Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 12. Ten – Pearl Jam (83 Viewers)

[rockaction]

I think I bricked on a few albums that I really should have put in. I'll break down the decades

50s - 2
60s - 9
70s - 18
80s - 7
90s - 7
00s - 19
10s - 7
20s - 1

 

[MAC_32]

A comprehensive breakdown of my list

Awesome: 70
Not awesome: 0

 

[rockaction]

A comprehensive breakdown of my list

Awesome: 70
Not awesome: 0

Tooooooooooooooooo

shay.

Love this.

 

[Ilov80s]

Here is my official breakdown my decade

50s- 7
60s- 13
70s- 13
80s- 5
90s- 10
00s- 11
10s- 9
20s- 2

Username doesn’t check out.

I intentionally did not pay attention to year when I made the list. I paid attention to things like genre and recent discovery vs favorite from my youth, etc. So I was a little surprised most by how many 70s albums I had and how few 80s albums because in general I think I like 80s music more than 70s.

 

[Ilov80s]

I think I bricked on a few albums that I really should have put in. I'll break down the decades

50s - 2
60s - 9
70s - 18
80s - 7
90s - 7
00s - 19
10s - 7
20s - 1

No doubt we all bricked on a few. I am ready to cringe when I see some of these albums that I never even thought of.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

30 lists in

We now have our 5th #1 album that only appears on that one list - those five 70 pointers are tied for 230th place. One of those albums often appear near the top of Top Albums of All-Time lists.

Everyone's Top 10 selections will make the Top 300 (at this point) even those that only appear on one list.

From 229-300 every album appears on only one or two lists.

The #1 overall album appears on 17 of the 30 lists submitted.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Everyone's Top 10 selections will make the Top 300 (at this point) even those that only appear on one list.

I may some help for two of my Top 10 to remain above the cut line

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Everyone's Top 10 selections will make the Top 300 (at this point) even those that only appear on one list.

I may some help for two of my Top 10 to remain above the cut line

Probably 10-15 more lists coming in.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

So "live" albums such as "Frampton Comes Alive" or Kiss "Alive" are ok?

Only one of these albums has received any mentions - You may be surprised at the results.

 

[Barry2]

11 albums that are female only
9 albums discovered from rockaction punk thread
9 days until the results
4 DMs sent to Dr.Oc because copy and paste is hard
2 albums that are a little embarrassing

 

[Uruk-Hai]

2 albums that are a little embarrassing

Get out of here with that. It's music, man. Love what you love.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

ok ...initial hardcore 1st draft complete.

24 albums on the "almost made it list" but not ready to say they can't make an appearance.

I have ranked them through a combination of how much I played them at the time they came out (or when I bought them), how much I have gone back to them, and where they are roughly in where they rank in all-time favorites.

I have always been an "album listener" - not exclusively, I have plenty of playlists but folks that have never made a habit of listening to the entire product an artist has created really misses the experience that was intended.

and of course ...lot's of Todd.

ETA: looks like 60 of my albums will be from the 60s and mostly 70s

 

[rockaction]

9 albums discovered from rockaction punk thread

Seriously makes the time spent on the countdown worth it (even if it ended abruptly). Thanks for the shout-out, Barry2! I’m thrilled somebody remembers and dug it!

 

[Chaos34]

Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble

 

[Chaos34]

Didn't do the distribution by years but I'm heaviest from the 75-85 era.

I just pasted my work in progress into Claude (Gemini, ChatGpt probably do the same). My prompt was simply: Sort this sheet by decade of the album's release.

Albums by Decade​

• 1960s: 1 album (2.1%)
• 1970s: 18 albums (37.5%)
• 1980s: 8 albums (16.7%)
• 1990s: 11 albums (22.9%)
• 2000s: 4 albums (8.3%)
• 2010s: 6 albums (12.5%)

Edit: Also AI makes mistakes. I caught one from the 50s and had it double check. It found a couple more mistakes and that started a good conversation. This is the corrected list.

Albums by Decade (Summary Only)​

1950s: 1 album (2.1%)
1960s: 2 albums (4.2%)
1970s: ~20 albums (41.7%)
1980s: ~6 albums (12.5%)
1990s: ~11 albums (22.9%)
2000s: ~4 albums (8.3%)
2010s: ~4 albums (8.3%)

Five Ten minutes to get it right. Better than doing it the old fashioned way.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble

Rank however you like but certainly don’t rank what you think you “should” just because it’s historically well liked

Mine is largely albums I listened to the most. So that leaves out a lot of my favorite artists simply because I got into them more via a greatest hits / streaming

If I was doing best or most significant or whatever I’d rank differently

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

4 DMs sent to Dr.Oc because copy and paste is hard

I'm just about to try this. I may explode.

Well, that didn't work. And I have no idea how to delete the defective PM.

Sorry, @Dr. Octopus

Now I'm waiting for my tech support.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My list breakdown is as follows:

30's - 1
60's - 1
70's - 29
80's - 22
90's - 12
00's - 3
10's - 1

There are 5 live albums and one soundtrack.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

It seems third time's the charm. I finally got it all to post correctly. Thanks, Mister Tech Support!

Now if I could just figure out how to delete old PM's.

 

[turnjose7]

My list breakdown is as follows:

30's - 1
60's - 1
70's - 29
80's - 22
90's - 12
00's - 3
10's - 1

There are 5 live albums and one soundtrack.

Some else with music from the 1930s!

 

[turnjose7]

Jazz really is a problem for me. Lifelong best buddy and college roommate was/is a terrific sax player and got me into jazz 45 years ago. If I'm treating this like a desert island library it's gonna be a 3rd or more jazz. I'm fighting it to be normal and include the Beatles and/or Stones whom are not making my list along with a long list of lesser usual suspects like Zep. Then there's my love of other instrumental music that runs in the background here daily. Punk? One album and done. Classic rock/prog/grunge? Limited representation atm but high rankings. 17 slots available and I covered 80s alt/indie first thing cuz it's a must. /ramble

I'd say don't let it be a problem. Do what you like. I don't have a ton a jazz but do have several albums on there. And I certainly didn't go with what I thought is historically seen as the best, with a big part of my list being jam rock concert albums (the kind with something like 7 songs comprising a double album), some of which probably no one else has even heard of.

Interestingly, despite the improvisational nature of jazz, a large percentage of my jazz entries are normal studio albums, and a lot more of my rock entries are the live jam stuff. Not sure what that means.

 

[Ghost Rider]

My list was as follows...

60s - 4
70s - 20
80s - 12
90s - 12
00s - 18
10s - 3
20s - 1

And I intentionally did not allow more than three albums per band/solo artist.

 

[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.

 

[KarmaPolice]

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.

All are on tim's list?

 

[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.

All are on tim's list?

one is.

 

[rockaction]

1,247 different albums have been selected with 916 of them on only one list.

So about three quarters of the albums are on one list only, huh? I don't know if that sounds normal, but it seems like a very diverse selection of records in the end. Perhaps people are just that diverse with music. I would expect it from this board, but not from people in general. Perhaps the proliferation of music over the past sixty-five years has really meant a diversification of taste for pretty much everybody.

 

[Ghost Rider]

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.

In all fairness, the Doobies and CSNY probably both only have one album of note (The Captain and Me, Deja Vu), although you never know. Sabbath has a bunch of great albums, but I could see one album dominating the majority of mentions in something like this. Swift is an artist where you can ask 10 fans what their favorite album of hers is and you might get 10 different answers.

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.

All are on tim's list?

Two of her albums made my top 70. (and probably not the obvious ones)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

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.

CSNY (as opposed to CSN) only made three studio albums and one live album, so that part's not a huge surprise.

 

[Ilov80s]

1,247 different albums have been selected with 916 of them on only one list.

So about three quarters of the albums are on one list only, huh? I don't know if that sounds normal, but it seems like a very diverse selection of records in the end. Perhaps people are just that diverse with music. I would expect it from this board, but not from people in general. Perhaps the proliferation of music over the past sixty-five years has really meant a diversification of taste for pretty much everybody.

There is just so much good music and of so many different genres and styles. I could probably submit a second list that had 70 different albums and I would feel very proud of it.

 

[rockaction]

1,247 different albums have been selected with 916 of them on only one list.

So about three quarters of the albums are on one list only, huh? I don't know if that sounds normal, but it seems like a very diverse selection of records in the end. Perhaps people are just that diverse with music. I would expect it from this board, but not from people in general. Perhaps the proliferation of music over the past sixty-five years has really meant a diversification of taste for pretty much everybody.

There is just so much good music and of so many different genres and styles. I could probably submit a second list that had 70 different albums and I would feel very proud of it.

I agree and would go one further in that I feel like I could submit seventy different artists and feel really good about it.

 

[Chaos34]

There is no possible way I can feel really good about any of this nonsensical fool's errand.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

In all fairness, the Doobies and CSNY probably both only have one album of note (The Captain and Me, Deja Vu), although you never know.

Well, I have an LP by one of them on my list and it's neither of those you mentioned.

 

[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.

In all fairness, the Doobies and CSNY probably both only have one album of note (The Captain and Me, Deja Vu), although you never know. Sabbath has a bunch of great albums, but I could see one album dominating the majority of mentions in something like this. Swift is an artist where you can ask 10 fans what their favorite album of hers is and you might get 10 different answers.

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.

All are on tim's list?

Two of her albums made my top 70. (and probably not the obvious ones)

Just picked the bands kind of randomly but get your point.

 

[KarmaPolice]

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.

All are on tim's list?

one is.

that's right - tim's the weirdo with one album since the beginning of CDs.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

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.

All are on tim's list?

one is.

that's right - tim's the weirdo with one album since the beginning of CDs.

His most recent album is much more recent than my most recent album. I have nothing after 2004.

 

[krista4]

@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.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I'm not quite done with final rankings but here is my breakdown by decade:

1960s 7
1970s 10
1980s 17
1990s 17
2000s 14
2010s 4
2020s 1

 

[Psychopav]

@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.

 

[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.

You don't read his posts, do you?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My list breakdown is as follows:

30's - 1
60's - 1
70's - 29
80's - 22
90's - 12
00's - 3
10's - 1

There are 5 live albums and one soundtrack.

Some else with music from the 1930s!

I did mention I had one album from the 30's. It made the cut easily.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

ok, I feel much better about my selections knowing that you guys listen to Taylor Swift

 

[Psychopav]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

 

[Don Quixote]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

I think those were confirmed allowed earlier in the thread.

 

[Ilov80s]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

You can. The challenge with classical is 5 people could all want to put Beethoven's 5th as a choice. One person could choose John Eliot Gardiner's recording, another Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, another choose his dad Erich's recording. Plus there is Bernstein and Karajan with the Berlin Phil. Plus there is the classic Furtwangler and modern Barenboim. So 5 people could choose Beethoven's 5th but because they are all different artists and different albums, none of them may make the final countdown.

 

[Yo Mama]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

You can. The challenge with classical is 5 people could all want to put Beethoven's 5th as a choice. One person could choose John Eliot Gardiner's recording, another Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, another choose his dad Erich's recording. Plus there is Bernstein and Karajan with the Berlin Phil. Plus there is the classic Furtwangler and modern Barenboim. So 5 people could choose Beethoven's 5th but because they are all different artists and different albums, none of them may make the final countdown.

I’d be fine if those would all be grouped/added together in the rankings if that were to happen.

 

[Psychopav]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

You can. The challenge with classical is 5 people could all want to put Beethoven's 5th as a choice. One person could choose John Eliot Gardiner's recording, another Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, another choose his dad Erich's recording. Plus there is Bernstein and Karajan with the Berlin Phil. Plus there is the classic Furtwangler and modern Barenboim. So 5 people could choose Beethoven's 5th but because they are all different artists and different albums, none of them may make the final countdown.

I’d be fine if those would all be grouped/added together in the rankings if that were to happen.

Ditto.

 

[krista4]

@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.

 

[krista4]

@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.

You don't read his posts, do you?

Apparently the problem is I read too many of his posts.

 

[Ilov80s]

Are we ranking classical or Broadway albums?

I'm thinking for example about Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Les Miserables.

You can. The challenge with classical is 5 people could all want to put Beethoven's 5th as a choice. One person could choose John Eliot Gardiner's recording, another Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, another choose his dad Erich's recording. Plus there is Bernstein and Karajan with the Berlin Phil. Plus there is the classic Furtwangler and modern Barenboim. So 5 people could choose Beethoven's 5th but because they are all different artists and different albums, none of them may make the final countdown.

I’d be fine if those would all be grouped/added together in the rankings if that were to happen.

Me too though that might have changed how I ranked. But it’s also altered by the fact they don’t just release one symphony on one album. Kleiber’s 5th also has the 7th. Karajan’s album has 5th and 6th. Simon Rattle’s album has all 9 Beethoven symphonies. Tough to really say they are all the same.

 

[krista4]

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.