Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
ShadowColossi 
Ok so I rate albums as follows:
I basically just write down all the songs, rank them from 1-5*, and then add up all the *s, / the max number of stars. For example:
Pink Floyd Animals
Pigs on the Wing pt. 1 - *****
Dogs- *****
Pigs- *****
Sheep- *****
Pigs on the Wing pt. 2- *****
25/25=10.0
This chart is a constant work in process- it's very possible it may change multiple times a day. I'm always listening to new music and my opinions on certain albums are also due to change over time- So I apologize if you liked my chart a way it was before, but they're all there anyways. I just like to keep it up to date for my tastes at the moment.
I judge music by complexity and creativity in songwriting, as well as uniqueness. So when something strikes me as well written, complex music with a unique sound, it's bound to one of my favorites. I also believe emotion is a huge thing for music, some songs portray it so well it can make you feel the same way. Anyways, enjoy my chart! Recommendations are ALWAYS welcome :)
Also, I make music and would love if you checked it out!
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- Chart updated: 02/20/2018 21:45
- (Created: 01/14/2016 05:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Indie Pop / Electronic
A calming, electronic atmosphere given to you by a voice that sometimes couldn't care less, and sometimes, couldn't care more. The sampling in this album is just flawless, each sound fits the songs so well. There is a moment in "Pick Up the Phone" Where there is one drum beat and then just nothing but this noise- it's one of my favorite points in the album. The noise just takes the song to a different level entirely for some strange reason. Other highlights include when the guitars kick in on "One With the Freaks", the soft-spoken beauty of "Consequence", and the vicious back-to-back "Solitaire", and "This Room", which are my favorite tracks on the record.
9.6 / 10
Favorite Track: "This Room"
"Leave me paralyzed, love
Leave me hypnotized, love" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
A calming, electronic atmosphere given to you by a voice that sometimes couldn't care less, and sometimes, couldn't care more. The sampling in this album is just flawless, each sound fits the songs so well. There is a moment in "Pick Up the Phone" Where there is one drum beat and then just nothing but this noise- it's one of my favorite points in the album. The noise just takes the song to a different level entirely for some strange reason. Other highlights include when the guitars kick in on "One With the Freaks", the soft-spoken beauty of "Consequence", and the vicious back-to-back "Solitaire", and "This Room", which are my favorite tracks on the record.
9.6 / 10
Favorite Track: "This Room"
"Leave me paralyzed, love
Leave me hypnotized, love" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2002
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1,335
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Acoustic
As a guitar player, picking a "favorite" guitar player is very difficult. Especially for someone like me who can get into just about any piece of music with a guitar in it in general. But Nick Drake is most definately my favorite. The skill and precision that he displays on this album should tell you why. I've learned many of these songs, but there are some that I just cannot get. The rhythms are rediculously quick, and sometimes quite awkward, but they sound way too good for me not to try. So I try and try and try.... And truthfully, sometimes get nowhere. But hell I'm gonna keep trying. Anyways- This album is great from start to finish. It's soft and calming, and it's an album that is good when you want to falls asleep, when you're feeling down, or when you're in the happiest of moods. It's just good.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "The Road"
"You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that will see me through" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
As a guitar player, picking a "favorite" guitar player is very difficult. Especially for someone like me who can get into just about any piece of music with a guitar in it in general. But Nick Drake is most definately my favorite. The skill and precision that he displays on this album should tell you why. I've learned many of these songs, but there are some that I just cannot get. The rhythms are rediculously quick, and sometimes quite awkward, but they sound way too good for me not to try. So I try and try and try.... And truthfully, sometimes get nowhere. But hell I'm gonna keep trying. Anyways- This album is great from start to finish. It's soft and calming, and it's an album that is good when you want to falls asleep, when you're feeling down, or when you're in the happiest of moods. It's just good.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "The Road"
"You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that will see me through" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1972
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20,132
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Psychedelic Rock / Neo-Psychedelia
Each track unfolds in front of you like some sort of crazed psychedelic dream. Not only is each track dreamy, catchy, and filled with hooks upon hooks, its thrown together in a way that really just invites you to get lost in it. It's just what Kevin Parker wanted this album to be - a trip inside of the listener's head. A Lonerism. Sorry if that was corny, I couldn't help it. But this record came out in a time of my life where I was very much that - lost in my own head. So this album helped me through every disorienting, terrifying adventure that I divulged in while thinking about, well, everything. Which is why one of the critical moments in this album is when the psychedelic haze clears for a singular voice to ask you "Hey? What are you doing out here? You're thinking about everything aren't you? I know it's crazy. Just don't think of it like that. Come on, let's go back inside" .... And back into the dreamy textures you go. Some of my favorite moments in any music I've heard take place in this album. The stunning guitar part that hits you oh so well after that pause in "Apocalypse Dreams", any part in "Mind Mischief" in all honestly, but especially the "oooooh that's what you get for cheeeaattting..." part when everything is just swirling around you
Now that I've gotten past the albums meaning, I can rant again (whoops sorry this is gonna be a long one folks) about Kevin Parker's writing. I can't believe how genius this guy is- every instrument, every line, and every second of production was done by him. And just listen to it. This is the best sounding record I've ever heard, with none of the tracks dragging on or repeating for too long, and constantly shifting. After writing the interchanging parts that make up every instrument of this record, he put in production value that made each part move even more. The swirling effect of "Mind Mischief" makes it sound like the song is swirling around you, literally. "Nothing That Has Happened So Far..." is just one long, every changing psychedelic dream, each part constantly shifting tones and sides of the stereo. His drumming is original and always changing (listen to his drumming in Mind Mischief- it never repeats itself), his guitar features a wide variety of parts in every single song, and the synth features just as wide of a variety. Each part of this record is obsessively perfected, and each song has it's own unique feel. It flows from one song to the next in perfect harmony. I find myself nodding my head and tapping my foot all throughout the album, and each time I listen to it, I find brand new things to appreciate about it.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Song: "Mind Mischief"
"But I just don't know
How to feel right
A beautiful girl
Is wasting my life
I'm playing a part
As somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
That this will make sense one day
I guess I'm alright
But they're all doing so well
What I would give
To be under that spell"
(This is my favorite set of lyrics of all time just thought I'd say) [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Each track unfolds in front of you like some sort of crazed psychedelic dream. Not only is each track dreamy, catchy, and filled with hooks upon hooks, its thrown together in a way that really just invites you to get lost in it. It's just what Kevin Parker wanted this album to be - a trip inside of the listener's head. A Lonerism. Sorry if that was corny, I couldn't help it. But this record came out in a time of my life where I was very much that - lost in my own head. So this album helped me through every disorienting, terrifying adventure that I divulged in while thinking about, well, everything. Which is why one of the critical moments in this album is when the psychedelic haze clears for a singular voice to ask you "Hey? What are you doing out here? You're thinking about everything aren't you? I know it's crazy. Just don't think of it like that. Come on, let's go back inside" .... And back into the dreamy textures you go. Some of my favorite moments in any music I've heard take place in this album. The stunning guitar part that hits you oh so well after that pause in "Apocalypse Dreams", any part in "Mind Mischief" in all honestly, but especially the "oooooh that's what you get for cheeeaattting..." part when everything is just swirling around you
Now that I've gotten past the albums meaning, I can rant again (whoops sorry this is gonna be a long one folks) about Kevin Parker's writing. I can't believe how genius this guy is- every instrument, every line, and every second of production was done by him. And just listen to it. This is the best sounding record I've ever heard, with none of the tracks dragging on or repeating for too long, and constantly shifting. After writing the interchanging parts that make up every instrument of this record, he put in production value that made each part move even more. The swirling effect of "Mind Mischief" makes it sound like the song is swirling around you, literally. "Nothing That Has Happened So Far..." is just one long, every changing psychedelic dream, each part constantly shifting tones and sides of the stereo. His drumming is original and always changing (listen to his drumming in Mind Mischief- it never repeats itself), his guitar features a wide variety of parts in every single song, and the synth features just as wide of a variety. Each part of this record is obsessively perfected, and each song has it's own unique feel. It flows from one song to the next in perfect harmony. I find myself nodding my head and tapping my foot all throughout the album, and each time I listen to it, I find brand new things to appreciate about it.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Song: "Mind Mischief"
"But I just don't know
How to feel right
A beautiful girl
Is wasting my life
I'm playing a part
As somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
That this will make sense one day
I guess I'm alright
But they're all doing so well
What I would give
To be under that spell"
(This is my favorite set of lyrics of all time just thought I'd say) [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2012
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16,782
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Indie Rock
I don't quite understand why this one had to grow on me, but it did. It just didn't click as quickly as even Kid A did. But now I can understand why it's the top album on this site. "Paranoid Android", "Climbing Up the Walls", "Lucky", and "Let Down" are highlights, but the whole thing is gold (excluding fitter happier, sorry guys).
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "Lucky"
"Please could you stop the noise I'm tryin' to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's this?
When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
I don't quite understand why this one had to grow on me, but it did. It just didn't click as quickly as even Kid A did. But now I can understand why it's the top album on this site. "Paranoid Android", "Climbing Up the Walls", "Lucky", and "Let Down" are highlights, but the whole thing is gold (excluding fitter happier, sorry guys).
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "Lucky"
"Please could you stop the noise I'm tryin' to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's this?
When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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76,507
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15. (=)
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Indie Rock
I don't think any other record on this list has a better opening track than "Get Away". "In the Flowers" is pretty close, but not this good. It's just one bit upbeat, raging song where each note hits your ears oh so sweetly. Daniel's voice is the perfect fit here, with an emotional edge that some would describe as a bit whiny, but I don't consider it like that. It's a song about being truly numb. Breaking down everything you thought you knew with nothing to hold on to, not even the pain. You get away, but is it worth it? At least that's what the song says to me. It also helps that any hook in that song could be stuck in your head for days. Some more highlights in this album are the sweet, sweet riffage in "Operation", the guitar bends on "The Wall" that seem to literally bend your brain as you're listening to it, stirring up a random emotion that you didn't even know you had. Truly not a bad track, although there are a few that aren't necessarily great. "Rubber" is the emotional slow-burner that they put at the end, and it fits just fine. I'm not gonna lie, had a few emotional breakdowns during that song, because it just has a way of stirring up whatever it is that you were trying to push down. "Should I give in? Yes I give in" Daniel sings, and that's exactly what happens. But enough of my blabbering and back to the original point - This album starts and ends brilliantly.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "Operation"
"Break it down,
And then break it up again
Me and my guitar
Drowning down and down again
Not even the pain kicks in
Tell me when the pain kicks in" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
I don't think any other record on this list has a better opening track than "Get Away". "In the Flowers" is pretty close, but not this good. It's just one bit upbeat, raging song where each note hits your ears oh so sweetly. Daniel's voice is the perfect fit here, with an emotional edge that some would describe as a bit whiny, but I don't consider it like that. It's a song about being truly numb. Breaking down everything you thought you knew with nothing to hold on to, not even the pain. You get away, but is it worth it? At least that's what the song says to me. It also helps that any hook in that song could be stuck in your head for days. Some more highlights in this album are the sweet, sweet riffage in "Operation", the guitar bends on "The Wall" that seem to literally bend your brain as you're listening to it, stirring up a random emotion that you didn't even know you had. Truly not a bad track, although there are a few that aren't necessarily great. "Rubber" is the emotional slow-burner that they put at the end, and it fits just fine. I'm not gonna lie, had a few emotional breakdowns during that song, because it just has a way of stirring up whatever it is that you were trying to push down. "Should I give in? Yes I give in" Daniel sings, and that's exactly what happens. But enough of my blabbering and back to the original point - This album starts and ends brilliantly.
9.5 / 10
Favorite Track: "Operation"
"Break it down,
And then break it up again
Me and my guitar
Drowning down and down again
Not even the pain kicks in
Tell me when the pain kicks in" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2011
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1,530
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Experimental / Electronic
At first listen, I thought it was ok. I'll be honest. I loved "Everything In It's Right Place", "How to Disappear Completely", the bass-line from "The National Anthem", "Idioteque", and "Optimistic". Everything else... I could do without. I especially didn't like the title track. But I kept reading about how great this album was. So I gave it a few more listens, and I was hooked. Soon the odd vocals in "Kid A" that at first bothered me now fit so well with the album's mood it almost seemed essential. The jazz fusion at the end of "The National Anthem" became a crashing emotional breakdown instead of a messy orchestra. And "In Limbo" became the delay ridden, every-shifting song it is. And now I can't go a week without revisiting Kid A.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Idioteque"
"Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
At first listen, I thought it was ok. I'll be honest. I loved "Everything In It's Right Place", "How to Disappear Completely", the bass-line from "The National Anthem", "Idioteque", and "Optimistic". Everything else... I could do without. I especially didn't like the title track. But I kept reading about how great this album was. So I gave it a few more listens, and I was hooked. Soon the odd vocals in "Kid A" that at first bothered me now fit so well with the album's mood it almost seemed essential. The jazz fusion at the end of "The National Anthem" became a crashing emotional breakdown instead of a messy orchestra. And "In Limbo" became the delay ridden, every-shifting song it is. And now I can't go a week without revisiting Kid A.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Idioteque"
"Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2000
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51,256
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Chamber Rock
I always thought this album was overrated. A lot of you might.
It's not.
Just listen to it.
9.4 / 10
Favorite Track: "Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)"
"You climb out the chimney,
And meet me in the middle, the middle of the town
And since there's no one else around,
We let our hair grow long,
And forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker from
Living out in the snow" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
I always thought this album was overrated. A lot of you might.
It's not.
Just listen to it.
9.4 / 10
Favorite Track: "Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)"
"You climb out the chimney,
And meet me in the middle, the middle of the town
And since there's no one else around,
We let our hair grow long,
And forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker from
Living out in the snow" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2004
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41,716
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Punk Rock / Indie Rock / Emo-ish
Always my angry album- I don't know why. Ok maybe I do. And Maybe I'll tell you.
It's chop full of hooks, and every track has a chance to be your favorite if you let it. "Wasted Days" is an 8-minute full-throtle punk song that mutates into an ugly ferocious jam by the end of it's run time. "Fall In", and "Stay Useless" are songs that you could sing along with at any time of the day, anywhere. "No Future/No Past" is a depressing number, but a good one nonetheless, as well as "Cut You" and "No Sentiment". I didn't have this one so high before mostly out of reluctance, but I'm putting it up here now. I just did a whole "re-ranking" of my albums (I have a fucking 280+ album spreadsheet with all the albums I have liked enough to make note of) track-by-track, and track-by-track, this record is astounding. Great punk record with an emo touch, and just so goddamn angry at everything that is going wrong. And as much as I like to contain and hide all of my anger- this album lets me get it all out, screaming the lyrics if I ever have it playing in the car.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Cut You" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Always my angry album- I don't know why. Ok maybe I do. And Maybe I'll tell you.
It's chop full of hooks, and every track has a chance to be your favorite if you let it. "Wasted Days" is an 8-minute full-throtle punk song that mutates into an ugly ferocious jam by the end of it's run time. "Fall In", and "Stay Useless" are songs that you could sing along with at any time of the day, anywhere. "No Future/No Past" is a depressing number, but a good one nonetheless, as well as "Cut You" and "No Sentiment". I didn't have this one so high before mostly out of reluctance, but I'm putting it up here now. I just did a whole "re-ranking" of my albums (I have a fucking 280+ album spreadsheet with all the albums I have liked enough to make note of) track-by-track, and track-by-track, this record is astounding. Great punk record with an emo touch, and just so goddamn angry at everything that is going wrong. And as much as I like to contain and hide all of my anger- this album lets me get it all out, screaming the lyrics if I ever have it playing in the car.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Cut You" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2012
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1,757
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Freak Folk / Experimental
(Side-note: The record clicked again and moved up significantly. It makes me so happy to be reconnected with an old friend- not to mention my former best friend)
This was my favorite record ever for the better part of the last 5 years, up until about a little under 2 years ago when I felt myself detach from it a little bit. It was sad. The record was kind of like a friend to me for a while- I could put it on whenever and just get transported to its world. I'll just go out and say it- I fell in love with this band because of the song "Did You See the Words?". I cried the first time I heard it. Something about it just got to me- there is some strange emotion behind that song that I cannot explain. It gets to me still- though it only made me tear up the first time. Those twinkling chords and all those nostaliagic, wonderful background noises bring the entire song to a new level of... Something. As you've noticed I can talk about music for a long, long time- but I can't see any words that can describe that song. Maybe those mad fucking geniuses planned it like that. But besides the first track, you'll still find many gems on this record. "The Purple Bottle" is almost like a folk version of their "Bluish" from Merriweather. "Turn Into Something" is a shifting, great closing track. "Banshee Beat" is the centerpiece, and it's brilliant. I read in an interview recently that the emotion behind that song makes Avey Tare unable to play it anymore. Which is a bummer- I've still yet to see them live and that's one of my favorites. Start to finish, this album will bring out the Feels, and it's terrific.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Did You See the Words?"
"Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?
Can I call you just to hear you would you care?
When I saw you put your purple finger on me
There's a feeling in your bottle
Found your bottle, found your heart
Gives a feeling from your bottled little part" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
(Side-note: The record clicked again and moved up significantly. It makes me so happy to be reconnected with an old friend- not to mention my former best friend)
This was my favorite record ever for the better part of the last 5 years, up until about a little under 2 years ago when I felt myself detach from it a little bit. It was sad. The record was kind of like a friend to me for a while- I could put it on whenever and just get transported to its world. I'll just go out and say it- I fell in love with this band because of the song "Did You See the Words?". I cried the first time I heard it. Something about it just got to me- there is some strange emotion behind that song that I cannot explain. It gets to me still- though it only made me tear up the first time. Those twinkling chords and all those nostaliagic, wonderful background noises bring the entire song to a new level of... Something. As you've noticed I can talk about music for a long, long time- but I can't see any words that can describe that song. Maybe those mad fucking geniuses planned it like that. But besides the first track, you'll still find many gems on this record. "The Purple Bottle" is almost like a folk version of their "Bluish" from Merriweather. "Turn Into Something" is a shifting, great closing track. "Banshee Beat" is the centerpiece, and it's brilliant. I read in an interview recently that the emotion behind that song makes Avey Tare unable to play it anymore. Which is a bummer- I've still yet to see them live and that's one of my favorites. Start to finish, this album will bring out the Feels, and it's terrific.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Did You See the Words?"
"Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?
Can I call you just to hear you would you care?
When I saw you put your purple finger on me
There's a feeling in your bottle
Found your bottle, found your heart
Gives a feeling from your bottled little part" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2005
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3,300
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Experimental / Electronic / Neo-Psychedelia
It starts out chaotic, with a (synth?) part that sounds a little bit like someone record bubbles and put distortion and chorus on it (it's Animal Collective so maybe they did who knows), but then slowly reveals itself as the heartbeat of the song. The melodies that follow are just as sweet and delectable as the album's title. "Chores" opens up with Panda taking the lead, singing about family schtuffs like usual. "For Reverand Green" is an emotional masterpiece. "Fireworks".... "Fireworks" is just all out amazing. It really seems like that song is a person in itself- it has a heartbeat and a voice and a rush of emotions that is difficult to explain. I can't put it any other way truthfully. It's a great record (although as with most AnCo, not for all), starting and ending just as good without wavering.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Fireworks"
"And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
Then we did believe in magic and we did die
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your insides" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
It starts out chaotic, with a (synth?) part that sounds a little bit like someone record bubbles and put distortion and chorus on it (it's Animal Collective so maybe they did who knows), but then slowly reveals itself as the heartbeat of the song. The melodies that follow are just as sweet and delectable as the album's title. "Chores" opens up with Panda taking the lead, singing about family schtuffs like usual. "For Reverand Green" is an emotional masterpiece. "Fireworks".... "Fireworks" is just all out amazing. It really seems like that song is a person in itself- it has a heartbeat and a voice and a rush of emotions that is difficult to explain. I can't put it any other way truthfully. It's a great record (although as with most AnCo, not for all), starting and ending just as good without wavering.
9.3 / 10
Favorite Track: "Fireworks"
"And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
Then we did believe in magic and we did die
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your insides" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]
Year of Release:
2007
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4,514
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| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
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| 2010s | 28 | 28% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
93/100 (from 68 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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80/100  | 06/19/2020 05:45 |  DriftingOrpheus | | 91/100 |
90/100 | 08/14/2019 02:07 |  ExTeaSea | | 89/100 |
100/100 | 07/07/2019 09:15 |  bertrandu | | 88/100 |
95/100 | 06/23/2019 03:38 |  Xxnu99etxX | | 90/100 |
100/100 | 02/27/2019 02:15 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 92.7/100, a mean average of 92.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 13.5.
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90/100
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dihansse 09/12/2019 04:46
dihansse 09/12/2019 04:46
@dexme: I don’t understand your comment at all: he only rated a couple of hundreds of albums, he’s chosen some fairly non standard albums albums for this top chart and he wouldn’t go into the trouble to write these long personal comments on his top albums if he was only after the points: for me this chart and the comment that go with it is a winner.
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55/100
From dexmc 09/12/2019 03:42
Your chart sucks. It only has popular albums. Stop ratings albums just because you want points. How dare you.
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90/100
From ExTeaSea 08/14/2019 02:08
ExTeaSea 08/14/2019 02:08
Really cool chart! Animal Collective and The Unicorns, nice!
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85/100
From Reppu1976 06/27/2018 01:44
Great chart!
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95/100
From 
elo269megv 09/15/2017 18:56
elo269megv 09/15/2017 18:56
This has introduced me to so much!!
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100/100
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HoldenM 09/15/2017 12:24
HoldenM 09/15/2017 12:24
Nothing new to add. This is really amazing, still.
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85/100
From SamNassiri98 09/15/2017 12:18
Nice chart!
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100/100
From 
DommeDamian 09/15/2017 09:19
DommeDamian 09/15/2017 09:19
Phenomenal chart my friend. Looks similar to mind, in terms of description. :)))
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100/100
From 
Flay 09/15/2017 08:38
Flay 09/15/2017 08:38
Great chart, I can see mine looking a bit like this in a year's time. By the way, the track on Blonde on Blonde is "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", not "the Texas Blues".
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75/100
From platus 09/15/2017 08:29
Interesting chart
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