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The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
According to this book:  What do you think of their list? Any glaring omissions? How many of these do you own? (I have only 17) The list (in order): ===========================================================- Bob Dylan -------------------------- Highway 61 Revisited
- The Beatles ------------------------ Revolver
- The Clash -------------------------- London Calling
- Nirvana ---------------------------- Nevermind
- Van Morrison ----------------------- Astral Weeks
- Joni Mitchell ---------------------- Blue
- The Rolling Stones ----------------- Sticky Fingers
- Fleetwood Mac ---------------------- Rumours
- The Velvet Underground & Nico ------ The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Public Enemy ----------------------- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- The Beach Boys --------------------- Pet Sounds
- Bruce Springsteen ------------------ Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Television ------------------------- Marquee Moon
- Little Richard --------------------- Here’s Little Richard
- Led Zeppelin ----------------------- IV
- Radiohead -------------------------- OK Computer
- The Band --------------------------- The Band
- The Beatles ------------------------ The Beatles (The White Album)
- Pixies ----------------------------- Doolittle
- John Lennon ------------------------ John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- U2 --------------------------------- Achtung Baby
- Simon And Garfunkel ---------------- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
- Bob Dylan -------------------------- Blonde On Blonde
- Sex Pistols ------------------------ Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
- Prince ----------------------------- Sign O’ The Times
- Arcade Fire ------------------------ Funeral
- Michael Jackson -------------------- Thriller
- Neil Young ------------------------- On The Beach
- Jay-Z ------------------------------ The Blueprint
- Massive Attack --------------------- Blue Lines
- The Smiths ------------------------- The Queen Is Dead
- Carole King ------------------------ Tapestry
- David Bowie ------------------------ Hunky Dory
- Ray Charles ------------------------ Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
- Paul Simon ------------------------- Graceland
- Iggy And The Stooges --------------- Raw Power
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience -------- Are You Experienced
- Aretha Franklin -------------------- Lady Soul
- Ramones ---------------------------- Ramones
- The Rolling Stones ----------------- Exile On Main St
- Patti Smith ------------------------ Horses
- Miles Davis ------------------------ Kind Of Blue
- Sonic Youth ------------------------ Daydream Nation
- Bruce Springsteen ------------------ Born To Run
- The Beatles ------------------------ Abbey Road
- Guns N’ Roses ---------------------- Appetite For Destruction
- Black Sabbath ---------------------- Paranoid
- George Harrison -------------------- All Things Must Pass
- Green Day -------------------------- American Idiot
- The Doors -------------------------- The Doors
- Pink Floyd ------------------------- The Dark Side Of The Moon
- James Brown ------------------------ Live At The Apollo
- Creedence Clearwater Revival ------- Cosmo’s Factory
- Pearl Jam -------------------------- Vs
- The Wailers ------------------------ Burnin’
- The Monkees ------------------------ Headquarters
- Talking Heads ---------------------- Remain In Light
- Rod Stewart ------------------------ Every Picture Tells A Story
- Devo ------------------------------- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- Chuck Berry ------------------------ After School Session
- Eminem ----------------------------- The Marshall Mathers LP
- Blondie ---------------------------- Parallel Lines
- Dusty Springfield ------------------ Dusty In Memphis
- R.E.M. ----------------------------- Automatic For The People
- The Supremes ----------------------- Where Did Our Love Go
- Oasis ------------------------------ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
- Kanye West -------------------------- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Jeff Buckley ------------------------ Grace
- The White Stripes ------------------- Elephant
- Eagles ------------------------------ Hotel California
- Wilco ------------------------------- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Beastie Boys ------------------------ Paul’s Boutique
- Tom Waits --------------------------- Rain Dogs
- Kate Bush --------------------------- Hounds Of Love
- The Who ----------------------------- Live At Leeds
- Joy Division ------------------------ Closer
- Kraftwerk --------------------------- Trans-Europe Express
- Randy Newman ------------------------ Sail Away
- Pavement ---------------------------- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- Curtis Mayfield --------------------- Curtis
- Roxy Music -------------------------- For Your Pleasure
- The Strokes ------------------------- Is This It
- Midnight Oil ------------------------ Diesel And Dust
- Coldplay ---------------------------- Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
- The Kinks --------------------------- The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
- Pretenders -------------------------- Pretenders
- The Modern Lovers ------------------- The Modern Lovers
- Primal Scream ----------------------- Screamadelica
- Fairport Convention ----------------- Unhalfbricking
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions -- This Year’s Model
- Portishead -------------------------- Dummy
- AC/DC ------------------------------- Back In Black
- Beck -------------------------------- Odelay
- Gang Of Four ------------------------ Entertainment
- Marvin Gaye ------------------------- What’s Going On
- Arctic Monkeys ---------------------- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am
- Queen ------------------------------- A Night At The Opera
- Derek And The Dominos --------------- Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
- P J Harvey -------------------------- Let England Shake
- The Byrds --------------------------- Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:00:32
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I currently have 65. Some of those I have more than one version of (e.g., original & remaster or reissue), some I have as part of a larger box set (the lazy way to get multiple albums), some are still on my "wish list" and a few fall into the "Who the heck wants this crap???" category (like Jay-Z). Oh yeah, and a few I had forgotten about or had never heard of (and will need to check out). Thanks for posting this Steve! 
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:08:01
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Wot...no 'Half Man Half Biscuit'? I only have 13 of those listed. *shrugs* Midnight Oil  ..does anyone remember more than one song off that album?
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:19:02
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Oh yeah, naturally I've got quite a few that I prefer better than those listed, but I don't know where to begin listing them! They fall in many genres like Prog (example: Tangerine Dream - Melrose), Classic Rock (example: Cars - Cars), Corporate Rock (example: Boston - Don't Look Back), Pop (example: Madonna - Madonna), Jazz (example: Rippingtons - Tourist In Paradise), Underground (Lords of Acid - Lust), Synthpop (example: Pet Shop Boys - Please), New Wave (example: Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves), Industrial (example: Machines of Loving Grace - Concentration), Gothic Rock (examples: Cure - Disintegration or Sisters of Mercy - Floodland), New Age (examples: Richard Burmer - On the Third Extreme or Enya - Shepherd Moons), Piano Rock (example: Tori Amos - From the Choir Girl Hotel), Soul (example: Sade - Diamond Life), Art Rock (example: Roxy Music - Avalon), Heavy Metal (example: Ratt - Out of the Cellar), Hard Rock (example: Toys In the Attic), Metal (examples: Metalica - Black Album, Accept - Balls to the Wall & Restless and Wild, several from Iron Maiden and Judas Priest), etc., etc.!
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:26:38
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Nothing from Peter Gabriel..I'd put PG4 ('Security')and 'So' in my top 100. No Tull..'Stand Up' I think. No Steely Dan 'The Royal Scam' should be in there. Plus Marc Cohn's debut.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:26:58
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Jame-Z - orf to bed with you now, it must be very late oop there in the land of the haggis munchers. Plus, being so close to the Arctic Circle must mean your tootsies are always freezing. Crack open the 20 year-old malt and throw another set of bagpipes on the fire if you'd be so good old bean. I'll wager at this time of the year it gets dark up there before noon don't it? Still, once you get the electricity and town gas you'll be fine 
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:31:28
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We usually look out for 'greylight' around 11am, which is closely followed by 'doom' at 11.10. Still, could be worse. Could be in Bromsgrove. 
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:36:11
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"Midnight Oil ..does anyone remember more than one song off that album?" that's why these lists are so variable. is the criteria album sales or the authors(basically, Rolling Stone) pick? This album was also highly critical of the politics of the day,particularly with the struggle to recognise and reconcile with the original inhabitants and to be an Oils fan was a political statement in itself and it`s position may reflect it`s cultural significance rather than it`s worldwide sales?
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:37:11
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jamesg1213
Nothing from Peter Gabriel..I'd put PG4 ('Security')and 'So' in my top 100. No Tull..'Stand Up' I think. No Steely Dan 'The Royal Scam' should be in there. Plus Marc Cohn's debut.
I might put Aja above Royal Scam even. A great CD to take when you're setting up sound and want to compare with a known source. I just don't think you can quantify the "Top 100" like they're trying to. Even an attempt broken out by genre would be daunting.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:43:49
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Nothing by Genesis? Nothing by Supertramp? Nothing by Yes? Nothing by Muse? Nothing by Grateful Dead? I could go on.
And yet we have an Oasis album?
Just ignore this type of ridiculous crap! It's guaranteed to elevate your blood pressure to an unhealthy level.
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2013/11/21 19:44:12
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:45:58
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This list is garbage
No, Garbage isn't on the list, but I do have four albums from them as well.
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2013/11/21 19:47:05
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dmbaer
Nothing by Genesis? Nothing by Supertramp? Nothing by Yes? Nothing by Muse? Nothing by Grateful Dead? I could go on.
And yet we have an Oasis album?
Just ignore this type of ridiculous crap! It's guaranteed to elevate your blood pressure to an unhealthy level.
The authors are actually trolls if that helps make more sense of things.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:53:07
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The authors are actually trolls if that helps make more sense of things. more likely journos who failed as musos and this is what they wished they had recorded?
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:53:09
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So is this the 100 best albums in the authors' personal library?
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 19:59:14
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Toby Cresswell was the editor of rolling stone mag (aust) and Mathieson is a trade journo.
both Aussies-hence the Midnight Oil inclusion-FFS-where is Cold Chisel in that case?
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2013/11/21 20:05:13
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this guy is too old to care about anything new of worth.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 20:36:45
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I counted 20 - at a glance. You can't seriously have a Greatest Albums list and not start it with the Elvis Christmas album - that's heresy! :P Some aren't my favorite albums by these artists, i.e, I'd pick Electric Ladyland before Are You Experienced. But I guess that they factor in the "breakthrough" element. Lots of stuff I have no interest in but can conceive that they'd be on such a list - I know Bob Dylan is great, I just don't need or like to listen to him. I can't conceive waking up one morning and going: wow, I really feel like listening to Bob Dylan singing for an hour... But it makes sense. Others I can't stand (Arcade Fire? Really?!) and don't think they belong on any such list. Plenty are missing - Tool, Depeche Mode, Alice Cooper, The Cure, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kiss, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen - to name a few. They'd all have at least one or two albums in my top 100, way before Pearl Jam or Jay Z or, Kanye West...  Boooooooo Kanye, boooooo, booooo Kanye West....
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 20:48:48
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And I'm sorry, if you're going to put kanye west and Jay z on the list: then where is NWA-Straight Outta Compton or The DOC-No One Can Do It Better. Those were TRUE groundbreaking albums in the rap world. Kanye and Jay Z wouldn't be anything if these guys wouldn't have paved the way. Yeah, I used to like a little rap in the late eighties. So Sue me.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 20:56:52
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I'm sure they had their rational but that is surely one strange list.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 20:58:40
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Yes, prog is seriously under represented. DSOTM is the only Floyd. Where's Shine On or The Wall? And no Tull? I'd think at least Aqualung should have been there.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/21 21:06:01
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Some aren't my favorite albums by these artists, i.e, I'd pick Electric Ladyland before Are You Experienced.
I second Electric Ladyland. So many good songs. I especially love the version of Voodoo Chile with Steve Winwood and Jack Casady.
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2013/11/21 21:08:01
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Yes, prog is seriously under represented. DSOTM is the only Floyd. Where's Shine On or The Wall? And no Tull? I'd think at least Aqualung should have been there.
Yes, and what about Rush 2112 or Moving Pictures???
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 00:51:05
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Never heard of any of them.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 02:26:15
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I think that Electric Ladyland should be there too! Live at the El Mocambo SRV gets my vote for live performance. Diana Krall for most sexy thing alive!
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 04:31:14
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I think that Electric Ladyland should be there too! Live at the El Mocambo SRV gets my vote for live performance. Diana Krall for most sexy thing alive!
Did El Mocambo ever make it onto audio CD? I had the VHS back in the days - Stevie was on fire that night. Best version of Texas Flood I've heard.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 05:03:33
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I only have 13 of those listed. *shrugs*
I have 15. No Yes, Genesis, No Richard Thompson or Sandy Denny (except as part of Fairport. I would have put Leif and Leige above Unhalfbrickling). No Strawbs, no Dire Straits, no Deep Purple. Pointless list but fun, IMHO
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 05:21:24
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I'm still finding some albums that I had never heard of that sound interesting. Primal Scream for example.
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Re: The 100 Best Albums Of All Time....
2013/11/22 05:49:36
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jamesg1213
I only have 13 of those listed. *shrugs*
I have 15.
No Yes, Genesis, No Richard Thompson or Sandy Denny (except as part of Fairport. I would have put Leif and Leige above Unhalfbrickling). No Strawbs, no Dire Straits, no Deep Purple.
Pointless list but fun, IMHO
14 for me. I think that list sucks! It would be interesting for all of us to compile a top 100 and perform some sort of statistical analysis on it. Any volunteers?
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