Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by AReasonableMan

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Front to back perfect. Picking a highlight track is enough to give me a migraine, everything is executed brilliantly.

The only $100 boxset I've ever bought.
[First added to this chart: 01/20/2016]
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1997
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Fragile, gorgeous, and terribly sad. I intend to get several Joni-themed tattoos because of this record [First added to this chart: 01/30/2018]
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1971
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17,100
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The personified scream of the void. This album comes from such a real place of suffering you feel uncomfortable listening. [First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
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2008
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4,819
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Gritty, funny, conceptual, and technical. Until recently it was far and away my favorite metal album. Now it's just my favorite. [First added to this chart: 01/30/2018]
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1996
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6,883
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Beneath an underpass, in the freezing rain you huddle up with a heroin junkie. He whips out a guitar, and plays the saddest songs about addiction and self-hatred you've ever heard. [First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
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1995
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2,805
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The vocals may be a smidge overly dramatic but otherwise, a perfect record. Y'know that specific feeling you get when you're just as enraged as you are hurt? It's that feeling for a whole record, peaking (imo) with The Pecan Tree. It might be my favorite song ever. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2019]
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2013
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The first real post-rock album, as far as I'm concerned. Reminds me a lot of watching a good horror movie. It's very restrained most of the time, but there are a few moments on the record that go from creepy to straight up scary. Especially the last song, Good Morning, Captain. Evidently it was the last track they recorded, and the vocalist was pouring sweat after they were done recording. He checked himself into a mental hospital the next day.

This is one of those albums that has a supernatural kind of presence to it that can send chills down your spine and make you feel like you're being watched. OK Computer, this, and Soundtracks For The Blind do this sometimes, Deathconsciousness is an entire record that makes your skin crawl.
[First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
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1991
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Didn't get this until recently but I'm very glad I did.

Styrofoam Boots is one of my favorite songs now.

"My brain's the burger and my heart's the charcoal"
[First added to this chart: 10/08/2019]
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1997
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Depressed in College? You're not the only one. It's hilarious, sad, and the instrumentation is pretty refreshing for an indie rock record from this decade. [First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
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2016
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I'm not crying, you're crying. I didn't listen to this album for years because it was everywhere, but now I understand why. Nothing heals lingering emotional pain like this album. [First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
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2007
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13,012
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 11 22%
1980s 0 0%
1990s 17 34%
2000s 10 20%
2010s 12 24%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 33 66%
United Kingdom 12 24%
Canada 5 10%

Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 3 from 24th to 21st
Pure Comedy
by Father John Misty
Climber Up 1 from 21st to 20th
Amnesiac
by Radiohead
Climber Up 1 from 20th to 19th
The Dark Side Of The Moon
by Pink Floyd
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 7 from 18th to 25th
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
by Bright Eyes
Faller Down 4 from 28th to 32nd
In Rainbows
by Radiohead
Faller Down 3 from 37th to 40th
When The Kite String Pops
by Acid Bath

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From 02/20/2020 08:25
Really great stuff, love the notes too. Looking forward to seeing the complete list - though nothing at all from the 80s?
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From 01/31/2019 19:31
Thank you for the comment on my chart, I really digged yours alot! You should definitely listen to Loveless again, it didn't click with me on my first listen either until I did repeated listens. Yeah I'm also a Fantano fan but most of my favorite albums came from recommendations from close friends and RYM.
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From 03/19/2018 01:10
Nice list, keep expanding! I would have expected to see Amnesiac higher, but I'll get off your case ;) Here's a couple albums I would recommend:

Massive Attack - Mezzanine. A trip-hop album kinda like Dummy, and in the same vein as radiohead's electronic stuff.
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots. Another great album by the Lips that is pretty similar to the soft bulletin. They also have some great, and more noisy stuff from their earlier years if you're interested
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From 03/01/2018 17:45
Good looking chart so far! So nice to see Lateralus at 6, i have it at number 5 right now, a killer album. Nick Drake and The Smiths are great additions.
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From 12/20/2017 11:10
Some good selections so far.
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From 12/20/2017 07:50
This chart will look amazing at 100. Keep up the good work, there are some marvelous picks here so far. Fucking love Tool.
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From 01/20/2016 06:37
Four albums in common, need more. :)
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