GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

[Nookel]

[AfterHours]

I'm stricter than most, but yea, I definitely feel all those albums are significantly overrated. I haven't listened to any of them very recently so my ratings are close estimates. Here's what I'd give each of them, with a 9/10 and up being masterpiece level.

Nevermind 7.3/10
OK Computer 7.6/10
Sgt Pepper 7.1/10
Joshua Tree...tough call, I'd estimate around 6.5/10 or so.

Since all these albums are usually given 5 stars I think they're each overrated by a wide margin. To me, a real 5 star album is much rarer than what is rated by most critics.

[Mr.Music]

I just dont get the buzz, Ok Computer is great but brilliant? A rock album with an electronic taste! I prefer The Bends or Kid A. In my opinion 90s best album was In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, alot of cheaper and has a deeper meaning(lyrics).

[Johnny Cage]

[Johnny Cage]

[Mr.Music]

Yes Johnny i have listened to Avery Island also and i think its great. So what do u think, is In The... better then Ok Computer or is it too hard to compare them.

[Johnny Cage]

I find it very hard to compare both of them, mostly because in my own subconscious I classify them as being very different. If you'd like to compare them on writing styles or by lyrics, I'd still come to a stalemate.
I think Neutral Milk Hotel had many great lines and to me they used wonderful imagery, sometimes complex and sometimes not but usually in the vein of fantastic and surreal. With Radiohead lyrics, especially on OK Computer, it felt to me as if they would used seemingly simple lyrics to try and evoke the fantastic imagery within the listener.

Just a few of my favorite lines off the top of my head:

"...but now he rides a comet's flame and won't be coming back again."
- Holland, 1945

"...one day, I am going to grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless."
- Let Down
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[Mr.Music]

Hehehe nice.....

Cant believe how strange it is to be anything at all
- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

[bc1991]

I would say I disagree with you about those albums, and dont get me wrong, I think there are a bunch of overrated albums and artists over there. But when somebody makes a list of the top albums, there are a lot of things you have to take in mind, and one of them is the impact caused on the world; and the actual scene of music can't be described without any of those albums I think.
For example before the Sgt. Pepper, rock was considered just for dancing, and not to sit and listen.
The Joshua Tree captivated the world with some extraordinary melodic and armonic themes.
Nevermind changed people's way of thinking, attitude and clothing too. And with Ok Computer, I think Johnny Cage explained perfectly.

[Mr.Music]

Thanks bc for sharing your thoughts with us but still i have some questions.
First of all i think its very bad that music changes your way of thinking isnt it called brainwash? Clothing? Sex Pistols changed peoples clothing more then any other band in rock history(i guess) but nobody thinks their albums are the greatest. In my oppinion its really bad that u have to change your clothing because u like a certain style of music. I blame the hype and thats why i dont think these albums are so great, because the hype gets us confused. I dont see people wearing hats because Captain Beefheart did tho he has changed the face of pop music more than any of these bands.
Joshua Tree is an great album, they had a great producer also - Brian Eno and still it wasnt hes best work. Yes, i am saying that Talking Heads - Remain In Light beats Joshua Tree any day. With an amazing producer work by mr. Eno. And still people are talking how great Joshua Tree is, even if From The Lions Mouth by The Sound is much better but the world wasnt just ready yet. So dont let the buzzzz get you