ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS PHOTO ESSAY
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By
Josh Tyrangiel
Published: November 13, 2006
YEAR RELEASED:
1997
LABEL:
Capitol
ARTIST:
Radiohead
TIME 100 ALBUMS PODCASTS
PODCAST:
Welcome to the All-TIME 100 Albums - the musical compilations of the last half-century that need no introduction. That said, listen in below as music critics Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light introduce the list and talk about the top albums of the 1950s and '60s.
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We know. Twenty-nine of the 100 greatest albums of all time come in the 1970s, and Pink Floyd isn't there. Play this podcast to learn why we picked the titles we did, and if you have something to say, tell us about it using the talkback link below.
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Maybe it's a Sign O' The Times that you're listening to critics' audio recordings about great music, but this podcast about how we chose the best albums of the 1980s really is a Thriller. Give it a listen below.
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Here's music even the younger set will know by heart. Listen to selected clips from the 1990s through present day as music critic Josh Tyrangiel discusses his picks.
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The English are not effusive by nature, but they make exceptions for David Beckham, Cliff Richard and Radiohead. Given the choices, Radiohead seems by far the most rational, even if OK Computer is not, as voted by the readers of Q magazine, the greatest album in the history of the world. What it is is a spooky, atmospheric, intense and paranoid rumination on modern life—the kind of thing that would be insufferable if it didn't float along on a procession of gorgeous melodies ("Karma Police," "Lucky") punctuated by Thom Yorke's elastic tenor. It also marked these five Oxonians' departure from mainstream rock and their assumption of the title The Only Band That Matters, which they still hold as of this writing. Whether any of this can be attributed to the fact that OK Computer was recorded in Jane Seymour's mansion while she was filming episodes of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman is a matter of considerable debate.
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A good band is hard to find. So some of TIME's writers listened to groups from around the world to create a definitive, highly opinionated, probably inflammatory list of the top contemporary acts outside the U.S. Below are the 10 best bands on planet Earth.
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