| Re: 1001 albums you should listen to before you die |
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Group: rec.music.progressive · Group Profile
Author: Eric RamonEric Ramon Date: Mar 29, 2008 23:21
On Mar 29, 11:21 am, poisoned rose rmb.com> wrote:
>> Only 70 artists have 3 albums on this list.
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> For once, your "counting" makes some sense, since you include solo acts
> and the original list was unranked.
>
> On the other hand, you once again take the wrong message from the list.
> The list urges you to hear 1001 albums, and you probably haven't heard
> more than about 50 of them from beginning to end. You shouldn't be
> checking whether the list validates your tastes, but taking it as a
> guideline for future explorations.
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> PS A MS Word line-count indicates the list has...only 998 albums.
>
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> Scanning the list, I'd estimate that I've heard about 600 of them. Not
> counting a pile of others which I've "sampled."
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> Some unheard/partially unheard albums which I'd especially like to hear
> (the first four are absolutely on my shopping list):
> Beck - Guero
> Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
> Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
> Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
> Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with theÅ
> Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
> Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
> Brown, James - Live at the Apollo (1963)
> Czukay, Holger - Movies
> Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette [this one's actually on my hard drive,
> but only partially heard as yet]
> Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
> Gaye, Marvin - Here, My Dear
> Hancock, Herbie - Head Hunters
> Jam - All Mod Cons
> Jam - Sound Affects
> Krause, Dagmar - Tank Battles
> Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
> Marley, Bob & the Wailers - Catch a Fire
> Marley, Bob & the Wailers - Exodus
> Marley, Bob & the Wailers - Natty Dread
> NWA - Straight Outta Compton
> OutKast - Speakerboxxx/Love Below
> Pentangle - Basket of Light
> Tribe Called Quest, a - Low End Theory
> Tribe Called Quest, a - People's Instinctive Travels & the Paths of
> Rhythm
> Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
>
> What about you?
what Ive heard by decade:
1950s - 12
1960s - 99
1970s - 98
1980s - 31 (ah...I see the problem)
1990s - 22 (even worse)
2000s - 10 (I should have killed this post)
well.....that didn't turn out well at all.
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