Music Thread - Rolling Stones' 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Page 3

mistermuni · #21 09-11-2006, 03:46 AM

40oz to freedom is not top 500? umm wtf?

and thriller, with its 51 million copies and title as best selling record of all time, comes in at 20?

Quinn Warren · #22 09-11-2006, 07:22 AM

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40oz to freedom is not top 500? umm wtf?

and thriller, with its 51 million copies and title as best selling record of all time, comes in at 20?

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You know, McDonalds sells more hamburgers than anyone. Are they the best burgers on earth?

kitaristi0 · #23 09-11-2006, 08:30 AM

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40oz to freedom is not top 500? umm wtf?

and thriller, with its 51 million copies and title as best selling record of all time, comes in at 20?

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I thought The Eagles Best Of was the best selling record of all time. w/e

kitaristi0 · #24 09-11-2006, 11:29 AM

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That top 10 list actually looks pretty good to me. The only albums I'd remove are What's Going On, Exile and London Calling.

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Exile on Main Street should be #1.

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I actually listened to Exile again today and it's a lot better than I remembered, but not top 10.

Knockwurst · #25 09-11-2006, 12:38 PM

besides some of the other problems others have pointed out, using greatest hits compilations on the list calls the whole project into question.

prohornblower · #26 09-11-2006, 02:47 PM

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17. Nevermind
66. Led Zeppelin IV

OK. Yeah.

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Exact numbers being irrelevant, Nevermind belongs higher on this list than any Led Zeppelin album and I don't think it's close. And I'm a huge LZ fan.

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I think you are very wrong. And yes, I know the diff. between "Greatest" and "best".

NT! · #27 09-11-2006, 02:54 PM

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Also, I have always felt that "The Clash" is the best album by the The Clash, and that it's not really close.

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Thanks for your contribution, care to elaborate?

The Clash has probably six or seven of my top ten Clash songs and no really bad songs. It's crisp, brilliant and it was a seminal album in terms of impact on the music biz / music scene. Hundreds of punk bands have made careers out of basically ripping off this one album.

NT

Bob Sacamano · #28 09-11-2006, 04:12 PM

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Also, I have always felt that "The Clash" is the best album by the The Clash, and that it's not really close.

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Thanks for your contribution, care to elaborate?

NT

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Basically what I meant is you must really hate London Calling if you don't think it's even close [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]. But that was because you said "best." For "greatest," you can definitely make an argument for their self-titled (UK version is better, btw, IMO) being put ahead of London Calling (although a magazine like Rolling Stone would never do so). The sheer length and range of London Calling forces me to think it is a better album than The Clash, although it being my favorite probably has something to do with that as well.

Bob Sacamano · #29 09-11-2006, 04:21 PM

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17. Nevermind
66. Led Zeppelin IV

OK. Yeah.

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Exact numbers being irrelevant, Nevermind belongs higher on this list than any Led Zeppelin album and I don't think it's close. And I'm a huge LZ fan.

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I think you are very wrong. And yes, I know the diff. between "Greatest" and "best".

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I should retract that I don't think it's close (Which album are you referring to, by the way? II or IV?), but the way Nevermind is held up by music culture makes it very hard for envision a Zeppelin album surpassing it.

swede123 · #30 09-11-2006, 04:23 PM

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besides some of the other problems others have pointed out, using greatest hits compilations on the list calls the whole project into question.

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I certainly agree with this. Greatest hits are totally a different animal and should NOT be considered for a list of the best albums of all time.

In terms of Pet Sounds I have to give it some props. I went out and bought the album and listened through it six times. The first time I had to fight my instinct to skip through the songs, but by the third or fourth time through I found myself enjoying the entire album quite a bit. I still wouldn't call it anywhere close to the second best album of all time, but whatever.

In terms of Beatles my favorite album would be a tie between Abbey Road and Rubber Soul, closely followed by Revolver and White Album, with Pepper coming in at #5.

Swede