rolling stone's 500 greatest albums of all time

Like, how dare you:

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
40. Forever Changes, Love
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
94. Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
110. The Bends, Radiohead
134. Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
153. Moanin' in the Moonlight, Howlin' Wolf
157. Closer, Joy Division

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the least compelling music discussion is people talking about what they don't like

Ranking The Bends above S&E is a very particular “challop.”

Hard disagree, obv. I'm against repressing one's musical feelings.

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okay 10 from this list i am never going to sit down and listen to (again, sometimes) one per artiste

Sgt Poppers
Nevermoand
Led Zeppeline
Horsies
Achtung Babby
Toommy
Fresh Creamed
Loalded
Tim
The Downword Spirl

No Teem/Tym?

i figured more than 3 seconds of thought was overdoing it

I love Robert Johnson but I've always struggled with the sequencing on that one.

I generally don't listen to it all through in sequence fwiw.

Also, "When I'm 64" is amazing. I'm in the minority, I'm pretty sure, but I've tried to say why before.

My top ten from this list is just Sgt. Poppers ten times on repeat. Heaven. Heaven.

there were a bunch of records i'm problaby never going to play thru in their entirety but i left them off because the odd song from them still has a place in my heart

then again i haven't listened much to albums beginning to end in an eternity

I do not get why Robert Johnson is singled out among the blues musicians of the 30s, except if for stupid mythology reasons, he's fine but listening to his whole recording discography in one go would be very repetitive and dull.

I also still like Sgt Pepper, do I need to be put on some sort of list?

Yeah, I like it as a resource to draw from. There are some very surprising and clever things going on in the playing and writing. Who do you put on or above his level? xp

i love Johnson but i love Skip James more off the top of my head

I mean, you get two takes of half the songs. I never thought of it as a sequenced album like Rumours or something.xp

Son House is probably my fave old blues dude based on the names I'm acquainted with.

That list is mostly either a) albums I generally like or b) albums/musical acts IDG enough of AF about to listen to, but they're mostly very boring choices.

Sgt. Pooper is both the least good of the latter day Bettles albums and not even in the top, what, 30? 40? albums released in '67. Such a boring, dumb choice for number one, every time it's chosen as number one in anything.

xps big bill broonzy, barbecue bob, kokomo arnold - also think the late 20s is a better time for blues than late 30s

I mean, it's RS. There's no canon to be bored by/rail against if there's no one upholding it.

I'm here if you want someone to rep for Breakfast in America instead.

j/k Crime of the Century is better.

I guess ILM ultimately prefers p4k's take on the canon.

As for top 100s I stan hardly for Wired’s “100 records that set the world on fire” instead:

https://www.discogs.com/es/lists/the-wires-100-records-that-set-the-world-on-fire-while-no-one-was-listening-extra-30-records/421

As a canon

I guess ILM ultimately prefers p4k's take on the canon.

Did they list Kontakte?

And yeah I probably prefer p4k’s list albeit some very laughably on-brand choices.

That said I guess the most influential and important of these canonical lists is actually the one by Rolling Stone.

#80 of their top 200 albums of the 1960s.

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Hard disagree, obv. I'm against repressing one's musical feelings.

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― pomenitul, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 1:41 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i mean, it's not therapy

i don't care what people express just the whole "taking down a canonical classic down a peg or two" is just so played out at this point

It is for me!

#80 of their top 200 albums of the 1960s.

I think that means Pitchfork > a random classic rock station in the American Midwest > Rolling Stone

>>>>> NME

otm

1. BTO - Fartin' Down the Freeway
2. Stephenwolf - Bad to the Bone
3. CCR - Swamp-Shufflin' Mama
4. Bob Denver - Interstate 69 Repaved
5. Gradeful Dead - Beaded Seat Cover Mama
5. Bittles - Corporal Healthcare's Friendly Fishstick Stand
5. Bitch Boys - Pet Smiles
5. Old Blues Willie - Scratchy Sounds for College Students

Sgt Pepper is currently at #34 on the RYM list.

think their #1 and #2 are going to be equally controversial though

https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=album&year=alltime&genre_include=1&include_child_genres=1&genres=&include_child_genres_chk=1&include=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries=

Indeed, indeed:

Let's poll... RYM's Top 50 Albums of All Time

nice timing!

it’s probably good but it makes me sad

― brimstead, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:20 AM

my thoughts on going outside

honestly i'll take the rolling stone 500 list, boringness and all, over all those Q best albums lists i used to see that had like two oasis albums in the top 10

Posting yet one more link to this ILX-friendly list, hope it's not spam: https://www.othermusic.com/blogs/top-sellers/other-musics-100-top-sellers-of-all-time

I did actually buy two of the albums listed in the top 10 there (one in person, and one via mail after leaving NYC).

I like Sgt Peppers, but I think 4 Beatles albums in the top 10 is a bit much. To be honest I don't care much for Revolver or Rubber Soul. I never got into Pet Sounds either, but I can see why people like it. London Calling is good but not sure why that gets to be the new wave album in the top 10, there are tons of others just as good. Highway 61, Exile, Sgt Peppers and the White Album are all time though, I can't argue with those.

I’m a big Dylan guy, but Highway 61 has never been one of my faves... seeing it rated above Blonde on Blonde is surprising to me (Nirvana at #17 is another story, but whatever).

The Airplane not showing up until #146, with Surrealist Pillow, is an eye-roll for sure.

*ic

If only Prince and the Revolution had tried 10x harder, Purple Rain could have been rated as high as Kid A.

RS once famously dubbed R.E.M. “America’s Best Rock and Roll Band”—but they don’t show up until #197 (with Murmur)... four slots below mother fucking Dookie.

To their credit, R.E.M. shows up twice more—AFTP at #249 (five slots beneath The Marshall Mathers LP), and Document (their “best rock & roll band” album) in the nosebleed seats at #462.

At least MGMT made it into the top 500; I can call it a night, relieved.

Woah ROFL @ Geir Hongro posts upthread.

Anyway the RS list is right on par with that awful ILM jazz albums one.