Best Ever Albums

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:28:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/13/2012 16:28

Fast 'n' Bulbous is always a good read. I still don't forgive him for missing Supreme Clientele off of his Top 13 Hip-Hop albums of the 2000's though. Heresy.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Facetious — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:21:46 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/13/2012 16:21

paladisiac wrote:

never thought i'd "meet" another who was a fan of that site. i use it for reference as he has some extreme taste in music. i often try out a couple albums he lists in years' "best of"s. however, his increasing metal fixation has become a little off-putting for me.

I've looked at his Best Albums (after 1965 or whatever it was) list and it was absolutely genius.

Re: A Guessing Game.

paladisiac — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:19:43 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 06/13/2012 16:19

Eggman/Walrus/Taxman wrote:

That's because, apart from Fast 'n' bulbous maybe, there isn't one.

Re: A Guessing Game.

revolver94 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:33:53 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 06/13/2012 15:33

Hayden wrote:

Just reading about that 'plea' purple made. So, I though about what would be fun as a new topic.

Pitchfork has made lists for individual years, decades, etc..But they've never made one for overall.

So, how about we fill this categories in, with what we think Pitchfork would do.

Best Album of The 60's
Best Song of the 70's
Best Song of the 80's
Best Album Ever
Best Song Ever

😁

I would assume/ guess

60's Album - Velvet Underground & Nico
70's song - Stairway To Heaven (this one was a bit tricky...not sure)
80's song - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Best album - Daydream Nation
Best song - Gold Soundz

You? 😜

(yes, I know, 'who cares?' and stuff, but this could be fun)

I really doubt that they'd pick Stairway... it's just too typical. I think "Heroes" is a much more likely choice. Hopefully they'll make some of these charts in the future, Pitchfork's lists are always great fun.

Re: A Guessing Game.

revolver94 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:32:52 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 06/13/2012 15:32

Jackwc wrote:

No way, Pet Sounds only got a 9.4.

That's just one editor that wanted to be hip. It certainly doesn't represent the site as a whole.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Facetious — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:10:28 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 06/13/2012 13:10

Polythene Pam wrote:

Why do we use a decent critic site instead like, ahh... um. hmmm

You know I can't think of one :-k

That's because, apart from Fast 'n' bulbous maybe, there isn't one.

And Scaruffi has good taste mostly, but can't write a good review. Plus, he seems to have a bias against pop music in general, and if a band is overrated to him, he will not give up any chance to tell you this. It's really annoying to see The Beatles' name in virtually a quarter of the pages on his website. Used in a negative sense, no less. I mean, I'm not even the Beatles' biggest fan, but still it annoys me.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:07:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/05/2012 17:07

Why do we use a decent critic site instead like, ahh... um. hmmm

You know I can't think of one 🤔

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:02:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/05/2012 17:02

Jackwc wrote:

Jhereko wrote:

I think yous might be underestimating just how much they love Pet Sounds. i think that's their biiiig love.

No way, Pet Sounds only got a 9.4.

Apparently Pitchfork can't be judged by their ratings. They gave Before and After Science by Brian Eno a 7.7 and included it in their top 100 from the 70s, yet they didn't include Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen despite the fact that they gave it a perfect 10.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:31:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/05/2012 00:31

Read it again. It's rating the 40th anniversary edition as a release rather than the album itself.

They had 2 songs from Pet Sounds in their top 10 songs of the 60's....2! of the whole decade. they also stated in their end of decade spiel "We get that 500 is a lot of them [referring to songs of the decade]; after all, we only listed 200 songs from the 1960s and that's, like, The Greatest Time in Pop Music History."

not that that confirms Pet Sounds but I think they'd definitely have a 60's #1[/i]

Re: A Guessing Game.

Jackwc — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:17:36 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 02/05/2012 00:17

Jhereko wrote:

I think yous might be underestimating just how much they love Pet Sounds. i think that's their biiiig love.

No way, Pet Sounds only got a 9.4.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:16:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/05/2012 00:16

Ain't the overall chart on this site quite similar to their taste?

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:04:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2012 22:04

Well, in the little opening paragraph, the head pitchfork guy said that Revolver's ego was getting out of hand, so I would say that would be their top pick because of that, but Pet Sounds would be close I bet.

Best song of the 70s: "Heroes" (they love themselves some Bowie)
Best song of the 80's: Teen Age Riot
Best album of all time: Daydream Nation (I would put Low at 2)
Best song: God Only Knows

Re: A Guessing Game.

19loveless91 — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:44:02 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 02/04/2012 21:44

I think it would be a 60s album on top... Revolver, Pet Sounds, VU & Nico, ... Don't know why, just have a feeling. Then OK Computer at #2... Hm.. don't know, will think about this 😁

Re: A Guessing Game.

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:41:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/04/2012 21:41

I think yous might be underestimating just how much they love Pet Sounds. i think that's their biiiig love.

Re: A Guessing Game.

Jackwc — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:34:30 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 02/04/2012 21:34

Best album: OK Computer or VU&N

A Guessing Game.

Hayden — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:47:29 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/04/2012 20:47

Just reading about that 'plea' purple made. So, I though about what would be fun as a new topic.

Pitchfork has made lists for individual years, decades, etc..But they've never made one for overall.

So, how about we fill this categories in, with what we think Pitchfork would do.

Best Album of The 60's
Best Song of the 70's
Best Song of the 80's
Best Album Ever
Best Song Ever

😁

I would assume/ guess

60's Album - Velvet Underground & Nico
70's song - Stairway To Heaven (this one was a bit tricky...not sure)
80's song - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Best album - Daydream Nation
Best song - Gold Soundz

You? 😜

(yes, I know, 'who cares?' and stuff, but this could be fun)