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Kiki

After quite a few years of working my way through the top 1000 on the overall chart I can see the end in sight. Right now there are 36 unlistened albums in the top 1000. These are:

164. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
178. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
234. Good Kid, M.A.A.d City by Kendrick Lamar
299. F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
535. Yeezus by Kanye West
585. Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
606. Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy
729. Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim
732. Heart Of The Congos by The Congos
737. Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
755. Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
776. Before These Crowded Streets by Dave Matthews Band
813. Under The Table And Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band
843. Black Monk Time by The Monks
844. Black On Both Sides by Mos Def
850. The Infamous by Mobb Deep
866. The Sun Sessions by Elvis Presley
867. Fashion Nugget by Cake
871. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
873. New York by Lou Reed
885. The Harder They Come by Various Artists
892. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company
899. The Marble Index by Nico
901. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030
905. Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison
911. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
917. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
919. Parade by Prince & The Revolution
936. Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention
939. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
955. Script For A Jester's Tear by Marillion
968. Me Against The World by 2Pac
970. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star by Black Star
978. Guero by Beck
979. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
991. The Good Son by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

It seems like a lot now they are listed here. Still the smallest I have ever got the list. It's physically possible to reduce the number to 0 before next weekend.

As well as the above I have kept on reducing the number of music albums I dislike. There are albums in the top 1000 I used to dislike on the first few listens which I now like. As I believe I can enjoy almost any kind of music, as long as I give it enough time, this will ideally keep up until I enjoy every album in my collection.

So where should I go next? I thought I could specialize in one genre or type of music although I am not sure what is vacant right now. Perhaps I could take over ambient, punk, britpop or try something completely new? Instead I could work on people's charts using only 1 or 2 charts at a time. In the passed I brought lots of albums I hadn't heard before because I saw them on amazon lists or in the best album lists by big publications.

I think I am doing great these days. What big plans have you got in your listening right now? Are you taking each day as it comes or working for something bigger?

Hayden

Location: Vietnam

an_outlaw wrote:

164. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
178. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
234. Good Kid, M.A.A.d City by Kendrick Lamar
299. F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
535. Yeezus by Kanye West
585. Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
606. Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy
729. Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim
732. Heart Of The Congos by The Congos
843. Black Monk Time by The Monks
844. Black On Both Sides by Mos Def
850. The Infamous by Mobb Deep
873. New York by Lou Reed
911. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
968. Me Against The World by 2Pac
970. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star by Black Star
978. Guero by Beck
979. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
991. The Good Son by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

^ Those are honestly all amazing albums. Give hip-hop and reggae a chance outlaw 😄 You'll like some of it at least. I bolded the ones I think you'll like the most.

And I haven't heard either of the Dave Matthew Band albums.. Nor do I ever plan to, so, I don't have an opinion on those. But the rest is quite good 😄
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soundguardian

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dude, you haz to listen to those Godspeed You! Black Emperor albums!

keep it up xD
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NickVolos

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an_outlaw wrote:

After quite a few years of working my way through the top 1000 on the overall chart I can see the end in sight. Right now there are 36 unlistened albums in the top 1000. These are:

I think I am doing great these days. What big plans have you got in your listening right now? Are you taking each day as it comes or working for something bigger?

Great job! 👏 I am down to 369 remaining from the BEA overall chart but I am not focusing on them at this point. What I am doing lately is either focus on specific genres and listening the critically-acclaimed releases for that genre or focus on a specific time period (example early 80's).
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TracyJacks

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I am curious what will be your opinion on Nico's The Marble Index. That's an unusual but beautiful album.

I think it's a good idea if you specalize in a genre because you can find many forgotten great albums. Maybe you can make a list of the genres you liked the most when you listened to the BEA Overall Top 1000, and you start to explore the genre you know the least about.

Or, what NickVolos does, you can explore a specific period in time.

I now discover the Top 1000, I'm still in the 100s, I try to listen to an album from it everyday. I still have to listen to tons of albums, and discover many bands and albums. When I discover a new album I like, I search for similar albums from the genre (lately I got into shoegaze albums).

DanielNunes93

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Location: Castelo Branco

I want to do that too, but I here only for a few weeks yet, so still missing 683 😐

CubaZed

DanielNunes93 wrote:

I want to do that too, but I here only for a few weeks yet, so still missing 683 :|

And I decided to restart my listening list this year, so I have 939 to go.

Kiki

Hayden wrote:

^ Those are honestly all amazing albums. Give hip-hop and reggae a chance outlaw 😄 You'll like some of it at least. I bolded the ones I think you'll like the most.

Good good. Listened to hip-hop a lot more when younger. I suppose I am waiting for time I will like it better again.

soundguardian wrote:

dude, you haz to listen to those Godspeed You! Black Emperor albums!

keep it up xD

Thank you.

NickVolos wrote:

Great job! 👏 I am down to 369 remaining from the BEA overall chart but I am not focusing on them at this point. What I am doing lately is either focus on specific genres and listening the critically-acclaimed releases for that genre or focus on a specific time period (example early 80's).

I would be going over all the critically-acclaimed albums I could in my 2nd and 3rd years in music. Like whatever I could find. Hadn't thought about doing the time periods myself. I may have missed a lot in the 60s and 70s for example.

TracyJacks wrote:

I am curious what will be your opinion on Nico's The Marble Index. That's an unusual but beautiful album.

I think it's a good idea if you specalize in a genre because you can find many forgotten great albums. Maybe you can make a list of the genres you liked the most when you listened to the BEA Overall Top 1000, and you start to explore the genre you know the least about.

Or, what NickVolos does, you can explore a specific period in time.

I now discover the Top 1000, I'm still in the 100s, I try to listen to an album from it everyday. I still have to listen to tons of albums, and discover many bands and albums. When I discover a new album I like, I search for similar albums from the genre (lately I got into shoegaze albums).

Good ideas. I always try and get something new everyday. At one point there was 700 albums I hadn't heard on the overall chart. It's just taking things off everyday or whenever you can.

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So you've just got all the best ones left (+ Dave Matthews)?

Hayden

Location: Vietnam

lethalnezzle wrote:

So you've just got all the best ones left (+ Dave Matthews)?

That's pretty much what I said 🤣

I haven't heard 120-ish albums from out top 1,000... and I don't plan on listening to at 80 of them.. ever. Maybe even more. Mostly Kasabian, U2, Dave Matthews, Ben Folds Five, Yes, Oasis, later-era Metallica, Jimmy Eats World.. all that kind of stuff. I might post a list to see if anyone thinks anything is left that I might enjoy.
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