The Ultimate PA Album List- 2015/16 Revival!

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In 2007 and 2008, moreitsythanyou created and ran a fun exercise of sorts called the Ultimate PA Album List, as seen pinned to the top of this subforum, where users posted lists of their favourite albums of all time and he compiled them into an overall list, representing the forum's favourite albums- like an alternative to the sometimes criticised main PA list, but one that represents the current tastes of the forum, and is open to all genres. Seeing as it's been seven years since the last one, and we've seen lots of new albums, new members (myself included), and changing tastes, I'd like to bring it back this year!

So, have a bit of fun and try to make a ranked list of your favourite albums, with these few guidelines:

- Minimum 50 albums (but please list more!!), maximum 200
- Only studio LPs (no live albums, EPs or compilations)
- Can be in any genre (including non-prog!)
- Include all albums, not one album per band

And post it here. The final deadline is before January 25 2016, and I'll compile the lists and post the resulting best-of list within a week or so of that, with a countdown and all that jazz.

- If you find making these kind of lists hard because your list would change daily, or because 50 is too many, here's an idea: make an off-the-cuff list of any length once a week or day or whatever, post it here each time, and at the end I'll compile each of your lists to give you your personal top albums list for the two months, which I can then enter into the main thing. (If you're doing this, say so in your posts.)

- While the minimum is 50 albums, please list as many as you can, because the longer and more diverse the lists the more interesting the end result will be. 

- Feel free to edit your lists after the fact; I won't do anything with them until near the end date.

- On classical music. This is about favourite albums, not favourite music- however I wouldn't list classical album releases, seeing as they're usually effectively compilations of different works and different composers that don't necessarily have any place being together. Instead, to get something closer to the non-classical entries of LP length, I'd suggest only listing individual works of 30+ mins, and not specifying the conductor and performing artist (else the other people who pick the same work are likely to choose a different recording, and none of them will get anywhere). Maybe just base your ranking on your favourite interpretation of the work. 

Edited by Kazza3 - January 23 2016 at 20:27

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