Music RedCafe's Favourite Albums Of All Time Contest (Round 9)

Dirty Schwein

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Round 8 is complete.

The 7 albums progressing are:

Led Zeppelin IV
Closer
The Bends
Sgt. Peppr's Lonely Hearts Club Band
London Calling
The Suburbs
Discovery

Note: Please vote within the timing guidelines. In this specific round, I will not accept any votes after Friday.
Note 2: The rules are different this round so please read carefully.

Full results below:

Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
110​
Closer (Joy Division)
92​
The Bends (Radiohead)
80​
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
76​
London Calling (The Clash)
74​
The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
74​
Discovery (Daft Punk)
66​
What's the Story, Morning Glory (Oasis)
56​
AM (Arctic Monkeys)
44​
Screen Violence (CHVRCHES)
42​
The Joshua Tree (U2)
38​
American Idiot (Green Day)
36​
Let it Bleed (The Rolling Stones)
26​
Ants From Up There (Black Country, New Road)
12​

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Onto the next round!

The decades are below (BOLDED IS THE CURRENT ROUND FOR THIS THREAD):

Round 1 - Up to 1969
Round 2 - 1970-1979
Round 3 - 1980-1989
Round 4 - 1990-1999
Round 5 - 2000-2009
Round 6 - 2010-2019
Round 7 - 2020-Present Day (mini round)
Round 8 - Resurrection Round
Round 9 - The Finals

For this round, please vote your top 10 from the below list of finalists. 1st = 10 points, 2nd = 9 points, 3rd = 8 points etc.

Tie-breakers will first look at which album was on more lists, followed by which placed the highest on someone's list, followed by the points they got in the round they qualified from (this does not include the Resurrection Round, an album from that round will be judged by the round they appeared in first).

Round 1:
Abbey Road (The Beatles)
Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
The Doors (The Doors)
Revolver (The Beatles)

Round 2:
The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
Unknown Pleasure (Joy Division)
Never Mind The Bullocks (Sex Pistols)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

Round 3:
The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
Disintegration (The Cure)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Doolittle (The Pixies)
Apetite for Destruction (Guns n' Roses)

Round 4:
Nevermind (Nirvana)
OK Computer (Radiohead)
In Utero (Nirvana)
Illmatic (Nas)
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)

Round 5:
Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park)
Is This It? (The Strokes)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
In Rainbows (Radiohead)
Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)

Round 6:
Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
To Pimp A Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
good kid, m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar)
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Arctic Monkeys)

Round 7:
Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Lana Del Ray)
NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD (Godspeed! You Black Emperor)
Take Me Back to Eden (Sleep Token)

Round 8:
Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
Closer (Joy Division)
The Bends (Radiohead)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
London Calling (The Clash)
The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
Discovery (Daft Punk)
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As always, tag me if you change your vote.

Enjoy :)
 
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1. Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park)
2. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Arctic Monkeys)
3. Take Me Back to Eden (Sleep Token)
4. Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
5. Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
6. To Pimp a Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
7. Discovery (Daft Punk)
8. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
9. Illmatic (Nas)
10. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
 
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Also, for the results next week, need some opinions. This was meant to be finishing a week or two ago but due to adding a couple of rounds, it has moved onto xmas week.

The initial plan was to list the top 40 by posting 8 albums a day for 5 days but Xmas falls on the Wednesday so I can either:

1. Do it as planned (8 per day).
2. List 10 per day and skip Xmas day.

Either works for me. What do you guys prefer?
 
1. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. OK Computer - Radiohead
3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4. Disintegration - The Cure
5. Loveless - my bloody valentine
6. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
7. good kid m.a.a.d city - Kendrick Lamar
8. Abbey Road - The Beatles
9. Illmatic - Nas
10. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
 
1. Is This It? (The Strokes)
2. OK Computer (Radiohead)
3. Doolittle (The Pixies)
4. Illmatic (Nas)
5. Nevermind (Nirvana)
6. Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
7. To Pimp A Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
8. The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
9. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
10. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
 
1. In Utero (Nirvana)
2. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
4. London Calling (The Clash)
5. Disintegration (The Cure)
6. Is This It? (The Strokes)
7. The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
8. Doolittle (The Pixies)
9. OK Computer (Radiohead)
10. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
 
Not one Rolling Stones album? anyway:
1. Led Zeppelin IV
2. Revolver
3.Wish You We’re Here
4. Abbey Rd
5. Doors
6. Dark Side of the Moon
7. Rumours
8.Sgt. Peppers
9.London Calling
10. The Velvet Undergound and Nico
 
Great success last round keeping Oasis out.
 
1. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
2. Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
3. Nevermind - Nirvana
4. Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
5. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
6. London Calling - The Clash
7. Thriller - Michael Jackson
8. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
9. In Utero - Nirvana
10. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
 
  1. In Utero
  2. Closer
  3. Revolver
  4. Pet Sounds
  5. The Doors
  6. The Velvet Underground and Nico
  7. The Queen is Dead
  8. Disintegration
  9. Abbey Road
  10. Unknown Pleasures
 
1. London Calling (The Clash)
2. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
3. Closer (Joy Division)
4. Never Mind The Bollocks (Sex Pistols)
5. The Doors (The Doors)
6. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Arctic Monkeys)
7. Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
8. Doolittle (The Pixies)
9. Revolver (The Beatles)
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
 
Michael Buble
1. All I Want for Christmas Is You
2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
3. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Jingle Bells
4. White Christmas
5. Cold December Night
 
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Closer - Joy Division
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
The Bends - Radiohead
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Disintegration - The Cure
OK Computer - Radiohead
In Rainbows - Radiohead
London Calling - The Clash
Doolittle - Pixies
 
tenpoless said:
Michael Buble
1. All I Want for Christmas Is You
2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
3. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Jingle Bells
4. White Christmas
5. Cold December Night
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This is a Buble-free zone.
 
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Thriller
3. Appetite for D
4. The Queen is Dead
5. The Suburbs
6. Take Me Back to Eden
7. Pet Sounds
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Marshall Mathers LP
10. London Calling
 
  1. Apetite for Destruction (Guns n' Roses)
  2. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
  3. Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
  4. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
  5. Nevermind (Nirvana)
  6. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
  7. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
  8. Disintegration (The Cure)
  9. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
  10. In Utero (Nirvana)
 
1. good kid, m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar)
2. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
3. To Pimp A Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
4. Revolver (The Beatles)
5. OK Computer (Radiohead)
6. Is This It? (The Strokes)
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
8. Illmatic (Nas)
9. Discovery (Daft Punk)
10. In Rainbows (Radiohead)
 
1. Nevermind (Nirvana)
2. Disintegration (The Cure)
3. Never Mind The Bollocks (Sex Pistols)
4. In Utero (Nirvana)
5. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
6. Apetite for Destruction (Guns n' Roses)
7. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
8. Doolittle (The Pixies)
9. The Doors (The Doors)
10. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
 
1. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
2. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
3. To Pimp A Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
4. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
5. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
6. The Doors (The Doors)
7. Illmatic (Nas)
8. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
9. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
10. Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
 
Round 5/2000s most embarrassing set of albums of the entire list.
 
What a said state when we get to the final and I'm struggling to even pick 10 :lol:
  1. Discovery (Daft Punk)
  2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
  3. Illmatic (Nas)
  4. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
  5. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
  6. Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
  7. Revolver (The Beatles)
  8. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
  9. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
  10. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Arctic Monkeys)
 
youngrell said:
What a said state when we get to the final and I'm struggling to even pick 10 :lol:
  1. Discovery (Daft Punk)
  2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
  3. Illmatic (Nas)
  4. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
  5. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
  6. Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
  7. Revolver (The Beatles)
  8. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
  9. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
  10. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Arctic Monkeys)
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Blame all the baby booming Brexiters in here :lol:
 
I’ve already accepted this is gonna be very rock heavy.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Also, for the results next week, need some opinions. This was meant to be finishing a week or two ago but due to adding a couple of rounds, it has moved onto xmas week.

The initial plan was to list the top 40 by posting 8 albums a day for 5 days but Xmas falls on the Wednesday so I can either:

1. Do it as planned (8 per day).
2. List 10 per day and skip Xmas day.

Either works for me. What do you guys prefer?
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Any thoughts on this?
 
1. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
2. The Doors (The Doors)
3. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
4. OK Computer (Radiohead)
5. Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
6. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
7. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
youngrell said:
What a said state when we get to the final and I'm struggling to even pick 10 :lol:
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Same! I first started by deleting everything I really didn't want to vote for, and that got it down to 7 already.
Solius said:
I’ve already accepted this is gonna be very rock heavy.
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That's not even my problem. It's just largely rock I don't care about.

But I agree on whatever way lets you post the results fastest, @Dirty Schwein. And thanks for all the work of course. :)
 
Cheimoon said:
But I agree on whatever way lets you post the results fastest, @Dirty Schwein. And thanks for all the work of course. :)
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No worries mate, I'll probs stick to 8 a day next week. Wife had to fly to Malaysia due to family emergency so I'm left alone all Xmas and will need something to do :lol:
 
1 Nevermind (Nirvana)
2 The Doors (The Doors)
3 Appetite for Destruction (Guns n' Roses)
4 London Calling (The Clash)
5 Never Mind The Bullocks (Sex Pistols)
6 Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
7 Doolittle (The Pixies)
8 In Utero (Nirvana)
9 Closer (Joy Division)
10 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Blame all the baby booming Brexiters in here :lol:
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Just a boomer but you’re right about the selections. I couldn’t even pick 10 albums when it got to the 90s meanwhile I could easily pick ten albums for every year in the 60s and 70s. The 80s were a bunch of one hit wonders but getting ten was not too hard.
 
altodevil said:
Round 5/2000s most embarrassing set of albums of the entire list.
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Round 5 is so poor.

I'm struggling to choose ten out of this list. There are a lot of influential albums here but lots of them I couldn't honestly say I was a huge fan of them. A lot of them are just OK to me. I'll vote for the ones I would most prefer to listen to, seeing as it is favourite and not best.

1. The Queen is Dead
2. The Suburbs
3. Doolittle
4. In Utero
5. Illmatic
6. OK Computer
7. Velvet Underground and Nico
8. Thriller
9. No Title as at 13th February 2024, 28, 340 dead
10. Wish you were here

Top three could be in any order really, depending on the day. Doolittle drops a little bit because I think Surfer Rosa might be the better album.
 
1. Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
2. Illmatic (Nas)
3. good kid, m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar)
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
5. Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
6. To Pimp A Butterfly (Kendrick Lamar)
7. Discovery (Daft Punk)
8. The Doors (The Doors)
9. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
 
Round 5 getting hate but Hybrid Theory was a seminal album for LP and nu metal as a genre. Marshall Mathers turned Eminem from a star into a superstar and Whatever People Say I Am... put Arctics on the map. Haven't heard the other two.

But saying that, I don't really listen to these anymore so maybe it's a longevity thing.
 
Nevermind - Nirvana
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino - Arctic Monkeys
In Utero - Nirvana
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not - Arctic Monkeys
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Is This It - The Strokes
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Round 5 getting hate but Hybrid Theory was a seminal album for LP and nu metal as a genre. Marshall Mathers turned Eminem from a star into a superstar and Whatever People Say I Am... put Arctics on the map. Haven't heard the other two.

But saying that, I don't really listen to these anymore so maybe it's a longevity thing.
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Ffs
 
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