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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to take the fun out of this, but there's a difference between 'my favorite album' and what i think the 'best album' of all time is.

And I think you have to make an effort to quantify it with scores/categories

- [b]Longevity[/b]: Do people still listen to it?
- [b]Critical Success[/b]: Did the critics like it?
- [b]Commercial Success[/b]: Did the general population like it?
- [b]Influence[/b]: Can you see the impacts of the music on future artists?
- [b]Consistency[/b]: Is each song on the album good?  An album with 4 amazing songs and 4 duds would not qualify.

Obviously, the answers to these questions are still subjective and open to opinion, so I don't think it would get us to an absolute answer.

But I do think it would disqualify some of the albums suggested.

For example, Use your Illusion would fail the consistency test; its a double album with too many 'meh' songs.  Or, Def Leopard would fail the influence test; you can't REALLY hear much Def Leopard influence in modern music.

Meanwhile (I'm the PP that recommended Born to Run in a PP), I can now see that Michael Jackson may actually score higher on these than Bruce in Influence (and maybe longevity).  You're more likely to hear MJ's influence on the radio than Bruce's (though you are more likely to hear Bruce's influence on Country radio than Rock)

I think when we look at this though, I think we need to consider Metallica's Black album.  There's not a bad song it.  People still listen to it.  It was a critical and commercial success.  And it has probably influenced/introduced more people to Heavy Metal than any other album.[/quote]

OMG, I *hate* the Black Album!!  It was such a disappointment.
- PP who named ...And Justice For All[/quote]

Lol.  I kind of knew the Black Album would set off Metallica fans.  I know they don't love it.  I guess we could add a new category like 'Cult Status' or 'Hardcore Fan Opinion' and it would def score low in that category.

As would some of the others, like BITUSA.  Most Bruce fans wouldn't put that in a top 3 album for him[/quote]

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