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My brother-in-law (along with many others in the music industry) was recently asked for a list of his 50 favorite albums as part of a magazine's attempt to compile a list of the 500 most important albums. He agonized for days and then finally submitted it. It was very good (I would expect no less from a man who could easily have served as the inspiration for Nick Hornby's High Fidelity), but it wasn't the list I would have come up with. Unlike my brother-in-law, I wasn't deemed important enough in the music industry to participate in this process (which should come as no surprise, since I'm not in the music industry). But also unlike him, I have this forum to post my list, and it won't be diluted by being compiled with the lists of others.
Starting tomorrow, I'm going to post the list of my 50 most important albums--those that have had a significant musical impact on me in their own right and through their musical influence on others. They've changed music in ways that are important to me. This is not my list of the 50 best albums. It won't include ones that are revered, but that I don't own, nor will it include ones that I own and revere but wouldn't actually want to listen to. For instance, I fully understand the massive impact the Beatles had on popular music, but I've never been that interested in them (an aesthetic choice that I'm not prepared to defend), so they won't appear on my list. But by all means, put them on your list.
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