Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 173. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu Tang Clan (41 Viewers)

[Don Quixote]

I am confused I thought Wu Tang was already on the list and we added Protect Your Neck? Or was this a recalculation due to a missing vote?

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Jul 7, 2025

331 (tie). Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu Tang Clan (80 points)

@SayChowda #2
@Ilov80s #60

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released on November 9, 1993, by Loud Records and RCA Records. The recording sessions took place during late 1992 to early 1993 at Firehouse Studio in New York City, and the album was produced by the group's de facto leader RZA. Its title originates from the martial arts films Enter the Dragon (1973) and...

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[Pip's Invitation]

174 (tie). Music from Big Pink – The Band (138 points)

@zamboni #21
@turnjose7 #30
@Don Quixote #40
@timschochet #58
@Pip's Invitation #68

Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by the Canadian-American rock band the Band. Released on July 1, 1968, by Capitol Records, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, blues, and soul. The album's title refers to a house in West Saugerties, New York called "Big Pink", which was shared by bassist/singer Rick Danko, pianist/singer Richard Manuel and keyboardist Garth Hudson and in which the album's music was partly composed. The album itself was recorded at A & R Recording in New York and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles in early 1968, and followed the band's stint backing Bob Dylan on his 1966 tour (as the Hawks) and time spent together in upstate New York recording material that was officially released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes, also with Dylan. The cover artwork is a painting by Dylan. In 2000, the album was re-released with additional outtakes from the recording sessions, and in 2018, a "50th Anniversary Super Deluxe" edition was released with a new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain.

Basically the birthplace of "Americana". There's more to it than that, though. It's a heartfelt and dynamic record that features incredible interplay by the band's three main vocalists, and it established Robbie Robertson as one of his generation's premier songwriters.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I guess it's very states-centric to me to find it odd that a Canadian band is the birthplace of Americana.

 

[titusbramble]

I guess it's very states-centric to me to find it odd that a Canadian band is the birthplace of Americana.

I also wonder if this is not the last Americana we see

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I am confused I thought Wu Tang was already on the list and we added Protect Your Neck? Or was this a recalculation due to a missing vote?

Long Ball Larry pointed out he had it ranked high on his list but called the album "Enter the 36 Chambers" so it went back in the pot until now.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I guess it's very states-centric to me to find it odd that a Canadian band is the birthplace of Americana.

It was all about Levon Helm.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I guess it's very states-centric to me to find it odd that a Canadian band is the birthplace of Americana.

North Americana?

(And they were 1/5 American thanks to Levon Helm.)

 

[KarmaPolice]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

 

[Ilov80s]

I guess it's very states-centric to me to find it odd that a Canadian band is the birthplace of Americana.

North Americana?

(And they were 1/5 American thanks to Levon Helm.)

Yeah but I think we all know Americana is really about the roots music from the US, particularly the South. It's just an odd coincidence that the band that did it first and best was mostly Canadian.

 

[krista4]

174 (tie). Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips (138 points)

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@kupcho1 #38
@Dr. Octopus #41
@Scoresman #43

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on July 16, 2002, by Warner Bros. Records. The album saw the band pursue a more electronic direction than previous efforts, incorporating acoustic guitars and rhythms influenced by hip hop and top 40 music. The album was well-received critically and commercially, helping the band break into popularity, and was adapted into a musical in 2012. In 2022, the band announced a 20th anniversary box set version of the album and that they would perform the album in full twice in early 2023.

Hmph. Would have sworn I had this, and probably top half. Another mystery deletion by me.

You had another album by the same band listed, but not this one.

Yeah, I meant to have them both. I actually prefer this one slightly to the other.

 

[KarmaPolice]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Rethink that plural: Of the seven CCR original albums, only one has no covers.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

Thank god KP didn't grow up in the 50s/60s when most songs were cover songs.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Rethink that plural: Of the seven CCR original albums, only one has no covers.

If a cover song falls in the woods...

 

[Pip's Invitation]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

Thank god KP didn't grow up in the 50s/60s when most songs were cover songs.

He would have listened to Buddy Holly and nothing else.

 

[Don Quixote]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

Thank god KP didn't grow up in the 50s/60s when most songs were cover songs.

He would have listened to Buddy Holly and nothing else.

Would have skipped by Rave On though.

 

[Psychopav]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

Does this have anything to do with raisins? Would you have skipped it in the 70s, I wonder?

 

[KarmaPolice]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Rethink that plural: Of the seven CCR original albums, only one has no covers.

I'm aware. I am 2 for 2 with albums of theirs with a cover as well. They are short and 1 I dont love but it doesn't bother me as much since it's about 3min.

Grapevine is just not a song I loved to begin with, it got played to me in commercials and such, and it's too long for my ears.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Rethink that plural: Of the seven CCR original albums, only one has no covers.

I'm aware. I am 2 for 2 with albums of theirs with a cover as well. They are short and 1 I dont love but it doesn't bother me as much since it's about 3min.

Grapevine is just not a song I loved to begin with, it got played to me in commercials and such, and it's too long for my ears.

You don't like the Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight versions? YOU MONSTER!

 

[KarmaPolice]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.

Their cover is fantastic - such a jam.

I don't share your high praise, but its a quality cover. I still skip it if I am listening to the album though, so I had to give others of theirs the votes for this.

Thank god KP didn't grow up in the 50s/60s when most songs were cover songs.

Hey, I just got scolded in the other thread for posting something similar!

 

[Mt. Man]

180 (tie). Sublime – Sublime (136 points)

Sublime was an artist I got introduced to through an earlier album, though it's the self-titled third album that's the strong one for me. Here are the bigger hits, though I still really enjoy "What I Got" and "Wrong Way". Not to mention that I usually sing along with "Santeria" when it comes on the radio, even though I hear it pretty often. Though there are some deeper cuts I enjoy just as much. I'm definitely good with "Santeria", but I'd also be behind "Burritos" as a deeper cut. Or "Doin' Time, complete with its partial use of "Summertime". I should throw "Pawn Shop" and "Caress Me Down" (who's lyrics on the album, IIRC, read simply 'Learn Spanish') some love too.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Yep. Which is why I'd vote for "Run Through The Jungle".

No idea about Mr R. I'll ask him when he gets back.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

174 (tie). Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival (138 points)

Incredible collection of songs.

Surprised this is as low as it is but still happy to see it here. The high ranking definitely has something to do with it being one of my two year old granddaughters favorite album (another one coming up later, I’m sure). Happy to get song recommendations from the other voters.

I'm fine with whatever you choose, just so long as it's a CCR song (e.g., not "I Heard It Through the Grapevine").

Hmm, i wonder why other CCR albums got my vote over this one.