Rate Your Music's Top-Rated albums - how many do you own?

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Out of the Top 100, I own 15...

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] (1968)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (1971)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
Metallica - Ride the Lightning (1984)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)

I really love RYM, but the general air sure is saturated with a lot of what we would specify as 'hipster' thought....everything is included, praised, and analyzed except for most heavy metal, with the exception of stuff that is generally 'accepted' in America...doom metal at it's best, but really generally "dark arggghh!" stuff. The list, of course, is partially bloated with 'sacred cows' of popular music..protected eternally by the invincible shield of 'CLASSIC rock', despite the fact that many of those success stories were greatly a result of luck and lack of competition at the time. Not that many of them are still not great albums, it's just funny how the record companies rely on their mystique to keep the sales up and people swallow it whole.

With that out of the way, here is what I own out of it:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
The Clash - London Calling
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
King Crimson - Red
Pink Floyd - Animals
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Yes - Close To The Edge
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn

so 20.

Methinks it would be good and healthy for more here to get more into the jazz and fusion referenced here, yes! 'In A Silent Way' will change your life.

From 101-300 I own:

Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
John Lennon - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (1992)
Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988)
Black Sabbath - Vol 4 (1972)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)

From 301 - 500 I own:

The Beatles - Help! (1965)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)

oops, I only went though the first 100... where do I stop?

101 - 200

Slayer - Reign In Blood
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Tool - Aenima
Van Morrison - Moondance
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Tool - Lateralus
Nirvana - In Utero
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Deep Purple - In Rock
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Rage Against The Machine - S/T

MetalGuy71 wrote:

From 1 to 100 , I have 27.
From 101 to 200, I only have 17
From 201 to 300, only 12

That's as far as I'm looking. I'll post what I have later.

I went up to 500...

1-100
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Beatles - The White Album
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Doors - s/t
Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Led Zeppelin - s/t
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Stooges - Fun HOuse
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Led Zeppelin - II
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - s/t
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
The Stooges - Raw Power

101-200
Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Led Zeppelin - III
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Led Zeppelin - House of the Holy
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
The Doors - Strange Days
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Judas Priest - Painkiller

201-300
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son
Rainbow - Rising
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
The Doors- LA Woman
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream

301-400
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
The Beatles - Help!
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Iron Maiden - s/t
Motorhead - Overkill

401-500
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Slayer - South of Heaven
AC/DC - Back in Black
WASP - The Crimson Idol

201 - 300

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son
The Cure - Pornography
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rainbow - Rising
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Pearl Jam - Ten
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Weezer - Blue Album
Black Sabbath - Volume 4
Violent Femmes - S/T
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Weezer - Pinkerton
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell

MetalGuy71 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

From 1 to 100 , I have 27.
From 101 to 200, I only have 17
From 201 to 300, only 12

That's as far as I'm looking. I'll post what I have later.

I went up to 500...




201-300

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Great Christmas album! On my list too

I love that album.

301 - 400

Slayer - Season In The Abyss
Judas Priest - Sad Wings
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Dio - Holy Diver
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
Motorhead - Overkill
Iron Maiden - S/T

401 - 500
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Slayer - South Of Heaven
AC/DC - Back In Black
Wishbone Ash - Argus

I have these out of the 100

David Bowie- Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
Led Zeppelin- IV
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Television- Marquee Moon
Led Zeppelin- S/T
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
Led Zeppelin- II
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
Black Sabbath- Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath- S/T
David Bowie- Low
Nirvana- Nevermind
Metallica- Ride The Lightening
Megadeth- Rust In Peace

101 - 200:
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Led Zeppelin - III
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
Tool - Aenima
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Nick Drake - Bryter Later
Van Morrison - Moon Dance
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
The Doors - Strange Days
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Deep Purple - In Rock
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Pharoah Sanders - Karma
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu

201-300:
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Yes - Fragile
Rush - Moving Pictures
Opeth - Still Life
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Rainbow - Rising
John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane
Metallica - And Justice For All
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
John Coltrane - Ascension
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Santana - Abraxas
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Duke Ellington - Money Jungle
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream

ok, now from 101-200:

Pink Floyd - Meddle
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Death - Symbolic
King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson


so 10.


Interesting the amount of stuff being eschewed as I look through their list...I wonder how many RYM posters who do so really *get* something like 'Larks Tongues'...

201-300:

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Yes - Fragile
Rainbow - Rising
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
John Coltrane - Ascension
Death - Human
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Death - The Sound of Perseverance

9


Lots of pretty questionable things starting to get a pass at this point in the list, while lots get ignored for similar reasons....

I think it's a fairly interesting range of albums that show up on this list, I was impressed by quite a few things...especially the number of excellent jazz albums on the list really caught my attention. Quite a few lesser known prog rock bands like Can, Van Der Graf Generator and the aforementioned King Crimson.

It would be interesting to see the age demographic of the people who voted, I'd be willing to bet it's fairly heavy in the 35-55 range.

I have a grand total of... 3

Ride the Lightening
Master of Puppets
Rust in Peace

I have greatest hits and box sets for:
The Who
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jiimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin

I have 16 of the first 100 thanks in large part to I tend to pick up most things Dylan, they're easy to find used.

I only have 7 in the top 100. None of the others really interest me in that list except for the Led Zep ones (which I used to own on cassette but no longer have).

Yeah, it is a wide range as it is, I do love all the jazz, but it's fairly obvious that melodic approach or vocals in metal is poo-pooed unless it's an 'untouchable' like Maiden, Sabbath... otherwise it's considered cheesy or poor quality lyrically or the like, yet we have Wu-Tang alumni who have lyrical approaches which are silly at best, two Modest Mouse albums.........

301-400


Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Isis - Panopticon
Dio - Holy Diver
Yes - The Yes Album
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Camel - Mirage
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime ... at #379.... we're probably lucky it was included at all, lucky that they got on MTV with it at the time, ensuring to some that the glowing reviews are right, or it probably wouldn't be here.
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk....this shows up before 'Nightside Eclipse'?....... okay..
Herbie Hancock - Empyreal Isles

14

7 through 100
13 through 200
16 through 300
10 through 400
8 through 500
8 through 600
10 through 700
7 through 800
4 through 900
7 through 1000

90 out of 1000 or 9%

The ones I own in the top 100 :

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Nirvana - Nevermind
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Megadeth - Rust In Peace




101 - 200 :

Slayer - Reign In Blood
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Judas Priest - Painkiller





201 - 300 :

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Black Sabbath - Volume 4
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

Let's see:
- All Black Sabbath
- All Beatles
- All Pink Floyd
- All Velvet Underground
- All King Crimson
- All David Bowie
- All Doors
- All Jim Hendrix
- All Led Zeppelin
- All Metallica
- All The Who
- All Deep Purple
- All Iron Maiden
- All R.E.M.
- All Queen
- All Metallica
- All Jethro Tull
- All Yes
- All Rush
- All Genesis
- All Creedence Clearwater Revival
- All Judas Priest
- Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
- Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
- Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
- Can - Tago Mago (surprised to see it in the top 100)
- Marvin Gaye - What's going on
- Slayer - Reign in Blood
- Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (again: surprised)
- Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West (never thought that his soundtracks are so popular)
- Stevie Wonder - Song's in the Key of Life
- Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valles
- The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
- The Replacements - Let it Be
- Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
- Rainbow - Rising
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Santana - Abraxas
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Roxy Music - For your Pleasure
- Dio - Holy Diver
- Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
- Motörhead - Ace of Spades
- Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
- Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
- Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
- T. Rex - The Slider
- Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
- Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
- Amon Düül II - Yeti (never thought they were that well known outside of Germany)
- Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
- Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
- Megadeth - Peace sells...but who's buying?
- Megadeth - Rust in Peace
- AC/DC - Back in Black
- W.A.S.P. - Crimson Idol
And i have a 10 CD Collection of Miles Davis that should cover the albums from that list

Was i blind or was Made in Japan missing out there in those Top 500'?
Anyway: Very diverse, lots of bands and composers i never thought i would see that high

And if i'm not mistaken from the top 100 i have 46

Top 100: 51

101-200: 40

201-300: 26

301-400: 33

401-500: 28

501-600: 23

601-700: 17

701-800: 14

801-900: 22

901-1000: 16

Great collection ShadowAngel!

I'd definitely recommend checking out some of the Charles Mingus and John Coltrane titles that made the list.