Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by AReasonableMan 
- Chart updated: 02/20/2020 00:45
- (Created: 01/14/2016 16:34).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Best enjoyed alone, in the dark. The freakiest and most monumental post-rock album I've heard. To Be Kind is great too but it doesn't grab me by the lapels and scream at me like this does.
[First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
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1996
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Hard to summarize AftP. It's all about death, but it's an often optimistic perspective.
[First added to this chart: 04/26/2018]
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1992
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20,426
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Bob Dylan writes songs about anne frank and sex and plays them in a room with a marching band while they're all tripping balls.
[First added to this chart: 04/30/2016]
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1998
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39,430
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THE most underrated album in music, IMO. The instrumentation is nothing to write home about save the wonderful steel guitar, but the lyrics are some of the best ever written. It's like being broken up with and having a series of epiphanies through fits of crying. Knowing that you both tried your best, but it just wasn't good enough, and it might not ever be.
But you carry on anyway, through all of your dreams having been shattered, and knowing that the rest of your life will probably be a disappointment too. [First added to this chart: 01/30/2018]
But you carry on anyway, through all of your dreams having been shattered, and knowing that the rest of your life will probably be a disappointment too. [First added to this chart: 01/30/2018]
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1974
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1,007
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It's very life-affirming and it's exactly what I needed when this album came into my life. Listened to it every day for months. Almost child-like in tone, but Wayne sings about some of the darkest problems people have. It's beautiful.
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1999
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12,127
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Barely music, but an uncomfortably candid piece of art about death and insignificance.
[First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
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2017
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3,383
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You're watching the world end from a lawn chair on the edge of a field in Idaho.
[First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
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1997
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Probably the best concept album of all time, if not the most important. If you've only ever heard Comfortably Numb you're missing out.
[First added to this chart: 03/25/2016]
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1979
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Nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. This was my favorite album in middle school and much of high-school.
[First added to this chart: 01/20/2016]
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1973
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The first Radiohead album I absolutely loved. A very abstract representation of loneliness and isolation.
[First added to this chart: 03/25/2016]
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2001
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 10% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 4% | |
| Car Seat Headrest | 2 | 4% | |
| Xiu Xiu | 2 | 4% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 4% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 4% | |
| Jackson Browne | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 24th to 21st Pure Comedy by Father John Misty |
| Up 1 from 21st to 20th Amnesiac by Radiohead |
| Up 1 from 20th to 19th The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 18th to 25th I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes |
| Down 4 from 28th to 32nd In Rainbows by Radiohead |
| Down 3 from 37th to 40th When The Kite String Pops by Acid Bath |
| New entries |
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 Girl With Basket Of Fruitby Xiu Xiu |
| Jane Doe by Converge |
| Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu |
| Schlagenheim by Black Midi |
| Leavers |
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 Sleep's Holy Mountainby Sleep (US) |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West |
| Nevermind by Nirvana |
| Rain Dogs by Tom Waits |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums ratings
87/100 (from 16 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 100/100  | 11/04/2020 12:00 |  ssteve | | 92/100 |
90/100 | 02/20/2020 08:25 |  ForegroundNoise | | 87/100 |
100/100 | 02/20/2020 05:41 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/19/2020 19:37 |  DommeDamian | | 90/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/19/2020 17:09 | Chris15789 | | 70/100 |
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90/100
From ForegroundNoise 02/20/2020 08:25
ForegroundNoise 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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90/100
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KurwaHawk 01/31/2019 19:31
KurwaHawk 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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75/100
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JulianR 03/19/2018 01:10
JulianR 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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80/100
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LedZep 03/01/2018 17:45
LedZep 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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80/100
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Strangel 12/20/2017 11:10
Strangel 12/20/2017 11:10
Some good selections so far.
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90/100
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AAL2014 12/20/2017 07:50
AAL2014 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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100/100
From gon2bed 01/20/2016 06:37
Four albums in common, need more. :)
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
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| 12. Neil Young | |
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