O/T Top 10 Greatest Albums

[albion68]

Just noticed that Rolling Stone have recently updated their top 500 Albums of all time.

I think a Beatles Album was No1 previously with the Stone Roses No2 I could be wrong though. Anyway the No1 spot now belongs to Marvin Gayle. Ive played a few tracks and I'm unimpressed can't understand it being top of the pile

Only 1 Beatles album in the top 10 and I never got Bob Dylan and who the flip is Number 10??

Pleased to see Pet Sounds is now in second place still a phenomenal Album. It conjuors up so many memories. Anyway what do think of the Top 10? Here is a link to the Top 500;

https://tinyurl.com/ubndhxdb

TOP 10

1. Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On'
2. The Beach Boys, 'Pet Sounds'
3. Joni Mitchell, 'Blue'
4. Stevie Wonder, 'Songs in the Key of Life'
5. The Beatles, 'Abbey Road'
6. Nirvana, 'Nevermind'
7. Fleetwood Mac, 'Rumours'
8. Prince and the Revolution, 'Purple Rain'
9. Bob Dylan, 'Blood on the Tracks'
10 Lauryn Hill, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'

here’s mine Phil.

1.jethro Tull aqualung
2.fairport convention liege & life.
3 j.j. Cale natuarlly
4.Beatles sgt pepper.
5 jethro Tull minstrel in the gallery.
6 carol king tapestry.
7 black sabbath sabbath bloody sabbath.
8 dire straits love over gold.
9 meatloaf bat out of hell.
10 genesis selling England by the pound.

In no particular order ,I’ll have 10 different albums tomorrow.today and the last 20 years music been pretty awful.

[Joy_Division]

here’s mine Phil.

1.jethro Tull aqualung
2.fairport convention liege & life.
3 j.j. Cale natuarlly
4.Beatles sgt pepper.
5 jethro Tull minstrel in the gallery.
6 carol king tapestry.
7 black sabbath sabbath bloody sabbath.
8 dire straits love over gold.
9 meatloaf bat out of hell.
10 genesis selling England by the pound.

In no particular order ,I’ll have 10 different albums tomorrow.today and the last 20 years music been pretty awful.

i ve got both Jethro Tull albums, the Dire Straits, the Genesis, the Carol King but I would swap the Liege & Life for Unhalfbricking.

[kettering_baggie]

I’ve never seen the point of ‘greatest ever’ lists, it’s just down to individuals tastes; it’s a good subject to discuss over a few pints in the pub. A few albums that I rate are ‘LA Woman’ by The Doors, ‘Feats don’t fail me now’ by Little Feat, ‘Elite Hotel’ by Emmylou Harris, ‘Black and White Night’ by Roy Orbison and friends; so much good stuff out there, impossible to make a definitive top 10 list.

[Q165]

I agree that having ‘best ever’ lists might be interesting but essentially is pretty pointless. There are a multitude of tastes and nobody would ever agree fully with such a thing. Nevertheless if it is not taken too seriously hearing other people’s suggestions could be a bit of fun. One alternative that I think would tax individuals is to be set a task. A bit like Desert Island Discs in that you can choose five and five only albums to take with you. You cannot take more than one by any artist whether solo or in groups. I don’t think it is easy. Naming the favourite albums for yourself is not too difficult but whittling it down to only 5 and deciding just what you would leave behind isn’t easy.

[albion68]

i ve got both Jethro Tull albums, the Dire Straits, the Genesis, the Carol King but I would swap the Liege & Life for Unhalfbricking.

unhalfbricking not a bad album,it was a toss up between liege&lief and what we did on our holidays.I think liege &lief bought English electric folk to the for front.