Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
sethmadsen (2013) 
Hot damn... after 20 gets tough for me. My own subjective opinion is getting in the way! I think I have decided to rate albums based on how much I like it. How much do I think the content makes a whole album, instead of a few good songs, and some filler. I got rid of the whole one album per artist thing. I realize this chart is heavy in one direction... but I didn't create it to compete, I created it because these are honestly the albums I like, and my favorite bands obviously are going to override other possibly critically or popularly acclaimed (especially on this site) albums... I don't care, these are the ones I like.
IMO these albums are all killa, no filla. Every bit of the album grasps my attention and speak to my soul. In order for me to REALLY like an artist/album they have to be able to create a holistic album from start to finish- every song must matter. In my opinion these artists/albums have been able to achieve this, while many others fail miserably.
Also, my favorite time periods in music are late 50s, late 60s, late 80s, and early 90s.
Chart updated: 04/08/2013 04:42 (Created: 06/02/2011 01:12). Chart size: 100 albums.
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1. (=) | Abbey Road | The Beatles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Amazing album! Some of the Beatles best performances are on this album. I especially like the string of unfinished songs at the end that Paul put together. I think this album is just slightly better than Sgt. Pepper's, but not by much. Interesting that this is the stuff they last recorded together. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2. (=) | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | |||||||||||||||||||
| There is something truly magical about this album for me. It always mentally and emotionally captures me and doesn't let me go until the silly loop of laughter at the end. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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3. (=) | Kid A | Radiohead | |||||||||||||||||||
| I know OK Computer is supposed to be their Magnum Opus, but I honestly thing this one is. I think artistically they went a level that they have yet to match. This is their Sgt. Pepper's in opinion. It has that same quality of magic in the air. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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4. (=) | The Joshua Tree | U2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| To hear U2 transform from War, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb has been a trip. This album, however, I think is their best. The guitar solo in Bullet the Blue Sky, the way 90% of the lyrics in Exit finish before the song really starts, the emptiness of Running to Stand Still. All of this has grabbed a hold of my soul and has not let go since 1987. U2 as a band... I think they are turning into the next Rolling Stones in the sense that they don't know when to stop :). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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5. (=) | Nevermind | Nirvana | |||||||||||||||||||
| The raw emotion throughout this album, and all of their albums is what keeps me coming back for more. One of my favorite lyrics of all time: "It's ok to eat fish, because they don't have any feelings." Kurt had an amazing way of conveying stuff through odd sentences like this. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6. (10) 4 | Automatic For The People | R.E.M. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Picking the best R.E.M. album for me is difficult, but this one seems to capture so much of their different creative spells, that I had to go with this one. Great acoustic stuff with Drive, jangling guitar countryish sounding stuff with Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, their pop ballad of Everybody Hurts, their droning beauty with the Sweetness Follows, harder rock stuff with Ignorland, and another R.E.M. style pop song with Man on the Moon. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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7. (=) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wow, what an awesome collection of work. Begins with one of RHCPs best tracks and ends with a Robert Johnson cover. So many timeless tracks on this album. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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8. (=) | Sea Change | Beck | |||||||||||||||||||
| The most chill, melancholy album that isn't pretentious. Beck is just amazing, period. This "break" up album is so honest as well. Well done. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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9. (=) | Siamese Dream | The Smashing Pumpkins | |||||||||||||||||||
| This album is just as pivotal to me as Nevermind in the rebirth of music we had in the beginning of the 1990s. The multi-layering of guitar work is unbelievable. I think I remember hearing that Soma has over 40 guitar tracks layered on it. Amazing work all around, even if it was all Billy, minus the amazing Jimmy work. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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10. (6)  4 | The Colour And The Shape | Foo Fighters | |||||||||||||||||||
| This album never ceases to amaze me from start to finish. It has very good opening tracks that grab my attention well, but also develops a lot of character by the end of it. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A little heavy on U2 and REM, but props for an overall solid chart.
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Good to see Accelerate made it. Thought it might be forgotten amongst the others! Livings Well Is The Best Revenge and Supernatural are the best from that. Looks like you like your big bands!
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From elparacaidas 04/22/2013 01:11
YEAAH!! i like your chart except for U2 and i miss Bowie here but its great!!
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HugoHeinen 04/13/2013 18:40
HugoHeinen 04/13/2013 18:40Well I like this chart a lot. Two Beatles albums on top, that's quite a challenge, not many will except that. Including all Muse album, a lot of U2, R.E.M. and getting the Peppers in your top 10 makes this a chart that shows what you really love and not what people want you to like, which reminds me of my own chart. I love it.
Edit: you've listed Magical Mystery Tour, that's awesome.
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Jasonconfused 04/08/2013 01:51
Jasonconfused 04/08/2013 01:51I haven't seen it yet. Thanks for the rec!
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drakoniumIt's OK. It's very, very heavy on a few classic bands, and I don't like that. There are also many albums I dislike here.
However you do include more personal favorites, and that is a good point.
All in all, I don't think it is a bad chart, it is just, you know, a little boring.
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From jamessmith77 03/29/2013 10:28
Can only score the chart on what I've heard off it and I like most of that. Never listened to Foo Fighters for some reason, they are just one of them bands I've never looked into but gonna give them a go soon. Only band I don't agree with on here is coldplay, they just don't do it for me, but always good to see lots of R.E.M.
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MadadudeGreat list. Couldn't agree more with Kid A being near the top
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Mother Nature's Son 03/15/2013 18:18
Mother Nature's Son 03/15/2013 18:18A really great chart and nice to see someone that can counterbalance the U2-hate a little. I also agree with you that "Hairshirt" is a great gem and the best on "Green". Great job!
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HappymealYeah, I punch myself in the face sometimes.
Nice chart btw.
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