the definitive 200 albums

[danax6]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The two are not mutually exclusive

Why? Just because a certain album defined an era or was responsible for turning the music world into another direction, doesn't necessarily mean that it was of superior quality. Right? I realize that most of it does come down to a matter of taste, but even albums can be categorized as great and not so great, despite how many were sold. Lindsey would tell you he thinks Tusk is far superior to Rumours, yet Rumours always ends up high on these lists because it happened to have sold a billion copies.

Same with movies. Since you brought up Dirty Dancing... I'd say that was definitely one of the defining movies of the 80s, but technically the movie isn't all that great. The acting, for instance, is far from top notch.