MB's top 50 according to RYM
 

I did the best I could to friend every MB'er I could find on RYM. I then found out my contacts top albums, and here they are:

1) The Beatles- Revolver
2) Pixies- Doolittle
3) Pixies- Surfer Rosa
4) Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
5) David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
6) Pink Floyd- Animals
7) The Beatles- Abbey Road
8) The Clash- London Calling
9) David Bowie- Low
10) Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
11) David Bowie- Hunky Dory
12) Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
13) Frank Zappa- We're Only in It for the Money
14) Radiohead- The Bends
15) The Beatles- The Beatles ["White Album"]
16) The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
17) Black Sabbath- Paranoid
18) My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
19) Nick Drake- Pink Moon
20) Buzz****s- Singles going Steady
21) Massive Attack- Mezzanine
22) Beck- Odelay
23) The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
24) The Velvet Underground- White Light/White Heat
25) Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
26) Radiohead- Kid A
27) Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
28) Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
29) Talking Heads- Remain in Light
30) Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
31) Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
32) DJ Shadow- Endtroducing.....
33) Pink Floyd- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
34) Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
35) The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
36) The Beatles- Rubber Soul
37) Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
38) Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold as Love
39) De la Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising
40) Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced
41) Radiohead- OK Computer
42) A tribe called Quest- The Low End Theory
43) King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King
44) Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
45) Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
46) Television- Marquee Moon
47) The Kinks- The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
48) Yes- Close to the Edge
49) Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
50) Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation

Some surprising choices, some not so surprising choices. Tell us whatcha think.

Also if anyone is interested here is a link to the top 500 albums:
Top 500 albums based on jdgun's friend list - Rate Your Music

That's quite a fair list i think. Obviously most of the albums are a bit obvious but thats because more people are going to own them. I'll never complain with 2 Pixies albums in the top 5! No Smiths though!

I have 49 of them funnily enough

Queen is Dead is 64 ;)

Wow that's actually not bad at all. Some of the choices are surprising but good, and some artists seem to be favored more heavily than I would think, but overall not bad.

I have 47. A much more accurate list of the the more discerning listener even though a few are not in the order I would put them at.

19/24/35 are missing from my collection but I don't rate Pet Sounds at all anyhow!

I didn't have any until #30. I'm surprised Wu-Tang clan is on here though, I don't see them getting talked about much.

i have 1

guess which

You're not missing much there.

I've got 19...

I've got 39 (combining physical and digital), since we're all counting...

I have 29 out of the 50. Some one CD, some on digital, some on vinyl

Lady Godiva's Operation is the best Velvets song.

Also I've got 44.

I have 25 of those

I have 34, pretty most of them I've been meaning to get to.

Whats "RYM" stand for

Yeah I've got 19 as well..

I don't have a RYM account but this is pretty interesting!

Ohh.... Rate your Music yeah that makes a lot more sense....

Im very surprised Elliot Smith didnt dominate the list.

I have all but 2

See if you can guess which ones.

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32) DJ Shadow- Endtroducing.....
39) De la Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising

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RATM and Yes methinks?

No

I should have said 'had' rather than 'have' and I did used to own RATM even if it just was for a couple of days. And that was the only Yes album I owned for ages until I did that Topographic Oceans thing in my journal.

I'm going for a brace of Radiohead albums...

It's actually The Velvet Underground & Nico & Low End Theory

If we're playing by those rules then i've had them all!

I have all of the Beatles and a few others.

I've got about 28 - between me counting the ones I have and posting this I've forgotten the exact amount, but it was just below 30.

I've tried to get RYM about 3 times, but end up giving when adding my library or whatever. Might try again next time I have some time on my hands(Today)

Anyway, list is okay. I have only 26 though :(

I only have 20 of them, but the others are on my "to have" list [all but the Pixies' albums]. Never heard anything from the Pixies, that was an eye-opener.

glad to see Dead Kennedys on there :)

I've heard all but 5.

That's a solid list of albums. I have around 20 of them i think.

On the flipside, 37 of those albums would be nowhere near my own personal 50 and let's be brutally honest. When was the last time you have sat down and heard 3ft High and Rising? It's an influential album definitely and I own it and like it but it's dated terribly unfortunately.

I listened to it a month ago and loved it. Sure, it's not "De La Soul is Dead" or "Buhloone Mindstate" but it's a quality album that's enigmatic enough to stick out in a sea of great late 80's hip hop. Potholes in My Lawn is just too good. Amazing piano sample in the chorus.

very surprised the doors 'the doors' and la woman albums never got a mention, or strange days into the bargain. classic albums from a classic band.

only got three.

I'm more surprised to see De La Soul on here, especially ranked higher than 36 Chambers.

It's certainly influential for sure but the recording techniques and use of sampling seems kinda tame these days. I never rated 'Is Dead' much but I never got around to hearing Buhloone Mindstate. I still have Grind Date on my HD but haven't got around to hearing it. Nice to see Animals so high. Fuck yes.

There are a few surprises on there. I only have 29 of them but i've heard a few of the others.