Best Ever Albums

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Listmeister — Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:37:59 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 12/02/2013 16:37

andy_hunter wrote:

Where can I get this book? It sounds interesting.

It was just a standard college textbook on music history, covering cavemen banging rocks together through to "the present". The last chapter was about the 20th century, and had a lot more to say about Irving Berlin and the Gershwins than it did about Rock and Roll.

I'll see if I still have it, but I don't think I do.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:13:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/29/2013 19:13

Listmeister wrote:

Using a bunch of complicated musical terms that I never really understood to begin with. Things like "syncopation" and "allocution" or something. C'mon it was 25 years ago.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Beatles were genius-level musicians too, I just don't know how someone would go about proving something like that. If you find the name of the textbook, let us know.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Jasonconfused — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:48:53 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/29/2013 18:48

lethalnezzle wrote:

The most recognised musician in the world is Bob Marley.

Fair enough. I was limiting my options to the top 100 though.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

andy_hunter — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:40:50 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 11/29/2013 18:40

Listmeister wrote:

Only a few artists of the last 60 years will still be listened to in, say 300 years (how many 18th Century composers can you name?). The Beatles, Pink Floyd. Radiohead. Maybe Arcade Fire.

Also, stuff by Miles Davis and John Coltrane will be kept alive for centuries. I'm not even a fan of jazz* but its the sort of thing intellectuals love and they will strive to keep it going. Even now UNESCO have International Jazz Day, I doubt there'll ever be an International Pop/Rock Day.
*I'm not currently a fan of jazz

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

andy_hunter — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:31:59 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 11/29/2013 18:31

Listmeister wrote:

By the way, the first time I heard I Want You (She's So Heavy), from Abbey Road, was in a Music History class. They had a chapter section on the Beatles, and that was the song the textbook analyzed to prove the Beatles were geniuses. That was 1986 or so, before Radiohead.

Where can I get this book? It sounds interesting.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:56:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/29/2013 17:56

Dingerbell wrote:

And your proof is?

When I find the article I originally read it in, I'll post it. But think about it, Marley's face is on t-shirts and flags sold in street markets across all continents. There's no cheap fake Abbey Road street sign being sold out in Kinshasa bruh.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Dingerbell — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:52:20 GMT

Author: Dingerbell

Posted: 11/29/2013 17:52

lethalnezzle wrote:

The most recognised musician in the world is Bob Marley.

And your proof is?

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:50:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/29/2013 17:50

Jasonconfused wrote:

As sad as that might be, won't it probably be the case?

The most recognised musician in the world is Bob Marley.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Jasonconfused — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:49:18 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/29/2013 17:49

lethalnezzle wrote:

Yes, it will definitely be white males with guitars.

As sad as that might be, won't it probably be the case? Plus, the majority of the top 100 is exactly that, for better or worse.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:07:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/29/2013 15:07

Listmeister wrote:

The Beatles, Pink Floyd. Radiohead. Maybe Arcade Fire.

Yes, it will definitely be white males with guitars.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Listmeister — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:03:59 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 11/29/2013 15:03

sp4cetiger wrote:

How did they go about proving that? :|

Using a bunch of complicated musical terms that I never really understood to begin with. Things like "syncopation" and "allocution" or something. C'mon it was 25 years ago.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

NickVolos — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 02:52:05 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 11/29/2013 07:52

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Forever Changes

"According to the New Musical Express, The Stone Roses' relationship with their future producer John Leckie was settled when they all agreed that Forever Changes was the "best record ever".

Forever Changes failed to achieve commercial success when it was first released in 1967, but it has since become recognized as one of the finest albums to come out of the Summer of Love, ranking 40th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 as well as being added to the National Recording Registry in May 2012.

The 1979 edition of The Rolling Stone Record Guide gave the album a rating of five stars (out of five). It also received five stars in the 1983 edition of the guide and in the fourth edition that was published in 2004.
In a special issue of Mojo magazine, Forever Changes was ranked the second greatest psychedelic album of all time. In the January 1996 issue, Mojo readers selected Forever Changes as #11 of the "100 Greatest Albums Ever Made."[12]
Forever Changes was praised by a group of Members of the British Parliament in 2002 as being one of the greatest albums of all time.[13]
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album 40th in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in the December 11, 2003 issue.
In 2003, NME ranked the album #6 on their list of greatest albums of all time. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Forever Changes the 82nd greatest album of all time.
In a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4, the album was ranked 83rd in the 100 greatest albums of all time.[14]
The album was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." (wikipedia)

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:59:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/29/2013 05:59

Listmeister wrote:

How did they go about proving that? 😐

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Listmeister — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:34:06 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 11/29/2013 05:34

Only a few artists of the last 60 years will still be listened to in, say 300 years (how many 18th Century composers can you name?). The Beatles, Pink Floyd. Radiohead. Maybe Arcade Fire. The Beatles have proven that their music appeals to multiple generations. My money would be on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the Last Album Ever Listened To. It's importance to music history means that music professors will keep going back to it in music history classes.

By the way, the first time I heard I Want You (She's So Heavy), from Abbey Road, was in a Music History class. They had a chapter section on the Beatles, and that was the song the textbook analyzed to prove the Beatles were geniuses. That was 1986 or so, before Radiohead.

Re: Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Jasonconfused — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:08:40 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/28/2013 01:08

Probably the one with the least commercial success, for better or worse.

Which album in the top 100 overall chart...

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:08:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/27/2013 23:08

... will be the last one ever listened to? As in all 99 other albums have already been listened to for the last time and most certainly never will grace a persons ears ever again. As in forever and ever.

My guess will be 'Back In Black' because "Hey it's AC/DC!" and it seems like it could last the marathon ahead 😄 They have mass appeal and it's the sort of amazing (yet entirely pointless when the time arrives) achievement AC/DC are capable of.

Also there is inevitably going to be a first album from the top 100 to never be listened to ever again. So bonus points if you want to guess that one. 🤣

Have fun... 😁