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Today's chart of the day

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by BraddlesHendo (View chart)

1. Meat Is Murder by The Smiths (1985)
2. Low by David Bowie (1977)
3. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits (1985)
4. Soul Mining by The The (1983)
5. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes (2011)
6. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star (1993)
7. Zooropa by U2 (1993)
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips (2002)
9. Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids (1986)
10. Animals by Pink Floyd (1977)
11. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967)
12. Solid Air by John Martyn (1973)
13. Innerspeaker by Tame Impala (2010)
14. My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello (1977)
15. Horses by Patti Smith (1975)
16. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake (1969)
17. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush (1985)
18. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1990)
19. L.A. Woman by The Doors (1971)
20. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan (1975)
21. Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads (1984)
22. Little Girl Blue by Nina Simone (1958)
23. High Violet by The National (2010)
24. Boys & Girls by Alabama Shakes (2012)
25. Dummy by Portishead (1994)
26. The Piano by Michael Nyman (1993)
27. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (1968)
28. Hell's Ditch by The Pogues (1990)
29. The Head On The Door by The Cure (1985)
30. In My Tribe by 10,000 Maniacs (1987)
31. Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons (1974)
32. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey (1995)
33. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis (1973)
34. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)
35. Substance by Joy Division (1988)
36. Substance by New Order (1987)
37. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses (1989)
38. Abraxas by Santana (1970)
39. Funeral by Arcade Fire (2004)
40. Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
41. Vs. by Pearl Jam (1993)
42. Kid A by Radiohead (2000)
43. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M. (1986)
44. Come Around Sundown by Kings Of Leon (2010)
45. Mixed Bag by Richie Havens (1967)
46. I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen (1988)
47. Aja by Steely Dan (1977)
48. Parachutes by Coldplay (2000)
49. The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle And Sebastian (1998)
50. The Silver Tongued Devil And I by Kris Kristofferson (1971)
51. Under The Pink by Tori Amos (1994)
52. Morning Phase by Beck (2014)
53. Another Green World by Brian Eno (1975)
54. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen (1978)
55. Heyday by The Church (1986)
56. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes (1983)
57. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin (1969)
58. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder (1973)
59. Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling (2013)
60. Hysteria by Def Leppard (1987)
61. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys (2018)
62. Central Reservation by Beth Orton (1999)
63. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
64. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis (1959)
65. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett (2015)
66. Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode (1993)
67. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges (1973)
68. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police (1979)
69. Rock N Roll Animal by Lou Reed (1974)
70. Elephant by The White Stripes (2003)
71. London Calling by The Clash (1979)
72. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972)
73. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 by Midnight Oil (1982)
74. East by Cold Chisel (1980)
75. The Swing by INXS (1984)
76. Doolittle by Pixies (1989)
77. Disraeli Gears by Cream (1967)
78. Time Pieces: The Best Of Eric Clapton by Eric Clapton (1982)
79. Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band (1976)
80. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill (1998)
81. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
82. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
83. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966)
84. Jukebox by Cat Power (2008)
85. Bummed by Happy Mondays (1988)
86. Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley (1972)
87. Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)
88. Powerslave by Iron Maiden (1984)
89. Back In Black by AC/DC (1980)
90. Workers Playtime by Billy Bragg (1988)
91. Antics by Interpol (2004)
92. A Night At The Opera by Queen (1975)
93. Marquee Moon by Television (1977)
94. ...Nothing Like The Sun by Sting (1987)
95. ...And Justice For All by Metallica (1988)
96. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds (1982)
97. Man Of Colours by Icehouse (1987)
98. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks (1968)
99. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
100. The Who Sell Out by The Who (1967)

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[mianfei]

The first thing I noted about this chart is the presence of locally huge Australian albums from my childhood – East, The Swing, Man of Colours – when I had a perspective on music that Joe S. Harrington and others (to some extent even my own younger brother) taught me as exceedingly narrow, although not unexpected from the isolated suburban environment I grew up in.

Aside from that point, which adds to the “distinctiveness” of this chart, the remainder is quite varied and interesting, with a number of unexpected twists like Heyday (which I have never heard on the radio or anywhere for that matter), Born Sandy Devotional, The The, Billy Bragg, Steve Miller Band, Richie Havens, and Kris Kristofferson.

All in all, even if I have moved beyond quite a number of albums on this list in a quarter-century as a music listener, I quite like this chart.