TOP 40 Albums of alltime - Discussion

[incredible_holc]

yes, yes it did,
I dont like rap but i do like that stuff it was cool.
actually i dont mind rap

 

[Mr Angry]

Where is the 12th Man?
He is the only person in my CD collection of 4.

 

[Kill The Wabbit]

mr angry. you hate music. go away.

 

[half]

from the '90s it would be better to include radiohead and my bloody valentine than matchbox 20 and savage garden

 

[Once Dead]

Where the hell is Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction? That album deserves to be there for sales, and impact on the music scene alone

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Appetite for destruction is the last true great rock album IMHO...before the grunge shit took over.

 

[Evilgrowler]

Hmm....Guns 'n' Roses are overrated for mine. Some good songs but nothing that really stands out. I never saw what the big deal was about slash either. A mediocre guitarist at best.

 

[Anonymous]

Here's the top 40 from Rolling Stone's recent Top 500 greatest CDs of all time... for the sake of a comparison.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Road, The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

20. Thriller, Michael Jackson

21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry

22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon

23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown

25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

26. The Joshua Tree, U2

27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson

28. Who's Next, The Who

29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

30. Blue, Joni Mitchell

31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan

32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones

33. Ramones, Ramones

34. Music From Big Pink, The Band

35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie

36. Tapestry, Carole King

37. Hotel California, The Eagles

38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters

39. Please Please Me, The Beatles

40. Forever Changes, Love

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Hmm....Guns 'n' Roses are overrated for mine. Some good songs but nothing that really stands out. I never saw what the big deal was about slash either. A mediocre guitarist at best.

I respect your opinion on guitarists and enjoy many of the same axemen as you. But I'm gonna have to disagree with you on Slash. He touches my soul with his wailing.

 

[CyberKev]

For further comparison, here is a list of the TOP 40 Alltime Albums as based on record sales recorded in the USA. I'm no great fan of the woman, but I would have bet big and lost big that Madonna would have appeared somewhere on this list :shock:

1. "Their Greatest Hits" The Eagles
2. "Thriller" Michael Jackson
3. "The Wall" Pink Floyd
4. "Untitled (IV)" Led Zeppelin
5. "Greatest Hits Vol 1&2" Billy Joel
6. "Back in Black" AC/DC
7. "Come on Over" Shania Twain
8. "Rumours" Fleetwood Mac
9. "White Album" The Beatles
10. "The Bodyguard" Whitney Houston/Various Artists
11. "Boston" Boston
12. "Jagged Little Pill" Alanis Morisette
13. "No Fences" Garth Brooks
14. "Cracked Rear View" Hootie & The Blowfish
15. "Hotel California" The Eagles
16. "Greatest Hits" Elton John
17. "1967-70" The Beatles
18. "Born in the Usa" Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
19. "Dark Side of the Moon" Pink Floyd
20. "Appetite for Destruction" Guns N Roses
21. "Saturday Night Fever" The Bee Gees
22. Physical Graffiti" Led Zeppelin
23. "1962-66" The Beatles
24. "Double Live" Garth Brooks
25. "Ropin' the Wind" Garth Brooks
26. "Supernatural" Santana
27. "Bat out of Hell" Meatloaf
28. "Backstreet Boys" Backstreet Boys
29. "Purple Rain" Prince
30. "Whitney Houston" Whitney Houston
31. ""Baby One More Time" Britney Spears
32. "Millenium" Backstreet Boys"
33. "Greatest Hits" Simon & Garfunkel
34. "Metallica" Metallica
35. "Greatest Hits 1974-78" The Steve Miller Band
36. "Live 1975-85" Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
37. "Slippery When Wet" Bon Jovi
38. "2" Boyz 2 Men
39. "Greatest Hits" Kenny Rogers
40. "Breathless" Kenny G

CyberKev

 

[Twizzle]

EG, You don't need to be a good guitarist to play a good sound, some riffs are quite simply, yet still very good IMO. As DIG has said.

Case in pont Kurt Cobain. Good melodies and riffs, but simple to play.

Making good musics consists of either of the 2 essential items IMO, being able to write a good riff (or song) and being able to play a good riff (or song).

They don't have to be hard to play to be good.

If you've ever seen the movie "Eddie and hte Cruisers" you will know what I mean.

 

[CyberKev]

Its a b*llshit list, fullstop, case closed.

No...

Its a list compiled from the views of thousands of people that doesn't correspond to your singularised view.

CyberKev

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Is it just me or is Bob Dylan the most overated artist of all time.....his songs are crap..his voice sounds like shit and he's as entertaining as a 2 week old sepositry.

 

[Anonymous]

I like number 17 on El Garbo's list 8)

 

[half]

by god bob dylan is overrated fo sho. he seems to be hyped up as much as led zeppelin with absolutely nothing to show for it!

 

[Twizzle]

Bob Dylan is a very good song writer, particularly of folk music.

But he cant sing for shit.

His voice sounds like a muffler scraping along the road.

 

[CyberKev]

El Garbo

Interesting list, thanks for posting it...

Do you know how it was derived? I'd suspect it was constructed from a readers' poll, but it could have been arrived at through the views of the magazine's music writers?

Thanks

CyberKev

 

[Evilgrowler]

DiG & Twizzle, I know what you're saying, but I'm speaking from a personal stand point. When a musician can send a shiver up my spine, I take notice. Slash was never that musician to me. He's competent, but I wouldn't go any firther than that.

Like I said, it's just a personal opinion.

Halfy, you shoosh now. Led Zeppelin were awesome in their time.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you know how it was derived? I'd suspect it was constructed from a readers' poll, but it could have been arrived at through the views of the magazine's music writers?

Actually... they asked something like 280 of the music industry's heavyweights to compile a list of the 50 (I think) albums they thought were the best, then compiled the results and created the list.

Among the people asked were musicians, producers, CEOs of record companies, music journalists... among others. The whole list reads more like a 'Most Influential CDs of All Time' list as opposed to 'Best CDs' but I suppose that's to be expected given the nature of the polling.

 

[half]

Halfy, you shoosh now. Led Zeppelin were awesome in their time.

don't get me wrong, i firmly believe led zeppelin deserves their hype

i was only dissing bob