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Sixteen and Five years old.

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WELCOME TO THE ICONIC ALBUMS TOURNAMENT!

This event is a single elimination, bracket-style tournament with 256 competitors! The polls are uploaded in batches of 16 per day, every half an hour from 2 to 10 pm EST, beginning on June 28th. Each poll will be reblogged once the day after it was uploaded, between the hours of 6 am to 2 pm EST.

What makes an album iconic? It's up to interpretation! Factors like critical acclaim, awards won, sales, effect on the artists career, and influence on other artists/the music industry as a whole - hell, even the commercial impact of the album art are all valid considerations. If it comes down to it, which one you just plain like better is also a 100% valid factor.

Feel free to send propaganda, either on a reblog, comment, or ask. Propaganda sent in during round 1 will be added below a cut on round 2 polls!

With that out of the way, there's a few important things to keep in mind!

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS:

1. This tournament will, by its nature, be very US-centric. Every single country has a unique set of albums considered to be iconic, and considering all these factors would cause the project to spiral to an unmanageable size. Additionally, the mods of this project are American, and thus have the most familiarity with music popular in the US. As such, American sales figures, Grammy wins, and inclusion on the National Recording Registry were used as part of the selection process.

2. Try to avoid anger over certain albums not being included. 256 is a very large tournament size, but the pool of albums that could be considered iconic is much larger (the Rolling Stone Greatest Albums list alone is 500 albums long!). Although the list was put together with an attempt to avoid bias, no one person can be familiar with all music, and thus there will unavoidably be blind spots and accidental omissions with such a subjective topic as this. Do feel free to submit asks sharing un-included albums that you consider iconic! Discovering new music is always a good time.

3. To continue the above point: if certain genres seem under- or over-represented, that's because the importance placed on the album varies by genre. As an example, rock and hip-hop tend to be more album-focused, while country and disco are more singles-focused. Iconic singles do not necessarily an iconic album make!

4. Only one album was allowed for an individual artists, with exceptions for artists who released work both individually and as a part of a band/group; for those instances, two albums by the artist were allowed. Examples include MF DOOM and Madvillain, or Neil Young and CSNY.

5. "Greatest hits" compilations and movie/video game soundtracks were also excluded for the most part. Greatest hits/compliation albums were excluded due to their success drawing more from the star power of individual singles rather than their merits as cohesive wholes; several exceptions were made for extraordinary circumstances. Soundtracks were excluded since their success is more tied to the impact of the movie/video game that they were featured in than the artistic merits of the music itself; exceptions were made for soundtracks that outperformed their movies in sales and cultural impact.

6. Every single album included in this tournament is considered to be very good, whether that be by critical, commercial, or cult status. Nevertheless, first round match-ups were seeded to avoid obvious titan vs. titan clashes. If a match-up seems to be poorly seeded to you, keep in mind that that might just be because *every* album included in this tournament is considered iconic by some standard.

7. While naturally a tournament of this nature will provoke debate, there are limits. Good spirited discourse and debate are encouraged, and light-hearted slap-fighting is totally fine. However, it's important to remember that, at the end of the day, this is about *music*, an incredibly personal preference-based subject. Death threats or suicide baiting will result in an automatic reply removal and block.

Now that that's out of the way, you can find the current list of matchups under the cut (or wait until the polls release, if you're into that):

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Deconstruction vs. Tame Impala - Currents

Mary J. Blige - My Life vs. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city vs. American Football - American Football

Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell vs. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Queen Latifah - Black Reign vs. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

MF DOOM - Mm…Food vs. Arcade Fire - Funeral

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday vs. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) vs. Lil' Kim - Hard Core

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP vs. Queen - A Night at the Opera

Tyler, The Creator - Scum Fuck Flower Boy vs. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Nas - Illmatic vs. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars vs. Van Halen - Van Halen

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico vs. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

Dr. Dre - The Chronic vs. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive

Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick vs. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

J Dilla - Donuts vs. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

Donna Summer - Bad Girls vs. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

ABBA - Arrival vs. blink-182 - Enema of the State

Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion vs. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon

Three Days Grace - One-X vs. Charlie xcx - BRAT

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express vs. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine vs. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy vs. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus vs. Counting Crows - August and Everything After

Enya - Watermark vs. Coldplay - A Rush a Blood to the Head

Britney Spears - In the Zone vs. Justice - †

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath vs. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

Blondie - Parallel Lines vs. Madonna - Like a Virgin

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair vs. Nirvana - Nevermind

System of a Down - Toxicity vs. Paramore - Riot!

Sade - Diamond Life vs. Porter Robinson - Worlds

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis vs. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners vs. Björk - Vespertine

Tina Turner - Private Dancer vs. Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Florence and the Machine - Lungs vs. Lana Del Ray - Born To Die

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds vs. Boyz II Men - II

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black vs. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

Fiona Apple - Tidal vs. Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being

D'Angelo - Voodoo vs. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

Halsey - Badlands vs. Mitski - Be the Cowboy

Lorde - Pure Heroine vs. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Harry Belafonte - Calypso vs. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Willie Colón and Rubén Blades - Siembra vs. Celtic Woman - Celtic Woman

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue vs. Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues vs. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings vs. Sublime - Sublime

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme vs. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money vs. Cap'n Jazz - Shmap'n Shmazz

Weezer - Weezer vs. The Beatles - Abbey Road

Jeff Buckley - Grace vs. Dave Matthews Band - Crash

Pearl Jam - Ten vs. U2 - The Joshua Tree

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory vs. Ramones - Ramones

The Smiths - The Smiths vs. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation vs. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans

Alice in Chains - Dirt vs. Dio - Holy Diver

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet vs. AC/DC - Back in Black

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular vs. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.

Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority vs. Carole King - Tapestry

Audioslave - Audioslave vs. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

Arctic Monkeys - AM vs. Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Sleep - Dopesmoker vs. Patti Smith - Horses

Tool - Lateralus vs. Santana - Supernatural

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy vs. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas vs. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee vs. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

The Weeknd - House of Balloons vs. Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole - Facing Future vs. Mississippi John Hurt - Today!

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle be Unbroken vs. Van Morrison - Moondance

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago vs. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

B.B. King - Live at the Regal vs. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours vs. Joni Mitchell - Blue

The Band - The Band vs. Hozier - Hozier

Shania Twain - Come On Over vs. Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor

Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly vs. Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n All

The Chicks - Wide Open Space vs. Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs vs. Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters vs. FKA Twigs - LP1

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison vs. Etta James - At Last!

TLC - CrazySexyCool vs. Ms. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Roger Payne - Songs of the Humpback Whale vs. Drake - Take Care

Carly Rae Jepson - E•MO•TION vs. BTS - Love Yourself: Tear

The Police - Synchronicity vs. Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' vs. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly vs. Nelly Furtado - Loose

Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach vs. Talking Heads - Remain in Light

Madvillain - Madvillainy vs. Nero - Welcome Reality

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer vs. Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road vs. Norah Jones - Come Away with Me

Prince - Purple Rain vs. Lil Nas X - Montero

One Direction - Take Me Home vs. Death Grips - Exmilitary

Daft Punk - Discovery vs. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing vs. Beyoncé - Lemonade

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day vs. Adele - 21

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back vs. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising vs. Pete rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds vs. Bee Gees (+ Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever

The Clash - London Calling vs. The White Stripes - The White Stripes

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy vs. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger vs. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

2Pac - All Eyez on Me vs Travis Scott - Astroworld

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory vs. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited vs. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Radiohead - OK Computer vs. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Depeche Mode - Violater vs. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES

Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart vs. Megan Thee Stallion - Suga

Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman vs. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle vs. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

Michael Jackson - Thriller vs. Rihanna - Anti

Nelly - Country Grammar vs Steely Dan - Aja

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water vs. Neil Young - Harvest

Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor vs. The Spice Girls - Spice

100 gecs - 1000 gecs vs. Beck - Mellow Gold

Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone vs. Taylor Swift - 1989

T. Rex - Electric Warrior vs. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape vs. Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High

Eagles - Hotel California vs. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust

Deftones - White Pony vs. The Strokes - Is This It

The Killers - Hot Fuss vs. Vampires Weekend - Vampire Weekend

R.E.M. - Murmur vs. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral vs. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

Slipknot - Slipknot vs. Evanescence - Fallen

Paul Simon - Graceland vs. Billy Joel - The Stranger

Hole - Live Through This vs. Green Day - American Idiot

Metallica - Master of Puppets vs. Led Zeppelin - Untitled

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain vs. Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"

The Doors - The Doors vs. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

The Who - Tommy vs. Gorillaz - Demon Days

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i just listened to all the music thats ever been. my favorite was a song a little girl sang to her cat in greece in 1286. my second favorite was from a ceremonial performance in modern day ethiopia, from 22000 bc. i also liked STEELY DAN.

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Doechii's official portraits | BET Awards 2025

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もふもふパラダイス on X: “night pool https://t.co/3pxHtnRYsP” / X

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sniffs you. sniffing you. sniffed you.

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Not to sound extreme but i think every HR person should explode

Everyone pray for me at my HR meeting today :))

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Everyone pray for me at my HR meeting today :))

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ough my ocs i keep neglecting my ocs

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the love was there. it didnt change anything and it wasnt even thematically relevant and honestly it kinda got annoying to the point where i wished for hatred and malice instead and it ruined the whole thing for me