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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant
(Post 1384059)
That defines Marvin Gaye's legacy. Being the token black guy on the white band list. Got to love diversity.
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Their Top 25 List also included Public Enemy, which is kind of a reminder of their Late 80's support of Rap and House. Maybe he's got some company now along with Kayne West.
I still know what you mean, and it's ALWAYS with the same album, as if Marvin's history is not with any other great albums beyond that and a Greatest Hits.
The cream of this list reads like the token albums you have to hear according to a few people, and while many of them are classics, it's one of those lists that's narrow not by choice anymore, but by room. There has been so much time and too many eras, trends, genres, classic albums of all kinds for a serious one-stop listing of the greats, and I have a feeling that the OP was only 25 out of longer list (I think Psychocandy was somewhere in the 150's, if I'm thinking of the right list). There's the token Holy Trinity of Britpop, the token must mention Post-Punk legends (Joy Division, check; One Bowie from the Late 70's, double check), the has to be there mention of the two class Beatles albums that are not Sgt. Pepper, MBV (of course!), The Stones' Exile, VU and Nico (Check, Double Check, Triple Check!), and so on. It's as if they compiled their favorite Documentaries or histories they read about hundreds of times and just listed the albums and then mentioned What's Going On for good measure. Maybe for modern listeners, these are good pointers to what happened before, but still it's more for the Rock/Indie crowd than other kinds of music listeners. There are those like me who took their tastes to other places not explored by the major publications that will never get touched by these lists - It's nice see a lot a mentions of some reasonably good albums, but there's a world out there to be explored, and there always will be.
Still FAR better than Rolling Stone's lists, though.
Really, in my opinion the Top 25 list is pretty good, many albums I can cozy up to, but not the all time list. Music History should not be comfortable.
The Queen Is Dead at #1? Seems right for now, though. It's iconic for it's time and a very sharp British album in my opinion. Possibly the best original (non-compilation) Smiths album, although it's a tough choice between that and their S/T.