posted on January 31, 2004 10:40:40 AM new
After looking at the list, I have to ask-- How old were the judges for this list? It would appear they were all older babyboomers.
The Rolling Stone's top 50:
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
41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors, The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
44. Horses, Patti Smith
45. The Band, The Band
46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
posted on January 31, 2004 12:35:22 PM new
Agree with many of these. BUT: I can't see how they left off Simon & Garfunkle's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album.
Also, I would put Rammstein's "Sehnsucht" in there somewhere.
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posted on January 31, 2004 12:49:28 PM new
Looks like a list made by a bunch of old whiteys... where's Aretha? B.B. King? Smoky Robinson? Dionne Warwick? The Supremes?
posted on January 31, 2004 12:56:14 PM new
I think by "best" they mean best all-around. Albums/cds that have a large number of great songs and/or that made an important mark in the music field.
Unfortunately, most albums--even those by great performers--have only 1-3 really great songs on them. That why I don't buy too many: I refuse to pay the inflated prices they charge for only 1 or 2 songs. I really miss the 45s of my youth
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posted on January 31, 2004 01:15:39 PM new
Your feelings are shared by many, most likely the impetus that has brought about a means to purchase single songs online. They claim CD sales are down and that the manufactures are going to cut prices across the board, in a attempt to promote sales.
posted on January 31, 2004 01:20:51 PM new
They've been claiming that CD prices will go down ever since the medium first hit the market. Hasn't happened yet. Don't hold your breath.
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posted on January 31, 2004 01:21:35 PM new
Forever Changes by Love is an amazing album, way ahead of it's time. It is great to see Arthur Lee and the group get the recognition they deserve.
posted on January 31, 2004 02:03:04 PM new
No kidding, Neroter! Even The Moody Blues should've made it before Patti Smith.
Heh, the more I look at this list, the more it pisses me off! Laura Nyro should be on it, or maybe there should be a separate list for "best" songwriters; she wrote some of the best ever...
Yeah, Bunni, bring back the 45's! (Did you, too, have to weight down the tonearm on your portable record player with a nickel to keep the needle from skipping? )
posted on January 31, 2004 04:25:25 PM new
Patti Smith? I can't think of anything she did that was good. (I hope that's not you, Pat, but if it is, I'm glad you're off heroin and are eating more than once a year.)
posted on January 31, 2004 07:44:47 PM new
They are not on the list because they suck plsmith... leave it to you to think that anything that doesn't include inept blacks to be by a bunch of "whiteys"
posted on January 31, 2004 09:07:58 PM new
LOL - anyone who can say that BB King sucks really needs never to open their mouth again. A pall of ignorance is automatically cast over everything that will come out of it again.
I also refuse to believe that in a list of all time best albums - 4 of the top ten were recorded withing three years of each other by the same band.
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posted on January 31, 2004 09:14:38 PM new
Well, Marvin Gaye is number 6, Pat. But where's Aretha? God, I love that woman! Too many Beatles. Abbey Road is the only one that really should be on that list. Hotel California should be waay higher, and Dark Side of the Moon should be number one.
posted on January 31, 2004 09:36:48 PM new
Don't worry Pat - I'll be there with you... and I am bringing BB King and Pearl Jam and I don't care what Rolling Stone says about it
Bunni - Who needs 45's when you have 99 cent MP3s at iTunes?
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posted on January 31, 2004 10:49:40 PM new
Should we call ahead and reserve a booth or do you think they have one held for us on merit already?
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posted on January 31, 2004 10:55:45 PM new
I rather suspect you'll be expected to dance on tables while I'll have to dance with Max! I don't even remember how to do the Hustle...
posted on January 31, 2004 11:50:10 PM newBunni - Who needs 45's when you have 99 cent MP3s at iTunes?
Yes, that's nice--but unfortunately, when I look at services like this I invariably can't find everything I want. I have a very eclectic taste in music.
When it comes to downloading music, I really miss the orginal Napster. I could literally find anything I wanted, from 1900 to the present. That's not true of the new, "legal" music sites.
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posted on February 1, 2004 12:47:50 AM new
Pat - I'll make sure I'm wearing my trashiest pumps when I die in that case
Bunni - have you tried Limewire or Kazaa? I don't generally look for stuff from the 1900's but I have never not been able to find something I was looking for within a day (nighttime vs daytime selections vary widely)
BTW - for those made paranoid by the lawsuits...the trick is to turn your sharing preferences completely off. No one is being busted for downloading songs. The part you get for busted for is hosting and distributing songs however if you are not sharing you cannot distribute.
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posted on February 1, 2004 01:47:54 AM new
Yes, tried Kazaa. Grokster, too. Neither have the selection the original Napster had, or are as easy to use. But their biggest drawback--and the reason I stopped using 'em is all the spyware they dump on you!
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posted on February 1, 2004 01:10:21 PM new
I did take the test, Pat. I was just too embarrassed to post my low score, 102. I guess my life is just ho hum. heh.
posted on February 1, 2004 02:11:22 PM new
It said GREATEST fenix, not broken down by genre... hell if all you want is color on there, Charlie Pride would be my pick.
posted on February 1, 2004 03:09:25 PM new
I'm not talking about the Blues genre of even about blacks - if I was referring to either I would have been placated by the inclusion of Muddy Waters, Marvin Gaye, John Coltrane, Bob Marley, Public Enemy etc.
I am referring to BB King as an artist and performer. As for a single albun - How Blue Can you Get.
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