Best Ever Albums

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

guilhermesoi — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:06:45 GMT

Author: guilhermesoi

Posted: 01/12/2018 15:06

100

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

paladisiac — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:44:27 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 01/10/2018 17:44

663 and rising by the work day. Hoping to hear the whole 1001 by the end of the year. 😄

[EDIT: 667]

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

NowhereMan — Mon, 8 Jan 2018 19:10:03 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 01/09/2018 00:10

Exactly 300!!!

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

Hayden — Mon, 8 Jan 2018 04:26:50 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/08/2018 09:26

rkm wrote:

Hayden wrote:

879

Apparently I'm in the top 30 8-[

Well done.

I'm curious, at 22 that's a lot of listening. Have you used that book as a template to work through?
Also, at 22, are you at all into collecting vinyl and/or CDs, or do you stream everything?

I haven't used the book, but I might start (check off what's left, why not?). The meat of the unlistened were from the 80's and 90's, and I must admit, some of them I've been avoiding for some time, but I suppose I could give them a spin.

And I collect vinyl and (occasionally) CD's. I think the last time I bought a CD was probably 3 or 4 years ago, but I still take pride in my small collection of them. For the most part I only buy vinyl nowadays (although, they're all in storage right now 😢 been on the road a bit).

I stream music occasionally, especially on Bandcamp, but it's not my go-to. I have a Spotify account but perhaps only use it 2-3 times a month for hard-to-find-elsewhere releases (not dead, but not active). If a rare album pops up on Youtube, sometimes I'll do that too, but I prefer not.

Also, truly, this isn't a bad list by any means. I'd rec the 60's-70's section to practically anyone. Just needs more jazz.

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

planetneutral — Sat, 6 Jan 2018 20:07:53 GMT

Author: planetneutral

Posted: 01/07/2018 01:07

I've been doing an informal listen-through intermittently over the past couple of years that is at 240, but includes all 1065 across all the editions I know of. But adding those that are still in the 2016 edition to others that I know I've listened to, I'm showing 380 on the list challenge.

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

drakonium — Sat, 6 Jan 2018 08:16:21 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 01/06/2018 13:16

About halfway through. Most of the record I had not listened to I knew about still, but to my surprise, there were quite a lot of things (especially in the 80s and 90s) I had never heard of. I think that list is pretty good to get into music ; lots of rock and pop music, and enough of the rest to spring interest in most of the other genres. But yeah it's definitely pop-rock-centric and is not of big use once one has listened to some music already.

Good reminder for things I've been putting aside for way too long now though...

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

souplipton — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 23:43:28 GMT

Author: souplipton

Posted: 01/06/2018 04:43

292, top 9%

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

AfterHours — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 23:41:53 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 01/06/2018 04:41

sethmadsen wrote:

dihansse wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

rkm wrote:

Af terHours wrote:

I've listened to all of them except the following:

(in date order to avoid confusion)

With the Beatles - The Beatles
A Hard Days' Night - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Revolver - The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
The Beatles - The Beatles (aka The White Album)
Abbey Road - The Beatles

Yes. Avoid at all costs. It's the devil's music.

Thanks for the warning. I kind of figured that with how dangerous their fans are. I've seen a lot of people on this site say they're really good, but there's this Italian dude that keeps telling me otherwise and so far I'm siding with him.

Yeah they forgot to include classical music albums

🤣

All kinds of fun.

🤣 🤣 🤣

😎

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

RoundTheBend — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 23:28:50 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 01/06/2018 04:28

dihansse wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

rkm wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Yes. Avoid at all costs. It's the devil's music.

Yeah they forgot to include classical music albums

🤣

All kinds of fun.

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

AfterHours — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 18:59:00 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 01/05/2018 23:59

RockyRaccoon wrote:

Cuz it suxxxxx

Shit yeah, that's what I've been trying to say! These Classical listeners just don't know what they're missing!

🤥

🤣

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 18:22:57 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 01/05/2018 23:22

AfterHours wrote:

Why bother staging Der Ring des Nibelungen anymore?

Cuz it suxxxxx

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

paladisiac — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 16:07:11 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 01/05/2018 21:07

Results:

660 of 1001 items (66%)
Rank: #90 of 15,070 users (top 1%)

And i'm pretty sure i've heard another 3-8 albums from between the mid-90s and late 00s that for some reason aren't rated here in BEA. (Every album i have rated in BEA, i have heard!)

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

AfterHours — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:47:30 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 01/05/2018 20:47

dihansse wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

rkm wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Yes. Avoid at all costs. It's the devil's music.

Yeah they forgot to include classical music albums

Oh, it's no matter. What did Classical music have to offer anyway? The revolution didn't start until 1963 before music performance peaked with Yesterday on the Ed Sullivan show. Why bother staging Der Ring des Nibelungen anymore?

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

Anonymous — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:03:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/05/2018 20:03

dihansse wrote:

Michael1981 wrote:

dihansse wrote:

Maybe just a game:
What's the highest ranked album on BEA not in that 1001 list to die for. I'll join in but let you all guess first.
The first one gets three �'�

Go for it....

Coincidentally, I was thinking about this earlier.

I haven't checked this out but if memory serves that Neutral Milk Hotel album is not on 1001 albums and it's very high on BEA. Some would say suspiciously high...

Well you beat me: I was convinced it was the Blue Album by Weezer on 73 on BEA but indeed Aeroplane Over The Sea at 17 on BEA is not on that list either while I was convinced it was.

So even four �'� �'� �'� �'� for you Michael1981!!!

🤣 Thanks. I knew my irrational grudge against Neutral Milk Hotel would pay off eventually.

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

dihansse — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:01:00 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 01/05/2018 20:01

Michael1981 wrote:

dihansse wrote:

Maybe just a game:
What's the highest ranked album on BEA not in that 1001 list to die for. I'll join in but let you all guess first.
The first one gets three �'�

Go for it....

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

Anonymous — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:55:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/05/2018 19:55

dihansse wrote:

Maybe just a game:
What's the highest ranked album on BEA not in that 1001 list to die for. I'll join in but let you all guess first.
The first one gets three �'�

Go for it....

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:27:21 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 01/05/2018 19:27

I got 648, which was more than I expected

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

dihansse — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:13:46 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 01/05/2018 19:13

Maybe just a game:
What's the highest ranked album on BEA not in that 1001 list to die for. I'll join in but let you all guess first.
The first one gets three �'�

Go for it....

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

Decurso — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:04:23 GMT

Author: Decurso

Posted: 01/05/2018 19:04

180 for me...but to be fair there were a lot of albums on there that I'd heard enough of to not want to listen to the entire thing...so I did not click on those.

Re: How Much of 1001 Albums to hear before dying have you listen

dihansse — Fri, 5 Jan 2018 11:04:27 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 01/05/2018 16:04

AfterHours wrote:

rkm wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Yes. Avoid at all costs. It's the devil's music.

Yeah they forgot to include classical music albums