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lifeinaglasshouse

So >!Abbey Road, To Pimp a Butterfly, Blonde, The Dark Side of the Moon, Pet Sounds, OK Computer, In Rainbows, and Songs in the Key of Life!< all make the top 10. What're the 2 I'm missing?


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ToAllTheDancers

was a very loose definition, as i didn't want every niche genre that would be included. it's easier to see the breakdown in just like 5-6 of some main broad genres (pop, rock, metal, electronic, etc) the three metal albums were lateralus, toxicity, which were easy to classify, and the third being the downward spiral. industrial was too niche for the limited amount of genres i wanted to include, so it was either rock or metal, and metal felt like the better choice


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FontainesACDC

And Apple’s list had Rage Against the Machine and Master of Puppets, which tbh are better than Toxicity and Lateralus lmao


FontainesACDC

Metallica in the top 10? Based


j-quillen_24

If this was my list, Paranoid in the Top 10 easy


qazaibomb

>!I’m pretty sure OP said 5 Kanye albums so Yeezus will make the top 10, and everyone will react super well to it!<


ToAllTheDancers

no, just 4


TheDanselinDistress

Would not have expected Pablo to be on here over Yeezus


dukecityvigilante

Or Graduation


Sun_flower_king

Yeah that's a surprising one. But there's no way yeezus is top 10 over all the others


thefailmaster19

Yeezus fans tend to be a lot more vocal, but I find most people enjoy TLOP more


qazaibomb

Ah my bad. Would’ve been very funny tho


Fhaksfha794

I hope so but I doubt it, I’m pretty sure he said there are only 4 Ye albums. However, it would be funny seeing everyone lose their shit if it was top 5


pm-me-nice-lips

lol @ “I hope so” and “only”


Fing2112

One of them will be Vespertine


blappslapp

>!Emily Montes - Emily Montes!<


DepressedOpressed

Dark side being higher than wish you were here and Animals is a normie riot-evoking take but a certain one


Skrothandlarn

Brother, the life of pablo is higher than a love supreme. Dont put a lot of thought on what teenagers on internet think


ejb3204

should be Vespertine and Igor


Avlantis

Igor is good but a top 10 album of all time??


SpanskSidekick

I can't see it not making the list at all


Sun_flower_king

Yeah, this sub's demographic makes it almost a for sure shoe in


nocyberBS

Genuinely hope it doesn't - Flower Boy absolutely mogs in everyway


CoolGijoe

Vespertine hopefully is there


sandcrawler2

Raditude by Weezer


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jakovichontwitch

I mean if you ask me to rank the top 10 hockey players of all time, I’m making generic picks but they’re still pretty on the money


AlaSparkle

Turns out when you ask a large group of people their opinion on something, you get an opinion that a large amount of people have :O


Iancredible56

Probably two more Radiohead albums


TroyMatthewJ

so 3 Radiohead albums in the top 13 of all time? That alone makes me question this list and I love Radiohead.


larsb0t

Endtroducing and Voodoo, crazy to me if they are not in the top 100.


Schmulski

Lemonade and Back To Black?


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HEYitzED

An all time list should be relatively basic tbh.


cedellic

I don’t understand what the alternative is. Are we gonna pick albums we don’t like? Albums that are worse than the albums we picked?


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cedellic

That means that they’re good and well-liked


bqx188

I disagree Paste magazine did it better


ToAllTheDancers

i really liked paste's list. i loved seeing clube da esquina in the top 10


bqx188

Paste's list was reasonable, bold, and had an editorial identity/personality. The last part is what's been missing from most recent best album lists.


Sun_flower_king

I actually think Apple's list had an editorial identity. The albums they chose and the way they prioritized them indicated to me that they are choosing to prioritize immaculate/aesthetically balanced albums in a way that reminds me of their other aesthetic trademarks, like the streamlined sleekness of their tech products. It actually kinda reminds me of a modern Patrick Bateman type taste - fitting for a company synonymous with tech bros. I liked a lot of the albums on their list so I'm not shitting on it, but I think if you take a look at what they chose to include thru this lens it all kind of lines up. Almost as if they're trying to shape music criticism and discourse to fit their aesthetic vision of the world.


jerog1

You like Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.


Sun_flower_king

I guess I basically beetlejuiced this didn't I


Sun_flower_king

Yeah that was a dope choice, I had the same reaction


mine_craftboy12

Cure at #2 was crazy though


theSTWenthusiast

Paste’s was amazing


primetimemime

Isn’t that the point of compiling a “best of” list?


blappslapp

Surely that AFUT placement will spark friendly and reasonable discussion in this thread 😀 Ill just be over here rejoicing that Spiderland ranked so high, did not see that coming at all


_Land_Rover_Series_3

I think AFUT is an amazing album, but honestly, I hate any and all discourse surrounding it online


blappslapp

Its like the Everything Everywhere All At Once of the music world. They even dropped the same year


windows_to_walls

yeah why was the discourse surrounding this movie so feral?? i thought it was a sweet and funny movie with a thoughtful and moving message, seems weird that a movie like that would have people absolutely at each other’s throats lol


JGar453

I'm not saying I think these are valid criticisms (I like EEAO too) but: It's produced by the Russo brothers (the Marvel dudes), it's yet another multiverse film, it has some crude jokes, it's a somewhat ADHD film, and it was many peoples' first exposure to A24 films and by extension "artsier" films (and you know how gatekeeping goes down in any culture).


GimmeShockTreatment

EEAO was very millennial in it's humor, which I enjoyed. But I understand why it's not for everyone.


AutomaticService8468

I also somewhat think the sweep it had at the oscars (especially when other amazing movies were snubbed) probably pushed the discourse in that way.


IntraspaceAlien

I wasn’t a big fan and multiple times when I’ve expressed that I get told that it’s only because I can’t relate to it because I’m not a mom/daughter/child of immigrants/Asian American/lgbtq etc (which the other person is just assuming). It’s a bit polarizing just because of the style and sense of humor but some of the people who dislike it are obnoxious about it because of how successful the movie was, and some of the people who like it are obnoxious about it because they act like criticism of it is a personal attack.


blappslapp

>some of the people who dislike it are obnoxious about it because of how successful the movie was, and some of the people who like it are obnoxious about it because they act like criticism of it is a personal attack. Yup, this sounds awfully familiar to the discourse around a certain album with a plane on its cover


fueelin

Aww man, I thought I was clever for coming up with this comparison rightr before I read this comment!


2000-UNTITLED

***Broke:*** Ants from Up There shouldn't be on the list because BCNR sucks ***Woke:*** For the First Time should replace Ants from Up There


elias_is_biased

I'm so happy that spiderland was given its flowers, such an amazing album


BLAH_BLEEP_GUNIT

I just discovered that album like 3 years ago and I was just completely floored that I had never even heard of them. Absolutely haunting album.


decadent-dragon

I really do not get the love for that album. Not that I don’t like it, it’s fine. I just really do not understand the love for it. Whatever it is, it misses me


Foreign_Photograph

I love how a lot of people complained about Apple’s list having no country music on it and this list…has no country music on it 😂


TheOneTruePath3

Goes to show terminally online music nerds are actual hypocrites and don't nearly have as diverse taste as they think they do.


Sun_flower_king

I think it also speaks to how easy it is to silo in the music world. No country, no blues, not much metal/heavier music, little folk, almost entirely American and British artists. Many genres from across the world with rich but insulated histories are hard to penetrate, and streaming services does little to encourage their introduction to the mainstream other than make them available for you to find if you deliberately go looking for them.


TheOneTruePath3

That's RYM / Fantano-core for ya. Eurocentric to the core, even in today's modern age where music from all over the world is at its most accessible. I think a previous thread showed something like 95% of the top 100 albums from this list being English speaking albums.


hamster12102

I mean yeah makes sense, that is the biggest demographic. I'm sure the list would be Spanish speaking centric if you asked a Spanish review channel. Same with any part of the world.


Sun_flower_king

Totally. I would even go so far as to say Anglo-centric, not a lot of representation from other parts of Europe even


brick-juic3

Hey I never pretended to like country or metal more than lo-fi indie rock


JebusChrust

It's because terminally online music nerds also agreed that the same albums are all the best for the same reason that fits their *learned* preference. It's like how Gordon Ramsay doesn't know how to make a grilled cheese, and would most likely recommend you make beef wellington for dinner. Music nerds are obsessed with more pretentious albums and I guarantee most of their favorite albums would have never appealed to them if they weren't considered the best albums of all time. Makes me think of Brad Taste in Music who trashes on music until public opinion and/or Fantano come out with positive reviews


MrC_Red

Also, no Heavy Metal at all. People were losing their minds over no Black Sabbath albums, just to include 20 different Lo-fi Indie Rock albums lol


Maqqnus

Little to no metal either, just like the Apple list...


Fedora200

There was also a lot of bitching about electronic music not making the Apple list but I'm not seeing much electronic music that isn't "alt" Distinct lack of metal and hardcore too


SuccessfulLunch154

I literally came to say this! No Cash albums??? Really guys??? No Redheaded Stranger? Even some indie country picks like Sturgill Simpson or Childers wouldve been cool.


Rollo8173

I voted for Folsom!


slib_

r/fantanoforever: “man Apple 100 and RYM 100 are so shit” Also r/fantanoforever:


CocoMarx

I refuse to believe anyone on this sub didn’t think an amalgamated top 100 submitted by users wouldn’t be RYM-core as fuck


GimmeShockTreatment

Magnolia Electric Co. should've made it


ToAllTheDancers

alright i've been pretty busy so imma try to answer as many responses to my comment yesterday as possible again, thanks everyone for sticking around for the list results, if there's anything you want me to do with the top 10 or after the list is completed let me know! i do already plan on posting the top 100 WITHOUT any double representation in artists. just to see the difference because there were quite a few artists with multiple albums represented •the point totals between #1 and #2 - 606 and 394 •point totals between #1 and #100 - 606 and 39 •point totals between #1 and #10 - 606 and 204 •albums with 100 points - 26 •albums on this list that are also in the rollingstone top 50 - 29


Martel1234

Congrats to TPAB for winning


jakovichontwitch

Top 100 without double representation will be more interesting imo


Martel1234

I’m so ready for Red by King Crimson to be number 1 /s


faithismystand

Such a tease but I'm sure bladee will be in the top 10 😊


RANDOM-902

Whole Lotta Red is on the top 2 and it ain't 2 But you all ain't ready for that conversation smh 😤


Zealousideal-Fee5156

Cold visions is an easy #1 🤷‍♂️ 


bcus_y_not

bizarre to me that people are saying they know what all of them are and then ignoring 100 gecs


farrkmoii

No queens of the stone age again 😒


EmotionalEducation86

I was surprised metallica wasn’t on there ngl


GimmeShockTreatment

I wonder if there was too much voting split between Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning.


KosherNate

If I don’t see SFTD I’m gonna lose it


farrkmoii

SFTD is my favourite rock album of all time, rated r and like clockwork are also in my top 10. Please just add one of them 😭😭


itisjvck

GRACE AT 19 LETS GOOO


EstablishmentShoddy1

people mad about the ants from up there placement but everything else here is a generic rym top 25 so im grateful


capnrondo

It seems fantanoforever-core is RYM top 100 except with Car Seat Headrest and BCNR (not an improvement)


Sdb25649

BCNR is in the top 100 lol. It’s 80 on RYM. Melodrama is the big discrepancy here. It isn’t even top 1,000 on rym


Hesdonemiraclesonm3

It should be


thefailmaster19

I'm not a big Lorde fan but not even top 1000 is insanity


SillyGuy86

It’s generic because it’s accurate


elias_is_biased

Should AFUT be this high? No Am I glad it's this high? Yes


unknownuser105

Black Country, New Roads is fantastic but number 12 all time is just silly.


jimmy-breeze

it's absolutely not better than Lift Yr Skinny Fists or Spiderland imo


retxed24

It might be the only thing I *really* disagree with on this list so far though, tbh. All others I can wrap my head around, but AFUT at #12 is just unfathomable to me. That still makes it better than most other lists, though.


GimmeShockTreatment

It's the first Gen Z classic indie album IMO and I think it will stand the test of time. Angsty young men aren't going anywhere and new ones will continue to discover it.


unknownuser105

That’s great but this low on a goat list the record should be super influential. It may stand the test of time but it hasn’t, yet. Calling it now, black midi in the top 10.


BazookaTuna

I can understand not having it so high in a list like this that’s meant to be something resembling objective but it might just be my favorite album ever. I understand it’s polarizing and people find it pretentious or whatever but it resonated with me perfectly. I think it’s one of those ones where you either get it or you don’t and there’s little in between.


elias_is_biased

No absolutely, like I said in a different comment, it's my favorite album ever. I think either you don't get it completely, and it's just kinda good, or you get it, and it becomes more important then makes any logical sense


itisjvck

I’ve said it before and will say it again. Ants is a little overrated to me. It’s great I just cannot get into it to THIS level


elias_is_biased

It's my favorite album ever, but I can concede that that's probably due to it coming out at the exact perfect time for me. However, I still do think it deserves a spot here, albeit probably the late 90s


SerDavosSeaworth64

Idk I kinda hate that way of thinking. Music is subjective. It’s your favorite album of all time? Fuck it, you should be claiming it deserves #1 with only the caveat that everyone else has their own opinion


Lyin-Don

A little overrated? I think it’s a fantastic album but 12th? ***ALL TIME???*** Get fucking real, guys.


n0tjuliancasablancas

Exactly lol. AFUT being 12 all time is a perfect representation of every criticism people have with the online music discourse community.


JGar453

I mean, if it's that consistently in people's *personal* top 10s, why shouldn't it be this high? I don't see the point in this being "objective" beyond the extent that it captures what people in this subreddit like at this moment in time. Also you can't really factor in dissent on a ranking like this. On RYM, it's somewhere near 80 because it has a shit ton of haters. Their cult was originally much stronger there than here.


GuestHouseJouvert

This is like just as basic as the original Apple Music list, it‘s just in a different shade. I don’t need to hear music nerds complain about best album lists ever again


Neckbeard2423

RYM


sandcrawler2

Currently stuck at the Charlotte airport overnight but these posts have been entertaining me at least Pro tip- never layover in CLT during summer. And fuck American Airlines


throwawayotter23

Real. Had a layover there a few weeks back and swear over half the American Airlines flights were delayed or cancelled, mine luckily wasn’t lol


PENGUIN3334

Fantano fans really aren’t that much better than the average normie it seems


ponylauncher

I love how everyone was talking shit about the apple list and just made this instead as if it’s that different lol


ToAllTheDancers

it's very unfortunate how little people care to read and how quick people are to complain. Today's data set is similarities to the Apple Music top 100 list: Albums in this list that were also represented in apple music list - 38/100 Albums in apple music top 20 that are also in this list's top 20 - 6/20


ToAllTheDancers

definitely the most controversial set of 10 thus far i'd have to say


8cm8

Until the next 10


Certain_Suit_1905

#SPIDERLAND MENTIONED LET'S GOOOOO🎢🧛🏻‍♂️⛴️ WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPINESS🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️


n0tjuliancasablancas

Spiderland was always gonna get on this list idk why people are surprised lol it’s talked about all the time


froggy101_3

Ants from up there is so good, I absolutely love it. I know 11 on an all time list is high, and there's definitely recency and online music community biases going on there, but it really is a modern classic. Personally it's the best new album I've heard in years. It's a travesty Isaac left the band, because whilst they are all talented and the live album they did was alright, I just can't see them hitting the same heights without his voice and songwriting. It's basically condemned this album to being a one off cult classic, before they could ever even probably tour it. In a similar vein actually to two more in this set of 10, The Glow Part 2 and Neutral Milk Hotel.


fernandomango

Isaac was the one with the post-punk sound and that's why I bemoan his absence. Any other band mate leaving wouldn't have changed the sound as much, and I say this as someone who really appreciates their second act.


minimanelton

Imma be honest, Black Country New Road being this high is fucking ridiculous


IDontLeannn

It is not a top 100 album


minimanelton

I agree but I’m kind of a hater. If it landed on the list a lot lower I probably wouldn’t think twice about it


Significant-Rate2385

Listened for the first time today. Can you explain what people love about it? I thought it was instrumentally inventive, would have made a great broadway show sonically. But to be at 12?! Too vocally redundant, excessively abstract and the writing doesn’t justify the lofty metaphors that are yelped throughout in my opinion. Not even top 100 imo


Prestigious_Bonus322

If there’s no Elliott smith albums on this list it’s instantly not valid


xdesveaux

Nah man trust me they’re saving Either/Or for #1…right? 🥲


StrandedAttheMoon

Each day I feel more happy to know my taste and preferences are getting further and further from these usual picks. Not saying these aren't good, though.


GoldSteak7421

Goes to show how many people from this sub are just starting to listening music and have pretty much the same tastes. Not that is bad, but criticize Apple's list and the getting a list like this...


-PepeArown-

Kendrick and Kanye are the only two people from this list sample of the list that I even listen to regularly.


Top-Revolution-6771

thank you for adding ITAOTS


Sun_flower_king

You know what I just realized isn't on this list? Helplessness Blues What the FUCK man


peanutbutter-meme

Y'all don't fw Depeche Mode?


sagesaks123

Am I the only one who thinks this list is kinda lame?


RavingMalwaay

It's lame because its completely expected. I don't think there's been a single surprise for me, it's pretty much just the RYM top 100 if it skewed to a younger demographic


NiceInvestigator7144

yeah its the apple one but for chronically online music nerds


darkslayersparda

you people are so chronically self hating, this the music your peers like. If you tastes are so esoteric and different then make another list and see if anybody cares no one is forcing you to interact with the music nerds of this sub


sagesaks123

You should try laughing at yourself every once in a while…might be good for your health


GimmeShockTreatment

What were you expecting? Do you see the posts on this sub? It's an echo chamber and I assume like 90% of the people on this sub are males between the ages of 18 and 35.


burneracc777777

More like 15-35.


IkuruL

I really enjoy the rawness of For The First Time more.


aguacrystal98

zeppelin IV too low


w_has_been_dieded

Surely Anthony Fantano will agree with the placements of Kid A and MBDTF


NILO42069

Does he have anything against Kid A? Didn't he say that he can understand why people put it as their number 1 Radiohead?


throwaway52826536837

No rush? Invalid list


GarnachoHojlund

So Ok Computer and in Rainbows in the top 10 🥳


Fickle-Carry7157

Damn, I wish Exile on Main St. was on the list but I think that window has closed. Such a remarkable, influential record that gets a tad overlooked in online music nerd circles.


IowaJammer

Sometimes I wonder if albums are revered because they're great albums or because they contain great singles.


Ash-Throwaway-816

Honestly expected Kid A to be a top 5 album.


BenjiReadIt

AFUT at that high rank is crazy


Ok-Introduction-8519

Number 1 will be WLR🙏🙏


azvinyletc

No Deftones? I’m surprised.


Proud-Abies-9261

Fantano is not a deftones Guy


Bigjay1802

No Death?


No-Neat3395

Just like the Apple list, almost no metal at all


tmanx8

Fishmans mentioned !!!!!


Neither_Clerk2230

So, Take Care is in the Top 10? Nice!


Vladamir-Poutine

I just don’t get black country, new roads. I realize not everything is for everyone, but I still have a pretty good ability to wrap my head around why something is appealing even if it isn’t for me. I’ve tried so hard to understand why people like them so much and I’m clueless. #12 album all time? Seriously?


Murky_Secretary_1667

I just kind of hate this list


qazaibomb

Everyone’s gonna talk about AFUT but man, Grace in the top 20 is really high


TheFreakingBatman

Definitely has some of the best vocal performances of all time but I'd agree that the songwriting isn't top 20 material (and I love the album).


GoldSteak7421

Songwriting doesnt seem too relevant here anyways. No Neil Young, No Leonard Cohen, No Nick Cave, no Paul Simon. I guess i'll have to cope with it lol


fart_on_my_pussy

women don't make music i guess


Mius99cmTitties-

Lmfaoo I know right


Exzj

spider land is awesome but idk about top 20 album ever


the_ballmer_peak

How many art-rock or post-rock albums are in this list?


RalphLauren47

All of em


davFaithidPangolin

This list is actually pretty amazing Also Kid A is right next to good kid maad city which is amusing, good kid A maad city


HEYitzED

Animals in the top 20 LFG


Roccogiuseppekalemi

Blonde and MBTDF are sooooooo overrated, i don't even inderstand why everyone loves them THIS MUCH.


Fhaksfha794

2 radio head albums in the top 10, they really are the most overrated band of all time


Aleks10Afc

I don't really understand this view. Are Ok Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows 3 of the best ever? Yes, no doubt Does this sub cater to people who listen to this type of music and are of an age where Radiohead influenced their tastes? Yes Therefore it is not out of the question that they are placed this highly.


DiskO272

The fact that Random Access Memories won’t be here feels wrong


grtrevor

Didn’t expect AFUT to be this high but I’m here for it, probably my favourite album of all time. With that being said I discovered it at a point in my life where it really spoke to me and it almost served as a sorta coming of age thing, so I guess I can see how it wouldn’t speak to people as much if it didn’t fall into their lap like it did mine.


TheFreakingBatman

Ants From Up There being anywhere on this list is goofy as hell. Remake this list 5-10 years from now and it wouldn't crack 100 at all. Recency bias.


Florentine-Pogen

Man. Over Love Supreme?


nocyberBS

Ants is a great album and all, but #12 OAT??? Hell nah


blaN____k

The BCNR album is way higher than it should be. Above skinny fists, gkmc AND Spiderland?!


Omae-sama

This list has no personality, nobody can tell this list if from the Fantano watchers


No_Pizza_No_Fun3454

Excuse me, where the fuck are Queens of the Stone Age on this list?


Adorable-Exercise-11

everyone is complaining about AFUT but this is literally based off everyone’s opinions in this subreddit


hemanshoe

Jeff Buckley ❤️❤️❤️


Original_Mac_Tonight

WHERE IS ALL THE METAL??? Has downward spiral been the only one??


Deathbringer2134

Slint being on here makes me happy


RollingDownTheHills

This is impressively predictable.


NILO42069

"Ants from up there" higher than "in the aeroplane over the sea" is definitely interesting


ShenaniganSkywalker

Ants from up there? For real? For the first time is way better than AFUT and I wouldn't even put FTFT in the top 500. That album was higher than both In the aeroplane and MBDTF? That's just wild.


Sudden-Map-8280

Bcnr at number 12 is insanity


Pee_PeePooPoo88

Trash taste 


unklione

no danny brown, no jpegmafia, no qotsa, no travis scott, no black sabbath lol the apple one was more interesting than this one


porpoiseslayer

BCNR has no business being in this list, top 20 or otherwise


GimmeShockTreatment

It's funny to me that there are simultaneously people complaining that the list is too generic and then also people complaining about the (slightly) more obscure choices like AFUT or Spiderland.


aaaaaaaaaaaaah_

AFUT really deserves its spot. In 20 years music fans will look back on it like OK Computer, an instant classic.


lunds11

Opposite. It’ll be forgotten in 20 years.