What we’re about
Are you a nuisance to your friends and family because you constantly annoy them with useless music trivia? Do you reference song lyrics incessantly in conversation? Here's your chance to bond with like-minded individuals. This group operates like a book club - except we discuss classic albums instead of books.
What determines a classic album? I aggregated multiple best-of lists along with chart data, sales figures, awards, and ratings and published the results in the book The Top 100 Albums of All Time in 2014. I revised it in 2024 as The Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century. Click on the link to see the albums featured in both books.
Each time this group gathers, we dissect one of these albums. Do you like it or dislike it? How much familiarity did you already have with this album? What significance has it had (or not had) on music? Is this album overrated or undervalued? You get the idea.
Please note that there is a waiting list for this group at times.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Replacements - Let It BeJohnson County Library - Merriam Plaza, Merriam, KS
Back in December, we had a special discussion where each person picked albums that are not in the top 100 but should be (in that person's opinion). In March when we picked our albums to discuss for the next three months, I let them vote on each person's top selection. The winner was the Replacements' 1984 college-rock masterpiece Let It Be.
It may not rank in our top 100, but it does in lists from Consequence of Sound, Entertainment Weekly, Paste Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, and VH1. Dave's Music Database also ranks it as one of the top 10 alternative rock albums of all time. Read more about it here.
You can see the list here of the albums that do make our cut, based on the book The Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century.
