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All Time Greatest Albums

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Just on principle, I have a problem with any list that has Nirvana ahead of both Alice In Chains and Soundgarden.

I'm sorry MTV generation, but Nirvana did not invent "grunge," whatever the hell that is. Nirvana shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as AIC or Soundgarden or even the Meat Puppets for that matter.

Greatest album of all time is Tool's AEnema, followed closely by Swervedriver's Mezcal Head.
 
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Here's Rolling Stone's list: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/st...837925703&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1212

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles
11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley
12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground
14. Abbey Road, The Beatles
15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
17. Nevermind, Nirvana
18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
20. Thriller, Michael Jackson
21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry
22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon
23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder
24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown
25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree, U2
27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson
28. Who's Next, The Who
29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
30. Blue, Joni Mitchell
31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
33. Ramones, Ramones
34. Music From Big Pink, The Band
35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
36. Tapestry, Carole King
37. Hotel California, The Eagles
38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters
39. Please Please Me, The Beatles
40. Forever Changes, Love
41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors, The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
44. Horses, Patti Smith
45. The Band, The Band
46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band
50. Here's Little Richard, Little Richard
 
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Dryden said:
Just on principle, I have a problem with any list that has Nirvana ahead of both Alice In Chains and Soundgarden.

I'm sorry MTV generation, but Nirvana did not invent "grunge," whatever the hell that is. Nirvana shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as AIC or Soundgarden or even the Meat Puppets for that matter.

Greatest album of all time is Tool's AEnema, followed closely by Swervedriver's Mezcal Head.
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Alice in Chains should be on my list, but I forgot them. I would choose Unplugged which would probably get me laughed at. I also own the one with the 3 legged dog on the cover. I didn't find AEnema as listenable (is that a word) as Lateralus, but I own it as well. IMO Tool's best song by far is Sober. AC/DC Live is a great album as well.
 
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I'll admit I don't listen to rap, but that doesn't make me racist. I do listen to reggae and blues.
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It's fine that you don't listen to rap, I can totally respect that. I didn't when I was younger. My only beef is that if you're going to rank the 'all-time greatest albums', you can't exclude any one genre - rap, country, whatever. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison is no. 248 on that first list.

This just in: The Beatles weren't that fucking revolutionary.
 
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vrbryant said:
It's fine that you don't listen to rap, I can totally respect that. I didn't when I was younger. My only beef is that if you're going to rank the 'all-time greatest albums', you can't exclude any one genre - rap, country, whatever. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison is no. 248 on that first list.

This just in: The Beatles weren't that fucking revolutionary.
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Yes, way too much Beatles. And I'd put the Beastie Boys and Eminem (maybe even Lauryn Hill) in there (but that's the extent of my rap knowledge). Cash should be much higher.

(Edit: Damn, I forgot about OutKast -- I would put their double album in the top 50)
 
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Instead of the albums by Jimi listed, my list would have to include Hendrix's Band of Gypsys because it is the only album I have ever owned on LP, tape and CD.

And, of course, I could never formulate a greatest album list with no Mars Volta on it. De-Loused the Comatorium would have to be on there somewhere.

And I know Nutty would agree with me that Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back needs to be on that list somewhere. At least it made the Rolling Stone list.

Glad to see Jeff Buckely getting some rep on that first list.
 
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I bet the country and classical stations I listen to are whiter than Sushi's station.:)

I thought the never ending beatles love fest was over.

Cool to see Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lucinda Williams, The Ramones and Patti Smith get some props.
 
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exhawg said:
I was going to say you're too old, but you're only 4 years older than me. To each his own I guess. I know DE loves Rush and I can't stand them at all.

What's your list?
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Hey, I might be a little older than you but I guarantee I'm more immature. I know my taste in music leaves a lot to be desired, I've just never been able to stomach Linkin Park, but to each his own. One of my oldest friends is a huge Rush fan and if it wasn't for Geddy Lee's voice I could probably listen to them.

It's always hard for me to narrow it down to a top 10 or whatever but bands like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, The Who, Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains/Nirvana/Soundgarden, Tool, Green Day. etc. would all be on my list.

The Chronic was a great album. :pimp:

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And I know Nutty would agree with me that Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back needs to be on that list somewhere.
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Damn straight! :biggrin:
 
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exhawg said:
At least VR just repped me so he can't ding me for only having one rapper on my list. Worst of all it's a white rapper. :p
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Hey, Eminem deserves consideration. He singlehandedly turned the rap culture on its collective ear, and undid every last bit of damage done by guys like Vanilla Ice, Snow and Brian Austin Green. The albums on these lists need also to be ranked by societal impact and by what influence they had outside their respective genres.
 
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