planetneutral's Master Rating Log 2021-

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planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00796
Rating Date: 2021-03-06

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Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featur...e Ronettes
Year of Release: 1964

Rating: 70

Posted comment: All good performances and some of these songs are true classics, but this songlist doesn't really excite me when strung together.

Notes: Maybe I'd have been a little more excited by this if I hadn't just listened to Back to Mono, which has 75% of these tracks. With this album, I've hit 75% of the albums that have been on any iteration of the Rolling Stone list.

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: #427 2012: #422 2020: #494
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? #81 of 89

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #494 of 500 (98.8% of all items rated - avg. 76.8 )
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #519 of 692 (75.0% of all items rated - avg. 76.6)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: n/a of 1,078 (54.0% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: n/a of 1,000 (21.6% of all items rated - avg. 79.6)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00797
Rating Date: 2021-03-06

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II by Boyz II Men
Year of Release: 1994

Rating: 55

Posted comment: They were plenty talented, but most of this material isn't great.

Notes: Again, seriously, Rolling Stone. Come on.

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: N 2020: #495
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? N

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #495 of 500 (99.0% of all items rated - avg. 76.8 )
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #520 of 692 (75.1% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: n/a of 1,078 (54.0% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: n/a of 1,000 (21.6% of all items rated - avg. 79.6)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00798
Rating Date: 2021-03-06

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Dónde Están Los Ladrones? by Shakira
Year of Release: 1998

Rating: 75

Posted comment: I thought more than once "This is what Alanis would have sounded like if she sang in Spanish." Not at all a bad thing.

Notes:

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: N 2020: #496
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? N

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #496 of 500 (99.2% of all items rated - avg. 76.8 )
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #521 of 692 (75.3% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: n/a of 1,078 (54.0% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: #217 of 1,000 (21.7% of all items rated - avg. 79.5)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00799
Rating Date: 2021-03-06

The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto by Various Artists
Year of Release: 1985

Rating: 80

Posted comment: Sounds remarkably fresh and contemporary for a 36-year-old compilation of apartheid-era South African music.

Notes:

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: #388 2020: #497
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? Y
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? N

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #497 of 500 (99.4% of all items rated - avg. 76.8 )
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #522 of 692 (75.4% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: n/a of 1,078 (54.0% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: #218 of 1,000 (21.8% of all items rated - avg. 79.5)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00800
Rating Date: 2021-03-07

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Suicide by Suicide
Year of Release: 1977

Rating: 55

Posted comment: I found this mostly tedious. Like what I imagine the Velvet Underground would sound like if they weren't creative geniuses.

Notes: I'm sure that contrarian take won't generate any unhelpful votes.

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: #446 2012: #441 2020: #498
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? Y
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? N

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #498 of 500 (99.6% of all items rated - avg. 76.7)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #523 of 692 (75.6% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: #583 of 1,078 (54.1% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: n/a of 1,000 (21.8% of all items rated - avg. 79.5)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00801
Rating Date: 2021-03-07

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Ask Rufus by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Year of Release: 1977

Rating: 65

Posted comment: About a third of this is solid, but the rest is uneven and, by the end, downright ponderous.

Notes: You're talking about an album with only 20 BEA ratings taking a slot on an all-time great list. Basically an album of no real regard.

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: N 2020: #499
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? N
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? N
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? N

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #499 of 500 (99.8% of all items rated - avg. 76.7)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #524 of 692 (75.7% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: n/a of 1,078 (54.1% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: n/a of 1,000 (21.8% of all items rated - avg. 79.5)

[planetneutral]

planetneutral Master Rating Log ID#: 00802
Rating Date: 2021-03-07

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Funeral by Arcade Fire
Year of Release: 1977

Rating: 80

Posted comment: Certainly very good, but not quite as compelling to me as it seems to be to the general album-rating populace.

Notes: I'm on board with the theory that says this placement on the Rolling Stone list was basically trolling the denizens of sites like BEA and RYM.

Just like that, the Rolling Stone 500 (2020 edition) chapter of my music chronicling comes to a close. I'll generate some sort of wrap-up post, after which I honestly could use a break.

Included in...
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums? 2003: N 2012: #151 2020: #500
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (repeatedly revised 2005-2018)? Y
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008)? N
planetneutral's music collection? Digital
planetneutral's Decade list (min. 70 rating)? #12 of 56

Rating metadata
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2020 rating order: #500 of 500 (100% of all items rated - avg. 76.7)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums 2003/2012/2020 Combined List rating order: #525 of 692 (75.9% of all items rated - avg. 76.5)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005/2013/2017/2018 Combined List rating order: #585 of 1,078 (54.3% of all items rated - avg. 74.2)
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die rating order: n/a of 1,000 (21.8% of all items rated - avg. 79.5)

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