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[reldnahkram]

If I'm counting right, there are eight albums from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in my collection (either digitally or physically).

Which ones are they? I'm not screening answers, but I'll give it a few hours before I post the correct ones.



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[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. Are any of them Richard and Linda Thompson?

OTOH, I only have nine of the 500. And I don't even want many more.

some guesses

[kid-prufrock.livejournal.com]

This is a really embarassingly bad list! I think it's designed to annoy everyone except for stereotypical Rolling Stone readers.

So I take it you've probably got at least a couple of Beatles records, at least the seminal jazz albums in the top 100 or so (Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme, Bitches Brew), maybe Graceland, maybe Folsom Prison?

Re: some guesses

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

It's not a great list, but it's not a bad list. There are niches it covers better than others, and like any pop-music greatest list, it's biased against more recent things.

You have identified three albums.

Well then you don't want to know how many of the top 500 RS albums *I* own

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

This is a really embarassingly bad list!

Not having done the math, I'd say I probably own upwards of 100. By and large, the pop music that a) I've been exposed to and b) enjoy lines up rather scarily with the Rolling Stone zeitgeist.

Re: Well then you don't want to know how many of the top 500 RS albums *I* own

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

I'd be surprised if it were upwards of 100, but I've been wrong before.

Re: Well then you don't want to know how many of the top 500 RS albums *I* own

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

I lied.

It's actually only 42.

But, through the magic of Greatest Hits collections, I probably have songs from close to 100 of them.

This is probably laughably wrong.

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

Looking only at the list (not at the hint or the other guesses):


At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
40 Greatest Hits, Hank Williams
The Ultimate Collection- Patsy Cline
Buena Vista Social Club- Buena Vista Social Club
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight- Richard and Linda Thompson
Brothers in Arms- Dire Straits
Music From Big Pink- The Band
Graceland- Paul Simon

Re: This is probably laughably wrong.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

It's not a bad set of guesses.

You've identified one album.

Re: This is probably laughably wrong.

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

One! Jesus McFuck!

I totally didn't notice A Love Supreme by Coltrane on the first pass through- you have to have that.

Also, I clearly picked the wrong Johnny Cash and Hank Williams albums. And probably the wrong Thompson album as well.

I'm actually rather flabberghasted you don't have Folsom Prison or Brothers in Arms.

Re: This is probably laughably wrong.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

There are quite a few on this list where I have a live album or a greatest hits instead of the studio album.

You have identified one album.

Re: This is probably laughably wrong.

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

Also: Car Wheels on A Gravel Road- Lucinda Williams

Duh.

Re: This is probably laughably wrong.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

You have identified one album.

[alwaysregal.livejournal.com]

Okay, the obvious:
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams
Graceland, Paul Simon (duh).
Blue, Joni Mitchell


Aja, Steely Dan???



I think I have about 8 - the first three, a bunch of the U2, Bob Marley, etc. A lot of it is stuff I love like Smashing Pumpkins, Zepplin, etc but don't actually have the albums of, just mp3s of random songs.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

You have identified three albums.

[kid-prufrock.livejournal.com]

Here's what I'm willing to guess so far. I'm going fifty-fifty odds on the Davis.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue.
Joni Mitchell - Blue.
Paul Simon - Graceland.
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

You have identified five albums.

Good job. Good luck on the other three - they're considerably harder.

I'm wishy-washy on Miles. There's very little of his work after KoB that I like (or know, for that matter). I'm primarily a fan of his mid-50s hard bop work - the Workin', Steamin', Cookin', Relaxin' series of albums, plus Walkin'. But KoB is quite the album.

[leepinleemur.livejournal.com]

speaking of greatest hits, changesone is on that list!

"Could you be any more of a poseur? ChangesOne was a "best of"!"

[ajacs.livejournal.com]

What is that line from?

In the meantime, if we're counting albums that I owned at one time (including LPs that must be in my childhood closet, and cassette tapes that got melted in the back window of my car (which happens quite easily in Tampa)), I've got 29.

But how could they have all those U2 albums but not have Unforgettable Fire, the obviously best one? And if they're going to have some number of seminal jazz albums, how can they not have Time Out? And myriad other complaints?