50 albums that changed the world [Archive]

read-alot

07-25-2006, 10:06 AM

I own 12 of them....Which should tell you a little about what I think about their list and the importance of the albums it contains.

Just scrolling through the list 12 is where I'm at and probably where I will stay unless a bump on the head or some late-life change in my audio listening.

BlueMDPicker

07-25-2006, 01:06 PM

It wasn't an endorsement, just an interesting read that may deserve more than a scan if you're interested in connections and influences.

I have 38, to be exact. I've enjoyed the range of musical interest I've navigated. And, I suspect my last bump on the head has yet to occur.

miner

07-25-2006, 02:47 PM

I can't believe Ry Cooder's 'Bop Till You Drop' is not on the list....

Without it there would be no digital recordings

dorokusai

07-25-2006, 03:04 PM

No list is complete without Weird Al Yankovic....what a crock of S.

shack

07-25-2006, 03:05 PM

It wasn't an endorsement, just an interesting read that may deserve more than a scan if you're interested in connections and influences.

It was an interesting read in that they went to great lengths to justify their "most influential" tag on the albums they chose. After the first few "Without this, there'd be no ..." I found myself going pfffft.... I'm not denying the influences....just the weight the autors have given them. That and the results of some of the supposed influences themselves were not of very much significance. How important can an album be if the result it spawned was insignificant?

unc2701

07-25-2006, 03:40 PM

'bout 80% here, too. I can think of a few that I'd have to swap out, too.

38 here, too... almost all on vinyl.

read-alot

07-25-2006, 04:10 PM

It's been years since I visited the old vinyl collection, maybe just maybe I can find Niggaz With Attitude ...nah not in this life.

Early B.

07-25-2006, 05:25 PM

I have 1 out of 50 (Miles Davis). The rest of 'em suck.:p

Danny Tse

07-25-2006, 05:36 PM

I have 6 of the 50, and aside from the Beatles, all of them on SACD :eek:

PolkThug

07-25-2006, 05:43 PM

I've got one!

4 NWA
Straight Outta Compton (1989)

BlueMDPicker

07-25-2006, 05:44 PM

It was an interesting read in that they went to great lengths to justify their "most influential" tag on the albums they chose. After the first few "Without this, there'd be no ..." I found myself going pfffft.... I'm not denying the influences....just the weight the autors have given them. That and the results of some of the supposed influences themselves were not of very much significance. How important can an album be if the result it spawned was insignificant?
Damn! You must have the 12 I don't have. :D

Peace out.

read-alot

07-25-2006, 07:30 PM

Without the Byrds we wouldn't have Willie Nelson?

This UK publication better watch out if they see the Red Headed Stranger coming. He may have not had Red Eyes without them but he was going to be here with or without.

danger boy

07-25-2006, 07:58 PM

here is one that should not be on the list..

21 The Spice Girls
Spice (1996)

OMFG! who made this list and didn't put on Frampton Comes Alive and instead chose the Spice Girls?????? :mad:

unc2701

07-25-2006, 08:04 PM

yeah, or paul's boutique, for that matter.

danger boy

07-25-2006, 08:08 PM

and nothing by Queen, The Who, or Rolling Stones? they all had influential albums...

the Spice Girls? HELL NO!

unc2701

07-25-2006, 08:33 PM

on the other hand, everytime I hear britney, christina, et al, and ask myself "How did we come to this?..." the answer just might be:
Spice Girls.

bobman1235

07-25-2006, 10:10 PM

on the other hand, everytime I hear britney, christina, et al, and ask myself "How did we come to this?..." the answer just might be:
Spice Girls.

Or "Satan has risen". Either one.

Andrew2112

07-25-2006, 10:25 PM

Got 3 Nirvana,Black Sabbath and ........ spice girls (I GOT A DAUGTHER OK!!!)

madmax

07-25-2006, 10:29 PM

I have 12 of them. I enjoy Straight outa Compton the most.

unc2701

07-25-2006, 11:20 PM

OK, I'd take:
Johnny Cash in 1957 over the Byrds
Stevie Wonder "Talking Book" over "Songs in the key of life"
Portishead over Massive Attack- they didn't invent trip hop, but they defined it... Until Mezzanine, anyway.
Tribe called quest over De La soul
the Jam/Paul Weller over the Smiths
T Rex over David Bowie

and the notable missings:
Metalica, U2, Stones, Queen, beastie boys, Nine inch nails, The Cure, Bauhaus, DJ Shadow, Weezer... while you can't have them all on there, quite a few of those shaped music a lot more than the f--king spice girls.

madmax

07-26-2006, 12:12 AM

Ice Ice Baby. Now that had to change something in the world.

MrBuhl

07-26-2006, 12:13 AM

I have 13 out of 50 - it is interesting who they link up with who though...

unc2701

07-26-2006, 10:17 AM

Ice Ice Baby. Now that had to change something in the world.

I was thinking the same thing, but I couldn't decide what. I guess it was the album that made it ok for white suburban kids to like rap? or was that "Please Hammer don't hurt them"? Or "License to Ill" four years earlier?

George Grand

07-26-2006, 12:56 PM

I own or have owned #2, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 26, 27, 29, 33, 36.

I'm going to reserve comment on the rest (cause they suck mostly, and so do a couple that I have) due to the title of the list. It doesn't say the "best" 50, or the "best selling" 50. It doesn't say whether they changed the world for better or for worse.

bikezappa

07-26-2006, 01:12 PM

WOW

1 The Velvet Underground and Nico

Who would have thought back then it would rank 1 on anyones list.

This album was a complete failure economically. I know may hate it and a few way back then liked it. I have 3 copies of it because I wore the first two albums out.

Two things about the album that was very different from others was 1. the songs had widely different time lengths and 2. a large dynamic range. Back then most all songs had to fit in the DJ's time bracket, about 3 minutes and sound the same loudness. These were economic requirements for radio.

It's also funny that two of the most famious songs from that album "I'm Wait'in for My Man" and "Heroin" have never been played on the radio to my knowledge.

I think I went to about 10 concerts by the Velvets in the late 60's.

George Grand

07-26-2006, 01:41 PM

Who would've thought PRESENTLY that would be #1 on anybody's list. I always thought Lou Reed had an awful lot of no talent.

They can't possibly be ranking them in order of importance.

bikezappa

07-26-2006, 01:44 PM

Number 1 is Number 1

bikezappa

07-26-2006, 01:45 PM

By the way I thought Nico was the best part of the album but I was young then and full of hormones.

George Grand

07-26-2006, 01:46 PM

Not in my world, and that's all that counts.

bobman1235

07-26-2006, 02:22 PM

Yeah, who wouldn't love a tall German woman who had a voice like crossdressed man? Not to mention that she was mostly tone deaf, from everything I've heard. Listen to Femme Fatale and tell me one part of her singing that's actually in any kind of discernable key.

The Velvet Underground put out some wierd and sometimes decent stuff, but come on, number one? Gimme a break.

bikezappa

07-26-2006, 02:51 PM

Nico became a herion addict, got off the herion and died in a bicycling accident with no money.

The Velvets were not good musicians, I agree, but the lyrics to Nico's and Lou's tunes were interesting then and now.

Drumingman

07-26-2006, 03:02 PM

I though that list was a Krock of Krap.
Just think, they really pay someone for that snivel.:cool:

capecodder

07-26-2006, 03:52 PM

Interesting list. I have 21 of them. As George G said, in no way represents a "best" list although some would be on it. Kinda makes me feel like a trend follower :o

By the way I thought Nico was the best part of the album but I was young then and full of hormones.

Agree. I was not and still not a big fan of VU music although I have this album (cd) and appreciate their impact. Nico was an interesting person. Try and find a documentary film called Nico Icon. Its a very well done take on her life before, during and after VU.

krabby5

07-26-2006, 04:34 PM

sorry..I can't take this list seriously if the Stones or Led Zeppelin aren't on it..

read-alot

07-26-2006, 05:19 PM

Don't believe anything you read and maybe half of what you see.

I have read alot of false statements, this is just one more.

Ron-P

07-26-2006, 06:39 PM

Well, they may have changed other peoples worlds but not mine, I own none of those listed.

bknauss

07-27-2006, 01:53 AM

sorry..I can't take this list seriously if the Stones or Led Zeppelin aren't on it..

They, along with many other omissions mentioned by you guys, were not the pioneers... maybe a little too late or not as popular or are a combination of other influences. I saw Metallica mentioned at some point. Metallica is 90% Black Sabbath with Ginger Baker thrown in for bringing drummers the double bass. And now-a-days they are 100% AC/DC with 3 chords and a basic drum beat. At least AC/DC was good at what they did though..........