Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 170. The Soft Bulletin – The Flaming Lips (129 Viewers)

[Dr. Octopus]

45 lists in

1,612 different albums selected with 1,163 listed only once

Still 7 albums ranked #1 that only appear on that one list - as stated before one of them I've seen ranked Top 10 in a few greatest albums of all time polls.

In a way, I wish this was best songs instead of best album.

They've been done

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

By expanding to 350 the "unique" #1 albums will make the countdown - unless we get a real last minute influx of lists (I'm not expecting that).

When I was starting a similar (now aborted) thing, I just said I would do the bottom end cutoff to be the exact points that would get a unique #1 pick in, rather than specify a number. If that meant it would be a top 343 countdown then those of us among us that are recognising "wait, that's seven cubed" could create all sorts of bizarre nonsense conspiracy theories

If we don't get many more lists in 350 should do it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I would have considered The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1. It has an immaculate track list and two songs that weren’t on their regular albums, one of which is very famous.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Oh, this is an interesting group:

NewBinky	33
Ilove80s	32
Uruk	32
krista	31
higgins	30

I feel good about being in such company!

How many of those unique Binky albums are by Todd?

 

[Yo Mama]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

Bob Marley Legend and Classic Yes for sure would have been in my top 70 if allowed. Both would have ranked highly, especially Classic Yes.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

it was painful to leave off:

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Squeeze: Singles

 

[Mister CIA]

List submitted. Like many, I rarely view music through the prism of an album any more, and in the end my list is quite chalky and contains just a few shoutouts to obscure stuff. There was some effort put into sorting the top 20, but beyond that it's all a fuzzy mess.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

How many of those unique Binky albums are by Todd?

30 of the 33 would be my guess

 

[Yo Mama]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

Bob Marley Legend and Classic Yes for sure would have been in my top 70 if allowed. Both would have ranked highly, especially Classic Yes.

Oh yeah forgot Squeeze Singles - that would have made my list too.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

how many of my albums did they knock off?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

Definitely would have had Eagles GH 71-75 in addition to your Marley, Sly, Beatles and Stones albums mentioned.

 

[zamboni]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Greatest Hits i would have had

Beatles - Red and Blue
Garth Brooks- The Hits (probably Top 25 or higher)
Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits

Probably The Who and the Skynyrd box set although that had a lot of demos and stuff

 

[shuke]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I would have had several - maybe 5 or 6?

Which were...

 

[shuke]

Neil Young's Decade for me, although I managed to put another Neil album in.

Forgot about this. Would have included.

 

[shuke]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

This album was ubiquitous to my high school years. Didn't hear it that much in college, where Legend seemed to reign king.

 

[shuke]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I wouldn't have, they're not albums.

I've never heard this stated in my life. Yes they are.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I never would have considered a greatest hits or a compilation album, but that's me.

Even though I have a lot of albums on my list that apparently no one else did, I suspect my number 1 album will finish pretty high, with a solid chance to finish number 1 overall.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

how many of my albums did they knock off?

2 - 9 (of 22) are in Top 300. Not sure if you'll get another one or two if we go to 350 but may.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I would have had several - maybe 5 or 6?

Which were...

Three Dog Night's Greatest Hits
The O'Jays Immaculate Collection
Whatever they were called that Motown did with the Temptations, Supremes, and the Four Tops in the early 80s. They were 3 or 4 disc collections with Smokey Robinson narrating them.
One of the 9 million George Jones collections.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

Collusion!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The 46th list comes in and the 70 pointer that I was surprised to see at the cut line got a 69 point selection skyrocketing that album up to 154th place.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

it was painful to leave off:

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Squeeze: Singles

I probably would have included Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea by the Cure, if allowed.

 

[Atomic Punk]

List will be incoming this evening. I’m just doing final tinkering … still trying to figure out how all of you did this so easily. I’ve been listening to my collection of albums for the past few weeks and struggling to make some cuts.

I mentioned this to a few friends and the common response is, “what are you nuts!”.

 

[Val Rannous]

I have a Deep Purple greatest hits

I didn't even know they had a greatest hits album. So many albums of theirs to choose from - I picked one to keep with my one per artist approach.

I couldn't limit myself to only 1 per artist, there are too many albums I really like by "certain" people. But to keep this from being too much of a samey-samey thing, I DID limit myself to a max of 3 per artist - which hurt on a couple of selections.

 

[Val Rannous]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I would have had several - maybe 5 or 6?

Which were...

Three Dog Night's Greatest Hits
The O'Jays Immaculate Collection
Whatever they were called that Motown did with the Temptations, Supremes, and the Four Tops in the early 80s. They were 3 or 4 disc collections with Smokey Robinson narrating them.
One of the 9 million George Jones collections.

Thought about "Best of the Guess Who" quite a bit as well.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

That’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. Anthology covers from the beginning to 1972.

 

[Barry2]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

Monty Python - The final rip off

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

That’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. Anthology covers from the beginning to 1972.

I kept buying it in every new media form and I didn't even like the songs all that much. It was like when a doctor hits your knee with one of those dwarf hammers.

 

[Chaos34]

still trying to figure out how all of you did this so easily. I’ve been listening to my collection of albums for the past few weeks and struggling to make some cuts.

I'm defiantly locked up at 75. I've been talking to Gemini about it and it's turned into a counseling session. This midnight deadline. What time zone?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

List will be incoming this evening. I’m just doing final tinkering … still trying to figure out how all of you did this so easily. I’ve been listening to my collection of albums for the past few weeks and struggling to make some cuts.

I mentioned this to a few friends and the common response is, “what are you nuts!”.

Wow. I spent like 15 minutes.

I'm sure when reading other lists I'll be

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

That’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. Anthology covers from the beginning to 1972.

I kept buying it in every new media form and I didn't even like the songs all that much. It was like when a doctor hits your knee with one of those dwarf hammers.

You can’t blame that on Wenner, he and his minions were never Miller fanboys after the first three albums.

 

[turnjose7]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

I have a lot of these and they are great but I wouldn't ever have included them in a list like this.

The one that I would consider because it just feels right is CCR's Chronicle. Pretty much universally acclaimed as one of the best compilations ever, spent 12 years on the chart, and just feels like it is an album that was always meant to be together. I probably listened to that one more than any greatest hits album.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

It’s quite sad that between the posts in this thread today and other thoughts that have popped into my head, I have realized I never considered a bunch of artists that I should have.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Just reading that conjures up the smell of stale keg beer at every college party.

That’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. Anthology covers from the beginning to 1972.

I kept buying it in every new media form and I didn't even like the songs all that much. It was like when a doctor hits your knee with one of those dwarf hammers.

You can’t blame that on Wenner, he and his minions were never Miller fanboys after the first three albums.

Oh, trust me. I will find a way

 

[Chaos34]

• 1950s: 3
• 1960s: 3 (likely gonna be 5)
• 1970s: 28
• 1980s: 22
• 1990s: 9
• 2000s: 1
• 2010s: 4
• 2020s: 1

 

[Chaos34]

It’s quite sad that between the posts in this thread today and other thoughts that have popped into my head, I have realized I never considered a bunch of artists that I should have.

I've been narrowing down jazz for a month. I'd guess I listed 35-40 on day one. It's down to 17 and was going lower, but I just remembered one wikkid and I loved hard and now I'm deadlocked at 76.

 

[Val Rannous]

• 1950s: 3
• 1960s: 3 (likely gonna be 5)
• 1970s: 28
• 1980s: 22
• 1990s: 9
• 2000s: 1
• 2010s: 4
• 2020s: 1

a 2020s album? Aren't you a little old to be raiding your kid's stuff?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead with Lyle Lovett's version of Friend of the Devil

Would this not be eligible? I included a tribute album on mine, because the versions of the songs were new (performed by new artists). Hope that was OK.

Might this involve a gent with very dark clothing?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

still trying to figure out how all of you did this so easily. I’ve been listening to my collection of albums for the past few weeks and struggling to make some cuts.

I'm defiantly locked up at 75. I've been talking to Gemini about it and it's turned into a counseling session. This midnight deadline. What time zone?

I’m in the ET zone. But any list I have when I wake up tomorrow will be included.

I just got another that I’ll get to later.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

It’s quite sad that between the posts in this thread today and other thoughts that have popped into my head, I have realized I never considered a bunch of artists that I should have.

In the end if you love all 70 of your albums that’s all that matters. I feel terrible leaving some stuff off but in the end I listened to all of them again the last month and I’m happy to include them.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

John Williams Greatest hits.

Is it on 40 CD's?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

Collusion!

I just got another list in from a member that just joined called Rannouschild.

Lots of Queen and Meatloaf. I’m suspicious.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

still trying to figure out how all of you did this so easily.

You think that was easy? Are you high? I struggled for ages, and I still missed one i would change right now if I could.

 

[Val Rannous]

@Mrs. Rannous and @Val Rannous combined power to bump a bunch of albums into the Top 350.

Collusion!

I just got another list in from a member that just joined called Rannouschild.

Lots of Queen and Meatloaf. I’m suspicious.

...and this is my other brother Darryl.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

John Williams Greatest hits.

Is it on 40 CD's?

I could have sworn it was a greatest hits alum with the Jaws and JP themes on it but apparently just srtar wars music

 

[Yo Mama]

Curious if anyone would have listed greatest hits if they were allowed. Not just based on how good the compilation of songs is, but how much you listened to it.

A few I would have considered:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sly and Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Best of Leonard Cohen (2009 release)

I also listened to these a crap ton when I was younger, but haven't for years so not sure I would have included them:
Beatles 67-70
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Aerosmith Greatest Hits

it was painful to leave off:

Steve Miller Band: Anthology

Squeeze: Singles

I probably would have included Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea by the Cure, if allowed.

Boys Don’t Cry would have been under consideration for me.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I did not have a child of which I am unaware. Someone would have noticed.