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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7829231 - 01/03/08 07:43 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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that is why I prefaced it with a situation that denoted a personal preference.
But I dont think popularity should have any sway with what would be considered the greatest album of all time.
If this were the case then elvis presley, garth brooks and mikey jackson would be the top 3 greatest artists of all time. The backstreet boys would be considered "greater" than zappa because of popularity.
if anything, only concept/themed albums should be in the running, because it is an entire work of art, rather than a conglomeration of random focus-group-passed songs that have nothing to do with each other.




I wholeheartedly agree.


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: Colonel Kurtz Ph.D]
    #7829349 - 01/03/08 08:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album? Pretty loosely applied there pal.


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: zappaisgod]
    #7829447 - 01/03/08 08:29 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

well , it may not fit the textbook definition of being a concept album, but it definitely is themed, and uses a lot of melodic themes over again.

I also think one criteria is that the album should be playable from front to back.
Carol King's tapestry is an album like that, which has almost single handedly inspired almost every single female musician... but it isnt a themed or concept album... it also is multi-platinum.

that is why I think this questyion is far too broad to answer.... so i made a thread asking what the greatest album is in individual genres. try that one out, I think it will be much easier, because no matter what, this is going to be a personal preference.

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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7892364 - 01/17/08 10:21 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Today, in my opinion, the greatest album ever made is

Comments of the Inner Chorus by Tunng


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: theorganicdomino]
    #7892374 - 01/17/08 10:24 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Today, in my opinion, the greatest album ever made is

Tonight's the Night by Neil Young


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
    #7935878 - 01/26/08 03:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I gotta throw this out there, Earth's latest three albums are pure ace. HEX, Hibernaculum, and The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull are all excellent forms of ambient guitar music. Dylan Carlson is a master of his form.


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: mentalIMAGE]
    #7938852 - 01/27/08 01:38 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

This is impossible for me to answer, so i'll cheat and list 5 that immediately come to mind (in no order)...



Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Radiohead - Kid A


other notables would include (but not be limited to):

The Kinks - Arthur, Or The Decline and Fall of The British Empire
The Who - Who's Next
Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
either of Joy Division's two studio albums (theyre equally amazing)
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
Traffic - Traffic
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Sly and The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On (doug martsch is the fucking man!)
Dntel - Early Works For Me If It Works For You (UNDERRATED...my favorite electronic album from the 90's)


and now i've exhausted myself in an absurd (and failed) attempt at answering the poster's question.

...seriously though that is a beast of a question to tackle!

peace.


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Re: What is the greatest album ever made? [Re: Soularize]
    #7942816 - 01/27/08 09:27 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Kid A by Radiohead is by far the most amazing and influential album to me.

I bought it the day it was released having never listened to Radiohead before, not knowing what to expect. I had read about it in some magazine while I was on break at work and thought it sounded like it might be a cool change of pace for me. At the time I was accustomed to shitty, generic, and unoriginal pop rock bullshit from the top 40 charts.

Kid A blew my fucking mind wide open and I have since never looked back. I had never done any drugs at the time, so when I first got high it was the first thing I rushed to listen to.

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