What did you think of Pitchfork's Best of the 1960's list?

Viibes · 2017-11-21T13:10:08-05:00

Link to the list: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/ Personally, I didn't think it was very good. It was definitely better than their Best Albums of the 1970's list, but there are still quite a few things that I don't think many respected music critics would let slide by. Firstly, I thought that "Sgt. Peppers" was too low in the rankings at 28. How? Personally, I think that it's he best album of the 60s. Even if someone doesn't agree with that or that it's the Beatles best (Abbey Road is a very close second for me), there is no way it isn't top ten. Also, I don't see how the White Album is their best, even if it is someone's favourite I don't think most people would say that it's their best or most important album. Abbey Road also got shafted at rank 16 when it's also an easy in at top five. Secondly, there are other all-time classic albums that seem way too low. "The Doors" sits at 95. Zeppelin 1 is 72, I haven't listened to it but it seems like too important of an album to be that far down. "In the Court of the Crimson King" is at 56, people absolutely love that album like others would "Loveless" or ITAOTS which are both in the Best of the 90's top ten. "Rubber Soul" is an album I thought should at least be top 30 or 25, but instead is at 46. "Are You Experienced" is sitting at 39 when it should easily be top 15. Zeppelin 2 should have at least been in the top 15 albums as well but is ranked 37 instead. I felt "White Light/White Heat" should have been slightly higher than it is. There are other albums that I feel may also have been shafted, but that feeling is merely a hunch since I haven't listened to many albums from the decade yet. As for the list as a whole, I think they may have tried too hard to include albums from genres that were no longer relevant by the end of the decade. Jazz is an incredibly important genre for music as a whole, but I can't think of anyone that still listens to it, no matter how good the albums from the 60s might have been. People are still listening to "Sgt. Peppers" everyday, so it doesn't make sense to me why "Wild in the Wind" is so high above it. Is Pitchfork just aiming to get easy clicks, or am I missing something? Any thoughts on the list? I'd love to have a discussion about it, especially with any big fans of jazz that might be able to explain the significance of some of these highly ranked albums that I'm just not seeing. Happy typing!

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I didn't think there was anything offensively bad about it. I thought it was a creative list from a different point of view.
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I listen to jazz..
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I listen to jazz..

What's "jazz"? Sounds like something dumb.
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What's "jazz"? Sounds like something dumb.

See that's why I never told anyone I listened to jazz.
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See that's why I never told anyone I listened to jazz.

Totally with you on that 🤣 Can't tell you how many people I've met that I learn very early in a conversation about music how limited my recommendations need to be kept -- especially with Jazz. Uniformly (almost), these are the one's that say they "listen to everything" which is, apparently the token response nowadays (regardless of reality) when asked what you listen to. I usually interject: "Really? Everything? So you're into [insert any Jazz album other than the standards most everyone has heard/heard of]. Every now and then, I'm pleasantly surprised they were pretty serious. But what it usually means is "I casually listen to multiple stations on satellite radio " 😄
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Exactly exactly. And those satellite radio stations play the same bunch of songs just like fm radio does too.

I gave up saying I listen to everything a while ago. I think it was the point that I found myself enjoying every album ever released aside from Sittin' On Top of the World by Leann Rimes. I just can't lie to people anymore. I don't listen to everything.

Jazz is alive and well, friends.
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What's "jazz"? Sounds like something dumb.

It's an adjective.
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It's an adjective.

So, you mean, like Kenny G and Yanni?
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So, you mean, like Kenny G and Yanni?

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