Music RedCafe's Favourite Albums Of All Time Contest (Round 4)

Salt Bailly said:
Something tells me @Dirty Schwein has every backstreet boys tune choreography memorised.
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weetee said:
I stopped with Rap music mostly around mid 2000s so this is just a very subjective view but I haven't heard a better female rapper than Gangsta Boo (the albums of her being still extremely underwhelming productions especially given her potential) - bit of a shame she's basically unknown. I rummaged most of the underground Memphis stuff from dedicated internet pages (most rappers seem to not being alive or locked up anymore). Tough area, tough style.
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Yes Memphis was, and probably still is, hard. Reminded me on this one :


There was another doc on memphis rap to, but cant find it now
 
Wibble said:
Have there been any really good albums since the 90's. Individual songs maybe but albums?
American Idiot and Back in Black is about all I can think of.
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Wibble said:
There are greatsongs here and there but imo whole great albums are seriously lacking. I remembered one - Get Ready by New Order - and I'm sure there are a few more, but the 80's and 90's had so many, and even far more great songs from less than brilliant whole albums.
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Looking at your list for the 90's, it's very rock/alt-rock centred (REM, Radiohead, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, etc).

And one thing that's definitely true of the last 25 years is that rock hasn't had the same degree of mainstream commercial success. For example, in the US rap/hip-hop has directly replaced rock as the most consumed genre of music, and the charts (such as they are) feature far fewer rock artists than they did in the 90's.

It'd be interesting to see how many of the rock albums that do get namechecked in the 00's and 10's lists are ones you just don't rate versus ones you haven't particularly listened to. Especially as two of the "great" albums you named (American Idiot & Back in Black) were ones that did manage big breakthrough success.
 
This is fun, I'd like to give some representation to some great albums I've not seen posted here yet.

  1. Low end theory - Tribe called quest
  2. Homogenic - Bjork
  3. Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
  4. Californication - RHCP
  5. Homework - Daft punk
 
sullydnl said:
Looking at your list for the 90's, it's very rock/alt-rock centred (REM, Radiohead, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, etc).

And one thing that's definitely true of the last 25 years is that rock hasn't had the same degree of mainstream commercial success. For example, in the US rap/hip-hop has directly replaced rock as the most consumed genre of music, and the charts (such as they are) feature far fewer rock artists than they did in the 90's.

It'd be interesting to see how many of the rock albums that do get namechecked in the 00's and 10's lists are ones you just don't rate versus ones you haven't particularly listened to. Especially as two of the "great" albums you named (American Idiot & Back in Black) were ones that did manage big breakthrough success.
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Agreed.

I'm certainly not a huge fan of rap/hip hop despite enjoying the early stuff in the 80's.
 
Scarlett Dracarys said:
I wasn't here to out a submission in. My vote might have made a difference. I'm devastated.

I have a video of me somewhere singing horribly to I want it that way. The ultimate boy band.

Valid reason.
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Bob Geldof thought so
 
1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt/Devotional Songs
2. Tool - Aenima
3. Ry Cooder & VM Bhatt - A Meeting by the River
4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. Jan Garbarek & Bade Fateh Ali Khan - Ragas and Sagas
7. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
8. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
9. Radiohead - OK Computer
10= Ali Farka Toure - The River
10= Air - Moon Safari
 
  1. Nevermind, Nirvana
  2. In Utero, Nirvana
  3. Metallica (Black Album), Metallica
  4. Achtung Baby, U2
  5. Californication, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
 
sullydnl said:
Looking at your list for the 90's, it's very rock/alt-rock centred (REM, Radiohead, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, etc).

And one thing that's definitely true of the last 25 years is that rock hasn't had the same degree of mainstream commercial success. For example, in the US rap/hip-hop has directly replaced rock as the most consumed genre of music, and the charts (such as they are) feature far fewer rock artists than they did in the 90's.

It'd be interesting to see how many of the rock albums that do get namechecked in the 00's and 10's lists are ones you just don't rate versus ones you haven't particularly listened to. Especially as two of the "great" albums you named (American Idiot & Back in Black) were ones that did manage big breakthrough success.
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Back to Black is hardly a rock album? I assume we're talking about Amy Winehouse here, AC/DCs was released in 1980.

There's a lot more music put out the last two decades than there used to be. And since we've largely lost the channels that used to expose almost everyone to a broader sample of it than just the chart-topping songs (TV shows like TOPT, widely read music mags etc), you no longer get many records that everybody knows about. It takes more work to stay more or less abreast of a reasonably broad swathe of what's coming out. I think there's still lots and lots of good stuff. But the really great ones do seem to be rarer.
 
1950 said:
1. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - F♯A♯∞
2. SLINT - Spiderland
3. MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless
4. LOW - I Could Live in Hope
5. NEUROSIS - Through Silver in Blood

Peak difficulty this, along with the noughties. Every other decade can get in the bin, comparatively.
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That’s a great list.
 
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