Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (522 Viewers)

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

ok, I finished mine but it only has 22 albums mostly since I haven't listened to a lot of full albums and I didn't want to be intellectually dishonest and list albums that I haven't heard in full. Half of my stuff will be bottom 300 if it makes it at all.

80-3
90-10
2000-9

 

[Dennis Castro]

So, no answer then until Dr O has a chance to stop in.

I’m going to get my list in once I have guidance. OH is NOT going to do a list.

The list I submitted has a Broadway album.

 

[Psychopav]

Ok it ain't perfect or pretty, but it is done.

Here's my summary by decade:

1960s: 7
1970s: 11
1980s: 17
1990s: 21
2000s: 9
2010s: 1
2020s: 2

...With 2 that precede the 20th century.

Predictions:

Someone will have my #20 as their #1
Someone else will have my #1
3 of my top 5 will be in the top 300
I'm going to say 8 of my top 20 will be in the top 300
Finally, I would bet good money that I have one album on my list that no one and I mean no one has ever heard of (both the album and the artist, and it was a produced album, not something self-produced).

 

[higgins]

Doc Oc DM-ed with my list.

 

[shuke]

Well I guess it's time to get to work.

 

[Rand al Thor]

I hate to be a spoiler, but if Taylor Swift is getting lots of love from this group, I think it's pretty obvious that "Kissing to be Clever" is probably going to be the consensus number one.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

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.

Thanks for the update.
Out or curiousity where are the single entry #2’s landing?
By the time every list is in these solo #1 entries may struggle to make the top 300.

Looking forward to the rundown. My top 15 would likely have been solo entries, so only one or two would make the top 300.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

@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.

He said if you do it in excel just put them in separate columns.

Yes, and I’m not doing it in Excel, thanks.

He also mentioned Google docs. I haven't ever used it, so I have no idea if that's an option for you.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

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.

Thanks for the update.
Out or curiousity where are the single entry #2’s landing?
By the time every list is in these solo #1 entries may struggle to make the top 300.

Looking forward to the rundown. My top 15 would likely have been solo entries, so only one or two would make the top 300.

I fully expect that only about 19 of my albums will end up on anyone else's list. We may have to go through them one list at a time to find out.

(I'm also hoping that my 30's album is the same as the other one.)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

...With 2 that precede the 20th century.

Are they on Edison cylinders?

 

[Dennis Castro]

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.

Thanks for the update.
Out or curiousity where are the single entry #2’s landing?
By the time every list is in these solo #1 entries may struggle to make the top 300.

Looking forward to the rundown. My top 15 would likely have been solo entries, so only one or two would make the top 300.

I fully expect that only about 19 of my albums will end up on anyone else's list. We may have to go through them one list at a time to find out.

(I'm also hoping that my 30's album is the same as the other one.)

After what you wrote, I did a deep dive into what folks on teh net consider the top albums from the 1930s. Some really great and worthy stuff back there, I will have to let you know if any of my guesses are on your list. Sadly, it didn't even occur to me to look that far back.

Pre-20th century? There is only one non-classical artist, I can think of.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

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.

Thanks for the update.
Out or curiousity where are the single entry #2’s landing?
By the time every list is in these solo #1 entries may struggle to make the top 300.

Looking forward to the rundown. My top 15 would likely have been solo entries, so only one or two would make the top 300.

I fully expect that only about 19 of my albums will end up on anyone else's list. We may have to go through them one list at a time to find out.

(I'm also hoping that my 30's album is the same as the other one.)

After what you wrote, I did a deep dive into what folks on teh net consider the top albums from the 1930s. Some really great and worthy stuff back there, I will have to let you know if any of my guesses are on your list. Sadly, it didn't even occur to me to look that far back.

Pre-20th century? There is only one non-classical artist, I can think of.

I own the one on my list. It's a classic. (But not classical.)

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

There are several great classical songs that I like other than the big 2 Beetoven's 5th and Mozart's Requiem. I enjoy Chopin's raindrops and Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountian King. Of course we all love Toccata and Fugue and many other classical songs the get used in movies. Many moons ago, BP used to go to a fireworks show on the 4th of July and for the finale it was a rapid burst of fireworks set to the 1812 Overture so I always enjoyed that one. If I had put in a modicum of effort perhaps I could have found an album of classical music. Sadly, I don't think my John Williams Greatest hits album was eligible.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@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.

If you’re putting in a spreadsheet or Google sheet the hyphens are not necessary. I just put them there as separators for those typing out a list.

 

[El Floppo]

Wish I had had time the last month to put together a list... Will enjoy seeing all of yours

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Wish I had had time the last month to put together a list... Will enjoy seeing all of yours

Still a little time

 

[Dr. Octopus]

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.

Thanks for the update.
Out or curiousity where are the single entry #2’s landing?
By the time every list is in these solo #1 entries may struggle to make the top 300.

Looking forward to the rundown. My top 15 would likely have been solo entries, so only one or two would make the top 300.

At this point everyone’s Top 8 make the Top 300 without any “help”.

That will go down based on lists coming in.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

At this point everyone’s Top 8 make the Top 300 without any “help”.

With 35 lists in everyone's Top 5 appears in the Top 300 without any help.

The #1 album appears on 19 of the 35 lists.

alf of my stuff will be bottom 300 if it makes it at all.

14 of your 22 albums are in the Top 300 (as of now). Only 1 in the Top 25.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I hate to be a spoiler, but if Taylor Swift is getting lots of love from this group, I think it's pretty obvious that "Kissing to be Clever" is probably going to be the consensus number one.

She has one album cracking the Top 300 at this point.

 

[krista4]

List sent. I could have spent a lot of time worrying about the placement of #31-70, but given that many of them won't make it anyway, I decided not to quibble.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I hate to be a spoiler, but if Taylor Swift is getting lots of love from this group, I think it's pretty obvious that "Kissing to be Clever" is probably going to be the consensus number one.

Sorry, I'll go redo my list to only include men and only the manliest ones.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I hate to be a spoiler, but if Taylor Swift is getting lots of love from this group, I think it's pretty obvious that "Kissing to be Clever" is probably going to be the consensus number one.

Sorry, I'll go redo my list to only include men and only the manliest ones.

Like Rob Halford from Judas Priest?

 

[MAC_32]

I hate to be a spoiler, but if Taylor Swift is getting lots of love from this group, I think it's pretty obvious that "Kissing to be Clever" is probably going to be the consensus number one.

She has one album cracking the Top 300 at this point.

I don't recall how many I albums I started with, but 2 of hers were on there. Neither probably makes my top 100, but I'd have thought about one of them.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

 

[Dennis Castro]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

I'd hold off on that - it would probably create a flood of people doing the same - and some of those albums could wind up being ranked high by others.

 

[Chaos34]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

after the deadline before the start. i learned that lesson last time. someone reported me.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

37 lists in and its getting interesting.

Out of nowhere a new album overtakes the #1 overall slot.

The 5 albums ranked #1 by a submitter and not named on any list are clinging onto the Top 300 at #268. These albums will be revealed and it will not be so shocking (with one exception) that these albums do not make the Top 300. Those who love those albums will get their chance to talk about them before the countdown starts.

 

[Ilov80s]

37 lists in and its getting interesting.

Out of nowhere a new album overtakes the #1 overall slot.

The 5 albums ranked #1 by a submitter and not named on any list are clinging onto the Top 300 at #268. These albums will be revealed and it will not be so shocking (with one exception) that these albums do not make the Top 300. Those who love those albums will get their chance to talk about them before the countdown starts.

Based on the timing of a previous post, I believe one of them may be mine.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

list sent to @Dr. Octopus !

 

[Mister CIA]

Well I guess it's time to get to work.

Now you tell me!!

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Ok. I participated in this thing.
I did not take the time to do things by decade, but this is going to be pretty 80s-90s heavy.
Also, these are MY top 70 (which I suppose is correct in building a consensus), but there are certainly many great albums not represented on my top 70 and some that will make people question my sanity, I'm sure.

There was one I put on there that I wasn't sure if it was a greatest hits or not. But I chose to leave it.

 

[shuke]

List submitted. I haven't been an album guys for years. And even back in the day, a majority of my time was spent listening to unreleased live recordings.

While I have options to listen to whatever album I want to on Spotify, I hardly ever take the opportunity. I've been more interested finding variety, and focusing on few songs here and there from new artists. So my list is by no means a "greatest" or "top ever", it's my favorites, based on what I've actually listened to the most.

33 individual artists.

2 artists with 6 albums each.
3 artists with 5 albums each.
1 artist with 4 albums.
3 artists with 3 albums each.
6 artists with 2 albums each.
18 artists with 1 album each.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Strangely, I think I set out to only include 1 album per artist. But then there is 1 artist that appears 3 times.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

someone reported me.

I hope the mods told them to f off with that weak sauce

 

[Psychopav]

List submitted. I haven't been an album guys for years. And even back in the day, a majority of my time was spent listening to unreleased live recordings.

While I have options to listen to whatever album I want to on Spotify, I hardly ever take the opportunity. I've been more interested finding variety, and focusing on few songs here and there from new artists. So my list is by no means a "greatest" or "top ever", it's my favorites, based on what I've actually listened to the most.

33 individual artists.

2 artists with 6 albums each.
3 artists with 5 albums each.
1 artist with 4 albums.
3 artists with 3 albums each.
6 artists with 2 albums each.
18 artists with 1 album each.

Are you counting artists who were solo and with various bands separately?

For example, if you have a Beatles album, a Wings album, and a Paul McCartney album, would that count as 1 artist with 3 albums or 3 artists with 1 album each?

TIA, will answer yours, gll peas

 

[KarmaPolice]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

after the deadline before the start. i learned that lesson last time. someone reported me.

What??

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

after the deadline before the start. i learned that lesson last time. someone reported me.

What??

likely one of the usual suspects ....

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Ok it ain't perfect or pretty, but it is done.

Here's my summary by decade:

1960s: 7
1970s: 11
1980s: 17
1990s: 21
2000s: 9
2010s: 1
2020s: 2

...With 2 that precede the 20th century.

Predictions:

Someone will have my #20 as their #1
Someone else will have my #1
3 of my top 5 will be in the top 300
I'm going to say 8 of my top 20 will be in the top 300
Finally, I would bet good money that I have one album on my list that no one and I mean no one has ever heard of (both the album and the artist, and it was a produced album, not something self-produced).

I bet I have an album in my 1-10 range that is someone's #1.
I bet I have multiple albums not on my list that are in people's top 10
It's possible 20 or more of my albums aren't listed by anyone else.
It's possible that no one has heard of one of my albums, but I'm betting that with this sample size, probably at least one other person has.

 

[Yo Mama]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

I would think in this format (as opposed to the MAD formats) it would make sense to hold off on the just missed callouts until either that particular album gets revealed or until after the top 300 are announced.

Same with listing out your albums that didn’t make the top 300 before everything is revealed (unless Dr Oc wants to give out the highest ranking from each person to miss the top 300 like we did for TV).

I’m just a curmudgeon who likes to be surprised though, so that’s just my preference.

 

[SayChowda]

List sent. Was just going to follow along, but decided to throw a quick list together. I don't think I'll get too many matches, unless @rockaction or @AcerFC are in this.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

after the deadline before the start. i learned that lesson last time. someone reported me.

What??

And people tell YOU to put the bong down

 

[KarmaPolice]

is it ok to list my "almost made its"?

That would probably constitute spotlighting.

after the deadline before the start. i learned that lesson last time. someone reported me.

What??

And people tell YOU to put the bong down

Someone needs to pick the bong up and chill!

 

[shuke]

List submitted. I haven't been an album guys for years. And even back in the day, a majority of my time was spent listening to unreleased live recordings.

While I have options to listen to whatever album I want to on Spotify, I hardly ever take the opportunity. I've been more interested finding variety, and focusing on few songs here and there from new artists. So my list is by no means a "greatest" or "top ever", it's my favorites, based on what I've actually listened to the most.

33 individual artists.

2 artists with 6 albums each.
3 artists with 5 albums each.
1 artist with 4 albums.
3 artists with 3 albums each.
6 artists with 2 albums each.
18 artists with 1 album each.

Are you counting artists who were solo and with various bands separately?

For example, if you have a Beatles album, a Wings album, and a Paul McCartney album, would that count as 1 artist with 3 albums or 3 artists with 1 album each?

TIA, will answer yours, gll peas

Yes counting them separately.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

37 lists in and its getting interesting.

Out of nowhere a new album overtakes the #1 overall slot.

The 5 albums ranked #1 by a submitter and not named on any list are clinging onto the Top 300 at #268. These albums will be revealed and it will not be so shocking (with one exception) that these albums do not make the Top 300. Those who love those albums will get their chance to talk about them before the countdown starts.

Hypothetical: am I allowed to give the Liam Neeson speech in Taken to other posters at some point?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

41 lists in

1,527 albums named with 1,125 of them names only on one list.

It's likely going to take an album appearing on at least two lists to make the Top 300 now - the 70 pointers are tied for 300th place now.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Went and checked. I have one group with five albums, twelve with two, and one artist that appears three times with different listings.

And Mr R seems to be in. He's doing his list now.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I’ll take lists until midnight tomorrow - with the holiday weekend I’ll start the countdown on 7/7, but will comment on how the list shakes out and who is closest and furtherest from consensus, etc. leading up to the Countdown.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

41 lists in

1,527 albums named with 1,125 of them names only on one list.

It's likely going to take an album appearing on at least two lists to make the Top 300 now - the 70 pointers are tied for 300th place now.

We're gonna need a bigger list.

Seriously. Maybe 500?

 

[MAC_32]

I’ll take lists until midnight tomorrow - with the holiday weekend I’ll start the countdown on 7/7, but will comment on how the list shakes out and who is closest and furtherest from consensus, etc. leading up to the Countdown.

Furthest from the consensus winner, checking in.