MetaFilter posts tagged with albums and records

1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die

rongorongo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:25:17 -0800

1,000 Albums to hear before you die compiled from The Guardian's assorted music reviewers (assisted by readers who then told them which ones they missed). You won't want to be planning to expire any time too soon with these to get through.

It's an

Stan Chin — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:17:22 -0800

"With VinylVideo™, you can now transform your old record player and your TV set into a brand-new home movie medium - quickly, conveniently, and without complicated instruction manuals. With the revolutionary VinylVideo™ Picture Disks, for which numerous top-name artists have already produced exclusive works, you can now design your own TV viewing program featuring picture quality that is truly extraordinary." Hey hey that sounds useful! Maybe their next big idea is replacing DVDs with Viewmaster reels. Check out the real audio informercial if you have the chacne.

Village Voice's 2002 Pazz & Jop Poll

boost ventilator — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:53:30 -0800

Pazz & Jop 2002 - The Village Voice has tabulated the top albums and singles from 695 critics (and 10,2002 LPs). Some of the ballot-fillers even got a little personal. The usual essays are included. If your fav CD didn't make the cut, perhaps it made it onto the dean's list.

Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s

Pinwheel — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 06:36:07 -0800

Today, the music critics at pitchfork.com posted the first half of their "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" feature.

pascal — Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:06:05 -0800

When LPs Roamed The Earth: classic album covers for records you have almost certainly never heard of.