Albums that You Wish Weren't in the Top 1000

[Goodsir]

[mickilennial]

Regardless of the wording, I don't think it's a thread that will promote good discussion; it's much like "worst albums I ever heard" charts/lists.

[Goodsir]

[sp4cetiger]

I'm fine with the top 1000 as it is. Although the BEA ranks interest me, I don't have any feelings about how they should or shouldn't be. The world would be really boring if everybody had the same tastes as me.

It would be different if I saw them as a reflection of something more objective, like influence or popularity, but taste is an elusive thing. I could name albums I don't like, but it wouldn't give me any satisfaction for albummaster to remove them from the list or for people to stop liking them.

[Kiki]

Remove these albums from the top 1000 and it would be a much better place.

9. Kid A - Radiohead
16. In Rainbows - Radiohead
25. Is This It - The Strokes
28. Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
30. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
32. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
42. Grace - Jeff Buckley
51. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
72. Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
88. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
93. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
98. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
100. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
106. Pinkerton - Weezer
126. Metallica - Metallica
152. Discovery - Daft Punk
157. Urban Hymns - The Verve
163. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
194. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
199. xx - The xx - REMOVE BEFORE ALL OTHERS
203. Bon Iver, Bon Iver - Bon Iver
209. Ys - Joanna Newsom
234. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
235. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
237. Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
269. ( ) - Sigur Rós
385. Play - Moby
401. Contra - Vampire Weekend
405. The Eraser - Thom Yorke
463. Channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
465. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
476. Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust - Sigur Rós
522. De Stijl - The White Stripes
569. An Awesome Wave - ∆ (alt-j)
582. 40 Oz. To Freedom - Sublime
593. Kala - M.I.A.
612. Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
629. Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada
640. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
693. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters
712. Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
773. Ambient 1: Music For Airports - Brian Eno
774. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne
826. Script Of The Bridge - The Chameleons
828. Be Here Now - Oasis
830. Antidotes - Foals
870. The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy
884. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
931. We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic - Foxygen

...The top 1000 has changed... A very different sight indeed. Lots of fun too

[Goodsir]

[Romanelli]

There are certain albums I really don't understand the love for. From the BEA top 1000, this is probably the biggest puzzler for me:

Time by Electric Light Orchestra


BEA #782


I was a VERY big fan of ELO. They were my first concert. Out Of The Blue was the first album I ever bought. But when Discovery came out, I was highly disappointed. It sounded like Jeff Lynne had stopped trying to further the orchestra as rock band approach, and that he had gotten lazy with his writing while getting almost too slick with his production. I really hoped that Time would be a return to form, but it was, like the next two albums (Secret Messages and Balance Of Power), progressively weaker. Lynne had no interest in further exploring the orchestra, and had, in fact, pared ELO down to a 4 piece band with the drummer and bass player providing less music and keyboardist Richard Tandy becoming the main member of what was basically a duo. "Hold On Tight" was a good but really outdated sounding song, and the only other piece that I found to be really worthwhile on Time was "Rain Is Falling". Otherwise, it's a slick sounding, drab concept album with a weak and uninteresting story written produced and played by a man who sounds like he just wants out of his contract.

Not saying I'm the right one. I'm saying I don't get it.

As for ELO's albums, the ranking of their discography on BEA stumps me more than any other band. I just don't get how Time and Discovery can rate so high. Even Balance Of Power and Secret Messages, which are really not very good albums, are above better albums by ELO.

My ranking of their studio albums, with the BEA rank in parentheses. The site and myself don't agree on a single placement, which I find interesting. I don't think there's another band like this for me on BEA:

A New World Record (Out Of The Blue)
Eldorado (Time)
Face The Music (A New World Record)
Out Of The Blue (Discovery)
On The Third Day (Eldorado)
No Answer (The debut) (Face The Music)
ELO II (Secret Messages)
Discovery (On The Third Day)
Time (Balance Of Power)
Secret Messages (No Answer)
Balance Of Power (ELO II)


(I'm not posting this because I want people to change their minds and like what I like. I'm posting this because I can wish all I want to about the top 1000. That doesn't mean I want AM to go in and eliminate anything or change anything. I think the question posed by the op is a valid question, and we shouldn't be afraid to answer it.)
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[sp4cetiger]

[Guest]

From here on out this thread is just "Albums That You Don't Get Why They're In The Top 100"
Less arguing that way, and I think that is essentially what the aim of the thread was. Doesn't flow very well though. And I don't think it is grammatically correct either, but deal with it.

[Evandar]