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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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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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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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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13. (=) | Funky Kingston | Toots & The Maytals | |||||||||||||||||||
| I prob shouldnt call this the greatest reggae album of all time bc Exodus and Funky Kingston will prob switch on my chart everyday. The fact is that there is not one song on this album that is weaker than the others. Not one song that i would skip while shuffling my iPod. Not only is the music great but so is the lyrics which isnt what Reggae is defined by. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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14. (=) | All Mod Cons | The Jam | |||||||||||||||||||
| All Mod Cons is the greatest New Wave album of all time excluding 77'. The album flows so nicely and the lyrics are great especially in The Place I Love and To Be Someone. The two songs the close out the two sides of this album In The Crowd and Down In the Tube Station At Midnight are just how side closers should be. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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15. (=) | Talking Heads: 77 | Talking Heads | |||||||||||||||||||
| Maybe the most rock oriented of the T.H album this debut started to be what would one of the greatest alternative rock bands of all time. The Album starts off with "Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town," and ends with and "Pulled Up." This are all great songs that are extremely conventional and a great way to end and start and album. What's in between? The strangest most un[]conventional and one of the most brilliant music ever made. This includes two songs probably in my top 30 if not top 20 "The Book I Read," and top 10 "Psycho Killer" their best known and greatest song. As strange as the album is I completely understand it the emotion, the anger, the happiness in an album that was as refrenced in their next album about buildings and food. But its about so much more idolization in "The Book I Read," serial killers "Pyscho Killer," Anger, lack of empathy, and frustration in "No Compassion" loved ones, greed, and yes buildings and food in "Dont Worry About The Government." This is T.H at its finest.Highest: 23 Lowest: 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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16. (=) | Blood On The Tracks | Bob Dylan | |||||||||||||||||||
| The most personal of all the Dylan albums. Damn it really makes me feel like im in the story for every song. And the thing is with most albums they will have one or two songs that completely break off the theme or the album will not even have the theme. The loneliness and depression of the Dylan's separation lurkes throughout the album and the songs tell such a gr8 story Blood on the Tracks has even been consider for a movie idea. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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17. (=) | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | |||||||||||||||||||
| I am sorry for not listening to Bowie for so long. This is an amazing concept album. Five Years is a mind blowing opening... idk if this album has an amazing message but the music is amazing. The character Ziggy Stardust lives in every rock star ever to live and really defines what it is to be a rockstar even if u r an alien. Ziggy Stardust is what it is to be a rock n roller what it is to be a human being. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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20. (22) 2 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | |||||||||||||||||||
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21. (20) 1 | There's A Riot Goin' On | Sly and the Family Stone | |||||||||||||||||||
| One could hear the heroin addiction and the self-destructiveness of Sly Stone while listening to this album. Even the upbeat songs like Runnin Away and Luv' n' Haight are truely dark songs. When I want to play an album ik wont bore me for a second a lot of the times I'll just go to good ole reliable Riot. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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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