The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 42

There... isn’t a problem? Lmao. I’m not trying to be antagonistic or disagree with your post. I think you are correct, but I wanted to add some thoughts detailing where I think that recency bias might come from.

 

you’re getting more mad that i said it’s surprising a six song EP from two years ago is on someone’s top 50 all time list than people did when i said i didn’t like fleetwood mac, my worst opinion online. reconsider that.

 

fair enough, it seemed fairly antagonistic and i knew where it was coming from already, but i get it

 

Yeah, it definitely wasn’t meant to be. I just wanted to talk about it! It is really interesting, now that you’ve mentioned it, how many users on the site have been able to avoid (for lack of a better word) the older stuff that’s out there while others have a better balance.

 

i think it’s just personal preference. people find a scene/vibe/subgenre that they latch onto and they run with it. phoebe and lucy are great and i love their music and their EP. being surprised it ended up on an all time list someone turned into a negative statement because ??? reasons?? people have bad reading comprehension online, i guess?

 

Here's the thing: it's never too late to explore.

I didn't listen to soul music or hip-hop until late in high school.

Didn't listen to anything pre-rock (Sinatra, Belafonte, Sammy Davis) until college

Didn't listen to country regularly until my mid-to-late-20s.

Didn't get into jazz or anything in Spanish or Portuguese until the last few years.



There's great music in every genre for the last 100+ years. Don't get stuck in one little corner. I promise it's exciting.

 

as always, you do the best at this

 

using weezer as some sort of counter/dunk was pretty funny considering, as @cshadows2887 pointed out, they are on over a quarter of the lists submitted lol

 

Honestly it's partially selfish. I get legit tangible joy out of introducing people to something they like.

 

it's also possible for a soul or hip-hop or country or jazz album released in the year 2020 to be better than, or to affect you more than, an album released in 1973, or whenever. it's a weird argument!

 

it is possible for that to happen

it is also possible for that to be surprising

 

That is possible.

But on the flip side, statistically, what are the odds that in the 70 year history of a genre, all the best ones are bunched up in one chronological timeframe?

As long as you're listening to it all, then love what you love and prefer what you prefer.

 

For sure. I mean, putting that EP on a list like this doesn’t personally surprise me, but my list is the epitome of recency bias and staying in a particular musical lane lol. I get why others would think it’s odd.

I also just think we (meaning everyone on this site) don’t always take enough time to parse tone and end up interpreting others posts in the most negative possible way. I’m 100% guilty of this and it’s gotten me in a lot of stupid arguments.

 

As I’ve said before, I’m thankful for this project in part because it’s allowed me to create a “to listen” playlist full of classic albums and artists I’m unfamiliar with and show up on people’s lists. I’ve been listening to Joni Mitchell and it’s incredible.

 

Just want to chime in and say albums released in recent years can still be considered classics or albums people fall in love with (Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Stranger In The Alps, Sprained Ankle, Boygenius, Historian, etc.) and I don't think when they were released should matter. Some artists just release albums that are that good upon release.

 

If this project gets users repping Joni the way the rep Springsteen or Fleetwood Mac... well then it was all worth it!!

 

I’m only in her first few albums but they are genuinely stunning. And I hear her style in so much of the music I like.

 

I agree - regency bias is obviously real but one fun thing about listing is that you can reevaluate over the years and see what sticks.

Totally - I remember hearing Blue for the first time and thinking it reminded me of all these modern artists like Taylor Swift and Dashboard Confessional and Phoebe, but also Mike Kinsella. She’s one of those musicians whose legacy extends far beyond people who directly cite her as an influence imo. Plus Prince loved her so she is automatically god tier.

 

Stuff I've listened to because of this thread since it started:

65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Odetta - It's a Mighty World
Butch Walker - Sycamore Meadows
The Blue Nile - Hats
John Mayer - Heavier Things
Charli XCX - Pop 2
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Link Wray - Link Wray
mewithoutyou - Brother, Sister
R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon Trilogy
Celiz Cruz - Son con Guaguanco
The Bangles - All Over the Place
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Outkast - Aquemini
Pulp - Different Class
There Will Be Fireworks - The Dark, Dark Bright
Dwight Twilley Band - Twilley Don't Mind
Will Ackerman - In Search of the Turtle's Navel
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Sigur Ros - Takk...

 

I think the most recent release I included was the Clairo album and more people should listen to it imho

 

Great album

 

Kinda want to put it on my list now. Oh well

 

Haven’t had much time to listen to albums from lists I haven’t heard but I’m driving across the country next week and am saving a bunch of these to listen to on the drive

 

madvillainy rules, glad you checked it out chris