first 3 LCD Soundsystem albums are bolded (though I'm sure the 'bonus disc' factors into the first one), SoS is in the Top 250
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
I just knew Radiohead would be number one before I clicked but I didn't expect quite so much Radiohead.
*votes Radiohead, probably*
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
51-100 has a lot more interesting records. Homogenic, Hounds of Love, Tago Mago, Close to the Edge, SAW 85-92, Hot Rats, Long Season (!!!!), Future Days, Music Has the Right to Children
― frogbs
I do really like the Fishmans obsession on RYM. Long Season will be in the top 10 one day.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
Full disclosure: I already voted for OK Computer.
― hey, trust the fungus! (pomenitul), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
for every album on this list, there's a related or adjacent one I prefer more
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
went for Black Saint and The Sinner Lady cos I'm sick of most of the others
wasn't RYM literally Geir Hongro: The Site
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
lol, RYM is typically not into hypermelodic Europop.
― hey, trust the fungus! (pomenitul), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
I see no five albums of Genesis in the top 10 so.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
don't remember Geir being into Euro pop tbh
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
Think I'll vote for Joni Mitchell or Aretha Franklin...oh, wait...
― banjoboy, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Geir would hate most of these.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
yeah 51-100 has several of my favorite records on it whereas 1-50 doesn't really have any
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
its one of the most endearing parts of that site. amusingly I've been seeing something similar happen with Kyuusai no Gihou, it had like 15 ratings when I 5-starred it and now it's bold with over 800
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
I must be misremembering then. I thought his whole shtick was that melody rules supreme and that all other musical parameters must subside into the background in order to let the melodic line sing in all of its unvarnished purity.
― hey, trust the fungus! (pomenitul), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
As for this poll, eh, I can't decide. TPAB vs Loveless vs Abbey Road
― imago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
Yeah, he was decidedly not a stan for Metallica, Slint, and GYBE.xp
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah Spiderland is up there too
― imago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
wait a minute, jazz exists????
― davey, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
kind of blue
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
Endtroducing maybe the only one I was at all surprised to see
I listened to it a lot when I was also listening to a lot of these a lot so it didn't surprise me.
Thinking of voting for KC just bc it's good to see them on a list. My joke about Close to the Edge might actually apply with this list.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
Mingus
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
My joke about Close to the Edge might actually apply with this list.
Oh, OK, it was at 68.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
Ugh, I like almost all of these, but they're super boring as an aggregate
― Every body is interested in pigeons (jmm), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
Checked the top 200 for female artists. There’s only three albums in there:
154 Joanna Newsom Ys158 Bjork Post163 Joni Mitchell Blue
I guess Portishead, Fleetwood Mac partially count too since they have a frontwoman.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
56 Bjork Homogenic69 Kate Bush Hounds of Love79 Bjork Vespertine81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (mentions ladys in the title)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
RS's list is more progressive in some ways.
― hey, trust the fungus! (pomenitul), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
but, more significantly: The Queen Is Dead
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
I enjoy a lot of this list but ultimately voted for the last one on the list, 'Ride the Lightning.'
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
xp
more xs and ps
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
Loveless I guess
― gman59, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
I guess, if I'm being honest, Dark Side of the Moon is my boring pick. It's been a reliable album this year.
― Every body is interested in pigeons (jmm), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
gut instinct went with pet sounds, cause i've loved re-learning all those songs on the piano recently
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
They're inderectly responsible for a whole lot of generic "cresndocore" post-rock but Lift Your Skinny Fists holds up for me, beautiful album
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
but, more significantly: _The Queen Is Dead_
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
voting for the album that features the most ODB verses
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 21 September 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
every album on this list that I like, I like a little less because of it appearing on this list
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 21 September 2020 14:05 (four years ago) link
lol is it because it's RYM or because seeing them all huddled so close together is too normative for comfort?
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
Four Beatles albums sounds ok but four Radiohead albums? That is ridiculous. And there isn't even their by far best album - Amnesiac - there!
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 21 September 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
It's my second fave but its omission is indeed unforgivable.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
This list looks like it was made by the Radiohead forum I used to post on in 2000/2001 (GYBE, Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada etc.)
― cajunsunday, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
Whatever happened to Melissa btw? She was the ultimate RH stan back in ILM's early days, fighting the good fight.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
It's sort of what I like about it? There's no real pretence of objectivity. It just looks like someone's favourite albums from their collection. If you really like Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson, there's a good chance you'll like the whole list. Not everything has to be Pitchfork.xp
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Monday, 21 September 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
yeah the "music guys" I used to hang out with in college (circa 2006 or so) would've made pretty much this exact same list back then, mins Kanye and Kendrick. so many of these albums I heard for the first time through the same people. at the time the RYM list was pretty much all 60s and 70s classic rock + Radiohead.
in high school a lot of my classmates were big into classic rock stuff like Floyd, Zep, and the Beatles...music our parents and teachers liked. I guess for the current generation of teenagers that would be Radiohead? maybe why they got 3 albums in the top 10
― frogbs, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
There's maybe like 3-4 albums on this list I don't really care for so clearly it's doing a good job of catering to my demographic.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 September 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
It's still astonishingly boring, though.
Let's also poll and moan about ... Acclaimed Music's Top 50 Albums of All Time
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
It's almost as if their star-rating methodology has nothing to do with designing a fun listicle that can logically compare to ones compiled by journalists.
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
Master Of Puppets and Red are the ones I listen to most lately.
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Wasn't expecting Kid A and Unknown Pleasures to get 0 votes.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 October 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
baaahahaha, awesome results!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 15 October 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
who voted for dark side of the moon???? let's be friends.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 15 October 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
Me, I think? I could easily have gone with several others (Kind of Blue or Loveless maybe), but DSOTM is speaking to me these days, I dunno.
I did vote Wu-Tang in the Rolling Stone revamp poll.
― jmm, Thursday, 15 October 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
cool, now let's figure out who voted animals and start a pink floyd power trio cover band.
also, i'm down to do a mashup cover of "money" and "c.r.e.a.m." if you are.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 15 October 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
ok so who voted for neutral milk hotel i'm not mad i just wanna know
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 15 October 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
clearly ned
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 October 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:24 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://i.imgur.com/3M8Db5t.gif
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 15 October 2020 07:25 (three years ago) link
4 votes for Master of Puppets ?
― Nabozo, Thursday, 15 October 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
On reflection, Mingus is the correct answer. I know there's a significant cadre of Cure people on here but the number of votes for Disintegration still surprises me.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 15 October 2020 11:25 (three years ago) link
Man, every good idea's been taken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYCk6Zq6wds
― jmm, Thursday, 15 October 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
WEAK!! WE CAN DO BETTER.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
That's the spirit!
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
At least In the 36 Chambers Over the Sea is still available.
― jmm, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link