Influential Albums How many do you Own.

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18. A disappointingly high number.I guess there was a sheep some time back in my family tree.

What says this list is influential? And compared to what?

Elliot Smith one of them Jeff?

29 for me,

It would of been 30 but i gave Primal Screams screamadelica away after a couple of listens , still cant see what the fuss is all about with that album.

Hi Gary

Elliot Smith, Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde" and The Beatles "Revolver", and, actually, I do consider all of those influential. Bob and the Beatles, obviously, but ES influenced many of the singer/songwriters since 2000 and a bit earlier.

regards, hope you are doing well.

Jeff A

20 for me although I really feel I should add a few more from the list.

I wonder how many influential albums will be released in say the next 20 years, not many I bet.

22 for me.  Just goes to remind me how much music is out there! 

I have some sort of balance in my music listening between making an effort to discover stuff I've not heard before (be it brand new or hundreds of years old), and returning to my favorites that really make me happy to listen to (Beatles, Floyd, etc etc). 

I shall use that list to do more of the former.  As much as I've enjoyed learning about hi fi in the 18 months I've owned one now in the modern era of my life, I enjoy learning more music even more.

And I'll probably NEVER get why Pet Sounds is so influential and at the top of so many lists!  (Wouldn't It Be Nice and Sloop John B are fine songs, but that's kinda where it ends for me.)

58 here.

Not sure i would class the list under that thread title though,

Stu.

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but, seriously, Block Party, they are influential?

It's because of the production techniques that Brian Wilson utilized - when the album came out it apparently amazed a lot of record producers.  Irrespective of the musical content, it was a trail-blazing production effort the likes of which had not been seen before at that time.

And off the posted list I think I had 10.  I guess my other 800+ are all rubbish...

Make that 11 on a more careful run through - a lot of the albums listed I have others by the same artist (in many cases several others) but I guess I just picked/like the wrong stuff.

Well, Kele Okereke's mum thinks they are, and they once got a good review from some spotty kid at the NME.

Steve, to be fair to The Smiths, they were, along with New Order, the most influential British group of the 1980s, and Marr was the dominant Brit guitarist of his generation, as well as the most gifted.

Kevin,

I thought they were called pimples back in your day.

Before Jasper Carrott named them Zits.

Stu.

I'd say that this is somewhat restricted list. Where's metal? AC/DC is the only influential hard rock band? If Master of Puppets is not influential then what is?  Another -1 for FB account requirement and big thanks to the poster who put the list available in this thread.

In the late 70s, when I had a pizza-like visage (1979/80 was my face's most volcanic period), we called them zits too. In was John Belushi in "Animal House" (rather than Carrot, who was regarded as the kind of unfunny oaf your dad liked) who started the craze for us 

The cynical part of me wondered why links to Amazon, and why so much rubbish in the list? - Perchance to sell a few more copies so those in the contest can say "I have XX"?

What a truly abysmal list.

OK Kevin, I'll give you that. I just couldn't stand Morrisey. I agree about Johnny Marr.

Steve

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But where are Fairport Convention in the list.

Surely Liege & Lief is one of the most influential folk rock albums of the 1960's

42. But who got to decide what was influential or not?

68 but hardly influential!! No Kevin Ayers for a start!!

 Osprey's list is more interesting and even features Born To Run that was missing in the previous list.

+ 1 on the Pet Sounds...have not quite got that, I get the recording thing, but not sure that comes out in the music. Perhaps I should give another try try.

But good to see the Felt and Mazzy Star in there......but no Nick Cave, Tricky or Portishead???

+1 Osprey's list - it has Kraftwerk's Autobahn (Yeah!!) which inspired so much electro and and synth music in the 80s

Fairly typical of these sorts of lists - a mixture of the undeniable, the downright odd and the "I know something you don't, so I'm way cool" music journalist attitude. "Hejira" the most influential Joni album? "Oar" by Skip Spence? I think not. "Trout Mask Replica" always seems to make an appearance - it's almost unlistenable!

I've got about 2/3rds of them: am I way cool? Unfortunately not - it just means I've bought loads of albums people tell me I should. I'd have been better off getting some of the recommendations from this forum - at least people CARE about the music. If only it had existed when I was young and impressionable!

Just treat it as a bit of fun, you know ther will be another one along shortly!