Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Rock Band v2.0

[ledbowman]

Hey, make the full albums a different color! That's what this list is about, after all, and it'd be nice to be able to quickly recognize how significant that is. How about a nice, vibrant green?

Not a bad idea, but I had enough trouble finding two colors that went well together and didn't clash too badly with the grey background, and they happened to be Rolling Stone's colors. If I can find a way to be satisfied with it, I may do it...

[Skode]

Covers should not count.

Why? I can understand your view on this but until i see masters of the likes of Sweet leaf and Queen ***** on GH or something of the likes then we can only presume masters are missing/damaged etc.

There is some random albums there though is there not... i mean Best of Girl Groups Vol 1 & 2 - who knows what is even included on that

[DavyinaToga]

This list sounds like a bunch of kids trading CDs and they all happen to like the same ones within that small selection they own. Seriously, 3 Eminem albums appear within 50 spots of each other. If that alone doesn't shout "shenanigans!" then I don't know what does. Sure, the Beatles have a majority of their albums in the top 50, but really, everybody in the biz is sure to have listened to them, so of course they're gonna be up there; however, I doubt that with such a big variety of music (and a lack of some heavy hitters) that each album on that list really earned their spot. Mezzanine? The Score? Puh-lease!

Also, compilations should NOT be on this list. Having any "Greatest Hits," "The Best of," or "[insert movie or style] Collection" is completely unfair. That's just stacking the deck in their favor. This list is stupid.

Though the formatting works pretty well, ledbowman. Gotta give that to you.

[CantStopTheHopp]

Hey, make the full albums a different color! That's what this list is about, after all, and it'd be nice to be able to quickly recognize how significant that is. How about a nice, vibrant green?

Seconded.

Also, I noticed a few AC/DC albums on the list. Since we have the Live Track Pack, why not count the songs on that pack that are on the albums on the list?

[thedaniel]

If it counts for anything, Blue Spark was a a bonus track on the reissued version of Wild Gift which is number 334 and you don't have that marked down.

[Yakalot]

Not a single Rush album in the 500 makes this list invalid.

[CCDaDon]

This list sounds like a bunch of kids trading CDs and they all happen to like the same ones within that small selection they own. Seriously, 3 Eminem albums appear within 50 spots of each other. If that alone doesn't shout "shenanigans!" then I don't know what does. Sure, the Beatles have a majority of their albums in the top 50, but really, everybody in the biz is sure to have listened to them, so of course they're gonna be up there; however, I doubt that with such a big variety of music (and a lack of some heavy hitters) that each album on that list really earned their spot. Mezzanine? The Score? Puh-lease!

Also, compilations should NOT be on this list. Having any "Greatest Hits," "The Best of," or "[insert movie or style] Collection" is completely unfair. That's just stacking the deck in their favor. This list is stupid.

Though the formatting works pretty well, ledbowman. Gotta give that to you.

And this is where I stopped caring about your opinion. The Score is where it became 100% invalid. It's one of the greatest albums, Hip Hop or otherwise, ever. IMO Illmatic should be higher though...

[ledbowman]

This list sounds like a bunch of kids trading CDs and they all happen to like the same ones within that small selection they own. Seriously, 3 Eminem albums appear within 50 spots of each other. If that alone doesn't shout "shenanigans!" then I don't know what does. Sure, the Beatles have a majority of their albums in the top 50, but really, everybody in the biz is sure to have listened to them, so of course they're gonna be up there; however, I doubt that with such a big variety of music (and a lack of some heavy hitters) that each album on that list really earned their spot. Mezzanine? The Score? Puh-lease!

Also, compilations should NOT be on this list. Having any "Greatest Hits," "The Best of," or "[insert movie or style] Collection" is completely unfair. That's just stacking the deck in their favor. This list is stupid.

Though the formatting works pretty well, ledbowman. Gotta give that to you.

It just seems to me that you differ in opinion with the people who submitted albums for the list. Eminem is a great lyricist and has his own style. I think it's hard to argue with his albums being on here. Not liking his music is okay, but you can't deny that he is a unique, influential rapper. Now, you seem a nice enough fellow and I don't need to defend the list (it's strong enough on its own) and I haven't heard all of The Score, but Mezzanine is a B R I L L I A N T personal favorite of mine, so I can't lay down for that one, buddy!

Seconded.

Also, I noticed a few AC/DC albums on the list. Since we have the Live Track Pack, why not count the songs on that pack that are on the albums on the list?

I would, but I did my best to stick to the versions of songs that are on the albums (HMX covers excepted). Maybe, maybe if it were just AC/DC, but then I'd have to open myself up to adding "Lithium" to Nevermind, the first three tracks of Damn the Torpedoes that we have live versions of, and others I'm sure. I just don't want to veer that far off-course (not now, at least).

[G_tarRoCK3R]

Not a single Rush album in the 500 makes this list invalid.

Nor is Boston's Self title? FAIL!

[ledbowman]

imo illmatic should be higher though...

Yes, man. Too right.