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there is no way to judge the "classic"ness of an album until a good amount of time has passed.
for example, the first violent femems album, loved by nearly all people who hears it while they were/are teenagers, and arguably a classic in underground american rock, took over 20 years to go gold, to sell 500,000 units.
. some things are not appreciated in their time, and others, like BAD BRAIN's Black Dot, are loved as the clasic they are by just a few thousand people, who then go on to spread the word and form their own bands and write music influenced by the album, thereby cementing that album's place in the miasma that is pop music history
Slint Spiderland is a more recent example.
all we can do now is take guesses at which albums of the last 8 years will be so influential and so valued by the music fans/us.
but I can guarantee you it will NOT be any fucking animal collective album!
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