Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Sean (2013) 
First published age 14 now 16 so I still have plenty of albums to learn. I have listened to about 600 albums and listened to large parts of 3000 or so albums hence my high number of ratings if u want to suggest any albums to me plz do.
Top Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. Bob Dylan 3.The R.S 4. Kanye 5. Talking Heads 6. Jimi Hendrix 7.Bob Marley 8. Sly & The Family Stone 9. Bruce Springsteen 10. The Velvet Underground 11. Neil Young 12. Jay-Z 13. The Clash 14. Arcade Fire 15. Pink Floyd
Chart updated: 03/12/2013 21:03 (Created: 08/05/2011 21:55). Chart size: 100 albums.
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1. (2) 1 | Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | |||||||||||||||||||
| The perfect folk album where everything flows perfectly. The bitterness despair and confusion is all in Highway 61 revisited. For along time this was my 3rd favorite Dylan album until one day i listened to it and everything clicked. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2. (4) 2 | Born To Run | Bruce Springsteen | |||||||||||||||||||
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Obviously the best Springsteen Album. With only 8 tracks each track is of near-perfection. Key Tracks "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," "Jungleland" "Thunder Road," and the title track. This album is so epic it's probably the most epic album of all time the only album above it that can maybe match that is MBDTF with Runaway. I've met people who said they cry when Jungleland is performed live. I can completely see why what an amazing collection of stories. H: 19 (First Chart), 24 L: 37 |
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3. (1)  2 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | |||||||||||||||||||
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The greatest album of all time.No album was as socially important as Sgt. Pepper's as it frequently referenced use of psychedelic drugs as in Lucy in the sky with diamonds and how the new generation is changing in She's Leaving Home. The album finishes with arguably the best song of all time and most complex "Day in a Life" One could put in an argument that Sgt. Peppers is not the best album bc other albums have better songs even other beatles albums have better songs. Well no Beatles or any other album flows as well as this album. It manages to not be eccentric or homogeneous at the same time. If every track was terrible and Day in A life was the only good track it probably would still be considered one of the greatest albums if all time bc that song is so good. The Beatles were a band that were not by any means a psychedelic band like JME but they managed to make the greatest psychedelic music piece ever. Sgt. Pepper's is by far the greatest album of all time period. Highest Position on Chart: 1 Lowest |
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4. (3) 1 | London Calling | The Clash | |||||||||||||||||||
| What it meant to be afraid in 1979 is best described in London Calling the best political album ever made among the topics it alludes to unemployment and nuclear holocaust. I also believe there is a very strong Ska influence on this album excluding the title track London Calling is a part-punk part-reggae album. Literally every track on London Calling is great and it is no wonder why most people consider it the greatest punk album of all time and a large minority considers it the greatest album of all time. I use to think the first album of the double album London Calling was the superior album but songs like the 5:43 minute reggae- jam Revolution Rock or one of my favorite songs of all time "Train In Vain" that it might be the better album. People have always commented on "Gimme Shelter" as the song that best captured the time. Well IMO, no album has or will ever capture a time then London Calling-1979 (May of been 1 one day) Lowest: 3 (For One day 6/1/11) might of been 5 first chart. 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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5. (=) | Revolver | The Beatles | |||||||||||||||||||
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This album revolutionized electric guitar and all rock. It affected music for ever. It might have not had a clear message or a bold statement but Revolver is just great music. The only relatively weak track on the album is Doctor Robert which is why Revolver my former #1 album sits at #7. There a two different types of boxers the one that knocks u out with a huge haymaker and the one that wears u out till u are exhausted with jabs. Revolver is the second type of boxers although it has many great songs I believer Revolvers landmark attribute is its consistency with all its tracks and its impeccable flow from track to track. It is no wonder that Revolver with the average of professional lists is the consistent #1 album of all time. And especially after a listen it is up there with In The Aeroplane Over the Sea and London Calling with the feeling why the hell isn't this my number one album of all time. Revolver= greatness Highest: 1 (Till August) Lowest: 11 (1 Day mista |
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6. (=) | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | |||||||||||||||||||
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Soulful, dark, narcissistic, insecure, few of the thousands of adjectives that could be used to describe Kanye's and Hip-Hop's greatest album. Every song is fantastic and while listening one clearly sees how accurate the album's title is. Beautiful, Dark and twisted. In this album two of the deepest songs "Blame Game" and his greatest song "Runaway" a 9 minute epic about how people think about him while the opening 4 tracks really set the dark self-loathing attitude of the album. Although premature, I believe one day MBDTF will be a lock in for top 20 albums as is Sgt. Peppers and Nevermind. When I talk to my friend who is also a member of the site (LaxWall99)he ignorantly argues that Kanye is ok but not top 5 worthy. People judge Kanye by his singles when in the deep tracks are the best part of the album. Call it premature but this is for me one of the greatest albums of all time and every time I update my chart it seems to go even higher so who knows how much higher MBDTF can go. Highest: 4 Lowest: 22 |
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7. (8) 1 | The Velvet Underground And Nico | The Velvet Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Velvet Underground & Nico could arguably be the first alt. rock album, and it perfectly goes with the saying put your best foot forward because this is the amazing album. The album specifically references Heroin in about 70% of the songs and also describes the New York scene at the time. The album was way ahead of its time and therefore its popularity only emerged later. For God Sakes, the album appears ahead of its time today. Everytime The VU went into the studio they produced brilliance but this was a different level of brilliance that no album will ever sound ever close to the style that NICO did. The Monkees were able to copy after the Beatles but do you really think they could of copied "Black Angle's Death," or "I'm Waiting For The Man." This album is probably the album on this chart that I can actually say its one of a kind and its rare type of brillance will not and frankly can not ever be repeated in the past present or future Highest: 5 Lowest: 13-14 (There for most of the history of the cha |
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8. (9) 1 | The Dark Side Of The Moon | Pink Floyd | |||||||||||||||||||
| One of Prog Rock's greatest albums and one of the greatest albums of all time. There literally isn't a dull moment in this album and one is never not intrigued. This is definitely Pink Floyd's best album and although Wish You Were Here is great this is really Pink Floyd's masterpiece. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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9. (7) 2 | Beggars Banquet | The Rolling Stones | |||||||||||||||||||
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Great album full of some of their bluesiest stuff great tracks include "Sympathy Devil,and "Street Fighting Man", but also has some of their best deep tracks "Jigsaw Puzzle and "Factory Girl."I honestly do not understand why out of the Rolling Stone's big four this is the lost ranked album. I lived the first half of my chart life blindly believing the without a doubt Exile on Main St. was the finest Stones album. I don't know any other album in my life no matter what situation, day, time, age i can put this on and enjoy it just as much as I did the last listen. I think "Stray Cat Blues" is the greatest heavy blues song of all time and "Sympathy For the Devil" is my 5th greatest song. That any many other elements is why I Think Beggars is the greatest Stones album of all time and the greatest Blues album of all time. The Stones' are one of those bands that people tend to judge there styles by there hits like Gimme Shelter and Satifaction but if pep. listen to BB they would see the Stones R&B roots. :8 L |
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10. (=) | Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | |||||||||||||||||||
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Soft & beautiful Pet Sounds is Baroque Pop at its best. It is arguably the best engineered album of all time as the studio innovations were never seen before. The album was written in attempt for the beach boys to out do Rubber Soul which it did but unfortunately for the beach boys their magnum opus was bested when Paul McCartney heavily influenced by Pet Sounds came up with the idea for sgt. peppers Highest:11 Lowest: 14 (one of the most consistent albums) |
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jeremylannister 04/23/2013 20:52
jeremylannister 04/23/2013 20:52you should be a music critic!
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SingingPeasant96 03/07/2013 01:29Great!
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Sweeeeet! Nice Sly contribution.
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It is a beautiful all-through-decades, dark-and-light, twisted-and-traditional fantasy!
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From quadrophenia17 02/16/2013 16:24
Love your description of the majority of the albums you have listed!
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From jamessmith77 02/04/2013 12:46
On the whole much to my tastes but not a fan of kanye west or Jay Z which is why I dint score it higher.
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From Mr November 12/18/2012 21:32
Although your chart is pretty much flawless it feels a bit too well researched, like these are albums you've read are great rather than really push your buttons. Comments like "What it meant to be afraid in 1979 is best described in London Calling" when you weren't born till the mid 90's make me suspicious. Forgive me if I'm wrong but this is your chart, don't worry so much about pleasing others with your knowledge of music.
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ffudnebbuh 08/28/2012 11:08like the comments
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From ffudnebbuh 08/28/2012 11:08
ffudnebbuh 08/28/2012 11:08nice list
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From skullcandy159 08/23/2012 17:32
skullcandy159 08/23/2012 17:32First off, I gotta thank you for getting me into the site. Without you, I would have never visited BEA; the site that eventually got me really into music.
As for the chart, it is awesome. One of my favorites on the site, in fact. I mean, we got 54 albums in common so what's not to like? As for the remaining 46, they are all choices that I not only respect, but fully understand why they are considered in your mind a top 100 album. I know you're not the biggest Led Zeppelin fan, but give them another listen they are classic. Also, I'd suggest listening to The Who's Tommy and one of their lesser known greats, The Who Sell Out, lemme know what you think.
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