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So, I've stared at this list for several days now. The more I stare at it, the more I feel it is sadly lacking - which wasn't my first take on it at all.
I think, for me, my musical tastes are waaaaaay to extreme and diverse for a list like this. Greanted this is all supposedly Indy stuff and would probably suit me more than a Rolling Stones or Bam list, but there is too much on here that I find dull and boring.
First of all, get rid of 90% of the "grunge". It was boring and contrived then and it remins so today. (NM's goin to kill me.)
There are secondary albums listed by bands that have done WAAAAY better stuff.
A great example of what I think are an odd album choice:
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace, which made it under the 1985 line, but Live At The Witch Trials (1979) is a MUCH better album (granted it is too early to fit into this time frame).
I was happy to see a variety of bands included, but very few things stood out. I think if they have even gone back 25 years a lot more truely great stuff would be on the list.
If I took the time to go through my own collection I'd come up with a MUCH different list. I think it is amusing that, of the 100 albums, I own very few of them - and we have over 3000 albums. We may have earlier albums by some of the bands listed but not the ones chosen for the Top 100 list.
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