Trollheart takes on "1001 Albums you must hear before you die"

Machine · 01-03-2015, 04:34 PM

Not my favorite Beck album, but it's alright, I think there's probably another one in there somewhere.

Josef K · 01-03-2015, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Just checking the list and, at least for the most recent couple of decades, it's made up of almost entirely stuff that would appeal to indie nerds. The majority of the rest seems to be made up of mainstream albums that are notable either for actually not sucking or just being particularly well known. Hip hop, metal, punk, whatever passes for jazz or classical or whatever else these days, are all but ignored. Seems like a Rolling Stone "Best Albums of All Time" list for the modern, small-minded elitist.

I agree that this list sucks, although for me that's because a lot of it is just really random.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-03-2015, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

How did Get Behind me Satan make the list, and not their eponymous album or something, though?

Probably because their debut album did fuck all.
If you're going to have a White Stripes album I would argue that it should either be White Blood Cells which was the first album of theirs to get any attention or Elephant which was their mainstream breakthrough album.

**Frownland** · 01-03-2015, 10:10 PM

Looks like Elephant is on there as well.

DeadChannel · 01-03-2015, 11:08 PM

Elephant's on the list. I love their debut, but I guess you're right in that White Blood Cells actually made waves.

**Goofle** · 01-04-2015, 04:10 AM

The list is decent enough to me.

Trollheart · 01-04-2015, 06:32 AM

Whether the list is acceptable or not is not the issue. It's the only one, I assume based on the book (if not, someone tell me) --- if the MB one was done I would add the choices from that but at the moment I think it's up to like 200 or something? Maybe when I get down to that point I might also do the MB ones --- if I'm still alive and not carted off to the madhouse by then!

Lots of albums here already have me scratching my head, and I just wonder if more seminal albums like "Dark side", "Jailbreak" and "The Joshua Tree" are in there? I haven't gone through all of it...

The Batlord · 01-04-2015, 07:56 AM

Said the dude who wears button-down shirts.

Trollheart · 01-04-2015, 11:13 AM

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Said the dude who wears button-down shirts.

What?

Pet_Sounds · 01-04-2015, 11:39 AM

The only era I'd consider myself knowledgeable enough to comment on is 1965-68, and it looks fine there.

01-03-2015, 04:34 PM	#21 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	Not my favorite Beck album, but it's alright, I think there's probably another one in there somewhere. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Looks like Elephant is on there as well. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-04-2015, 06:32 AM	#27 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Whether the list is acceptable or not is not the issue. It's the only one, I assume based on the book (if not, someone tell me) --- if the MB one was done I would add the choices from that but at the moment I think it's up to like 200 or something? Maybe when I get down to that point I might also do the MB ones --- if I'm still alive and not carted off to the madhouse by then! Lots of albums here already have me scratching my head, and I just wonder if more seminal albums like "Dark side", "Jailbreak" and "The Joshua Tree" are in there? I haven't gone through all of it... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	The only era I'd consider myself knowledgeable enough to comment on is 1965-68, and it looks fine there. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

01-03-2015, 11:08 PM	#25 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Elephant's on the list. I love their debut, but I guess you're right in that White Blood Cells actually made waves.