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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AfterHours (View chart)

1. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (1963)
2. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band (1969)
3. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt (1974)
4. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
5. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane (1965)
6. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
7. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (1968)
8. Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley / Paul Haines (1971)
9. The Parable Of Arable Land by The Red Crayola (1967)
10. The Doors by The Doors (1967)
11. Unit Structures by Cecil Taylor (1966)
12. Faust by Faust (1971)
13. Lorca by Tim Buckley (1970)
14. Ascension by John Coltrane (1966)
15. Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux (1990)
16. Desertshore by Nico (1970)
17. Irrlicht by Klaus Schulze (1972)
18. The Jazz Composer's Orchestra by The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968)
19. Variations In Dream-Time by Anthony Davis (1982)
20. Geek The Girl by Lisa Germano (1994)
21. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966)
22. Y by The Pop Group (1979)
23. Suicide by Suicide (1977)
24. The Ascension by Glenn Branca (1981)
25. Improvisie by Paul Bley (1971)
26. Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun by Marion Brown (1970)
27. Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk (1981)
28. Crystals by Sam Rivers (1974)
29. Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint by Ivo Perelman (1996)
30. Even The Sounds Shine by Myra Melford (1995)
31. Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü (1984)
32. Third by Soft Machine (1970)
33. Slow, Deep & Hard by Type O Negative (1991)
34. Yerself Is Steam by Mercury Rev (1991)
35. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991)
36. Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters (1992)
37. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground (1968)
38. Well Oiled by Hash Jar Tempo (1997)
39. Diamanda Galás by Diamanda Galás (1984)
40. Starsailor by Tim Buckley (1970)
41. Kick Out The Jams by MC5 (1969)
42. The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (1994)
43. Lady Of The Mirrors by Anthony Davis (1980)
44. From Her To Eternity by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984)
45. Saxophone Improvisations Series F by Anthony Braxton (1972)
46. Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom (2010)
47. Neu! by Neu! (1972)
48. Barbed Wire Maggots by Borbetomagus (1983)
49. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler (1965)
50. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis (1970)
51. Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ by Peter Gabriel (1989)
52. Original Sin by Pandora's Box (1989)
53. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity by Black Tape For A Blue Girl (1996)
54. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu (1978)
55. Nail by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel (1985)
56. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd (1967)
57. The Survivors' Suite by Keith Jarrett (1976)
58. Cosmic Interception by Von Lmo (1994)
59. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth (1988)
60. Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) by John Fahey (1973)
61. Lullaby Land by Vampire Rodents (1993)
62. Streams by Sam Rivers (1973)
63. Silent Tongues by Cecil Taylor (1974)
64. The River by Bruce Springsteen (1980)
65. Art And Aviation by Jane Ira Bloom (1992)
66. Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band (1967)
67. Flying Teapot by Gong (1973)
68. For Alto by Anthony Braxton (1970)
69. Spiderland by Slint (1991)
70. Ocean Songs by Dirty Three (1998)
71. Fontanelle by Babes In Toyland (1992)
72. Atlantis by Sun Ra (1969)
73. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh (1972)
74. Fourth World Volume Two: Dream Theory In Malaya by Jon Hassell (1981)
75. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson (1969)
76. Saxophone Special by Steve Lacy (1975)
77. Mu by Don Cherry (1969)
78. Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet (1961)
79. Epitaph by Charles Mingus (1990)
80. Ptah, The El Daoud by Alice Coltrane (1970)
81. The Magic City by Sun Ra (1966)
82. A Genuine Tong Funeral by Gary Burton (1967)
83. Uncle Meat by The Mothers of Invention (1969)
84. Extensions by McCoy Tyner (1970)
85. Conference Of The Birds by Dave Holland (1973)
86. Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus (1972)
87. Sahara by McCoy Tyner (1972)
88. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett (1975)
89. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy (1964)
90. Sound by Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
91. Dimensions & Extensions by Sam Rivers (1986)
92. Karma by Pharoah Sanders (1969)
93. New York Eye and Ear Control by Albert Ayler (1965)
94. Liberation Music Orchestra by Charlie Haden (1969)
95. Not Available by The Residents (1978)
96. Third Ear Band by Third Ear Band (1970)
97. Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane (1969)
98. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach (1960)
99. Les Stances A Sophie by Art Ensemble Of Chicago (1970)
100. Symphony For Improvisers by Don Cherry (1966)

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[Norman Bates]

Great, if a bit UScentric, and what a strange #4 among all these masterpieces.

[craola]

i like this list. it feels oddly cohesive. i've never been able to say that about my chart, so props on.
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