Yes, I can take umbrage when
I see a list that elevates someone I don’t respect/like or disrespects my
idols. Guilty as charged.
Seems I’m not alone,
though. The “puffed-up pontificators” at
Entertainment Weekly appear to have
deeply offended Joel Rubinoff with their list of Top 100 Albums,
at least judging by his You Call This a
List? rant in the Toronto
Star.
Rubinoff’s Exhibit A is that
the “whims of personality and ego” omitted Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Not just from the Top 10, but altogether. He has many other issues, but that’s the big
one.
By the way, here’s the Top
10:
1. Beatles, Revolver
2. Once-Again-Known-As-Prince, Purple Rain
3. Stones, Exile
4. MJ, Thriller
5. The Clash, London Calling
6. Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
7. Aretha, Lady
Soul
8. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
9. Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
10. Nirvana, Nevermind
I mean, chill out Joel. It’s not that different from many other lists
I’ve seen - and commented on. Yes, I
agree that leaving out Pepper’s is
crazy. But frankly, I don’t care whether
Blood on the Tracks outranks Highway 61 Revisited. Like, they’re both good, right?
Perhaps the folks at EW were “determined to stoke debate” by
going “out of their way … to tick of readers.”
Fair enough.
As Mr. Rubinoff admits, it’s
a classic marketing ploy, and it works, cause it’s got people talkin’.
Take it easy, Joel. At least the Beatles hold down top spot on the
list. For now, anyway. Tomorrow never knows.
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