Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 lists

[extracheese]

Anyone see this weeks Issue?

They list the top movies, music and tv shows of the last 25 years - based on achievement, not popularity perse.

The top 100 movie list was pretty good. Chosen for innovation as much as quality.
1) Pulp Fiction
2) Lord of Rings trilogy
3) Titanic
4) Blue Velvet
5) Toy Story.......

But how could they omit The Shawshank Redemption??

The TV list was also reasonable but i disagreed with listing Golden Girls and Married with Children as 77th and 94th respectively. Both were groundbreaking and very funny!

The music list ...well this was just ridiculous.
Top 3 albums of the past 25 years ( achievement not sales)
1) Purple Rain
2)The miseducation of Lauren Hill
3) Achtung Baby

Who wrote the music list - Spike Lee??

[Bob Impact]

Anyone see this weeks Issue?

They list the top movies, music and tv shows of the last 25 years - based on achievement, not popularity perse.

The top 100 movie list was pretty good. Chosen for innovation as much as quality.
1) Pulp Fiction
2) Lord of Rings trilogy
3) Titanic
4) Blue Velvet
5) Toy Story.......

But how could they omit The Shawshank Redemption??

The TV list was also reasonable but i disagreed with listing Golden Girls and Married with Children as 77th and 94th respectively. Both were groundbreaking and very funny!

The music list ...well this was just ridiculous.
Top 3 albums of the past 25 years ( achievement not sales)
1) Purple Rain
2)The miseducation of Lauren Hill
3) Achtung Baby

Who wrote the music list - Spike Lee??
I hate every list you showed.

[K.C.]

Movie list blows...no Platoon...no Resevoir Dogs...no Shawshank...in the Top 100?????

[Servo]

Actually, I got the impression that they weren't basing their list on solely quality or achievement, but also the "iconic" status of their choices and their cultural impact. They even called the list "The New Classics", and not the "Top 50."

Also, they state at the beginning of the issue that they limited big names to one or two spots on the list, which is why you have Pulp Fiction but no Reservoir Dogs.

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Anyone see this weeks Issue?

They list the top movies, music and tv shows of the last 25 years - based on achievement, not popularity perse.

The top 100 movie list was pretty good. Chosen for innovation as much as quality.
1) Pulp Fiction
2) Lord of Rings trilogy
3) Titanic
4) Blue Velvet
5) Toy Story.......


I hate any list that combines multiple movies under one entry. Especially when people say the best movie of all time is Godfather I&II. You can put them at 1&2 but it seems massively unfair to combine 2 great films. Especially when you choose to leave out III.

[paulisded]

Actually, they did Top 100's for every category, but only highlighted 50.

Here's the entire Top 100 for music...and it's a horrific list.


1. Prince, Purple Rain.
2. Lauryn Hill, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
3. U2, Achtung Baby.
4. Kanye West, The College Dropout.
5. Madonna, Madonna.
6. Green Day, American Idiot.
7. Jay-Z, The Blueprint.
8. Paul Simon, Graceland.
9. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black.
10. Radiohead, In Rainbows.
11. Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York.
12. Outkast, Stankonia.
13. Cat Power, You Are Free.
14. The Cure, Disintegration.
15. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP.
16. Tom Waits, Rain Dogs.
17. Beck, Odelay.
18. A Tribe Called Quest, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.
19. Beyone, Dangerously in Love.
20. Fiona Apple, Tidal.
21. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi.
22. De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising.
23. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin.
24. Shania Twain, Come On Over.
25. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights.
26. Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind.
27. Arcade Fire, Funeral.
28. Nas, Illmatic.
29. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway.
30. Guns N Roses, Appetite For Destruction.
31. Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds.
32. R.E.M., Life's Rich Pageant.
33. Alicia Keys, As I Am.
34. The STrokes, Is This It.
35. ALanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill.
36. TLC, CrazySexyCool.
37. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica.
38. Run-DMC, Raising Hell.
39. Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow.
40. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die.
41. Bob Marley, Legend.
42. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang.
43. Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique.
44. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.
45. Belle and Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister.
46. Bjork, Homogenic.
47. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville.
48. Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around.
49. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head.
50. LCD Soundsystem, Sounds of Silver.
51. Fugees, The Score.
52. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
53. Elvis Costello, King of America.
54. Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation.
55. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions...
56. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
57. Neil Young, Harvest Moon.
58. Pixies, Surfer Rosa.
59. Madonna, Ray of Light.
60. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
61. Eric B. & Rakin, Paid In Full.
62. Radiohead, OK Computer.
63. U2, The Joshua Tree.
64. Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun.
65. The White Stripes, Elephant.
66. Dr. Dre, The Chronic.
67. Metallica, Metallica.
68. Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball.
69. The Postal Service, Give Up.
70. Mary J. Blige, My Life.
71. No Doubt, Rock Steady.
72. Van Halen, 1984.
73. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead.
74. Moby, Play.
75. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA.
76. Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker.
77. Portishead, Dummy.
78. Pearl Jam, Vs.
79. The Replacements, Let It Be.
80. Christina Aguilera, Back to Basics.
81. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral.
82. Jeff Buckley, Grace.
83. The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl.
84. New Order, Low-Life.
85. Dixie Chicks, Home.
86. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless.
87. 2Pac, All Eyez on Me.
88. Peter Gabriel, So.
89. Aimee Mann, Bachelor No. 2.
90. System of a Down, Toxicity.
91. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream.
92. Destiny's Child, The Writing's On the Wall.
93. Elliott Smith, Either/Or.
94. The Police, Synchronicity.
95. T.I., Trap Muzik.
96. PJ Harvey, Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea.
97. Britney Spears, Britney Spears.
98. Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism.
99. Hole, Live Through This.
100. George Michael, Faith.

[realmenhatelife]

There were some serious pockets of retardation in the lists, and all the lists seemed really heavy on stuff from the last few years.