Viking Dan
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No. 40 does not get enough love.
The N&G Top 500 Albums of All Time!!!
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I guess this as good of a time as any to post my list! Yes it's very post-2000s heavy, no I'm not ashamed
| 1 | Lydia | Illuminate |
| 2 | Tom Waits | Bone Machine |
| 3 | Laura Stevenson | Wheel |
| 4 | AFI | Sing The Sorrow |
| 5 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly |
| 6 | Mutual Benefit | Love's Crushing Diamond |
| 7 | Arcade Fire | Funeral |
| 8 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago |
| 9 | The Tallest Man On Earth | The Wild Hunt |
| 10 | Regina Spektor | Soviet Kitsch |
| 11 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog |
| 12 | Tegan and Sara | The Con |
| 13 | Hundred Waters | Communicating |
| 14 | Ben Howard | I Forget Where We Were |
| 15 | Coheed & Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness |
| 16 | Against Me! | Reinventing Axl Rose |
| 17 | Brand New | The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me |
| 18 | Circa Survive | On Letting Go |
| 19 | Laura Marling | Once I Was An Eagle |
| 20 | Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid |
| 21 | Murder By Death | Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? |
| 22 | Silversun Pickups | Carnavas |
| 23 | Kishi Bashi | Lighght |
| 24 | The Hotelier | Home, Like Noplace Is There |
| 25 | Aero Flynn | Aero Flynn |
| 26 | Rachael Yamagata | Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart |
| 27 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm |
| 28 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens Of Denial |
| 29 | Jeff Buckley | Grace |
| 30 | Shiina Ringo | Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana |
| 31 | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | Live At The Quick |
| 32 | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | When In Rome... |
| 33 | The Oh Hellos | Through The Deep, Dark Valley |
| 34 | Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... |
| 35 | Typhoon | White Lighter |
| 36 | Jesca Hoop | Memories Are Now |
| 37 | mewithoutYou | [Untitled] |
| 38 | Rachel's | Music For Egon Schiele |
| 39 | The Swell Season | Strict Joy |
| 40 | Penguin Cafe | The Imperfect Sea |
| 41 | Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um |
| 42 | Mannequin Pussy | Patience |
| 43 | The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die | Whenever, If Ever |
| 44 | Big Brother & The Holding Company | Cheap Thrills |
| 45 | Akron/Family | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free |
| 46 | The Microphones | The Glow, Pt. 2 |
| 47 | Sigur Ros | ( ) |
| 48 | The Notorious B.I.G | Ready To Die |
| 49 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There |
| 50 | Kinokoteikoku | Uzu ni Naru |
And for the extra curious, here's the rest of my Top 100:
51 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You |
52 | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars |
53 | Neutral Milk Hotel | In The Aeroplane Over The Sea |
54 | Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
55 | Anais Mitchell | Hadestown |
56 | Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell |
57 | My Chemical Romance | Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge |
58 | Jonsi | Go |
59 | Modest Mouse | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
60 | Volcano Choir | Repave |
61 | The National | High Violet |
62 | The Dear Hunter | Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise |
63 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour |
64 | The War On Drugs | Lost In The Dream |
65 | Noah Gundersen | Ledges |
66 | Fishmans | Long Season |
67 | Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor's Guide To Earth |
68 | Angels of Light | How I Loved You |
69 | Mr. Gnome | Madness In Miniature |
70 | Middle Kids | Lost Friends |
71 | MONO | Hymn To The Immortal Wind |
72 | Lorde | Melodrama |
73 | Daniel Knox | Daniel Knox |
74 | Janis Joplin | Pearl |
75 | Day Wave | The Days We Had |
76 | Haley Heynderickx | I Need To Start A Garden |
77 | Chick Corea and Gary Burton | Lyric Suite For Sextet |
78 | State Faults | Clairvoyant |
79 | Matt Pond PA | The Green Fury |
80 | mouse on the keys | an anxious object |
81 | Vagabon | Infinite Worlds |
82 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues |
83 | Daughter | If You Leave |
84 | Khruangbin | The Universe Smiles Upon You |
85 | Miles Davis | Bitches Brew |
86 | Robin Bacior | Water Dreams |
87 | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours |
88 | Joanna Newsom | Ys |
89 | Kamasi Washington | The Epic |
90 | Alice Coltrane | Ptah, The El Daoud |
91 | Rolo Tomassi | Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It |
92 | Laura Nyro | Eli And The Thirteenth Confession |
93 | The Gits | Frenching The Bully |
94 | Pharoah Sanders | Karma |
95 | Prince | Purple Rain |
96 | Irma Thomas | Wish Someone Would Care |
97 | Sunny Day Real Estate | Diary |
98 | Joni Mitchell | Blue |
99 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More |
100 | Mid-Air Thief | Crumbling |
Sonicpharmacist
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- The Beatles - Abbey Road
- The Cure - Disintegration
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
- Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
- Radiohead - OK Computer
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
- Prince - Dirty Mind
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- David Bowie - Station to Station
- The Clash - London Calling
- Pretenders - Pretenders
- Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
- Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
- Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
- Prince - Purple Rain
- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
- Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now
- New Order - Substance
- Pixies - Doolittle
- Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
- Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
- Wire - Pink Flag
- Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
- Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
- Roxy Music - Stranded
- Rush - Permanent Waves
- The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
- Swans - To Be Kind
- The Beatles - Revolver
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
- U2 - Achtung Baby
- Peter Murphy - Deep
- Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
- Joni Mitchell - Hejira
- Genesis - Duke
- Fugazi - 13 Songs
- The The - Soul Mining
- A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Years Model
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Prince - Parade
- The Who - Who's Next
- Sense Field - Killed For Less
- De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
- Doves - Lost Souls
- David Bowie - Scary Monsters
DownIsTheNewUp
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Since people are beginning to post full lists- I was going to expedite the process of mine so as not to drown others out. (@Lee Newman I was looking forward to yours and it's as wildly unpredictable as I could have hoped).
That said, I'm really enjoying the visual side of using album art and once I started adding blurbs it was clear this was going to take awhile...
Hopefully you guys don't mind...
That said, I'm really enjoying the visual side of using album art and once I started adding blurbs it was clear this was going to take awhile...
Hopefully you guys don't mind...
Four Tet: Rounds (2003) Experimental Techno
Rounds is definitive proof that techno can be beautiful, a reminder that electronica often has more in common with classical than top 40. The album is acoustic in places, elastic in others but remains organic in it's production throughout. Hints of Jazz grapple with eastern melodies; hip-hop doused drums kick up against string arrangements that bring to mind Sandy Bull. It's a dazzling exhibition of dexterity from the always shape shifting Kieran Hebden.
49) Pixies: Doolittle (1989) Indie Rock
The foundation of so much that came after. THE masterpiece of loud / quiet that In Utero would later popularize. Second only to Pulp Fiction as it pertains to keeping surf rock within the zeitgeist.
48) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) Singer / Songwriter
The album that got me through the early portions of the lockdown here in Southern California-- back when the overwhelming isolation of quarantine was fresh, and thus, more alienating. Apple's lyrics are perhaps a touch more on the nose than in her earlier work, but her bluntness cuts sharp in most places and the albums themes are given added weight by the pandemic. More importantly, the percussive, disjointed rhythms that give the music it's backbone manage to be both jarring in their audacity and addictively fresh.
47) Nas: Illmatic (1994) Rap.
My personal favorite of the East Coast Boom Bap era. Dared to be short (but perfect) in an era known for its assassination of brevity.
46) Isis: Panopticon (2004) Post-Metal
ISIS was introduced to me while I was fresh out of college and living in Colorado at the height of the recession. Panopticon (and the equally brilliant Oceanic) warped my perception of the genre. Until Panopticon I had rarely been receptive to bands that rely predominately on screaming vocals, but the beauty of the shimmering guitar was such a striking contrast to the growls of Aaron Turner that the style suddenly clicked. Shades of dessert metal and post rock collide with the epic drumming of Aaron Harris who glues the band together in a way that must have made Steve Shelly proud. It's unfortunate that their band name would later be sullied by our tampering in the Middle East, but modern acts like Deafheaven are undoubtedly indebted.
45) The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) Post Punk, Alt Rock
I was exposed to the Cure by an ex-girl friend during my sophomore year of college. Despite ingesting an ample amount of NIN and Smashing Pumpkins in high school and knowing that they were a huge influence on both, I had not had easy access to their music. Over the next 5 or so years their discography would worm its way into my soul. Kiss Me, Kiss Me is a meeting ground for the pyschedelic post-punk of The Cure's earlier work and the meticulously produced goth-pop that would come 2 years later with Disinigration. "The Kiss" is 6 minutes of swirling pornography collapsing in on itself, "Torture" and "Why Can't I Be You" slither in a way that taught me I love the dance floor, and Just Like Heaven led to "1979". In other words, Kiss Me Kiss Me might not be their most iconic work, but it is the one that best represents all that The Cure is capable of as a band.
44) Simon and Garfunkel: Bookends (1968) Folk
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During a winter evening of my Sophomore year of high school I walked into a theater and watched Will Ferrell fall into a pool after being shot with a tranquilizer. In the process, I fell in love the vocal harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel. My dad, whose highly specific taste in singer-songwriters and masters of folk had found little overlap with his son's sensibilities to that point in time, sensed an opportunity. He bought me the CD boxset of Simon and Garfunkel at the local Costco. Their discography was a staple of our household for the rest of high school and one of the few common grounds between parents and rebellious teenager. Bookends is my favorite as it is probably their most adventurous.
43) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy (2017) Rap
Tyler did little to nothing for me prior to Flower Boy, but his twist turn as demented R&B madman struck a chord with me during a decade where artists like Blood Orange and Frank Ocean had snuck into the repertoire. Scum Fuck also helped clarify the obsessive homophobia that had tainted Tyler's obvious talent in earlier mixtapes. Songs like Garden Shed find Tyler deftly coming out the closest while coping with feelings of shame and searching for self-acceptance. But more than anything, it's the beats-- drifting by like sunlight fighting through the clouds during an acid trip or freaking out like a N.E.R.D. song off of it's bipolar meds... It's been four years and there still ain't nothing like them.
42) Sia: Colour the Small One (2004) Indie Pop
The one album on this list that Vinyl Me Please introduced me to and one of several albums that turned me into an art pop junkie over the course of last decade. Gorgeous, simmering and multi-layered in its production. I wish her other albums were as willing to bath in downtempo intricacies.
41) Queens of the Stone Age: Rated R (1997) Alt-Metal
Songs for the Deaf did that thing where it tricked thousands of teenage boys into buying an album because of a catchy single, but instead of the other songs being trash (ala 3 Doors Door) it broadened their taste in music (ala White Blood Cells). I worked my way backwards from Deaf to R and discovered an album that was even better. Homme has a knack for channeling classic rock through the haze of dessert metal and there is hardly a questionable release to the band's name. That said, Rated R is where his ear for a pop melody and affection for a screaming guitar or gnarled vocals are at its most balanced. A wild, cocaine fueled ride that even my guitar solo hating dad appreciated.
Rounds is definitive proof that techno can be beautiful, a reminder that electronica often has more in common with classical than top 40. The album is acoustic in places, elastic in others but remains organic in it's production throughout. Hints of Jazz grapple with eastern melodies; hip-hop doused drums kick up against string arrangements that bring to mind Sandy Bull. It's a dazzling exhibition of dexterity from the always shape shifting Kieran Hebden.
49) Pixies: Doolittle (1989) Indie Rock
The foundation of so much that came after. THE masterpiece of loud / quiet that In Utero would later popularize. Second only to Pulp Fiction as it pertains to keeping surf rock within the zeitgeist.
48) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) Singer / Songwriter
The album that got me through the early portions of the lockdown here in Southern California-- back when the overwhelming isolation of quarantine was fresh, and thus, more alienating. Apple's lyrics are perhaps a touch more on the nose than in her earlier work, but her bluntness cuts sharp in most places and the albums themes are given added weight by the pandemic. More importantly, the percussive, disjointed rhythms that give the music it's backbone manage to be both jarring in their audacity and addictively fresh.
47) Nas: Illmatic (1994) Rap.
My personal favorite of the East Coast Boom Bap era. Dared to be short (but perfect) in an era known for its assassination of brevity.
46) Isis: Panopticon (2004) Post-Metal
ISIS was introduced to me while I was fresh out of college and living in Colorado at the height of the recession. Panopticon (and the equally brilliant Oceanic) warped my perception of the genre. Until Panopticon I had rarely been receptive to bands that rely predominately on screaming vocals, but the beauty of the shimmering guitar was such a striking contrast to the growls of Aaron Turner that the style suddenly clicked. Shades of dessert metal and post rock collide with the epic drumming of Aaron Harris who glues the band together in a way that must have made Steve Shelly proud. It's unfortunate that their band name would later be sullied by our tampering in the Middle East, but modern acts like Deafheaven are undoubtedly indebted.
45) The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) Post Punk, Alt Rock
I was exposed to the Cure by an ex-girl friend during my sophomore year of college. Despite ingesting an ample amount of NIN and Smashing Pumpkins in high school and knowing that they were a huge influence on both, I had not had easy access to their music. Over the next 5 or so years their discography would worm its way into my soul. Kiss Me, Kiss Me is a meeting ground for the pyschedelic post-punk of The Cure's earlier work and the meticulously produced goth-pop that would come 2 years later with Disinigration. "The Kiss" is 6 minutes of swirling pornography collapsing in on itself, "Torture" and "Why Can't I Be You" slither in a way that taught me I love the dance floor, and Just Like Heaven led to "1979". In other words, Kiss Me Kiss Me might not be their most iconic work, but it is the one that best represents all that The Cure is capable of as a band.
44) Simon and Garfunkel: Bookends (1968) Folk
During a winter evening of my Sophomore year of high school I walked into a theater and watched Will Ferrell fall into a pool after being shot with a tranquilizer. In the process, I fell in love the vocal harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel. My dad, whose highly specific taste in singer-songwriters and masters of folk had found little overlap with his son's sensibilities to that point in time, sensed an opportunity. He bought me the CD boxset of Simon and Garfunkel at the local Costco. Their discography was a staple of our household for the rest of high school and one of the few common grounds between parents and rebellious teenager. Bookends is my favorite as it is probably their most adventurous.
43) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy (2017) Rap
Tyler did little to nothing for me prior to Flower Boy, but his twist turn as demented R&B madman struck a chord with me during a decade where artists like Blood Orange and Frank Ocean had snuck into the repertoire. Scum Fuck also helped clarify the obsessive homophobia that had tainted Tyler's obvious talent in earlier mixtapes. Songs like Garden Shed find Tyler deftly coming out the closest while coping with feelings of shame and searching for self-acceptance. But more than anything, it's the beats-- drifting by like sunlight fighting through the clouds during an acid trip or freaking out like a N.E.R.D. song off of it's bipolar meds... It's been four years and there still ain't nothing like them.
42) Sia: Colour the Small One (2004) Indie Pop
The one album on this list that Vinyl Me Please introduced me to and one of several albums that turned me into an art pop junkie over the course of last decade. Gorgeous, simmering and multi-layered in its production. I wish her other albums were as willing to bath in downtempo intricacies.
41) Queens of the Stone Age: Rated R (1997) Alt-Metal
Songs for the Deaf did that thing where it tricked thousands of teenage boys into buying an album because of a catchy single, but instead of the other songs being trash (ala 3 Doors Door) it broadened their taste in music (ala White Blood Cells). I worked my way backwards from Deaf to R and discovered an album that was even better. Homme has a knack for channeling classic rock through the haze of dessert metal and there is hardly a questionable release to the band's name. That said, Rated R is where his ear for a pop melody and affection for a screaming guitar or gnarled vocals are at its most balanced. A wild, cocaine fueled ride that even my guitar solo hating dad appreciated.
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Great choices but I wish number 42 didn't end up being ableist (film basically being autism stereotypes the film with a main character not played by an autistic person, and working with a bad organization and making fun of an actor who was critical)Since people are beginning to post full lists- I was going to expedite the process of mine so as not to drown others out. (@Lee Newman I was looking forward to yours and it's as wildly unpredictable as I could have hoped). That said, I'm really enjoying the visual side of using album art and once I started adding blurbs it was clear this was going to take awhile...
Hopefully you guys don't mind...
Four Tet: Rounds (2003) Experimental Techno
Rounds is definitive proof that techno can be beautiful, a reminder that electronica often has more in common with classical than top 40. The album is acoustic in places, elastic in others but remains organic in it's production throughout. Hints of Jazz grapple with eastern melodies; hip-hop doused drums kick up against string arrangements that bring to mind Sandy Bull. It's a dazzling exhibition of dexterity from the always shape shifting Kieran Hebden.
49) Pixies: Doolittle (1989) Indie Rock
The foundation of so much that came after. THE masterpiece of loud / quiet that In Utero would later popularize. Second only to Pulp Fiction as it pertains to keeping surf rock within the zeitgeist.
48) Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) Singer / Songwriter
The album that got me through the early portions of the lockdown here in Southern California-- back when the overwhelming isolation of quarantine was fresh, and thus, more alienating. Apple's lyrics are perhaps a touch more on the nose than in her earlier work, but her bluntness cuts sharp in most places and the albums themes are given added weight by the pandemic. More importantly, the percussive, disjointed rhythms that give the music it's backbone manage to be both jarring in their audacity and addictively fresh.
47) Nas: Illmatic (1994) Rap.
My personal favorite of the East Coast Boom Bap era. Dared to be short (but perfect) in an era known for its assassination of brevity.
46) Isis: Panopticon (2004) Post-Metal
ISIS was introduced to me while I was fresh out of college and living in Colorado at the height of the recession. Panopticon (and the equally brilliant Oceanic) warped my perception of the genre. Until Panopticon I had rarely been receptive to bands that rely predominately on screaming vocals, but the stark beauty of the shimmering guitar were such a beautiful contrast to the growls of Aaron Turner that the style suddenly clicked. Shades of dessert metal and post rock collide with the epic drumming of Aaron Harris who glues the band together in a way that must have made Steve Shelly proud. It's unfortunate that their band name would later be sullied by our tampering in the Middle East, but modern acts like Deafheaven are undoubtedly indebted.
45) The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987) Post Punk, Alt Rock
I was exposed to the Cure by an ex-girl friend during my sophomore year of college. Despite ingesting an ample amount of NIN and Smashing Pumpkins in high school and knowing that they were a huge influence on both, I had not had easy access to their music. Over the next 5 or so years their discography would worm its way into my soul while introducing me to post-punk. Kiss Me, Kiss Me is a meeting ground of the pyschedelic post-punk of The Cure's earlier work and the meticulously produced goth-pop that would come 2 years later in Disinigration. "The Kiss" is 6 minutes of swirling Pornography collapsing in on itself, "Torture" and "Why Can't I Be You" slithers is a way that taught me I love the dance floor and Just Like Heaven led to "1979". In other words, Kiss Me Kiss Me might not be their most iconic work, but it is the one that best represents all that the Cure are capable of as musicians.
44) Simon and Garfunkel: Bookends (1968) Folk
During a winter evening of my Sophomore year of high school I walked into a theater and watched Will Ferrell fall into a pool after being shot with a tranquilizer. In the process, I fell in love the vocal harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel. My dad, whose high specific taste in singer songwriters and masters of folk had found little overlap with his son's sensibilities to that point in time, sensed an opportunity. He bought me the CD boxset of Simon and Garfunkel at the local Costco. Their discography was a staple of our household for the rest of high school and one of the few common grounds between parents and rebellious teenager during that timeframe. Bookends is my favorite as it is probably their most adventurous.
43) Tyler the Creator: Scum Fuck Flower Boy (2017) Rap
Tyler did little to nothing for me prior to Flower Boy, but his twist turn as demented R&B madman struck a chord with me during a decade where artists like Blood Orange and Frank Ocean had snuck into the repertoire. Scum Fuck also helped clarify the obsessive homophobic that had tainted Tyler's obvious talent in earlier mixtapes. Songs like Garden Shed find Tyler deftly coming out the closest while coping with feelings of shame and searching for self-acceptance. But more than anything, it's the beats-- drifting by like sunlight fighting through the clouds during an acid trip or freaking out like a N.E.R.D. song off of it's bipolar medication... It's been four years and there still ain't nothing like them.
42) Sia: Colour the Small One (2005) Indie Pop
The one album on this list that Vinyl Me Please introduced me to and one of several albums that turned me into an art pop junkie over the course of last decade. Gorgeous, simmering and multi-layered in its production. I wish her other albums were as willing to bath in downtempo intricacies.
41) Queens of the Stone Age: Rated R (1997) Alt-Metal
Songs for the Deaf did that thing where it tricked thousands of teenage boys into buying an album because of a catchy single, but instead of the other songs being trash (ala 3 Doors Door) it broadened their taste in music (ala White Blood Cells). I worked my way backwards from Deaf to R and discovered an album that was even better. Homme has a knack for channeling classic rock through the haze of dessert metal and there is hardly a questionable release to the band's name. That said, Rated R is where his ear for a pop melody and affection for a screaming guitar or gnarled vocals are at its most balanced. A wild, cocaine fueled ride that even my guitar solo hating dad appreciated.
mutem
Member
905 born and raised. Grew up watching bands like Moneen, AoF, Silverstein, The Fullblast & Boys Night Out play in shitty school gyms/YMCAs. So many good memories!
Piratenovelist
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I’m working on my top 100 personal, but I’ll do a write up today of one of my favorites. Expect a read lol
5. Allen Toussaint- From A Whisper To A Scream (1971) [This one comes with an asterisk: this album was originally titled “Toussaint” when first released, but the version that makes my list is a mid-80s vinyl reissue that rearranges the original’s tracklist into a vocal side and an instrumental side.]
4. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (2006)
3. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
1. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
4. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (2006)
3. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
1. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
I’ll post my full list later.
rightasra1n
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50 was way harder than I thought! 100 would have been much easier! In some ways a least. I did favorites, because I think everything is subjective and "greatest" is impossible. I've been tinkering with this list for a month now, and I feel like I could keep tinkering with it for another 3 between re-ordering, and going back to revisit things I love(d). So, I figure it's a good enough time to just stop and remember that this is just for kicks. I limited myself to two per artist and my list is definitely a lot younger than other lists (among other things). Here it is
1. Outkast - Aquemini
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Baby Rose - To Myself
5. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
6. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
7. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
8. D'Angelo - Voodoo
9. Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon
10. Common - Resurrection
11. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
12. The Roots - Game Theory
13. Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
14. Sade - Love Deluxe
15. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are...
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
18. Nas - Illmatic
19. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2: Return of The Ankh
20. Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
21. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City
22. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
23. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
24. Outkast - ATLiens
25. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
26. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
27. Gallant - Ology
28. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
29. Frank Ocean - Blond
30. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
31. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
32. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
33. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
34. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
35. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
36. Amy Winehouse - Frank
37. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
38. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
39. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
40. The Internet - Feel Good
41. Sampha - Process
42. Kanye West - Late Registration
43. Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
44. Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough
45. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
46. Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
47. Quadron - Avalanche
48. Gilberto Gil - Refavela
49. CunninLynguists - A Piece Of Strange
50. Girl Ultra - Nuevos Aires
1. Outkast - Aquemini
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Baby Rose - To Myself
5. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
6. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
7. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
8. D'Angelo - Voodoo
9. Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon
10. Common - Resurrection
11. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
12. The Roots - Game Theory
13. Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
14. Sade - Love Deluxe
15. Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are...
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
18. Nas - Illmatic
19. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2: Return of The Ankh
20. Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
21. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City
22. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
23. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
24. Outkast - ATLiens
25. Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
26. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
27. Gallant - Ology
28. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea
29. Frank Ocean - Blond
30. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
31. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
32. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
33. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
34. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
35. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
36. Amy Winehouse - Frank
37. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
38. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
39. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
40. The Internet - Feel Good
41. Sampha - Process
42. Kanye West - Late Registration
43. Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
44. Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough
45. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
46. Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
47. Quadron - Avalanche
48. Gilberto Gil - Refavela
49. CunninLynguists - A Piece Of Strange
50. Girl Ultra - Nuevos Aires
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Sonicpharmacist
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I just noticed a fucking glaring omission....I neglected to include The Queen Is Dead. It likely would have been top 15 too.
Sonicpharmacist
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My #1
I figured this would be a lot of people's #1. I'll be pretty surprised if it doesn't land a top 5 spot on the big list.
oldschoolkirby
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Definitely interested to see which Beatles album lands highest... White Album or this, most likely.
Sonicpharmacist
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I was wondering if Revolver would rank high too.
TenderLovingKiller®
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But Revolver is their best.
Sonicpharmacist
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I love Revolver, but there are a couple tracks I could do without. Abbey Road is perfect in every sense. And yes, that includes Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I’m a Rubber Soul guy. That being said, Abbey Road is perfect.