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Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (171 Viewers)
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Black has been added.12. Ten – Pearl Jam (868 points)
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Ten is the debut studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991, through Epic Records. Following the dissolution of their previous band Mother Love Bone in 1990, bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began rehearsing with new guitarist Mike McCready. The group recorded a five-song instrumental demo tape that included contributions from Matt Cameron on drums. Copies of the demo were eventually given to drummer Dave Krusen and vocalist Eddie Vedder, both of whom were invited to audition for the band in Seattle. Many of the songs on Ten were instrumental jams or reworked Mother Love Bone songs for which Vedder provided lyrics.
Black is my favorite Pearl Jam song. When we did the MAD American Artist countdown, it was my #1 overall song. So I have to go with it for the playlist, even though there are so many other great songs. I seriously considered Release but could not pull the trigger.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Since you both were high rankers you each get to pick a song for the playlist.
Pip's Invitation
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Radiohead was not a band I paid a lot of attention to until OK Computer came out. I at first figured they were going to be a one-hit MTV wonder, then I thought the most-played songs from The Bends -- Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry and My Iron Lung -- were better, but they were not anything that was going to prompt me to take a deep dive (see what I did there?). Then I saw the ecstatic reviews for OK Computer, and noticed that some of my music-geek friends were geeking out about it particularly hard, so I decided to check it out, And it was as good as advertised. All of the best elements of prog, post-punk and "alternative" music were here. Its popularity defied a lot of conventional wisdom about the music industry, which I touched on when I discussed the Failure documentary: Some of the songs have A LOT going on with them, more than you would expect the average listener to be able to absorb. And one of those songs was the first single, Paranoid Android. Yet, thanks to the inroads made by the first two albums and the embracing of the record by key opinion leaders back when that kind of thing mattered more, OK Computer was a hit and quickly became rightly regarded as one of the best albums of the decade. It hit me hard and I went out and got The Bends and fell in love with the deep tracks there.11. OK Computer – Radiohead (879 points)
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OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine's Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997. They distanced themselves from the guitar-centred, lyrically introspective style of their previous album, The Bends. OK Computer's abstract lyrics, densely layered sound and eclectic influences laid the groundwork for Radiohead's later, more experimental work.
When my son was in utero, we made an iPod playlist for his room, which he still has today, 14 years later. It's mostly the Disney music that my wife loves, but also includes lullaby versions of seven of my favorite songs, one of which is "No Surprises." So that would be my pick for the playlist.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
Is BP going to have a top 10 song?
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
Psychopav
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Only if Doc Oc waits until Monday to announce it.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Wow. Got it (I think). And I’m very surprised.Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
krista4
Footballguy
Wow. Got it. And I’m very surprised.Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
I am totally missing whatever this interaction was.
Pip and I are debating the order of the top 10. And by "debating," I mean that I've acknowledged he's probably more right than I am. There's one in there that I'm really excited and surprised to see make it. I have only four of the top 10 on my list.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
clearly it's Night Rocker.Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
opps sorry to spoil #10
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I have 5 of the top 9 on my list. The album that I just guessed is the tenth is not on mine. Great album though. Listening to it right now.Wow. Got it. And I’m very surprised.Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
I am totally missing whatever this interaction was.
Pip and I are debating the order of the top 10. And by "debating," I mean that I've acknowledged he's probably more right than I am. There's one in there that I'm really excited and surprised to see make it. I have only four of the top 10 on my list.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Of the projected top 10 I have:Wow. Got it. And I’m very surprised.Pretty sure i know!I’ve got 9 of them but I’m blanking on the 10th. I’ll figure it out.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
I am totally missing whatever this interaction was.
Pip and I are debating the order of the top 10. And by "debating," I mean that I've acknowledged he's probably more right than I am. There's one in there that I'm really excited and surprised to see make it. I have only four of the top 10 on my list.
3 in my top 10 (including my #1)
3 in my top 11-70
4 not on my ballot
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I have 8 of the final 10 figured out, but I am blanking out on the other two. I am not a rap or hip hop guy, so maybe there is an album or two coming from those worlds that I am just not thinking about.
krista4
Footballguy
MAC_32
Footballguy
By my count I've only got...4 (snicker) left and haven't been paying enough attention to what else is on / off to take any sorta guess outside of one, which was the chalk cut to get down to 70 I mentioned earlier today.Ok, now I have sussed out the top 10, as I suspect most have. Just what order…. The one I called out to KP before we began as “I hope this isn’t #1” is still out there.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
My official top 10 albums and order guesses have been submitted to krista and Don Q. 
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I’m pretty sure I now have the final 10 albums correct. I’ll now try to arrange them in order.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You people are gods. I have no idea what they are.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
A pm could be sent....
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Or I could learn to live with the suspense. For about two days.
Lord Lucan
Footballguy
If I've got the top 10 right, then the geographical origin of the bands involved is going to contrast sharply with, say, Rolling Stone magazine's top 10.
I will. I like them a lot. They finished #40 on my artist countdown (between Jeff Beck and John Coltrane, so definitely among the all-time greats), and that was almost certainly underrating them. All three of the albums were on my short list (as was Animals). But the idea that there are three Floyd albums better than any album by The Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, or Bob Dylan is absurd.
zamboni
Footballguy
I don't think the rankings indicate which albums are better (which is very subjective) than others - it all boils down to personal preference/choice.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Okay, i figured out the last two, I think. I forgot that one band still has two monster albums left, not one, and I reckon a highly influential artist whom I respect more than I like still has one biggie to come.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Debut Albums that finished ahead of Led Zeppelin’s Debut Album
12. Ten – Pearl Jam (868 points)
19. Boston – Boston (737 points)
24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)
26. The Cars – The Cars (614 points)
36. Van Halen – Van Halen (489 points)
39. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix Experience (437 points)
53. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols (373 points)
56 (tie). Rage Against The Machine– Rage Against The Machine (366 points)
59. Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd – Lynyrd Skynyrd (354 points)
64. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (340 points)
67. Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf (332 points)
69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
77. Funeral – Arcade Fire (305 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)
12. Ten – Pearl Jam (868 points)
19. Boston – Boston (737 points)
24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (645 points)
26. The Cars – The Cars (614 points)
36. Van Halen – Van Halen (489 points)
39. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix Experience (437 points)
53. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols (373 points)
56 (tie). Rage Against The Machine– Rage Against The Machine (366 points)
59. Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd – Lynyrd Skynyrd (354 points)
64. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (340 points)
67. Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf (332 points)
69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
77. Funeral – Arcade Fire (305 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
10. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd (883 points)
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Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US, their first for the label. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975 at EMI Studios in London.
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Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US, their first for the label. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975 at EMI Studios in London.
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zamboni
Footballguy
Very easily could have gone with this, or the next one to follow, over Animals. Just happened to be an Animals day for me when I made the list and stuck with one album per artist.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Perfection. I had this at 14, but I easily could have had it at number 1 or 2 if not for the presence of the GOAT and if I had just put my top 3 Floyd records at 1-2-3 like I can most days.
Dwayne_Castro
Footballguy
This album is one of those for me that has no skips. Everything on it deserves a listen. I won’t even suggest a song for the playlist since I like all songs on this album equally well.10. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd (883 points)
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Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US, their first for the label. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975 at EMI Studios in London.
zamboni
Footballguy
For accessible listening purposes, my vote would be to tip our hats off to Roy Harper or go with the obvious title track. Obviously up to Yo Mama though.This album is one of those for me that has no skips. Everything on it deserves a listen. I won’t even suggest a song for the playlist since I like all songs on this album equally well.10. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd (883 points)
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Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the US, their first for the label. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975 at EMI Studios in London.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Well, that took one post for my rankings to be wrong. 
krista4
Footballguy
Well, that took one post for my rankings to be wrong.
I predicted this at #10 in a message to Pip last night, though the reason I thought so is a little
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Juxtatarot
Footballguy
I agree. “Better” is a concept in rankings like these that is best ignored. This ranking project is largely about collective favorites, but even that is murky. People rank however they want.
I was thinking about this last night. I’ve been listening to a lot of our top 30 albums over the last several days. Some I ranked, some I didn’t rank but know fairly well, and others I only knew the popular songs. Some don’t click with me but I still appreciate how others see them as great and I have no issue with that.
Anyway, last night I took a break from these albums and was listening to a 2023 album by Geese called 3D Country. I love it but didn’t rank it as nobody else was going to and I already had enough albums like that. I wanted to rank more of my favorite albums that others here liked too. Geese have less than a million Spotify monthly listeners. Although they have some indie credit, they will never be a universally popular band especially in the age we are in today.
As I was listening to 3D Country, I thought how foolish to me it seemed that any of these Floyd, Beatles or others albums were somehow objectively better than it. It’s just a personal preference. I believe there are thousands of albums like this. It’s all in the eye of the beholder and whatever rating criteria they choose to apply.
For full disclosure, I was high last night but I’m sober now and have the same opinion.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
I think I'll have only 5 of the top 10 on my list. Maybe only 4.
Also - going to say something pretty controversial on this board, I suppose.
With likely 3 albums in the top 10 and 4 in the top 20, Pink Floyd is a little overrated here.
Certainly one of the best bands of all-time. No shade for that. But the weighting of these albums is a touch skewed by this particular audience.
Also - going to say something pretty controversial on this board, I suppose.
With likely 3 albums in the top 10 and 4 in the top 20, Pink Floyd is a little overrated here.
Certainly one of the best bands of all-time. No shade for that. But the weighting of these albums is a touch skewed by this particular audience.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Yeah, I think Dr. O said at the outset that he did not want something that was just like a Rolling Stone magazine list of greatest albums. Wanted people to actually list their favorites. I’m not a big Pink Floyd fan, but tracks with the FFA crowd for sure, and I think a sign that mission accomplished.
zamboni
Footballguy
How do you define overrated in this context? People rate them as they like them. If I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, the Beatles will have 3 albums in the top 13.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
We have a fairly homogenized pool of participants with particular likes. I doubt if you went to any outside source or polled a much more diverse audience, that we'd get 3 Pink Floyd albums in the top 10. You *might* (but probably wouldn't) get 3 Beatles albums in the top 10 either.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I love Pink Floyd, and had 2 of their albums on my list, but a Top 10 list that has 3 Pink Floyd albums on it is by definition over-rating them. It just happens that we have a lot of Pink Floyd fans in this small sample size of paticipants.
That's fine though - this is merely a consensus of those that participated.
zamboni
Footballguy
Good points. I think as the funnel has narrowed to the top, it's become more predictable based on our audience. I guess if you took another sample of 100 music aficionados predominantly in their 40s/50s, you'd probably get similar results. Definitely a demographic thing at play.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
This is all I was saying. It should take nothing away from their greatness.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
9. The Wall – Pink Floyd (893 points)
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The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records. It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation. The Wall topped the US charts for 15 weeks and reached number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The bassist, Roger Waters, conceived The Wall during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh tour, modelling the character of Pink after himself and the former member Syd Barrett. Recording spanned from December 1978 to November 1979. The producer Bob Ezrin helped to refine the concept and bridge tensions during recording, as the band members were struggling with personal and financial problems. The keyboardist, Richard Wright, was fired by Waters during production but stayed on during the tour as a salaried musician.
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The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records. It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation. The Wall topped the US charts for 15 weeks and reached number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The bassist, Roger Waters, conceived The Wall during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh tour, modelling the character of Pink after himself and the former member Syd Barrett. Recording spanned from December 1978 to November 1979. The producer Bob Ezrin helped to refine the concept and bridge tensions during recording, as the band members were struggling with personal and financial problems. The keyboardist, Richard Wright, was fired by Waters during production but stayed on during the tour as a salaried musician.
Dwayne_Castro
Footballguy
The subjective nature of this exercise makes it so. My affinity for classic rock means that Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and others are going to rate very highly. Artists like Radiohead and Metallica aren’t on my radar. Doesn’t mean they aren’t great. They’re just not in my wheelhouse.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
Not a big Floyd fan at all. Wish is 66th on my list and the only one from them. Guess I'm not as chalky as I feared.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I agree - admittedly, I’m not a big PF fan but I do really like some of their songs. I’m not shocked they are doing this well with this group but a little surprised.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Awesome that there are two #1s because I think that means two additions to the playlist. I have already decided on the song I wanted to add but knew my choice would not be popular and perhaps even ridiculed. Now I’m not as concerned with that.9. The Wall – Pink Floyd (893 points)
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The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records. It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation. The Wall topped the US charts for 15 weeks and reached number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The bassist, Roger Waters, conceived The Wall during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh tour, modelling the character of Pink after himself and the former member Syd Barrett. Recording spanned from December 1978 to November 1979. The producer Bob Ezrin helped to refine the concept and bridge tensions during recording, as the band members were struggling with personal and financial problems. The keyboardist, Richard Wright, was fired by Waters during production but stayed on during the tour as a salaried musician.
I’m picking “The Trial”. In recent years, it is the song I look forward to the most whenever I listen to the album.
TEAR DOWN THE WALL!
Gives me chills every time.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I will say I am a tad shocked that PF will do that much better than the Stones. I thought they would do about the same here with the Beatles “beating” both of them.
