David Hinckley of The Daily News, New York, reports the following:
At a time when CD sales are wobbling like Britney Spears, the National Association of Record Manufacturers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have fought back with a celebration of the greatest albums ever.
The two organizations yesterday released "The Definitive 200," a list of 200 albums they think every popular-music fan should own. To no one's shock, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper," Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Like any best-of list, its first goal is to start arguments. Me, I saw that the list doesn't include either Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" or James Brown's "Live at the Apollo," and muttered, "This is ridiculous."
That part of the plan works.
What works less well is the list's more ambitious goal: persuading us that in the downloading age, the CD/album is still the basic unit of popular music.
See the list here.
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