubled Land" was number 48 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 Best Singles of 2008. [11] Antimusic.com named it number 18 on their top albums of the decade list. [12]