I read these list as simply a means to check out albums that I have never experienced. I think they are fun and enjoyable discussion pieces.
I would have liked to see more Blues records(Albert King, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy), some Gregory Porter (Liquid Spirits), Coltrane-A Love Supreme ranked higher and maybe a Meshell NdegeOcello (Plantation Lullabies). She fused hip hop, gender breaking lyrics, rock, funk and folk music in a time period that predated the acceptance of Frank Ocean's flexibility, by decades.
Seems completely incomplete to not include any orchestra/big band jazz music? I know it is rock/pop centered, but man that is a huge oversight.
If they were going to grab a few newer records, that were added to get more young people to pay attention, then Anderson Pak "Malibu" and Alabama Shakes "Sound and Color" (maybe a conflict of interest since she was on the board of reviewers) certainly would have been a good start over some of the albums they grabbed to fill spots in the last decade. I mean I have listened to them, but Daddy Yankee and the Bad Bunny, just are not very good to making a list of this type.
Chuck Berry and Little Richard meant too much, created and new musical genre and seem to be far too low.
Pink Floyd is WAAAY too low imo. I would have liked to see a Deftones album on here, any of the first three, but maybe that is just personal bias.
I am going to check out Aphex Twin, Tim Buckley, Captain Beefheart and Can. Thanks for the recommendations.
No Aphex Twin on there but...Harry Styles? Criminal.
Harry Styles in on the list, just later back
The presence of greatest hits collections in the top 100 (or in any position) confirm the editorial laziness I admit that I expected.
I agree 100%. I mean James Brown Star Time, that is cheating. That is 4-6 albums, lumped together. Make it hard on the critics, choose full albums only.