What are the 500 best albums? 'Rolling Stone' mag has an answer


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This image released by Abrams Books shows cover art for 'Rolling Stone' magazine’s 'The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time'. Photo: Handout

Is Fleetwood Mac’s landmark album Rumours better than To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar? Should Tapestry by Carole King be ranked higher or lower than Thriller by Michael Jackson?

Rolling Stone magazine has some answers in a new book that’s sure to spark conversations – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It’s where you’ll find that Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run fittingly sits just ahead of Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G., at No. 21 and No. 22, respectively.

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