Definitive 200 Albums

[kordothebear]

154 WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE 1997 Rap

[MoreWineII]

This is total Nirvana snobbishness but Nevermind was like their third best studio album. But I suppose in some sense it was pretty important.

[doubLe a tom]

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154 WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE 1997 Rap

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This is actually a good CD.

[TheMainEvent]

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This is total Nirvana snobbishness but Nevermind was like their third best studio album. But I suppose in some sense it was pretty important.

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LOL

[MTUCache]

Two Hundred albums... and only one of them is by the Who.

Obviously this is a travesty of infinite proportions.

[Rushmore]

I remember when they started really pushing this sort of marketing about ten years ago or so. I did fall for it, to the degree that I was interested in the "results."

Now, I couldn't care less, and would like to point out what a shameful joke this list is, in particular.

It's head and shoulders above other fake-list-marketing schemes in its ability to keep a straight face when it opens its mouth and a giant piece of crap slowly comes out.

[gusmahler]

I should have also mentioned that VH1 Classic is airing "making of" documentaries for a bunch of classic albums (which is how I found out about this list). They covered Who's Next last weekend, along with Dark Side, Nevermind, and the Black Album.

[Mondogarage]

#95 - Creed - Human Clay
#96 - The Clash - London Calling

WTF?!?!?!?!?

There is absolutely nothing "essential" or "definitive" about the majority of albums on this list. Set aside whether or not you think an album is "good" or not.

Anyone who actually thinks any album by Avril Lavigne (#162), Toni Braxton (#145), Celine Dion (#97)or the Titanic soundtrack (#103), among others, should be on any list of 200 most definitive albums of any kind, is on some gottdamn crack.

The Clash merely defined punk music for a generation. There are a lot of artists I personally do not like, but whom I can totally understand being on this list, for the ways their music defined and influenced other music of its time, such as Linkin Park, Tool, Bon Jovi, maybe even Janet Jackson.

But no Pixies? The band that defined indie rock for generations of bands to come, every bit as much as Nirvana is credited for grunge (rightly or wrongly).

What is "definitive" is not merely what sells a few copies. What's definitive is what rock and roll is made of, what it means to the future, and all that other junk. What's stunning here is not what a list of 200 *best* albums will be comprised of, because no two people will come close to agreeing on that. But rather, how disposable and forgettable, in the historical context of popular music, how many of the albums on this list are.

Lists suck.

Lists put out by an institution with very little credibility suck even more.

[prohornblower]

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This is total Nirvana snobbishness but Nevermind was like their third best studio album. But I suppose in some sense it was pretty important.

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It wasn't important at all. I'm sick of this sentiment. It was, however, a really good album.

[Abones]

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