Q 01/05

Which 1967 album, with a cover crowd of famous faces designed by Peter Blake, topped Rolling Stone's 2003 list?

A) Their Satanic Majesties Request

B) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

C) Buffalo Springfield Again

D) Magical Mystery Tour

Answer · why

B) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band held first place again in 2012, then fell to 24th when the list was rebuilt from a new vote in 2020.

Q 02/05

Which Marvin Gaye album, a song cycle narrated by a returning Vietnam veteran, topped Rolling Stone's 2020 list?

A) Let's Get It On

B) Here, My Dear

C) What's Going On

D) I Want You

Answer · why

C) What's Going On

What's Going On rose from sixth place in 2003 to first in 2020, in a revision where rap albums figured three times as much as before.

Q 03/05

Which 1969 album, its cover showing four bandmates on a zebra crossing, ranked fifth on Rolling Stone's 2020 list?

A) Led Zeppelin II

B) Let It Bleed

C) Hot Rats

D) Abbey Road

Answer · why

D) Abbey Road

Abbey Road rose from 14th in 2012 to fifth in 2020; it was the last album its makers recorded together, though another was released after it.

Q 04/05

Which Nirvana album, with a swimming baby on its cover, ranked sixth on Rolling Stone's 2020 list?

A) Nevermind

B) In Utero

C) Bleach

D) Incesticide

Answer · why

A) Nevermind

Nevermind rose from 17th in 2003 to sixth in 2020; its label had hoped it would sell around 250,000 copies.

Q 05/05

Which Fleetwood Mac album, made amid the band's romantic breakups, ranked seventh on Rolling Stone's 2020 list?

A) Tusk

B) Rumours

C) Mirage

D) Penguin

Answer · why

B) Rumours

Rumours jumped from 25th in 2003 to seventh in 2020; John and Christine McVie had divorced shortly before the sessions began.