The Ones You'll Hate Me For (but hopefully still follow the blog)

     Alright, let's get this over with. First, these are that almost made the list. I do enjoy these discs, just not quite as much as the ones that made it. I expect hellfire to rain down oe'r me for some of these, but I gots ta be honest. Here we go.....
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys = Let's get this straight. Without this album, there might not be a Sgt.  Pepper's. This was actually composed and conceived as an attempt to top Rubber Soul. The Beatles came back with the above mentioned classic, and Brian Wilson went completely insane. Not really, but clearly The Beatles won this little competition. Great album, Rolling Stone has it ranked at #2. I respectfully and completely disagree.
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan = People who know me know I love Dylan. There are 8 Dylan album on this list, half of them won't be seen until the top 30. I like this album, I respect it, it's just not one of my fave Dylans. I'm hoping this may be one that someone might send me a short review on stating why it's as great
as it's considered in the Dylan lexicon. I just don't get it.
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon = I do like this album but, again, not quite enough. There are no solo Lennon albums on this list. There, I said it. Nope, not Imagine either.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks = Sorry, Patrick.
     The rest of the 'almost' albums...
Alice In Chains - Greatest Hits
Blur - Blur
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Pearl Jam - Yield
Phish - Rift
Phish - Junta
Metallica - (black album)
Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill (seriously, this is still a good album)
Jack Johnson - On And On
Bob Marley - Catch A Fire
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Fugazi - 13 Songs
G. Love and Special Sauce - Philadelphonic
Genesis - Turn It On Again: The Hits
R.E.M. - Murmur
Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
Elliot Smith - Figure 8
The Smiths - Best Of, Volume 1
Sonic Youth - Dirty
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Verve - Urban Hymns
War - Anthology
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
The Young Rascals - Groovin'
Cee Lo Green - The Ladykiller
Cinematic Orchestra - Everyday
Medeski, Martin and Wood - Combustication
Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" Motion Picture Soundtrack
     Of course, there were many other good albums not making the cut, but those were the ones that got cut last.

     Below are the bands/musicians that have NO albums on the list. Again, I know I keep pimping this, but if you would like to write a short review on ANY album by anyone listed below, I will eventually post it. The ones I suspect I'll get the most grief about first...
Bruce Springsteen - I know, the guy's got 3 albums in most people's top 20. I like songs by him, I respect the hell outta is lyrics, what he's done, what he stands for...I just don't love him. I've heard every album, had several people try to convince me why I should be a fan, I'm just not. Sorry.
Kanye West - I've said it before, I'll say it again: he's a top notch producer and an overrated rapper. Plus, he's a douche. Admittedly.
Lady Gaga - I like her, I do, and she is a talented songwriter and performer, but I also think she's ever-so-slightly overrated and thought it meant more when she was here the first time as Madonna.
The Cure - The person who's musical tastes I respect more than any other, my best friend Josh, has, for years, tried to convince me that Disintegration not being on this list makes the entire list void. Another band that I truly respect, like some songs, just never dug an entire album. Sorry, Stubbs.
     ....and here's the rest that people have given me grief about or I anticipate will....
Aerosmith  / Depeche Mode / The Four Tops / The Supremes / The Four Seasons / The Clash / Chuck Berry  / Stevie Wonder / Joni Mitchell / Carole King /  The Eagles / Sex Pistols / Love / Patti Smith  /  Little Richard  /  Al Green  /  Ray Charles / Sly And The Family Stone / Buddy Holly / Elvis Costello  / Weezer / Frank Sinatra  / Sam Cooke  /  Liz Phair /  Husker Du  / The Byrds / Television / Patsy Cline /The Replacements  /  Blondie  / Otis Redding  / The B-52's / Kiss / A Tribe Called Quest / Joy Division / Willie Nelson / Peter Gabriel / T. Rex / Tina Turner / The Smiths /   Neil Diamond  / The Kinks / Madonna / Abba / Janet Jackson / Blood, Sweat and Tears  / Smokey Robinson and the Miracles / MC5 / Jeff Buckley / Jethro Tull

     Finally, there was only 1 album that really, truly, deeply pained me to not include on the list because it was against my rules...kinda. King Of The Delta Blues by Robert Johnson is one of my favorite albums. It would have been in my top 50 at the very least. The album was released in 1961, however, every track was recorded in the 30s. I could not, in good conscience, include it knowing I had bent my very own guidelines, so I left it off. It is a remarkable album from one of the greatest guitarists of any genre, ever, and if you are unfamiliar with it I HIGHLY recommend checking it out.

     That's it! We start ranking tonight, so I should have #s 296-300 up as early as tomorrow! Check back again and, for the last time, if you see some album or group on here you're very passionate about and think it's crazy I'm not giving them their due, don't sit and sulk, write a little sumpthin sumpthin, comment on here, e-mail me or message me on facebook, and I shall make sure your voice is heard. Stay tuned!