Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by samora

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Ken Dou Werente 

 Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar

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Pure brilliance. Every note on this album is spot on. Incredible slow-winding guitar and saxophone solos that make an impression every single time. A unique sound. Some find this album too slow. I can see the argument, but for me the slow pace actually adds to the beauty: it allows for enough time to really breathe in and digest every note. The guitar solo in Utrus Horas, starting at 03:42 is a good example, continuing until 06:30. The saxophone slowly displacing the singing in Coumba, from about 05:00 is another highlight. Yet another is the part in Ledi Ndieme M'Bodj, with the guitar solo starting from 02:55, continuing until the vocals make a fantastically sweet comeback at 03:42. And so I could go on detailing incredible sub-sections in the other songs. Every other album I listen too much in a certain period of time, I get tired of it. Except for this one. Been listening to it for the past 20 years, on a weekly basis I'd say, and I just can't get enough. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1983:

87

Rank in 1980s:

904

Overall Rank:

6,127

Average Rating:

 77 (22 votes)

Comments:

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Absolutely superb and unique. There is nothing else like it. Heroin remains the highlight; simply the best song about drugs ever written. The continuous change in pace is truly exhilarating. The first time (@ 01:20) at " cause it makes me feel like I'm a man; when I put a spike into my vein", the listener really gets a kick, and is drawn back to these addictive accelerations throughout the song. I can think of no other song where the interplay between the music and the lyrics is this brilliant and intricate.

I'll Be Your Mirror is a gem of a love song, with the best part at "I find it hard to believe you don't know, the beauty you are; but if you don't, let me be your eyes" (@ 01:09). Other highlights include I'm Waiting for My Man ("I'm just lookin'  for a dear, dear friend of mine" @ 1:10) and Femme Fatale ( "She builds you up to just put you down" @ 00:38). [First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,978 charts

Rank Score:

45,998

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Dylan's best. A sublime mixture of bitterness and warmth. The highlight is Idiot Wind, a dark, vengeful masterpiece. "Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth; you're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe" (@01:27). After almost 7 minutes of blaming the other, there is a final twist when Dylan turns to examine his own role, in the final words of the song "We're idiots, babe, it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves" (@06:55).

Tangled up in Blue is a great song, particularly the part in each verse where the pace accelerates, for the first time at "and i was standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes" (@00:31). Other highlights include You're Gonna Make me Lonesome When You Go, Shelter from the Storm, and Buckets of Rain.

An album without weak songs. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,564

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,133 votes)

Comments:

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Nevermind 

 Nirvana

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Admittedly some youth sentiment here; but the album is very strong, and has a lot of energy. Highlights: Lithium, in particular the yeheheheheyeahye parts (1st time @ 00:38). Other key tracks for me are Drain You and Lounge Act. In Drain You, the intermezzo from 01:36 until 02:20 is characteristic, building up to relaunching the song's characteristic riff @02:33, and the resumption of Cobain's singing @02:41 (One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you). Very energetic set-up. That is also the case for Lounge Act, where the second half (from 01:33; Truth, covered in your security) is almost identical to the first half, yet so different. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,109 charts

Rank Score:

41,987

Rank in 1991:

1

Rank in 1990s:

2

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 87 (4,234 votes)

Comments:

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Talking Timbuktu 

 Ali Farka Touré With Ry Cooder

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A magic record of timeless quality from the spiritual home of the blues. Ali Farka Toure is the towering figure of the Malian music scene since its independence from France. Some may prefer his truly authentic albums above this joint effort with Ry Cooder, but in the end I enjoy this one the most. Reserved beauty.

Highlights: Soukora, Diaraby and particulary Lasidan. Its underlying ever-continuing bass-riff is almost hypnotic. [First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

326

Rank in 1994:

90

Rank in 1990s:

747

Overall Rank:

4,320

Average Rating:

 75 (58 votes)

Comments:

7

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You Want It Darker 

 Leonard Cohen

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[First added to this chart: 10/24/2022]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

326 charts

Rank Score:

1,640

Rank in 2016:

18

Rank in 2010s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,078

Average Rating:

 79 (332 votes)

Comments:

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Metallica 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 10/24/2022]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

918 charts

Rank Score:

7,202

Rank in 1991:

9

Rank in 1990s:

47

Overall Rank:

240

Average Rating:

 78 (1,509 votes)

Comments:

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

37,372

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

289

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Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,212 charts

Rank Score:

11,137

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

137

Average Rating:

 83 (1,509 votes)

Comments:

89

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The Low End Theory 

 A Tribe Called Quest

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[First added to this chart: 10/24/2022]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

963 charts

Rank Score:

11,015

Rank in 1991:

6

Rank in 1990s:

29

Overall Rank:

138

Average Rating:

 85 (1,100 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	15	15%
1970s	22	22%
1980s	6	6%
1990s	20	20%
2000s	13	13%
2010s	20	20%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	6	6%
Radiohead	4	4%
The Doors	3	3%
Nirvana	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	2%
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	2%
Leonard Cohen	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	54	54%
	20	20%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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100/100	11/26/2023 10:46	ThuramThugood	81	87/100
95/100	10/26/2022 00:29	mrmcrook	394	92/100
100/100	10/25/2022 18:34	DJENNY	4,408	100/100
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