Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums

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  • The stories behind some of the most essential albums of all time, told by the artists who made them and Rolling Stone’s writers and editors. Each episode focuses on one album from the brand-new, updated version of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list, featuring fresh conversations with the people who made the music, classic interview audio and expert commentary. Episodes include the late Tom Petty on his solo classic Wildflowers, Taylor Swift talking about her career-changing 2012 album Red, and Public Enemy breaking down their political masterpiece It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

    Listen to songs featured on the podcast and more hits from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list here.

    Now we’re back with Season Two. Across 10 episodes, you’ll hear Dolly Parton tell the stories behind the songs on her 1971 solo breakthrough Coat of Many Colors; Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr delve into the making of the Beatles’ troubled final album, Let It Be; Britney Spears’ collaborators explain how she made 2007’s Blackout in the eye of a paparazzi hurricane; friends and relatives of Alice Coltrane look back at how she overcame tragedy to create her masterpiece Journey in Satchidananda; Rivers Cuomo and his bandmates reflect on the unlikely birth of Weezer’s Blue Album; and much more.

    Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums is hosted by Senior Writer Brittany Spanos.
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  • Presenting: Rolling Stone Music Now - Best Albums of 2021 from Olivia Rodrigo to Rauw Alejandro

    Presenting: Rolling Stone Music Now - Best Albums of 2021 from Olivia Rodrigo to Rauw Alejandro
    Dec 28 2021

    This week, we’re doing something a little different and bringing you an episode of our sister podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now. In this episode, host Brian Hiatt joins fellow Rolling Stone staffers Julyssa Lopez, Mankaprr Conteh and Rob Sheffield to take a look back at the best albums of 2021. From Adele to Tems to Lil Nas X, from Latin pop to hardcore punk, my colleagues break down the music that kept us going all year long. Have a listen, and we’ll be back next week on Amazon Music with a brand-new episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums.

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    38 mins
  • Yusuf/ Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman"

    Yusuf/ Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman"
    May 31 2022

    In the latest episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, Yusuf reflects on his masterpiece "Tea for the Tillerman," and discusses his decision to re-record it last year. His guitarist Alun Davies and longtime producer Paul Samwell-Smith also appear on the podcast. Later in the episode, Rolling Stone staff writer Angie Martoccio and deputy music editor Simon Vozick-Levinson join host Brittany Spanos to discuss the legacy of Tillerman, which ranked as the 205th best album ever made in the all-new version of the 500 Greatest Albums poll.

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    41 mins
  • Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly"

    Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly"
    May 24 2022

    In the Nineties, much of the conversation about hip-hop was dominated by the feud between the East and West Coasts. The South was putting out tons of incredible rap records too, but almost nobody was paying any attention to Portsmouth, Virginia. With 1997's "Supa Dupa Fly", Missy Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley changed that, and gave the world a taste of the future. 

    Missy and Timbaland met as teenagers in Virginia and soon found they were musical soulmates. As they explain to  Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield in the episode, that friendship translated into some of the most lasting and adventurous music to come out of the Nineties. Both were content working as behind-the-scenes players, but once Missy was coaxed into making a solo album, the pair created "Supa Dupa Fly" in an incredible two weeks. Missy’s voice and delivery were one of a kind, whether she was singing, rapping, or just yelling, “Beep beep!" In this week's episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, both explain the stories behind the songs, including how Tim created the incredible Southern soul space-funk beat for "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)".

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    40 mins

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