Rolling Stone top 50 albums of the year
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I'm not sure if posted elsewhere, but Rolling Stone just came out with their 2013 list and "New" was at # 4!!!
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busher:
I'm not sure if posted elsewhere, but Rolling Stone just came out with their 2013 list and "New" was at # 4!!!
Awesome. Doubt it will help sales but nice critical acclaim. The other sad thing is that "New" will not be up for Grammy awards which will be announced soon.
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And I'm sure Paul is just "thrilled" to once again follow after Kanye West! (Who was number 2)
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Number Four is pretty doggone good, yes?
I wish you'd put the entire list 
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So glad to hear it! Most deserving!
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Can someone tell us who was #'s 1, 2 and 3? Thanks!
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Here is the complete list: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202/paul-mccartney-new-19691231 .
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And they rank Pearl Jam's album as the 40th best. Take that!
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It's nice to see the album doing well critically if not the commercial blockbuster we all would love it to be. For such a strong album their seems an element of McCartney fans who seem to have real hostility towards NEW for some reason. On the Steve Hoffman forums there's a few who seem to delight in winding up fans who like it. I know music is subjective, but i'm surprised that any fan wouldn't like some of it even if they weren't keen overall. I found a guy on facebook who was saying that Rolling Stone would have to be deaf to like NEW, and this was a fan, supposedly. It's very narcisisstic to think that only your own opinion is a valid one.
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BOYCIE:
It's nice to see the album doing well critically if not the commercial blockbuster we all would love it to be. For such a strong album their seems an element of McCartney fans who seem to have real hostility towards NEW for some reason. On the Steve Hoffman forums there's a few who seem to delight in winding up fans who like it. I know music is subjective, but i'm surprised that any fan wouldn't like some of it even if they weren't keen overall. I found a guy on facebook who was saying that Rolling Stone would have to be deaf to like NEW, and this was a fan, supposedly. It's very narcisisstic to think that only your own opinion is a valid one.
Kind of sad that a album which such critical acclaim will not sell that great or be heard on radio.
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I've never even heard of #1 and #3!
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BOYCIE:
It's nice to see the album doing well critically if not the commercial blockbuster we all would love it to be. For such a strong album their seems an element of McCartney fans who seem to have real hostility towards NEW for some reason. On the Steve Hoffman forums there's a few who seem to delight in winding up fans who like it. I know music is subjective, but i'm surprised that any fan wouldn't like some of it even if they weren't keen overall. I found a guy on facebook who was saying that Rolling Stone would have to be deaf to like NEW, and this was a fan, supposedly. It's very narcisisstic to think that only your own opinion is a valid one.
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favoritething:
And they rank Pearl Jam's album as the 40th best. Take that!
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Happy for Paul...BUT Bowie # 16??? that album is AWESOME!!!
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I'm happy for Paul, too...but I take *anything* RS publishes with a grain of salt. Yoko must have given Jann Wenner permission to rank "New" so high.
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CAA:
I'm happy for Paul, too...but I take *anything* RS publishes with a grain of salt. Yoko must have given Jann Wenner permission to rank "New" so high.
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CAA:
I'm happy for Paul, too...but I take *anything* RS publishes with a grain of salt. Yoko must have given Jann Wenner permission to rank "New" so high.
This is just silly. RS has been more than fair to Paul, and generally positive about his work overall. That said, their lists are humorously inconsistent. For example, in their list of greatest songs of all time, "Hey Jude" is the highest-ranking Beatles tune, but in their list of greatest Beatles songs, "Hey Jude" is only #7, behind "Something," "Yesterday," "A Day in the Life" and several others. Go figure.
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Bruce M.:
CAA:
I'm happy for Paul, too...but I take *anything* RS publishes with a grain of salt. Yoko must have given Jann Wenner permission to rank "New" so high.
This is just silly. RS has been more than fair to Paul, and generally positive about his work overall. That said, their lists are humorously inconsistent. For example, in their list of greatest songs of all time, "Hey Jude" is the highest-ranking Beatles tune, but in their list of greatest Beatles songs, "Hey Jude" is only #7, behind "Something," "Yesterday," "A Day in the Life" and several others. Go figure.
Exactly. McCartney has been getting pretty darn good RS reviews from most of his records since FITD. RS also loved TOW in the early 80's.Some people on this board will never get over RS initially trashing RAM and BTW RS was not the only critics who trashed it when it was released.
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yankeefan7:
Bruce M.:
CAA:
I'm happy for Paul, too...but I take *anything* RS publishes with a grain of salt. Yoko must have given Jann Wenner permission to rank "New" so high.
This is just silly. RS has been more than fair to Paul, and generally positive about his work overall. That said, their lists are humorously inconsistent. For example, in their list of greatest songs of all time, "Hey Jude" is the highest-ranking Beatles tune, but in their list of greatest Beatles songs, "Hey Jude" is only #7, behind "Something," "Yesterday," "A Day in the Life" and several others. Go figure.
Exactly. McCartney has been getting pretty darn good RS reviews from most of his records since FITD. RS also loved TOW in the early 80's.Some people on this board will never get over RS initially trashing RAM and BTW RS was not the only critics who trashed it when it was released.
As for the chart itself, they will of course cater to their readership. It's kind of a Best Albums By Artists You've Probably Heard Of, And Who Have Likely Been On Our Cover. And Paul's been on the cover twice in the past two years (three times, if you count the special edition).
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I think that's a really good ranking RS did there, very diverse music is recognized pretty appropriately I would say. But now I MUST hear this Vamp Weekend album! Totally unfamiliar with it, but loved their first one. I bet it's simply the youthful energy and creativity that garnered the #1 spot. I'm happy to see a rock band out front. Thought it would be Kanye.
