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All Time Greatest Albums

OSUsushichic

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One of my favorite radio stations (XPN Philly) just counted down The 885 All Time Greatest Albums. I'll post the Top 50 here. (The rest of the list is here. What would you delete? Add?

# 50 – VAN MORRISON – Astral Weeks
# 49 – THE BAND – The Band
# 48 – LED ZEPPELIN – Physical Graffiiti
# 47 – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey
# 46 – LUCINDA WILLIAMS – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
# 45 – DAVID GRAY – White Ladder
# 44 – JONI MITCHELL – Court & Spark
# 43 – NEIL YOUNG – Harvest
# 42 – JIMI HENDRIX – Electric Ladyland
# 41 – THE WHO – Quadrophenia
# 40 – DEREK & THE DOMINOES – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
# 39 – JIMI HENDRIX – Are You Experienced?
# 38 – U2 – Achtung Baby
# 37 – THE ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers
# 36 – FLEETWOOD MAC – Rumors
# 35 – CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG – Déjà Vu
# 34 – PEARL JAM – Ten
# 33 – THE ROLLING STONES – Let It Bleed
# 32 – NEIL YOUNG – After The Gold Rush
# 31 – NIRVANA – Nevermind
# 30 – STEELY DAN – Aja
# 29 – PINK FLOYD – The Wall
# 28 – LED ZEPPELIN – Led Zeppelin IV
# 27 – JEFF BUCKLEY – Grace
# 26 – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – The Wild, The Innocent…
# 25 – COUNTING CROWS – August & Everything After
# 24 – DAVID BOWIE – Ziggy Stardust
# 23 – CAROLE KING – Tapestry
# 22 – ALLMAN BROTHERS – Live At Fillmore East
# 21 – THE BEACH BOYS – Pet Sounds
# 20 – VAN MORRISON – Moondance
# 19 – BOB DYLAN – Blonde On Blonde
# 18 – PAUL SIMON – Graceland
# 17 – THE ROLLING STONES – Exile On Main Street
# 16 – BOB DYLAN – Highway 61 Revisited
# 15 – RADIOHEAD – OK Computer
# 14 – MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue
# 13 – JONI MITCHELL – Blue
# 12 – THE GRATEFUL DEAD – American Beauty
# 11 – THE WHO – Who’s Next
# 10 – THE BEATLES – Rubber Soul
# 9 – THE BEATLES – Revolver
# 8 – THE CLASH – London Calling
# 7 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
# 6 – THE BEATLES – The Beatles (White Album)
# 5 – BOB DYLAN – Blood On The Tracks
# 4 – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Born To Run
# 3 – PINK FLOYD – Dark Side Of The Moon
# 2 – THE BEATLES – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
# 1 - THE BEATLES - Abbey Road
 
What about GZA - Liquid Swordz?

Honestly? I don't say this often, but if the people responsible for that thing are truly trying to say that those are the top 50 (and I've taken the liberty of searching the entire list) albums of all time, and not a single significant rap artist appears...

...bloody hell, where did I put my race card?
 
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Well I own 2 of those. Here's my freshly updated list:

1. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
2. Nirvana – Nevermind
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
4. Linkin Park – Meteora
5. Blink 182 - Enema Of The State
6. Bush – Sixteen Stone
7. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
8. Green Day – Dookie
9. Live – Throwing Copper
10. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
11. Metallica - self titled
12. Rage Against the Machine – self titled
13. Alice in Chains – Unplugged
14. AC/DC - Live
15. Gin Blossoms – New Miserable Experiences
16. Staind – Break the Cycle
17. Tool – Lateralus
18. Pearl Jam – Ten
19. Green Day – American Idiot
20. Evanescence – Fallen
 
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The Beatles are a fine group, but they did not record five of the ten greatest albums ever. The Clash at #8 is also a reach. Really, it would be easier for me to list all two things right with that list, rather than the 48 things I disagree with.

Jeff Buckley's Grace is one of the greatest albums ever recorded, and is frequently overlooked. Good for them for recognizing Buckley, as well as David Gray's White Ladder.

Radiohead's OK Computer and Nirvana's Nevermind are both worthy of their common Top 50 status, but are not necessarily required to be #1 and #2. Good for them for not having these two albums 1-2 like everybody else.
 
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For the record, in no particular order, mine are:

Dr. Octagon - Octagonecologyst
GZA - Liquid Swordz
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Method Man - Tical
White Stripes - Elephant
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - The Bends
nine inch nails - The Fragile

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