Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by poorpete Unknown

Ranked my albums, with 85% for songs (individually ranked 0 to 5), 10% for song flow, and 5% for my own bias. Best-of albums disqualified. Live albums and non-album-track albums allowed. Genre blindspots: Jazz, Classical, Foreign, Early Punk. Artist blindspots: Springsteen, Hendrix, Elton John, Cat Stevens, Talking Heads. Album blindspots: Blood on the Tracks, The Stone Roses, Grace, Definitely Maybe, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Personal Bias: Last 15 years of current music immersion. Singer-songwriter guitarist.

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Best song: A Day in the Life. Weakest song: Fixing a Hole. Only album on my list to receive a perfect score. Great songs, great tracklisting, great bias (first Beatles album, got me into 60s music). [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1967
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50,922
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Best song: This Year's Love. Weakest song: We're Not Right. Great songs (each song is a gem), decent tracklisting (wouldn't have minded a few more songs), and a great bias (album defined my college years). [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
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1998
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1,199
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Best song: Try not to Breathe. Weakest song: New Orleans Instrumental #1. Beautiful from beginning to end. My bias: this was my first CD. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
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1992
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20,445
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Best song: High and Dry. Weakest song: Black Star. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1995
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33,283
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Best song: California. Weakest song: The Last Time I saw Richard. Tracks full of emotion and quality, endlessly listenable, love it. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
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1971
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17,100
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Best song: Norwegian Wood. Weakest song: What Goes On. Surprising entry here, as I listen to Revolver more, but can't deny the album is full of hits. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
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1965
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30,608
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Best song: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window. Weakest song: Sun King. What would the Beatles be without great songs well produced and assembled track-by-track to perfection? [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
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1969
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65,347
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Best song: Paranoid Android. Weakest "song": Fitter Happier. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1997
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76,982
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Best song: So What. Weakest song: Freddie Freeloader [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1959
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25,077
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Best song: Cecilia. Weakest song: Bye Bye Love. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1970
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13,204
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 15 15%
1970s 17 17%
1980s 9 9%
1990s 20 20%
2000s 37 37%
2010s 1 1%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 10 10%
R.E.M. 5 5%
Radiohead 5 5%
The White Stripes 4 4%
Beck 4 4%
Stevie Wonder 4 4%
Supergrass 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 51 51%
United Kingdom 40 40%
Canada 4 4%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Iceland 1 1%
Israel 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 95 95%
Yes 5 5%

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84/100 (from 19 votes)
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From 07/08/2015 15:48
Really solid chart. I tend to agree with your album picks. (Although, I also tend to like a lot of the tracks you deem "weakest songs.") Overall, this chart pleases me.
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From 03/18/2014 00:01
Good Music.
The chart is a bit redundant and boring to read, because there are too many albums of the same artists.
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From 08/20/2012 18:11
I like how you assemble your chart based on songs, song flow, and your own bias. Interesting choice
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From 08/20/2012 10:30
more than a half of this chart is very very good...Counting Crows, Rem, Rufus...oh they al sound great!!!
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From 01/27/2012 07:08
I like your selections but personally I'd rather hear more of what they mean to you (the stuff in brackets on your top 2) than what you think is the weakest song.
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From 01/26/2012 13:30
Ten Beatles albums just feels like too many and why include Past Masters?
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From 01/26/2012 08:07
good chart :)
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From 12/07/2011 04:40
Dig it- minus the Beatles and White Stripes are on there a bit too much. I mean not that they are not good albums, but maybe slim down on those to let room for more?
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From 08/28/2011 17:07
Good chart.
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From 08/22/2011 16:31
Changes mad, Gollux, thanks for the input
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