Best Ever Albums

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

21stCenturySchiz — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:08:40 GMT

Author: 21stCenturySchiz

Posted: 11/08/2018 18:08

I'm down for this

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:33:44 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/08/2018 15:33

Alright cool I'll put the next poll up in a couple weeks. Also please let me know here or via PM if you want a chart of yours to be added to the queue.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

NowhereMan — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 07:53:44 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 11/08/2018 12:53

Keen!

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

craola — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 01:55:34 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 11/08/2018 06:55

i'm down for participating in whatever capacity weighing in and voting or adding my list if that's a need. behr in mynd that 7 of my top 10 are pretty usual suspects, but it's still a good list 😁

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 00:22:02 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 11/08/2018 05:22

I almost want to change that chart again, but I definitely want to get this going again, so people are subjected to my weird music choices. 😁 I think you could do one for November if you started it soon. It's only been a week, and Thanksgiving Weekend is a good break to listen to music.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Lowkey — Wed, 7 Nov 2018 23:08:00 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 11/08/2018 04:08

Yes

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Wed, 7 Nov 2018 20:16:44 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/08/2018 01:16

Now that the tournament is over, thinking about resuming this. Would people have interest in participating again starting in December? If so, I would put up a poll to choose the next chart in the last week of November.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 02:06:36 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 03/23/2018 06:06

i changed out the album "Whatcha Doin" on my list to Per Norgard's Symphony no. 6 At the End of the Day/ Terrains Vagues.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Anti — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:33:58 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 03/23/2018 00:33

Yeah, I'll participate as well. I'm bump up my activity just for this.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

travelful — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:07:50 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 03/22/2018 20:07

I would like to participate in something like this, however my overall isn't very exciting or unusual. Most people on this website would have probably already heard my top 10 outside of maybe one or two albums. I also have three Pink Floyd albums in my top 10 lol. That's just how my chart is though, and it is as honest of a representation as I can get it. It's definitely an interesting chart, but some of the lesser known or unusual stuff is well outside of the top 10.

It's too bad that after 1000+ days of regularly using this site I still haven't unlocked the ability to make a custom chart...

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Norman Bates — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:09:50 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/22/2018 16:09

Cool idea, I'll gladly listen.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

revolver94 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:55:38 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 03/22/2018 03:55

yeah im intereted

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:58:20 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/21/2018 19:58

Thanks all. I will put up the first poll tomorrow. So if anyone makes any changes, please let me know ASAP.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Tap — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:45:31 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 03/21/2018 15:45

baystateoftheart wrote:

Ok, here are the top tens as they stand. Please double check if there's an easy way to listen to these and indicate which albums will need to be skipped so I can edit the lists before the poll starts.

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by Tap

1. Return Of Fenn O'Berg - Fenn O'Berg
2. Fantasmes Ou L'Histoire De Blanche-Neige - Jacques Lejeune
3. Super æ - Boredoms
4. The Room Extended - Keith Rowe
5. Tago Mago - Can
6. Wild Why - Wobbly
7. Syro - Aphex Twin
8. Sung Tongs - Animal Collective
9. Oiseaux 96-98 - Hrvatski
10. Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus

"Top 53 Greatest Music Albums" by Tilly

1. A Gift From A Flower To A Garden - Donovan
2. Finally We Are No One - múm
3. Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan
4. Peace & Love - Dadawah
5. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
6. Victorialand - Cocteau Twins
7. Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley
8. Nocturne - Wild Nothing
9. Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno
10. Another Setting - The Durutti Column

"Top 84 Greatest Music Albums" by Luigii

1. Velocity : Design : Comfort - Sweet Trip
2. The Age Of Adz - Sufjan Stevens
3. Caracal - Disclosure
4. Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada
5. Virgins - Tim Hecker
6. Medúlla - Björk
7. Pop - Gas
8. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
9. California - Mr. Bungle
10. The Mollusk - Ween

"New Additions" by Tha1ChiefRocka

1. Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki - Yamasuki Singers
2. Mistérios Da Amazônia - Carioca & Devas
3. Queen Hygiene II / Rough Day At The Orifice - Arab On Radar
4. Ecology - Mathematik
5. Biotop - Asmus Tietchens
6. Until The Eagle Grins - The Crownhate Ruin
7. The October Suite - Steve Kuhn
8. Nightlands - Various Artists
9. Continente Nero - Piero Umiliani
10. Whatcha Doin' - The Go

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by saltysurprise

1. OK Computer - Radiohead
2. Channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
3. Hot Fuss - The Killers
4. Yeezus - Kanye West
5. Faith - George Michael
6. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
8. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
9. Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer
10. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

"(Call it) Reggae (if you must)" by Jimmy Dread

1. Heart Of The Congos - The Congos
2. On Top - The Heptones
3. Truths And Rights - Johnny Osbourne
4. Arkology - Lee "Scratch" Perry
5. King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
6. Conquering Lion - Yabby You
7. The Keyboard King At Studio One - Jackie Mittoo
8. One, Two - Sister Nancy
9. African Dub All-Mighty, Chapter 3 - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
10. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters

"Soul" by RockyRaccoon

1. Night Beat - Sam Cooke
2. At Last! - Etta James
3. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
4. Reach Out - Four Tops
5. The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey
6. You Got My Mind Messed Up - James Carr
7. Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
8. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
9. Complete And Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Otis Redding
10. The Iceman Cometh - Jerry Butler

"Biltong & Mandazis" by Hayden

1. Specialist In All Styles - Orchestra Baobab
2. World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? - William Onyeabor
3. Kigali Y' Izahabu - The Good Ones
4. Drums Of Death - Ashanti Tribe Of Ghana / Ewe Tribe Of Ghana
5. In The Heart Of The Moon - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
6. Conflict - Ebo Taylor
7. Batsumi - Batsumi
8. This Is Marijata - Marijata
9. Sorrow Tears And Blood - Fela Kuti & Africa 70
10. Simigwa - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by SquishypuffDave

1. The Runners Four - Deerhoof
2. Torres - Torres
3. The Way Out - The Books
4. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
5. Of Natural History - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
6. Alopecia - Why?
7. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
8. Harmony In Ultraviolet - Tim Hecker
9. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case
10. Persistence Of Vision - VHS Head

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by dihansse

1. Rocking The Forest / Sebadoh Vs. Helmet - Sebadoh
2. Ascension - The Aints
3. Copper Blue - Sugar
4. Flip Your Wig - Hüsker Dü
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
7. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
8. Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim - Pixies
9. Beyond - Dinosaur Jr.
10. Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Chart Waiting List:

a. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" - PurpleHazel
b. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" - Lowkey

im working on going thru year charts to set up changing the overall, so mine might actually be looking different soon. maybe swap me out for someone on the waiting list this time

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:05:39 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/21/2018 14:05

Ok, here are the top tens as they stand. Please double check if there's an easy way to listen to these and indicate which albums will need to be skipped so I can edit the lists before the poll starts.

"Top 53 Greatest Music Albums" by Tilly

1. A Gift From A Flower To A Garden - Donovan
2. Finally We Are No One - múm
3. Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan
4. Peace & Love - Dadawah
5. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
6. Victorialand - Cocteau Twins
7. Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley
8. Nocturne - Wild Nothing
9. Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno
10. Another Setting - The Durutti Column

"Top 84 Greatest Music Albums" by Luigii

1. Velocity : Design : Comfort - Sweet Trip
2. The Age Of Adz - Sufjan Stevens
3. Caracal - Disclosure
4. Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada
5. Virgins - Tim Hecker
6. Medúlla - Björk
7. Pop - Gas
8. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
9. California - Mr. Bungle
10. The Mollusk - Ween

"New Additions" by Tha1ChiefRocka

1. Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki - Yamasuki Singers
2. Mistérios Da Amazônia - Carioca & Devas
3. Queen Hygiene II / Rough Day At The Orifice - Arab On Radar
4. Ecology - Mathematik
5. Biotop - Asmus Tietchens
6. Until The Eagle Grins - The Crownhate Ruin
7. The October Suite - Steve Kuhn
8. Nightlands - Various Artists
9. Continente Nero - Piero Umiliani
10. Whatcha Doin' - The Go

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by saltysurprise

1. OK Computer - Radiohead
2. Channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
3. Hot Fuss - The Killers
4. Yeezus - Kanye West
5. Faith - George Michael
6. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
8. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
9. Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer
10. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

"(Call it) Reggae (if you must)" by Jimmy Dread

1. Heart Of The Congos - The Congos
2. On Top - The Heptones
3. Truths And Rights - Johnny Osbourne
4. Arkology - Lee "Scratch" Perry
5. King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
6. Conquering Lion - Yabby You
7. The Keyboard King At Studio One - Jackie Mittoo
8. One, Two - Sister Nancy
9. African Dub All-Mighty, Chapter 3 - Joe Gibbs And The Professionals
10. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters

"Soul" by RockyRaccoon

1. Night Beat - Sam Cooke
2. At Last! - Etta James
3. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
4. Reach Out - Four Tops
5. The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - Baby Huey
6. You Got My Mind Messed Up - James Carr
7. Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
8. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
9. Complete And Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Otis Redding
10. The Iceman Cometh - Jerry Butler

"Biltong & Mandazis" by Hayden

1. Specialist In All Styles - Orchestra Baobab
2. World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor? - William Onyeabor
3. Kigali Y' Izahabu - The Good Ones
4. Drums Of Death - Ashanti Tribe Of Ghana / Ewe Tribe Of Ghana
5. In The Heart Of The Moon - Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
6. Conflict - Ebo Taylor
7. Batsumi - Batsumi
8. This Is Marijata - Marijata
9. Sorrow Tears And Blood - Fela Kuti & Africa 70
10. Simigwa - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by SquishypuffDave

1. The Runners Four - Deerhoof
2. Torres - Torres
3. The Way Out - The Books
4. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
5. Of Natural History - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
6. Alopecia - Why?
7. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
8. Harmony In Ultraviolet - Tim Hecker
9. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case
10. Persistence Of Vision - VHS Head

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by dihansse

1. Rocking The Forest / Sebadoh Vs. Helmet - Sebadoh
2. Ascension - The Aints
3. Copper Blue - Sugar
4. Flip Your Wig - Hüsker Dü
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
7. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
8. Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim - Pixies
9. Beyond - Dinosaur Jr.
10. Remain In Light - Talking Heads

"Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by PurpleHazel

1. Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus
2. 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! - James Brown
3. Live At The Village Vanguard - John Coltrane
4. Band Of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
5. Miles Smiles - Miles Davis
6. Truth - The Jeff Beck Group
7. Fresh - Sly & The Family Stone
8. Uncle Meat - The Mothers Of Invention
9. European Tour 1977 - Carla Bley
10. Mothership Connection - Parliament

Chart Waiting List:

a. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by Tap
b. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by Lowkey
c. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" by revolver94

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

Lowkey — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:47:58 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 03/21/2018 13:47

Y'all could use mine if you'd like

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:34:48 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/21/2018 13:34

PurpleHazel wrote:

I'd like to participate. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" is the chart I'll be drawing from.

I have a vinyl compilation in my Top 10 that I can easily swap with a more common single CD one. Also have two live multi-CD box sets that I'll have to demote (temporarily).

I'd actually prefer it if the Top 10s were posted in the first post of this or a new thread instead of following links to the individual charts. It'd be easier to vote if we could see all the Top 10s in one place.

What do you mean by "don't want to submit your top 10?"

Looks like we already have ten choices for the April voting, but we can include your chart in the May voting.

That is a good idea. I will post them here so that we can get the lists in order before we start the voting.

By that I mean if you want to take part in the discussion, but don't want to enter your chart in the project. That's what I'm doing.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

PurpleHazel — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:40:04 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 03/21/2018 05:40

I'd like to participate. "Top 100 Greatest Music Albums" is the chart I'll be drawing from.

I have a vinyl compilation in my Top 10 that I can easily swap with a more common single CD one. Also have two live multi-CD box sets that I'll have to demote (temporarily).

I'd actually prefer it if the Top 10s were posted in the first post of this or a new thread instead of following links to the individual charts. It'd be easier to vote if we could see all the Top 10s in one place.

baystateoftheart wrote:

If you have posted your interest but like me don't want to submit your top 10, please indicate that as well.

What do you mean by "don't want to submit your top 10?"

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:25:35 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/20/2018 23:25

Tap wrote:

oh I was under the impression any editing would purely be in the way the chart is presented in the thread and not in the actual chart itself

Yeah, if we end up skipping that one album from your top ten due to it being difficult to obtain, obviously your chart would stay the same, and we'd just include the #11 album instead. It would be very unreasonable to require a chart change. But if you want to skip certain albums in your top ten out of personal preference, chart rank, etc., making a custom chart and using that would make more sense.

Re: "Get To Know A Top 10" Listening Project

baystateoftheart — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:16:31 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 03/20/2018 23:16

Romanelli wrote:

I'm just going to throw this out there...I am not in favor of this:

"These should all have at least one album that's not typical fare for a top 10"

I think the idea itself is sound, but you are asking people, if they do submit their overall chart (or decades, or years), to adjust them for your listening project. I don't think that this is fair to the overall chart (yes, I know the effect would be minimal...but the effect would be THERE) for people to make changes to these so that a message board listening game can be made to be more interesting.

I think that the best way to do this would be for those who want to participate to make a separate chart if they want it to be their overall top 10 or decade or year, or anything else...in other words, I believe that only custom charts should be eligible for this. Otherwise, you'll have people removing albums that really are in their top 10's in favor of "cooler" stuff (you've already suggested that they do so). And that skews the overall ratings...even if it is in a minimal way.

I believe that overall, decade and year charts should be honest. Not doctored to make a listening project more interesting.

Can we make it custom charts only? (You can create a new one specifically for the project.)

I think you've misunderstood me a little. No one is asking anyone to change their charts for the purposes of this project. People are free to create a custom chart and use that, but if they're happy with an existing top ten, whether it's from their overall chart or a custom chart, there's no reason to create an additional chart for this project. That just becomes a hoop to jump through.

Also, this is for overall charts and custom charts, not decade or year charts.