base talk UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2024 Edition)

[Comedor]

Enough with the Lemonade payola. Self titled and Renaissance should be the albums to represent Beyonce in those all time lists. 

[tshwark]

I suppose it's based on songwriting, because the experience provided by Whitney or Celine at their peak with their vocal performances is just as good as that of some classic albums.

Edited 5 hours ago by tshwark

[MissedTheTrain]

Interesting list...a lot of points were made but 1989 is not Taylor's best album  I get why it was included though since it was a big moment and all

[Wicked]

1 hour ago, NEX said:

In ~20 years when Boomers will retire from tastemaking positions you'll have 7 albums by Taylor and 10 by Beyonce in there 

I been thinking about his, but I don't think this will be the kinda transition that happens. 

 

Gen X will take seniority and I don't think they're full blown poptimists like that. Jazz has taken the biggest critical hits from younger critics, and once boomers have minimal to no presence that'll probably be the end of it getting retrospective love. 

[fa77ot]

2 hours ago, Cloröx said:

146. Lana Del Rey - Norman ******* Rockwell! (2019)

[Contessa]

Only one album from the 2020s and it's by a legacy act 

[Slamless]

rumours at 220 is crazy

[alejandreaux]

3 hours ago, Mariya Takeuchi said:

41. Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987)

71. Prince - Purple Rain (1984)

one of these deserves top 10, they both deserve top 20 idc

 

[alejandreaux]

Songs in the Key of Life completely missing the top 100???

 

flop fat nasty broke RACIST list

 

[UseYourIllusion2002]

No Madonna? Innacurate. 

[Nuno]

#NotMyTop500

[Park Jinyoung]

It's actually incredible to me to slowly see In Rainbows overtake OKC in many of these lists.

[Technicolor]

Muse, New Order, Prefab Sprout and Gwen making the list  It is lacking modern releases though 

[modern thing]

Robyn twice 

[Ace Reject]

3 hours ago, Wicked said:

I been thinking about his, but I don't think this will be the kinda transition that happens. 

 

Gen X will take seniority and I don't think they're full blown poptimists like that. Jazz has taken the biggest critical hits from younger critics, and once boomers have minimal to no presence that'll probably be the end of it getting retrospective love. 

Now THIS is fascinating... will there be more Prince? More 90s hip-hop?

[Wicked]

22 minutes ago, Ace Reject said:

Now THIS is fascinating... will there be more Prince? More 90s hip-hop?

Both. I think it's safe to say Prince is to gen x music enthusiasts what artists like Bowie and Dylan are to boomers (and I guess older Rockists at large). Expect him to get more love, and late 80s-90s music to start getting canonized the way 60s and 70s music has been to this point. 

 

At least that's my prediction lol, the big 21st century poptimist love is largely millennial driven. Gen X was also the last generation to really grow up in a full era of the album, the 90s revisionism appreciation is on the way!

 

ETA: Instead of this site always dunking on the "unofficial" AcclaimedMusic.net, we need to be thankful we have a living document of the changes and history of western music journalism. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Wicked

[sailor angel]

take a shot every time you see The Beatles, Bob Dylan, or The Cure

[ariesgroove]

say what you want about apple music's list but at the very least theirs wasn't so abundantly white male rock as this one is 

[willmcclure9]

No Madonna, Janet or Mariah is crazy....