Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (218 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

Ah. the much better RH output froom the 21st century.

But still not their best album

I agree. I have 1 higher, but probably not the one most do.

 

[rockaction]

Ah. the much better RH output froom the 21st century.

But still not their best album

I forget what their best album and songs are. I’m cursed. Must be Egyptian or something.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

306 (tie). Electric – The Cult (90 points)

@Nick Vermeil #6
@Tau837 #46

Electric is the third album by British rock band the Cult, released in 1987. It was the follow-up to their commercial breakthrough Love. The album equaled its predecessor's chart placing by peaking at number four in the UK but exceeded its chart residency, spending a total of 27 weeks on the chart (the most successful run for an album by The Cult).
The album marked a deliberate stylistic change in the band's sound from gothic rock to more traditional hard rock. Rick Rubin, the producer on Electric, had been specifically hired to remake the band's sound in an effort to capitalize on the popularity of hard rock, glam metal and heavy metal in the 1980s. The album was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Another band I knew of but not sure I ever really listened to them. Peace dog is a cool song. This album feels like sort of a nexus between early 80s punk with more haunting vocals and melodies like the misfits and the glam references above and a bit of a precursor of the grunge and early alternative sound. Cool stuff.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

279 (tie). O – Damien Rice (98 points)

@Juxtatarot #14
@krista4 #30

O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom. The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, a musician who died of a head injury shortly before the album's release at the end of 2001.

Damien Rice was previously a member of the band Juniper, and upon its disbandment due to changes in creative direction, he took a sabbatical in rural Italy before returning to Ireland. He would meet with his second cousin, composer David Arnold who was impressed upon hearing Rice's songs and sent Rice's demo to music publishers to no success. Frustrated, Arnold worked with Rice to set up recording equipment for a home studio to make the album independently. He describes receiving a $500 loan from his father that would be forgiven on completion of the album. The recording process included opera singers, Gregorian chants, and a heavy influence from Lisa Hannigan, at the time Rice's personal and professional partner

I could have sworn that this dude was big among a bunch of people in college, but if it was really released in 2002, then I don’t know if that could be true, as I graduated just before that. Now it’s kind of driving me crazy trying to think of who I actually think of when I think of Damien rice. That late 90s/early 00s was really the heyday for this kind of singer/songwriter coffeehouse stuff that a lot of people were into. Cannonball is definitely a song that I know. Really nice album.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

maybe some Beatles-adjacent project

A few of their big hits were written by a Beatle.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ah. the much better RH output froom the 21st century.

But still not their best album

I forget what their best album and songs are. I’m cursed. Must be Egyptian or something.

The album of Kid A rejects?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Lambskin Terrible Taste Update - current playlist while I lay in the pool and drink some tequila high noons

Glass Animals
Scorpions
Earshot
Dr John
Beach Boys
Beck
The Upsetters
Tori Amos
Infectious Grooves
My Morning Jacket
Green Day
Porcupine Tree
Julia Jackson
Immortal Technique
Robert Earl Keen

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lambskin Terrible Taste Update - current playlist while I lay in the pool and drink some tequila high noons

Glass Animals
Scorpions
Earshot
Dr John
Beach Boys
Beck
The Upsetters
Tori Amos
Infectious Grooves
My Morning Jacket
Green Day
Porcupine Tree
Julia Jackson
Immortal Technique
Robert Earl Keen

That is quite the mix

 

[Mt. Man]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

@Mt. Man #2
@Yo Mama #10
@MAC_32 #10
@landrys hat #66.

I'll do a more complete write-up eventually, but here's my rankings from my Alice in Chains M-AD Countdown:
#1 Don't Follow
#4 Nutshell
#9 I Stay Away
#13 No Excuses
#25 Rotten Apple

So I'd naturally lean towards "Don't Follow", but there isn't a bad choice. Yo Mama's said it's my call, but I can see if Mac (or landry) have thoughts.

 

[rockaction]

Ah. the much better RH output froom the 21st century.

But still not their best album

I forget what their best album and songs are. I’m cursed. Must be Egyptian or something.

The album of Kid A rejects?

I’d like to think the songs compiled on Amnesiac were similar in iciness, structure, and sound to Kid A but they didn’t fit into its admittedly difficult vision of societal discordance. Not that they’re sunny, but something glints off of the steel that is Amnesiac and it blinds Kid A like unvarnished truth.

I Might Be Wrong

Radiohead · Amnesiac · Song · 2001

open.spotify.com

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Lambskin Terrible Taste Update - current playlist while I lay in the pool and drink some tequila high noons

Glass Animals
Scorpions
Earshot
Dr John
Beach Boys
Beck
The Upsetters
Tori Amos
Infectious Grooves
My Morning Jacket
Green Day
Porcupine Tree
Julia Jackson
Immortal Technique
Robert Earl Keen

That is quite the mix

Yeah I have a hard time committing to a certain artist or genre

 

[simey]

maybe some Beatles-adjacent project

A few of their big hits were written by a Beatle.

Paul McCartney wrote one song, which was the hit "Come and Get It." No other Beatle wrote a song for them, but George Harrison produced some of Straight Up, and played guitar on a song on the album. John Lennon helped come up with their name Badfinger. Badfinger played on Ringo's song "It Don't Come Easy." Pete Hamm of Badfinger wrote their hits "Day After Day", "No Matter What", and "Baby Blue". Pete Hamm and Tom Evans (also of Badfinger) wrote "Without You."

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lambskin Terrible Taste Update - current playlist while I lay in the pool and drink some tequila high noons

Glass Animals
Scorpions
Earshot
Dr John
Beach Boys
Beck
The Upsetters
Tori Amos
Infectious Grooves
My Morning Jacket
Green Day
Porcupine Tree
Julia Jackson
Immortal Technique
Robert Earl Keen

That is quite the mix

Yeah I have a hard time committing to a certain artist or genre

I am a bit the opposite. I listen to a bunch of different stuff, but not mixed in a playlist like that. Mostly albums and artists based on mood at the time or what sounds interesting.

 

[rockaction]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

There’s nothing imperative about liking them. Thom is very much a bit much at times. If you don’t like his vocals (I’m not talking lyrical content), then you’re probably not going to roll with Radiohead’s oeuvre. Ethereal moaning. I like it at times but it’s not for everybody. My friend a long time ago was commenting on how miserable they seemed. Didn’t want their trip.

 

[simey]

Feel better, KP!

 

[Ilov80s]

Lambskin Terrible Taste Update - current playlist while I lay in the pool and drink some tequila high noons

Glass Animals
Scorpions
Earshot
Dr John
Beach Boys
Beck
The Upsetters
Tori Amos
Infectious Grooves
My Morning Jacket
Green Day
Porcupine Tree
Julia Jackson
Immortal Technique
Robert Earl Keen

In the pool enjoying that overcast day we’re having

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

It’s probably worth it, though for me, it is pretty hit or miss. The songs that I do like, I really like. I probably like the songs by The Smile more consistently than radiohead.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Gotta be some common ground there

On a random shuffle of my annual playlists, I'd hear 5 of those artists.

Likewise - there's a substantial amount of "Who the heck is that?" as well. But that's why we're doing this, right? Find things we've otherwise missed.

I mean, where else am I going to find my next "Mongolian throat singing metal band"? (And yes, I listen to one of those. No spotlighting, though.)

band name that is a homophone of a super popular classic British band?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ah. the much better RH output froom the 21st century.

But still not their best album

I forget what their best album and songs are. I’m cursed. Must be Egyptian or something.

The album of Kid A rejects?

We’d like to think the songs were similar in iciness, structure, and sound to Kid A but they didn’t fit into its admittedly difficult vision of societal discordance. Not that they’re sunny, but something glints off of the steel that is Amnesiac that blinds Kid A like unvarnished truth.

I Might Be Wrong

Radiohead · Amnesiac · Song · 2001

open.spotify.com

The album features 2 or 3 of my favorite songs of theirs. Pyramid Song was the #2 on the 31 I put together, for example. Unfortunately it also features a couple of my least favorites that i skip most of the time. Its not an album i can play start to finish, so it finds itself at the bottom of my rankings.

Not throwing shade either way, i just find it interesting what people like and why.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

There’s nothing imperative about liking them. Thom is very much a bit much at times. If you don’t like his vocals (I’m not talking lyrical content), then you’re probably not going to roll with Radiohead’s oeuvre. Ethereal moaning. I like it at times but it’s not for everybody. My friend a long time ago was commenting on how miserable they seemed. Didn’t want their trip.

I just feel like I might be missing out on some good instrumental work though

Only songs I really like are Creep and Karma Police (love that one actually)

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Paul McCartney wrote one song, which was the hit "Come and Get It." No other Beatle wrote a song for them, but George Harrison produced some of Straight Up, and played guitar on a song on the album

Sorry, I thought George wrote one as well - guess I confused it with what you said.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

There’s nothing imperative about liking them. Thom is very much a bit much at times. If you don’t like his vocals (I’m not talking lyrical content), then you’re probably not going to roll with Radiohead’s oeuvre. Ethereal moaning. I like it at times but it’s not for everybody. My friend a long time ago was commenting on how miserable they seemed. Didn’t want their trip.

I just feel like I might be missing out on some good instrumental work though

Only songs I really like are Creep and Karma Police (love that one actually)

All I need, ftw

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Oh I had some Opeth on too - Remember Tomorrow

 

[KarmaPolice]

Oh I had some Opeth on too - Remember Tomorrow

Of course- a cover.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

There’s nothing imperative about liking them. Thom is very much a bit much at times. If you don’t like his vocals (I’m not talking lyrical content), then you’re probably not going to roll with Radiohead’s oeuvre. Ethereal moaning. I like it at times but it’s not for everybody. My friend a long time ago was commenting on how miserable they seemed. Didn’t want their trip.

I just feel like I might be missing out on some good instrumental work though

Only songs I really like are Creep and Karma Police (love that one actually)

All I need, ftw

I think his voice sounds great and the music is haunting on tracks like Codex too. That is a tune that can choke me up. So beautiful.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

115. The Unforgettable Fire – U2 (202 points)

@Juxtatarot #11
Jeb #13
@Dreaded Marco #20
@Yo Mama #38

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records. The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983). As a result, they employed Eno and Lanois to produce and assist in their experimentation with a more ambient sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic. The album's title is a reference to "The Unforgettable Fire", an art exhibit about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Too inconsistent to make my top 70 but the high points are <chef’s kiss>

So glad this album made the cut. I disagree about the inconsistency.

A Sort of Homecoming, title track and Bad are my favorites.

And, @Juxtatarot outbid me for a 3rd time!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

115. The Unforgettable Fire – U2 (202 points)

@Juxtatarot #11
Jeb #13
@Dreaded Marco #20
@Yo Mama #38

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records. The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983). As a result, they employed Eno and Lanois to produce and assist in their experimentation with a more ambient sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic. The album's title is a reference to "The Unforgettable Fire", an art exhibit about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Too inconsistent to make my top 70 but the high points are <chef’s kiss>

So glad this album made the cut. I disagree about the inconsistency.

A Sort of Homecoming, title track and Bad are my favorites.

And, @Juxtatarot outbid me for a 3rd time!

I like Bad and the title track better live than studio.

 

[MAC_32]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

@Mt. Man #2
@Yo Mama #10
@MAC_32 #10
@landrys hat #66.

I'll do a more complete write-up eventually, but here's my rankings from my Alice in Chains M-AD Countdown:
#1 Don't Follow
#4 Nutshell
#9 I Stay Away
#13 No Excuses
#25 Rotten Apple

So I'd naturally lean towards "Don't Follow", but there isn't a bad choice. Yo Mama's said it's my call, but I can see if Mac (or landry) have thoughts.

That might be my same order, No Excuses vs I Stay Away probably depends on my mood, but otherwise that's it. Looks like Don't Follow it is!

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

115. The Unforgettable Fire – U2 (202 points)

@Juxtatarot #11
Jeb #13
@Dreaded Marco #20
@Yo Mama #38

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records. The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983). As a result, they employed Eno and Lanois to produce and assist in their experimentation with a more ambient sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic. The album's title is a reference to "The Unforgettable Fire", an art exhibit about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

My favorite U2 album. Listening to it now, I’d like to go with Bad for the playlist.

My 2nd favorite album but Bad is my favorite song........

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

115. The Unforgettable Fire – U2 (202 points)

@Juxtatarot #11
Jeb #13
@Dreaded Marco #20
@Yo Mama #38

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records. The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983). As a result, they employed Eno and Lanois to produce and assist in their experimentation with a more ambient sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic. The album's title is a reference to "The Unforgettable Fire", an art exhibit about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Too inconsistent to make my top 70 but the high points are <chef’s kiss>

So glad this album made the cut. I disagree about the inconsistency.

A Sort of Homecoming, title track and Bad are my favorites.

And, @Juxtatarot outbid me for a 3rd time!

I like Bad and the title track better live than studio.

Bad live from WAIA is my favorite U2 song.

But I still love the album version.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

279 (tie). O – Damien Rice (98 points)

@Juxtatarot #14
@krista4 #30

O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom. The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, a musician who died of a head injury shortly before the album's release at the end of 2001.

Damien Rice was previously a member of the band Juniper, and upon its disbandment due to changes in creative direction, he took a sabbatical in rural Italy before returning to Ireland. He would meet with his second cousin, composer David Arnold who was impressed upon hearing Rice's songs and sent Rice's demo to music publishers to no success. Frustrated, Arnold worked with Rice to set up recording equipment for a home studio to make the album independently. He describes receiving a $500 loan from his father that would be forgiven on completion of the album. The recording process included opera singers, Gregorian chants, and a heavy influence from Lisa Hannigan, at the time Rice's personal and professional partner

I could have sworn that this dude was big among a bunch of people in college, but if it was really released in 2002, then I don’t know if that could be true, as I graduated just before that. Now it’s kind of driving me crazy trying to think of who I actually think of when I think of Damien rice. That late 90s/early 00s was really the heyday for this kind of singer/songwriter coffeehouse stuff that a lot of people were into. Cannonball is definitely a song that I know. Really nice album.

David gray is who I’m thinking of, I think. Now everyone can rest easy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

@Mt. Man #2
@Yo Mama #10
@MAC_32 #10
@landrys hat #66.

I'll do a more complete write-up eventually, but here's my rankings from my Alice in Chains M-AD Countdown:
#1 Don't Follow
#4 Nutshell
#9 I Stay Away
#13 No Excuses
#25 Rotten Apple

So I'd naturally lean towards "Don't Follow", but there isn't a bad choice. Yo Mama's said it's my call, but I can see if Mac (or landry) have thoughts.

That might be my same order, No Excuses vs I Stay Away probably depends on my mood, but otherwise that's it. Looks like Don't Follow it is!

Such a fantastic song. Great choice.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I might have to give Radiohead another try. It really does seem like a band I should like but I just don’t care for Thoms vocals

There’s nothing imperative about liking them. Thom is very much a bit much at times. If you don’t like his vocals (I’m not talking lyrical content), then you’re probably not going to roll with Radiohead’s oeuvre. Ethereal moaning. I like it at times but it’s not for everybody. My friend a long time ago was commenting on how miserable they seemed. Didn’t want their trip.

I just feel like I might be missing out on some good instrumental work though

Only songs I really like are Creep and Karma Police (love that one actually)

All I need, ftw

This was good

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #4
@Val Rannous #4
@Don Quixote #13

Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

We'll pick Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Warren Zevon · Excitable Boy · Song · 1978

open.spotify.com

 

[Pip's Invitation]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #4
@Val Rannous #4
@Don Quixote #13

Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

We'll pick Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Warren Zevon · Excitable Boy · Song · 1978

open.spotify.com

Added.

 

[Val Rannous]

I also have zero matches with Dan Lambskin, who has demonstrably terrible taste

Hey, @AAABatteries , why aren't you in this thingy? From previous music drafts, I know I dig your taste in music - we could have helped each other get stuff on the main list!

 

[Don Quixote]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #4
@Val Rannous #4
@Don Quixote #13

Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

We'll pick Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner.

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Warren Zevon · Excitable Boy · Song · 1978

open.spotify.com

Excellent choice. My favorite by him. I think my first introduction to Zevon was when he performed that in his farewell performance on Letterman.

 

[Mt. Man]

144. Dreamboat Annie – Heart (167 points)

This is an album that seems to have a stronger (or at least more generally popular) first side compared to the second, given the heartfelt huge hits “Crazy on You” and “Magic Man”. Though certainly to make my list, it took me enjoying pretty much everything.

Mrs R’s selection, “Soul of the Sea”, is a bit of a journey piece. While “only” about 6 ½ minutes, it’s composed with several sections in a true progressive rock style. From side 2 I’ll give a small shout out to “Sing Child”, one of several songs on this album to also feature Ann Wilson on flute.

 

[Val Rannous]

I know I'm high score for Superunknown and In Rainbows, but i have been getting my *** kicked by pneumonia and don't have the bandwidth for that important of a decision. Some quality names with good music tastes below me in the rankings, so have at it.

Darnit, I forgot Superunknown! This should so be on my list.


Hey, wait a minute! Maybe nobody will notice!!! Ahem -
Greetings! I totally voted for this album! My playlist recommendation since KP is down for the count is: Spoonman

...and back to hiding. Surely nobody noticed.

 

[Don Quixote]

121 (tie). Grace – Jeff Buckley (194 points)

@ConstruxBoy #12
@krista4 #17
@higgins #30
@Don Quixote #45
@Dreaded Marco #57

Grace is the only studio album by the American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, released on August 15, 1994 in Europe and on August 23, 1994 in the United States by Columbia Records. It was produced by Buckley and Andy Wallace.

After moving from Los Angeles to New York City in 1991, Buckley amassed a following through his performances at Sin-é, a cafe in the East Village, and signed to Columbia in 1993. He recorded Grace in Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, with musicians including Gary Lucas, Mick Grondahl, Michael Tighe and Matt Johnson. It includes versions of the jazz standard "Lilac Wine", the hymn "Corpus Christi Carol" and the 1984 Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah".

When this came out I was all about grunge and jam bands (and Neil), so I didn’t “get it.” During my Lost Years, I got it. One of the best vocal performances on a rock album. Narrowly missed my top 100.

I don’t think I listened to it when it first came out or even really knew who he was when he died (but I think I was still in high school). Probably heard his “Hallelujah” at that point, but that was it. I think I really started listening to it after going through Nina Simone’s stuff and loving her “Lilac Wine,” which led me to Buckley’s version and Grace.

 

[Yo Mama]

I know I'm high score for Superunknown and In Rainbows, but i have been getting my *** kicked by pneumonia and don't have the bandwidth for that important of a decision. Some quality names with good music tastes below me in the rankings, so have at it.

Darnit, I forgot Superunknown! This should so be on my list.


Hey, wait a minute! Maybe nobody will notice!!! Ahem -
Greetings! I totally voted for this album! My playlist recommendation since KP is down for the count is: Spoonman

...and back to hiding. Surely nobody noticed.

Spoonman = the #1 ranked Worlds Worst Superhero

 

[shuke]

OK I can't for the life of me figure out how to add songs to the playlist. Can someone please add these for me:
Grateful Dead - One From The Vault - Eyes of the World
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time - The Funeral
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - Mahgeeta
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die - Empty Pages
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Your Hand In Mine
Pink Floyd - Meddle - Fearless

The last three have been added. The first three were already there.

On the mobile app, if the playlist is set to “anyone can add songs” (which this one is), there should be an icon that says “Add +” when you click on the playlist. Hit that and type in the name of the song, then hit the plus sign next to the correct one.

There is no way to do this on the web interface. I don’t know what the deal is with the desktop app because I don’t have it.

Thanks buddy. I tried on the mobile app last night and couldn't figure it out.

 

[shuke]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #4
@Val Rannous #4
@Don Quixote #13

Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

Hmmm, I thought this would have been high on Tim's list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I know I'm high score for Superunknown and In Rainbows, but i have been getting my *** kicked by pneumonia and don't have the bandwidth for that important of a decision. Some quality names with good music tastes below me in the rankings, so have at it.

Darnit, I forgot Superunknown! This should so be on my list.


Hey, wait a minute! Maybe nobody will notice!!! Ahem -
Greetings! I totally voted for this album! My playlist recommendation since KP is down for the count is: Spoonman

...and back to hiding. Surely nobody noticed.

Spoonman = the #1 ranked Worlds Worst Superhero

It's also fitting. As I listened today i was thinking that Soundgarden is a rare band for me in that their hits don't get old for me. Other bands i seem to stray from the radio hits, but I was still cranking Spoonman and Black Hole Sun.

Much of that love comes down Matt Cameron being one of my favorite drummers. Spoonman is hit that has some complex drumming and a ripping guitar solo.

 

[Mt. Man]

136 (tie). Ride the Lightning – Metallica (173 points)

There may be a bit of recency bias that led to me ranking this (and one other album from Metallica) fairly high. Though from building a Metallica countdown in the latest M-AD thread, it required a bit less of a review than most of my choices. Though of course I’m also listening to it as I write this because of course.

I only ranked 4 songs from Ride the Lightning on my list, though all 4 were in my Top 10. That was (from lowest to highest ranked) the biblical-inspired “Creeping Death”, the hard-charging “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, the title track about – well – death in the electric chair, and finally my #1 overall selection “Fade to Black”.

This is not to shade even an ounce of shade on “The Call of Ktulu”. I mean, I put this #12, so obviously I love every ounce of it. Heck, if anything, I let myself talk myself out of including Ktulu in the Metallica countdown, though at least I had it as one of the “left out” songs on the playlist. Honestly, it would’ve fit right into an instrumental block along with two other songs from two other albums that it seems like we’ll talk about later.

 

[shuke]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

@Juxtatarot #3
@Scoresman #10
@titusbarmable #29
@shuke #48

Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

I spent most of my 90's music listening focused on things I already knew. Then I saw Radiohead perform on SNL in 2000 and they played The National Anthem and Idioteque. I was mesmerized. I immediately picked up Kid A, and then shortly after all their previous albums. They became, and remain, one of my favorite bands ever.

This is the band I alluded to earlier that I was shocked at how low I ranked their albums. I only ranked 3, and this was the lowest, but this album played a huge role in me searching out and finding new music.

 

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117 (tie). Pyromania – Def Leppard (198 points)


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Pyromania is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US. The first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced founding member Pete Willis, Pyromania was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album was a shift away from the band's traditional heavy metal roots toward a more radio-friendly sound, finding massive mainstream success. Pyromania charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Album chart and No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart. Selling over ten million copies in the US, it has been certified diamond by the RIAA

This is the first album I ever owned, and I should have included it for that reason. This was '83 so I guess I was in the 4th grade? This is a prize I selected for a fundraiser for school where we had to sign people up for magazine subscriptions.

 

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113 (tie). 1984 – Van Halen (203 points)

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1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records. It was the next to last Van Halen studio album until A Different Kind of Truth (2012) to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences. This is the final full-length album to feature all four original members (the Van Halen brothers Eddie and Alex, Roth, and Michael Anthony). 1984 and Van Halen's self-titled debut album are the band's best-selling albums, each having sold more than 10 million copies in the United States

And this was the first album I ever bought with my own money. Again, despite not listening to it anymore, I should have included it.

 

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Very surprised at In Rainbows > Kid A

Pretty much everyone I know from the American jam band scene who is also a Radiohead fan thinks In Rainbows is the best RH album. Or that it’s second to the one that will likely be the highest-ranking RH album here.

:ahem: