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Thrillho:
I was in HMV t'other day and saw the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die for five pounds. I bought it simply as something to read (my ambition is to be a music journalist so reading this kind of wank is quite enjoyable for me), and as I'm sure any of you would have done too, I then went through it to see how many of them I'd listened to.

I'd listened to 156. As for last week that went up to 158 thanks to a few purchases, and by the end of the week thanks to an amazon order that will jump to 163.

Admittedly this is the 2006 edition where I used the 2007, but how many of these have you heard?
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm

Also, while I hadn't listened TO a great percentage, I'd heard of at least in the region of 900 of them before reading this book, which I was happy about. As for how many of them I own - I think around 140.

For anyone who gives a shit, the amazon order and other CDs I bought since I bought the book were:
The Who - Live At Leeds
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Manic STreet Preachers - Everything Must go
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Nirvana - In Utero
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Paul McCartney - McCartney

KickThatBathProf:
That is kind of an odd list isn't it.  Like, there are some amazing records on there and then you see Slipknot and Offspring and Kid Rock and Brittney Spears

Thrillho:
It is an odd list. I'm not even going to ATTEMPT to hear them all simply because I refuse to listen to Britney, for example. But I'm going to try and manage most of them, because most of them are awesome.

NotAFanOfFenders:
There probably aren't enough good albums out there to make it 1001, he had to fill it out.

a pack of wolves:

--- Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 02 Nov 2009, 10:25 ---That is kind of an odd list isn't it.  Like, there are some amazing records on there and then you see Slipknot and Offspring and Kid Rock and Brittney Spears

--- End quote ---

Although the only one of those where I'd enjoy any of the music is Britney (and much as I like some of her singles I can't see myself ever wanting to sit down with an album), I can see good reasons for including them on a list like this. After all, they're all very interesting in their own way and this isn't the 1001 best albums but the ones you should hear before you die. Like them or not there's definitely a reasonable amount to say about all of those records and their influence. Despite some oddities, like the list from the '50s being so short and unless what seemed like it being pretty short on jazz even to a philistine like me, that actually seemed like a pretty good list. There were a lot of albums I didn't like on there, but I don't remember seeing anything where I thought someone listening to it would be wasting their time.

I think I've heard a little over 300. That's a bit of a guess though, I've heard something by the majority of the artists and since there's a lot that don't do much for me it's hard to remember exactly what I've heard by them.

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