Best Ever Albums

Re: Difficult Decisions?

GeevyDallas — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:23:20 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 06/16/2012 01:23

Forgot about this.People are as crazy as me,wooooo 😁

Well TSR didn't last long,I couldn't handle not having UTB as no1.But the expanding of my chart to 100 was tough,I don't think I'll ever perfect it.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:28:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/10/2012 10:28

It was hard accepting how much I liked In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - after some long thought it went from not being in my chart at all straight to number 5.

Also I get the bug with the aesthetics thing, sometimes I'll secretly move an album if it's the same colour as the one next to it. It used to bug me that Amnesiac and Turn on the Bright Lights were next to each other in the Overall chart, because the album covers are both black with a big red square in the middle - far too similar for my tastes.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Necharsian — Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:59:59 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/09/2012 16:59

My chart is as random as it is a good representation of my tastes. The difference between my favorite album and my 101st favorite album is so minimal that deciding which should be in 54 and 55 spots seems inconsequential.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

vegetable man — Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:32:20 GMT

Author: vegetable man

Posted: 06/09/2012 16:32

an_outlaw wrote:

I can't get my chart all together no matter how hard I try. It is very hard to find 100 albums to put onto it.

Your chart need not be Divine Excellence. Maybe just go with your gut feeling and add albums you like and have listened to recently. Then you can tweek it later and achieve Divine Excellence 🤔

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:29:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/09/2012 16:29

I can't get my chart all together no matter how hard I try. It is very hard to find 100 albums to put onto it.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Facetious — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:32:38 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/06/2012 04:32

The Poe wrote:

Yes. I think they're OK. I like Saucerful a bit more.

About Ummagumma, it's the studio part that does it for me. I care a lot less about the live album (with the songs from Saucer and Piper).

Same here. The live album is very good, but the studio album is totally awesome.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:20:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/06/2012 04:20

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

As for Ummagumma, it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums, I just like Saucerful and Piper slightly more. Have you heard those two?

Yes. I think they're OK. I like Saucerful a bit more.

About Ummagumma, it's the studio part that does it for me. I care a lot less about the live album (with the songs from Saucer and Piper).

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:45:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2012 20:45

I have Automatic for the People at the top; but my #2, Days of Future Passed is the first album which I fell in love with. I first listened to it when I was 14 and it's always played a great role in my life since then. "Days of Future Passed" was always my answer to the question "What is your favorite album of all-time?". But when I joined BEA, I had spent the whole month listening to AFTP and I put the album at the top of my chart. But I've not thought about it too much and the order in my chart can easily be altered.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 06:18:56 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 06/05/2012 10:18

My current top 5

1. The Cure - Disintegration
2. The Cure - Faith
3. Elbow - Asleep In The Back
4. Muse - Absolution
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

I always have had Disintegration as my number 1. I flirted with Faith at 1 for a while but went back to ol' reliable. Both AITB and Absolution have been considered as number 1 before but not lasted as long. WYWH sits firmly at 5 and I think these 5 albums will remain at the top for some time. In Rainbows, Echolalia, Colour Of Spring, So and Ziggy Stardust round out my 10 and will probably remain that way. The order will change (might even do it now.)

It's hard to say the best of all time; probably a good thing if it does change.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Facetious — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 04:35:45 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/05/2012 08:35

The Poe wrote:

I like this thread. I can kind of relate to what most people are saying. Even simple shit like the aesthetic thing (like NOT putting two albums with the same color cover together hah... but then I change it back 'cause that's just silly).

Making my chart public. I want to, but I still want to listen to more styles, more countries, more music from the bands and artists that I have added, and just plain more music period. I feel like I am in a position where my music knowledge is incredibly inferior to everyone else here. That doesn't mean my tastes are. ...well maybe they are 😜

The easiest decision: putting Ummagumma at the #1 spot. I have never heard anything like it. I really do hope to find an album that's better, though.

There's a sharp contrast between the first two albums on my 1968 year chart, between the cover of The White Album's white cover and White Light/White Heat's black cover. It makes it look pretty good.

As for Ummagumma, it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums, I just like Saucerful and Piper slightly more. Have you heard those two?

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:49:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2012 06:49

I like this thread. I can kind of relate to what most people are saying. Even simple shit like the aesthetic thing (like NOT putting two albums with the same color cover together hah... but then I change it back 'cause that's just silly).

DLGGLD wrote:

what's the change in your chart that you found most difficult?

Making my chart public. I want to, but I still want to listen to more styles, more countries, more music from the bands and artists that I have added, and just plain more music period. I feel like I am in a position where my music knowledge is incredibly inferior to everyone else here. That doesn't mean my tastes are. ...well maybe they are 😜

The easiest decision: putting Ummagumma at the #1 spot. I have never heard anything like it. I really do hope to find an album that's better, though.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:31:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2012 04:31

Yeah, this pretty much describes my everyday life. I actually have what I feel is a pretty accurate formula for ranking my favorite albums based on a variety of factors, so once I input those factors I have Microsoft Excel calculate the results, and I just suck it up and accept whatever it tells me. Here are a few changes that I admit hurt me a little bit to make, but which I ultimately figured were probably accurate:

Putting Pinkerton ahead of Nevermind - For ages there were exactly two albums that I absolutely loved: A Night at the Opera and Superunknown. Nevermind was the first album that broke me out of that and made me realize that there is so much more amazing music to be discovered. For that reason, I always feel guilty when I put an album ahead of it, the most recent one being Pinkerton.

Taking OK Computer out of my top 10 - I absolutely loved OK Computer the first time I heard it. Unfortunately, unlike most albums, it hasn't grown on me one bit since then. I still love it, but unlike the rest of my favorite albums, each additional listen does very little for me.

And I never know for sure whether or not Doolittle or Dark Side of the Moon truly deserves the #3 spot on my chart.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Facetious — Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:21:32 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/05/2012 04:21

Yourselfisntsteam wrote:

I purposely just let the order of my chart be somewhat random because otherwise I over think things and everything becomes an impossible decision. I have random contradictory problems like this:

I want album a above album b
I want album b above album c
but I want album c above album a

which just pisses me off.

I think I'm fairly certain of at least my top 2, but even then I doubt. I know I like albums towards the top of my chart more than the ones towards the bottom, but figuring out an exact order is practically impossible. I just fiddle around till things feel right then leave my chart alone for a bit.

LOL Same here.

Sometimes I make many different changes, then decide at some time that I must save the chart, then I look at my new chart, and it turns out that I made some bad moves, and then I go back and sorta "correct" it, and then I look at my new chart, and then I look at my list of albums that could make it to my chart, and I decide that I want some album from that list on my chart, and then I spend 10 minutes just thinking about which album to delete in order to get that album onto the chart, and then I get tired and save my chart and then after a few days the process happens again.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:59:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2012 02:59

I purposely just let the order of my chart be somewhat random because otherwise I over think things and everything becomes an impossible decision. I have random contradictory problems like this:

I want album a above album b
I want album b above album c
but I want album c above album a

which just pisses me off.

I think I'm fairly certain of at least my top 2, but even then I doubt. I know I like albums towards the top of my chart more than the ones towards the bottom, but figuring out an exact order is practically impossible. I just fiddle around till things feel right then leave my chart alone for a bit.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:43:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2012 02:43

SquishypuffDave wrote:

When two albums don't look right next to each other, it bugs me.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

HigherThanTheSun — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:39:21 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/05/2012 02:39

Well I recently put The Smiths self titled to the top of my chart in place of The Streets' OPM, it was hard but not at at the same time cos I love that album so much.

I guess my criteria is, if I could only listen to one album between now and forever what would it be, at current I'd choose The Smiths. I repeat this question to myself for the top 20 or so and then after that the chart is a mess with barely any order. So if you could only listen to one what would it be? The Stone Roses or Up The Bracket? I've got UTB 3 spaces higher but I've been thinking of a reshuffle so might be asking myself the same question in a bit.

The first album I fell in love with, and made me fall in love with music, was Nevermind. I think I only listened to Nirvana for about a year. The other albums I really loved as a teenager would be Original Pirate Material and Up The Bracket, they'll always be very high in my chart.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

BrilliantDisguise — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:31:09 GMT

Author: BrilliantDisguise

Posted: 06/05/2012 02:31

I actually just finished making my chart and I honestly couldn't put it in an exact order of preference. It changes all the time for me with the exception of number one. That spot will always be held by 'Born To Run'.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

kidamnesiac — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:10:16 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 06/05/2012 02:10

i have only been here for a year, i haven't changed my top 5 at all i have changed my 6-10 some. I have thought about changing my top 5 maybe 3 times including last week.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

SquishypuffDave — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:44:54 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 06/05/2012 01:44

You know what the dumbest thing I care about is? Trying to make my chart look aesthetically pleasing. I can't deny it has been a factor. When two albums don't look right next to each other, it bugs me.

Re: Difficult Decisions?

revolver94 — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:37:23 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 06/05/2012 01:37

I know exactly how you feel. I also take the higher positions of my chart very seriously (the lower positions I really don't give two shits about). But the number one spot... for a while I moved OK Computer up to my number 1 over Pet Sounds, and it killed me. I moved Pet Sounds back a few weeks later. This wasn't the first time it had happened, either (between Pet Sounds and OKC). Going even farther back, I used to have Revolver as my top album (hence the name). As tough as it was, I've moved it down since then; at one point it was 5. My past self would have berated my current self, but I have to be honest with how I feel.

And also, Up The Bracket is fucking awesome. "Time For Heroes" is one of those rare songs that sounds good the first time you hear it and keeps getting better. I've always liked to describe their sound as a cross between the Strokes and the Clash... does anyone else think they sound that way? At least vocally.