My attempt to review the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time list continues! If you haven’t already, please check out the infographic summary of albums 450-500.

So far so good. I’m just trying to enjoy the ride because, who knows, I could get bored and just stop doing this one day. Right? Anyhow, looking ahead to the next 50 records I see another varied group of music including all three Big Star albums. Again, I apologize in advance for any excessive gushing over their records, although, weirdly, I’ve never listened to their more experimental last album Third/Sister Lovers. The Clash, Dylan, U2, The Doors all make their first appearances, along with a patch of three ’60s girl group records in a row. Besides Big Star’s entire catalog, The Police, PJ Harvey, Cheap Trick, Brian Eno all show up twice each in this stretch. I don’t know if there is much rhyme or reason to the actual rankings (ie. is being ranked #335 significantly better than #489?) but sometimes it seems like-minded albums get lumped together for some reason. Or maybe that’s just a coincidence? Oh well, no big deal. I’ll just take them as they come down the pipe (or pike.)

Most Looking Forward To: Big Star, #1 Record, Radio City, & Third/Sister Lovers

Least Looking Forward To: The obvious choice would be Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III but I bet I’m more bored with Peter Wolf’s, Sleepless

Surprise Album Candidates: Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III, PJ Harvey’s Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea & Rid Of Me, Brian Eno’s Here Come the Warm Jets & Another Green World,  The Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat

You can see the entire list here.

ONWARD!