Which album deserves to reach / leave the BEA top 100 ?

[Yann]

I have a few ideas... but what do you think ?

[bobbyb5]

Well, we all have tons of personal favorites that we'd like to see there, but realize they don't have a realistic chance. So I'll just mention one that I am kind of surprised isn't there already. Most of the classic rock artists are pretty well represented in the top 100 as you would expect, except for one that I can think of. Creedence Clearwater Revival. All the other big name sixties artists are there but not Creedence. So I'd like to see one of theirs. Probably Willie and the Poor Boys or Cosmo's Factory has the best chance. One other 60s Superstar who is missing is Janis Joplin. . She don't even come close. I'd like to see Kozmic Blues there, but Pearl is probably more realistic.

[Repo]

[bobbyb5]

[Fischman]

Which album deserves to leave the BEA top 100 ?

Everything on the list BUT:

Dark Side of the Moon
LZIV
Wish You Were Here
The Doors
Who's Next
Exile on Main Street
Rumours
Are You Experienced
LZII
IN the Court of the Crimson King
Animals
Let it Bleed
LZI
Forever Changes
Sticky Fingers
Electric Ladyland
Paranoid
Physical Graffiti
Master of Puppets
Houses of the Holy
A Love Supreme

What deserves to take all those places? Too many great albums to count. Here's a few that really stand out:

Rush: Moving Pictures/Permanent Waves/Hemispheres/2112
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Dream Theater: Images and Words
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists
Blackfoot: Strikes
Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Moanin'
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
Lee Morgan: Sidewinder
Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Mongtomery: Smokin' at the Half Note
Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society
Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed
Buddy Guy: Damn Right I Got the Blues
Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind/Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick/Aqualung
Yes: Close to the Edge/Fragile/The Yes Album
Outlaws/Outlaws
Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record

[Yann]

[theblueboy]

Ok then. Not personal favourites but bizarrely absent from the top 100 are Sign of the times and Songs in the Key of life. Both albums are universally praised and are arguably the definitive statements of two of the most significant artists of all time.

[glynspsa]

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Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revivalccr is a good choice

[AfterHours]

I'd add the following...

(though in reality, the overall chart is a popularity contest so simply making it my own list/submissions doesn't truly align to its goal)

The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Ascension - John Coltrane (1965)
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (1990)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo (1997)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Saxophone Improvisations, Series F - Anthony Braxton (1972)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler (1964)
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969)
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996)
Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents (1993)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
Nail - Foetus (1985)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989)
Barbed Wire Maggots - Borbetomagus (1983)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
Art & Aviation - Jane Ira Bloom (1992)
Streams - Sam Rivers (1973)
For Alto - Anthony Braxton (1968)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara - McCoy Tyner (1972)
Les Stances a Sophie - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1970)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975) ***
Silent Tongues - Cecil Taylor (1974)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot - Gong (1973)
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three (1997)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)
Atlantis - Sun Ra (1967)
Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh (1973)
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (1969)
Steve Lacy - Saxophone Special (1974)
Mu - Don Cherry (1969)
Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman (1960)
Uncle Meat - Frank Zappa (1969)
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962)
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965)
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967)
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
Dimensions & Extensions - Sam Rivers (1967)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
New York Eye & Ear Control - Albert Ayler (1964)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
Not Available - Residents (1974)
Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (1970)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Symphony For Improvisers - Don Cherry (1966)

...and remove everything else (or drop them down), except:

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
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[Yann]

First I find that 5 Radiohead albums and 4 Bob Dylan albums in the top 100 is slightly excessive..

In my opinion, there should be some place in the top 100 for :
Off The Wall - M Jackson (currently 345)
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT (236) (after all Lonerism by Tame Impala is 100, so..)
Legend - Bob Marley (perhaps it's because it's a compilation)
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (same reason, but did you know R Christgau gave it an A+ ? )
Hotel California - The Eagles (199, which is not bad already)
Harvest - Neil Young (104, almost there)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (220, a personal favorite which i'm confident will make the top 100 sooner or later)
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (575) (in place of the Wilco album? hmm)
Blue Lines - Massive Attack (284)
Berlin - Lou Reed (408)
Make it Big - Wham (2 998) (ok, top 500 will do for me).
Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra (10 138)

And to finish with, I find the albums of the following artists "surprising" in the top 100:
Neutral Milk Hotel (a complete mystery for me. I keep trying)
The Stone Roses
King Crimson
Pearl Jam
Wilco
Kayne West (Graduation could almost make it)
Sufjan Stevens
Weezer
Nas
Interpol (although I love their second album, Antics)
Animal Collective