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PrintableNDRU said: Or maybe (since it's going to be top 50) #1 should be given 50 points and #25 should be given 26.
That way one vote for Britney Spears at #1 (1 x 50 = 50) would be outweighed by three votes for Marvin Gaye at #25 (3 x 26 = 78) rather than Britney #1 (1 x 25 = 25) and Marvin #25 (3 x 1 = 3). Any math majors here? I don't want anyone to think the results are unfair. Biased, maybe, but not unfair. i can't be expected to read all of that. anything more complicated than "contains 12 individually wrapped snack cakes" is too much math for me. | |
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1. abbey road - beatles
2. ok computer - radiohead 3. alice - tom waits 4. pet sounds - beach boys 5. hot 5s and 7s - louis armstrong etc. 6. parade - prince 7. ziggy stardust - david bowie 8. pink moon - nick drake 9. boys don't cry - cure 10. electric ladyland - hendrix 11. small change - tom waits 12. grace - jeff buckley 13 controversy - prince 14. off the wall - michael jackson 15. abbatoir blues / lyre of orpheus - nick cave 16. the times they are a-changin' - bob dylan 17. the sophtware slump - grandaddy 18. the blue notebooks - max richter 19. the queen is dead - the smiths 20. deb - souad massi 21. and she closed her eyes - stina nordenstam 22. all things must pass - george harrison 23. turnstiles - billy joel 24. arular - M.I.A. 25. things fall apart - the roots | |
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NDRU said: Or maybe (since it's going to be top 50) #1 should be given 50 points and #25 should be given 26.
That way one vote for Britney Spears at #1 (1 x 50 = 50) would be outweighed by three votes for Marvin Gaye at #25 (3 x 26 = 78) rather than Britney #1 (1 x 25 = 25) and Marvin #25 (3 x 1 = 3). Any math majors here? I don't want anyone to think the results are unfair. Biased, maybe, but not unfair. that sounds v sensible.  | |
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NDRU said: Or maybe (since it's going to be top 50) #1 should be given 50 points and #25 should be given 26.
That way one vote for Britney Spears at #1 (1 x 50 = 50) would be outweighed by three votes for Marvin Gaye at #25 (3 x 26 = 78) rather than Britney #1 (1 x 25 = 25) and Marvin #25 (3 x 1 = 3). Any math majors here? I don't want anyone to think the results are unfair. Biased, maybe, but not unfair. That's sorta how the Village Voice counts votes for their annual Pazz & Jop poll. | |
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Anx said: CynicKill said: "Live Through This" by HOLE on my list Mine too. | |
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theAudience said: Anx said: jimi's in my list...please don't turn my head to lasagna!
i nearly included "axis: bold as love" instead of "are you experienced?", but "manic depression" and "third stone from the sun" are just way too incredible, even though i have a soft spot for "axis". No worries. mg loves to be disciplined.
I limited my choices to 1 per artist. And you know me, I love all his studio releases. Although AYE? is one of the most amazing musical debuts in history, I went with what was his creative zenith in the studio. tA 
I dunno, I still think there should be no limits. If you think a second Jimi album is better than half the records on your list, why leave it out? Why punish the man for being so great? | |
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minneapolisgenius said: NDRU said: Your idiocyncracies only add to your beauty! [Edited 6/4/06 20:10pm] 
What, no one else likes that album?  Blender magazine said it's one of his worst. http://www.blender.com/gu...aspx?id=56  | |
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minneapolisgenius said: NDRU said: Your idiocyncracies only add to your beauty! [Edited 6/4/06 20:10pm]
What, no one else likes that album? No, I love it too, but I think you're the only one to pick it(except for the guy who had 1-24 all Prince!) My Legacy
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sextonseven said: I dunno, I still think there should be no limits. If you think a second Jimi album is better than half the records on your list, why leave it out? Why punish the man for being so great? i think individual taste is a little more complex than that. for me it is, anyway. i think axis is a great album, but there are other albums on my list that MEAN more to me (even if they may be less "brilliant"), so buh bye axis. that's just how MY mind works, anyway... | |
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NDRU said: minneapolisgenius said:
What, no one else likes that album? No, I love it too, but I think you're the only one to pick it(except for the guy who had 1-24 all Prince!) I know I said no limits, but that guy's ballot should be thrown away. | |
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minneapolisgenius said: NDRU said: Or maybe (since it's going to be top 50) #1 should be given 50 points and #25 should be given 26.
That way one vote for Britney Spears at #1 (1 x 50 = 50) would be outweighed by three votes for Marvin Gaye at #25 (3 x 26 = 78) rather than Britney #1 (1 x 25 = 25) and Marvin #25 (3 x 1 = 3). Any math majors here? I don't want anyone to think the results are unfair. Biased, maybe, but not unfair. 
too many numbers in this post We could always graph the cosine of #25, therefore: (25a + 1b) x 3(50c + 26d)=  My Legacy
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Anx said: sextonseven said: I dunno, I still think there should be no limits. If you think a second Jimi album is better than half the records on your list, why leave it out? Why punish the man for being so great? i think individual taste is a little more complex than that. for me it is, anyway. i think axis is a great album, but there are other albums on my list that MEAN more to me (even if they may be less "brilliant"), so buh bye axis. that's just how MY mind works, anyway... I totally get you. I probably worded that response wrong. If you honestly think that I believe that Bif Naked's 'I Bificus' is a better album that 'Sgt. Pepper's', then I'm really no more credible than the guy who filled his entire list with Prince records. My list is definitely my favorite records that I listened to and connected with the most as opposed to ones I think were groundbreaking and flawless. That would be very boring--all Beatles, Hendrix some Clash, Nirvana...  | |
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Anx said: sextonseven said: I dunno, I still think there should be no limits. If you think a second Jimi album is better than half the records on your list, why leave it out? Why punish the man for being so great? i think individual taste is a little more complex than that. for me it is, anyway. i think axis is a great album, but there are other albums on my list that MEAN more to me (even if they may be less "brilliant"), so buh bye axis. that's just how MY mind works, anyway... I never really specified whether it should be your choices for the "greatest" albums or your "favorite." Those two lists should overlap a bunch anyway. I think my favorites are pretty great. But I did leave Miles & John Coltrane off. They'd be in my top 50 favorite, but higher on my choices for greatest. My Legacy
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NDRU said: Anx said: i think individual taste is a little more complex than that. for me it is, anyway. i think axis is a great album, but there are other albums on my list that MEAN more to me (even if they may be less "brilliant"), so buh bye axis. that's just how MY mind works, anyway... I never really specified whether it should be your choices for the "greatest" albums or your "favorite." Those two lists should overlap a bunch anyway. I think my favorites are pretty great. But I did leave Miles & John Coltrane off. They'd be in my top 50 favorite, but higher on my choices for greatest. i can only list favorites. a list of the "greatest" is beyond my reach; i think it's beyond everyone's reach, really. | |
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NDRU said: minneapolisgenius said:
too many numbers in this post We could always graph the cosine of #25, therefore: (25a + 1b) x 3(50c + 26d)=  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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andykeen said: 1. The rainbow Children
2. Controversy 3. One nite alone - piano and voice 4. Lovesexy 5. Sign O the times 6. Parade 7. Purple rain 8. Prince 9. 3121 10. Dirty mind 11. Around the world in a day 12. 1999 13. Batman 14. Gold Experience 15. Diamonds and pearls 16. Love symbol 17. New power soul 18. Come 19. For U 20. Musicology 21. Rave 22. The black album 23. The truth 24. N.E.W.S 25. Voodoo Take this list, add some P-Funk, Bootsy, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Ohio Players and we are talking. | |
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sextonseven said: minneapolisgenius said:
What, no one else likes that album? Blender magazine said it's one of his worst. http://www.blender.com/gu...aspx?id=56 Me --->  <---- Blender"I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Anx said: NDRU said: I never really specified whether it should be your choices for the "greatest" albums or your "favorite." Those two lists should overlap a bunch anyway. I think my favorites are pretty great. But I did leave Miles & John Coltrane off. They'd be in my top 50 favorite, but higher on my choices for greatest. i can only list favorites. a list of the "greatest" is beyond my reach; i think it's beyond everyone's reach, really. I agree, and it's more honest to just pick your favorites. Only The Audience picked the greatest recording artists ever, the greatest recordings ever, virtually regardless of musical style, and I believe they're also his favorites. My Legacy
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NDRU said: Only The Audience picked the greatest recording artists ever, the greatest recordings ever, virtually regardless of musical style, and I believe they're also his favorites. see, i'd disagree with that. TA's choices were indeed pretty exquisite, but there's definitely a leaning toward certain styles of music. nothing wrong with that, but as "greatest albums" go, it's a pretty subjective approach (not that i think he had any designs on obbjectivity, and i do agree that he chose his personal faves). i could make a list of what i think are the "greatest" albums ever and someone would surely respond similarly to me. [Edited 6/5/06 11:03am] | |
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Anx said: NDRU said: Only The Audience picked the greatest recording artists ever, the greatest recordings ever, virtually regardless of musical style, and I believe they're also his favorites. see, i'd disagree with that. TA's choices were indeed pretty exquisite, but there's definitely a leaning toward certain styles of music. nothing wrong with that, but as "greatest albums" go, it's a pretty subjective approach (not that i think he had any designs on obbjectivity, and i do agree that he chose his personal faves). i could make a list of what i think are the "greatest" albums ever and someone would surely respond similarly to me. [Edited 6/5/06 11:03am] Well, nobody can be totally objective. I guess he didn't have much after 1980, but he had Jazz, Rock, R&B, blues, avant garde, folk, all pretty well represented. I'm not saying they are THE greatest albums ever (I haven't even heard them all), but he came pretty close to what a team of critics might come up with. Also he had no classical, but I'd argue that those albums are not often classic recordings, but are more likely just recordings of classic music (though I'm sure there are exceptions). My Legacy
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sextonseven said: NDRU said: Or maybe (since it's going to be top 50) #1 should be given 50 points and #25 should be given 26.
That way one vote for Britney Spears at #1 (1 x 50 = 50) would be outweighed by three votes for Marvin Gaye at #25 (3 x 26 = 78) rather than Britney #1 (1 x 25 = 25) and Marvin #25 (3 x 1 = 3). Any math majors here? I don't want anyone to think the results are unfair. Biased, maybe, but not unfair. That's sorta how the Village Voice counts votes for their annual Pazz & Jop poll. I think that's how I'll do it. My Legacy
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NDRU said: Anx said: see, i'd disagree with that. TA's choices were indeed pretty exquisite, but there's definitely a leaning toward certain styles of music. nothing wrong with that, but as "greatest albums" go, it's a pretty subjective approach (not that i think he had any designs on obbjectivity, and i do agree that he chose his personal faves). i could make a list of what i think are the "greatest" albums ever and someone would surely respond similarly to me. [Edited 6/5/06 11:03am] Well, nobody can be totally objective. I guess he didn't have much after 1980, but he had Jazz, Rock, R&B, blues, avant garde, folk, all pretty well represented. I'm not saying they are THE greatest albums ever (I haven't even heard them all), but he came pretty close to what a team of critics might come up with. Also he had no classical, but I'd argue that those albums are not often classic recordings, but are more likely just recordings of classic music (though I'm sure there are exceptions). two words of argument: JOHNNY CASH. one more word: FOLSOM.  | |
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Anx said: NDRU said: Well, nobody can be totally objective. I guess he didn't have much after 1980, but he had Jazz, Rock, R&B, blues, avant garde, folk, all pretty well represented. I'm not saying they are THE greatest albums ever (I haven't even heard them all), but he came pretty close to what a team of critics might come up with. Also he had no classical, but I'd argue that those albums are not often classic recordings, but are more likely just recordings of classic music (though I'm sure there are exceptions). two words of argument: JOHNNY CASH. one more word: FOLSOM. Yes. Maybe that's #26 My Legacy
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I did my best to imaging I could only keep 25 albums for the rest of my days, here's what I came up with:
1. Prince: Sign O the Times 2. Elvis Costello: Blood and Chocolate 3. Frank Zappa: Hot Rats 4. Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life 5. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland 6. The Beatles: The White Album 7. The Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed 8. Van Morrison: It's Too Late To Stop Now... 9. Frank Zappa: Uncle Meat 10. David Bowie: Young Americans 11. Pink Floyd: The Wall 12. Afghan Whigs: Black Love 13. Built To Spill: Perfect From Now On 14. Prince: Parade 15. R.E.M. : Life's Rich Pageant 16. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox 17. Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin 18. Neil Young: Tonight's the Night 19. Husker Du: Warehouse: Songs and Stories 20. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream 21. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 22. Kate Bush: Hounds of Love 23. Elvis Costello: My Aim is True 24. Modest Mouse: Lonesome Crowded West 25. XTC: Skylarking 26. Dead Kennedys: Plastic Surgery Disasters 27: Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy 28: Roxy Music: Country Life 29: David Bowie: Stationtostation 30: XTC: English Settlement 31: The Clash: London Calling 32: Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold as Love 33: John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard 34: Frank Zappa: Lather 35: Neil Young: Zuma And then I just kept typing. I think it would also be interesting, since no one can even decide on their favorite artists' best albums, to tally up an 'artists' top 50 based on the points garnered. Just a thought. "I got the devil in me, girl." - 'John the Baptist', Afghan Whigs
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PeteZarustica said: I did my best to imaging I could only keep 25 albums for the rest of my days, here's what I came up with:
And then I just kept typing. I think it would also be interesting, since no one can even decide on their favorite artists' best albums, to tally up an 'artists' top 50 based on the points garnered. Just a thought. Depending on how much time I can spend on it (it's a lot of data already) I could post beyond 50 or send you the spreadsheet so you can see it all. My Legacy
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PeteZarustica said: 16. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox Someone else chose 'Tinderbox'. Fancy that.  | |
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Anx said: whoknows said: All I ever heard from DeeLite was Groove Is In The Heart which I absolutely love. I really need to hear more of them. Is that song typical of their style? I'm hoping it's not a Sinead O' Connor situation where you try to get into her then realise the only song you like is Nothing Compares 2U. if you like "groove is in the heart", then "dewdrops in the garden" will BLOW YOU AWAY. it's like a hyper-steroided-jacked-up version of their first album. it's the best showcase of kier kirby's amazing voice (back then, anyway), and the music simply doesn't let up. even the mid-tempo mellow numbers kick ass. if you like dance music of any kind, i think this album is essential. [Edited 6/3/06 16:14pm] I was glad to see Dewdrops end up on your list too 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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sextonseven said: PeteZarustica said: 16. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox Someone else chose 'Tinderbox'. Fancy that. I could argue with myself whether or not it's my favorite...but being the first Sioux album I bought, it is definitely the sentimental favorite... "I got the devil in me, girl." - 'John the Baptist', Afghan Whigs
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1. Prince - Parade
2. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 3. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 4. Tori Amos - Boys For Pele 5. Beck - Odelay 6. Terence Trent D'Arby - Neither Fish Nor Flesh 7. Prince - Sign O' The Times 8. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 9. Prince - The Black Album 10. Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel 11. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule 12. Terence Trent D'Arby - Vibrator 13. Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey 14. Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Bitter 15. Portishead - Dummy 16. Seal - Seal I 17. U2 - Zooropa 18. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 19. Björk - Debut 20. The Cure - Disintegration 21. Madonna - Ray Of Light 22. U2 - Rattle & Hum 23. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 24. David Bowie - Young Americans 25. The Beatles - Abbey Road Now... Where the f  did I hide the Aspirine?  I can't remember my baby's voice cuz she ain't talkin' no more  | |
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PeteZarustica said: sextonseven said: Someone else chose 'Tinderbox'. Fancy that. I could argue with myself whether or not it's my favorite...but being the first Sioux album I bought, it is definitely the sentimental favorite... That would be 'Peepshow' for me. That album would have ranked higher, but I really don't care for "Rawhead And Bloodybones"--one of my least favorite Banshees tracks. | |
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