Last year, “Rolling Stone” released their 250 Greatest Albums of All-Time. Guess how many country albums are on that list? Only TEN. Apparently, they think that country music only makes up 4% of the best music since the turn of the century? To save you some scrolling, here are all ten country albums and where they placed:
#40…“Golden Hour” (2018)…by Kacey Musgraves
#43…“Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” (2014)…by Sturgill Simpson
#48…“Platinum” (2014)…by Miranda Lambert
#79…“Southeastern” (2013)…by Jason Isbell
#103…“Traveller” (2015)…by Chris Stapleton
#121…“Chief” (2011)…by Eric Church
#126…“Cowboy Carter” (2024)…by Beyoncé…and this joke needs to stop. Because this is not a country album.
#130…“By the Way, I Forgive You” (2018)…by Brandi Carlile
#207…“Hero” (2016)…by Maren Morris
#247…“Purgatory” (2017)…Tyler Childers
Some quick thoughts here. “Traveller” not making the Top 100 is laughable…and no Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan, George Strait, Ella Langley or Lainey Wilson? Seriously. Whoever the hell put this shit list together left out a lot of great country artists.