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Arguably the 500 greatest albums known to English language listeners.
 
Doggystyle at 340 seems a bit low. The rest I agree with.
 
I can't believe how low they had Al Green's greatest hits, Bonnie Raits Nick of Time, The Stooges, The Supremes or Muddy Waters anthology...even Marvin Gaye's Here my Dear....didn't get past the bottom 50....they must factor record sales into it
 
andalusian said:
Arguably the 500 greatest albums known to English language listeners.
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I didn't read the whole list but in the bottom they had King Sunny Ade...that's a Nigerian Band...Juju music...also called High Life.
 
Led Zepplin IV at 58? Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon at 55? Queen: A Night At The Opera 128?
 
riverman said:
I can't believe how low they had Al Green's greatest hits, Bonnie Raits Nick of Time, The Stooges, The Supremes or Muddy Waters anthology...even Marvin Gaye's Here my Dear....didn't get past the bottom 50....they must factor record sales into it
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Yeah Al Green"s gh's way to low.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
A poll that gets people to read, listen, and debate great music doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
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I agree....ranking art is a pretty useless practice but what I get from it is maybe several albums I've never heard..always a plus. I mean they don't have any classical music there at all so....
 
riverman said:
I agree....ranking art is a pretty useless practice but what I get from it is maybe several albums I've never heard..always a plus. I mean they don't have any classical music there at all so....
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Classical music wasn't released in an album format.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Classical music wasn't released in an album format.
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huh? I have a lot of classical albums in my collection...Best of Segovia...Antone Brueckner...it's no big deal but there are classical albums my friend...just not Rolling Stones audience.
 
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riverman said:
huh? I have a lot of classical albums in my collection...Best of Segovia...Andre Brueckner...it's no big deal but there are classical albums my friend...just not Rolling Stones audience.
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riverman said:
sure...but that music is interpreted today by modern artists using modern recording techniques and pressed into albums...see Deutschgrammaphone
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Yes but selecting which songs and in which order on the album is part of the art form. Classical artists released their music in a different format/art form.
 
riverman said:
They also don't cover other genres of music....Steve Earle recorded a whole album of Civil War music...just not during the Civil War
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Your argument works better if it were a list of the 500 greatest songs. Then you should include classical and other genres.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Your argument works better if it were a list of the 500 greatest songs. Then you should include classical and other genres.
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Most baroque songs are very short....like fiddle tunes...they are songs just the same...listed and with titles...see the Chieftans or Bach...they are not symphonies but actually songs...Rock has the rock opera...Zappa did both but his product was still an album.
 
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