MB's top 50 according to RYM

gunnels · 09-18-2009, 06:38 PM

I did the best I could to friend every MB'er I could find on RYM. I then found out my contacts top albums, and here they are:

1) The Beatles- Revolver
2) Pixies- Doolittle
3) Pixies- Surfer Rosa
4) Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
5) David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
6) Pink Floyd- Animals
7) The Beatles- Abbey Road
8) The Clash- London Calling
9) David Bowie- Low
10) Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
11) David Bowie- Hunky Dory
12) Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
13) Frank Zappa- We're Only in It for the Money
14) Radiohead- The Bends
15) The Beatles- The Beatles ["White Album"]
16) The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
17) Black Sabbath- Paranoid
18) My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
19) Nick Drake- Pink Moon
20) Buzz****s- Singles going Steady
21) Massive Attack- Mezzanine
22) Beck- Odelay
23) The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
24) The Velvet Underground- White Light/White Heat
25) Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
26) Radiohead- Kid A
27) Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
28) Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
29) Talking Heads- Remain in Light
30) Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
31) Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
32) DJ Shadow- Endtroducing.....
33) Pink Floyd- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
34) Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
35) The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
36) The Beatles- Rubber Soul
37) Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
38) Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold as Love
39) De la Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
40) Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced
41) Radiohead- OK Computer
42) A tribe called Quest- The Low End Theory
43) King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King
44) Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
45) Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
46) Television- Marquee Moon
47) The Kinks- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
48) Yes- Close to the Edge
49) Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
50) Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation

Some surprising choices, some not so surprising choices. Tell us whatcha think.

Also if anyone is interested here is a link to the top 500 albums:
Top 500 albums based on jdgun's friend list - Rate Your Music

Piss Me Off · 09-18-2009, 06:45 PM

That's quite a fair list i think. Obviously most of the albums are a bit obvious but thats because more people are going to own them. I'll never complain with 2 Pixies albums in the top 5! No Smiths though!

I have 49 of them funnily enough

gunnels · 09-18-2009, 06:46 PM

Queen is Dead is 64

storymilo · 09-18-2009, 06:50 PM

Wow that's actually not bad at all. Some of the choices are surprising but good, and some artists seem to be favored more heavily than I would think, but overall not bad.

jackhammer · 09-18-2009, 06:52 PM

I have 47. A much more accurate list of the the more discerning listener even though a few are not in the order I would put them at.

19/24/35 are missing from my collection but I don't rate Pet Sounds at all anyhow!

BTown · 09-18-2009, 09:05 PM

I didn't have any until #30. I'm surprised Wu-Tang clan is on here though, I don't see them getting talked about much.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 09-18-2009, 09:09 PM

i have 1

guess which

sidewinder · 09-18-2009, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

24

You're not missing much there.

LoathsomePete · 09-18-2009, 09:12 PM

I've got 19...

sidewinder · 09-18-2009, 09:14 PM

I've got 39 (combining physical and digital), since we're all counting...

09-18-2009, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	That's quite a fair list i think. Obviously most of the albums are a bit obvious but thats because more people are going to own them. I'll never complain with 2 Pixies albums in the top 5! No Smiths though! I have 49 of them funnily enough __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

09-18-2009, 06:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I have 47. A much more accurate list of the the more discerning listener even though a few are not in the order I would put them at. 19/24/35 are missing from my collection but I don't rate Pet Sounds at all anyhow! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-18-2009, 09:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
BTown super cool Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 806	I didn't have any until #30. I'm surprised Wu-Tang clan is on here though, I don't see them getting talked about much. __________________

09-18-2009, 09:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I've got 19... __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

09-18-2009, 09:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	I've got 39 (combining physical and digital), since we're all counting... __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

09-18-2009, 06:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	Wow that's actually not bad at all. Some of the choices are surprising but good, and some artists seem to be favored more heavily than I would think, but overall not bad.

09-18-2009, 09:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	i have 1 guess which