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10 greatest albums.... ever

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corona
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thought i'd make an indisputable list
no particular order. sorta compiled by having the list cover almost all music genres and mostly through influence, originality, and general goodness

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson

Sex Machine - James Brown

London Calling - The Clash

We're Only In It For the Money - Frank Zappa

Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead

The Chronic - Dr. Dre

Paranoid - Black Sabbath



May 3 2009 12:11AM
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Ski.Ballet
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Losing battle, there are a bunch. Not 23 min, like Atom Heart Mother, but there are a bunch. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Let It Be to name a couple.
May 4 2009 9:49PM
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TZP
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps, is a really great, moving song. However, it doesn't reach the heights, the orchestration, the mood, or epicness of a song like echoes
May 4 2009 9:53PM
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Ski.Ballet
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Ok, but a song doesn't have to be ridiculously long, dramatic. and epic to be amazing.
May 4 2009 9:56PM
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low_fidelity
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Dark Side of the Moon is not that fucking good. sure it is a pretty good album but not anything ridiculously amazing that warrants any top 3 placement. really it is just slightly overrated
May 4 2009 10:02PM
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Sufferboy
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Minor threat-Minor threat discography
Bad Religion-the empire strikes first
Less than Jake- Losing streak
Nirvana-Nevermind
N.W.A- Best of
Nofx-Punk in drubli
Sex pistols-Never mind the bollocks
Pennywise-land of the free?
Red Hot Chilli peppers- Stadium Arcadium
Rush-The spirit of the radio
May 4 2009 10:05PM
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TZP
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in my opinion, the beatles are overrated. Sure they were a great band with great songs, there's no questionning that, but the reason they were so popular is because they were the first to do what they do. Their songs were light and fun and people could easily get into them. They undoubtedly influenced a whole lot of people, but just because of that, I don't think this means that no other has produced better material ever since. It's obvious that no other band will ever be as popular as the beatles, because the musical scene of today is extremely developped and varied, whereas during the beatles' time standard blues, country, and big band were the only other things around, so when they arrived, they provided the world with something really new. So if you want to talk about influence and popularity, sure the beatles are the "greatest band ever". But if you take their songs out of context and compare them to other songs that were produced between the 60's and now, I am convinced you can find some better ones. Don't get me wrong, they DO have AMAZING songs, but I think there are other songs that can rivalize them. 
May 4 2009 10:20PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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i apparently don't listen to any ski music, because i did not see one album of mine on a list, and i don't like much of the music i see

mines goes something like this:

The National - Boxer
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlaticism
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Sigur Ros - Takk
Blink-182 - Greatest Hits
May 4 2009 10:34PM
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Arabian.
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Oh man, if you've never heard him, I'd suggest downloading the album right away. life changing.
May 4 2009 11:10PM
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ECfreeski3
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oh dude come on sure they had light and catchy songs but they also had a shitload of deep, awesome, epic, timeless and precedent setting songs
May 4 2009 11:14PM
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onearmwanderer
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No hating, but this is why I think people considered them so influential and important.  Because they changed so much things in music.  I took a little film class last tri in high school and they ranked Citizen Kane as the best and is still the best, because of how far ahead of its time it was.  Which is comparable to the beatles i guess, sure some music nowadays could be more complex and intricate but they were so far ahead for their time that they are still considered the best.  Hopefully that all made sense, just thought about your quote for a second and this is what i came up with.
May 4 2009 11:22PM
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panojibber
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Thank you.

The Beatles were basically the start of boy bands. Good, but not that good.

And why don't we have any asian/indian music on here?

Undoubtedly, a chinese artist would have far more influence because their music can be exposed to half the world's population. Why are the beatles so much better?

As for classical Indian music, they have 12 notes in their scale, not including in between pitches. Why is their music not ultra revolutionary? Their musical options are far greater than ours because they have alot more to work with.

If we're looking at influence, then why isn't beethoven or bach on the list? They changed the face of music, and have influenced EVERY single modern artist. What makes an artist as insignificant as the beatles so special? Their music is simply pop, nothing spectacular. This pop was done by many other artists for a long time after the beatles. Pink floyd may be insignificant compared to the greats such as beethoven or bach, but at least they were different. Their particular brand of music has never been emulated, they were and still are original. That is why they are, in the spectrum of the last century or so, great.

May 4 2009 11:35PM
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ECfreeski3
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new rule: hate on the beatles cannot consist of pretending the only music they produced was their shit before 1964
May 4 2009 11:47PM
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waterfordsam
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Yeah Zappa! I think you could put any album of his up there. Solid list.
May 5 2009 12:26AM
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Chummer3
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Yes- Fragile

Gruvis Malt- ...With the spirit of a traffic jam...

The Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium

Ben Folds Five- Whatever and Ever Amen

...Trail of Dead- Source Tags & Codes

The Dismemberment Plan- Emergency & I

311- Grassroots

Boards of Canada- Music Has the Right to Children

Incubus- SCIENCE

Primus- Frizzle Fry
May 5 2009 12:54AM
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charmander
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black sabbath s/t

the complete recordings robert johnson

imagine by john lennon

band of gypsies by hendrix

kick out the jams, mc5

london calling, the clash

meddle, pink floyd

couldn't stand the weather, srv

folsom prison, johnny cash

aqualung, jethro tull.

thats my list
May 5 2009 12:56AM
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Danger.
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Nas - Illmatic

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Edan - Beauty and the Beat

Madvillain - Madvillainy

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

Justice - ✝

Jay-z - Reasonable Doubt

May 5 2009 1:16AM
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Danger.
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1. The Beatles are not overrated. Their earlier music was poppy, yes, and also the first of its kind to break into a larger audience. This means that a) they were original and thus deserve recognition for that and that b) they appeal to a very wide range of people, and thus should be commended for that as well. Also, this is only their earlier music. Later albums weren't as accessible and were much more dynamic and experimental. Their influence ranges from not only the early pop oriented music, but the mash of cultural influence and experimentation with sound that occurred later in their career.

2. The list is for best albums. Eastern influence is undoubtable gigantic in much modern music, but that does not pertain to this list in particular. Why? Because it wasn't necessarily a song or even whole album that was doing the influencing, but the scales and instruments used in the Eastern regions, such as the sitar.

3. Pink Floyd has definitely been imitated, elements of some Beatles' songs are borrowed by Floyd before Dark Side of the Moon even existed, although obviously not a large extent. The Bach and Beethoven comment also doesn't really make sense here. They were master composers, but that influence doesn't reach to a band's dynamic on the scale you're claiming.
May 5 2009 1:26AM
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TZP
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mad props for the dismemberment plan
May 5 2009 1:36AM
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corona
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well.. i dont really think you could relate any album or band listed as 'skiing music'
but interesting choice on Protest the Hero, wouldnt you pick Fortress over Kezia? I thought it was tons better. aaaannd the best mosh of my life was to them playing Bloodmeat :D

and i dont think any compilation album can be considered an album for this type of list... like Legend or How the West Was Won
May 5 2009 3:21AM
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corona
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haha thanks. first to agree with all the albums i think
May 5 2009 3:22AM
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drumbumocdp
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Giant steps- John Coltrane

Kind of Blue- Miles Davis

Axis Bold as love- Jimmy Hendrix

Dark Side of the moon- Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin

OK Computer- Radio Head

Hampton Comes Alive- Phish

Thriller- Michael Jackson(im not in love with it but it is one of the best selling ever)

Soul Survivor - James Brown

if you know music at all you will know that this list wins

May 5 2009 9:35AM
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dbstar
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Radiohead - OK Computer
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Pixies - Doolittle
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in the People
Dr. Dre - 2001
Daft Punk - Homework
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

May 5 2009 1:20PM
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Tinga
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and london calling are unarguably the top 2 punk albums of all time. london calling is definitely number one though. you can listen to that album all the way through and every single song is amazing.
May 5 2009 1:49PM
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jeremyo13
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this is completely true. and as a guitarist that has attempted to play some of johnson's work, i am especially in awe. the passion and emotion that this man bled from his instrument is amazing.
May 5 2009 10:46PM
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Jay31
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Definitely agree with Imagine being on your list man, such an unreal album.  Lennon's post-Beatles work was absolutely amazing, so much emotion.  Plus that album has the greatest song ever written on it, Imagine.
May 6 2009 12:04AM
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