Rolling Stone ratings are made by old timers who rate the music they grew up with higher. It is heavily weighted towards 60s, 70s and cultural impact more than

Rolling Stone ratings are made by old timers who rate the music they grew up with higher. It is heavily weighted towards 60s, 70s and cultural impact more than musical value. And I am saying this as a (relative) old timer myself. Sure, music is subjective, and that is why I don’t view ratings like that anything more than a curiosity. More targeted listS like “20 Greatest Death Metal albums” are of much greater value and interest to me because they are more relevant to me personally.