Coffee Break: 500 greatest albums of all time

Clockwise from upper left: 'Purple Rain,' Pachyderm Studio, 'Control,' 'Let It Be,' 'Blood on the Tracks.'Warner Bros.; Mary Mathis/MPR; A&M; Twin/Tone; Columbia

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September 30, 2020

This week Rolling Stone updated its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The list was originally published in 2003 then updated in 2012, and the magazine says the list has been the most widely read and argued over feature in the history of the magazine.

Want to see how Minnesota fared on the list? Jay Gabler has written up all the Minnesota music that was actually recorded, at least in part, in Minnesota.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear off of Rolling Stone's updated list of the 500 greatest albums of all time?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Radiohead - Morning Bell
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On