The N&G Top 500 Albums of All Time!!!

[MikeH]

What is our idea on breaking ties? My #1 album is likely to not show up on anybody’s list, I’m sure there is at least one other person in a similar predicament. That might still be good enough to get us each pretty low on the master list though.

I have a feeling this will happen quite a few times especially if people put some more obscure albums on there as their #1. If we end up with a top 500 list, I bet the last 100+ will be just a tie with only one vote haha.

 

[marshall]

I say any album goes...even best-of albums.

Bob Marley’s Legend deserves to be included on any list

Also...I agree with no FJM albums

I am putting FJM down 100 times.

 

[Joe Mac]

New rule: @NathanRicaud takes the final top 100 and does a write up on each album which of course includes how sexy the album is rated out of 10.

Oh good god man, what have you done!

 

[jaycee]

New rule: @NathanRicaud takes the final top 100 and does a write up on each album which of course includes how sexy the album is rated out of 10.

 

[Woob_woob]

What is our idea on breaking ties? My #1 album is likely to not show up on anybody’s list, I’m sure there is at least one other person in a similar predicament. That might still be good enough to get us each pretty low on the master list though.

Album ties won't be broken but announced as a tie.

As for any ties in the procedural voting I will be breaking them as I cant leave an emoji on my own posts

 

[Tys1]

As much as I’d love the lists to be private I am totally cool with friendly hints and reminders, just not a blatant “I put this album at this spot”

For example, I think we can all agree that Vitalogy is definitely Pearl Jam’s best.

 

[sarcasticfairyprincess]

My first thought was wow I don’t even know 500 albums... and then I realized I have 1000 albums on vinyl.

 

[MikeH]

Oh good god man, what have you done!

This is what happens when we disagree Joe... I bring out the big guns!

 

[Joe Mac]

This is what happens when we disagree Joe... I bring out the big guns!

I mean you can punish me without setting fire to everyone else!

 

[Mtcvinyl]

I am in

 

[bettim84]

I see that top 50 is beating top 100, clearly you are all either super lazy or not fans of self-punishment.

 

[Tys1]

For any noobs coming in wanting to vote on the issues.... page 5

 

[bettim84]

For any noobs coming in wanting to vote on the issues.... page 5

@Woob_woob has that page linked in the OP

 

[chrb98]

I dunno, I personally am a big fan of “you can only rank up to 100 albums, but if you choose to do fewer, you can”. I know that the effort of compiling and ranking a list of 100 albums is a barrier to entry for some, and the fewer people we have participating, the less “representative” of N&G the overall ranking will be. But I know a lot of us can easily put together a top 1000 list if we wanted. So if some people want to do a full 100, but some only want to put ~30 albums on their list, I don’t necessarily see the issue with that? I’d be willing to bet there’s a good number of people here who *could* conceivably do a top 50/100 ranked list, but simply won’t have the time/energy to do a giant list like that, and I still think their voice should matter even if they don’t hit whatever mark we set

 

[Crabbers]

I see that top 50 is beating top 100, clearly you are all either super lazy or not fans of self-punishment.

I went through my 700+ on cogs and found 50 my first run through...all others after that just aren’t essential enough for me to rank

 

[Woob_woob]

I dunno, I personally am a big fan of “you can only rank up to 100 albums, but if you choose to do fewer, you can”. I know that the effort of compiling and ranking a list of 100 albums is a barrier to entry for some, and the fewer people we have participating, the less “representative” of N&G the overall ranking will be. But I know a lot of us can easily put together a top 1000 list if we wanted. So if some people want to do a full 100, but some only want to put ~30 albums on their list, I don’t necessarily see the issue with that? I’d be willing to bet there’s a good number of people here who *could* conceivably do a top 50/100 ranked list, but simply won’t have the time/energy to do a giant list like that, and I still think their voice should matter even if they don’t hit whatever mark we set

Yea no matter the 50 or 100 limit im fine if people can't or don't want to go up to the limit. I think i will set a minimum of 10 for 50 and 20 for 100 tho, i dont want people just shooting me 1 or 2 albums.

 

[duke86fan]

my definition of an album is
1. live albums count (fishmans fans you can rejoice in putting 98.12.28 on the list)
2. greatest hits albums only count if there is precedence (a greatest hits being miles better than any other album in their discography, or the songs on the list barely being on an album)
3. Archival releases dont really count unless its basically a new album (both directions at once is an album, bob dylan bootleg series is not)
4. Mixtapes count, EPs dont (the debate about whats an EP and not will be a hard one )

 

[Tys1]

Just to be completely clear on the rules, everything on your list must be within 2 degrees of separation on my list. Capiche?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Expect a whole lot of obscure punk and college rock 45s!!!

 

[kvetcha]

my definition of an album is
1. live albums count (fishmans fans you can rejoice in putting 98.12.28 on the list)
2. greatest hits albums only count if there is precedence (a greatest hits being miles better than any other album in their discography, or the songs on the list barely being on an album)
3. Archival releases dont really count unless its basically a new album (both directions at once is an album, bob dylan bootleg series is not)
4. Mixtapes count, EPs dont (the debate about whats an EP and not will be a hard one )

Why should an EP not count, though?