Lori reads Rolling Stone so you don't have to

[pantryslut]

I get Rolling Stone out of a sense of professional duty. You know, I review music, I should see who they're covering, blah blah blah. I don't particularly like RS. I like them even less after they hired an editor from FHM to give them a new, modern, snazzy (i.e. Maxim-like) look. And their attempts to get hip to the young folks are beginning to be painfully obvious.

The most recent issue has a huge feature: "The 500 Best Albums of All Time."

I have tallied some statistics for you. Presented without commentary.

Beatles albums (including solo projects and such): 15
Dylan albums (including work by the Band sans Dylan himself): 12
Rolling Stones albums: 10

Albums by/including women (vocals only, sorry): 52
Albums by/including women of color: 12
Albums by women of color not including Aretha Franklin: 10

Albums by people of color: 95
Albums by p.o.c. minus Sly, Jimi, P-Funk, and Stevie Wonder: 80
Albums by p.o.c. thrown in for cred (i.e. jazz and blues albums): 20
Albums by non-black people of color: 5

Best-ofs, anthologies, and compilations: 45

Albums from before 1950: 3
Albums from the 50's: 16
Albums from the 60's: 114
Albums from the 70's: 190
Albums from the 80's: 80
Albums from the 90's: 59
Albums from 2000 and beyond: 16

Hip-hop albums: 26
Albums from bands that appear on Rhino's punk compilation No Thanks: 22

Albums by English acts: 130
Albums by American acts: 335
Albums by Irish acts: 9
Albums from the rest of the world: 17
Albums from the rest of the world, minus Bob Marley: 11
Albums from the rest of the world, minus Neil Young: 13

Not all numbers will add up, and there is certainly some error involved.

Addendum: redbird asked for one of these stats, and I forgot to post the other two.

Albums in the top 5 released after 1970: 0
Albums in the top 10 released after 1980: 0

Albums with lyrics primarily or exclusively in a language other than English: 1 (unless I am mis-remembering or mistaken about Getz/Gilberto -- the album with "The Girl from Ipanema" on it -- in which case it's 2)