Surell

I think it's more of a cultural artifact than truly classic album (well it did spawn some of the biggest singles of its era), i feel this way about Sgt. Peppers as well, it may have been more inventive in its time (as perhaps Nevermind is considered now) but in terms of its greatness now, it's solid, but doesn't enthrall me even as much as other Beatles releases. But because it came at the peak of psychedelia and hippies and musical experimentation, it's hailed as a revolutionary piece of art or something (even though Pipers at the Gates of Dawn did trippy music way trippier in the same year imo).

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Engine

I disagree with you about Nevermind but I don't really care to discuss that.

Just wanted to point out that you are talking about the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, governed by the National Recording Preservation Board. As in it preserves culturally significant recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States."

And, yes, Thriller was added in 2007. They currently add 25 recordings annually. You can see the entire list on the Wikipedia page I linked.

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Trollheart

1991? Let's see. I was ten years working, would have been 28, so more than likely listening to prog and some metal. Thing is, back then I wasn't too deep into the net and more to the point torrents, websites like allofmp3.com weren't around yet and so I bought my CDs, and bought what I liked. I had been a big record collector in my earlier youth but when it came to CDs I just bought new albums I wanted, and they weren't all that often. I remember for many months, years even I subsisted off my, at the time, about 200-CD collection and played many albums to bits. I didn't go off looking for new bands, I just waited till my favourite artistes released new albums. I hated SLTS the first time I heard it, and every other time, and still do. So why would I buy an album, waste fifteen pounds ninety-nine on a CD I would not want?

Essentially, at that time, I stuck to what I knew.
I still think it was overhyped. Maybe it caught the zeitgeist or whatever, but it did nothing for me. I do not feel, after listening to it, that I've been missing out.
Hey gimme a break! After listening to Morbid Angel, Carcass and Death and a dozen other metal bands I've never heard before, my synaptic pathways are a little scrambled. What's yer name again? What am I doing here??


Yes, I was. I was trying to make the point that IF Nevermind was so successful in latter years based off the fact that KC topped himself, why then did people not feel the same about Boston's debut?
Ah, no thanks. I don't for a minute think that's anything like a fair representation of their sound, which to me is nothing special. In fact, I won't be thinking of them at all.

See, this is what I meant when I asked at the OP for people not to start shouting at me saying "How can you not like that? It's a classic!" Eye of the beholder, man. Or ear, in this case. Takes all kinds.

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Powerstars

One song I wasn't really into until the volume got turned down was "On a Plain." The Unplugged version is wonderful. The entire Unplugged album actually has a very particular song about it. Ahem, in any case...some other classics I will direct you towards for the future...

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Queen - Innuendo

And, if it can be considered a classic,
The Killers - Hot Fuss

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djchameleon

See you weren't experiencing life in the US when the album was release that's the reason you are missing out on how it affects people culturally and was a reflection of life during that period of time.

Of course it's going to be over hyped to you being across the pond.

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Trollheart

Yeah good point. I suppose it would be the same with the likes of say Oasis over here, though I never liked them. Or even the NWOBHM.

Powers, "Innuendo" a classic album? I don't think so. I like Queen but there are far more classic albums of theirs I would consider before that late-era example...

Engine, even if you disagree with everything I say, I know you stay well away from the journals as a rule, so I'm honoured you graced my little journal with your presence.

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Key

I actually agree with you on your review of Nevermind. I find Bleach far more enjoyable.

Powerstars

Well hey, I thought you might have heard the ones more widly considered classics, and I really do enjoy Innuendo.

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Paul Smeenus

This is my position exactly. Bleach has all the grit and immediacy that was glossed out with the David Geffen polish of Nevermind.


Having said that, everything changed after Nevermind came out. Hair Metal all but died. I'll give credit where credit's due, even though I don't ever intend to listen to Nevermind again.

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The entire Ditty Bops catalog reviewed

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

This is a great thread! I should do something like this.

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