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500 top albums
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Posted 2010-June-01, 20:50
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Posted 2010-June-02, 09:25
There are not 497 albums out there that are better than Tres Hombres. Not an auspicious start to the list.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.
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Posted 2010-June-02, 11:08
Like the other RS lists I've seen, it's ridiculous. Ok, maybe all lists are ridiculous, but this just seems to be a bit moreso.
The inclusion of greatest hits records is bad enough, but if one were to take the list as gospel one might conclude that Simon and Garfunkle's greatest hits is their WORST album. (If so, why include it?) The ordering is also a peculiar mish-most of influence, sales, and magnum opus. Is Siamese Dream really better than Mellon Collie, or did it just come first? Does a band's best selling album really rate higher than their magnum opus? Are the really 5 Roxy Music/Who/Led Zeppelin/David Bowie albums better than many bands magnum opus? If you know the album is "bloated", why is it in the top 100?
The list is entertaining, but it's incredibly, and at times painfully, unfocused. It also pays far, far too much homage to certain bands. Too many older, influential bands place 5 or more albums higher than the best albums of newer bands.
It's just...muddled.
The inclusion of greatest hits records is bad enough, but if one were to take the list as gospel one might conclude that Simon and Garfunkle's greatest hits is their WORST album. (If so, why include it?) The ordering is also a peculiar mish-most of influence, sales, and magnum opus. Is Siamese Dream really better than Mellon Collie, or did it just come first? Does a band's best selling album really rate higher than their magnum opus? Are the really 5 Roxy Music/Who/Led Zeppelin/David Bowie albums better than many bands magnum opus? If you know the album is "bloated", why is it in the top 100?
The list is entertaining, but it's incredibly, and at times painfully, unfocused. It also pays far, far too much homage to certain bands. Too many older, influential bands place 5 or more albums higher than the best albums of newer bands.
It's just...muddled.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.
"gwnn" said:
rule number 1 in efficient forum reading:
hanp does not always mean literally what he writes.
hanp does not always mean literally what he writes.
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Posted 2010-June-02, 15:10
vuroth has it right, I think.
I remember in one of his "Prey" books, John Sanford has his main character, Lucas Davenport, putting together a "100 best Rock and Roll songs" list. There were no Beatles songs on the list, as Davenport didn't consider anything the Beatles did to be R&R.
I remember in one of his "Prey" books, John Sanford has his main character, Lucas Davenport, putting together a "100 best Rock and Roll songs" list. There were no Beatles songs on the list, as Davenport didn't consider anything the Beatles did to be R&R.
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