Entertainment Weekly Picks Best Biopics, Esquire Picks Best Albums for Men

Entertainment Weekly has published a list of the Best Biopics ever and it includes a few movies about veteran artists.

The highest that any ranked was number 16 for last year's biopic of Edith Piaf, La Vie En Rose. That was followed at 21 by Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) at 21, Ray (Ray Charles) at 22 and Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) at 25.

Of course, if you really wanted to push the definition of a veteran artist, there is a higher ranking movie. At number two (right behind Raging Bull) is Amadeus and, if we define veteran by the number of years ago they lived, than Mozart is the most veteran of the veteran artists on the list.

Over at Esquire magazine, they're released their list of the 75 Albums That Every Man Should Own. Other than the fact that Esquire is aimed at the men's market, we can't figure out any reason why women shouldn't consider the list of albums as required listening, too.

Upon first look, you may think "oh, it's just another list of the standard albums" but look closely. Tell us the last time you saw Minor Threat or Pulp on a "greatest" list or see Willie Nelson's Phases and Stages or the Talking Heads' True Stories named as their essential albums. There's a lot to take in here and consider.

They claim it's "unranked, incomplete yet highly tasteful and informative." See what you think about the albums by veteran artists that made the grade:

Esquire List after the cut.

• Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
• Phases and Stages - Willie Nelson
• Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
• The Rise and Fall of Iggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
• Live at the Apollo - James Brown
• What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
• Dire Straits - Dire Straits
• American Beauty - Grateful Dead
• Out of Step - Minor Threat
• Aftermath - Rolling Stones
• Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
• Imperial Ballroom - Elvis Costello
• The Cars - Cars
• Destroyer - Kiss
• Gettin' Ready - Temptations
• Highway to Hell - AC/DC
• The Dictionary of Soul - Otis Redding
• The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Soundtrack) - Ennio Morricone
• Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
• Take a Giant Step/De Ole Foiks at Home - Taj Mahal
• Catch a Fire - Bob Marley
• The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (Live at Oberlin College, 1966) - Mississippi John Hurt
• The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 - Traveling Wilburys
• Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas - Townes Van Zandt
• Rubber Soul - Beatles
• The Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
• Workin' Together - Ike and Tina Turner
• True Stories - Talking Heads
• This is Hardcore - Pulp
• In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
• Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
• Combat Rock - Clash
• Road to Ruin - Ramones
• Marquee Moon - Television
• Animals - Pink Floyd
• The Unreleased Recordings - Hank Williams
• Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix
• Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
• ...and Justice for All - Metallica
• Fair Warning - Van Halen
• Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
• Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
• Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
• Who's Next - Who
• Night Beat - Sam Cooke
• Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
• Small Change - Tom Waits
• Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
• Harvest - Neil Young
• Mingus Ah Um - Charlie Mingus

For those that are curious, the full list is here and a secondary list, 30 Glaring Omissions from The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own is here.