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Add descriptions for 8 dropped albums from Rolling Stone 2020 data

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Added Info and Description columns for albums that were dropped from the 2023 list:
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend (was #48)
- Cream - Disraeli Gears (was #170)
- Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (was #351)
- Sonic Youth - Goo (was #358)
- Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (was #430)
- Primal Scream - Screamadelica (was #437)
- The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today\! (was #466)
- Harry Styles - Fine Line (was #491)

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@ -499,11 +499,11 @@ Rank,Artist,Album,Status,Info,Description
498,Suicide,Suicide,No change,"Red Star, 1977","These New York synth-punks evoke everything from the Velvet Underground to rockabilly. Martin Rev’s low-budget electronics are violent and hypnotic; Alan Vega screams as a rhythmic device. Late-night listening to “Frankie Teardrop,” a 10-minute-plus tale of a multiple murder, is not recommended. A droning voice in the wilderness when they appeared in the Seventies, the duo would influence bands from Arcade Fire and the National to Bruce Springsteen, who covered Suicide live in 2016. " 498,Suicide,Suicide,No change,"Red Star, 1977","These New York synth-punks evoke everything from the Velvet Underground to rockabilly. Martin Rev’s low-budget electronics are violent and hypnotic; Alan Vega screams as a rhythmic device. Late-night listening to “Frankie Teardrop,” a 10-minute-plus tale of a multiple murder, is not recommended. A droning voice in the wilderness when they appeared in the Seventies, the duo would influence bands from Arcade Fire and the National to Bruce Springsteen, who covered Suicide live in 2016. "
499,Rufus featuring Chaka Khan,Ask Rufus,No change,"ABC, 1977","Rufus' fifth studio album showcased the band at the height of their creative powers, blending funk, soul, and rock with Chaka Khan's extraordinary vocals leading the way. The album features the massive hit 'Sweet Thing,' which became one of Khan's signature songs and demonstrated her ability to convey both tenderness and power within a single performance. The band's tight musicianship, anchored by Tony Maiden's guitar work and the rhythm section's precise grooves, provided the perfect foundation for Khan's dynamic vocal style. Songs like 'Hollywood' and 'Egyptian Song' showcased the group's willingness to experiment while maintaining their essential funkiness. 'Ask Rufus' captured the band during their most successful period and helped establish Chaka Khan as one of the greatest vocalists of her generation, setting the stage for her legendary solo career. (by Claude)" 499,Rufus featuring Chaka Khan,Ask Rufus,No change,"ABC, 1977","Rufus' fifth studio album showcased the band at the height of their creative powers, blending funk, soul, and rock with Chaka Khan's extraordinary vocals leading the way. The album features the massive hit 'Sweet Thing,' which became one of Khan's signature songs and demonstrated her ability to convey both tenderness and power within a single performance. The band's tight musicianship, anchored by Tony Maiden's guitar work and the rhythm section's precise grooves, provided the perfect foundation for Khan's dynamic vocal style. Songs like 'Hollywood' and 'Egyptian Song' showcased the group's willingness to experiment while maintaining their essential funkiness. 'Ask Rufus' captured the band during their most successful period and helped establish Chaka Khan as one of the greatest vocalists of her generation, setting the stage for her legendary solo career. (by Claude)"
500,Arcade Fire,Funeral,No change,"Merge, 2004","Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s debut touched on all these themes as it defined the independent rock of the ‘00s. Built on family ties (leader Win Butler, his wife, Régine Chassagne, his brother Will), the Montreal band made symphonic rock that truly rocked, simultaneously outsize and deeply personal, like the best pop. But for all its sad realism, Butler’s is music that still finds solace, and purpose, in communal celebration. " 500,Arcade Fire,Funeral,No change,"Merge, 2004","Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s debut touched on all these themes as it defined the independent rock of the ‘00s. Built on family ties (leader Win Butler, his wife, Régine Chassagne, his brother Will), the Montreal band made symphonic rock that truly rocked, simultaneously outsize and deeply personal, like the best pop. But for all its sad realism, Butler’s is music that still finds solace, and purpose, in communal celebration. "
501,Bob Marley and the Wailers,Legend,Dropped (was #48 in 2020),, 501,Bob Marley and the Wailers,Legend,Dropped (was #48 in 2020),"Island, 1984","Bob Marley said, ""Reggae music too simple for [American musicians]. You must be inside of it, know what's happening, and why you want to play this music. You don't just run to play this music because you think you can make a million off it."" Ironically, this set of the late reggae idol's greatest hits has sold in the millions. On a single disc, it captures everything that made him an international icon: his nuanced songcraft, his political message, and — of course — the universal soul he brought to Jamaican rhythm and Rastafarian spirituality in the gunfighter ballad ""I Shot the Sheriff,"" the comforting swing of ""No Woman, No Cry,"" and the holy promise of ""Redemption Song."""
502,Cream,Disraeli Gears,Dropped (was #170 in 2020),, 502,Cream,Disraeli Gears,Dropped (was #170 in 2020),"Reaction, 1967","Of all Cream's studio albums, Disraeli Gears is the sharpest and most linear. The power trio focused their instrumental explorations into colorful pop songs: ""Strange Brew"" (slinky funk), ""Dance the Night Away"" (trippy jangle), ""Tales of Brave Ulysses"" (a wah-wah freakout that Eric Clapton wrote with Martin Sharp, who created the kaleidoscopic cover art). The hit ""Sunshine of Your Love"" nearly didn't make it onto the record; the band had trouble nailing it until famed Atlantic Records engineer Tom Dowd suggested that Ginger Baker try a Native American tribal beat, a simple adjustment that locked the song into place."
503,Roxy Music,For Your Pleasure,Dropped (was #351 in 2020),, 503,Roxy Music,For Your Pleasure,Dropped (was #351 in 2020),"Warner Bros., 1973","Keyboardist Brian Eno's last album with Roxy Music is the pop equivalent of Ultrasuede: highly stylish, abstract-leaning art rock. The collision of Eno's and singer Bryan Ferry's clashing visions gives Pleasure a wild, tense charm — especially on the driving ""Editions of You"" and ""Do the Strand."" The album's deeply weird centerpiece is ""In Every Dream Home a Heartache"": Ferry sings a seductive ballad to an inflatable doll (""I blew up your body, but you blew my mind""), one of the creepiest love songs of all time."
504,Sonic Youth,Goo,Dropped (was #358 in 2020),, 504,Sonic Youth,Goo,Dropped (was #358 in 2020),"Geffen, 1990","With their sixth full album, the New York art-of-noise band made the leap from indie to major label, but few sold out so beautifully. From Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo's frazzled guitar freakouts to Kim Gordon's ghostly ode to Karen Carpenter, Goo retained all of Sonic Youth's quirks and hallmarks. The sessions were technologically fraught, but they used those added production dollars to amp up their sonic assault. On tracks like ""Kool Thing"" and ""Disappearer"" they'd never sounded burlier — and yet more true to their alt-nation selves."
505,Elvis Costello,My Aim Is True,Dropped (was #430 in 2020),, 505,Elvis Costello,My Aim Is True,Dropped (was #430 in 2020),"Columbia, 1977","Elvis Costello on the fuel for his debut: ""I spent a lot of time with just a big jar of instant coffee and the first Clash album [see No. 102], listening to it over and over."" The music is more pub rock than punk rock, but the songs are full of punk's verbal bite. The album's opening lines — ""Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired"" — and the poisoned-valentine ballad ""Alison"" established Costello as one of the sharpest, and nastiest, lyricists of his generation."
506,Primal Scream,Screamadelica,Dropped (was #437 in 2020),, 506,Primal Scream,Screamadelica,Dropped (was #437 in 2020),"Sire, 1991","Primal Scream was a run-of-the-mill U.K. alt-rock band who discovered rave culture, overdosed on acid-house music, and retrofitted their sound with the fun, trippy, druggy disco-rock diversions on Screamadelica. The single ""Loaded,"" their first U.K. hit, combined house piano, folk melodies, and a danceable beat, while ""Movin' On Up,"" their U.S. breakthrough, drew from hippie-folk strumming, gospel choruses, and Stones-y guitar and tambourine. Sure, some of Screamadelica feels like meandering mood music, but that's proof that sometimes the journey is more fun than the destination."
507,The Beach Boys,The Beach Boys Today!,Dropped (was #466 in 2020),, 507,The Beach Boys,The Beach Boys Today!,Dropped (was #466 in 2020),"Capitol, 1965","""I only tried surfing once, and the board almost hit me in the head,"" Brian Wilson told Rolling Stone in 1999. But Wilson turned his fantasies into a California dream world of fast cars and cool waves — a world that might even have room for a scared misfit like him. Yet even in this early phase, Wilson was writing yearningly complex tunes — ""She Knows Me Too Well"" feels like Greek tragedy translated into doo-wop harmonies and surf guitars."
508,Harry Styles,Fine Line,Dropped (was #491 in 2020),, 508,Harry Styles,Fine Line,Dropped (was #491 in 2020),"Columbia, 2019","Harry Styles achieved pop greatness with One Direction, but he got even deeper on his own. On Fine Line, he stakes his claim as one of his generation's most savagely imaginative musical minds. Styles breathes in the 1970s California sunshine of his heroes — Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks — with soulful breakup songs. As he explained, ""It's all about having sex and feeling sad."" Yet the music is drenched in starman joy: the 'shroomadelic guitar trip ""She,"" the dulcimer-crazed ""Canyon Moon,"" the Number One juicy-fruit beach orgy ""Watermelon Sugar."""

1 Rank Artist Album Status Info Description
499 498 Suicide Suicide No change Red Star, 1977 These New York synth-punks evoke everything from the Velvet Underground to rockabilly. Martin Rev’s low-budget electronics are violent and hypnotic; Alan Vega screams as a rhythmic device. Late-night listening to “Frankie Teardrop,” a 10-minute-plus tale of a multiple murder, is not recommended. A droning voice in the wilderness when they appeared in the Seventies, the duo would influence bands from Arcade Fire and the National to Bruce Springsteen, who covered Suicide live in 2016.
500 499 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Ask Rufus No change ABC, 1977 Rufus' fifth studio album showcased the band at the height of their creative powers, blending funk, soul, and rock with Chaka Khan's extraordinary vocals leading the way. The album features the massive hit 'Sweet Thing,' which became one of Khan's signature songs and demonstrated her ability to convey both tenderness and power within a single performance. The band's tight musicianship, anchored by Tony Maiden's guitar work and the rhythm section's precise grooves, provided the perfect foundation for Khan's dynamic vocal style. Songs like 'Hollywood' and 'Egyptian Song' showcased the group's willingness to experiment while maintaining their essential funkiness. 'Ask Rufus' captured the band during their most successful period and helped establish Chaka Khan as one of the greatest vocalists of her generation, setting the stage for her legendary solo career. (by Claude)
501 500 Arcade Fire Funeral No change Merge, 2004 Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s debut touched on all these themes as it defined the independent rock of the ‘00s. Built on family ties (leader Win Butler, his wife, Régine Chassagne, his brother Will), the Montreal band made symphonic rock that truly rocked, simultaneously outsize and deeply personal, like the best pop. But for all its sad realism, Butler’s is music that still finds solace, and purpose, in communal celebration.
502 501 Bob Marley and the Wailers Legend Dropped (was #48 in 2020) Island, 1984 Bob Marley said, "Reggae music too simple for [American musicians]. You must be inside of it, know what's happening, and why you want to play this music. You don't just run to play this music because you think you can make a million off it." Ironically, this set of the late reggae idol's greatest hits has sold in the millions. On a single disc, it captures everything that made him an international icon: his nuanced songcraft, his political message, and — of course — the universal soul he brought to Jamaican rhythm and Rastafarian spirituality in the gunfighter ballad "I Shot the Sheriff," the comforting swing of "No Woman, No Cry," and the holy promise of "Redemption Song."
503 502 Cream Disraeli Gears Dropped (was #170 in 2020) Reaction, 1967 Of all Cream's studio albums, Disraeli Gears is the sharpest and most linear. The power trio focused their instrumental explorations into colorful pop songs: "Strange Brew" (slinky funk), "Dance the Night Away" (trippy jangle), "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (a wah-wah freakout that Eric Clapton wrote with Martin Sharp, who created the kaleidoscopic cover art). The hit "Sunshine of Your Love" nearly didn't make it onto the record; the band had trouble nailing it until famed Atlantic Records engineer Tom Dowd suggested that Ginger Baker try a Native American tribal beat, a simple adjustment that locked the song into place.
504 503 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure Dropped (was #351 in 2020) Warner Bros., 1973 Keyboardist Brian Eno's last album with Roxy Music is the pop equivalent of Ultrasuede: highly stylish, abstract-leaning art rock. The collision of Eno's and singer Bryan Ferry's clashing visions gives Pleasure a wild, tense charm — especially on the driving "Editions of You" and "Do the Strand." The album's deeply weird centerpiece is "In Every Dream Home a Heartache": Ferry sings a seductive ballad to an inflatable doll ("I blew up your body, but you blew my mind"), one of the creepiest love songs of all time.
505 504 Sonic Youth Goo Dropped (was #358 in 2020) Geffen, 1990 With their sixth full album, the New York art-of-noise band made the leap from indie to major label, but few sold out so beautifully. From Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo's frazzled guitar freakouts to Kim Gordon's ghostly ode to Karen Carpenter, Goo retained all of Sonic Youth's quirks and hallmarks. The sessions were technologically fraught, but they used those added production dollars to amp up their sonic assault. On tracks like "Kool Thing" and "Disappearer" they'd never sounded burlier — and yet more true to their alt-nation selves.
506 505 Elvis Costello My Aim Is True Dropped (was #430 in 2020) Columbia, 1977 Elvis Costello on the fuel for his debut: "I spent a lot of time with just a big jar of instant coffee and the first Clash album [see No. 102], listening to it over and over." The music is more pub rock than punk rock, but the songs are full of punk's verbal bite. The album's opening lines — "Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired" — and the poisoned-valentine ballad "Alison" established Costello as one of the sharpest, and nastiest, lyricists of his generation.
507 506 Primal Scream Screamadelica Dropped (was #437 in 2020) Sire, 1991 Primal Scream was a run-of-the-mill U.K. alt-rock band who discovered rave culture, overdosed on acid-house music, and retrofitted their sound with the fun, trippy, druggy disco-rock diversions on Screamadelica. The single "Loaded," their first U.K. hit, combined house piano, folk melodies, and a danceable beat, while "Movin' On Up," their U.S. breakthrough, drew from hippie-folk strumming, gospel choruses, and Stones-y guitar and tambourine. Sure, some of Screamadelica feels like meandering mood music, but that's proof that sometimes the journey is more fun than the destination.
508 507 The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Today! Dropped (was #466 in 2020) Capitol, 1965 "I only tried surfing once, and the board almost hit me in the head," Brian Wilson told Rolling Stone in 1999. But Wilson turned his fantasies into a California dream world of fast cars and cool waves — a world that might even have room for a scared misfit like him. Yet even in this early phase, Wilson was writing yearningly complex tunes — "She Knows Me Too Well" feels like Greek tragedy translated into doo-wop harmonies and surf guitars.
509 508 Harry Styles Fine Line Dropped (was #491 in 2020) Columbia, 2019 Harry Styles achieved pop greatness with One Direction, but he got even deeper on his own. On Fine Line, he stakes his claim as one of his generation's most savagely imaginative musical minds. Styles breathes in the 1970s California sunshine of his heroes — Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks — with soulful breakup songs. As he explained, "It's all about having sex and feeling sad." Yet the music is drenched in starman joy: the 'shroomadelic guitar trip "She," the dulcimer-crazed "Canyon Moon," the Number One juicy-fruit beach orgy "Watermelon Sugar."