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

Tys1 said:
I thought I felt the same about #1 but the more I think about it the more I realize that my musical tastes are just not as diverse as I’d like them to be. A lot of music discovery is coming late for me ( I really didn’t even give Jazz a chance until I started hanging out here). I’m finding a lot of it very enjoyable, and I have you all to thank for that, but it’s still so new to me that I can’t rank it in a top 50.
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My list is definitely not diverse. My list of 50 is probably going to be 75% rap & 20% soul/R&B (which looks like it makes me an outlier here). My 100 would be only slightly more diverse. We like what we like, can't really force it 🤷‍♂️. Most of the jazz that I like is funky or fusion, and none of it will make my list (unless you consider Gil Scott-Heron or Esther Phillips jazz). And I've gone through phases in my life where I've really gotten into classic rock, pop, more modern rock, etc but very few of it would qualify as my favorites.
 
1. Rock - 1969
2. Blues - 1965
3. Pop - 1982
4. Soul - 2013
5. Hip Hop - 1994
6. Soul - 2016
7. Americana/Folk - 2012
8. Soul/Pop - 2006
9. Rock - 2010
10. Vocal Jazz - 2002
11. Hip Hop - 2005
12. Emo/Pop Punk - 2002
13. Hip Hop - 2005
14. Pop - 1979
15. Emo/Pop Punk - 2005
16. Soul - 1969
17. Emo/Pop Punk - 2005
18. Funk - 1971
19. Pop - 2011
20. Blues - 1972
21. Hip Hop - 1994
22. Country - 2018
23. R&B - 2017
24. Rock - 2011
25. Emo/Pop Punk - 2006
26. Funk - 1973
27. Rock - 1977
28. Neo-Soul/Hip Hop - 2016
29. Rock - 1969
30. Hip Hop - 1993
31. Vocal Jazz - 1957
32. Blues - 1958
33. Rock - 1969
34. Electronic? - 2008
35. Soul - 1969
36. Blues - 1967
37. Emo/Pop Punk - 2003
38. Hip Hop - 2007
39. Reggae - 1984
40. Hip Hop - 2001
41. Emo/Pop Punk - 2006
42. Soul - 1966
43. Soul - 2015
44. Blues - 2014
45. Rock? - 1976
46. Hip Hop - 1999
47. Emo/Pop Punk - 2014
48. Rock - 1996
49. Country - 2013
50. Soul - 1967
51. Funk - 1975
52. Pop - 1995
53. Soul - 1960
54. Soul - 1965
55. Jazz - 1965

Decade Breakdown:
50s - 2
60s - 12
70s - 7
80s - 2
90s - 6
00s - 13
10s - 13

Genre Breakdown:
Soul - 9
Hip Hop - 9
Rock - 8
Emo/Pop Punk - 7
Blues - 5
Pop - 5
Funk - 3
Jazz - 3
Country - 2
R&B - 1
Electronic - 1
Reggae - 1
Americana/Folk - 1

Seeing talk of genres and decades had me curious, so instead of revealing my list already, I decided to reveal the stats for my list. Pretty heavy recency bias on this millennium haha

I listed 55 albums because I'm torn on how I'm going to submit my list for this. I have my top 100 already put together, but I doubt that anyone else is going to vote for those 7 Emo/Pop Punk albums that show up in mine (huge albums for high school me that I still love today). And 51-55 are all classics that stand a chance to be on many lists. I'm thinking of taking out 5 of those albums that I'll be the only one to vote for to put these albums in, but I'm still not sure.

Also, for the record, I have quite a few comps and greatest hits in my list 🙈🙈🙈 haha
 
debar22 said:
My list is definitely not diverse. My list of 50 is probably going to be 75% rap & 20% soul/R&B (which looks like it makes me an outlier here). My 100 would be only slightly more diverse. We like what we like, can't really force it 🤷‍♂️. Most of the jazz that I like is funky or fusion, and none of it will make my list (unless you consider Gil Scott-Heron or Esther Phillips jazz). And I've gone through phases in my life where I've really gotten into classic rock, pop, more modern rock, etc but very few of it would qualify as my favorites.
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My list will probably be even more one-dimensional. So far it’s looking like 1 jazz, 1 soul/R&B, and the other 48 will be rock/pop (though I’m including things like Björk in that category).
 
bettim84 said:
My list will probably be even more one-dimensional. So far it’s looking like 1 jazz, 1 soul/R&B, and the other 48 will be rock/pop (though I’m including things like Björk in that category).
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Oh man, now I'm dying to know what that soul album is!haha
 
RowBearToe said:
Oh man, now I'm dying to know what that soul album is!haha
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I'll tell you. It's Allen Toussaint - From a Whisper to a Scream. Specifically this version, which changes the track list (and title) of the original album so that Side B is all instrumental songs. The Meters are his backing band. Absolutely one of the best things I've ever heard.
 
@Woob_woob if it wouldn’t be too much trouble would we be able to get “honorable mentions” for albums that were on more than 1 persons list but didn’t make the cut?

For example, if 3 people put an album down as their 45th favorite album it would only be 15 points and probably would not make the top 500.
 
bettim84 said:
I'll tell you. It's Allen Toussaint - From a Whisper to a Scream. Specifically this version, which changes the track list (and title) of the original album so that Side B is all instrumental songs. The Meters are his backing band. Absolutely one of the best things I've ever heard.
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Hell yeah, Toussaint is awesome. Esther Phillips covers a couple of songs from this on her album From A Whisper To A Scream. It's in my top 50.
 
bettim84 said:
I'll tell you. It's Allen Toussaint - From a Whisper to a Scream. Specifically this version, which changes the track list (and title) of the original album so that Side B is all instrumental songs. The Meters are his backing band. Absolutely one of the best things I've ever heard.
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I've never listened to this, but I'm adding it to a playlist now to listen to. Thanks!
 
Tys1 said:
@Woob_woob if it wouldn’t be too much trouble would we be able to get “honorable mentions” for albums that were on more than 1 persons list but didn’t make the cut?

For example, if 3 people put an album down as their 45th favorite album it would only be 15 points and probably would not make the top 500.
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Maybe? Probably not tho. I feel like a list of 500 should cover enough, but if something really sticks out maybe
 
RowBearToe said:
1. Rock - 1969
2. Blues - 1965
3. Pop - 1982
4. Soul - 2013
5. Hip Hop - 1994
6. Soul - 2016
7. Americana/Folk - 2012
8. Soul/Pop - 2006
9. Rock - 2010
10. Vocal Jazz - 2002
11. Hip Hop - 2005
12. Emo/Pop Punk - 2002
13. Hip Hop - 2005
14. Pop - 1979
15. Emo/Pop Punk - 2005
16. Soul - 1969
17. Emo/Pop Punk - 2005
18. Funk - 1971
19. Pop - 2011
20. Blues - 1972
21. Hip Hop - 1994
22. Country - 2018
23. R&B - 2017
24. Rock - 2011
25. Emo/Pop Punk - 2006
26. Funk - 1973
27. Rock - 1977
28. Neo-Soul/Hip Hop - 2016
29. Rock - 1969
30. Hip Hop - 1993
31. Vocal Jazz - 1957
32. Blues - 1958
33. Rock - 1969
34. Electronic? - 2008
35. Soul - 1969
36. Blues - 1967
37. Emo/Pop Punk - 2003
38. Hip Hop - 2007
39. Reggae - 1984
40. Hip Hop - 2001
41. Emo/Pop Punk - 2006
42. Soul - 1966
43. Soul - 2015
44. Blues - 2014
45. Rock? - 1976
46. Hip Hop - 1999
47. Emo/Pop Punk - 2014
48. Rock - 1996
49. Country - 2013
50. Soul - 1967
51. Funk - 1975
52. Pop - 1995
53. Soul - 1960
54. Soul - 1965
55. Jazz - 1965

Decade Breakdown:
50s - 2
60s - 12
70s - 7
80s - 2
90s - 6
00s - 13
10s - 13

Genre Breakdown:
Soul - 9
Hip Hop - 9
Rock - 8
Emo/Pop Punk - 7
Blues - 5
Pop - 5
Funk - 3
Jazz - 3
Country - 2
R&B - 1
Electronic - 1
Reggae - 1
Americana/Folk - 1

Seeing talk of genres and decades had me curious, so instead of revealing my list already, I decided to reveal the stats for my list. Pretty heavy recency bias on this millennium haha

I listed 55 albums because I'm torn on how I'm going to submit my list for this. I have my top 100 already put together, but I doubt that anyone else is going to vote for those 7 Emo/Pop Punk albums that show up in mine (huge albums for high school me that I still love today). And 51-55 are all classics that stand a chance to be on many lists. I'm thinking of taking out 5 of those albums that I'll be the only one to vote for to put these albums in, but I'm still not sure.

Also, for the record, I have quite a few comps and greatest hits in my list 🙈🙈🙈 haha
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Interesting exercise. I’m game....

1. Indie/Rock 1997
2. Pop/Rock 1968
3. Singer Songwriter 1975
4. Singer Songwriter 1971
5. Chameleon 1976
6. Indie/Rock 1994
7. Pop/Rock 1969
8. Indie/Rock 2007
9. Chameleon 1971
10. Indie 1987
11. Indie 1986
12. Pop 1966
13. Soul 1971
14. Art Pop 1985
15. Pop 1968
16. Indie/Rock 1993
17. Rock n Roll 1972
18. Rock 1992
19. Punk 1979
20. Chameleon 1977
21. Pop/Rock 1966
22. Singer Songwriter 1976
23. Electronic Art Pop 1997
24. Rock 1970
25. Singer Songwriter 1968
26. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1982
27. Indie/Rock/Punk/gothic 1994
28. Rock n Roll 1968
29. Pop/Rock 1967
30. Indie/Rock 1995
31 Singer Songwriter 1965
32. indie/Rock/Electronica 2000
33. Singer Songwriter 1974
34. Soul 1968
35. Indie/Rock/Electronic 2007
36. Indie/Rock/Wall of Sound 1997
37. Indie 2005
38. Rock 1998
39. Rock 1975
40. Chameleon 1972
41. Pop/Rock 1970
42. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1980
43. Post Punk 1979
44. Rock 1979
45. Singer Songwriter 1973
46. Indie/Rock 1996
47. Indie/Rock 1995
48. Singer Songwriter 1972
49. Indie/Rock/Singer Songwriter 1994
50. Pop/Rock 1989
 
Joe Mac said:
So I have 50 now. I might want to tweak with the order before I reveal all, I think I might do a reverse play through on Insta for my reveal, cross posting here in groups of 10 might be fun...

Anyway here’s a list of considered ones that didn’t quite make the grade. The near misses if you will. This isn’t exhaustive and of course there may well be some Beatles, Dylan, Bowie, Radiohead, etc. ones that come higher but I’ve only included the odd bigger one by those artists here as they are well represented in my top 50 and regurgitating their discography is no fun for anyone.

So, in no particular order, my honourable mentions are:

The Beatles - Revolver
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Arctic Monkeys - AM
The Band - Songs From Big Pink
The Clash - London Calling
Buzzcocks - Love Bites
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Travelling Willburys - Volume 1
Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
Morrissey - Viva Hate
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
Nirvana - In Utero
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Idlewild - Hope Is Important
The Coral
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
The Stone Roses
The La’s
Suede - Dog Man Star
Prince - Sign “O” The Times
Prince - Purple Rain
Pulp - Different Class
Elastica
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
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For posterity London Calling can be taken off this list and Amy Winehhouse’s Back to Black can be added to it....
 
Joe Mac said:
Interesting exercise. I’m game....

1. Indie/Rock 1997
2. Pop/Rock 1968
3. Singer Songwriter 1975
4. Singer Songwriter 1971
5. Chameleon 1976
6. Indie/Rock 1994
7. Pop/Rock 1969
8. Indie/Rock 2007
9. Chameleon 1971
10. Indie 1987
11. Indie 1986
12. Pop 1966
13. Soul 1971
14. Art Pop 1985
15. Pop 1968
16. Indie/Rock 1993
17. Rock n Roll 1972
18. Rock 1992
19. Punk 1979
20. Chameleon 1977
21. Pop/Rock 1966
22. Singer Songwriter 1976
23. Electronic Art Pop 1997
24. Rock 1970
25. Singer Songwriter 1968
26. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1982
27. Indie/Rock/Punk/gothic 1994
28. Rock n Roll 1968
29. Pop/Rock 1967
30. Indie/Rock 1995
31 Singer Songwriter 1965
32. indie/Rock/Electronica 2000
33. Singer Songwriter 1974
34. Soul 1968
35. Indie/Rock/Electronic 2007
36. Indie/Rock/Wall of Sound 1997
37. Indie 2005
38. Rock 1998
39. Rock 1975
40. Chameleon 1972
41. Pop/Rock 1970
42. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1980
43. Post Punk 1979
44. Rock 1979
45. Singer Songwriter 1973
46. Indie/Rock 1996
47. Indie/Rock 1995
48. Singer Songwriter 1972
49. Indie/Rock/Singer Songwriter 1994
50. Pop/Rock 1989
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Ok computer ?;)
 
Joe Mac said:
Interesting exercise. I’m game....

1. Indie/Rock 1997
2. Pop/Rock 1968
3. Singer Songwriter 1975
4. Singer Songwriter 1971
5. Chameleon 1976
6. Indie/Rock 1994
7. Pop/Rock 1969
8. Indie/Rock 2007
9. Chameleon 1971
10. Indie 1987
11. Indie 1986
12. Pop 1966
13. Soul 1971
14. Art Pop 1985
15. Pop 1968
16. Indie/Rock 1993
17. Rock n Roll 1972
18. Rock 1992
19. Punk 1979
20. Chameleon 1977
21. Pop/Rock 1966
22. Singer Songwriter 1976
23. Electronic Art Pop 1997
24. Rock 1970
25. Singer Songwriter 1968
26. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1982
27. Indie/Rock/Punk/gothic 1994
28. Rock n Roll 1968
29. Pop/Rock 1967
30. Indie/Rock 1995
31 Singer Songwriter 1965
32. indie/Rock/Electronica 2000
33. Singer Songwriter 1974
34. Soul 1968
35. Indie/Rock/Electronic 2007
36. Indie/Rock/Wall of Sound 1997
37. Indie 2005
38. Rock 1998
39. Rock 1975
40. Chameleon 1972
41. Pop/Rock 1970
42. Rock/Singer Songwriter 1980
43. Post Punk 1979
44. Rock 1979
45. Singer Songwriter 1973
46. Indie/Rock 1996
47. Indie/Rock 1995
48. Singer Songwriter 1972
49. Indie/Rock/Singer Songwriter 1994
50. Pop/Rock 1989
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What the hell genre is chameleon?haha
 
I just want to make sure of this before I do my list. The list we are giving @Woob_woob will be just, copy pasted or is it on something fancy like excel? Because I don't have a computer so that last one may be tough lol.... Oh, also, should I add the points next to the album/position or that will be tallied later?

I'm going to start soon on this, expect a few oddballs from me and some Japanese albums too. I'm limiting myself to 2 albums per artist, so to have variety and not be a top 15 where almost half is radiohead or Cafe Tacvba 😂
 
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