Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Imaybeparanoid 
I'm sorry for all the english mistakes you're going to read.
Some honorable mentions:
High Violet - The National | Teen Dream - Beach House
Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths | Tago Mago - Can
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan | Hunky Dory - David Bowie
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane | Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Bee Thousand - Guided By Voices | Liquid Swords - GZA
London Calling - The Clash | Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan | Fragile - Yes
- Chart updated: 01/30/2017 21:15
- (Created: 09/12/2015 13:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Almost as amazing as The Dark Side of the Moon and that's saying a lot.
Best tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V); Wish You Were Here. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V); Wish You Were Here. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1975
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Maybe not as good as OK Computer, Kid A or In Rainbows, but it's the turning point of their career, like Rubber Soul for the Beatles.
Best tracks: Planet Telex, The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung, Street Spirit. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Planet Telex, The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees, My Iron Lung, Street Spirit. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1995
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33,174
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Best tracks: Alison, Machine Gun, 40 Days, When the Sun Hits.
[First added to this chart: 11/27/2015]
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1993
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12,285
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Definitely one of the best records from the 90s, every track is great.
Best tracks: My Name Is Jonas; The World Has Turned and Left Me Here; Buddy Holly; Undone (The Sweater Song); Say It Ain't So; In the Garage. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: My Name Is Jonas; The World Has Turned and Left Me Here; Buddy Holly; Undone (The Sweater Song); Say It Ain't So; In the Garage. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1994
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16,859
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Brilliant concept album by one of the greatest artists of all time.
Best tracks: Five Years; Starman; Ziggy Stardust; Suffragette City. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Five Years; Starman; Ziggy Stardust; Suffragette City. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1972
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50,068
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Best album by one of the greatest bands ever, an essential record.
Best tracks: Baba O'Riley; Behind Blue Eyes; Won't Get Fooled Again. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Baba O'Riley; Behind Blue Eyes; Won't Get Fooled Again. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1971
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24,144
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"An Uncanny Masterpiece" - Pete Townshend
Nothing more to say.
Best tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man; Epitath; The Court of the Crimson King. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Nothing more to say.
Best tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man; Epitath; The Court of the Crimson King. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1969
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31,580
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Best tracks: I Wanna Be Adored; She Bangs the Drums; Made of Stone; I Am the Resurrection.
[First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1989
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25,856
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The first time I listened to this album I didn't like it, then I payed attention to the lyrics.
Best tracks: Kettering, Sylvia, Two, Epilogue. [First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
Best tracks: Kettering, Sylvia, Two, Epilogue. [First added to this chart: 04/10/2016]
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2009
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6,269
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Wonderful album by one of the most underrated bands of all time, almost a greatest hits.
Best tracks: Ramble Tamble; Lookin' Out My Back Door; Up Around the Bend; Who'll Stop the Rain; Long as I Can See the Light. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Ramble Tamble; Lookin' Out My Back Door; Up Around the Bend; Who'll Stop the Rain; Long as I Can See the Light. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1970
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Muse | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Weezer | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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50/100  | 08/25/2021 18:34 |  zwiebel | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 02/17/2021 05:47 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
85/100 | 06/04/2020 16:58 | cronadigallina | | 86/100 |
95/100 | 04/26/2020 17:55 | HotZappsBoogaloo | | 81/100 |
85/100 | 03/10/2019 09:17 | Thad | | 79/100 |
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From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 02:00
Interesting list, don't like Radiohead and Arcade Fire but otherwise excellent. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea at number 1 is controversial but it is a great record. Rock on man
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DommeDamian 04/16/2018 11:50
DommeDamian 04/16/2018 11:50
13 artists and 9 albums in common yes!
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RasmV 01/03/2018 21:11
RasmV 01/03/2018 21:11
A third of the albums in your chart are in my chart aswell.
Will check the rest out at some point.
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From Granny-Smith 12/19/2017 17:51
Great chart
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From platus 08/31/2017 16:39
Really good chart
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phantom1305 08/28/2017 22:31
phantom1305 08/28/2017 22:31
Great chart! ^_^
You've got a great variety here. Lots of classics, mixed with ones I've never heard of. I'm going to listen to some of your recs. :)
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JulianR 08/09/2017 22:41
JulianR 08/09/2017 22:41
really solid picks all the way through. I agree about takk...
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From quadrophenia17 07/01/2017 13:43
Very nice!
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From JulianR 05/06/2017 06:45
JulianR 05/06/2017 06:45
You say The Bends isn't quite as good as Kid A and then rank it higher than Kid A...
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Bristoc 03/05/2017 23:16
Bristoc 03/05/2017 23:16
Very nice chart! i wish I could have the patience to write the notes for each album in my list too.
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