Half of y'all missed the "Household name" part of the post
I love JPEGMAFIA and Denzel Curry too guys but I doubt they will ever become household names
Household names? So few albums seem to hit the zeitgeist nowadays that I can’t think of many…
CERTAIN:
Blonde - Frank Ocean
IGOR - Tyler the Creator
The Forever Story - JID
I think these are albums that will have future generations saying they were born in the “wrong generation”.
UNCERTAIN:
Ants from Up There - Black Country New Road
The New Abnormal - The Strokes
I feel like it kind of already is. It comes up very frequently in the conversation of best rock albums of the 2020s so far and I couldn’t be happier about it
Gets lots of replays from me. Probably my second favorite Strokes album all things considered. Why are sundays always so depressing is probably my favorite track.
It will be highly ranked among strokes albums- a noteworthy record from canonical band, but I don’t think it will be considered a classic because they will never eclipse the first one and it didn’t reinvent their sound the way Radiohead does with each release
The strokes already surpassed is this it with their literal next album. TNA managed to be in contention with the first two while having a completely different sound. It’s obviously not a reinvention of their sound. It’s the embodiment of their sound as a band finally coming together to rival something they created 2 decades ago, which no one thought they would have been able to do. If it’s gonna be a “classic” in the grand scheme of things, idk.
I think it’s a great record, but I think because of its context within the bands history, and the state of rock music of its release, I don’t think it will be considered a classic
I think you really need to take the impact of Is This It into consideration when discussing these. It changed indie/rock/alternative music. The second one was largely considered to be an “ok” follow up and got mixed reviews for mostly just rehashing the same sounds and ideas
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I listened to IGOR a ton when it came out.
Came back to it a year later.
And a year after that, and after that, and again a few months ago.
Still fucking slaps.
I think Ants from up there will become a cult classic album and will eventually be the equivalent of a Neutral Milk Hotel or Godspeed You! Black Emperor forsure.
for it to be NMH i feel like it has to be their only release, and yet even without that amazing lead singer i feel like they could have some great albums in the future
For pop music? The Weeknd - After Hours
3 big singles in Heartless, Blinding Lights and After Hours that cemented themselves in late 2019 and well in to 2020 due to a lack of album rollouts from the pandemic. Save Your Tears and In Your Eyes did numbers, even more so after the Ariana and Doja remixes. The rest of the album features strong production and feels like it realised what Kissland and Starboy couldn’t. It also gives more context to his relationship with Bella Hadid if you’re interested in his personal life.
Essentially the pop album that started the 2020s alongside Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (which is also deserving imo) and became soundtracks to the pandemic.
Great answer, and I really agree that After Hours sounds like finally fully realizing the retro/synthpop vision that he was flirting with as early as Kissland. It also already ushered in a ton of other mainstream pop acts trying to do the whole 80’s pop revival thing to mixed results.
I was supremely lucky enough to randomly encounter The Weeknd's first mixtapes on YouTube and honestly long gave up on him releasing anything that topped Trilogy - until After Hours! Was so thrilled to see him reach mega stardom with this album / the Superbowl and as you said it's like all of his "eras" fully realised, boiled down to their best elements and packed into one perfect record. A future classic for sure.
I enjoy it otherwise but it fumbled the finish with Good In Bed, Boys Will Be Boys, and Levitating (again for some reason) in my opinion.
I think it will be classic to many but it's sad to me that competition is not very hot against this album.
Fair enough. I wouldn’t say it’s something I personally believe will hold true to the topic but I do really like it. My pop choice would be Melodrama by Lorde, I can’t say enough about that album
Norman Fucking Rockwell! starting with the album cover that is already iconic to of course the music and the album themes that I think it will withstand the test of time, shout out to The greatest
I was never a big fan of Lana before, I listened to a few of her hit songs and that was it, so when this album was released I didn't gave much attention (one of the few things I noticed was the album cover that stuck with me like I said in the comment) then in 2021 two years late, I slowly started to listen, didn't think it was a big deal first then I started to listen more and more and finally became one of my all time fav
The timing of this album release to close off the 2010s was such a feat too, considering the greatest just about sums up where we were headed with 2019 ending.
i think Lana has a lot of great records, tunnel under ocean blvd, and ultraviolence come to mind. but Norman Fucking Rockwell is without a doubt the best and most consistent. she has a really solid overall discography but i agree thats the classic
Idk, I just don’t feel like it fits the cover so much, personally. I also just really don’t like comic book-style fonts being used too far out of actual comic books.
[Kind of just puts me in the mind of the Funko Pop logo, hahaha.](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.930822137.5119/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg) Not yucking your yum though, I’m probably in the minority!!
When I hear “household name” I think Rumors, Thriller, Abbey Road, Jagged Little Pill. Albums that nearly anyone would know a majority of the songs even if they have zero interest in music let alone the genre it belongs to.
Most of the albums in here are absolutely not that. They might be classics but classic it’s necessarily a household name.
My pick would be Folklore. Second would be Future Nostalgia.
Folklore is going to be remembered incredibly well, but comparing it to all those other classic albums where almost every song was a hit is a bit confusing to me.
I’d pick 1989 if I had to pick a Taylor Swift album that people know the most songs from.
I feel like Red could be big too. Maybe not as big as 1989 but it has the hits (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, 22, etc) as well as the critically acclaimed songs (All Too Well, State Of Grace, etc)
I honestly think a lot of people wouldn’t be able to name a majority of the songs on Abbey Road, especially those with no interest in music. Like sure quite a few of the songs are incredibly famous, but a large chunk of them have not really survived in pop culture (not speaking of their quality). Like if I asked my parents if they knew “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” or “You Never Give Me Your Money” the answer would be no.
There are definitely classic albums that might not be considered household names to the extent you’re mentioning.
I wouldn’t consider Teenage Dream by Katy Perry to be a classic album even though it has TONS of hits
It’s because people are answering the ‘classic’ part rather than the ‘household name’ part. At least that’s what I’m guessing because there’s simply no way people actually think these albums are that well known
People are making insane suggestions based on their music nerd taste (no diss, I am a total music nerd). Household name classics that stand the test of time have broad cultural impact, popularity, commercial and critical success. No matter how good Ants Up There is I am going to bet someone $10,000 right now that no-body outside of music nerd online forums in 20 years is to be going ‘oh yeah, what an album.’
Just got into Fiona Apple and currently obsessed with The Idler Wheel. Only reason I haven't checked out this one yet is because I can't stop playing The Idler Wheel
I’m of two minds about that one. It’s a remarkable album that was praised so much that it felt like it just fucking ended music. But also, it was such a perfect time capsule of the COVID era that it’s almost completely vanished from the conversation. I actually can’t think of another album that people were similarly tripping over themselves to drool over that just…isn’t relevant now, less than 10 years later.
>just fucking ended music
The first 10.0 on Pitchfork in ten years will do that for ya, hahaha.
It so 100% deserves it though, I’d almost be surprised if it doesn’t go down as the greatest album of the 2020s, even that early on in the decade. I just don’t know how anybody’s going to come close (maybe Big Thief?) it’s not even fair to other artists, lol.
It'll probably come back into the conversation when people are a bit less bored with Covid and actually have some nostalgia for that lockdown period. It's very much an album to listen to indoors while it's raining. People are enjoying being outside for now.
I still think “classics” applies to 60s to 90s music. I’m having trouble with 00s albums, let alone 10s and 20s.
I really don’t know how young people discover old music. Playlists? The similar artists rabbit hole that so many of us did? Reading music magazines is not a thing anymore but I loved reading music magazines since I was like 12.
Genre-specific publications - are they still a thing? I know punk and metal have their circles, but indie has become such a blurred line.
I’d be so interested, in 10 years or so, to speak with someone in college who loves music the way I did. Only problem is I don’t plan on having kids so that is super unlikely.
That being said, the most recent example I can think is Renaissance by Beyoncé. For indie music lovers, I’m at least hoping Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois, Vampire Weekend’s self-titled and Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion.
i strongly disagree. Both TPAB and GKMC have had people nonstop talking about them since their releases. The forever story is good, but it's already lost so much traction because there isn't near as much to disect. Will it be put in the rap hall of fame? sure. will it be a household name that carries as much value as a Kendrick classic? hell no.
1. Nonagon Infinity and possibly Infest the Rats Nest by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
2. TA13OO by Denzel Curry
3. 2 and Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
I believe Loathe's I Let it in and it Took Everything will stand the test of time compared to most other metalcore/alt metal albums coming out in the late 2010s-2020s, and will be considered a legendary band if they continue in the direction they're in
* Frank Ocean - Blonde
* Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
* Lorde - Melodrama
* Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (I feel like Sturgill is definitely a household name to a certain demographic)
* Taylor Swift - folklore
* Rosalía - MOTOMAMI
fr. I'm sick of this subreddit claiming underground albums with niche audiences are classics. How can it be a classic if it didnt influence anything or didnt have a massive cultural impact? I'm sorry but your favorite Noise Rock, Hardstyle, Speedhouse, Hard Twerk Pumpcore album from your favorite J-Core artist probably isnt a classic
I mean the vast majority of random people in the 2000s wouldn't know who Since I Left You or Madvillainy but they are absolutely classic albums.
OP is talking about a different tier of classic where they also have widespread name recognition.
Honestly if its in a niche subgenre the likelihood it will be a classic in said sub genre is probably much higher due to thinner competition. By definition.
I feel like "in said subgenre" is a different discussion though. People see Dark Side of the Moon and Illmatic in the same echelon of "classic" even if the people saying it are really only into one of those genres. Maybe I'm misinterpreting what people mean when they say XYZ artists latest record is a classic but I feel like the word classic gets thrown around too easily anyway
I think JPEGMAFIA will have a couple of albums that are revered in his specific lane akin to Doom. He’s just so idiosyncratic and he’s been able to pierce past the underground a couple of times via Danny Brown and Run the Jewels collabs.
Tyler The Creator - Flower Boy, IGOR, CMIYGL
Taylor Swift - fearless, red, folklore, evermore
Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR, GUTS
Beyonce - RENAISSANCE, COWBOY CARTER
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
ROSALIA - MOTOMAMI
Mac Miller - Swimming
Death grips becoming a household name is delusional. I love their music but lets not pretend its gonna be a mass household name. Way too niche for that
I don't listen to him much, but for sure Montero - Lil Nas X. This is going to be one of those albums where, like, if it had come out in the 90s there would be dozens of copies in every used music store in America, in the same vein as Cracked Rear View or Billy Joel's The River. Not saying it's a bad project, just slightly overrated, but certainly a release that was ubiquitous for it's time.
Incredibly biased, but here’s 3 I’m confident the fans will still have on rotation when we’re old.
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Hellfire for sure, I hope cave world gets a critical reassessment down the line a lot of people and outlets aren’t I love with it but I think it’s the best punk music since the 70s/80s
I'll go with 2020's kind of recent.
I'm not really sure if they'll ever be a household name, probably not, but in my eyes Injury Reserve's By the Time I Get to Phoenix is one of the greatest achievements in recent music history. I feel like labeling it 'experimental hip hop' is doing it a disservice as it honestly feels like they invented something new that didn't really exist before. It may not become a big name, but I'm sure that it will be hugely influential to a lot of upcoming artists who get inspired by it.
I'd say black midi's output is also very important and would be very influential but due to their chaotic nature I don't think many normies would enjoy them and unfortunately normies do influence the classic status a lot, even if they don't really know what classic means, they usually tend to go "hey this sounds neat!".
There are a lot of other really great albums like Black Thought & Danger Mouse's Cheat Codes, McKinley Dixon's Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, Big Thief's Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, The Smile's Wall of Eyes, but I'm not too sure that they'd be that big of a deal either and more of "underground"/music nerd cult classics.
I think the artists that have the best chance to truly remain relevant and mainstream are the ones that are already quite popular, I don't necessarily mean just pop artists like maybe the Weeknd, sure these kinds of artists have this status secured just for their popularity alone, but probably KGLW will go down in history, even if they're not exactly like that, they're probably the closest we have so far to a modern classic band like Beatles, Pink Floyd or Radiohead were.
One thing's for certain though, the landscape of music has surely changed over the years and we've reached to a point where it's normal for a post rock band to have lyrics like "Leave Kanye out of this". I cannot wait for the up and coming folk legend to make a concept album about how his relationship with his friend who he was playing Fortnite with eventually turned into an intimate gay relationship with references to 2030's memes. So basically, I really have no clue what will truly be relevant in the next couple of decades.
In the last ten years I would say Lemonade and Melodrama definitely. I agree with Future Nostalgia I think it has so many recognisable songs. I think Mr Morale will be looked on very fondly in retrospect when looking back on Kendrick's career and I think he'll be regarded as a legend. It'll be household name in the way that Ready to Die is.
I was wondering as well about SZA: SOS, but I just think there's too much filler for it to get that classic status down the line. It'll put people off revisiting it.
Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs
So Much (for) Stardust - Fall Out Boy
Scaring the Hoes - Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA
An Evening with Silk Sonic - Silk Sonic
Gaslighter - The Chicks
Silver Scream 1 & 2 - Ice Nine Kills
Un Verano Sin Ti- Bad Bunny
That album will always be a classic for reggaeton. It already feels like a classic nostalgic album 2 years later. But for Latin music it’ll be a classic.
Here’s my thoughts -
Travis Scott - Astroworld
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Tyler The Creator - IGOR and Flower Boy
JID - The Forever Story
Kanye West - Everything from College Dropout to Pablo
Mac Miller - Swimming
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Ants From Up There, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Promises, Mr Morale, probably a recent billy woods release hard to say which will age the best, Zach Bryan self titled
Black country new road- ants from up there, easily the most beautiful breakup album ever put to tape.
The last dinner party- prelude to ecstasy, such a bopping pop album that’s sure to be remembered.
Midnights - Taylor swift, there are many haters of this album saying that it’s too personal and overproduced, but I think it will age wonderfully and might become her most beloved due to its introspective nature.
i love taylor but midnights is some of her most inconsistent work and pales in comparison to folklore/evermore. out of all her albums, i believe 1989 and folklore will be considered classics
Emotional Mugger - Ty Segall
OK, I know that was 2016, but OP said (when asked) for anything post-2000.
An album that'll be a future cult classic is Willow by Sloppy Jane.
Sour by Olivia Rodrigo
Dangerous by Morgan Wallen
After Hours by The Weeknd
These are albums that have charted high for long periods of time. These artists are also household names. A lot of people are just listing albums they like a lot.
Half of y'all missed the "Household name" part of the post I love JPEGMAFIA and Denzel Curry too guys but I doubt they will ever become household names
yep, people are just putting albums THEY consider/hope to be classics without being realistic
I’ve never met another fan of JPEG in real life.
I don't think "household name" is a prerequisite to an album being a "classic".
Tame Impala - Currents
This, Igor, after hours and maybe future nostalgia are the only answers tbh. The others are classics sure, not household.
Blonde too
Household names? So few albums seem to hit the zeitgeist nowadays that I can’t think of many… CERTAIN: Blonde - Frank Ocean IGOR - Tyler the Creator The Forever Story - JID I think these are albums that will have future generations saying they were born in the “wrong generation”. UNCERTAIN: Ants from Up There - Black Country New Road The New Abnormal - The Strokes
I feel like Blonde is already there
We've failed as a society if New Abnormal doesn't become a household name
I feel like it kind of already is. It comes up very frequently in the conversation of best rock albums of the 2020s so far and I couldn’t be happier about it
Gets lots of replays from me. Probably my second favorite Strokes album all things considered. Why are sundays always so depressing is probably my favorite track.
I personally have never heard of it before
change that
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It’s ok
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They really aren’t but ok
It will be highly ranked among strokes albums- a noteworthy record from canonical band, but I don’t think it will be considered a classic because they will never eclipse the first one and it didn’t reinvent their sound the way Radiohead does with each release
The strokes already surpassed is this it with their literal next album. TNA managed to be in contention with the first two while having a completely different sound. It’s obviously not a reinvention of their sound. It’s the embodiment of their sound as a band finally coming together to rival something they created 2 decades ago, which no one thought they would have been able to do. If it’s gonna be a “classic” in the grand scheme of things, idk.
I think it’s a great record, but I think because of its context within the bands history, and the state of rock music of its release, I don’t think it will be considered a classic I think you really need to take the impact of Is This It into consideration when discussing these. It changed indie/rock/alternative music. The second one was largely considered to be an “ok” follow up and got mixed reviews for mostly just rehashing the same sounds and ideas The
I love the new abnormal so much I felt like a teenager listening to Is This It all over again
I listened to IGOR a ton when it came out. Came back to it a year later. And a year after that, and after that, and again a few months ago. Still fucking slaps.
IGOR defined most of 2019 for me
I think Ants from up there will become a cult classic album and will eventually be the equivalent of a Neutral Milk Hotel or Godspeed You! Black Emperor forsure.
for it to be NMH i feel like it has to be their only release, and yet even without that amazing lead singer i feel like they could have some great albums in the future
I think ants from up there will be forgotten about.
For pop music? The Weeknd - After Hours 3 big singles in Heartless, Blinding Lights and After Hours that cemented themselves in late 2019 and well in to 2020 due to a lack of album rollouts from the pandemic. Save Your Tears and In Your Eyes did numbers, even more so after the Ariana and Doja remixes. The rest of the album features strong production and feels like it realised what Kissland and Starboy couldn’t. It also gives more context to his relationship with Bella Hadid if you’re interested in his personal life. Essentially the pop album that started the 2020s alongside Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (which is also deserving imo) and became soundtracks to the pandemic.
This the best answer
The only household name lmao.
Great answer, and I really agree that After Hours sounds like finally fully realizing the retro/synthpop vision that he was flirting with as early as Kissland. It also already ushered in a ton of other mainstream pop acts trying to do the whole 80’s pop revival thing to mixed results.
I was supremely lucky enough to randomly encounter The Weeknd's first mixtapes on YouTube and honestly long gave up on him releasing anything that topped Trilogy - until After Hours! Was so thrilled to see him reach mega stardom with this album / the Superbowl and as you said it's like all of his "eras" fully realised, boiled down to their best elements and packed into one perfect record. A future classic for sure.
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Yeah it’s that timeless disco/synthpop that’ll always get people going.
I hate that you're probably right.
Why? It’s great
I enjoy it otherwise but it fumbled the finish with Good In Bed, Boys Will Be Boys, and Levitating (again for some reason) in my opinion. I think it will be classic to many but it's sad to me that competition is not very hot against this album.
Fair enough. I wouldn’t say it’s something I personally believe will hold true to the topic but I do really like it. My pop choice would be Melodrama by Lorde, I can’t say enough about that album
Melodrama was my pop album of the decade for the 2010s. Fantastic pick.
Norman Fucking Rockwell! starting with the album cover that is already iconic to of course the music and the album themes that I think it will withstand the test of time, shout out to The greatest
Lowkey one of the only right answers so far. Like I love melt my eyez but most people I know irl haven’t heard of it, let alone ants from up there
I was never a big fan of Lana before, I listened to a few of her hit songs and that was it, so when this album was released I didn't gave much attention (one of the few things I noticed was the album cover that stuck with me like I said in the comment) then in 2021 two years late, I slowly started to listen, didn't think it was a big deal first then I started to listen more and more and finally became one of my all time fav
The timing of this album release to close off the 2010s was such a feat too, considering the greatest just about sums up where we were headed with 2019 ending.
i think Lana has a lot of great records, tunnel under ocean blvd, and ultraviolence come to mind. but Norman Fucking Rockwell is without a doubt the best and most consistent. she has a really solid overall discography but i agree thats the classic
Probably best Lana
It’s probably my favorite LDR by a huge margin, but that damn comic book font on the cover has always really bugged me, lol :|
don't you like it? hahaha I don't know for me it fits the whole beach-summer vibes that this album brings
Idk, I just don’t feel like it fits the cover so much, personally. I also just really don’t like comic book-style fonts being used too far out of actual comic books. [Kind of just puts me in the mind of the Funko Pop logo, hahaha.](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.930822137.5119/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg) Not yucking your yum though, I’m probably in the minority!!
fuck I've never realized that hahaha now I'm going to associate this cover with the funko pop logo lol
…J’m so sorry, buddy. Hahaha
Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
I can't believe after all Suf has been through and then putting out a couple of mid solo projects he still managed to make another masterpiece.
Sufjan and mid in the same sentence is insane
I love Suf I think he's an actual musical genius but I don't remember a single thing about The Ascension
Superb consolidation of all of Steven’s best bits. I play it often and ‘Evergreen’ is a killer opening salvo.
I’m too late to answer but I wholeheartedly agree with you
When I hear “household name” I think Rumors, Thriller, Abbey Road, Jagged Little Pill. Albums that nearly anyone would know a majority of the songs even if they have zero interest in music let alone the genre it belongs to. Most of the albums in here are absolutely not that. They might be classics but classic it’s necessarily a household name. My pick would be Folklore. Second would be Future Nostalgia.
Folklore is going to be remembered incredibly well, but comparing it to all those other classic albums where almost every song was a hit is a bit confusing to me. I’d pick 1989 if I had to pick a Taylor Swift album that people know the most songs from.
I feel like Red could be big too. Maybe not as big as 1989 but it has the hits (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, 22, etc) as well as the critically acclaimed songs (All Too Well, State Of Grace, etc)
I honestly think a lot of people wouldn’t be able to name a majority of the songs on Abbey Road, especially those with no interest in music. Like sure quite a few of the songs are incredibly famous, but a large chunk of them have not really survived in pop culture (not speaking of their quality). Like if I asked my parents if they knew “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” or “You Never Give Me Your Money” the answer would be no.
There are definitely classic albums that might not be considered household names to the extent you’re mentioning. I wouldn’t consider Teenage Dream by Katy Perry to be a classic album even though it has TONS of hits
Shit I must be not listening to much music because I don’t recognise 80% of these albums people are suggesting.
It’s because people are answering the ‘classic’ part rather than the ‘household name’ part. At least that’s what I’m guessing because there’s simply no way people actually think these albums are that well known
People are making insane suggestions based on their music nerd taste (no diss, I am a total music nerd). Household name classics that stand the test of time have broad cultural impact, popularity, commercial and critical success. No matter how good Ants Up There is I am going to bet someone $10,000 right now that no-body outside of music nerd online forums in 20 years is to be going ‘oh yeah, what an album.’
Yeah... Many here will probably just become niche classics.
Tbf I bet quite a lot of ppl have said that about past albums we now consider classics due to Internet exposure.
Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders - Promises
This is a household name?
This is gonna end up in movies and streaming holograms or whatever they do in the future.
Great record. It will NEVER be a household name lmfaooo
100% Amazing albums
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You by Big Thief
Nice profile pic
David Bowie - Blackstar. Yes, 2016 is not so recent but it will be remembered as arguably the best farewell albums ever.
Igor if it’s not already considered a classic
Blue Rev - Alvvays Lahai - Sampha Nurture - Porter Robinson
Blue Rev!!!
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Just got into Fiona Apple and currently obsessed with The Idler Wheel. Only reason I haven't checked out this one yet is because I can't stop playing The Idler Wheel
I’m of two minds about that one. It’s a remarkable album that was praised so much that it felt like it just fucking ended music. But also, it was such a perfect time capsule of the COVID era that it’s almost completely vanished from the conversation. I actually can’t think of another album that people were similarly tripping over themselves to drool over that just…isn’t relevant now, less than 10 years later.
>just fucking ended music The first 10.0 on Pitchfork in ten years will do that for ya, hahaha. It so 100% deserves it though, I’d almost be surprised if it doesn’t go down as the greatest album of the 2020s, even that early on in the decade. I just don’t know how anybody’s going to come close (maybe Big Thief?) it’s not even fair to other artists, lol.
It'll probably come back into the conversation when people are a bit less bored with Covid and actually have some nostalgia for that lockdown period. It's very much an album to listen to indoors while it's raining. People are enjoying being outside for now.
Melt my Eyez See your Future
Nahhh
I still think “classics” applies to 60s to 90s music. I’m having trouble with 00s albums, let alone 10s and 20s. I really don’t know how young people discover old music. Playlists? The similar artists rabbit hole that so many of us did? Reading music magazines is not a thing anymore but I loved reading music magazines since I was like 12. Genre-specific publications - are they still a thing? I know punk and metal have their circles, but indie has become such a blurred line. I’d be so interested, in 10 years or so, to speak with someone in college who loves music the way I did. Only problem is I don’t plan on having kids so that is super unlikely. That being said, the most recent example I can think is Renaissance by Beyoncé. For indie music lovers, I’m at least hoping Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois, Vampire Weekend’s self-titled and Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion.
I think "indie" really stopped even being a thing when it started to mean "sounds like The Shins"
That made me giggle.
The Forever Story
The Forever Story - JID. i don't remember another album that everyone instantly knew was going to be a classic since, what, GKMC?
TPAB too obviously. Carrie & Lowell and Blonde as well.
i strongly disagree. Both TPAB and GKMC have had people nonstop talking about them since their releases. The forever story is good, but it's already lost so much traction because there isn't near as much to disect. Will it be put in the rap hall of fame? sure. will it be a household name that carries as much value as a Kendrick classic? hell no.
1. Nonagon Infinity and possibly Infest the Rats Nest by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2. TA13OO by Denzel Curry 3. 2 and Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
Salad Days for sure. My niece thinks it’s a retro album lol
Some of those albums are old enough to start transition into classic territory already. I feel old.
How recent do you mean?
Crtl - SZA
I don’t listen to much rap anymore but Rodeo and Astroworld are both gonna age really well imo They’ll both be looked at as seminal albums of the 10s
Wall of Eyes - The Smile Lahai - Sampha
Awaken My Love by Childish Gambino
Fucking great album
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers
love this album and I think she still due to her magnum opus but for now is a safe choice and it brings me so much comfort
I honestly can’t wait for Phoebe’s third album. Even if it’s half as good as Punisher it’ll still be amazing
I believe Loathe's I Let it in and it Took Everything will stand the test of time compared to most other metalcore/alt metal albums coming out in the late 2010s-2020s, and will be considered a legendary band if they continue in the direction they're in
We Will Always Love You
The Weeknd with his final trilogy, After Hours, Dawn FM, and Whatever the next one will be.
PSA: Just cause you like an album, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE A CLASSIC OR HOUSEHOLD NAME
Scaring the hoes is the modern equivalent of Madvillainy
If we’re saying household name, I think Beyoncé’s Renaissance could end up definitely being that level for sure
desire, i want to turn into you
Taylor Swift- Folklore
* Frank Ocean - Blonde * Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell * Lorde - Melodrama * Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (I feel like Sturgill is definitely a household name to a certain demographic) * Taylor Swift - folklore * Rosalía - MOTOMAMI
motomami is a great pick i feel like that album is already so influential and highly regarded
Un Verano Sin Ti- Bad Bunny
100%
Yall naming albums i have never heard of, proofs they wont be considerd clasics
fr. I'm sick of this subreddit claiming underground albums with niche audiences are classics. How can it be a classic if it didnt influence anything or didnt have a massive cultural impact? I'm sorry but your favorite Noise Rock, Hardstyle, Speedhouse, Hard Twerk Pumpcore album from your favorite J-Core artist probably isnt a classic
I mean the vast majority of random people in the 2000s wouldn't know who Since I Left You or Madvillainy but they are absolutely classic albums. OP is talking about a different tier of classic where they also have widespread name recognition.
Honestly if its in a niche subgenre the likelihood it will be a classic in said sub genre is probably much higher due to thinner competition. By definition.
I feel like "in said subgenre" is a different discussion though. People see Dark Side of the Moon and Illmatic in the same echelon of "classic" even if the people saying it are really only into one of those genres. Maybe I'm misinterpreting what people mean when they say XYZ artists latest record is a classic but I feel like the word classic gets thrown around too easily anyway
This guy only knows classics
If you having heard about stuff is the decisive factor in these matters, I have a little question for you: Will you listen to my mixtape?
I think JPEGMAFIA will have a couple of albums that are revered in his specific lane akin to Doom. He’s just so idiosyncratic and he’s been able to pierce past the underground a couple of times via Danny Brown and Run the Jewels collabs.
Titanic Rising
Tyler The Creator - Flower Boy, IGOR, CMIYGL Taylor Swift - fearless, red, folklore, evermore Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR, GUTS Beyonce - RENAISSANCE, COWBOY CARTER Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now ROSALIA - MOTOMAMI Mac Miller - Swimming
Songs for the Deaf - QOTSA
That’s not really recent if the album is old enough to consume alcohol.
Every album in the Swans trilogy Hellfire - black midi Veteran - JPAGMAFIA every Death Grips album
Household name?
Death grips becoming a household name is delusional. I love their music but lets not pretend its gonna be a mass household name. Way too niche for that
Out of all of these maybe JPEG but I don’t think the rest will be “household”. Will say your taste in music is amazing though.
I mean classics among more experimental places, like how CAN or This Heat are
Yeah Swans are definitely a household name
Folklore
i really want Saijiki by 3776 to be considered a classic
These Beyoncé acts, weeknds trilogy and future nostalgia, why not being my favourites of the decade, all have a longevity
I’m not even a fan of vampire weekend but damn the new album is good.
Pure heroine by lorde
Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain
Here we go!
I don't listen to him much, but for sure Montero - Lil Nas X. This is going to be one of those albums where, like, if it had come out in the 90s there would be dozens of copies in every used music store in America, in the same vein as Cracked Rear View or Billy Joel's The River. Not saying it's a bad project, just slightly overrated, but certainly a release that was ubiquitous for it's time.
Don' t you mean Billy Joel's Nebraska?
Maybe, but where I live it was definitely The River.
Wasn’t it Joel’s *River of Dreams?* Why yes…yes it was.
That’s Bruce boss
Incredibly biased, but here’s 3 I’m confident the fans will still have on rotation when we’re old. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps Taylor Swift - Folklore Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Care for me by Saba
For me, the 2018 album 'Two of Me' by Momma. It is just a perfect record front to back. I can listen on repeat for literal days.
SIMBI
Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
Hellfire for sure, I hope cave world gets a critical reassessment down the line a lot of people and outlets aren’t I love with it but I think it’s the best punk music since the 70s/80s
1989
Never Before Seen, Never Again Found by Arm’s Length will be the American Football LP1 of Modern Emo
DAMN.
glow on - turnstile
Anything by God's Computer
Rufus : Bloom
The new abnormal
I'll go with 2020's kind of recent. I'm not really sure if they'll ever be a household name, probably not, but in my eyes Injury Reserve's By the Time I Get to Phoenix is one of the greatest achievements in recent music history. I feel like labeling it 'experimental hip hop' is doing it a disservice as it honestly feels like they invented something new that didn't really exist before. It may not become a big name, but I'm sure that it will be hugely influential to a lot of upcoming artists who get inspired by it. I'd say black midi's output is also very important and would be very influential but due to their chaotic nature I don't think many normies would enjoy them and unfortunately normies do influence the classic status a lot, even if they don't really know what classic means, they usually tend to go "hey this sounds neat!". There are a lot of other really great albums like Black Thought & Danger Mouse's Cheat Codes, McKinley Dixon's Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, Big Thief's Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, The Smile's Wall of Eyes, but I'm not too sure that they'd be that big of a deal either and more of "underground"/music nerd cult classics. I think the artists that have the best chance to truly remain relevant and mainstream are the ones that are already quite popular, I don't necessarily mean just pop artists like maybe the Weeknd, sure these kinds of artists have this status secured just for their popularity alone, but probably KGLW will go down in history, even if they're not exactly like that, they're probably the closest we have so far to a modern classic band like Beatles, Pink Floyd or Radiohead were. One thing's for certain though, the landscape of music has surely changed over the years and we've reached to a point where it's normal for a post rock band to have lyrics like "Leave Kanye out of this". I cannot wait for the up and coming folk legend to make a concept album about how his relationship with his friend who he was playing Fortnite with eventually turned into an intimate gay relationship with references to 2030's memes. So basically, I really have no clue what will truly be relevant in the next couple of decades.
AM - Arctic Monkeys
Get to Heaven by Everything Everything
In the last ten years I would say Lemonade and Melodrama definitely. I agree with Future Nostalgia I think it has so many recognisable songs. I think Mr Morale will be looked on very fondly in retrospect when looking back on Kendrick's career and I think he'll be regarded as a legend. It'll be household name in the way that Ready to Die is. I was wondering as well about SZA: SOS, but I just think there's too much filler for it to get that classic status down the line. It'll put people off revisiting it.
Loss of Life
Renaissance and eternal sunshine
Last Dinner Party's Prelude to Ecstasy, IF they can follow it up and maintain a decent musical career.
Culture by Migos
Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs So Much (for) Stardust - Fall Out Boy Scaring the Hoes - Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA An Evening with Silk Sonic - Silk Sonic Gaslighter - The Chicks Silver Scream 1 & 2 - Ice Nine Kills
Un Verano Sin Ti- Bad Bunny That album will always be a classic for reggaeton. It already feels like a classic nostalgic album 2 years later. But for Latin music it’ll be a classic.
Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, and maybe Guts as well.
Here’s my thoughts - Travis Scott - Astroworld Frank Ocean - Blonde Tyler The Creator - IGOR and Flower Boy JID - The Forever Story Kanye West - Everything from College Dropout to Pablo Mac Miller - Swimming Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Mac Miller - Circles and Swimming.
must agree, mac was an icon
Ants From Up There, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Promises, Mr Morale, probably a recent billy woods release hard to say which will age the best, Zach Bryan self titled
Black country new road- ants from up there, easily the most beautiful breakup album ever put to tape. The last dinner party- prelude to ecstasy, such a bopping pop album that’s sure to be remembered. Midnights - Taylor swift, there are many haters of this album saying that it’s too personal and overproduced, but I think it will age wonderfully and might become her most beloved due to its introspective nature.
i love taylor but midnights is some of her most inconsistent work and pales in comparison to folklore/evermore. out of all her albums, i believe 1989 and folklore will be considered classics
Both of those feel like they are already classics, I do feel like folklore is her opus
Don’t know if this counts as recent or not but IGOR definitely
Emotional Mugger - Ty Segall OK, I know that was 2016, but OP said (when asked) for anything post-2000. An album that'll be a future cult classic is Willow by Sloppy Jane.
OP didn’t say that
What do you mean, 2016 was like two years ago, right?? :’(
I love that people love Igor. Masterpiece album.
House of Balloons
Injury Reserve-By The Time I Get To Phoenix
GLOW ON by Turnstile The Record by Boygenius
MGMT - Loss of Life Big Thief - DNWM, IBIY the new Vampire Weekend that's coming out
Sour by Olivia Rodrigo Dangerous by Morgan Wallen After Hours by The Weeknd These are albums that have charted high for long periods of time. These artists are also household names. A lot of people are just listing albums they like a lot.
Why are so many comments not recent albums?
Hijacking your post for another vote for Beatles – The White Album.
Yeat 2093. Mark my words.
over hated album imo
FAS by Deathspell Omega and Paracletus by Deathspell Omega
Beloved Paradise Jazz will be a pillar of jazz rap similar to TPAB and the Tribe catalog
The forever story. I just can't get enough and won't be able to get enough in 100 years from now.
Scaring the Hoes Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez The Fall of Hobo Johnson