If you haven't seen them by now, you can access the 200 best and 100 worst scoring records on the Metacritic music page here: http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

I'm curious how many of them everyone owns...

I own 9 of the 100 worst, and like them all.

I own 40 of the 200 best, broken down this way:

1-50: 10
51-100: 12
101-150: 7
151-200: 11

How 'bout you guys?

i own 2 of the worst 100 being...

client-client
air-everybody hertz


I think they both deserve the scores they got...kind of trashy albums for the both.



And i have 73 of the top 200.Some of those cumulitive scores are surprising!

Well, here's how I did.
13 in the Top 50
4 from 51 to 100
6 from 101 to 150
4 from 151 to 200

I only have one album from the worst 100, and I firmly do not believe it belongs there. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's Machine EP. First, it's a 3 song ep, second, the rating was based off of 4 reviews!

There were also two albums on the Best 200 list that I plan on picking up soon, likely this weekend.

If you look, there are less than 100 albums between 50-100 but there are over 200 albums betwee 80-100. Hmmmm.... something seems wrong.

I own 33 of the best 200 and only 1 of the worst, this being The Raven - Lou Reed.
Careful programming of the Cd player makes this album actually quite reasonable.

I have 30 of the best and none of the worst. None of the worst were appealing to me either.

1. Limp Bizkit
2. Phil Collins
3. Puddle of Mudd

The system works!

I guess nobody reviewed William Hung?

Or...would he rate higher because he's TRYING to be bad while Limp Bizkit, et al, weren't???

I'm not sure why anyone cares, but I checked, and the breakdown is as follows:

BEST
1-50..............23
51-100..........13
101-150........18
151-200........11
Total.............65

WORST 100...ONE (The Johnny Marr; I missed it the first time...it's better than a 50!)

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
If you haven't seen them by now, you can access the 200 best and 100 worst scoring records on the Metacritic music page here: http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

I'm curious how many of them everyone owns...

I own 9 of the 100 worst, and like them all.

I own 40 of the 200 best, broken down this way:

1-50: 10
51-100: 12
101-150: 7
151-200: 11

How 'bout you guys?

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For the record, the "worst" records that I own are mostly Britpop records:

Paul Weller (the covers record), Gay Dad, Johnny Marr & The Healers, Robbie Williams, Starsailor, James (the live record), and Oasis. The non-Britpop records were the new Cake (which isn't so hot) and the recent Liz Phair.

82 out of 200 for the best.

4 out of 100 for the best:

Cake - Pressure Chief (great album, just a bad cross section)
Eve 6 - Horrorscope
Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned (sadly, deserves to be there)
Prince - The Rainbow Children

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Originally posted by Steven Morgan:


Cake - Pressure Chief (great album, just a bad cross section)

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You should comment on the album in the thread on Cake under Rock here:

http://forums.metacritic.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=354108&f=196108&m=3450067672

I found Pressure Chief to be the weakest of the Cake records, but I've not spent much time re-listening to it, so I could be missing something.

Best: 67 out of 200
Worst: 0 out of 100

That's not to say I don't own any stinkers. There was a four-year period when I bought anything at all connected to industrial music. It's alleged a hurricane wiped them all out in 1999...the only losses I mourn are Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Dead Voices on Air.

I only come in with one from the 100 worst list, Paul Weller's Studio 150, which isn't nearly so bad as all that. I came very close to The Mooney Suzuki's Alive & Amplified and also don't think it's anywhere near as bad as all that.

As far as the best goes, I have 28, broken down:

1-50: 9
51-100: 5
101-150: 6
151-200: 8

The fact that Brian Wilson managed to tie for both highest and lowest Metacritic rating makes me strangely happy. Nobody can accuse of him of trying to cater to the public or the critics.

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I have 18 in the best 200, but more if you count mp3 downloads.

I have 1 in the worst 100: Outa Sight Outta Mind by The Datsuns. I wish I'd read the reviews before I bought it.

I'm surprised Radiohead Kid A didn't make the Best 200 list, whereas Hail to the Thief did.

Why did "Vanessa Carlton make the 200 worst? Her album is genuine and it's rated 52...

And guess what? USHER and his effortless R&B is better than her magical piano talent!

i agree with all the worst ranked.
i can proudly say i only own one and thats enya's "a day without rain". and i would completly concur that its a supremly subpar work from her, you can practically hear her coasting thru the whole thing, most likely the reason it got such bad reviews, but the fact that it took her 5 years to do that makes it even worse - in reference too so called choas's comment about vanessa carlton, she is a talented performer but when i heard white houses i was extremely disapointed she can do much better and has. and you cant really compare usher to vanessa. usher is pretty good at what he does most of the time at least

i own 9 of the best ranked at present

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Originally posted by m.leland:
the only losses I mourn are Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Dead Voices on Air.

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Oh man! That really is a loss. Which records did you have?

7 best-ranked albums.

1 worst-ranked albums. (The Datsuns)