We asked 135 musicians and artists, producers and promoters, critics and culture journalists, moderators and label makers about their 50 “best records of all time”. The new ROLLING STONE ranking results from the evaluation of these individual lists.
Luis Ake (Solo artist and songwriter)
John work (Musicians at Einsturzende Neubauten)
Aida Baghernejad (moderator, podcaster, cultural journalist (“taz”, “tip”, “Die Zeit”, “Musikexpress”)
Jens Balzer Cultural journalist (“Die Zeit”, radioeins, ROLLING STONE) and author (“No Limit”)
Christina Baum Cultural journalist (ROLLING STONE, “Business Insider”)
Martin Bechler Singer and songwriter at Fortuna Ehrenfeld
Oliver Bergman Founder of October Promotion
Gunther Blank Translator (including Simon Kernick, Hubert Selby Jr., Lydia Lunch) and columnist at ROLLING STONE
Andrew Borcholte Culture Editor at “Spiegel”
Andre Bosse Music journalist (“Musikexpress”, “Mint”, “Brand Eins”, “Galore”)
Martin Boettcher Radio host (DLF) and podcaster (“Pop after 8”)
Maik Bruggemeyer Creative Director Text at ROLLING STONE, newsletter maker, podcaster, translator and book author (“Look Out Kid”)
Ralph Buchbender Product Manager at Cargo Records
Hanns-Peter Bushoff Product manager at Sony Music and music writer
Anya Caspary Pop culture correspondent at RBB
Frank Castenholz Culture journalist (“Weird”, ROLLING STONE) and DJ
Christopher Dallach Music journalist (“Die Zeit”) and author (“Future Sounds”)
Max Dax Cultural journalist (“Der Spiegel”, “Welt am Sonntag”) and editor-in-chief of “Electronic Beats”
Detlef Diederichsen Cultural journalist and musician (Die Zimmermann)
Jochen Distelmeyer Solo artist, songwriter, writer and bandleader (Blumfeld)
Wolfgang Dobeling Music journalist (ROLLING STONE), presenter, author (“Pleased To Meet You”)
Alexandra Dorrie Head of Another Dimension
Lars Eidinger Actor and DJ
Christopher Ellinghaus Head of the label City Slang
Anna Erhard singer-songwriter
Christiane Falk Music journalist and presenter (radioeins)
Jorg Feyer Music journalist (ROLLING STONE)
Anne Florack Cultural journalist (ROLLING STONE) and literary blogger (“1000 characters”)
Carsten Friedrichs Singer and songwriter for Superpunk and The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Julia Friese Novelist (“MTTR”) and columnist at “Musikexpress”
Birgit foot Managing Editor at ROLLING STONE and author (“REM – Life And How To Live It”)
Melanie Golin Podcaster, presenter, journalist (Flux FM, “Kaput”)
Max Gosche Music journalist (ROLLING STONE) and musician (Ticket Tomorrow)
Ute Gottwald Co-Head at Public Creations
Kersty Grether Cultural journalist and musician (The Doctorella)
Sandra Grether Blogger and musician (The Doctorella)
Torsten Gross Music journalist (“Süddeutsche Zeitung”, “Focus”, ROLLING STONE) and moderator
Max Gruber Songwriter, Writer and Musician (Tribulation)
Sophia Gruber PR & Marketing Manager at City Slang
Anne Haffmans Music PR and Consulting (Anne Haffmans Consulting)
Joachim Hentschel Cultural journalist (“Süddeutsche Zeitung”, “Die Zeit”, ROLLING STONE) and author (“Too cool for this world”)
Sven Herwig PR manager of the Beggars Group
Birgit Heuzeroth Germany boss of the Beggars Group
Elissa Hiersemann Presenter at radioeins
Ernest Hofacker Music journalist and book author (“Rolling Stones for smartasses”)
Heiko Hoffmann Cultural journalist (“Groove”) and music manager (Beatport)
Eva Mair Holmes Head of the Trikont music publishing house
Judith Holofernes songwriter and musician
Martin Hossbach Music consultant for films and series, curator (Pop-Kultur Berlin) and label maker
Peter Huth Author at “Die Welt” and ROLLING STONE, author (“Berlin Requiem”)
Paula Irmschler Writer, editor (“Titanic”) and columnist (musikexpress.de)
Jan Jekal Writer at ROLLING STONE and podcast host at Rolling Stone Weekly
Olaf Karnik Culture journalist (WDR, “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”) and music lecturer
Dota Kehr Songwriter and Singer (Dota)
Sebastian Kessler Editor-in-Chief at “Metal Hammer”
Gereon Klug Culture journalist, musician (OIL) and podcaster (“Auf der Bahn”)
Albert Koch Music journalist (“Musikexpress”, “Mint”) and author (“Kraftwerk”)
Daniel Koch Music journalist (“Diffus”), moderator, podcaster
Justus Koehncke Producer and Musician (Whirlpool Productions)
Andrian Kreye Feuilleton editor of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”
Heinz Rudolph Kunze Songwriter, musician and author
Bernadette La Stallion Songwriter, musician and presenter
Frank Laehnemann Music journalist (ROLLING STONE) and label maker (Marina Records)
Nadine Long Culture editor at the “Tagesspiegel”
Juliana Liebert Cultural journalist (“Der Spiegel”, “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, ROLLING STONE) and poet
Christopher Lindemann Head of music at pulse (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
Tom Liwa Singer-Songwriter (including flower porn)
Julia Lorenz Culture editor at “Zeit Online”, columnist at “Musikexpress”
Conny Loesch Translator (including Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Viv Albertine, Simon Reynolds)
Joerdis Lüdke Senior PR Manager at Universal
Eki Maas Songwriter and Musician (Earth Furniture)
Ina Simone Mautz Music journalist (ROLLING STONE, “Zeit Online”) and musician
Stephanie Meetz Head of PR at PIAS
Lena Meyer-Landrut Musician, singer and ESC winner
Guido Möbius Solo artist, musician and music publisher
Christina Mohr Music journalist (“Frankfurter Rundschau”, “Visions”, “Musikexpress”)
Andreas Mueller Moderator (radioeins, DLF Kultur), music journalist (“Riddim”, “Tagesspiegel”) and podcaster (“Pop nach 8”)
Jan Mueller Musician at Tocotronic and podcaster (“Reflector”)
Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba CEO of Sony Music GSA
Markus Naegele Head of programming at btb Verlag and musician
Thorsten Nagelschmidt Songwriter, Singer (Muff Potter) and Writer (“Work”)
Elena Nehrman PR director at Domino Records
Sasan Niasseri Editor-in-chief of rollingstone.de, podcaster and author (“Shoot ’em in the Head”)
Wolfgang Niedecken Songwriter and Musician (BAP)
Ralf Niemczyk Cultural journalist (“taz”, ROLLING STONE) and author (“From Skratch”)
Hans Nieswandt Musician, Producer, Remixer, DJ, Author (“DJ Dionysos”)
Rainer G Ott Label chief of Grand Hotel van Cleef
Jochen Overbeck Cultural journalist (“Die Zeit”, “Die Welt”, “Musikexpress”)
Katya Peglow Cultural scientist and author (“Riot Grrrl Revisted”)
Fabian Peltsch Journalist, sinologist, author (ROLLING STONE, “Zeit Online”)
Eric Arrow Musician, author (“Azzuro”) and columnist for ROLLING STONE
Michael Pilz Culture editor at “Die Welt”
Paul Potsch Singers, musicians (Trümmer, Ilgen-Nur, Hotel Rimini) and actors
Dietmar Punte Senior Director PR at Vertigo/ Capitol
Jens Christian Rabe Culture editor at “Süddeutsche Zeitung”
Tobias Rapp Book author (“Lost And Sound”) and editor at “Der Spiegel”
Solveig Raschpichler Editor at Ullstein-Verlag
Edo Reents Book author and culture editor at “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”
Stephan Rehm Rozane’s “Musikexpress” Editor-in-Chief and Author (“The Show Must Go On”)
Robert Rotifer Musician, radio producer and cultural journalist (FM4, “Berliner Zeitung”, “Falter”, ROLLING STONE)
Frank Sawatzki Music journalist (“Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”, “Musikexpress”, “Zeit Online”)
Frank Schaefer Music journalist (ROLLING STONE, “Zeit Online”) and writer (“Heavy Kraut”)
Annette Scheffel Cultural journalist (“Süddeutsche Zeitung”, “Spiegel Online”, “Musikexpress”, “Fluter”, Deutschlandfunk)
Joern Schlueter Musician (Someday Jacob) and music journalist (ROLLING STONE)
Frank Schmiechen Solo artist, songwriter and communications consultant (MSL)
Markus Schneider Culture journalist (“Tagesanzeiger”, “Die Zeit”, ROLLING STONE)
Kristoff Schreuf Producer, musician and cultural journalist (†)
Jan student PR Manager at Check Your Head
Gudrun Schweppe Head of music at YouTube Germany
Nadia Shehadeh Blogger, podcaster, cultural journalist (“Missy Magazine”) and author (“Anti-Girlboss”)
Stella Summer Solo artist and singer with Die Heiterkeit
Christian Stolberg PR Manager at ECM Records
Carsten Stricker music promoter (amplifier)
Stefan Struever General Manager at PIAS
Anton Teichman Label maker and promoter (Mansions And Millions)
Gerrit Terstiege Author (“Monopoly”, ROLLING STONE)
Frank Thiessies Music journalist (“Metal Hammer”, ROLLING STONE)
Wolfgang Tilmans artists and musicians
Teas Uhlmann Songwriter, musician and writer (“Sophia, Death and I”)
Stephan Velten Founder of Check Your Head
Thomas Venker Cultural journalist (“Tagesspiegel”, “Stuttgarter Nachrichten”, “Groove”), label maker and editor-in-chief of “Kaput”
Marc Cousin Online editor and culture journalist (ROLLING STONE)
Linus Volkman Cultural journalist (“Musikexpress”, “Kaput”), podcaster and author (“Breaks the charts!”)
John Waechter Culture editor at “SZ Magazin” and publisher of “SZ Discotheque”
Naomi Webster-Grundl Music journalist (“taz”, “Zeit Online”, ROLLING STONE)
Jan Weiss Music journalist (“Tagesspiegel”)
Benedict Wells Writer (“Hard Land”, “Of Solitude”)
Emma Wiepking Music journalist and videographer (“Musikexpress”)
Arne Willander Member of the Editor-in-Chief at ROLLING STONE
Thomas Winkler music journalist (“tip”, “Musikexpress”)
Rolf Witteler Head of the label Le Pop
Sebastian Zabel Editor-in-Chief of ROLLING STONE
Ulf Zick Head of International Repertoire at Universal
Jurgen Ziemer Cultural journalist (“Zeit Online”, “Der Freitag”, ROLLING STONE) and blogger
Jenni Zylka cultural journalist, musician and moderator (“taz”, “Der Freitag”, WDR, radioeins, ROLLING STONE)