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.


Episode Date
Yusuf/ Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman"
May 31, 2022
Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly"
May 24, 2022
Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector", ft. Darlene Love
May 17, 2022
Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"
May 10, 2022
Public Enemy’s "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
May 03, 2022
Kanye West's "Yeezus"
Apr 19, 2022
Parliament-Funkadelic's "Mothership Connection"
Apr 12, 2022
David Bowie's "Station To Station"
Apr 05, 2022
Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville"
Mar 29, 2022
Shakira's "Dónde Están los Ladrones?"
Mar 22, 2022
Weezer's "Self-Titled (The Blue Album)"
Mar 15, 2022
Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors"
Mar 08, 2022
Alice Coltrane's "Journey in Satchidananda"
Mar 01, 2022
Britney Spears' "Blackout"
Feb 22, 2022
The Beatles' "Let It Be"
Feb 15, 2022
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums: Introducing Season 2
Nov 19, 2021
Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"
Nov 17, 2021
The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds"
Nov 17, 2021
Daddy Yankee's "Barrio Fino"
Nov 10, 2021
Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"
Nov 10, 2021
Taylor Swift's "Red"
Nov 03, 2021
Tom Petty's "Wildflowers"
Nov 03, 2021
Introducing: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
Nov 01, 2021