The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers counts down Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time with comedians, actors, and musicians.

Music
Music History
Comedy
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243 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Jim Norton
Comedian Jim Norton returns to the depths of darkness as he dives into doom metal pioneers Black Sabbath's 1970 self-titled debut.
90 min
77
244 - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - Brenda...
Comedian Brendan Sagalow returns to revisit his love of Eminem's lyrically complex and emotionally layered rapping on the 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP.
79 min
78
245 - Jerry Lee Lewis - All Killer No Filler! T...
The man-myth-legend Wayne Federman is back to pour over the priceless 1993 rock compilation All Killer No Filler! The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology.
78 min
79
246 - The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! - A...
Ahmet Zappa, musician and writer, and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust, proudly proselytizes his father's group The Mothers of Invention's 1966 album Freak Out!
90 min
80
247 - The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead - Phil Hanley
Comedian Phil Hanley is back once again for yet another dive into the infinite grooves of jam band The Grateful Dead's first official live album: 1969's Live/Dead.
102 min
81
248 - Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Co...
Comedian James Mattern gets experimental with Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking 1959 album The Shape of Jazz to Come.
88 min
82
249 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People - Mike ...
R.E.M. founding member and bass player Mike Mills waxes nostalgic about his band's iconic 1992 release Automatic for the People.
73 min
83
250 - Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt - Roy Wood Jr.
In this special episode marking the halfway point through "The List," comedian Roy Wood Jr.'s own incredible storytelling ability parallels that of hip-hop legend Jay-Z's 1996 album Reasonable Doubt.
80 min
84
251 - David Bowie - Low - Margaret Cho
Comedian Margaret Cho is back again for a deep dive into David Bowie's transformational 1977 album Low.
65 min
85
Introducing...In The Cards: Episode 1 - “The Me...
Gil questions his place in the universe.
36 min
86
252 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint - Bill Bellamy
Comedian and actor Bill Bellamy keeps real and never forgets his roots, just like his rap idol Jay-Z does in his 2001 album The Blueprint.
77 min
87
253 - Bruce Springsteen - The River - Christoph...
Comedian Christopher Titus digs deep into the drama of his own past, paralleling rock god Bruce Springsteen's beautifully tragic 1980 album The River.
87 min
88
254 - Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: T...
Comedian Ben Roy talks the incomparable power of singer Otis Redding's 1966 album Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul.
94 min
89
255 - Metallica - Metallica - Jim Florentine
Comedian Jim Florentine imbues himself with the melodic darkness of metal gods Metallica's iconic self-titled album from 1991.
87 min
90
256 - Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express - Fred A...
Comedian and actor Fred Armisen boards the mind-bending ride that is electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk's 1977 album Trans Europe Express.
87 min
91
257 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - Kym W...
Comedian Kym Whitley celebrates both the life-affirming joy and staggering heartbreak of pop icon Whitney Houston's 1985 self-titled album.
72 min
92
258 - The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Gre...
Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak presents The Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society as a piece of indispensable power pop iconography.
74 min
93
259 - Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope - Tiffany...
Comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish vibes out to the emotionally deep and self-exploratory R&B of Janet Jackson's 1997 album The Velvet Rope.
92 min
94
260 - Willie Nelson - Stardust - Raelyn Nelson
Country legend Willie Nelson's granddaughter Raelyn Nelson, leader of the Raelyn Nelson Band, carries the torch of her grandfather's 1978 album Stardust.
65 min
95
261 - Grateful Dead - American Beauty - Al Franken
Former US Senator and SNL alum Al Franken gets back into the groove of jamb ban Grateful Dead's 1970 seminal album American Beauty.
88 min
96
262 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & ...
500 Hall of Famer Wayne Federman is back again to bask in the nostalgic glow of folk-country icons Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 self-titled album.
97 min
97
263 - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman - David Wil...
Music writer and critic David Wild thinks back fondly on folk rocker Tracy Chapman's 1988 self-titled release with the artist who designed the album cover, Matt Mahurin.
106 min
98
264 - Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead - Phil ...
Comedian Phil Hanley returns to revisit the tasty licks of OG jam band Grateful Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead.
89 min
99
265 - Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles -...
Comedian Godfrey marvels at the incomparable talent on display in soul singer Ray Charles' 1959 album The Genius of Ray Charles.
73 min
100
266 - Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to...
Blood, Sweat & Tears' founding member Bobby Colomby harks back to the time he played drums on the band's one-of-a-kind debut album from 1968: Child Is Father to the Man.
112 min