Classic Rock 70s 80s 90s 2019

In December 2019, Rolling Stone (the magazine that invented the canon) re-released their "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. For the first time, they admitted 90s rock (Nirvana, Pearl Jam) into the upper echelons alongside 70s rock. But more importantly, they included 2019 albums like Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! —an album whose production (strings, piano, mournful guitar) owed more to 1973 than 2019.

: Defined by the birth of "Album-Oriented Rock." It provided the foundation of grandiosity—think Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon—which remains the gold standard for high-fidelity audio testing today. Classic Rock 70s 80s 90s 2019

If the 70s were about roots, the 80s were about excess. In 2019, the 80s revival was in full swing, thanks to Stranger Things and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City nostalgia. In December 2019, Rolling Stone (the magazine that