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Warning! It's a...LIST!!

Posted at 11:35 AM on March 7, 2007 by Mac Wilson (5 Comments)

So the National Association of Record Manufacturers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame got together and compiled a list of what it deems "the definitive 200" -- apparently the most essential 200 albums in pop history. You can find the full list here, at PopMatters, but the enclosed article also muses on how the list only underscores how important the song is to pop music. Mark Wheat ominously rang the death knell for the album on a recent episode of Musicheads: is this an important question, or not?

And perhaps most importantly of all, in ranking Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause ahead of Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison, has the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame proven once and for all that it is completely irrelevant?

Comments (5)

umm,.. Creed is on that list so that's a good starting point for discussing what's wrong with it...But, yeah a lot of those albums are great. I supposed they had to sell over a certain minimum units in order to make it onto the list..

Posted by Wells T. | March 7, 2007 12:12 PM

Awwww! Well read no further, I guess, because, YES, ranking Kid Rock ahead of ANYTHING that makes noise does indeed prove that the Hall of Fame is irrelevant. Sheesh, and you thought you had to ASK?

Posted by Amy Garcia | March 7, 2007 12:13 PM

Well, at least they gave Pink Floyd & U2 their due.

But Whitney Houston???

Posted by Auntiesmedley | March 7, 2007 1:05 PM

Once and for all? You mean we're still discussing that?

Posted by Steve Seel | March 7, 2007 1:36 PM

For a pretty good (and brief!) commentary on how lame this list is...check out cnn.com. There is a link to Todd Leopold's blog entry on the subject...

Posted by Wells T. | March 8, 2007 10:35 AM

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