Anxiety said:

As the Resident Org Funkologist , I felt you could've included got even more funkier and added some P-Funk into the mix Anxiety.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Indeed.

Hotlegs said:

don't get me wrong - i love some p-funk - but i wouldn't say there are any full funkadelic albums i've heard that i'd consider a favorite of mine. of course, i have many that i've yet to listen to.

So how did you arrive at your list?

Anxiety said:

I might make a list while I'm not doing much at work.

GangstaFam said:

i tried to think of the music i like in terms of what i've liked throughout my life more than what i like now. of course, my opinion's always going to be skewed toward the present, but i tried really hard to take into account, for example, that while my favorite prince album NOW may be "come", i can't deny the fact that for a couple of years when i was a kid, i listened to "purple rain" EVERY DAMN DAY at least once. and while there might be bowie albums i listen to more now than "ziggy" or even "low", when i first heard those albums they made an enormous impact on me...without them, i wouldn't have discovered some of the other stuff that i listen to more now these days, just like i probably wouldn't be so into the "come" album if "purple rain" hadn't made such a profound effect on me.

after that, i just started listing stuff, and when i got near the end, i started putting the titles in order by a very crude system...on an average day, would i rather listen to X album than Y album? that's when i started having fun putting the list together.

theVelvetRoper said:

i hope you do!

Anxiety said:

Nice. Balanced. That's where I get all wiggy. I have a hard time separating "all-time" from how I feel "at the time". I usually tend to favor albums that've had a lasting impact, and newer things get the shaft. There should be a scientific system for this, lol. Ian, would you care to devise this? It's probably the only way I'll ever come up with something.

GangstaFam said:

I'm glad you enjoyed making the list, Anx! It's quite fun.

Bro, there are a few different "scientific" approaches. You could:

1. Arrange albums by artist
2. Combine similar artists
3. Combine from there,

or

1. Arrange albums by year
2. Combine adjoining years
3. Continue the process,

or

1. Make a rough list of 150-200 albums up for consideration
2. Make flashcards
3. Shuffle the bitches
4. Make piles of 2, then 4, then 8, etc.

Moonbeam said:

I'll probably just have you help me when you get home. I'm too lame to do it by myself.

GangstaFam said:

now you know better.

Anxiety said:

I do? Than to?

GangstaFam said:

yes, you do. than to consider yourself too lame to do anything.

Anxiety said:

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

But my brain just shuts down when I have to go into math mode of any kind. Especially with something as left-brained as music.

Ian's helped me with ordering favorite artists before (which I never used to be able to do), and it made a lot of sense.

I'll just wait 'til math boy can sort me out.

Well, I went up to 103. These are not in exact order (maybe some day--what a task!) but they are close to it, at least by artist. And mind you, these are favorites, not necessarily my choices for greatest!

1. Beatles—Abbey Road
2. Beatles—Sgt. Pepper
3. Beatles—White Album
4. Beatles—Revolver
5. Beatles—Rubber Soul
6. Beatles—Let It Be
7. Beatles—A Hard Day’s Night

8. Prince—Purple Rain
9. Prince—Lovesexy
10. Prince--Sign ‘o’ the Times
11. Prince—
12. Prince—The Rainbow Children
13. Prince--Parade
14. Prince—1999
15. Prince—Dirty Mind

16. The Clash—London Calling

17. John Lennon—Plastic Ono Band
18. John Lennon—Imagine

19. George Harrison—All Things Must pass

20. Tom Waits—Small Change
21. Tom Waits—Sworfish Trombones
22. Tom Waits—Rain Dogs
23. Tom Waits—Frank’s Wild Years

24. Nirvana—Nevermind
25. Nirvana—In Utero
26. Nirvana--Unplugged

27. Frank Zappa--*/Overnight Sensation
28. Frank Zappa—We’re Only In it for the Money
29. Frank Zappa—Hot Rats

30. Elvis Costello—This Year’s Model
31. Elvis Costello—My Aim is True
32. Elvis Costello—Armed Forces
33. Elvis Costello—Get Happy
34. Elvis Costello—King of America

35. Elvis Presley—The Sun Sessions

36. P-Funk—Funkentelechy
37. P-Funk—Maggot Brain
38. P-Funk—Standing on the Verge of Getting it On
39. P-Funk—Let’s Take it to the Stage
40. P-Funk—The Bomb

41. Jimi Hendrix—Are You Experienced
42. Jimi Hendrix—Axis: Bold as Love
43. Jimi Hendrix—Electric Ladyland
44. Jimi Hendrix—The Cry of Love

45. David Bowie—Ziggy Stardust
46. David Bowie—Hunky Dory

47. Bob Dylan—Blood on the Tracks
48. Bob Dylan—Blond on Blond

49. Stevie Wonder—Songs in the Key of Life
50. Stevie Wonder—Innervisions
51. Stevie Wonder—Talking Book
52. Stevie Wonder—Music of My Mind

53. The Rolling Stones—Exile on Main Street
54. The Rolling Stones—Sticky Fingers

55. Joni Mitchell—Blue
56. Joni Mitchell—Court & Spark
57. Joni Mitchell—Hejira

58. Sly Stone—Greatest
59. Sly Stone—Fresh

60. Miles Davis—Kind of Blue
61. Miles Davis—Miles Ahead
62. Miles Davis—Sketches of Spain
63. Miles Davis—In A Silent Way

64. John Coltrane—A Love Supreme

65. Velvet Underground—Loaded
66. Velvet Underground—White Light White Heat

67. Lou Reed—Transformer
68. Lou Reed—Berlin

69. Marvin Gaye—What’s Goin On

70. Steely Dan—Aja

71. Led Zep—1
72. Led Zep—2
73. Led Zep—3
74. Led Zep—4

75. Badly Drawn Boy—Have You Fed the Fish
76. Badly Drawn Boy—1+1 is 1

77. Radiohead—OK Computer

78. Wilco—Being There

79. AC/DC—Back In Black
80. AC/DC—Highway to Hell

81. Talking Heads—Speaking in Tongues

82. Red Hot Chili Peppers—Blood Sugar Sex Magic

83. The Kinks—Arthur
84. The Kinks—The Village Green Preservation Society

85. The White Stripes—White Blood Cells

86. U2—The Joshua Tree

87. Guns & Roses—Appetite for Destruction

88. Terence Trent D’Arby—Introducing the Hardline

89. Steve Vai—Passion & Warfare
90. Steve Vai—Fire Garden

91. Earth Wind & Fire—Greatest Hits

92. Sublime—Sublime

93. Bjork—Debut

94. Adam & The Ants—Kings of the Wild Frontier
95. Adam & The Ants—Dirk Wears White Sox

96. The Replacements—Pleased to Meet Me
97. The Replacements—Tim

98. The Who--Who’s Next

99. Jane’s Addiction—Nothing’s Shocking

100. Sinead O’Connor—The Lion & The Cobra
101. Sinead O’Connor—I Do Not Want…
102. Sinead O’Connor—Faith & Courage

103. Isley Brothers—Greatest II

interesting choices...'sheik yerbouti' and 'you are what you is' almost made my list...they'd definitely be in a top 200, along with 'freak out'.

andyman91 said:

andyman91 said:

I might have to do it this way for now.

holy shit!!!!

do u recommend Princess Superstar???

i picked up one of her albums once after she brought out Bad BabySitter but i had a change of heart.

Is she good?
I thought she was trying to hard to shock like Eminem.

muirdo said:

oh HELL no. she's somewhere between joan jett, debbie harry and sandra bernhard...only she's hip-hop. and kinda punk. i LOVE the princess. i will admit, however, that her first two albums are superior to her most recent CD.

i have tried several times to do this list, and i just can't. one of the big problems i'm having is seperating the "oldies" from the MTV and beyond age.. they don't seem to go together. maybe i should just do 1980 to present, cuz otherwise my top 5 or 6 will all be Beatles. hmmm.... these are hard!!!

Anxiety said:

so Anxiety, I saw the cd single for "bad babysitter" with a remix by DJ Mark The 45 King, should I buy it?

CinisterCee said:

mmmm, well, it's a good song - probably one of the best from the "is" album - but i'd hunt down the "CEO" album or the "last of the great 20th century composer" album if i were you. her singles tend to be pretty bare-bones.

Anxiety said:

k.