MYGNR Top 100 Albums of All Time

[New Rose]

So in 2006 I put up a thread to find out what album's MyGnR think belong in the all time top 100. The thread spanned 23 pages and had 334 replies. The rules were:

* Every member gets to choose 5 albums that they think deserve to be on the Top 100 Albums of All Time list.

* You can choose different albums from the same band, but you can't pick the same album from the same band twice or more.

* The order of the list makes no difference. I.e if you have Zeppelin I as number one, it doesnt affect its position on the final list.

* If the same user makes two or more posts, the other posts will be disqualified. Only the first post counts.

* Compilations, i.e greatest hits albums or live albums do NOT count!

* Chinese Democracy doesn't count. If its released before July20th, it does.

* Once you've chosen your albums, you can't change them.

* The competition ends July 20th when I will count all the votes and make the list.

* Discussion is allowed, but please try not to go too off-topic. Anything Goes and UYI are for that.

I thought you folks would like to see the list, so:

1. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

3. Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion II

4. AC/DC - Back in Black

5. Guns N' Roses – Use Your Illusion I

6. Led Zeppelin – IV

7. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

8. Metallica – Master of Puppets

9. Nirvana – Nevermind

10. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II

11. Deep Purple - Machine Head

12. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast

13. Queen - A Night At The Opera

14. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

15. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

16. Metallica – Metallica

17. U2 – The Joshua Tree

18. AC/DC – Highway to Hell

19. The Beatles - The White Album

20. Pink Floyd - The Wall

21. Skid Row – Skid Row

22. Alice in Chains - Dirt

23. Metallica - And Justice For All

24. Pearl Jam – Ten

25. Pink Floyd – Animals

26. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street

27. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

28. Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic

29. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

30. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

31. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

32. Jeff Buckley – Grace

33. Sex Pistols – Nevermind the Bollocks

34. Aerosmith – Rocks 5

35. Skid Row - Slave to the Grind

36. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

37. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

38. Van Halen – Van Halen

39. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak

40. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

41. Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger

42. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

43. Radiohead - OK Computer

44. Pearl Jam – Vs.

45. Van Halen – 1984

46. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

47. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

48. The Stooges – Raw Power

49. Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

50. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust

51. The Beatles – Abbey Road

52. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

53. Michael Jackson – Thriller

54. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

55. Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction

56. Faith No More - Angel Dust

57. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

58. The Clash – London Calling

59. Radiohead – The Bends

60. David Bowie – Hunky Dory

61. Oasis – What’s the Story? (Morning Glory)

62. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd

63. The Eagles – Hotel California

64. Rush – 2112

65. Rage Against the Machine – Battle of Los Angeles

66. Tool – Aenima

67. RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

68. Prince- Purple Rain

69. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

70. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son

71. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication

72. Audioslave - Out of Exile

73. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

74. Tool – Lateralus

75. Iron Maiden – Powerslave

76. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

77. The Who - Who's Next

78. U2 - Achtung Baby

79. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

80. The Beatles – Revolver

81. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

82. Soundgarden – Superunknown

83. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

84. David Bowie – Low

85. Ramones – Ramones

86. Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

87. Dream Theater – Awake

88. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

89. Blind Melon - Blind Melon

90. Metallica – Kill ‘em All

91. AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Cheap

92. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run

93. N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton

94. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood To The Head

95. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

96. Dream Theater – Images and Words

97. Dream Theater – Train of Thought

98. Neil Young – Harvest

99. Stone Roses - Stone Roses

100. Pink Floyd – Meddle

It's not a bad list at all, tho this being a GN'R forum it is a bit biased.

Question is, are you up for another one? For this list I did all the counting by myself, and it wasn't an easy job exactly, with so many replies. I'd be up for the job, but only if I get a little help. If anyone is interested, PM me!

Edited February 26, 2009 by New Rose

[arnold layne]

Its a good list. If we made a new one though, Chinese Democracy would probably make the cut even though it doesn't deserve it in my opinion.

[Shuffle]

That is one boring list... (of course, all lists suck).

[SpUd_Jr]

Yeah, it'd be cool to do this again. Lots of new members since the last one.

Hopefully the list would be a little more varied this time.

[stacks on deck]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

[New Rose]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

[SpUd_Jr]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

[LightningBolt]

Yeah, most of those picks are so cliche, I'd definitely be in favor if the forum were to make another.

[stacks on deck]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

[AbominableHoman]

Danzig II - Lucifuge

Clutch - Elephant Riders

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation

These are my favorite complete albums.

Edited February 26, 2009 by AbominableHoman

[Estranged Reality]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

Blood On the Tracks > your life.

But that is a pretty terrible list, and I can't believe Pantera is on there.

Edited February 26, 2009 by Estranged Reality

[stacks on deck]

highway 61 is decent, can't lie. but everything else is whack.

we should get a bunch of the real nig­gas together--me, you, black monk time, et al--and make our own list.

[LightningBolt]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

Blood On the Tracks > your life.

But that is a pretty terrible list, and I can't believe Pantera is on there.

Even though I hate Pantera, and think Dimebag is no more than overrated, you have to be kidding not to see why Pantera is on here. Everyone that likes Extreme Metal (not many here probably) love Pantera, as do most "metal heads" in general. I'm just surprised it wasn't Cowboys From Hell that made it on there. Meh, I guess I'm a bit surprised that a Guns N' Roses forum voted them on, as well.

[Estranged Reality]

highway 61 is decent, can't lie. but everything else is whack.

we should get a bunch of the real nig­gas together--me, you, black monk time, et al--and make our own list.

Blasphemy!

Maybe a top 50; I can't be bothered to make a longer list than that. I'd also invite Lithium for classic rock and dirtylenny for the punk-rock balance, otherwise it'll look like Pitchfork.

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

Blood On the Tracks > your life.

But that is a pretty terrible list, and I can't believe Pantera is on there.

Even though I hate Pantera, and think Dimebag is no more than overrated, you have to be kidding not to see why Pantera is on here. Everyone that likes Extreme Metal (not many here probably) love Pantera, as do most "metal heads" in general. I'm just surprised it wasn't Cowboys From Hell that made it on there. Meh, I guess I'm a bit surprised that a Guns N' Roses forum voted them on, as well.

Let me rephrase that: I'm not surprised that Pantera was on there, but I wouldn't pick them.

I'm less into heavy metal than some other users here. Country and heavy metal are two genres I never particularly enjoyed as much.

[LightningBolt]

highway 61 is decent, can't lie. but everything else is whack.

we should get a bunch of the real nig­gas together--me, you, black monk time, et al--and make our own list.

Blasphemy!

Maybe a top 50; I can't be bothered to make a longer list than that. I'd also invite Lithium for classic rock and dirtylenny for the punk-rock balance, otherwise it'll look like Pitchfork.

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

Blood On the Tracks > your life.

But that is a pretty terrible list, and I can't believe Pantera is on there.

Even though I hate Pantera, and think Dimebag is no more than overrated, you have to be kidding not to see why Pantera is on here. Everyone that likes Extreme Metal (not many here probably) love Pantera, as do most "metal heads" in general. I'm just surprised it wasn't Cowboys From Hell that made it on there. Meh, I guess I'm a bit surprised that a Guns N' Roses forum voted them on, as well.

Let me rephrase that: I'm not surprised that Pantera was on there, but I wouldn't pick them.

I'm less into heavy metal than some other users here. Country and heavy metal are two genres I never particularly enjoyed as much.

But it's God's music

[mr. orangestone]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

yeah and he's no lil wayne :rofl-lol:

for the record i'm not a dylan fan either, but it's just funny who's criticizing

[arnold layne]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

yeah and he's no lil wayne :rofl-lol:

for the record i'm not a dylan fan either, but it's just funny who's criticizing

Hey man, don't laugh at Lil' Wayne. He's a Packer fan. That's enough credibility to respect him.

[stacks on deck]

i love how whenever i make a point about music the only thing people can do is bring up lil' wayne.

that's not even close to an actual argument.

[Guest deleted_19765]

buckley, bowie, and prince are the only decent artists on that list.

You must now explain why Dylan isn't a decent artist.

awful singer, repetitive and boring songwriter, and insanely overrated lyricist. one or two good albums and he's considered a legend. fuck that.

You seriously need to do some more listening before you let opinions like this out, even though I know its just that you like being the outsider and all, I'm the same sometimes. Bob Dylan changed the entire paradigm of lyrics in music and the role of the singer, there's just no criticizing his role in the development of popular music. All of the "decent" artists you named adored him and their music could not have had the same platform were it not for Dylan's innovations. That doesn't mean you have to like him either, but claiming that he doesn't deserve to be considered a legend doesn't hold up at all.

[AbominableHoman]

Bob Dylan sucks. I tried so hard to appreciate his music.

[SpUd_Jr]

Without Bob, the last 45 years of music doesn't happen.

Oh, and I for one love his voice. Extremely powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTtLAEZ3AY

Edited February 26, 2009 by SpUd_Jr

[AbominableHoman]

Without Bob, the last 45 years of music doesn't happen.

Oh, and I for one love his voice. Extremely powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTtLAEZ3AY

The best thing Dylan did was contribute to the Big Lebowski soundtrack.

[Estranged Reality]

Without Bob, the last 45 years of music doesn't happen.

Oh, and I for one love his voice. Extremely powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTtLAEZ3AY

The best thing Dylan did was contribute to the Big Lebowski soundtrack.

Blood On the Tracks, man.

[Guest deleted_19765]

Without Bob, the last 45 years of music doesn't happen.

Oh, and I for one love his voice. Extremely powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTtLAEZ3AY

The best thing Dylan did was contribute to the Big Lebowski soundtrack.

The fact of the matter is, all lyrics that rely on their evocations and poetic qualities above their literal surface meanings stem from Dylan. There's probably almost nothing you listen to that doesn't have a calculable influence from Dylan in it. Also, any singer you may like who isn't "good" or proficient in the conventional way would not have had an audience before Dylan. Once again, I'm not saying you have to like him, but to deny his contributions is erroneous.

[stacks on deck]

Without Bob, the last 45 years of music doesn't happen.

Oh, and I for one love his voice. Extremely powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTtLAEZ3AY

The best thing Dylan did was contribute to the Big Lebowski soundtrack.

solid soundtrack. fucking beefheart was on there.