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Originally Posted by starrynight
I don't agree. First of all there is only room for so many records to be hyped every year. Also there is much more music available to people now than before, very hard to get a grasp on all of it. Consensus music lists are pretty useless as they just like the most famous things, individual lists can be much more interesting.
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You are quite right, but I don't think what we are saying necessarily conflicts. I guess it depends on how we define importance. To me, something is important if it is influential and relevant. Something cannot be influential if it is not well known, and cannot be relevant if it is not well regarded by the big voices.
Further, you can go to any individual list on these boards and virtually all the releases spoken of were either very highly acclaimed or achieved some sort of popularity, whether cult or mainstream popularity.