Chart of the day (#3638): By baystateoftheart - Music

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by baystateoftheart (View chart)

1. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966)
2. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane (1965)
3. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen (1967)
4. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar (2012)
5. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar (2015)
6. Acabou Chorare by Novos Baianos (1972)
7. Superfly by Curtis Mayfield (1972)
8. E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen (2015)
9. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend (2013)
10. Disintegration by The Cure (1989)
11. Telefone by Noname (2016)
12. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis (1969)
13. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan (1975)
14. Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
15. New Age Of Earth by Ashra (1977)
16. Pieces Of A Man by Gil Scott-Heron (1971)
17. Trouble Will Find Me by The National (2013)
18. Dummy by Portishead (1994)
19. Boxer by The National (2007)
20. Curtis by Curtis Mayfield (1970)
21. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes (1964)
22. Donuts by J Dilla (2006)
23. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell (1975)
24. The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys (2011)
25. Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
26. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies (1968)
27. Untrue by Burial (2007)
28. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991)
29. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (1971)
30. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie (1972)
31. Apocalypse, Girl by Jenny Hval (2015)
32. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake (1969)
33. Illmatic by Nas (1994)
34. Gossamer by Passion Pit (2012)
35. Pop 2 by Charli XCX (2017)
36. Station To Station by David Bowie (1976)
37. #1 Record by Big Star (1972)
38. Graceland by Paul Simon (1986)
39. Liquid Swords by GZA (1995)
40. Alvvays by Alvvays (2014)
41. The Wayward Bus by The Magnetic Fields (1992)
42. Late Registration by Kanye West (2005)
43. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West (2010)
44. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen (1982)
45. Forever Changes by Love (1967)
46. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (1969)
47. Aquemini by OutKast (1998)
48. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (2007)
49. Wildflower by The Avalanches (2016)
50. LP1 by FKA Twigs (2014)
51. Shangri-Las - 65! by The Shangri-Las (1965)
52. Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow (1996)
53. Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves (2018)
54. Blowout Comb by Digable Planets (1994)
55. Is This It by The Strokes (2001)
56. Confusion by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1974)
57. Shakara by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1972)
58. Coffin For Head Of State by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1980)
59. Alagbon Close by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1974)
60. Sorrow Tears And Blood by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1977)
61. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich (1978)
62. Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt (2018)
63. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (2002)
64. PC Music Vol 1 & 2 by Various Artists (2018)
65. Chronic Town by R.E.M. (1982)
66. Time 'N' Place by Kero Kero Bonito (2018)
67. (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People by The Chi-Lites (1971)
68. The College Dropout by Kanye West (2004)
69. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1975)
70. Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins (1990)
71. Back To The World by Curtis Mayfield (1973)
72. Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2000)
73. Souvlaki by Slowdive (1993)
74. The Life Pursuit by Belle And Sebastian (2006)
75. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (1973)
76. Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus (2010)
77. Roforofo Fight by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1972)
78. Ladies Of The Canyon by Joni Mitchell (1970)
79. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965)
80. Let's Get Out Of This Country by Camera Obscura (2006)
81. Bonito Generation by Kero Kero Bonito (2016)
82. Journey In Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane (1971)
83. I'm Still In Love With You by Al Green (1972)
84. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (1963)
85. E•MO•TION: Side B by Carly Rae Jepsen (2016)
86. Afrodisiac by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1973)
87. Art Angels by Grimes (2015)
88. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966)
89. Bloom by Beach House (2012)
90. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding (1965)
91. Beauty And The Beat by Go-Go's (1981)
92. Dots And Loops by Stereolab (1997)
93. Little Dark Age by MGMT (2018)
94. Karma by Pharoah Sanders (1969)
95. Observator by The Raveonettes (2012)
96. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young (1970)
97. The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
98. Rythmes Contemporains by Janko Nilović (1974)
99. I Never Learn by Lykke Li (2014)
100. Be The Cowboy by Mitski (2018)

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Luigii

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Shout out to one of the most prolific individuals on this site. Also should have mentioned this earlier, but I hope you had a good birthday.

baystateoftheart
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Luigii wrote:

Shout out to one of the most prolific individuals on this site. Also should have mentioned this earlier, but I hope you had a good birthday.

Thanks Luigii! Very Happy

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Yeah I agree with Luigii, it's great to have a user this prolific, debating, and consistently active on here. Even if I personally don't always agree with the views (or in this case, the album picks) of yours, it's interesting to read what you have to say.
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kokkinos

May I ask what’s going on scoring wise?
I mean, I see a 4/5 and then a 80/100 (random examples).
The TBD indicator next to the former makes me guess that you plan to make a transition in the 1 to 100 format. On the other hand, the albums you’ve recently rated e.g. for the purpose of the “You must listen…” games are rated in a scale of 1 to 5, which confuses me.
I know you are dedicated to details and I’m sure there’s a logical explanation that the gormless me fails to grasp, so it makes me curious.
Also, based on the overall thoughtfulness of your comments, I’d love reading what makes those albums stand out in your opinion. Any intention to add reviews of some kind or is it something that doesn't interest you at this point?
And it goes without saying I agree with Luigii and DommeDamian.
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baystateoftheart wrote:

Thanks Luigii! Very Happy

Anytime.

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kokkinos wrote:

May I ask what’s going on scoring wise?
I mean, I see a 4/5 and then a 80/100 (random examples).
The TBD indicator next to the former makes me guess that you plan to make a transition in the 1 to 100 format. On the other hand, the albums you’ve recently rated e.g. for the purpose of the “You must listen…” games are rated in a scale of 1 to 5, which confuses me.
I know you are dedicated to details and I’m sure there’s a logical explanation that the gormless me fails to grasp, so it makes me curious.
Also, based on the overall thoughtfulness of your comments, I’d love reading what makes those albums stand out in your opinion. Any intention to add reviews of some kind or is it something that doesn't interest you at this point?
And it goes without saying I agree with Luigii and DommeDamian.

The more precise scores are for albums that I've rated track-by-track (weighted), which I don't do until at least the second listen. Only albums that have gone through that process can appear on the overall chart. In the meantime, albums get a rating out of 5, so in the further listening section, it's a more precise score that's TBD.

I appreciate the kind words (you too DommeDamian), but I don't intend to add reviews to my charts. I explain that a little in the preamble. And I don't think it's accurate to call yourself gormless when you just introduced me to that word Laughing

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baystateoftheart wrote:

The more precise scores are for albums that I've rated track-by-track (weighted), which I don't do until at least the second listen. Only albums that have gone through that process can appear on the overall chart. In the meantime, albums get a rating out of 5, so in the further listening section, it's a more precise score that's TBD.

I appreciate the kind words (you too DommeDamian), but I don't intend to add reviews to my charts. I explain that a little in the preamble. And I don't think it's accurate to call yourself gormless when you just introduced me to that word Laughing

Ok, got it, I knew it would be simple.
And yes, I had read your intro before asking, but I didn't quite understand what you were getting at.
So, you find it pointless to try and capture your reasons for liking/loving an album due to their fleeting nature and how our taste and our perception of music is bound to constantly change - or something along those lines? Or maybe you think this process of putting your listening experience into words leads to a demystification of sorts, i.e. takes away part of the magic and makes it too tangible/pedestrian?
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kokkinos wrote:

baystateoftheart wrote:

The more precise scores are for albums that I've rated track-by-track (weighted), which I don't do until at least the second listen. Only albums that have gone through that process can appear on the overall chart. In the meantime, albums get a rating out of 5, so in the further listening section, it's a more precise score that's TBD.

I appreciate the kind words (you too DommeDamian), but I don't intend to add reviews to my charts. I explain that a little in the preamble. And I don't think it's accurate to call yourself gormless when you just introduced me to that word Laughing

Ok, got it, I knew it would be simple.
And yes, I had read your intro before asking, but I didn't quite understand what you were getting at.
So, you find it pointless to try and capture your reasons for liking/loving an album due to their fleeting nature and how our taste and our perception of music is bound to constantly change - or something along those lines? Or maybe you think this process of putting your listening experience into words leads to a demystification of sorts, i.e. takes away part of the magic and makes it too tangible/pedestrian?

Largely the former, but writing methodical reviews would also take views on music that might otherwise be fleeting and anchor them, which would slow the evolution of my taste. The scores already do enough of that. And the huge factor that's not in the description is that I don't have time/energy/motivation to write reviews for all the albums on my chart. In the games, my writeups are all just quick takes, so I don't have to worry about whether what I'm saying about the albums is insightful in any way.
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baystateoftheart wrote:

In the games, my writeups are all just quick takes, so I don't have to worry about whether what I'm saying about the albums is insightful in any way.

That's why I play lol. Don't take anything too seriously. Btw your chart's a fantastic resource for soul newcomers like myself, stole a few picks from there. It goes without saying that I agree with Luigii and the others, love to see your takes on pretty much everything, regardless of me (dis)agreeing. Great chart, keep it fresh and updated Very Happy

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