Rolling Stone released its Top 100 albums of all time, as chosen by the magazine's readers. The site forces you to scroll through the list album by album, I guess in some misguided attempt to get you to buy one or two along the way, so allow me to cut to the quick and give you the top ten, free of synergistic web-marketing practices:

10. Achtung Baby, by U2
9. Led Zeppelin IV, by Led Zeppelin
8. OK Computer, by Radiohead
7. Appetite for Destruction, by Guns and Roses
6. Abbey Road, by The Beatles
5. The White Album, by The Beatles
4. The Joshua Tree, by U2
3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, by The Beatles
2. Nevermind, by Nirvana
1. Revolver, by The Beatles

Holy John, Paul, Ringo and George, is all I have to say! Now I'm all for giving the Fab Four their due, but not to the exclusion of bands like Pink Floyd, whose Dark Side of the Moon came in at 11, The Wall 31, and Wish You Were Here (my all-time fav) a distant 100. And how about poor Queen, with only one album - A Night at the Opera - on the list, and at #83 to boot? Though I am glad to see Guns and Roses get some much-deserved respect, however belated it may be. All in all, though, a strange list, to say the least.