The Patented Rating System
At the end of each episode, the hosts vote on where the album belongs on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list. Rolling Boned means it's ranked too low (deserves higher). Rolling Well Toned means it's right where it belongs. Rolling Groan means it's too high (should be lower). Rob also gives a custom funny rating each episode.
Rolling Boned
These albums are ranked too low — the hosts say they deserve a higher spot on the list.
#29The Beatles: The White Album (...do you hear a tuba?)Rolling Well He
#30Jimi Hendrix: Are you Experienced? (1967) (... with Short Shorts?)Rolling Third Stone From The
#31Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)Rolling Evolution
#41The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed (1969)Rolling Americone
#43A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (1991)Rolling Bass Tone
#45Prince: Sign O The Times (1987)Rolling Moan Again
#49Oukast: Aquemini (1998)Rolling Scroll Okay This Should
#50Jay-Z: The Blueprint (2001)Rolling Self-Promotion
#53Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (1968)Rolling Toned No I I
#62Guns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987)Rolling Bones
#64OutKast: Stankonia (2000)Rolling Evolution This Is A
#69Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995) w/ SuzanneRolling Drone If You Want
#70NWA: Straight Outta Compton (1988)Rolling Uh Groan You Did
#73My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (1991)Rolling Distortion Not Only Are
#84AC/DC: Back in Black (1980)Rolling Bones Should Be Higher
#88David Bowie: Hunky Dory (1971)Rolling Under Appreciation Nobody Knew
#109Lou Reed: Transformer (1972)Rolling For Sure It
#115Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)Rolling Comp Tone Evolution
#117Kanye West: Late Registration (2005)Rolling Over In Bed All
#123Led Zeppelin: II (1969)Rolling Uh Uh You Know
#132Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1978)Rolling Dissolution Of My Marriage
#148Frank Ocean: channel Orange (2012)Rolling Interview Quotation
#150Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (1982)Rolling Recorded At Home
#158Erykah Badu: Mama’s Gun (2000)Rolling Wrong
#179Notorious B.I.G.: Life After Death (1997)
#206David Bowie: Low (1977)Rolling Um Don
#227Little Richard: Here’s Little Richard (1956)Rolling Igination Erection Okay Even
#230Rihanna: Anti (2016)Rolling Balloons
#231Best of Beck Did it Better: Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (1968)Rolling This Is A Rolling
#235Metallica: Metallica (1991)Rolling Rust Scale
#249Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (1985)Rolling Bones
#259Janis Joplin: Pearl (1971)Rolling Jimmy Johnson With That
#275Curtis: Curtis Mayfield (1970)Rolling Ignition
#276Radiohead: The Bends (1996)Rolling Transition Jones Yeah This
#28050 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) ep. 280Rolling Bones
#?PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN (BEST OF BECK DID IT BETTER)Rolling Uh What
#10Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) (... and it’s a BANGER of an episode!)Rolling Harmonization Hey Guys Remember
#32Beyonce: Lemonade (2016) (... an episode so good it will take you to Red Lobster)Rolling Crustacean All Right I
#40David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)Rolling Bowie For Sure The
#?The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)Rolling Ball
#?Re-Release! The Score by the Fugees (1996)Rolling Phone
Rolling Well Toned
These albums are right where they belong on the list.
#1Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and First Date Advice (1967)Rolling Cornerstone
#13Aretha Franklin: I Have Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967) (..r feet)Rolling Tone
#15Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)Rolling These Tracks
#21Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (1975) (Matt is 40!)Rolling Bayone Because I Was
#26Patti Smith: Horses (1975) (... and Tecmo Bowl!)Rolling Poem
#27Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)Rolling Toned
#28D’Angelo: Voodoo (2000)Rolling Hip Bone All I
#36Michael Jackson: Off The Wall (1979) (... w/ Hulk Hogan)Rolling Girl What Do You
#51Chuck Berry: The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
#56Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (1993) w/ SUZANNERolling Indie Definition
#61Eric B.and Rakim: Paid in Full (1987)Rolling Should Be In A
#63Steely Dan: Aja (1977)Rolling Singular Vision
#65James Brown: Live at the Apollo (1963)Rolling Grown
#66John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (1965)
#68Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (1985)Rolling Stay At Home Right
#71Bob Marley and the Wailers: Exodus (1977)
#75Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (1968)Rolling This Is A Rolling
#77The Who: Who’s Next (1971)
#79Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)Rolling Relation Ship Relation Relationship
#86The Doors: The Doors (1967)Rolling Over What
#87Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1970)Rolling Fusion Fusion In True
#90Neil Young: After the Gold Rush (1970)Rolling Environmentalism Right Appreciate Th
#91Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
#92The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Axis: Bold as Love (1967)Rolling Uh Groan We Do
#97Metallica: Master of Puppets (1986)Rolling Cliff Bertone
#102The Clash: The Clash (1977)Rolling You Son Of A
#111Janet Jackson: Control (1986)Rolling Confusion And Don
#114The Strokes: Is This It (2001)Rolling Duration
#120Van Morrison: Moondance (1970)Rolling This Is A Rolling
#125The Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique (1989)Rolling Walking Around Son Of
#128Queen: A Night at the Opera (1975)Rolling Recorded Off The Radio
#136Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (1971)Rolling Well It
#139Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1970)Rolling Head Banging On Head
#140Bob Marley and the Wailers: To Catch a Fire (1973)Rolling Reggae Introduction
#157Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)Rolling Too Off Phone Too
#164Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison (1968)Rolling Mode
#176Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (1990)Rolling Pre-Authorization Pre-Authorization
#177Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)Rolling Graham Moem
#190The Who: Tommy (1969)Rolling Ulnar Bone
#192Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (1986)Rolling Russell
#200Sade: Diamond Life (1984)Rolling Well Boned
#212Nina Simone: Wild is the Wind (1966)Rolling Emo-Shown
#215Grateful Dead: American Beauty (1970)
#218TLC: CrazySexyCool (1994)
#243The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle (1968)Rolling Time Of The Season
#248Green Day: American Idiot (2004)Rolling Hold On Hold On
#257Dolly Parton: Coat Of Many Colors (1971)Rolling Donny Osmond
#271Mary J Blige: What’s the 411? (1992)Rolling Girl And It
#281Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson (1971) ep. 281Rolling Your Own Russell
#?Fixing my Mistake! Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)Rolling Harmonization Hey Guys Remember
#?Beck Did It Again! (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by OasisRolling Too Off Phone Too
#?Beck Does it Again: Paranoid by Black Sabbath
#?D'Angelo: Voodoo (2000) Beck Does it Again (Originally Aired March 02 2021)Rolling Hip Bone All I
#?Beck Does It Again! A Tribe Called Quest: Low End Theory (1991) Orig Aired 6/1/21Rolling Bass Tone Guys
Rolling Groan
These albums are ranked too high — the hosts say they should be lower on the list.
#1The Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground (not the one with the banana) (1969)Rolling Non-Experiment Today Shown
#3Revolver and Dr. Feet (1966)Rolling Ohm I
#4Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (1976) (... and it’s HotDog Night!)Rolling Too Long I Think
#5The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969) (... with Emmerson, our 5th Beatle!)Rolling Here Comes The Sone
#19Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)Rolling Presidential Nomination Because Obam
#20Radiohead: Kid A (2000) (...now in VR!)Rolling Get Out Of My
#33Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (2006)Rolling Tone Of Voice Because
#34Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973) (... actually a pretty good vibrator name)Rolling Well I
#35Dr.Dre: The Chronic (1992) (... the 4/20 episode!)Rolling Quotation
#39Talking Heads: Remain in the Light (1980)Rolling Uh You Know I
#42Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)Rolling Aaron
#44Nas: Illmatic (1994)Rolling Moan
#47The Ramones: Ramones (1976)Rolling System Russell You Heard
#49Bob Marley: Legend (1984)Rolling Reggae Music Mon
#52David Bowie: Station To Station (1976)Rolling Stay Shown To Stay
#60Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (1968)Rolling Tone
#74Kanye West: The College Dropout (2004)Rolling So Like I That
#80Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Comes the Sex Pistols (1977)Rolling Thrown That Makes Way
#82Sly and the Family Stone: There’s a Riot Going On (1971)Rolling Oscar Nomination
#83Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (1969)Rolling Old-Fashioned Okay Old-Fashioned Yea
#85John Lennon: John Lennon/ Plastic Ono Band (1970)Rolling Stallone
#89Erykah Badu: Baduizm (1997)Rolling Tantric Initiation I
#94The Stooges: Fun House (1970)Rolling Much Like Iggy Pop
#100The Band: Music from the Big Pink (1968)Rolling Well Groaned Would Mean
#101Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin (1969)Rolling Slight I
#106Hole: Live Through This (1994)Rolling Maturation
#107Television: Marquee Moon (1977)Rolling History
#110Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (1973)Rolling By The End Of
#113The Smiths: The Queen is Dead (1986)Rolling I Know But I
#118Eagles: Hotel California (1976)Rolling Best-Selling Album Folks Hotel
#119Sly and the Family Stone: Stand! (1969)Rolling Now Some People Might
#121Elvis Costello: This Years Model (1978)Rolling Deck
#126Mary J. Blige: My Life (1994)Rolling Too Long But I
#129Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)Rolling Change In Elevation Elevation
#130Prince: 1999 (1982)Rolling Well Time Russell What
#131Portishead: Dummy (1994)Rolling Combination
#133Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976)Rolling Derivation Okay Guys When
#135U2: The Joshua Tree (1987)Rolling Ire Loaned
#139Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990)Rolling Yeah We Are Figuring
#141Pixies: Doolittle (1989)Rolling Pre-Smashing Pump Cones
#144Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (1975)Rolling Double Album Incarceration
#147Jeff Buckley: Grace (1994)Rolling One Album
#159The Police: Synchronicity (1983)Rolling Implosion
#161Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Crosby, Stills, & Nash (1969)Rolling Roan Okay That Means
#167Depeche Mode: Violator (1990)
#170Cream: Disraeli Gears (1967)Rolling Clap Tone
#170Taylor Swift: folklore (2020)Rolling I Can
#172Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
#173Nirvana: In Utero (1993)Rolling Grown I
#182James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (1970)Rolling At All I Don
#185The Rolling Stones: Beggar’s Banquet (1968)Rolling Something
#202Bjork: Homogenic (1997)Rolling Ice Loaned Okay This
#204Kanye West: Graduation (2007)Rolling Another Same Old Drum
#207Eagles: Eagles (1972)Rolling Peaceful Easy Feeling Own
#211Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul (1991)Rolling Uh Give Me A
#211Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979)Rolling Well-Grown
#216Elliott Smith: Either/ Or (1997)Rolling Unfortunately You Guys Are
#217Oasis: Definitely Maybe (1994)Rolling Wrong I
#219Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx... (1995)Rolling Reunion Nailed It Reunion
#221Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine (1992)Rolling It Groan I Always
#228De La Soul: De La Soul Is Dead (1991)Rolling Tone
#231Tom Petty: Damn the Torpedoes (1979)Rolling Short Album
#233Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (1992)Rolling Neil Game On Neil
#236Daft Punk: Discovery (2001)
#247Sade: Love Deluxe (1992)Rolling Propagation
#250SECRET LIVE SHOW------ Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady (1979)Rolling Uh Groan But I
#269Kanye West: Yeezus (2013)Rolling Last One This Is
#12Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982) (... and the dangers of being too nice to werewolves!)Rolling Well Grown It
#17Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) (...of buying more yard inflatables!)Rolling Interruption Because That
#?Episode Rerelease: The Band- The Band (1969)Rolling Okay So We
#?Beck does it again Chuck Berry: The Great 28Rolling Inspiration Guys Yes Did
#?Beck Does It Again: Sly and the Family Stone: Stand!Rolling Now Some People Might