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Originally posted by Raiden
Here is a straightforward rule: if all songs of a top-10 can somehow be listened to by one music genre radio station, then all those songs belong to one genre.
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I have adressed this in that very comment. Read properly next time, k
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Originally posted by Raiden
^ Any of the following can hold their own inside any "overall top ten". I've deliberately left out the "minority token" ones that NME sprinkled in their top 25 or thereabouts but made sure they were all outside the top10, like Patti Smith and Kanye albums (obviously they belong inside the top ten as well)
NWA - "Straight outta Compton"
Daft Punk - "Discovery"
Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
Dionne Warwick - "Make Way for Dionne Warwick"
Johnny Cash - "At Folsom Prison"
Funkadelic - "One Nation Under A Groove"
Faithless - "Reverence"
The Fugees - "The Score"
Jimi Hendrix - "Are you experienced"
Donna Summer - "Love to Love You Baby"
James Brown - "Live at the Apollo"
Nina Hagen - "Nina Hagen band" (yes, an album doesn't have to have English lyrics in order to be a G.O.A.T. contender)
Erik B & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
Janis Joplin - "Janis"
Burning Spear - "Marcus Garvey"
Aretha Franklin - "Queen of Soul"
Kraftwerk "Trans Europe Express"
Wu Tang Clan "Enter the Wu-Tang"
Kate Bush - "The kick inside"
... etc etc
Those (and more) are as good and as sentimental and as original and as influential and as innovative (some definitely far more innovative/revolutionary/groundbreaking than) and infinitely more diverse genrewise than that NME top 10 hipsterpunk playlist.
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Well, your list sure is very diverse, certainly compiled that way purposely.
It really contains interesting albums. I can see those by Hendrix and Davis in top 10 (I prefer Bitches Brew to Kind of Blue tho) and Cash and Franklin in top 20 too. But the important thing you are missing is that most of those albums are on the NME list, so we are once again complaining about that weird order
Its important to mention that the NME lists are usually compiled by voting system, where the voters dont know how is which album/song/artist doing, so the voting was more spontaneous/based on personal tastes of the NME journalists/critics, what certainly shows. Im almost sure that the results would be altered and different if they saw how is which album doing, but it wouldnt be as genuine. To compromise beliefs, feelings and tastes just to achieve diversity would be more objective, but Im not sure if its the better way.
You have made one good point which I have noticed too and thats the lack of foreign language albums on the list. When I have read the list, I remember being surprised to see Gainsbarres album included. Even when I think he is one of the most fascinating artists ever (I own a compilation album by him which I adore), I didnt expect him to pop up there, what speaks volumes.
But to be fair, I dont think that the albums you mentioned are more innovative, influential, better and more deserving to be in the top 10 than the ones by The VU, Bowie or The Beatles, yet they are nowhere to be found on your own list, what seems just as wrong to me