An app for working through Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, one record at a time, start to finish.
One email when it launches. That's it.
Pick any album on the list and open it in Spotify or Apple Music with one tap. Vinyl and CDs count too.
Every track, in order. When the last song ends, check it off, give it a rating, and write down what stuck.
Your count, your weekly streak, and a projected finish date keep the next record on the turntable.
Every milestone moves you up a grade, from Orientation all the way to Graduate. There's the Dean's List for clearing the Top 100, and a 101-level course for every decade.
The app makes you a card for Instagram or Facebook Stories: the albums you just finished, your count, the minutes you've put in, and a code your friends can scan to start their own list.
Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, in its 2020 edition. It runs from 1950s jazz to 2010s hip-hop, and the 1970s have more albums on it than any other decade (157).
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (1971) is No. 1 on the 2020 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time.
About 432 hours, adding up the real running time of every album. One album a day takes about 16 months; one a week takes a little under 10 years.
No. Pick Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music or Tidal, and each album opens there. Albums can check themselves off automatically through Last.fm, and anything you hear on a turntable or CD counts too.
Your first 10 albums are free, with every feature. After that, a one-time $6.99 unlocks all 500. No subscription, and anything you've already checked off is always yours.
Sign in with Apple in the app and your progress is backed up. It comes right back on a new phone or after a reinstall. Signing in is optional.
The iPhone app is in beta. Get on the list and you'll hear the day it comes out.
iPhone comes first. If you're on Android, sign up anyway so we know you're out there.
We'll email you the day the app comes out.
