GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

[AfterHours]

Like I said, The Beatles were first and foremost a radio friendly pop band that eventually branched out into light touches of the avant-garde. I'm not sure why you feel the need to argue this. It is plainly obvious and is not an insult. It just is. They were good at what they did. It's just not my favorite type of music.

Also, they were not "wildly innovative". What they invented or innovated was in the vast minority when compared to artists of the period such as The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, etc. and every single significant jazz or classical artist I can think of. The Beatles were followers. They borrowed ideas and made them more easily consumable for the masses, usually in the vein of basically structured pop songs or slightly offbeat pop songs--with very few exceptions. They were very good at this and of course this is a talent in itself, but don't mistake them for major innovators. They were hugely popular, extremely prolific, and great at writing straightforward melodies. I don't mean any of this as a knock on them, but thinking they are very musically innovative is simply ignorant of the artists during that period that were much more experimental and advancing/innovating music than they were.

If you don't agree then I advise you do some un-biased research.

[AfterHours]

An update to my list today would look like this:

1. The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady-Charles Mingus (1963)
2. Trout Mask Replica-Capt Beefheart (1969)
3. A Love Supreme-John Coltrane (1964)
4. Rock Bottom-Robert Wyatt (1974)
5. Faust-Faust (1971)
6. The Velvet Underground & Nico-The Velvet Underground (1967)
7. The Doors-The Doors (1967)
8. Unit Structures-Cecil Taylor (1966)
9. The Modern Dance-Pere Ubu (1978)
10. Escalator Over the Hill-Carla Bley (1971)
11. Twin Infinitives-Royal Trux (1990)
12. Lorca-Tim Buckley (1970)
13. Desertshore-Nico (1971)
14. Jazz Composer's Orchestra (aka "Communications")-Michael Mantler (1968)
15. Parable of Arable Land-Red Crayola (1967)
16. Hosianna Mantra-Popol Vuh (1973)
17. Ascension-John Coltrane (1965)
18. Fare Forward Voyagers-John Fahey (1973)
19. Spiritual Unity-Albert Ayler (1964)
20. For Alto-Anthony Braxton (1968)
21. Irrlicht-Klaus Schulze (1972)
22. Geek the Girl-Lisa Germano (1994)
23. Bitches Brew-Miles Davis (1969)
24. Neu!-Neu! (1972)
25. Suicide-Suicide (1977)
26. Astral Weeks-Van Morrison (1968)
27. Y-Pop Group (1978)
28. Nail-Foetus (1985)
29. The Good Son-Nick Cave (1990)
30. Blonde On Blonde-Bob Dylan (1966)
31. Lullaby Land-Vampire Rodents (1993)
32. The Shape of Jazz To Come-Ornette Coleman (1959)
33. Not Available-Residents (1974)
34. Free Jazz-Ornette Coleman (1960)
35. Well Oiled-Hash Jar Tempo (1997)
36. Third-Soft Machine (1970)
37. Uncle Meat-Frank Zappa (1969)
38. Yerself Is Steam-Mercury Rev (1991)
39. Even the Sounds Shine-Myra Melford (1994)
40. The Ascension-Glenn Branca (1981)

[maxxy]

Top 75:

1. Wish You were here (pink floyd)
2. Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Dylan)
3. London Calling (The Clash)
4. Velvet Underground & Nico (Velvet Underground)
5. Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
6. Another Green World (Brian Eno)
7. Screamadelica (Primal Scream)
8. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Charles Mingus)
9. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
10. Pills Thrills, N' Bellyaches (Happy Mondays)
11. Sound Effects (The Jam)
12. In Utero (Nirvana)
13. Sgt. Pepper's (The Beatles)
14. Liscensed To Ill (Beastie Boys)
15. Sister (Sonic Youth)
16. The Bends (Radiohead)
17. Are you Experienced (Jimi Hendrix)
18. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
19. The Smiths (The Smiths)
20. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
20. The Idiot (Iggy Pop)
21. Highway 61 (Bob Dylan)
22. The Clash (The Clash)
23. Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)
24. A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
25. The Modern Dance (Pere Ubu)
26. All Mod Cons (The Jam)
27. Definitely Maybe (Oasis)
28. All Mod Cons (The Jam)
29. The Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground)
30. Unplugged in New York (Nirvana)
31. Piper At the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd)
32. Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
33. Led Zeppelin 4 (Led Zeppelin)
34. Never Mind the Bullocks (Sex Pistols)
35. Setting Sons (The Jam)
36. The Doors (The doors)
37. Remain in Light (Talking Heads)
38. OK Computer (Radiohead)
39. Imagine (John Lennon)
40. Beatles For Sale (The Beatles)
41. Murmur (REM)
42. The Joshua Tree (U2)
43. Night At the Opera (Queen)
44. Absolution (Muse)
45. XTRMNTR (Primal Scream)
46. Entroducing (DJ shadow)
47. Ill Communication (Beastie Boys)
48. Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin)
49. Revolver (The Beatles)
50. Ascension (John Coltrane)
51. Loaded (Velvet Underground)
52. Sandanista! (The Clash)
53. Elephant (White Stripes)
54. VU (The Velvet Underground)
55. Zen Arcade (Husker Du)
56. Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan)
57. This is it (The Strokes)
58. White Album (The Beatles)
59. Black Holes and Revelations (Muse)
60. Who's Next (The Who)
61. This Year's Model (Elvis Costello)
62. Nevermind (Nirvana)
63. Automatic for the People (REM)
64. What's The Story/Morning Glory (Oasis)
65. Pet Sounds (Beach Boys)
66. Kid A (Radiohead)
67. Axis: Bold As Love (Jimi Hendrix)
68. Tommy (The Who)
69. At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)
70. Animals (Pink Floyd)
71. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
72. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
73. Morrison Hotel (The Doors)
74. Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin)
75. Doolittle (The Pixies)

This actually was supposed to be a top 100 but I got bored.

[00791lm]

Top 100 :

1 Love Forever Changes 1967
2 Leonard Cohen Songs Of 1968
3 The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society 1968
4 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom 1974
5 Roxy Music Stranded 1973
6 REM Life’s Rich Pageant 1986
7 Byrds Notorious Byrd Brothers 1968
8 Wire Pink Flag 1977
9 Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980
10 The Stones Roses The Stones Roses 1989
11 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1986
12 The Who Who’s Next 1971
13 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation 1988
14 Pixies Doolittle 1989
15 Van Morrison Astral Weeks 1968
16 Television Marquee Moon 1977
17 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground And Nico 1967
18 Nick Drake Five Leaves Left 1969
19 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974
20 David Bowie Hunky Dory 1971
21 Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks 1977
22 Radiohead Ok Computer 1997
23 The Kinks Arthur 1969
24 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run 1975
25 Lou Reed Berlin 1973
26 Joseph Arthur Big City Secrets 1996
27 Byrds Younger Than Yesterday 1967
28 Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde 1966
29 The Beatles Revolver 1965
30 REM Automatic For The People 1992
31 Van Der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts 1971
32 Elvis Costello Imperial Bedroom 1982
33 Small Faces Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake 1968
34 Gene Clark No Other 1975
35 Neil Young Harvest 1972
36 The Band The Band 1969
37 Buffalo Springfield Again 1967
38 Echo And The Bunnymen Ocean Rain 1984
39 Zombies Odessey And Oracle 1968
40 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground 1969
41 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure 1972
42 The Stooges Raw Power 1973
43 The Saints Stranded 1977
44 Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971
45 Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 1968
46 Husker Du Zen Arcade 1984
47 Talk Talk Laughing Stock 1991
48 Radiohead Amnesiac 2001
49 Van Der Graaf Generator Still Life 1976
50 Peter Hammill The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage 1973
51 The Clash London Calling 1979
52 Elvis Costello This Year’s Model 1978
53 Dexy’s Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Aye 1982
54 Pixies Trompe Le Monde 1991
55 The Beatles Abbey Road 1969
56 Belle If You’re Feeling Sinister 1997
57 King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969
58 Mercury Rev Deserter’s Songs 1998
59 The Chameleons Strange Times 1986
60 …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Sources Tags And Codes 2002
61 Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material 1979
62 The Cure Pornography 1982
63 Squeeze East Side Story 1981
64 Pj Harvey Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea 2000
65 The Kinks Lola 1970
66 Rakes Capture/Release 2005
67 Pj Harvey Dry 1992
68 Jeff Buckley Grace 1994
69 Radio Birdman Radios Appear 1977
70 The Only Ones Even Serpents Shine 1979
71 Leonard Cohen Songs From A Room 1969
72 David Bowie Station To Station 1976
73 Talk Talk Spirit Of Eden 1988
74 The Kinks Something Else 1967
75 Lloyd Cole Rattlesnakes 1984
76 New York Dolls New York Dolls 1973
77 David Bowie Heroes 1977
78 Spirit The Family That Plays Together 1969
79 Nick Cave Tender Prey 1987
80 The Stooges Fun House 1970
81 Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street 1972
82 The Boo Radleys Giant Steps 1993
83 The Adverts Crossing The Red Sea 1978
84 Supergrass I Should Coco 1995
85 Leonard Cohen Songs Of Love And Hate 1971
86 Buzzcocks A Different Kind Of Tension 1979
87 Neil Young Everybody Know This Is Nowhere 1969
88 The Chills Submarine Bells 1991
89 The Divine Comedy Liberation 1993
90 REM Murmur 1983
91 Peter Hammill In Camera 1974
92 Guillemots Through The Window Pane 2006
93 Cardinal Cardinal 1994
94 Antony And The Johnsons I Am A Bird Now 2005
95 Elliott Smith XO 1998
96 Radiohead In Rainbows 2007
97 Klaxons Myths Of The Near Future 2007
98 Delicatessen Skin Touching Water 1995
99 Japan Quiet Life 1980
100 John Cale Paris 1919 1973

[alank1975]

In no particular order....
Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
The Joshua Tree - U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Nebraska - Springsteen
Infidels - Dylan
Automatic For The People - REM
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Love Is Here - Starsailor
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Piano Man - Billy Joel
The River - Springsteen
Disintegration - The Cure
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust - Bowie
Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael
Kick - INXS
Bad For Good - Jim Steinman
Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
Version - Mark Ronson
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Dig Lazarus Dig - Nick Cave
Whats The Story (Morning Glory) - Oasis
Coming Up - Suede
Introduducing The Hardline - Terence Trent D'arby
The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 - Traveling Wilburys
Fisherman Blues - The Waterboys
Purple Rain - Prince
The Truth - Prince
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I've been workin' two jobs just to make ends meet, to u it might look like a dead end street, but where little boys give up, a good man sticks around. - Prince (Good Man)

[winigwl]

here are my top 25

1. coldplay- a rush of blood to the head
2. radiohead- the bends
3. arcade fire- funeral
4. jeff buckley- grace
5. sufjan stevens- illinois
6. the strokes- is this it
7. fleet foxes- fleet foxes
8. oasis- what's the story morning glory
9. coldplay- viva la vida or death and all his friends
10. norah jones- come away with me
11. radiohead- kida a
12. the verve- urban hymns
13. the beatles- abbey road
14. sigur ros- takk
15. muse- black holes and revelations
16. arctic monkeys- whatever people say i am that's what i'm not
17. coldplay- parachutes
18. radiohead- in rainbows
19. death cab for cutie- plans
20. the killers- hot fuss
21. kings of leon- only by the night
22. radiohead- ok computer
23. muse- showbiz
24. oasis- don't believe the truth
25. travis- the man who

[RFNAPLES]

My Chart:

1. Revolver-The Beatles-1966
2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles-1967
3. White Album-The Beatles-1968
4. Nevermind-Nirvana-1991
5. The Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd-1973
6. London Calling-The Clash-1979
7. Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys-1966
8. Abbey Road-The Beatles-1969
9. OK Computer-Radiohead-1997
10. The Velvet Underground And Nico-The Velvet Underground-1967
11. The Bends-Radiohead-1995
12. Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin-1971
13. The Joshua Tree-U2-1987
14. Exile on Main St.-The Rolling Stones-1972
15. The Queen Is Dead-The Smiths-1986
16. Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan-1965
17. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars-David Bowie-1972
18. Blonde on Blonde-Bob Dylan-1966
19. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols-The Sex Pistols-1977
20. Blood On The Tracks-Bob Dylan-1975
21. What's Going On-Marvin Gaye-1971
22. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?-Oasis-1995
23. Definitely Maybe-Oasis-1994
24. Are You Experienced-The Jimi Hendrix Experience-1967
25. Rubber Soul-The Beatles-1965
26. Who's Next-The Who-1971
27. Rumours-Fleetwood Mac-1977
28. Grace-Jeff Buckley-1994
29. Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen-1975
30. Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones-1969
31. Automatic for the People-R.E.M.-1992
32. The Doors-The Doors-1967
33. The Wall-Pink Floyd-1979
34. Astral Weeks-Van Morrison-1968
35. Achtung Baby-U2-1991
36. Appetite For Destruction-Guns 'n' Roses-1987
37. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd-1975
38. Hunky Dory-David Bowie-1971
39. Ten-Pearl Jam-1991
40. Kid A-Radiohead-2000
41. Electric Ladyland-The Jimi Hendrix Experience-1968
42. Kind of Blue-Miles Davis-1959
43. Thriller-Michael Jackson-1982
44. A Rush Of Blood To The Head-Coldplay-2002
45. Back in Black-AC/DC-1980
46. Is This It-The Strokes-2001
47. Led Zeppelin II-Led Zeppelin-1969
48. Marquee Moon-Television-1977
49. In Utero-Nirvana-1993
50. Urban Hymns-The Verve-1997
51. Forever Changes-Love-1968
52. Parklife-Blur-1994
53. Blue-Joni Mitchell-1971
54. Sticky Fingers-The Rolling Stones-1971
55. Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin-1975
56. Purple Rain-Prince-1984
57. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder-1973
58. Hotel California-Eagles-1976
59. Parachutes-Coldplay-2000
60. Bringing It All Back Home-Bob Dylan-1965
61. Harvest-Neil Young-1972
62. The Clash-The Clash-1977
63. Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth-1988
64. Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin-1969
65. Houses Of The Holy-Led Zeppelin-1973
66. A Love Supreme-John Coltrane-1964
67. Paranoid-Black Sabbath-1970
68. Elephant-The White Stripes-2003
69. Master Of Puppets-Metallica-1986
70. Tommy-The Who-1969
71. Amnesiac-Radiohead-2001
72. Legend-Bob Marley and the Wailers-1984
73. Led Zeppelin III-Led Zeppelin-1970
74. Magical Mystery Tour-The Beatles-1967
75. Metallica-Metallica-1991
76. Quadrophenia-The Who-1973
77. The Soft Bulletin-The Flaming Lips-1999
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