Interference's Top 100 Albums of All Time - Listmania! (top 100/individual)

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If I like Blacklisted, would I like Fox Confessor?

I've finally decided that I really don't like The New Pornographers, but like Neko Case.
 
I was surprised Rubber Soul didn't make the cut, either. I know Screwtape (?) wondered where Help! was, but honestly, early Beatles stuff doesn't seem to be very popular around here. :(

re: Neko Case - I'll definitely check out Fox Confessor. Thanks!
 
Perhaps this is a bit late, but Screwtape, nice calls on "Violator" and "Viva Hate." The former especially should have made an appearance - it is cut from the same cloth as "Disintegration" and is equally accomplished.
 
one other thing I would like to point out and this is not to single this person out or anything but asr's list... I don't think the order is technically correct, perhaps they didn't realize how the scoring worked. I wonder how much this would have effected the voting :hmm:
 
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We should do a list with nothing before 1980 allowed.

Plenty of brilliant pre-80s albums didn't make the list

But if people really did submit their 50 favourite albums then I get the list is fine the way it is



I think the amount of lists an album appeared on should of been taken into account more

Being number 1 on one person's list would make an album better than one that was 50th on everyone's list? Don't think so
 
Knowing that you like Emmylou (who also should have made the list :angry: ) I think you'd really like it.

It's very country but old-school, Patsy Cline Country :drool:

:yes: Agreed on both counts.

Neko is just amazing. A great songwriter, an incredible singer.

"Star Witness" kills me. KILLS ME.

hey pretty baby get high with me
we can go to my sister's if we say we'll watch the baby
the look on your face yanks my neck on a chain
and i would do anything
to see you again
 
I was surprised Rubber Soul didn't make the cut, either. I know Screwtape (?) wondered where Help! was, but honestly, early Beatles stuff doesn't seem to be very popular around here. :(

I was surprised that Rubber Soul didn't make it either, though I can't say I helped it out at all, since it wasn't on my list. One of my favorite Beatles records, but I wanted to try and keep their influence on my list to a relative minimum.

I've noticed the lack of early Beatles love as well, and really, it's fantastic pop music. I love Help!, A Hard Day's Night, and Please Please Me, probably more than a good chunk of their later songs. Their early records are much better and more musically advanced than most of the pop coming out at that time, but I think a lot of people look down upon it because it's not "experimental" or it's mostly simple teenybop music. :down:
 
I think the amount of lists an album appeared on should of been taken into account more

Being number 1 on one person's list would make an album better than one that was 50th on everyone's list? Don't think so

I disagree. If an album truly deserves mention, someone should actually have some passion about it. Besides, your example is extreme. Pretty much any album that had 4+ appearances made the top 100.

And the amount of appearances an album received was what decided tiebreakers.
 
honestly, early Beatles stuff doesn't seem to be very popular around here. :(

I love Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Hard Day's Night and Help! Help is probably my favorite of the lot.

I had Violator as well. I thought it would make it.

I was hoping Songs of Faith & Devotion would make it. I like that album more than Violator. Violator is such a "rolling stone" pick! :p
 
I was surprised Rubber Soul didn't make the cut, either. I know Screwtape (?) wondered where Help! was, but honestly, early Beatles stuff doesn't seem to be very popular around here. :(

Help! is probably the third or fourth best Beatles album in my opinion. I was disappointed to see The White Album so high.

Perhaps this is a bit late, but Screwtape, nice calls on "Violator" and "Viva Hate." The former especially should have made an appearance - it is cut from the same cloth as "Disintegration" and is equally accomplished.

Thanks. :up: Depeche Mode isn't as popular as they should be around here.
 
I like Violator, but I'm so tired of Personal Jesus that I forget that the rest of the album is so good!
 
Halo, Waiting For The Night, Blue Dress and World In My Eyes are as :drool: worthy as the more well know tracks.

Those tracks are all amazing! Agreed! But how about I Feel You, Walking In My Shoes, Condemnation, In Your Room, Rush, One Caress, Higher Love...? :drool::love:
 
If I had to choose a second Depeche Mode album, it would probably be "Music for the Masses." The problem with DM is inconsistency, but when they are firing, as they are on "Violator," they are phenomenal.

Halo / Waiting for the Night / Enjoy the Silence is one of the finest trilogies one will ever hear.
 
it felt like I was reading something from Rolling Stone - very safe choices in a lot of cases...

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that either, it just would have been nice for something more interesting than Arcade Fire to make an appearance or two...

I find it interesting that you cite Arcade Fire when making the argument that the choice was too safe when the Beatles and Zeppelin dominated much of the top 50.
 
I find it interesting that you cite Arcade Fire when making the argument that the choice was too safe when the Beatles and Zeppelin dominated much of the top 50.

I was personally stunned to see Funeral make the top 10. Top 50, sure, but not sandwiched between Wish You Were Here and Revolver.
 
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We should do a list with nothing before 1980 allowed.

For someone who grew up with a lot of the 'classic' music that made this list, you seem to be taking it for granted.

I think you were the one who asked earlier, so I'll answer: Yes, I do actually listen to Led Zeppelin on a regular basis. As well as the Beatles. As well as Floyd.

And somebody else made a comment about how strange it is that so many albums from 40 years ago are still consistently ranked at the top of these sorts of lists.

I don't think it's strange at all. Mozart and Bach and Beethoven and Chopin and Brahms made music hundreds of years ago. Is is strange that they're still considered the greatest composers of all time?

If new generations are still discovering music that was written a long time ago and are still falling in love with it the same way people did when it was new, then there must be something to it, imo.
 
I was personally stunned to see Funeral make the top 10. Top 50, sure, but not sandwiched between Wish You Were Here and Revolver.

While I was being sarcastic when I stated that I expected "Funeral" to land at #2, somewhere in the back of my mind I worried that it might actually happen. Arcade Fire, Coldplay, and Sigur Ros are three bands whose popularity on this forum frequently surprises me. That being said, I like all three, just not to the extent that some here do.
 
I was personally stunned to see Funeral make the top 10. Top 50, sure, but not sandwiched between Wish You Were Here and Revolver.

It shouldn't have made it that high.

In Rainbows was much too high as well. I like the record a lot, but no way is is better than The Bends imo, let alone better than some of the 'classic' albums that came before it on the list.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head should have been nowhere near where it was.

Also, I know we all love U2. I love Joshua and Achtung as much as the next Interferencer, but come on...do we really think they're the two greatest records of all time? In the Top 15-30 maybe. And TUF was entirely too high(sorry, Axver). That's top 50-100 material, imo.

And I apologize to our Clash fans, but I just don't get London Calling.

I'm slightly disappointed that no RHCP made the list - I'm thinking mainly BloodSugarSexMagik or Californication here. But RHCP aren't all that popular here, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Also a little disappointed at the total lack of any Elton John or Billy Joel from the top 100. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Stranger anyone?

But overall I like the list a lot. Most of the records on it deserve to be there, even if I don't agree with some picks or with the order.

And, contrary to the the quasi-backlash against 'classic' artists this list has brought about, I think the Beatles and Zeppelin deserved every slot they got.

Great job El-Mel.
 
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