Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
TheHolyKiwi 
I'd just like to point out as of September 2018 this chart is outdated, I also don't use this site anymore as I don't appreciate the community at all anymore. I've moved over to RYM and you can find me @ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Lythelus
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Please don't attack my chart, it's my opinion and hopefully should be respected, thank you! :)
In retrospect, why hate? Ask yourself this question. Do you gain anything from it?
I come back every so often to add/remove albums and sort out the chart's placings, so I can't say it's ever rock solid.
At this current point in time 05/02/2018, it's a solid as it will be for the subsequent upcoming months.
I've added genres to every album on the list, I saw other members doing it and it looked nice, so I thought I'd try it! I also state Key Tracks, these point out what I feel is the most important track of the album while also reflecting my favorite in personal taste.
I have a rule and more of a custom to follow to not have more than one album per artist! I really prefer to only stick with one album per artist because it it allows for a lot more diversity and I listen to a LOT of albums.
If you're going to complain about the rule above, think again, I'm a music connoisseur, I listen to too much music to repeat a ridiculous amount of the same artist, I would NOT be HONEST with myself if I did that. The less artist repeats, the more honest this chart would actually be. I am constantly looking for spaces from artists that I love but can't fit in the chart. So think again, do not bitch about it and do not say it is dishonest. This chart is full 100% honesty. I just can't contemplate why I would flood the chart with multiples from the same artist, it doesn't make sense.
Well what are you waiting for!? Go ahead and read away! Hopefully I introduce some new underrated albums that you can give a listen!
- Chart updated: 10/23/2018 10:15
- (Created: 08/12/2014 11:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Alternative rock • experimental rock
Key Track: Midlife Crisis [First added to this chart: 10/30/2016]
Key Track: Midlife Crisis [First added to this chart: 10/30/2016]
Year of Release:
1992
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3,363
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Instrumental hip-hop • trip-hop
Key Track: Midnight in a Perfect World [First added to this chart: 11/09/2014]
Key Track: Midnight in a Perfect World [First added to this chart: 11/09/2014]
Year of Release:
1996
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10,301
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Post-rock • experimental
Key Track: Storm
Honorable Mention - "F♯ A♯ ∞" [First added to this chart: 09/30/2014]
Key Track: Storm
Honorable Mention - "F♯ A♯ ∞" [First added to this chart: 09/30/2014]
Year of Release:
2000
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14,786
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Atmospheric black metal • dark ambient
Key Track: Dunkelheit [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
Key Track: Dunkelheit [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1996
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584
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Atmospheric black metal • post-metal
Key Track: I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots [First added to this chart: 03/28/2018]
Key Track: I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots [First added to this chart: 03/28/2018]
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Technical death metal
Key Track: Phobophile [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
Key Track: Phobophile [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
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Post-hardcore • experimental
Key Track: New Noise [First added to this chart: 04/16/2015]
Key Track: New Noise [First added to this chart: 04/16/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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2,082
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Avant-garde jazz
Key Track: N/A [First added to this chart: 03/09/2017]
Key Track: N/A [First added to this chart: 03/09/2017]
Year of Release:
1963
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14,020
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Atmospheric black metal • folk metal
Key Track: Chapter 1: Lost in a Forest of Trolls [First added to this chart: 06/20/2015]
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Blackgaze • post-metal
Where to begin? In retrospect Sunbather is truly the only musical experience I have found perfect so far this decade. Not only does it blur it's terrific genres together in a blend sounding reminiscent of something like soma pouring into my ears. The anguish, the pain, the beauty behind the wretched screaming, it's hitting something deep within me. Truly an album that needs to be experienced from start to finish - all or nothing, one might say. A unified work, a concept album for sorts where it can be appreciated for how well it all comes together as one powerful journey. Each moment is intentional within the grand scheme, like a minor piece to a larger puzzle. That is not to say that each piece cannot be admired separately. Each song has its own identity and its own charm, each a beautiful transportation into the realm where drifting into the sun is possible. Deafheaven’s debut record Roads to Judah was simply admirable, a monolith in the beginning of the blackgaze movement that was too entirely underappreciated with brilliant moments that eventually shaped Sunbather to the way it is. Deafheaven flexed some muscle and displayed a beautiful mixture of post-rock, shoegaze and black metal which was much more rough around the edges than Sunbather but, which in all honesty was part of its allurement. Where it lacked maturity, and poise, Sunbather more than makes up for with pinpoint precision and overwhelming focus. Deafheaven’s second outing is wondrous celebration of boundless ambition and pure artistic vision. Despite drawing attention for its discouraging influences and therefore resulting in many ugly artistic backlashes for not being “pure”. It is an album not bound by genre constrictions or musical convention, it’s an encouraging record that conveys how the “new” can form something boundary pushing, advancing it’s genres more than you would think. Sunbather in all it’s might is a work defined by a brilliant artistic vision, a vision formed through its blinding intensity and enveloping beauty -- like gazing directly into the sun. A sunbather.
Key Track: Vertigo
Honorable Mention - "Roads to Judah" [First added to this chart: 12/12/2016]
Where to begin? In retrospect Sunbather is truly the only musical experience I have found perfect so far this decade. Not only does it blur it's terrific genres together in a blend sounding reminiscent of something like soma pouring into my ears. The anguish, the pain, the beauty behind the wretched screaming, it's hitting something deep within me. Truly an album that needs to be experienced from start to finish - all or nothing, one might say. A unified work, a concept album for sorts where it can be appreciated for how well it all comes together as one powerful journey. Each moment is intentional within the grand scheme, like a minor piece to a larger puzzle. That is not to say that each piece cannot be admired separately. Each song has its own identity and its own charm, each a beautiful transportation into the realm where drifting into the sun is possible. Deafheaven’s debut record Roads to Judah was simply admirable, a monolith in the beginning of the blackgaze movement that was too entirely underappreciated with brilliant moments that eventually shaped Sunbather to the way it is. Deafheaven flexed some muscle and displayed a beautiful mixture of post-rock, shoegaze and black metal which was much more rough around the edges than Sunbather but, which in all honesty was part of its allurement. Where it lacked maturity, and poise, Sunbather more than makes up for with pinpoint precision and overwhelming focus. Deafheaven’s second outing is wondrous celebration of boundless ambition and pure artistic vision. Despite drawing attention for its discouraging influences and therefore resulting in many ugly artistic backlashes for not being “pure”. It is an album not bound by genre constrictions or musical convention, it’s an encouraging record that conveys how the “new” can form something boundary pushing, advancing it’s genres more than you would think. Sunbather in all it’s might is a work defined by a brilliant artistic vision, a vision formed through its blinding intensity and enveloping beauty -- like gazing directly into the sun. A sunbather.
Key Track: Vertigo
Honorable Mention - "Roads to Judah" [First added to this chart: 12/12/2016]
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2013
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 36 | 36% | |
| 2000s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Doors | 1 | 1% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 1% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 1 | 1% | |
| At The Drive-In | 1 | 1% | |
| The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin | 1 | 1% | |
| maudlin Of The Well | 1 | 1% | |
| Sonic Youth | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 16th to 14th Deathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life |
| Up 1 from 14th to 13th Verisäkeet by Moonsorrow |
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| Down 3 from 13th to 16th Dopethrone by Electric Wizard |
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95/100 | 09/01/2021 22:26 |  DriftingOrpheus | | 91/100 |
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100/100
From mrmcrook 11/20/2020 21:57
Best chart I've come across so far. Love that you've put each album into not just there genres, but sub genres. Top notch. Well done
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80/100
From vancevisuals 06/07/2019 21:28
have some stuff on here I am not familiar with. Based on the ones we have in common, will give some of them a try
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100/100
From 
Paule 05/14/2019 08:24
Paule 05/14/2019 08:24
People who like their guitar sound distorted and heavy should remember your chart by heart. QOTSA, Kyuss, Primus, Dillinger, Refused, Agalloch and many essentials more!!!
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80/100
From 
Boltzmann 10/23/2018 22:07
Boltzmann 10/23/2018 22:07
Bonus points for honesty, something you don’t see enough on this site. But it would really be great to see some genres that aren’t metal, or at least some more picks that aren’t guitar oriented. I see you have Art Angels on here, why not try St. Vincent’s Strange Mercy.
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90/100
From 
ForegroundNoise 05/26/2018 21:00
ForegroundNoise 05/26/2018 21:00
Though I've gotta say there's a little too much emphasis on progressive metal at the expense of pre-90s stuff I dig this chart. Love the lengthy write-ups - bit random though that you stole Pitchfork's one for Doolittle in their list of best albums of the 80s? Stick to your own writing man you've clearly got the passion for it :)
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100/100
From 
Graeme2 04/02/2018 09:08
Graeme2 04/02/2018 09:08
Great. Plenty good metal recs for me here. I should really give Siamese dream another try.
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80/100
From 
C_Krug2009 03/27/2018 17:14
C_Krug2009 03/27/2018 17:14
Glad to see Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones, System of a Down, and Tool, all great bands
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90/100
From 
Antonio-Pedro 02/17/2018 17:23
Antonio-Pedro 02/17/2018 17:23
what a chart, gotta feed up my love for some notes on albums! Pretty much well pictured your love for your top 20, also your headline note made me laugh, very human stuff :D
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90/100
From 
mozzmozz 12/05/2017 22:42
mozzmozz 12/05/2017 22:42
Great metal-heavy chart with some light touches as well. Good balance. Good to see Uroboros in there. I should listen again to it.
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100/100
From 
WildHorses 12/04/2017 13:47
WildHorses 12/04/2017 13:47
Best chart in BEA!
heaviness taste at its finest
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