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1.
  Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The top ten albums of the 1980s according to the "Rolling Stone" November, 1989, edition, not by "Billboard" or sales.
Average, 10 Qns, shanteyman, Jan 24 24
Average
shanteyman
Jan 24 24
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  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 49    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Numbers 15 - 1. In the final quiz in this series we come to the top 15 of "Rolling Stone" magazine's updated '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Very Easy, 15 Qns, darksplash, Sep 23 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Sep 23 21
328 plays
3.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 45    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Aug 10 21
Easier
darksplash
Aug 10 21
246 plays
4.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 3    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
292 plays
5.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 36    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title ** or track from an eponymous album.**
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 08 21
Easier
darksplash
Jun 08 21
270 plays
6.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 43    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 19 21
Easier
darksplash
Jul 19 21
209 plays
7.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 17    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
312 plays
8.
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
303 plays
9.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 34    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 31 21
Very Easy
darksplash
May 31 21
289 plays
10.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 28    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
299 plays
11.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 42    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 12 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Jul 12 21
277 plays
12.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 8    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
324 plays
13.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 31    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 14 21
Very Easy
darksplash
May 14 21
338 plays
14.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 20    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
264 plays
15.
  Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are numbers 31-40 from Rolling Stones All-Time album's list. Name either the artist(s) or the album.
Easier, 10 Qns, Alepcot, Apr 26 21
Easier
Alepcot
Apr 26 21
792 plays
16.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 47    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Aug 24 21
Easier
darksplash
Aug 24 21
226 plays
17.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 9    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
293 plays
18.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 33    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Match in the missing word from the list on the right.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 27 21
Easier
darksplash
May 27 21
284 plays
19.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 29    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 03 21
Easier
darksplash
May 03 21
273 plays
20.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 32    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 19 21
Very Easy
darksplash
May 19 21
331 plays
21.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 22    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
276 plays
22.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 48    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Numbers 30 - 16. In the penultimate quiz in this series we enter the top 30 of "Rolling Stone" magazine's updated '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 15 Qns, darksplash, Sep 08 21
Easier
darksplash
Sep 08 21
248 plays
23.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 35    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 05 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Jun 05 21
291 plays
24.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 5    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
241 plays
25.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 23    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
295 plays
26.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 19    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
284 plays
27.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 11    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
288 plays
28.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 25    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
266 plays
29.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 30    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, May 07 21
Easier
darksplash
May 07 21
269 plays
30.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 24    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
darksplash
Apr 26 21
315 plays
31.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 16    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
233 plays
32.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 46    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Aug 11 21
Easier
darksplash
Aug 11 21
215 plays
33.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 7    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
262 plays
34.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 41    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
And the excitement continues to mount. In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 02 21
Easier
darksplash
Jul 02 21
227 plays
35.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 12    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
254 plays
36.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 44    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jul 25 21
Easier
darksplash
Jul 25 21
231 plays
37.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 40    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 28 21
Easier
darksplash
Jun 28 21
202 plays
38.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 10    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
258 plays
39.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 6    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Average
darksplash
Apr 26 21
232 plays
40.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 27    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
275 plays
41.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 13    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
296 plays
42.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 38    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 17 21
Easier
darksplash
Jun 17 21
237 plays
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  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 15    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
266 plays
44.
  Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums": Part 1    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
257 plays
45.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 18    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
239 plays
46.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 26    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
260 plays
47.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 14    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Easier
darksplash
Apr 26 21
237 plays
48.
  Top 10 Albums From Rolling Stone's All-Time 500    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are the top 10 rock/pop albums of all-time according to Rolling Stone magazine in the 2012 updated list. I'll give you the album title and a few songs, you name the artist or group. Enjoy!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Alepcot, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
Alepcot
Apr 26 21
829 plays
49.
  Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums": Part 2    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Average
darksplash
Apr 26 21
268 plays
50.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 39    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 24 21
Average
darksplash
Jun 24 21
226 plays
51.
  Rolling Stones All-Time Albums Numbers 11-20   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the albums name, the decade, and one or two songs, then you need to name the artist. All albums are from Rolling Stones' All-Time 500 list, 2004 list.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Alepcot, Apr 26 21
Very Easy
Alepcot
Apr 26 21
694 plays
52.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 4    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Apr 26 21
Average
darksplash
Apr 26 21
205 plays
53.
  Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums" Part 37    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Jun 11 21
Average
darksplash
Jun 11 21
233 plays
54.
  Rolling Stones' All-Time 500 Albums 21-30    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the 2012 Rolling Stones 500 top albums list. I will give you the album name, a few songs, and the decade it was released. You need to name the artist(s).
Easier, 10 Qns, Alepcot, Apr 26 21
Easier
Alepcot
Apr 26 21
658 plays
55.
  Rolling Stones All-Time Albums 41-50    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are albums 41-50 from "Rolling Stone" magazine's all-time 500 list. The list is the 2012 updated list, though it's the same as the 2003 list. Name the artist(s) or the album.
Average, 10 Qns, Alepcot, Apr 26 21
Average
Alepcot
Apr 26 21
501 plays

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Trivia Questions

1. Number 41 is from the British punk group The Sex Pistols. A couple of songs off the album are "Holidays in the Sun" and "Anarchy in the U.K.". What is the name of this controversial album?

From Quiz
Rolling Stones All-Time Albums 41-50

Answer: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

The album was certainly controversial, from its title, which faced obscenity issues, to each of the songs irking someone. Especially was this so with the song "God Save the Queen" on the album. Both the BBC and the "Independent Broadcasting Authority" refused to play the song. All this controversy led to "God Save the Queen" reaching number two on the BBC singles' chart, and the album reaching number one on the UK album charts. In the USA, it was more a story on the news, reaching only 106 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album was released in 1977. "London Calling" is from The Clash and album number eight on Rolling Stone's list. "A Different Kind of Tension" is an album by the Buzzcocks. The Damned did the "Machine Gun Etiquette" album.

2. Number 31: The album is entitled "Bringing It All Back Home". You may get the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" while listening to this album on "Maggie's Farm". Which folk legend turned rock musician on this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40

Answer: Bob Dylan

This was Dylan's fifth studio album, and it was released in March 1965. The album reached number one on the UK Album Charts and peaked at number six on the US Billboard 200. Music critic Clinton Heylin wrote that the album was possibly "the most influential album of its era. Almost everything to come in contemporary popular song can be found therein". An interesting side note: the album that knocked it off the top of the UK charts was the soundtrack from "The Sound of Music". Julie Andrews rocks!

3. Number 42: The album and the group have the same name. A couple of songs on the album are "Light My Fire" and "The End". Name the group and album.

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums 41-50

Answer: The Doors

The album was released in January 1967. The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 album chart. The song "The End" was voted number 21 on Rolling Stone's "30 Greatest Rock & Roll Movie Moments" for its use in the movie "Apocalypse Now".

4. Number 32: The album is entitled "Let It Bleed". Mick and the boys really rocked on this album, including the hit "Gimme Shelter". Which London group performed this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The album was released in December 1969, and at one point, temporarily knocked out the Beatles' "Abbey Road" from number one in the UK. It peaked at number three in the US on the Billboard album chart. "Gimme Shelter" was originally spelled "Gimmie Shelter" on the album. An interesting note on the song "You Can't Always Get What You Want": the backing vocals were done by Merry Clayton, Madeline Bell, and the London Bach Choir. In Don Heckman's review of the album for "The New York Times", he classified the album as " heavy, black-tinged, passionately erotic hard/rock blues".

5. Number 12: 1950s, "Kind of Blue". A few songs from the album are "So What" and "Blue in Green". Name the late jazz trumpeter and composer who made this album.

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums Numbers 11-20

Answer: Miles Davis

Some critics have called this the greatest jazz album of all-time. It was recorded in New York City at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in 1959. Davis died in September 1991 in Santa Monica, California. I had the privilege of seeing his last concert (though at the time we didn't know it'd be his last) at the Hollywood Bowl the week before he passed. I wish I'd saved the ticket stub.

6. Number nine: "Blonde on Blonde". Songs include "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" and "Just Like a Woman". Which artist recorded this 1960s classic?

From Quiz Top 10 Albums From Rolling Stone's All-Time 500

Answer: Bob Dylan

"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" is also known as the "Everybody Must Get Stoned" song. It sure sounds like a party when you listen to it! Dylan used the title because he felt radio in the 1960s would not play a song called "Everybody Must Get Stoned". Instead he got the title based on a Bible verse, Proverbs chapter 27 verse 15. The album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 in the USA, and it reached number three in the UK. It was released in May,1966.

7. The number nine album on the "Rolling Stone" magazine's Top 100 Albums of the Eighties is titled "Shoot Out the Lights". Who is the artist?

From Quiz Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties

Answer: Richard and Linda Thompson

"Shoot Out the Lights" is considered the ninth best album and is the husband and wife team's last album. Gerry Rafferty was originally tabbed to produce the album for Hannibal Records but after a difference in styles became obvious, Joe Boyd took the helm. Richard and Joe had worked together years before when Richard was the guitarist for Fairport Convention. The songs on the album primarily are prophetic tunes about dissolving relationships. Their ten-year marriage ended soon after the album was released. The album contains such songs as "Walking on A Wire" and "Back Street Slide". Elvis Costello's entry on the list is "Imperial Bedroom", which lists at number 38. The number 49 spot is held by The Feelies with "Crazy Rhythms". "The Specials" by The Specials is number 68.

8. Number 43: This 1973 release was entitled "The Dark Side of the Moon". You may have needed "time" and "money" for this album. What is the name of the UK group that recorded this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums 41-50

Answer: Pink Floyd

The album was released in March 1973, and reached number one on the US Billboard chart and number two on the UK Album chart. The album was engineered by Alan Parsons, and recorded at Abbey Road Studios. It included the two songs referenced above - "Time" and "Money". Although Nick Mason, percussionist for Pink Floyd, didn't think it was the best work Pink Floyd had done, he did say of the albums' success, "It was...not only about being about a great album but being in the right place at the right time".

9. Number 33: The album and group have the same name. In fact, all the band members have the same stage surname. When I hear this album I say "Let's Dance" and do the "Blitzkrieg Bop". What is the name of the group and album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40

Answer: Ramones

The album was released in April 1976. The album's photo was taken by "Punk" magazine's Roberta Bayley. Besides influencing other album covers, their torn jeans look also influenced punk bands and young people's look up until this day. The album included the original drummer for the recording band, Tommy Ramone (also known as Thomas Erdelyi), who replaced DeeDee Ramone who was having trouble drumming and singing lead to the speedy tempo of the Ramones' songs. This album is considered to be the real start of punk rock, the catalyst that fueled punk music in both the USA and the UK. To list those in punk and other genres who consider this album an influence, well I don't think I would have the space. Last note: all the above bands gained notoriety at the legendary CBGB club in New York in the 1970s, as did the Ramones.

10. Number 23: 1970s. The album at number 23 is called "Plastic Ono Band". A couple songs off this album are "Mother" and "God". Which former Beatle wrote and recorded this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones' All-Time 500 Albums 21-30

Answer: John Lennon

Ironically, John's wife Yoko had also come out with an album of the same name around the same time. It is usually called "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band". The album was influenced by Lennon's sessions with Primal Therapy founder Arthur Janov. An interesting side note, Ringo Starr played drums on the album. It was released in December 1970.

11. Number 13: 1960s, "The Velvet Underground and Nico". If the title doesn't give it away, then some tracks are "Sunday Morning" and "Heroin". Name the group who recorded this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums Numbers 11-20

Answer: The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was led by the late Lou Reed. Nico was a female German singer who contributed vocals for the album. Andy Warhol bankrolled the album and is given credit as the producer, though he wasn't involved directly with the music. He did design the banana on the cover. On the first records pressed, the banana was a sticker. If you peeled the sticker, it had a "flesh colored" banana underneath. The album was very controversial at the time, dealing with topics from deviant sex to drugs.

12. Number eight on the "Rolling Stone" Top 100 Albums of the Eighties features the premier album for an Athens, Georgia, based band. Which album rated number eight?

From Quiz Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties

Answer: "Murmur"/REM

"Murmur" is the debut album by R.E.M. and was released in 1983 on I.R.S. Records. The band added many unusual touches in the final production such as layering ten acoustic guitars, unusual percussion instruments and tearing shirt sounds. "Murmur" was performed in its entirety on the final night of R.E.M's 11-month tour in support of their "Green" album. The show was done at Atlanta's Fox Theatre on November 13, 1989. It was the final time that many songs from "Murmur" were included in the band's set. Songs from the album include "Radio Free Europe" and "Talk About Passion". "In My Tribe" by the New York based 10,000 Maniacs made number 65. "Cosmic Thing" is the fifth studio album The B-52's and was released in 1989. It contains "Love Shack" and "Roam". Talking heads are also from New York.

13. Number 34: This album from the group The Band has a colorful title. The album's most noted song is called "The Weight". What's the album called?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40

Answer: Music From Big Pink

The Band backed up Bob Dylan on his tours in the mid-1960s as the Hawks. The album was released in 1968. It was a critical success, though initially it didn't see much commercial success. The "Big Pink" was actually a pink house in West Saguerties, New York, USA. Band member Rick Danko found it as a rental where they wrote most of the albums' songs, and even Bob Dylan wrote songs there. Dylan actually wrote or co-wrote three songs on the album and did the cover illustration for the album. "The White Album" (AKA: "The Beatles") is by the Beatles, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is from Elton John, and "Blue" is a Joni Mitchell album.

14. Number 24: 1970s. This album is called "Innervisions" by a great R&B Motown star. Some of the songs on the album are "Living for the City" and "Higher Ground". Who wrote and performed this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones' All-Time 500 Albums 21-30

Answer: Stevie Wonder

The album was released in 1973 on Motown subsidiary Tamla records. Wonder played all the instruments on seven of the albums tracks. The album peaked at number four in the USA on the Billboard Album Charts. The album won Grammys for "Album of the Year" and "Best R&B Song" for the single "Livin' for the City".

15. Number seven: "Exile on Main Street". Songs include "Rocks Off", "Happy", and "Tumbling Dice". Which London group put out this album?

From Quiz Top 10 Albums From Rolling Stone's All-Time 500

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The album was released in May, 1972. It reached number one in the USA on the Billboard 200 chart in the USA and in the UK. A digitally remastered version was released in May 2010 with 10 bonus tracks. Most music critics, including Rolling Stone magazine, consider it the Stones greatest album.

16. Michael Jackson took the number seven spot on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Albums of the Eighties. Which of his albums took the honor?

From Quiz Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties

Answer: Thriller

"Thriller" is the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records. It soon became the best selling album of all time, selling between 45 and 100 million copies. Seven of the nine songs from the album such as "The Girl is Mine", "Wanna be Startin' Somethin'", "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" went on to be in the top 10. Michael was 23 years old when recording began. Producer Quincy Jones intended to at least match the success of "Off the Wall". The album was started at Michaels' home sixteen-track studio and when the songs were ready for final production they were recorded at Westlake Audio in Hollywood. "Bad" was released five years after Thriller and remains Jackson's second biggest-selling album. "Off The Wall" is a 1979 release and did not qualify for the list. "Dangerous" did not come along until 1991.

17. Number 45: The album and band have the same name. Two tracks off the album are "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". What is the name of this eponymous album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums 41-50

Answer: The Band

This was the second studio album from The Band. The album, released in September 1969, reached number nine on Billboard's pop album chart. In 2000, the album recharted at number ten on Billboard's internet album chart. "The Village Voice" writer Robert Christgau called it an "A-plus record if I've ever rated one."

18. Number 15: 1960s, "Are You Experienced?". Included on the album are "Purple Haze" and "Hey Joe". Which group fronted by a guitar legend made this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums Numbers 11-20

Answer: The Jimi Hendrix Experience

This debut album from the group was recorded in England in 1967. In the UK, the album reached number two, stalling behind the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album. In the USA, the album tracks were rearranged and a few songs added. It peaked at number five on the Billboard album chart and spent an amazing 106 consecutive weeks on the chart in the USA. The other members of the band were bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.

19. Number six: "What's Going On". The album includes the title song and "Mercy, Mercy Me (the Ecology Song)". What late Motown artist recorded this album?

From Quiz Top 10 Albums From Rolling Stone's All-Time 500

Answer: Marvin Gaye

The album was released in May, 1971 on Tamla records, a subsidiary of Motown. The album took on socially conscious topics of that period (some still with us) such as ecology, the Vietnam War, drug abuse, and poverty. This was the first real social conscious album Motown was involved with as well as Gaye. It lead to a great quote from "Rolling Stone" critic Vince Aletti in 1971: Ambitious, personal albums may be a glut on the market elsewhere, but at Motown they're something new ... the album as a whole takes precedence, absorbing its own flaws. There are very few performers who can carry a project like this off. I've always admired Marvin Gaye, but I didn't expect he would be one of them. Guess I seriously underestimated him. It won't happen again. Tragically, Marvin Gaye was shot by his own father on April 1, 1984. Sadly ironic, it was with a gun Marvin had given him as a gift.

20. Number six on the "Rolling Stone" Top 100 Albums of the Eighties was by Bruce Springsteen. Which album is given this recognition?

From Quiz Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties

Answer: Born in the U.S.A.

"Born in the U.S.A." became the first compact disc manufactured in the United States when CBS Records opened its manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1984. Previous CDs had been imported from Japan. According to "Rolling Stone" Bruce knew that he was at a crossroads where "Born in the U.S.A." would have to be his biggest album to date. Bruce went to LA to write much of the material before joining up with the E Street Band and finalizing the arrangements. "Dancing in the Dark" was done after the album was essentially wrapped and went on to become a number two single. The production is a collaborative effort between Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin and Steve Van Zandt. "Nebraska", "Tunnel of Love" and "The River" were other Springsteen releases from the eighties. "Tunnel of Love" is ranked at number 25 and "Nebraska hit 43.

21. Number 36: This album was a huge hit for Carole King. When listening to this album, you may "feel the earth move", even if "you're so far away". What is the title of this huge 1970s hit?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time 500 Albums Numbers 31-40

Answer: Tapestry

This album, released in 1971, is one of the biggest selling albums of all-time. As of the writing of this quiz, it has sold about 25 million copies worldwide. It was produced by Lou Adler, who also produced some Eagles' albums as well. Carole King was a highly successful songwriter in the 1960s with her first husband, Gerry Goffin, including songs "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "The Loco-Motion" for Little Eva, their babysitter! They also wrote "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin. "Rumours" is from Fleetwood Mac, "Thriller" is from Michael Jackson, and "Jagged Little Pill" is from Alanis Morissette.

22. Number 26: 1970s. "Rumours" is the album next on Rolling Stones' list. Among the songs on the album are "Go Your Own Way" and "Don't Stop". Which British/American group recorded this mega hit?

From Quiz Rolling Stones' All-Time 500 Albums 21-30

Answer: Fleetwood Mac

The album was recorded mainly in California, Sausalito and Los Angeles. It was released in February 1977 and went to number one on the UK Album charts and on the Billboard Album chart in the USA. It is one of the top selling albums of all-time, about 45 million copies worldwide so far. Many artists have mentioned it as an influence, from Elton John and Jewel, to the Goo Goo Dolls and Death Cab for Cutie. An interesting side note: one of the producers of the album was Ken Caillat, father to current recording star Colbie Caillat. He produces her albums too.

23. Number 16: 1970s, "Blood on the Tracks". The hit single from the album is "Tangled Up in Blue". Which legendary artist recorded this album?

From Quiz Rolling Stones All-Time Albums Numbers 11-20

Answer: Bob Dylan

The album was released in January 1975. It peaked at number one in the USA on the Billboard 100 album chart and number four on the UK Album Chart. According to Jakob Dylan, member of the Wallflowers and Bob's son, "The songs are my parents talking".

24. Number five: "Rubber Soul". Songs on the album include "In My Life", "Michelle", and "Nowhere Man". Name the Liverpudlian group at number five.

From Quiz Top 10 Albums From Rolling Stone's All-Time 500

Answer: The Beatles

The sixth studio album from the Beatles, it was released in December 1965. This album was noted by most critics as the beginning of a growing sophistication musically and lyrically for the Beatles. George Harrison even used a sitar on "Norwegian Wood". Paul McCartney conceived the title after overhearing Mick Jagger's singing style described as "plastic soul". The album title was a pun of that. The single "Michelle", from the album, was the only Beatle's song ever to win a Grammy for "Song of the Year". That was in 1967.

25. The number five album on "Rolling Stone" Top 100 Albums of the Eighties is by a solo artist and features songs such as "I Know What I Know" and "Homeless"?

From Quiz Rolling Stone Top Ten Albums of the Eighties

Answer: "Graceland"/Paul Simon

The 1986 release, "Gracelend", hit number five on the list. The album has its nucleus with a cassette that Paul Simon came across by Boyoyo Boys called "Gumboots: Accordian Jive Hits Volume II". Paul was impressed by the lively sound which was reminiscent of the fifties although is was from South Africa. After listening to several albums by South African artists, Simon ventured to Johannesburg and began recording the album. Soaking in the local rhythms resulted in an exciting and novel album. Proceeds from several "Graceland" tour concerts went to black charities in the US and South Africa. The album reached the number three spot on the album charts. "Uh-Huh" by John Cougar Mellencamp came in at number 32. Marvin Gaye's "Midnight Love" hit number 37 and "Oh Mercy" from Bob Dylan made the 44th spot.

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