So I guess we start with the rules, no?

And the objective of the game too.

Stephen decided the other day that it would be an interesting challenge to download a list of the greatest albums of all time, and to try and listen to as many as possible using Spotify.

Stephen told Sam this and Sam thought it would be fun to make it into an interesting game :D

So here are the rules.

We have downloaded the list of the top 200 Greatest Albums of all time from Rolling Stone which can easily be found online, here.

Using this list we first removed any bands and artists that featured more than once, leaving only their top scoring album.

We then went through the list and removed any album that wasn't available on Spotify until we had a list of 50 albums.

So here's the deal, we are both going to listen to one of these albums every week and to write down our thoughts about it, giving a score out of ten and (if possible) choosing our favourite track.

We will also provide Spotify links so that if you want to join us, you can :D

We also both get three red cards. These are for any albums on the list that we really (really) can't bring ourselves to listen to, for one reason or another. We will endeavor to explain why we found the prospect of listening to the album so truly terrible.

There is a catch, however. For ever red card that one of us plays, we will be given a wildcard by the other.

Each of us will choose three wildcards taken from the albums remaining on the list of 200. This is of course, as long as they aren't another duplicate, and only if they are available on Spotify.

These wildcards will be written down and hidden in separate locations in our flat so that neither of us know what they are but so that we can also prove that we weren't lying!

Next post, the list.