The 50 Best Albums (IMHO) (No Repeated Artist)

This is my first youtube video, I hope you enjoy it. I put a lot of effort into it (okay, not THAT much effort), but I did want to make a good video, so I chose everything carefully. For instance to make it more interesting I tried to avoid tired clichéd clips. Sometimes I try to highlight some lesser known songs on albums, other times I picked lines that really stuck to me (like one artist being ironic, one band ripping other bands, or my single favorite line of all time), or sometimes pick a clip that really best sums up the whole album. Some albums, though are so ubiquitous (i.e. Zep IV) picking anything interesting is an exercise in frustration, so I just gave up.
I also tried to put the numbers on seamlessly (though I admit just got lazy sometimes), which at times was kind of fun.
Some Rules:
1 One artist = One Album. It gets tiresome to keep seeing the same artist over and over again. BTW #35 is #50 if more than one artist on the list.
2. No compilations! No soundtracks (unless all original i.e. Purple Rain). A "best of" isn't an album in the strictest sense (at least to me)
3. This is if a list of "favorite" albums not "best" albums so I reserve the right to say "its just an opinion" (though I like to think it's an informed opinion).
4. Albums I had when I was younger and before I had ever heard of an MP3 (before college essentially, and yes I now own all of the albums on CD) are going to be higher than they probably should be. (Live through this, Ritual De Lo Habitual)
5. I know this list is very white (and male). I am not a racist. It's just that albums are unfortunately, a very white male medium. Looking at my 25 favorite almost half (14) are black artists. The great black artists of the 60s and 70s were more interested in singles (or at least there record companies were, like Motown) and rap has dominated the black music scene for the last 15 years. I do like rap, up until about 1995, than somewhere I lost it, (I think cause I stopped watching MTV and started listening to the Beatles) and most everything today I can't stand.
I'm not going to write down all the albums (most are plenty self explanatory) but I'll put some down, which might not be obvious.
46. Grateful Dead -- American Beauty (hard to read)
38. Big Star - #1Record (I wasn't even familiar with that cover cause like most people if you have anything from Big Star it almost certainly the #1Record/Radio City CD)
37. Kinks - Village Green Preservation... (also hard to read)
14, Derek and the Dominos -- Layla and Assorted Love Songs (though you really should know that cover)
13. Bruce Springsteen -- Main Point Night 2/5/75 (a bootleg) comes under many different names but get Crystal Cat's for great sound (at least the first 2/3).

Finally if have read this far I applaud you. If you have any questions or if you want to criticize any of my choices be my guest (I'm armed and ready to defend any of my picks), or if you want to complain about not putting so and so, bring it on, though frankly, most of the time its going to be "I don't know that album" If this goes well I'll make more. Thanks.

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[goandrewgo]

High Five Man!

[Ras137]

@goandrewgo

Thanks, right back at you.

[SingDriver101]

Shit list!

[Ras137]

@SingDriver101

Wow such an insightful comment. How have you not already solved all the worlds problems with such clearly superior intelligence to everyone else.

[ViolaXZ]

1 -Rubber Soul (The Beatles) 2 -Elvis Presley (E.Presley) 3 -Nevermind (Nirvana) 4 -True Blue (Madonna) 5 -Reckless (Bryan Adams) 6 -Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 7 -Come On Over (Shania Twain) 8 -Arrival (ABBA) 9 -OK Computer (Radiohead) 10 -The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston) 11 -Back In Black (AC/DC) 12 -Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) 13 -Pump (Aerosmith) 14 -Homogenic (Bjork) 15 -Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi)

[Ras137]

@ViolaXZ

Sorry, one last comment to the last album:

Slippery When Wet-Kind of a cross between Bryan Adams and Aerosmith criticisms. On the one hand the music is pleasant, but pop hair metal is not exactly a well respected genre (and it probably shouldn't be) so it shouldn't be on a serious music list. But if you are going to pick from that genre at least stick to Roth-era Van Halen, without which I don't think Bon Jovi exists.

[goandrewgo]

youtube.com/watch?v=PA884z4H1W­0

My list

[batalion666]

best album > "FRESH" SLY AND FAMILY STONE 1973

[JonBenait06]

It only took one decade for music to go from the platteau to the abyss. Your choices, for the most part, are abysmal. I'm not saying you are a flaming homosexual, don't go putting words in my mouth. But here are a few pointers that may be helpful in not getting any of your future lists laughed out of the room: Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love, CSNY - Deja Vu, Beatles - your choice, Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me, Spirit - 12 Dreams..., Pink Floyd - Obscurred By

[carlhanson69]

well done mate ,good effort ! its always gonna be hard to choose the 50 best albums and no one will be in complete agreement with you!

[liveTheaterFan]

Interesting list; nice mixture of music. Talented artists all! Surprised that Queen did not make your list but hey, it's all subjective, right? Nice to see Jack White at #50, very talented dude. And Lou Reed with the Velvet Underground. Did you consider Fine Young Cannibals? Nice work!

[MuchoKiller]

#3 

[speedofpain90146]

GREAT LIST!!!

[illusiveSpin]

Radiohead (KID A) should be number 1