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Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (177 Viewers)

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
I had Sound & Fury in my top 20, but suspect I may have been the only one to rank it. Metamodern Sounds was on my original list, but I only found space for 2 Sturgill albums, so it got cut.
I have Sound and Fury 50ish. I also saw it live. It was... er... not so good. Strugill later said something like, "What was I thinking?" I love the studio album. I think he was thinking up some new modern direction that should have spawned creative copycats.
 
We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?

ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
 
2. Abbey Road – The Beatles (1,145 points)


@Dr. Octopus #1 :headbang:
@Rand al Thor #1 :headbang:
@Pip's Invitation #1 :headbang:
@Uruk-Hai #2 :headbang:
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #3 :headbang:
@higgins #8 :headbang:
@krista4 #8 :headbang:
@shuke #8 :headbang:
@New Binky the Doormat #8 :headbang:
@simey #11
@Dreaded Marco #12
@landrys hat #16
@jwb #17
@tunrjose7 #19
@MAC_32 #28
@Atomic Punk #27
@Snoopy #28
@Ghost Rider #30
@timschochet #35
@Idiot Boxer #41
@Dwayne_Castro #42
@Nick Vermeil #57


Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded, although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A double A-side single from the album, "Something" / "Come Together", was released in October, which also topped the charts in the US.
So the Beatles are my #1 but not krista's? What is going on in the universe?

This is everything I want in a record-listening experience. It is beautiful, challenging, passionate, warm, dazzling and diverse. My 14-year-old sees music as background or as a moment-by-moment thing and doesn't have interest in the album format, but this is the one album I've played for him that he appreciates (he particularly likes "Come Together"). I have never tired of it and it is one of the few records I listen to as much now as I did in my younger years.

I'll read the rest of the thread to see if Doc and Rand have weighed in, but to me the only wrong answer for the playlist is Octopus's Garden. Sorry Ringo.
 
We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?

ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
I'd prefer random
 
We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?

ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Love that idea, and I am game!










: pleasenotDanorBP: ;)
 
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
I had Sound & Fury in my top 20, but suspect I may have been the only one to rank it. Metamodern Sounds was on my original list, but I only found space for 2 Sturgill albums, so it got cut.
I have Sound and Fury 50ish. I also saw it live. It was... er... not so good. Strugill later said something like, "What was I thinking?" I love the studio album. I think he was thinking up some new modern direction that should have spawned creative copycats.
Covid canceled the show I was supposed to see and based on what you and others have shared that's probably a good thing. This thing hit those 2 weeks he was in the studio, but couldn't translate it once outside of it.
 
1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (1,211 point)

@Ghost Rider #1 :headbang:
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@Scoresman #5 :headbang:
@Mt. Man #6 :headbang:
@Rand al Thor #10 :headbang:
@Dennis Castro #11
@Juxtatarot #12
@Tau837 #12
@Atomic Punk #12
@Pip's Invitation #13
@kupcho1 #14
@Dan Lambskin #14
@Yo Mama #15
@Mister CIA #20
@Long Ball Larry #28
@Snoopy #29
@Dreaded Marco #38
@KarmaPolice #40
@Idiot Boxer #64

The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Capitol Records in the US and on 16 March 1973 by Harvest Records in the UK. Developed during live performances before recording began, it was conceived as a concept album that would focus on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and also deal with the mental health problems of the former band member Syd Barrett, who had departed the group in 1968. New material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London.
The best space-out album ever recorded. Squillions of bands -- including some that were on my ballot -- have tried to replicate it, but it remains unique. I listen to Animals more these days, but that takes nothing away from this.
 
If you swapped Silver Springs in for Oh Daddy, Rumours would be absolutely perfect.
Oh Daddy works for me in the context of the album because Christine McVie wrote it about Mick Fleetwood and the dissolution of his marriage -- of all the FM-related relationships that dissolved in the mid-70s, that was the only one that involved children. So it hits me in ways that other tracks on the album don't.
 
We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?

ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Love that idea, and I am game!










: pleasenotDanorBP: ;)

Can’t wait for someone to have to review Green Jellÿ
 
15. Paradise Theater - Styx
Our Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.
At least it wasn’t Mr. Roboto
I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.
Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.
 
15. Paradise Theater - Styx
Our Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.
At least it wasn’t Mr. Roboto
I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.
Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.
It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.
 
3. Rumors – Fleetwood Mac (1,092 points)

@Idiot Boxer @1 :headbang:
@Snoopy #1 :headbang:
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@Don Quixote #4 :headbang:
@ConstruxBoy #5 :headbang:
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@Atomic Punk #6 :headbang:
@Mt. Man #9 :headbang:
@Tau837 #11
@Ilov80s #18
@zamboni #20
@higgins #21
@jwb #28
@Nick Vermeil #29
@MAC_32 #29
@titusbramble #33
@Mrs. Rannous #34
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #44
@timschochet #53
@New Binky the Doormat #54
@Long Ball Larry #60
@Juxtatarot #65

Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. The recording sessions took place as the band members dealt with breakups and struggled with heavy drug use, both of which shaped the album's direction and lyrics.:headbang:
Great record. What I am surprised about is that its predecessor, the self-titled 1975 album, is just as great and was nearly as popular, and got no support here. Both albums are among the peaks of mid-70s mainstream rock. I didn't vote for either of them, but I can see why people voted for this one, and might have voted for the other one had Mac been one of those more-than-one-album-on-the-ballot bands, which with this bunch they were not.
I'm not familiar with self titled beyond the hits, of which I enjoy, while Rumours was ALL hits.
"I'm So Afraid" may be Buckingham's best song.
 
We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?

ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
I'd be down for the random assignment.

Thanks to you, kupcho and everyone else for making this happen!
 
Not sure when I’ll get to a Wall writeup but I just wanted to say this cover of Run Like Hell by Kittie might be the greatest cover ever

 
I also like the the idea of random draw.
Ok so we have @Dr. Octopus. @KarmaPolice @Ilov80s and @MAC_32 so far. When we get more in I'll randomize the partners and we can name the albums we wish for them to listen to.

and @Pip's Invitation
and @Mrs. Rannous
@Idiot Boxer
@Dan Lambskin
@Yo Mama
I’ll play too.
I'll keep a list at home and won't keep updating that post. By week's end, I'll randomly pick partners out of a hat and let everyone know their matches.
 
I’m bored at work so here are some numbers from my list.

Where did my top 70 sit in the overall top ##:
Consensus Top 5 - 3
Consensus Top 10 - 7
Consensus Top 25 - 11
Consensus Top 50 - 21
Consensus Top 100 - 33
Consensus Top 200 - 48
Consensus Top 350 - 55

How many of my top 70 made the top 350:
My top 10 - 10
My top 25 - 22
My top 50 - 44
My top 70 - 55
 
Money is good
It's the one song on DSOTM I really don't like at all.

Agree. I really don't like "Money" and it almost ruins the rest of the album for me, which I really like.

Can't really complain about Dark Side being #1. It just missed the cut for me, but now that I think about it, it is one of a handful of albums that I actually have set up in its own playlist so that I can quickly and easily listen to the album exactly as it was intended. From that standpoint, maybe it is the best album.

But as soon as I think that, I remember that I can't get past "Money."
 
I find Plant's voice bothers me more in my old age
I was thinking about something some one said earlier about Jimmy Page getting all the credit for Zeppelin, but how he failed miserably after LZ ended. The Firm was so much worse than the sum of it's part's and that was his "solo" career highlight.

Plant has had a tremendous solo career, and a few underrated albums. I love his current works collaborating Allison Krause. He's had a waaaayyyy better solo career than Page's. Heck Bonham's son had a better career than Jimmy post-LZ.

Weird timing, because I was just thinking about this and was going to post something similar. I really like those collaboration albums and was going to say I like his voice better in that format and on other recent albums. He doesn't get to that higher Zeppelin range.

I was also going to post that Jimmy's best thing recently is the live album he did with The Black Crowes. It's interesting to hear the Zeppelin songs with Robinson singing vs. Plant.


This is a great album, but not really a good representation of the time that Page and the Crowes toured together. Because of weird contract issues, they were able to release the Zeppelin songs and the blues covers, but not any of the Crowes songs.

You can get a different perspective with this release, though the sound quality is not quite as good.
 
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.
The problem I ran into was this being an albums draft. As it turns out I don't consume my hip-hop via albums, just songs. A lot were on my original list, but almost none made it to the final 70.
That's a good point - probably common.
 
15. Paradise Theater - Styx
Our Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.
At least it wasn’t Mr. Roboto
I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.
Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.
It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.
The only actual Styx album I owned was the Grand Illusion, but I did like the occasional song from other albums enough to buy a compilation to go with it.
 
Money is good
It's the one song on DSOTM I really don't like at all.

Agree. I really don't like "Money" and it almost ruins the rest of the album for me, which I really like.

Can't really complain about Dark Side being #1. It just missed the cut for me, but now that I think about it, it is one of a handful of albums that I actually have set up in its own playlist so that I can quickly and easily listen to the album exactly as it was intended. From that standpoint, maybe it is the best album.

But as soon as I think that, I remember that I can't get past "Money."
Money feels like it would fit better on Wish You Were Here or something
 
Here's my list, on phone so making no attempt to remove those that did make it

By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 70 pts
The Bends - Radiohead - 69
OK Computer - Radiohead - 68
Nevermind - Nirvana - 67
Songs For The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age - 66
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis - 65
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols - 64
Hot Fuss - The Killers - 63
Is This It - The Strokes - 62
Experience - The Prodigy - 61
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - 60
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 - 59
Lost Souls - Doves - 58
Origin of Symmetry - Muse - 57
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n Roses - 56
The Joshua Tree - U2 - 55
Music for the Jilted Generation - The Prodigy - 54
Love Is Here - Starsailor - 53
The Coral - The Coral - 52
Homework - Daft Punk - 51
Out Of Time - REM - 50
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 - 49
London Calling - The Clash - 48
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers - 47
The Great Escape - Blur - 46
Doolittle - The Pixies - 45
2001 - Dr Dre - 44
Stankonia - Outkast - 43
Kid A - Radiohead - 42
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy - 41
The Black Album - Jay-Z - 40
Graduation - Kanye West - 39
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 38
Parklife - Blur - 37
Demon Days - Gorillaz - 36
Black Holes and Revelations - Muse - 35
Combat Rock - The Clash - 34
The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy - 33
Different Class - Pulp - 32
Toxicity - System Of A Down - 31
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem - 30
The Score - Fugees - 29
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths - 28
100 Broken Windows - Idlewild - 27
Performance and Cocktails - Stereophonics - 26
System Of A Down - System Of A Down - 25
lemonjelly.ky - Lemon Jelly - 24
Hold Your Colour - Pendulum - 23
Version 2.0 - Garbage - 22
Decksandrumsandrockandroll - Propellerheads - 21
Era Vulgaris - Queens of the Stone Age - 20
You've Come A Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim - 19
Play - Moby - 18
The Last Broadcast - Doves - 17
Americana - The Offspring - 16
Urban Hymns - The Verve - 15
Screamadelica - Primal Scream - 14
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy - 13
The Man Who - Travis - 12
Original Pirate Material - The Streets - 11
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - 10
Relationship of Command - At The Drive-In - 9
Pills n Thrills n Bellyaches - Happy Mondays - 8
Come On Die Young - Mogwai - 7
Parachutes - Coldplay - 6
Automatic for the People - REM - 5
1977 - Ash - 4
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk - 3
Discovery - Daft Punk - 2
The Decline of British Sea Power - British Sea Power - 1
 
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more.
I was really surprised Illmatic didn't make it.
Same. It was my #16 overall.
I only had Paul's Boutique on my list but considered Illmatic and Fear of a Black Planet - both got pushed off.
 
15. Paradise Theater - Styx
Our Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.
At least it wasn’t Mr. Roboto
I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.
Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.
It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.
You probably have to be dug in already as a Styx fan, but their last three albums have all been really good. Dennis DeYoung isn't in the band anymore, but after not doing much after his ouster in the studio for 15+ years aside from one album and then a covers album, they have busted out three damn good records since 2017.
 
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.

I voted for a couple:

49. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
50. The Chronic - Dr. Dre

That's all I could work into top 70.
 
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.

I voted for a couple:

49. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
50. The Chronic - Dr. Dre

That's all I could work into top 70.

I had Public Enemy and Bone
Probably should have had some Tupac

N.E.R.D. In Search Of… is one I should have had too
 
As Nasty as They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew just missed the cut for me too.

I remember asking for it for my birthday or Christmas and my mom apparently went into Sam Goody or Harmony House or that other record store at the mall and asked for it. I would be been like 10

I did not get it.
 
Here was Jeb's list. He said he's too old to sign up for a message board but he says "yo"


The White AlbumThe Beatles
American BeautyGrateful Dead
London CallingThe Clash
AjaSteely Dan
Sea ChangeBeck
RamonesRamones
Magical Mystery TourThe Beatles
Paul's BoutiqueBeastie Boys
Ace of SpadesMotorhead
Sky Blue SkyWilco
Tre HombresZZ Top
MoondanceVan Morrison
The Unforgettable FireU2
NevermindNirvana
Some GirlsThe Rolling Stones
Morrison HotelThe Doors
Raising HellRun-D.M.C.
Greetings From Asbury ParkBruce Springsteen
Goes To HeavenGrateful Dead
Pet SoundsThe Beach Boys
Consolers of the LonelyThe Raconteurs
Workingman's DeadGrateful Dead
TenPearl Jam
At Filmore EastAllman Brothers Band
SuperunknownSoundgarden
I And Love And YouThe Avett Brothers
OdelayBeck
Researching the BluesRedd Kross
Moving PicturesRush
The B-52'sThe B-52's
The Battle Of Los AngelesRage Against The Machine
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DevoDevo
Nothing's ShockingJane's Addiction
Gun For YouThe Greenhornes
FunkadelicFunkadelic
Willy And The Poor BoysCreedance Clearwater Revival
Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-HopBoogie Down Productions
Up On The SunMeat Puppets
In the Court of the Crimson KingKing Crimson
The Number of the BeastIron Maiden
Siamese DreamSmashing Pumpkins
End Of The SilenceRollins Band
Alive!KISS
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex PistolsSex Pistols
Cheap ThrillsBig Brother & The Holding Company
PretendersPretenders
ManassasStephen Stills
DestroyerKISS
Dreamboat AnnieHeart
Rock OnHumble Pie
Kind Of BlueMiles Davis
Surrealistic PillowJefferson Airplane
Hot RatsFrank Zappa
Armed ForcesElvis Costello and the Attractions
Disraeli GearsCream
Rage Against The MachineRage Against The Machine
Freak Out!The Mothers of Invention
Paralell LinesBlondie
Are You ExperiencedJimi Hendrx Experience
LapalcoBrendan Benson
VolunteersJefferson Airplane
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us BackPublic Enemy
Back in BlackAC/DC
ZumaNeil Young & Crazy Horse
AqualungJethro Tull
Weezer (Blue Album)Weezer
Black SabbathBlack Sabbath
TimThe Replacements
Ritual De Lo HabitualJane's Addiction
Sweet Baby JamesJames Taylor
 

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