The highest ranked album that didn't make anyone's top 2.
Music RedCafe's Favourite Albums Of All Time Contest (THE RESULTS)
- Thread starter Dirty Schwein
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No. 19 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 5
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @Salt Bailly
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 5
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @Salt Bailly
Numbers 16-19 all tied on points and needed to separate using tie-breakers.
No. 20 - The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Total Points: 37
Number Of Lists: 8
Highest Position: 3
Voter Of Highest Position: @sullydnl
Regularly recognised as one of the the greatest and most influential albums of all time, to the point where of the 29 or so acts who will make up this list I count about 15 who were influenced by The Velvet Underground.
Music that at the time was seen as avant garde commercial failure and banned from various radio stations, record stores and magazines due to the content of the lyrics (drugs, sex, prostitution, homosexuality, sadomachochism, etc.) is now part of the language of mainstream rock music. As a result, it still sounds a lot less dated and a lot more contemporary than most music from the 60's.
Great album.
No. 18 - Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 5
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @altodevil
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 5
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @altodevil
This and MBDTF were on the same points, same amount of lists, same highest position and same points from the rounds they qualified from so I had to go my allmusic website to separate them, it was very tight.
No. 17 - Revolver (The Beatles)
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 7
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @njred
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 7
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @njred
Last of The Beatles albums and the only Beatles album that had a top 3 place on someone's list.
loveless probably has the best album cover of all time too
Explain it to me
it's a painting of the music it contains.
100 percent agree with that last point. It sounds incredibly fresh for an album so old.
No. 19 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 5
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @Salt Bailly
Kanye's magnum opus.
Exquisite production and a host of A list names chiming in on rapping duties.
Genuine genius.
Ah, hot garbage, I understand.
No. 16 - Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 8
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @Solius @Wing Attack Plan R
Total Points: 39
Number Of Lists: 8
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @Solius @Wing Attack Plan R
Another album tied with the two below and the upcoming one.
Another all timer.
No. 15 - Closer (Joy Division)
Total Points: 41
Number Of Lists: 6
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position:
@Irwin99 @Robbo's Shoulder
Total Points: 41
Number Of Lists: 6
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position:
@Irwin99 @Robbo's Shoulder
Never heard of this band.
Stop.
Really??. You've never heard "Love Will Tear Us Apart"? Not on either of the 2 studio albums but still...
It's pretty, but is it anything special?
Nah, genuinely haven't. Maybe I've heard their songs without knowing the band though.
You have to remember, I grew up with radio music and then was in a school that ONLY listened to rap/r&b, which is why I don't know a lot of these bands.
No. 14 - Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
Total Points: 41
Number Of Lists: 7
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @BootsyCollins
Total Points: 41
Number Of Lists: 7
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @BootsyCollins
Surprised a bit by this one. Loved it upon release but don't think it holds up as well these days. Criminal still a banger, though.
No. 13 - Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Total Points: 43
Number Of Lists: 6
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @CoopersDream @Cheimoon
Total Points: 43
Number Of Lists: 6
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @CoopersDream @Cheimoon
This was tied with the upcoming album.
No. 12 - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Total Points: 43
Number Of Lists: 8
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @padr81
Total Points: 43
Number Of Lists: 8
Highest Position: 2
Voter Of Highest Position: @padr81
The first artist to have two albums on the list back to back.
Eminem too high, really.
Not the biggest Pink Floyd fan, but the voting got the order of their two albums correct.
Not the biggest Pink Floyd fan, but the voting got the order of their two albums correct.
Whilst I agree, I also understand why. It was HUGE when it came out and this is about favourites and nostalgia plays a big part in that.
I really can't agree with that. But then Dark Side is the first album in this top 40 so far that I actually rate highly, so clearly this list anyway has nothing to do with what I care about in music.
No. 11 - London Calling (The Clash)
Total Points: 46
Number Of Lists: 9
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @Wing Attack Plan R
Total Points: 46
Number Of Lists: 9
Highest Position: 1
Voter Of Highest Position: @Wing Attack Plan R
Juuuust missed out on the top 10.
Talking of Top 10s, I'll be posting that tomorrow (should be quicker than today as I was out most of the day today).
Interestingly, 3-10 are separated by only 9 points, was really close.
Talking of Top 10s, I'll be posting that tomorrow (should be quicker than today as I was out most of the day today).
Interestingly, 3-10 are separated by only 9 points, was really close.
I love Imagine Dragons. Pity I didn't get to participate in the fully.Yeah I've seen many criticisms of them being too "polished". I don't really see that as a bad thing personally.
I also don't mind Imagine Dragons.
Same here. Fantastic concert experience.