Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 58. Master of Puppets – Metallica (190 Viewers)

[Idiot Boxer]

Cheap Trick at Budokon and Dixie Chicken by Little Feat are near misses for me.

That Bonnie Raitt only got one vote surprises me, but probably shouldn’t.

 

[AAABatteries]

Two more random “one-vote” albums from each participant:

@Psychopav

684. An Innocent Man – Billy Joel

Given the demographics here, I'm pretty surprised that this album only got one vote.

I just assumed you missed the threatening PM from @Uruk-Hai that he sent everyone.

 

[krista4]

They Might Be Giants

Aw crap, totally forgot to put their stuff on my list.

You sure say that a lot.

I live with a lot of regret.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Some of these albums where people are surprised they only got one vote, I’m also surprised they got one vote.

 

[AAABatteries]

Debut Albums that finished ahead of Led Zeppelin’s Debut Album

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)

more to come

This has been pointed out multiple times but Zep gets hit here by folks limiting themselves per artist. Not to take anything away from those other 3 albums or the ones to come.

 

[AAABatteries]

If we're talking "music based on whom we were sleeping with," I'll mention that my freshman RA, Gretchen, absolutely loved the Violent Femmes, and she was a lesbian I had a crush on but never acted on any of that. I didn't consider any Femmes for my list but still have a soft spot in my heart for them. So, music based on whom we weren't sleeping with, I guess.

Post of the thread. I only had to read 102 pages to get here.

 

[zamboni]

Some of these albums where people are surprised they only got one vote, I’m also surprised they got one vote.

Yes, I'm also surprised that people are surprised about the one voters. There are a gazillion albums and we each could select only 70 of them. And many selected more than one from the same artist, thus shrinking the pool of artist selection.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

 

[KarmaPolice]

With all the talk about that era of metal, there is an album from 2000 that I am surprised hasn't shown up and I am going to be angry is off the countdown if we have stuff like Staind and Limp Bizkit getting mentions around here but not that. I might demand a recount.

I think I know which one you mean. I had it on my initial long list but of course as the project went on my list had to change.

My biggest oversight and I think I know which one also. I'll trade it for Slayer in a heartbeat (I have enough metal with Sabbath and Crue and one other not mentioned). But one thing I have to ask (although I might regret calling attention to it). KP, how can you talk about relative taste and then say that relative to Staind, this would be more worthy of a mention (or that it's just as worthy)? If you can't judge, how do you rank order? Or is all music good music? When I adhered to and helped come up with the Thumper Rule, it wasn't to enforce relativism—it was to prevent fighting.

Sorry, just saw this one too. I seem to have a have a habit of missing rock's posts.

I try to be liberal with my winky emoji so I am clear I am poking fun. I am not judging - more honestly surprised, not based on my judgement of it or not believing what I said above about no good/bad or wrong answers, but based on clearly remembering a lot of mentions of that album and artist during music threads. There are even people that I don't think are big metal fans that like them when they come up - hell, I am pretty sure @krista4 has liked it when it's come up in drafts. I can't remember a mention of bands like Staind, for example (and again, let's be clear - my memory is crap and unfortunately I lived much of the last few years in a haze of weed).

My reaction came as I printed my list yesterday and I was scanning my list trying to guess what I have left that is still probably coming up (Radiohead) and sad/surprised about some I don't think will be or at surprised I hadn't seen yet (said 2000 album, and another band from the 00s I thought was fairly well liked around here). Obviously on a personal level and for rankings I have to judge and some things just sound bad to my ears. Very rarely is it because I don't think the band is talented (I played drums in HS, but know crap about anything else beyond what sounds good to my ears) or I think people who like it are dumb or anything. 90% of the time what takes me out is simply the vocals as I tried to explain to Dan, but even that is simply a gut reaction.

Hopefully that clarifies a little better my posts, and makes it clear I am not trying to attack people personally or attempting to claim my personal taste is the shining light of truth or anything.

 

[KarmaPolice]

They Might Be Giants

Aw crap, totally forgot to put their stuff on my list.

You sure say that a lot.

I live with a lot of regret.

We could tell from that previous post about the RA.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Debut Albums that finished ahead of Led Zeppelin’s Debut Album

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)

more to come

This has been pointed out multiple times but Zep gets hit here by folks limiting themselves per artist. Not to take anything away from those other 3 albums or the ones to come.

I agree, I’m only tracking this because it was brought up earlier in the thread that LZ-LZ was the greatest debut album - and I responded there’s 12 ahead of it. It’s kind of tongue in cheek.

This isn’t a science, and as you and others have said, Zeppelin’s vast catalog works against them a bit in something like this.

Some of these other bands have not much beyond their debuts.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

And yet somehow Billy Joel is beneath you

 

[Dr. Octopus]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

And yet somehow Billy Joel is beneath you

If only he had gone disco.

 

[rockaction]

With all the talk about that era of metal, there is an album from 2000 that I am surprised hasn't shown up and I am going to be angry is off the countdown if we have stuff like Staind and Limp Bizkit getting mentions around here but not that. I might demand a recount.

I think I know which one you mean. I had it on my initial long list but of course as the project went on my list had to change.

My biggest oversight and I think I know which one also. I'll trade it for Slayer in a heartbeat (I have enough metal with Sabbath and Crue and one other not mentioned). But one thing I have to ask (although I might regret calling attention to it). KP, how can you talk about relative taste and then say that relative to Staind, this would be more worthy of a mention (or that it's just as worthy)? If you can't judge, how do you rank order? Or is all music good music? When I adhered to and helped come up with the Thumper Rule, it wasn't to enforce relativism—it was to prevent fighting.

Sorry, just saw this one too. I seem to have a have a habit of missing rock's posts.

I try to be liberal with my winky emoji so I am clear I am poking fun. I am not judging - more honestly surprised, not based on my judgement of it or not believing what I said above about no good/bad or wrong answers, but based on clearly remembering a lot of mentions of that album and artist during music threads. There are even people that I don't think are big metal fans that like them when they come up - hell, I am pretty sure @krista4 has liked it when it's come up in drafts. I can't remember a mention of bands like Staind, for example (and again, let's be clear - my memory is crap and unfortunately I lived much of the last few years in a haze of weed).

My reaction came as I printed my list yesterday and I was scanning my list trying to guess what I have left that is still probably coming up (Radiohead) and sad/surprised about some I don't think will be or at surprised I hadn't seen yet (said 2000 album, and another band from the 00s I thought was fairly well liked around here). Obviously on a personal level and for rankings I have to judge and some things just sound bad to my ears. Very rarely is it because I don't think the band is talented (I played drums in HS, but know crap about anything else beyond what sounds good to my ears) or I think people who like it are dumb or anything. 90% of the time what takes me out is simply the vocals as I tried to explain to Dan, but even that is simply a gut reaction.

Hopefully that clarifies a little better my posts, and makes it clear I am not trying to attack people personally or attempting to claim my personal taste is the shining light of truth or anything.

Oh dear, I never thought you were attacking people or claiming truth. My apologies if that’s how I came off. I was wondering how it reconciled. You seem to be close to saying that there is very little “bad” music, but there is music you do and don’t care for. I can respect that. I don’t know why I brought it up—I think it was because you had just talked about your reticence to judge taste, but yet then you made that comment. I thought it was incongruous for a moment, but I’m wrong and here’s why.

If I had thought more clearly I would have realized you weren’t judging people’s taste but merely rank ordering your own preferences. The two are compatible. I thought for a moment your comment about Staind placed them against a somewhat objective backdrop, or at least a backdrop where you can say, “this is awfully close to objectively sucking.” But your clarification means you’re not doing that and I’ll bow out now. Heh. Now I feel like Fugazi’s “Great Cop.” (By the way, my own thoughts are that music can be somewhat objectively judged at times, but that is controversial—just thought I found an amigo in that sense for a minute.)

 

[Val Rannous]

Now kiss and make up.

 

[rockaction]

Sorry, just saw this one too. I seem to have a have a habit of missing rock's posts.

Check the PTA one. That one’s fun. Some background info on PTA and Fiona Apple and Magnolia.

 

[AAABatteries]

Debut Albums that finished ahead of Led Zeppelin’s Debut Album

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)

more to come

This has been pointed out multiple times but Zep gets hit here by folks limiting themselves per artist. Not to take anything away from those other 3 albums or the ones to come.

I agree, I’m only tracking this because it was brought up earlier in the thread that LZ-LZ was the greatest debut album - and I responded there’s 12 ahead of it. It’s kind of tongue in cheek.

This isn’t a science, and as you and others have said, Zeppelin’s vast catalog works against them a bit in something like this.

Some of these other bands have not much beyond their debuts.

Yep, and let me say as one just following along, you’ve done an unreal job with the thread. I’ve already gotten so much enjoyment out of following along and learning some new bands and albums. I’ve listened to a bunch of new to me albums and really like several. And listening to folks do writeups or voting on songs or personal anecdotes has been amazing (especially that lesbian crush thing). So thank you.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Krista’s gonna have to change her shtick from “no one reads my posts!” to “no one reads my posts except when they’re about crushes on lesbians!”

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Debut Albums that finished ahead of Led Zeppelin’s Debut Album

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)
69 (tie). Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (328 points)
72 (tie). Marquee Moon – Television (323 points)
82. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (286 points)

more to come

This has been pointed out multiple times but Zep gets hit here by folks limiting themselves per artist. Not to take anything away from those other 3 albums or the ones to come.

I agree, I’m only tracking this because it was brought up earlier in the thread that LZ-LZ was the greatest debut album - and I responded there’s 12 ahead of it. It’s kind of tongue in cheek.

This isn’t a science, and as you and others have said, Zeppelin’s vast catalog works against them a bit in something like this.

Some of these other bands have not much beyond their debuts.

Yep, and let me say as one just following along, you’ve done an unreal job with the thread. I’ve already gotten so much enjoyment out of following along and learning some new bands and albums. I’ve listened to a bunch of new to me albums and really like several. And listening to folks do writeups or voting on songs or personal anecdotes has been amazing (especially that lesbian crush thing). So thank you.

Hopefully we keep it going after the official countdown ends and we reveal full lists.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Krista’s gonna have to change her shtick from “no one reads my posts!” to “no one reads my posts except when they’re about crushes on lesbians!”

Or just sneak "lesbian" randomly into each post so we chimps read all of them.

 

[zamboni]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

Manhattan Skyline is one of those songs typically viewed as filler, but it's among my favorites on the soundtrack.

 

[simey]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

I had that soundtrack on 8-Track, Vinyl, Cassette, and CD. I had one of those imitation glitter balls that my mom got me at Spencer, and my friends and I would dance to the album with the ball lights bouncing off the walls. I was in heaven when I saw the Bee Gees live in '79. That is the show where Ric Flair was fixing his hair in the reflection of the van window that we were in. My mom let me see the Bee Gees without parentals involved, but the year before when I asked if I could see The Rolling Stones with the older teenage neighbors she said, "Absolutely not."

 

[zamboni]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

Manhattan Skyline is one of those songs typically viewed as filler, but it's among my favorites on the soundtrack.

Just learned that David Shire, who wrote Manhattan Skyline and a few other songs on the soundtrack, was married to Talia Shire (hence her married name) from 1970 to 1980 and later married Didi Conn (Frenchy from the 1977 movie Grease). Clearly loved those second-tier '70s actresses.

 

[rockaction]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

Manhattan Skyline is one of those songs typically viewed as filler, but it's among my favorites on the soundtrack.

Just learned that David Shire, who wrote Manhattan Skyline and a few other songs on the soundtrack, was married to Talia Shire (hence her married name) from 1970 to 1980 and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease). Clearly loved those second-tier '70s actresses.

Didn’t Frenchie drop out of beauty school?

 

[zamboni]

71. Saturday Night Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists (325 points)


@zamboni #8
@krista4 #20
@Uruk-Hai #21
@simey #23
@Mister CIA #29
@Dennis Castro #32
@higgins #42
@Tau837 #68


Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

I cannot think of an album that dominated pop-culture like this one did. Across so many genres and radio formats. There are 12 absolute classics here and the remaining 5 are good filler.

Manhattan Skyline is one of those songs typically viewed as filler, but it's among my favorites on the soundtrack.

Just learned that David Shire, who wrote Manhattan Skyline and a few other songs on the soundtrack, was married to Talia Shire (hence her married name) from 1970 to 1980 and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease). Clearly loved those second-tier '70s actresses.

Didn’t Frenchie drop out of beauty school?

Guess he rescued her from herself that year.

1977 was an even bigger year for Shire - composed the music for Something for Joey as well (beautiful score).

 

[simey]

and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease).

I wonder if anyone has the Grease soundtrack on their list.

there are worse things I could do
than go with a boy or two
even though the neighborhood
thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose it could be true
but there are worse things I could do

My favorite song on the soundtrack.

 

[zamboni]

and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease).

I wonder if anyone has the Grease soundtrack on their list.

It didn't get on my radar for this countdown, but I've always really liked it.

 

[rockaction]

and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease).

I wonder if anyone has the Grease soundtrack on their list.

there are worse things I could do
than go with a boy or two
even though the neighborhood
thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose it could be true
but there are worse things I could do

My favorite song on the soundtrack.

Stockard Channing is the best thing in that movie. My 1978 album pick in the ‘70s draft timschochet did. Review at link.

Post in thread '1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post'
https://forums.footballguys.com/thr...preadsheet-in-first-post.743528/post-19163319

 

[zamboni]

and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease).

I wonder if anyone has the Grease soundtrack on their list.

there are worse things I could do
than go with a boy or two
even though the neighborhood
thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose it could be true
but there are worse things I could do

My favorite song on the soundtrack.

Stockard Channing is the best thing in that movie.

Indeed - but as a 40-year-old in HS (actually 33), she did have a world of experience.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (331 points)


@Eephus #2
@Barry2 #6
@Dennis Castro #16
@krista4 #38
@Ghost Rider #41
@Scoresman #44
@Dwayne_Castro #44
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #51
@titusbramble #66



Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 96 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

 

[simey]

She might be pregnant with a second-hand man's baby.

@ second-hand man

 

[krista4]

and later married Didi Conn (Frenchie from the movie Grease).

I wonder if anyone has the Grease soundtrack on their list.

there are worse things I could do
than go with a boy or two
even though the neighborhood
thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose it could be true
but there are worse things I could do

My favorite song on the soundtrack.

Stockard Channing is the best thing in that movie. My 1978 album pick in the ‘70s draft timschochet did. Review at link.

Post in thread '1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post'
https://forums.footballguys.com/thr...preadsheet-in-first-post.743528/post-19163319

I recently saw this again on the big screen and was about to post the same thing, then saw your post. Seeing it as a kid, of course I thought John and Olivia were the stars, but as an adult I thought Stockard had the most shining star power, and it isn’t particularly close. She dominates every scene she’s in.

 

[MAC_32]

@Yo Mama

767. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. – Incubus

1,263. Can't Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (My #27) will always be my favorite album from Incubus as it was their first release after I started dating my wife and following the band around. Seeing them grow so much before their big explosion with Make Yourself was awesome - going from touring around smaller clubs to opening for major acts at huge venues to ultimately becoming the headliners themselves. This album has so many great songs and still has some of their earlier rawness that makes it a great listen throughout.

I think I ranked this one high enough for it to get ranked, but it'd have been early in the countdown

 

[MAC_32]

With all the talk about that era of metal, there is an album from 2000 that I am surprised hasn't shown up and I am going to be angry is off the countdown if we have stuff like Staind and Limp Bizkit getting mentions around here but not that. I might demand a recount.

While I voted for a 2000 era metal album, I suspect it's not any of what's referenced above. And if it's the one I think it is I'll rank ot 3rd in their own catalog

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@Yo Mama

767. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. – Incubus

1,263. Can't Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (My #27) will always be my favorite album from Incubus as it was their first release after I started dating my wife and following the band around. Seeing them grow so much before their big explosion with Make Yourself was awesome - going from touring around smaller clubs to opening for major acts at huge venues to ultimately becoming the headliners themselves. This album has so many great songs and still has some of their earlier rawness that makes it a great listen throughout.

I think I ranked this one high enough for it to get ranked, but it'd have been early in the countdown

You left out the periods and just called it "SCIENCE".

With you and Yo Mama that's 94 points so it would have been in the 290 range. Our loss.

 

[zamboni]

@Yo Mama

767. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. – Incubus

1,263. Can't Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (My #27) will always be my favorite album from Incubus as it was their first release after I started dating my wife and following the band around. Seeing them grow so much before their big explosion with Make Yourself was awesome - going from touring around smaller clubs to opening for major acts at huge venues to ultimately becoming the headliners themselves. This album has so many great songs and still has some of their earlier rawness that makes it a great listen throughout.

I think I ranked this one high enough for it to get ranked, but it'd have been early in the countdown

You left out the periods and just called it "SCIENCE".

Clearly MAC_32 is a huge Thomas Dolby fan.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

67. Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf (332 points)

@Val Rannous #2

@Psychopav #7
@Mrs. Rannous #14
@BrutalPenguin #20
@Snoopy #32
@Dwayne_Castro #38
@Rand al Thor #52


Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. The album was developed from the musical Neverland, a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974. It was recorded during 1975–1976 at various studios, including Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren, and released in October 1977 by Cleveland International/Epic Records. Bat Out of Hell spawned two Meat Loaf sequel albums: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).

 

[krista4]

68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (331 points)


@Eephus #2
@Barry2 #16
@Dennis Castro #16
@krista4 #38
@Ghost Rider #41
@Scoresman #44
@Dwayne_Castro #44
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #51
@titusbramble #66



Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 96 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

I was wondering which R.E.M. I ranked. I had a hard time choosing among their records, but didn't want to give them more than one.

 

[Ghost Rider]

68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (331 points)


@Eephus #2
@Barry2 #16
@Dennis Castro #16
@krista4 #38
@Ghost Rider #41
@Scoresman #44
@Dwayne_Castro #44
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #51
@titusbramble #66



Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 96 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Incredible record. The songwriting, the production, the maturity of the arrangements...R.E.M. had done a lot of good work prior to this, but this feels like the moment where everything totally came together, resulting in this masterpiece.

 

[zamboni]

67. Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf (332 points)

@Val Rannous #2

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@Dwayne_Castro #38
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Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. The album was developed from the musical Neverland, a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974. It was recorded during 1975–1976 at various studios, including Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren, and released in October 1977 by Cleveland International/Epic Records. Bat Out of Hell spawned two Meat Loaf sequel albums: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).

We talked about this album a lot in the recent MAD countdown, and it's a doozy. I'm also a big album cover art guy and this one is among my favorites.

 

[rockaction]

She might be pregnant with a second-hand man's baby.

@ second-hand man

After you wrote this I went down the rabbit hole and started editing “to clean up typos,” and I totally changed the review’s substance. That line was funny (at least I had hoped—thank you for the shout-out!) and now it falls flat. :(

I should have left it alone. Darn it.

 

[zamboni]

Happy 44th anniversary, MTV

Would still like to do an MTV video countdown this fall if there is enough interest.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Happy 44th anniversary, MTV

Would still like to do an MTV video countdown this fall if there is enough interest.

I'd be all over that.

 

[rockaction]

@Yo Mama

767. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. – Incubus

1,263. Can't Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (My #27) will always be my favorite album from Incubus as it was their first release after I started dating my wife and following the band around. Seeing them grow so much before their big explosion with Make Yourself was awesome - going from touring around smaller clubs to opening for major acts at huge venues to ultimately becoming the headliners themselves. This album has so many great songs and still has some of their earlier rawness that makes it a great listen throughout.

I think I ranked this one high enough for it to get ranked, but it'd have been early in the countdown

You left out the periods and just called it "SCIENCE".

Clearly MAC_32 is a huge Thomas Dolby fan.

There is a thread dedicated to that dude at Steve Hoffman Forums. There are some people who really dig that guy. I always liked that song and probably should have explored further, but I wrote him off as a novelty act.

 

[Ilov80s]

Happy 44th anniversary, MTV

Would still like to do an MTV video countdown this fall if there is enough interest.

Oh hell yeah

 

[Ilov80s]

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)


@Snoopy #5
@Dreaded Marco #10
@jwb #16
@zamboni #16
@Dennis Castro #41
@Pip #42
@Dan Lambskin #46
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #54


The Doors is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on January 4, 1967, by Elektra Records. It was recorded in August 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, in Hollywood, California, with Paul A. Rothchild serving as producer. The album features the full length version of the band's breakthrough single "Light My Fire" and the lengthy closer "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section. Various publications, including BBC and Rolling Stone, have named The Doors one of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Glad to see this make it so high. The Doors seem to have a pretty large contingent of haters but I always dig their music.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (331 points)


@Eephus #2
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@Dennis Castro #16
@krista4 #38
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@Scoresman #44
@Dwayne_Castro #44
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #51
@titusbramble #66



Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 96 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

This was a big miss for me. Should have made the list.

 

[zamboni]

@Yo Mama

767. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. – Incubus

1,263. Can't Buy a Thrill – Steely Dan

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (My #27) will always be my favorite album from Incubus as it was their first release after I started dating my wife and following the band around. Seeing them grow so much before their big explosion with Make Yourself was awesome - going from touring around smaller clubs to opening for major acts at huge venues to ultimately becoming the headliners themselves. This album has so many great songs and still has some of their earlier rawness that makes it a great listen throughout.

I think I ranked this one high enough for it to get ranked, but it'd have been early in the countdown

You left out the periods and just called it "SCIENCE".

Clearly MAC_32 is a huge Thomas Dolby fan.

There is a thread dedicated to that dude at Steve Hoffman Forums. There are some people who really dig that guy. I always liked that song and probably should have explored further, but I wrote him off as a novelty act.

Dolby also played keyboards on Def Leppard's previously ranked Pyromania.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

69 (tie). The Doors – The Doors (328 points)


@Snoopy #5
@Dreaded Marco #10
@jwb #16
@zamboni #16
@Dennis Castro #41
@Pip #42
@Dan Lambskin #46
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #54


The Doors is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on January 4, 1967, by Elektra Records. It was recorded in August 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, in Hollywood, California, with Paul A. Rothchild serving as producer. The album features the full length version of the band's breakthrough single "Light My Fire" and the lengthy closer "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section. Various publications, including BBC and Rolling Stone, have named The Doors one of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Glad to see this make it so high. The Doors seem to have a pretty large contingent of haters but I always dig their music.

I definitely listened to their greatest hits double cd the most but this one was really good too. Pretty sure this was another my parents had on vinyl

 

[zamboni]

Happy 44th anniversary, MTV

Would still like to do an MTV video countdown this fall if there is enough interest.

I'd be all over that.

Happy 44th anniversary, MTV

Would still like to do an MTV video countdown this fall if there is enough interest.

Oh hell yeah

Glad to see there is some interest. The potential issue with such a countdown is that the height of MTV (at least when it was almost entirely videos) probably preceded a lot of folks here, and many that were of the age probably don't recall many of the videos. But I have a few sites that can help jog memories.