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"Rolling Stone" just ranked the 100 best country albums of all time, and they went heavy on the old school stuff. Only two albums from the 2000s made the Top 20. Here are the Top 15...
1. "Coat of Many Colors", Dolly Parton (1971)
2. "Dreaming My Dreams", Waylon Jennings (1975)
3. "Red Headed Stranger", Willie Nelson (1975)
4. "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music", Ray Charles (1962)
5. "Fly", The Chicks (1999)
6. "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road", Lucinda Williams (1998)
7. "Serving 190 Proof", Merle Haggard (1979)
8. "Come on Over", Shania Twain (1997)
9. "Storms of Life", Randy Travis (1986)
10. "Fearless", Taylor Swift (2008)
11. "At Folsom Prison", Johnny Cash (1968)
12. "Why Not Me", The Judds (1984)
13. "The Weight of These Wings", Miranda Lambert (2016)
14. "I Am What I Am", George Jones (1980)
15. "Showcase", Patsy Cline (1961)
Other great ones on the list include Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" at #17, "Strait from the Heart" by George Strait at #19, Kacey Musgraves' "Golden Hour" at #30.
Plus "Traveller" by Chris Stapleton at #34 . . . "No Fences" by Garth Brooks at #41, and Eric Church's "Chief" at #43. You can check out the entire Top 100 list at RollingStone.com.
What albums are on your list? I'll add Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts", "California Sunrise" by Jon Pardi, Morgan Wallen's "Dangerous: The Double Album", and "Girl Going Nowhere" by Ashley McBryde.