Thinking ELLIOTT SMITH & COCTEAU TWINS would make this list, hun
Well, I have also included albums that I knew wont make it. Wishful thinking...
That said, I really thought Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley will grab a spot, yet they didnt, but Aphex Twin did, while I thought he has no chane, so you never know.
I have the album, so believe me, I've experienced it hundreds of times. But Rhythm Nation is also a body of work. Political, Love, Adventure, all of it put together. And really no fillers on it (maybe Someday is Tonight). The Velvet Rope I still love, but it wasn't the excitement as with RN.
This is just opinion vs opinion, pretty pointless to debate. RN is surely her best era and best combination of artistic vision and commercial appeal. Velvet Rope will remain my favorite Janet album nonetheless.
Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 16, 1997, by Columbia Records.
With Butterfly, Carey continued the transition that began with previous album, Daydream (1995), which pushed her further into the R&B and hip-hop market and away from the R&B and pop background of her previous work. During her marriage to Tommy Mottola, Carey had little control over the creative and artistic steps she took on her albums; however, after their divorce midway through the album's conception, she was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording. Upon release, Butterfly garnered critical acclaim from contemporary music critics, many of whom embraced Carey's musical transition. Reviewers complimented the album for its mature sound and production and commended Carey's musical direction, calling the work a "transitional album, one that makes her a rarity of the 90s."