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"I think making such a big deal about OK Computer only takes away from the great music they made after. This is a great album but unlike a lot of 90s bands Radiohead didn't try to ride this any further. From here on out they became a genre all their own." Reply
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ProfessorSquid | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +45 votes (46 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1997
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"I once stated that I thought that this is the only album that really has a claim to the title 'greatest album ever.' I am not really sure that I would phrase that statement with such tenacity and chutzpah now, but I do feel that my point remains viable: There are no other albums out there that ar..." [+] Reply
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1973
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56,734
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"Most great bands have at most one or two great songwriters, the Beatles had three! And I think no other album represents the Moptop Lyricist Trinity better than their seminal 1969 album 'Abbey Road', where the Fab Four for once put their differences aside to record a farewell worthy of their lega..." [+] Reply
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1969
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54,369
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"This is my pick for the best ever album. Everything you'd want in an album is here: The perfect ballads ("Here, There And Everywhere" and "For No One"), the perfect rockers ("Taxman", "She Said She Said" and "And Your Bird Can Sing"), brilliant psychedelia ("I'm Only Sleeping", "She Said She Said..." [+] Reply
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1966
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46,791
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"The first time I heard this album was a bootleged copy off cassete when I was 14, laying on a hillside at night beside the girl who I thought at the time was the most beautiful and sexy in the world. You may like to add your own imagery to the setting, but it left a permanant mark on my psychie t..." [+] Reply
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1975
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42,193
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"This album has never gotten old for me. Everything fits together well. Suffragette City and Ziggy Stardust just rip. Lady Stardust is a hidden gem." Reply
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1972
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41,024
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"If we're trying to be objective, there is no such thing as the greatest album of all time. Something as abstract and subjective as music cannot be narrowed down to one absolute best. Consider that even if you took a poll with the entire world, maybe the top album would be something by Imagine Dra..." [+] Reply
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Cargusbralem | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1967
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"This is easily Radiohead's most perfect album they made. Perfect length and amazing songs. Reckoner is one of the greatest songs ever made." Reply
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2007
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40,758
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"Listening to Kid A sucks you into a world of black skies, pixelated snow-capped mountains, fires, mutated bears, dinosaurs and all sorts of amazing shit" Reply
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2000
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39,194
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"One of the few albums I will proudly say is perfect. A monolith of an album. Amazes me that any band could make an album as good. Every song is fantastic but my personal favourites include "Black Dog", "Rock and Roll", "Going to California", "When the Levee Breaks", "The Battle of Evermore", "Fou..." [+] Reply
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1971
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36,628
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 35 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 300 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 707 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,418 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,396 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,596 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,748 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,974 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 824 | 8% |
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| Neil Young | 43 | 0% | |
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 25 | 0% | |
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5,020 | 50% | |
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2,652 | 27% | |
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428 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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219 | 2% | |
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154 | 2% | |
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137 | 1% | |
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Overall Chart chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 97th to 93rd |
Up 2 from 81st to 79th |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 94th to 97th |
Down 2 from 71st to 73rd |
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| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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