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Consensus Top 300 Albums of All-Time: Taking lists of your 70 favorite albums until 7/1 (10 Viewers)
- Thread starter Dr. Octopus
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rockaction
Footballguy
I think I bricked on a few albums that I really should have put in. I'll break down the decades
50s - 2
60s - 9
70s - 18
80s - 7
90s - 7
00s - 19
10s - 7
20s - 1
50s - 2
60s - 9
70s - 18
80s - 7
90s - 7
00s - 19
10s - 7
20s - 1
rockaction
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I intentionally did not pay attention to year when I made the list. I paid attention to things like genre and recent discovery vs favorite from my youth, etc. So I was a little surprised most by how many 70s albums I had and how few 80s albums because in general I think I like 80s music more than 70s.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
No doubt we all bricked on a few. I am ready to cringe when I see some of these albums that I never even thought of.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
30 lists in
We now have our 5th #1 album that only appears on that one list - those five 70 pointers are tied for 230th place. One of those albums often appear near the top of Top Albums of All-Time lists.
Everyone's Top 10 selections will make the Top 300 (at this point) even those that only appear on one list.
From 229-300 every album appears on only one or two lists.
The #1 overall album appears on 17 of the 30 lists submitted.
We now have our 5th #1 album that only appears on that one list - those five 70 pointers are tied for 230th place. One of those albums often appear near the top of Top Albums of All-Time lists.
Everyone's Top 10 selections will make the Top 300 (at this point) even those that only appear on one list.
From 229-300 every album appears on only one or two lists.
The #1 overall album appears on 17 of the 30 lists submitted.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I may some help for two of my Top 10 to remain above the cut line
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Probably 10-15 more lists coming in.I may some help for two of my Top 10 to remain above the cut line
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Only one of these albums has received any mentions - You may be surprised at the results.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Get out of here with that. It's music, man. Love what you love.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
ok ...initial hardcore 1st draft complete.
24 albums on the "almost made it list" but not ready to say they can't make an appearance.
I have ranked them through a combination of how much I played them at the time they came out (or when I bought them), how much I have gone back to them, and where they are roughly in where they rank in all-time favorites.
I have always been an "album listener" - not exclusively, I have plenty of playlists but folks that have never made a habit of listening to the entire product an artist has created really misses the experience that was intended.
and of course ...lot's of Todd.
ETA: looks like 60 of my albums will be from the 60s and mostly 70s
24 albums on the "almost made it list" but not ready to say they can't make an appearance.
I have ranked them through a combination of how much I played them at the time they came out (or when I bought them), how much I have gone back to them, and where they are roughly in where they rank in all-time favorites.
I have always been an "album listener" - not exclusively, I have plenty of playlists but folks that have never made a habit of listening to the entire product an artist has created really misses the experience that was intended.
and of course ...lot's of Todd.
ETA: looks like 60 of my albums will be from the 60s and mostly 70s
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rockaction
Footballguy
Seriously makes the time spent on the countdown worth it (even if it ended abruptly). Thanks for the shout-out, Barry2! I’m thrilled somebody remembers and dug it!
Chaos34
Footballguy
Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble
Chaos34
Footballguy
I just pasted my work in progress into Claude (Gemini, ChatGpt probably do the same). My prompt was simply: Sort this sheet by decade of the album's release.
Albums by Decade
- 1960s: 1 album (2.1%)
- 1970s: 18 albums (37.5%)
- 1980s: 8 albums (16.7%)
- 1990s: 11 albums (22.9%)
- 2000s: 4 albums (8.3%)
- 2010s: 6 albums (12.5%)
Albums by Decade (Summary Only)
1950s: 1 album (2.1%)
1960s: 2 albums (4.2%)
1970s: ~20 albums (41.7%)
1980s: ~6 albums (12.5%)
1990s: ~11 albums (22.9%)
2000s: ~4 albums (8.3%)
2010s: ~4 albums (8.3%)
Five Ten minutes to get it right. Better than doing it the old fashioned way.
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble
Rank however you like but certainly don’t rank what you think you “should” just because it’s historically well liked
Mine is largely albums I listened to the most. So that leaves out a lot of my favorite artists simply because I got into them more via a greatest hits / streaming
If I was doing best or most significant or whatever I’d rank differently
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'm just about to try this. I may explode.
Well, that didn't work. And I have no idea how to delete the defective PM.
Sorry, @Dr. Octopus
Now I'm waiting for my tech support.
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
My list breakdown is as follows:
30's - 1
60's - 1
70's - 29
80's - 22
90's - 12
00's - 3
10's - 1
There are 5 live albums and one soundtrack.
30's - 1
60's - 1
70's - 29
80's - 22
90's - 12
00's - 3
10's - 1
There are 5 live albums and one soundtrack.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
It seems third time's the charm. I finally got it all to post correctly. Thanks, Mister Tech Support!
Now if I could just figure out how to delete old PM's.
Now if I could just figure out how to delete old PM's.
Some else with music from the 1930s!
Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble
I'd say don't let it be a problem. Do what you like. I don't have a ton a jazz but do have several albums on there. And I certainly didn't go with what I thought is historically seen as the best, with a big part of my list being jam rock concert albums (the kind with something like 7 songs comprising a double album), some of which probably no one else has even heard of.
Interestingly, despite the improvisational nature of jazz, a large percentage of my jazz entries are normal studio albums, and a lot more of my rock entries are the live jam stuff. Not sure what that means.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
My list was as follows...
60s - 4
70s - 20
80s - 12
90s - 12
00s - 18
10s - 3
20s - 1
And I intentionally did not allow more than three albums per band/solo artist.
60s - 4
70s - 20
80s - 12
90s - 12
00s - 18
10s - 3
20s - 1
And I intentionally did not allow more than three albums per band/solo artist.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
32 lists in
We now have our 6th #1 album that only appears on that one list - those six 70 pointers are tied for 242nd place. There's a decent chance the ones that don't get a second vote fall out of the Top 300 - but could hold on depending on the number of lists that come in.
Taylor Swift now has more albums represented than AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, Neil Diamond and Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young.
1,247 different albums have been selected with 916 of them on only one list.
We now have our 6th #1 album that only appears on that one list - those six 70 pointers are tied for 242nd place. There's a decent chance the ones that don't get a second vote fall out of the Top 300 - but could hold on depending on the number of lists that come in.
Taylor Swift now has more albums represented than AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Doobie Brothers, Neil Diamond and Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young.
1,247 different albums have been selected with 916 of them on only one list.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
All are on tim's list?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
one is.
rockaction
Footballguy
So about three quarters of the albums are on one list only, huh? I don't know if that sounds normal, but it seems like a very diverse selection of records in the end. Perhaps people are just that diverse with music. I would expect it from this board, but not from people in general. Perhaps the proliferation of music over the past sixty-five years has really meant a diversification of taste for pretty much everybody.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
In all fairness, the Doobies and CSNY probably both only have one album of note (The Captain and Me, Deja Vu), although you never know. Sabbath has a bunch of great albums, but I could see one album dominating the majority of mentions in something like this. Swift is an artist where you can ask 10 fans what their favorite album of hers is and you might get 10 different answers.
Two of her albums made my top 70. (and probably not the obvious ones)
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
CSNY (as opposed to CSN) only made three studio albums and one live album, so that part's not a huge surprise.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
There is just so much good music and of so many different genres and styles. I could probably submit a second list that had 70 different albums and I would feel very proud of it.
rockaction
Footballguy
I agree and would go one further in that I feel like I could submit seventy different artists and feel really good about it.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Well, I have an LP by one of them on my list and it's neither of those you mentioned.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Just picked the bands kind of randomly but get your point.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
that's right - tim's the weirdo with one album since the beginning of CDs.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
His most recent album is much more recent than my most recent album. I have nothing after 2004.that's right - tim's the weirdo with one album since the beginning of CDs.
krista4
Footballguy
@Dr. Octopus The first few times you posted the format, you had hyphens in between album name and artist name, but I could swear later you said not to use the hyphens. Which should I do? Thanks.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I'm not quite done with final rankings but here is my breakdown by decade:
1960s 7
1970s 10
1980s 17
1990s 17
2000s 14
2010s 4
2020s 1
1960s 7
1970s 10
1980s 17
1990s 17
2000s 14
2010s 4
2020s 1
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Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
He said if you do it in excel just put them in separate columns.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You don't read his posts, do you?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I did mention I had one album from the 30's. It made the cut easily.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
ok, I feel much better about my selections knowing that you guys listen to Taylor Swift
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I think those were confirmed allowed earlier in the thread.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
You can. The challenge with classical is 5 people could all want to put Beethoven's 5th as a choice. One person could choose John Eliot Gardiner's recording, another Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, another choose his dad Erich's recording. Plus there is Bernstein and Karajan with the Berlin Phil. Plus there is the classic Furtwangler and modern Barenboim. So 5 people could choose Beethoven's 5th but because they are all different artists and different albums, none of them may make the final countdown.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I’d be fine if those would all be grouped/added together in the rankings if that were to happen.
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