Tom Leu "seeing things" … perspectives on music, marketing, & motivation

The Top 20 Albums of All Time

The Top 20 Albums of All Time…????

Who says? And how would one even begin to come up with such a list that isn’t purely preference-driven?

Well check this out… I liked this guy’s approach to a supposed “best of” list.

The Top 20 Albums of All Time (For Real)

Posted Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:21pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

“I completely understand the frustration of “best of lists”, and I can assure you that I read hundreds of comments here on the Yahoo Music blogs whenever we post one. Many times our “best album” lists generate thousands of comments. And although many of the remarks are ridiculous, many are valid in a subjective sort of way.

For this playlist I wanted to find the true top 20 albums once and for all, but to do this I needed to clear my mind of all opinion and approach it as a science. My own personal taste did not influence this list in any way. In fact, I would have made many different choices, but the time I put into collecting the data and crunching the numbers leaves no doubt in my mind that this is the most accurate top 20 album list in existence.”

To begin with I had to set the parameters, and I have set them as follows… CLICK HERE for more.

©2008 Tom Leu