Outdoor Miner
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If Disintegration is at #72, then I would say The Head on the Door (1985) should be somewhere on the list too.
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Spin's 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)
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If Disintegration is at #72, then I would say The Head on the Door (1985) should be somewhere on the list too.
Manmademan
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I get the feeling a lot of the list is exactly this. A best of (insert genre) over the past three decades would probably have been a better call, because at least then you would have exclusively people familiar with the genre putting votes in, rather than say, 3 people REALLY into hip hop plus 9 people who bought a kanye album once.
The picks and omissions here are really, legitimately confusing as hell if you're a fan of most of this.
JadedWriter
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This list doesn't even have proper goth on here. There's no Lycia or Faith and the Muse or Dead Can Dance, which technically isn't goth, but they hit some moody ass tones. There's no trip hop on here either because Mono's LIfe in Mono or Massive Attack's Mezzanine would have to be on here. I saw a Garbage album on here, but I would've loved seeing something from Curve getting mentioned and well I would think Collide is too esoteric for them. Even if it's alt rock based they should've put 23 from Blonde Redhead on here.
TheBaldEmperor
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Not saying they should be swapped but Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Siamese Dream are both better albums than Nevermind. Nirvana continues to get way more recognition than is merited.
Dion Blaster
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Haha maybe. Just to be clear I don't think it's bad, just not my thing for whatever reason (mainly guest verses). I'm just surprised it's separated itself from all his other acclaimed albums, all of which I preferred to MBDTF besides 808.
Omitting the Sister's Floodland is a big shame. I would have liked to have seen Enigma's MCMXC a.D. on there too but that's more of a personal favorite I guess. I really used that album to break in some new headphones over the years though.
Manmademan
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To be fair, Spin covers VERY little of that- or at least they didn't when I was reading it.
This list is very, very mainstream in terms of what it singles out as "best."
JadedWriter
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There's not even any Clan of Xymox on here, which might be dark wave or something, but some of these omissions are pretty weird. Yeah I'm actually listening to some Sisters of Mercy from your recommendation and it's pretty good. I really do need to dive into my Sisters of Mercy play list some more.
But Mono and Massive Attack have both had mainstream hits.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Man this is the most vanilla paste, thirtysomething list ever.
Manmademan
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Plenty of niche acts have a song or two that breaks into the mainstream for a little while.
But we're talking about a list here that completely skips over critical and commercial blockbusters like Tool's Aenima, Metallica's self titled, Michael Jackson's Bad, and Alanis' Jagged Little Pill.
the odds are not great for niche artists here, unless they happen to be an editor's pet favorite here.
you're right, getting 16 year olds to vote on the most essential albums of 1988 is a much better call. Fuck Thirtysomethings.
Manmademan
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really? damn. List gets worse and worse.
JadedWriter
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Yeah don't worry I completely see your point with this one. I'm always just on that "fuck the mainstream" slant. And there are some really big glaring omissions from this one and yeah omitting Tool of all things is gross, that's almost as bad as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ignoring Rush for all those years.
Mezzanine is on there
Goldenroad
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Ctrl-f "Spacemen 3". God dammit Spin. So the best album of the '80's (The Perfect Prescription) doesn't make the top 300. Ridiculous.
I do somewhat agree with Sign O the Times placement, though I adamantly disagree with Nevermind's placement.
I do somewhat agree with Sign O the Times placement, though I adamantly disagree with Nevermind's placement.
JadedWriter
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Oh it is? phew, I guess I got too carried away with some of the assumptions because the list is missing some good groups.
teruterubozu
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No Jane's Addiction either. I don't think any of these writers experienced the 90s. Nevermind is a ruse.
Manmademan
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Nevermind is the FF7 of Alt-Rock albums. There are plenty of better ones, but it was so many people's first that it's going to be in that spot for a good long while.
Rockstar Beaver
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Appetite For Destruction should be in the top 5. That album is a rock and roll masterpiece. So many artists and bands were influenced by that album.
March of the Crabs
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This is a horrible, horrible list. Almost laughably bad. No punk except Against Me! (and they pick their worst album that the band themselves admits is their worst), no metal except Slayer and Master of Puppets yet they have Sleater-Kinney on there TWICE!? At least 36 Chambers is on there!
JadedWriter
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Filter's not even on the list. Short Bus was an experiment but Title of Record and The Amalgamut are legit good.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Another list that combines legacy/importance and critical reception.
Manmademan
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hey, they had to hold themselves back from putting Kanye on there more than 3 times!
One hand in the air, if you dont really care
Middle finger in air, if you dont really care
frankie_baby
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No KLF ??????? One (or preferably both) of these should have been on the list
Manmademan
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I myself am broken up over no "Humpty Dance" or "Black Box" but what can you do
Rockstar Beaver
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Yet Pearl Jam is on there once, no AIC??? WTF??? Although Sleater-Kinney's The Woods album is on my top ten list. Great album! Every song on that album kicks ass.
Frank Serpico
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You aren't seriously comparing the impact of BP to chronic. Hip hop before and after chronic dropped was a different landscape sonically
Please tell me how BP influenced the south, west and Midwest hip hop scene
Manmademan
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while true, it's also severely fucking up the rankings for Alt-rock, so...
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Top 10 is very close to my personal list and there's tons of great albums on here throughout the list.
I'm sure everyone will have a bone or two to pick (personally Animal Collective deserves no spot on any 'best-of' list ever), but this is a great survey of the past thirty years.
I'm sure everyone will have a bone or two to pick (personally Animal Collective deserves no spot on any 'best-of' list ever), but this is a great survey of the past thirty years.
Nastrodamous
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Lol at blueprint over illmatic,
frankie_baby
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Right? DaFUQ
acheron_xl
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Seeing all the Nirvana hate makes me feel like an old man.
Manmademan
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Not hate, so much as realizing the album is consistently overrated. It's good, but "best album in the last 30 years" is very difficult to defend.
Jeffolation
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No Faith No More?
No, I hate them.
Just about every popular grunge act that came after them were better, and Pearl Jam is about 10 orders of magnitude better.
Yeah, there's no denying how important it was. If the list were for most important rock album of the last 30 years, I'd get that. It completely changed the songwriting and production for so much popular rock that followed.
But (for me), it's hardly even really listenable, anymore. Honestly, I don't even like it, now. Maybe that's more about me than it...
Tool, and any music in general with heavy Progressive influences are always looked down upon by music press. Prog has been the "uncool" genre for a very long time.
Same reason you wont see Mars Volta on a list like this (not that they necessarily should be on there)
Interfectum
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Nice.
PsychoSoldier
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Nevermind came out when I was a teenager but it's way way too high. Age has nothing to do with it.
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