The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 8

Very bad thread

 

My $0.02 on the posts since last night is basically what several others have said: that it should be up to individuals to decide what they do and don't put on their lists. I really think that, among the people who actively participate on these boards, we have remarkably few truly "bad actors." Until proven otherwise I trust people to draw their own lines about what they include. For me I'm only going to include albums that have "shaped" me and that I continually return to and that still "shape" me in the present tense. For me, stuff like Devil & God and Heartbreaker, while undeniably of critical importance to me in the past, are on one side of that line (probably not getting included), while stuff like pre-2016 Kanye and say, the Stones, are on the other side of the line. I'm not sure there's a rhyme or reason to that since Mick Jagger was probably just as much of a sexual predator in his heyday as Jesse Lacey but that's where I'm at with it.

 

i think going 75-25 for points gives more proportion for repeat listings of albums than 50-1 already. you’re getting more of a proportionate bump for repeat listings.

my friend group just did this. 6 people ranking 20 albums 40-20 as opposed to 20-1. if an album is on three lists first and three last, going from 40-20 you’re making up for ~6% (.057 to be exact) of the total points. going 20-1, only 3%.

we constructed the lists both ways. going 75-25 should make for a more “objective” list, where repeated albums get a boost, whereas going 50-1 will give more of a boost for albums that people vote #1 on their list, and less elsewhere. i’m good with either. 75-25 is probably better.

 

I’m going to edit my post here in a few and add my favorite song from each album. I think that’s a cool thing so if someone isn’t familiar with an album/artist they have something they can check out or start with

 

Great idea.

 

This is it, everyone else can stop posting

Zelda vs Zelda vs Zelda vs Zelda was an epic matchup

 

Favorite song from each album is added.

 

Good call on Eventually from Currents.

 

A perfect song

 

Lol. It isn't that great. But for a stream of consciousness list that took 30 minutes to make, I'm happy with it. At least to get Bolt Thrower as an honorable mention.

 

1. David Bowie - Station to Station ("Word on a Wing")
2. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde ("Visions of Johanna")
3. Nirvana - In Utero ("Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle")
4. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power ("Gimme Danger")
5. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ("Moonage Daydream")
6. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? ("Champagne Supernova")
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream ("Soma")
8. Wilco - Summerteeth ("How to Fight Loneliness")
9. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 ("Snowblind")
10. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile ("We're In This Together")
11. Radiohead - In Rainbows ("Videotape")
12. Bon Iver - Bon Iver ("Michicant")
13. Black Flag - Damaged ("Rise Above")
14. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger ("Slaves and Bulldozers")
15. Nirvana - Nevermind ("Endless, Nameless")
16. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf ("A Song for the Deaf")
17. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless ("Only Shallow")
18. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime ("Sinews")
19. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine ("Township Rebellion")
20. Pink Floyd - Animals ("Pigs (Three Different Ones)")
21. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground ("Pale Blue Eyes")
22. Deftones - White Pony ("Digital Bath")
23. Isis - Oceanic ("The Beginning and the End")
24. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space ("Cop Shoot Cop")
25. Husker Du - Zen Arcade ("Something I Learned Today")
26. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ("Mr. Me Too")
27. Television - Marquee Moon ("Torn Curtain")
28. Weezer - Pinkerton ("The Good Life")
29. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality ("Children of the Grave")
30. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ("Kamera")
31. Radiohead - Ok Computer ("Lucky")
32. Outkast - Stankonia ("B.O.B.")
33. Can - Ege Bamyasi ("Vitamin C")
34. Mastodon - Crack the Skye ("The Last Baron")
35. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come ("Refused Party Program")
36. Eagles - Hotel California ("Pretty Maids All in a Row")
37. Ride - Nowhere ("Vapour Trail")
38. Alice in Chains - Dirt ("Rain When I Die")
39. Led Zeppelin - III ("Since I've Been Loving You")
40. Descendents - Milo Goes to College ("Suburban Home")
41. David Bowie - Low ("Always Crashing in the Same Car")
42. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed ("Let It Bleed")
43. Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) ("In the Garage")
44. The Beatles - Abbey Road ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window")
45. Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ("Little Wing")
46. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night ("Mellow My Mind")
47. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks ("The Way Young Lovers Do")
48. Oasis - Definitely Maybe ("Columbia")
49. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral ("Reptile")
50. Radiohead - Kid A ("How to Disappear Completely")

 

gonna start adding submissions to a google doc. no rush or anything. will just be easier for me to add a few a day than all at once

 

I was going back and forth between the big come down and we’re in this together.

let it bleed wound up being 51 on my list, kind of thinking of ranking the last half of the 100 I did.

 

go off

 

honestly surprised Oasis was outside the top 5

no surprise a banger of a list tho

 

part of the fun of talking about them is how riled they get. i mean, two in the top 50 is pretty indicative of loving them a lot, but people don't get all fussy over saying "I really like nirvana" lol

 

going to do this tomorrow

 

1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
3. Weezer - Pinkerton
4. The Hotelier - Goodness
5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
6. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
7. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
8. Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
9. German Error Message - After the Warmth
10. Kanye West - The College Dropout
11. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
12. Van Morrison - Moondance
13. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
14. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
15. Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You’re in the Best of Hands..
16. Nas - Illmatic
17. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
18. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
19. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
20. American Football - American Football
21. Kanye West - Late Registration
22. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
23. The Cure - Head on the Door
24. Bomb the Music Industry - Vacation
25. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
26. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
27. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
28. The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
29. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
30. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
31. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
32. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
33. Arrange - Blood Dust
34. Jay-Z - The Black Album
35. The Spinners - Pick of the Litter
36. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
37. The Cure - Disintegration
38. Against Me - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
39. Weezer - The Blue Album
40. Talking Heads - ‘77
41. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
42. Pearl Jam - Vs.
43. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
44. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
45. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
46. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
47. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
48. The Blue Nile - Hats
49. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
50. Future - Monster

 

stopping tonight with the excel sheet on jorbjorb's list to resume tomorrow. more of just a note to myself so I can find this and pick back up at the right spot.

six lists so far. some interesting repeats. and a fair amount of bands that might end up not making the final list because four or five different albums by the artist pop up on the master list, but no repeats.

 

I don’t think I want to do this anymore lol

 

Where are we at on live records? I saw Spo put Nirvana's MTV Unplugged on his list and I might wanna throw a Dead one on there

 

Spo has the best list so far. I’m going to try and do this tomorrow but we’ll see.

 

Put whatever you want.

 

I think def any live album that's considered a classic is fair game like Nirvana Unplugged or Live at Leeds for sure, considering the Dead are best known as a live band I think it's fair haha