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All Time Greatest Albums

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Greatest of ALL Time??

That's the real problem with such lists.

To give an example - one of the best albums I owned was the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan conducting, full boxed set of Beethoven (not roll over). From which I'd nominate No. 9 , Opus 125 as the best piece in that set. But I rather doubt it'll make any list of "greatest" anything outside of rag devoted to classical music, or a station specializing in the same. Doesn't upset me though, I know it is good, very good.

But greatest of all time is not really what these lists stations / magazines mean is it? They mean their opinion as to the best Rock & roll or Rock albums ever made. Not rap, (though that generally leaves me cold), not jazz (else there would be scads more Miles Davis and Bird and ... etc on the list, not Blues, else there would be more than the passing nod to Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters, not Soul really - other than the occasional tip of the hat to Marvin Gaye and James Brown.

Now, having said that I own, or have owned,
from the first Philly top 50 list (which is seems nearly identical in many respects to the Rolling Stone list) - all except numbers 15, 24, 25, 27, 31 and 46.
From the Rolling Stone list, top 50 - all except numbers 8, 17, 20, 35 and 48.

Actually the bulk of these I no longer own.They were lent to my brother who found alternatively ingenious and tawdry means to lose, abuse, or have abused what was at the time a significant cornerstone of my (then modern) record collection.

To this day, when the occasion arises, I still remind him of his selfishness in not taking care of things lent to him by others. Not that I haven't forgiven him :biggrin: I just want one day to wake up and find a package containing all the replacements for those albums lost, damaged or made useless in his care.

Oh, yes and any list of this type that has Disraeli Gears below 100 has doubtful quality.
 
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vrbryant said:
You really think The Beatles are responsible for five of the ten best albums ever recorded? Does it not seem odd that there's not a single modern rap album on that first list until no. 125, and it's the Beastie Boys? You've got your favorites, that's fine. And I'm not saying The Beatles aren't one of the most influential acts of all time. If you step out of Crackertown for a few minutes, though, you'll see that there's music out there that was made by black people other than Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix that has had just as much of an impact on American society as Peter fucking Frampton.
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you really need to cut those pills in half, buddy. what sushi posted was A list -- not THE list.
 
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And Justice For All, Master of Puppets, Ride The Lightning and Kill Em All are all better than the Black Album, IMO.
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Agreed.

I wouldnt call the black album revolutionary at all actually. If anything, I'd say Kill Em All was revolutionary :biggrin:

The only thing revolutionary in metal, to me anyway, is Sabbath

Black Sabbath invented metal, Metallica perfected it.

Does it not seem odd that there's not a single modern rap album on that first list until no. 125, and it's the Beastie Boys?
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No, that appears to be a list from a rock station? If it was MTV, then yeah, all 50 would probably be rap. Nothing to do with it being a "white station" In fact that is about a ridiculous statement.

Personally, I dont even view rap as music. Dont see any talent involved. But again, that's just me. Hence why there wouldnt be any rap on my list. I also dont drink beer. But that doesnt mean I am motivated by any other reasoning except that I think it tastes like ass :biggrin:
 
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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.
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if it is YOUR list, you CAN include and exclude any genre you wish.
 
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See this is a really hard one... I skew towards rock, so have to include...

DMB - Crash, Lillywhite
Taking Back Sunday - Tell all your friends
Green Day - American Idiot
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Zepplin's first 4 albums
Weezer- Blue album
NIN - Downward Spiral, Fragile
Tool - all that have been mentioned
Dre - Chronic

man I could keep going
 
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