Top 74 Greatest Music Albums by 
goeie-oko 
These are my personal favorite albums, if anyone doesn't agree, that's fine, opinions are opinions, but try not to be rude. (I know my chart is pretty predictable)
I hope you enjoy reading
Also, keep in mind that I am only 15 years old, and have not been listening to music as long as most of you, and there are a lot of albums that I still haven't heard.
(I also intend to put a small (or not so small) sort of review under every album to give my reasoning, and I'll do that when I get the time and when I feel like it)
(My writing skills could improve a lot too, I know, but hey, I'm still learning)
- Chart updated: 09/24/2017 21:45
- (Created: 10/26/2014 15:43).
- Chart size: 74 albums.
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Sometime ago, a couple of years I think, me and my family were going on a holiday to Italy, I must have been around 11 at that point. At that age, I had a growing interest in music, and for that holiday, I compiled some songs that I thought were cool, and put them on my IPod.
Mainly songs from my dad’s mp3 library like a couple of Beatles songs that I knew, and one or two Metallica songs. But also things like Still Alive from the Portal soundtrack, because I was a huge nerd back then, and the song Fuck You, because I’m such a rebel.
Now, I knew that my dad was a huge Pink Floyd fan, he used to play their albums all the time, so I thought I’d put some of their songs on my IPod too. I picked Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and this album, The Dark Side of the Moon, since I recognized some of the track titles.
I remember sitting in the car on some road in Italy, and being blown away by this album at the time, it was like the best thing I’d ever heard, and by far the best album I’d heard up to that point (not that I had heard any other album before this one, but whatever). I loved every single second of it back then, and I honestly still do.
This is an album that I’ll look back on when I’m 70 and still find amazing, and I’ll still enjoy every minute of it like I did that car trip in Italy those years ago
I can’t express how much I love this album. It’s truly special, I love it more every time I listen to it, and I consider it to be the greatest album of all time.
"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older.
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"
Best Songs: "Time", "Eclipse", "Breathe", "Brain Damage", "The Great Gig In The Sky"
Genres: Progressive Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Mainly songs from my dad’s mp3 library like a couple of Beatles songs that I knew, and one or two Metallica songs. But also things like Still Alive from the Portal soundtrack, because I was a huge nerd back then, and the song Fuck You, because I’m such a rebel.
Now, I knew that my dad was a huge Pink Floyd fan, he used to play their albums all the time, so I thought I’d put some of their songs on my IPod too. I picked Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and this album, The Dark Side of the Moon, since I recognized some of the track titles.
I remember sitting in the car on some road in Italy, and being blown away by this album at the time, it was like the best thing I’d ever heard, and by far the best album I’d heard up to that point (not that I had heard any other album before this one, but whatever). I loved every single second of it back then, and I honestly still do.
This is an album that I’ll look back on when I’m 70 and still find amazing, and I’ll still enjoy every minute of it like I did that car trip in Italy those years ago
I can’t express how much I love this album. It’s truly special, I love it more every time I listen to it, and I consider it to be the greatest album of all time.
"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older.
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"
Best Songs: "Time", "Eclipse", "Breathe", "Brain Damage", "The Great Gig In The Sky"
Genres: Progressive Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1973
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71,160
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Sufjan freaking Stevens, really, how does he do it? How does he make an album that’s more than an hour long, contains almost as many interludes as it does regular songs, and still make every second of it perfect? By being Sufjan Stevens, that’s how.
Sure, it comes off as a bit pretentious, but who doesn’t like a bit of pretention now and again? Not me, that’s for sure.
If I ever find an album more ambitious and intricate than this, well, I won’t do anything, because I will never find one. Who knew that there could be so much said about just one state?
"I remember at Michael's house.
In the living room, when you kissed my neck,
and I almost touched your blouse"
Best songs: "Casimir Pulaski Day", "Chicago", "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!", "Decatur", "The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts", "The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades", "The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders", "They Are Night Zombies!!"
Genres: Indie Pop, Indie Folk [First added to this chart: 11/06/2014]
Sure, it comes off as a bit pretentious, but who doesn’t like a bit of pretention now and again? Not me, that’s for sure.
If I ever find an album more ambitious and intricate than this, well, I won’t do anything, because I will never find one. Who knew that there could be so much said about just one state?
"I remember at Michael's house.
In the living room, when you kissed my neck,
and I almost touched your blouse"
Best songs: "Casimir Pulaski Day", "Chicago", "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!", "Decatur", "The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts", "The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades", "The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders", "They Are Night Zombies!!"
Genres: Indie Pop, Indie Folk [First added to this chart: 11/06/2014]
Year of Release:
2005
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23,080
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Do you ever discover an album that you know you’re going to like the minute you hear about it. Yep, this was that for me. I remember checking some charts by users on this site and seeing this one very high on a lot of them. I read about it some more and figured I should listen to it immediately . So I did.
And, honestly, the first time I listened to it, It didn’t really hit me. I mean, I liked it, but not really much more than that. Maybe the problem was that I was kind of forcing myself to like it, instead of letting the album prove itself if it’s great. It was like how you can’t fall asleep if you’re trying to fall asleep, it has to come naturally. So I thought I’d let the album rest for a bit.
Fast forward to the next day, somewhere in the late afternoon, and I was thinking about this album again. So I tried for a second time putting it on, maybe it’d really hit me this time, I thought. And boy did it. I vividly remember lying in my bed, wrapped under my blanket, staring out the window, nearly crying because of the beauty of this album. It was more than likely the most emotional I’ve ever gotten over an album.
And every time I listen to it now, I get that same sense of… well… it’s hard to describe, the only way you’ll know what I’m talking about is by giving this album a listen, or two, or three, or even more than that and let it really affect you. It’s an album that you have to concentrate on, not one that’s meant to be played in the background. But once it does hit you, you won’t know how you could have ever lived without it.
"And the meteorite's just what causes the light, and the meteor's how it's perceived, and the meteoroid's a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee"
Best songs: "Emily", "Only Skin", "Money And Bear"
Genres: Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk [First added to this chart: 11/30/2014]
And, honestly, the first time I listened to it, It didn’t really hit me. I mean, I liked it, but not really much more than that. Maybe the problem was that I was kind of forcing myself to like it, instead of letting the album prove itself if it’s great. It was like how you can’t fall asleep if you’re trying to fall asleep, it has to come naturally. So I thought I’d let the album rest for a bit.
Fast forward to the next day, somewhere in the late afternoon, and I was thinking about this album again. So I tried for a second time putting it on, maybe it’d really hit me this time, I thought. And boy did it. I vividly remember lying in my bed, wrapped under my blanket, staring out the window, nearly crying because of the beauty of this album. It was more than likely the most emotional I’ve ever gotten over an album.
And every time I listen to it now, I get that same sense of… well… it’s hard to describe, the only way you’ll know what I’m talking about is by giving this album a listen, or two, or three, or even more than that and let it really affect you. It’s an album that you have to concentrate on, not one that’s meant to be played in the background. But once it does hit you, you won’t know how you could have ever lived without it.
"And the meteorite's just what causes the light, and the meteor's how it's perceived, and the meteoroid's a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee"
Best songs: "Emily", "Only Skin", "Money And Bear"
Genres: Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk [First added to this chart: 11/30/2014]
Year of Release:
2006
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9,287
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You know, I used to hate Radiohead? Yeah, my dad used to play it a lot, and he first suggested it to me.
For some reason, I didn’t like it, especially this album. I don’t know why, maybe it was Thom Yorke’s vocals, or the experimentation, or just me trying to get a original taste in music, and not just copy my dad’s (our tastes in music are still very similar).
But, after a while, even I couldn’t resist the genius of Radiohead, and therefore this is on this list
This is my favourite Radiohead album because among other things, it’s completely different from their previous albums. Couple that with great songs, and you have yourself an amazing record.
"I'm not here.
This isn't happening"
Best songs: "Everything In It's Right Place", "Idioteque", "The National Anthem", "Optimistic"
Genres: Experimental Rock, Electronic [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
For some reason, I didn’t like it, especially this album. I don’t know why, maybe it was Thom Yorke’s vocals, or the experimentation, or just me trying to get a original taste in music, and not just copy my dad’s (our tastes in music are still very similar).
But, after a while, even I couldn’t resist the genius of Radiohead, and therefore this is on this list
This is my favourite Radiohead album because among other things, it’s completely different from their previous albums. Couple that with great songs, and you have yourself an amazing record.
"I'm not here.
This isn't happening"
Best songs: "Everything In It's Right Place", "Idioteque", "The National Anthem", "Optimistic"
Genres: Experimental Rock, Electronic [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Year of Release:
2000
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51,355
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"Breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone"
Best songs: "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Airbag", "No Surprises", "Lucky"
Genres: Alternative Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
I can't do this alone"
Best songs: "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music (For A Film)", "Airbag", "No Surprises", "Lucky"
Genres: Alternative Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1997
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76,742
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"Come on, hide your lovers, underneath the covers
Hiding from your brothers, underneath the covers"
Best songs: "Wake Up", "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)", "Rebellion (Lies)", "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)", "Haïti"
Genres: Indie Rock [First added to this chart: 11/01/2014]
Hiding from your brothers, underneath the covers"
Best songs: "Wake Up", "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)", "Rebellion (Lies)", "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)", "Haïti"
Genres: Indie Rock [First added to this chart: 11/01/2014]
Year of Release:
2004
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41,731
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"The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"
Best Songs: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V", "Wish You Were Here", "Have A Cigar"
Genres: Progressive Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"
Best Songs: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V", "Wish You Were Here", "Have A Cigar"
Genres: Progressive Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1975
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50,762
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"Kiss me, please kiss me, but kiss me out of desire, baby, not consolation"
Best songs: "Dream Brother", "Hallelujah", "Last Goodbye", "Grace"
Genres: Alternative Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Best songs: "Dream Brother", "Hallelujah", "Last Goodbye", "Grace"
Genres: Alternative Rock [First added to this chart: 10/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1994
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19,234
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Best songs: "Pink Moon", "Place To Be", "Which Will", "From The Morning", "Parasite", "Road"
Genres: Contemporary Folk [First added to this chart: 12/28/2014]
Genres: Contemporary Folk [First added to this chart: 12/28/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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20,137
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Best songs: "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross", "Death With Dignity", "Should Have Known Better", "Eugene"
Genres: Indie Folk [First added to this chart: 03/22/2015]
Genres: Indie Folk [First added to this chart: 03/22/2015]
Year of Release:
2015
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18,385
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Top 74 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 30% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 7% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 5 | 7% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 7% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 5% | |
| The Who | 3 | 4% | |
| Talk Talk | 2 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 3% | |
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Top 74 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 21 from 47th to 26th Spiderland by Slint |
| Up 21 from 42nd to 21st Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar |
| Up 16 from 25th to 9th Pink Moon by Nick Drake |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 19 from 12th to 31st Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay |
| Down 16 from 29th to 45th Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield |
| Down 15 from 14th to 29th Electro-Shock Blues by Eels |
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slurpdurp 02/01/2017 04:29
slurpdurp 02/01/2017 04:29
Stoked for your future bro
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From Seab 05/28/2016 13:42
Seems like we have similar music tastes, with 20 albums in common. Hopefully I can take some from here and put them on my chart.
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From UomoGZR 11/12/2015 14:07
Nice chart!! You really got me curious for Ys from Newsom!
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From goeie-oko 10/29/2015 17:44
goeie-oko 10/29/2015 17:44
@Space-Dementia
Ys is great and I definitely recommend it. As for muse, I've leistened to their albums and I might put black holes and revelations on here some day, maybe after I've listened to it some more.
And I[m quite thankful to my dad, he's really the reason I've been so interested in music the last couple of years.
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From goeie-oko 10/29/2015 17:39
goeie-oko 10/29/2015 17:39
@rogue
Thanks man, really appreciate the comment. And I sure hope I'll know as much about music as some of the people on this site by the time I'm twenty.
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Space-Dementia 10/29/2015 01:25
Space-Dementia 10/29/2015 01:25
Dude I fucking love your chart! I will definitely listen to Ys sometime soon. I don't know if you've listened to Muse albums other than Absolution but I feel like you'd really enjoy Origin of Symmetry and Black Holes And Revelations. That's really my only suggestion. As I was going through I was thinking of other artists I would recommend you, but then they all kept popping up. This is great! Also it's really awesome that you and your dad have similar music taste. Be thankful for that!
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rogue 10/28/2015 23:20
rogue 10/28/2015 23:20
DUDE. You're into Joanna Newsom and you're 14. You can pretty much say whatever you want. Music knows no age limits. You're going to be very well educated on the history of music by the time you hit your 20s.
When I was 14 stole my dad's Beatles cassette of Rubber Soul and I was never the same.
Kudos to you, man. Also, I've been meaning to check out that Arctic Monkeys album for a will, maybe I'll pop in on now.
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From goeie-oko 09/02/2015 20:00
goeie-oko 09/02/2015 20:00
Thanks!
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PsychologistHD 08/29/2015 21:43
PsychologistHD 08/29/2015 21:43
Better taste than I had as a 14 year old tbh.
Solid chart. It's like a nice Dadrock/Indie Starter pack with some prog thrown in.
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From goeie-oko 08/20/2015 14:24
goeie-oko 08/20/2015 14:24
Yeah it is!
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