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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: NY Daily News - 200 Best Albums of all time |
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NY Daily News article
I won't list all 200 here, but some highlights:
| Quote: | 1 BEATLES SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1967 Rock
2 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973 Rock
3 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 1982 Pop
4 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN IV 1971 Rock
5 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE 1987 Rock
6 ROLLING STONES EXILE ON MAIN STREET 1972 Rock
7 CAROLE KING TAPESTRY 1971 Adult Contemporary
8 BOB DYLAN HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 1965 Rock
9 BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS 1966 Rock
10 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 1991 Rock |
21 - Shania Twain
27 - Norah Jones
30 - Dr. Dre The Chronic
Beatles and Pink Floyd each have two albums in the top 25. Beatles with 4 albums in the top 50. Led Zeppelin also makes several appearances.
| Quote: | 189 JAY-Z IN MY LIFETIME VOL. 1 1997 Rap
190 LL COOL J MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT 1990 Rap
191 STEELY DAN AJA 1977 Rock
192 WILLIE NELSON STARDUST 1978 Country
193 ARETHA FRANKLIN SPARKLE 1976 R&B
194 ANDREA BOCELLI ANDREA 2004 Classical
195 BOB DYLAN BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 1965 Rock
196 LUTHER VANDROSS NEVER TOO MUCH 1981 R&B
197 U2 ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND 2000 Rock
198 RUSH 2112 1976 Rock
199 OUTKAST AQUEMINI 1998 R&B
200 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND 1973 Rock |
Ah, too many to list and discuss. Just follow the link and you'll see the entire list.
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how can you even rank something like this? It's impossible.
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you know that top 10 isn't bad but it is an absolute embarassment to have u2, carole king and nirvana in the top 10.
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Hey what's wrong with Carole King?
She sings the theme song to Gilmore Girls. |
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| Kobe24Dynasty wrote: | Hey what's wrong with Carole King?
She sings the theme song to Gilmore Girls. |
there's nothing wrong with carole king. to say she has made one of the top 10 albums of all time is insulting to actual artists who are true geniuses.
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Tapestry really is a great album. Not my cup of tea, but a great album, nonetheless. Top ten of all time? Maybe not, but pretty far up there. Also remember that this is just the latest of dozens of such lists, and they all consistently rank this album very high. So it's not just one review being stoopid.
As for U2, gotta disagree with you there, too. JT -is- one of the great albums ever (despite being a little weak toward the end). I'd also put The Unforgettable Fire on the list. |
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any list with u2 on it is dead to me.
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honestly, this is one of the worst lists I've ever heard. sure albums like sgt. peppers, exile, dark side of the moon, iv, are all close to appropriately ranked.
but avril lavigne? alanis morisette? 50 cent?
the fact that avril's "let go" is ahead of ziggy stardust, al green, white blood cells, illmatic, aquemini.... no credibility.
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| LarryCoon wrote: | Tapestry really is a great album. Not my cup of tea, but a great album, nonetheless. Top ten of all time? Maybe not, but pretty far up there. Also remember that this is just the latest of dozens of such lists, and they all consistently rank this album very high. So it's not just one review being stoopid.
As for U2, gotta disagree with you there, too. JT -is- one of the great albums ever (despite being a little weak toward the end). I'd also put The Unforgettable Fire on the list. |
i like joshua tree a lot. fifth best album ever made? imo not even close. radiohead's ok computer at #116??? poo on this list.
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| ocho wrote: | | you know that top 10 isn't bad but it is an absolute embarassment to have u2, carole king and nirvana in the top 10. |
agree on U2 and carole king, but Nirvana's Nevermind deserves to be there. It basically put grunge on the map, plus every song on that record is a classic. |
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| Michlake wrote: | | ocho wrote: | | you know that top 10 isn't bad but it is an absolute embarassment to have u2, carole king and nirvana in the top 10. |
agree on U2 and carole king, but Nirvana's Nevermind deserves to be there. It basically put grunge on the map, plus every song on that record is a classic. |
nirvana is one of the most overrated bands of all time...and i really like them. their status as a perennial top ten band, album etc.. is due to the circumstances surrounding kurt cobain and his suicide. their "image" has always trumped their music.
contrast that to the band radiohead, who make brilliant music but have no image...you can see what matters most in the music industry.
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13 is too high, and 23 is not high enough... IMHO  |
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| ocho wrote: |
nirvana is one of the most overrated bands of all time...and i really like them. their status as a perennial top ten band, album etc.. is due to the circumstances surrounding kurt cobain and his suicide. their "image" has always trumped their music.
contrast that to the band radiohead, who make brilliant music but have no image...you can see what matters most in the music industry. |
QFT. The accolades that have been showered on Nirvana since Cobain's death, and the subsequent lifting of Nirvana to legendary status is one of the worst cases of undeserved praise the music industry has ever seen. They were no better than any other grunge band that happened to come out at that same time, and enjoy their 15 minutes in the spotlight, until the fad wore off.
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Jewel? Creed? Usher?
 He's kidding, right?
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I had to disagree with a lot of these, but then I got to thinking about how they ranked them (which I am not sure but I am taking a guess here). Is it really the music on the albums, or what the album did at the time of their release? Sgt Pepper was a ballsy move at the time, and Darkside of the Moon was brilliant (though not my personal favorite PF album).
Shania Twain? Well, she did sort of start the Nashville pop sound, or as my gf said, she got the belly shirt look started up.
Alanis Morrisette? The whole angry female voice became popular.
Nirvana really put grunge on the map.
You can debate a lot of these albums in the same way. It's not just the music on the albums, but what factor the album had on history and musical history.
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Just a few observations:
- Elvis Presley appears only once on the list ranked at 147
- Queen appear on the list only once ranked at 152
- There are only 4 Jazz albums on the entire list
- Avril Lavigne
- There is one Classical album on the list
- No Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Cream, Louis Armstrong, King Crimson, Nina Simone, Deep Purple, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles.... Actually this could go on for a while
- I can't be bothered to double check, but I believe David Bowie, Elton John and Bob Dylan only make one appearance each
- Avril bloody Lavigne??
That's barely scratching the surface.
Obviously you're alway going to have disagreements when it comes to matters of taste, but that is simply not a good list. |
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Nelly: Country Grammar and the Soundtrack to Titanic ahead of The Beatles: Rubber Soul
Avril Lavigne: Let Go, ahead of Led Zeppelin I |
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I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers are too far back. And I'd prolly put Californication before Blood, Sugar, Magik. Glad Linkin Park made it. I love Nirvana, wish In Utero had made the list.
And I guess this is my own opinion but, The Offspring~ Smash... thats not a top 200 album? That is prolly my favorite cd of all time.
I dont recall seeing any Bad Religion or Ramones either..... beh!
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Kid A not being top 5 nullifies this list.
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jimi hendrix at 41?!
this ranking is a joke....
my favorite ten, for what it's worth...
1- jimi hendrix, axis bold as love
2- led zeppelin 2
3- red hot chili peppers, californication
4- miles davis, on the corner
5- beatles, revolver
6- pearl jam, no code
7- nick drake, pink moon
8- bob dylan, desire
9- beach boys, pet sounds
10- radiohead, ok computer |
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snoop dogg... doggystyle is not on this ........ and number 57?  ?
but 108  |
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What? No Akon on this list? Shocker.
Obviously, everyone is going to have a different opinion than what this list has. They're ranking something that cannot be ranked. You cannot seriously give out Grammy awards, and you cannot rank albums.
I am no fan of Michael Jackson at all, but I can certainly see why people would like Thriller. Mostly I can see why any of these albums - with a few exceptions - can be on the list, even though I don't care for the artist.
Better just to sit around your AMC Pacer on the football field drinking beer and talking with your friends about why Van Halen I is the greatest album ever than to take this list too seriously. |
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| Quote: | | 105 TLC CRAZYSEXYCOOL 1999 R&B |
That is a good album.
But what about Massive Attack's Mezzanine? Also another great album. I think it was voted somewhere as the best album to have on while having sex. That should count for something.
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Why is Kid Rock on this list?
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