While I always enjoy reading lists and seeing whether any of my favorites have ranked, I’m always wondering how they actually go about picking the items on the list. Music lists are also always so inherently subjective, too, seeing as how they’re based on personal preference, and as soon as they’re posted they begin to lose relevancy; new stuff is always coming out, after all.

That said, though, I think this specific list is a good beginning for anyone interested in the foundations of popular music (it’s pretty heavily slanted towards the 1960s and 1970s, which is probably for the best seeing as how this list is all about the most influential albums). Similarly, I could also see this being used as a good resource and a starting-out point for teachers using this kind of music in the curriculum. I would also be really interested in seeing a similar list for art music and other types of music.