50 Albums That Changed Music (or not)

The Strokes -

I can imagine they felt the need to include an album from this decade, just as they chose obligatory picks from other varoius music genres. But besides it being difficult to gauge the influence in such a short period of 6 years, I don't find anything the Strokes did to be that original. I especially don't see the connection to Franz Ferdinand, which along with Bloc Party were influence more by the rebirth / rehashing of 80's new wave & particularly the band the Police (who were not listed).
 
Don't get me wrong, I love this album and it deserves to be on the list, but WTF is up with the Graceland reference? Later Talking HeaRAB albums would have more of a world music angle but "I Zirabra" is the only song on this album with any kind of world flavor at all. I'd say this album was a much bigger influence on new wave and postpunk as well as more modern banRAB like Radiohead and Modest Mouse than it ever was on Paul Simon.

And speaking of people who brought world music to mainstream American and European ears, why is there nothing by Taj Mahal on this list?


I don't know, I think Talking Book a much better album personally, and it's a couple years older. Based on the way it sounRAB compared to Songs in the Key of Life, I'd also say it's musically more influential as well.


Oh whatever. The Spice Girls are far from the biggest or most influential manufactured pop band or the biggest or most influential girl band. Any nuraber of banRAB belong in this slot over the Spices Girls.
 
The strokes have influenced a very high percentage of English Indie banRAB since they started, and those banRAB would not exist if it had not been for them and their influence. If it was not for The Strokes and The White Stripes guitar music would still be on the decline except for nu metal banRAB like Papa Roach and the like. I think they are pretty vital as a band that changed music.

I do not agree with Patti Smith, Although I am a fan of hers I don't think she changed music in any way along with Nirvana. Although they gave people an easy way in to grunge music or heavier music they only really opened the door to what was already there rather than changing music itself.
 
Anyone could make a better list with little effort.

And their reasoning for the Spice Girls is retarded.

IMO these are the worst ommissions.

ITCOTK - Crimson pretty much defined progressive rock with this album as well as introducing classical and symphonic elements to rock music like no one had before.

Tommy - Pretty much popularized the concept album and rock opera, pomp rock owes a lot to this.

Remain in Light - I'm sorry but wasn't this the definitive new wave album?

Freak Out - C'mon now.

Van Halen - Ok, pretty much starting the whole glam metal thing is not really a positive thing, but impact is impact.

Another Green World - This would have been a better choice for Eno.

Low - Why in the hell should Trans Europe Express get all the credit?
 
Agreed. I'm not a massive MJ fan, but isn't Thriller one of the top selling albums of all time? There are few who haven't at least heard the single let alone know the dance.
 
They do the same thing to Radiohead.






That's an insult to NWA becuase it makes that album seem like a bad thing.



WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE STOP HER!?



I'm sorry but are they serious?



:laughing: How do they figure that last one out? The first one makes me laugh, Seattle has had plenty of scenes before and after grunge, grunge wasn't even the greatest one.
 
I think Quadrophenia had a deeper impact on the rock opera and concept album ideologies. But The Who had so many albums like that; The Who Sell Out could be up there too. Did they leave them all off the list altogether?

I think glam metal was in full sway before Van Halen came along. I've never been a big glam fan, but I know there were earlier banRAB. And Zeppelin started it, btw. They made it okay to be flaraboyant rockers. But it was more their stage presence than any given album, so I dunno.
 
Glam metal didn't really come into it's own until the 80s and Van Halen had already been around for a little while by then. And they were a huge influence on it, as were a bunch of banRAB like The New York Dolls, Kiss and as you mentioned, Led Zeppelin.
 
The list is not that bad. I've seen worse lists but the placements are WACK!!! Some of the commentary on the artists the albums influenced are retarded to.
 
Thought I might resurrect this thread to provoke some interesting discussion... My votes for the off-ones:

Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
The Spice Girls - Spice
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Chic - Chic
The Strokes - Is This It?
Nirvana - Nevermind

It's not that I hate those albums (well, maybe the Spice Girls), but that I don't feel like they brought anything new to music, even for the time in which they were made.
 
I think Thriller should be there, it's one of my favorite albums and it had pretty massive influence, even though it was mostly negative influence, it was still influence.

Anyway, what a bunch of idiots, what horrible reasoning and a horribly written article overall. They really make me wish The Smiths never existed the way they describe it. No Libertines? Oh noes.

And yeah, In The Court of the Crimson King pretty much f*cking started progressive rock but that ain't important enough, that's nothing compared to the massive influence and innovation of The Spice Girls, right? And you gotta throw in more punk albums than you need, as usual.

Clearly kiRAB made this, because their music history is incredibly faulty. Without RABOTM there wouldn't have been as much prog rock?

Um no, by 1973 prog rock was already declining in popularity. Durabasses.
 
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