Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by AfterHours

From AfterHours 07/03/2009 15:35 | #5050

How can u compare rock and jazz?

...They're both music, driven by emotion. I don't get what's so difficult about it. Ascension and The Doors actually are equivalents of eachother, and have nearly the exact same emotional arc, intensity and degree of power. Their placings are interchangable...

How its possible that u top the Doors over Ascension, isnt it almost criminal? ...according to your criteria I guess, but obviously I think a lot more of The Doors than you do.


As an owner of a rock chart i can see you have absolutely no idea what was going on in the prog scene in the 70s. ...no you can't because this list only goes to #50. I don't rank albums based on genre, just how powerful they are. If that means I lack 70's prog in the first 50, than that's the way it goes. It's not something I care about.

On other hand as a jazz listener i feel lil bit insulted. ...I don't get it. It's just a subjective list of albums. How in the world did my list become an antagonist to yours? Yours is every bit as 'correct' as mine!

From Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2017 23:24 | #192089

*show all artists*
*ctrl + f: "The Beatles"*
0 results


Of course! Because the fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.

much love AfterHours from your buddy Ap :3

From Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/30/2012 20:55 | #49693

So what do you think of the latest Britney Spears single?

From Defago 09/22/2012 04:52 | #50914

Great masterpieces. Almost everything is either a masterpiece, or I haven't gotten around to it yet. Except Royal Trux, after 10 listens I still despise them - even though I believe I have come to understand what they are doing.

Although it is nice to see a chart which doesn't put Beatles-Radiohead-etc. on the first places of it (most of the times, I find ease of listen doesn't mean greatness, but all the contrary), I do get the feeling I've seen your list before (S*cough, cough*ruffi). Nothing against the guy - I really respect him, do consider him the critic to go to when looking for art in music, and usually run bands through him before downloading.

Anyways, even though I find there tends to be more beauty in difficult, complex works than on pop ditties, there are quite a few great records out on the mainstream too, and shouldn't be forgotten just for their simplicity.

Look forward to seeing more of your essay-comments (great one over on Rock Bottom!) and any replies you might have. Please DO refrain from checking my charts, at least until I get to level 5 and am able of creating 100-album charts. Right now my chart is a mess consisting of the first 40 albums I saw which I liked.

From AfterHours 07/22/2013 07:41 | #82114

To btener: Can't speak for the other lists, but I wish my choices (particularly rock) weren't so close to his for originality's sake, but alas, he is just so damn spot on!

To EyeKanFly: Great, feel free to let me know what you think, discuss, etc...

To quadrophenia21: On the way... though I've had it posted on listology.com, along with movies too, for years.

To sheep21: thanks

To junodog4 ... smells like a dog, juno what I mean? Seriously though, thanks for the compliment re: jazz selections

To Dfago: thanks for the compliment on my Rock Bottom review ... I revised it a bit more on listology.com a long time ago and its the version I prefer as it more precisely communicates what I wanted

To Robert Anton Wilson: I thought it was a masterpiece on the order of that Dubi Dam one scaruffi likes so much from a few years back ;)

To Error Finn: you're exactly right :)

To Xavygravy: Hope you found some you liked