Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
"After the breakup of DOOM's old band KMD, caused by the death of his brother and bandmate Subroc, DOOM (or Zen Love X as he was called at the time) went into a time of alcoholism and near homelessness. After some time he decided to get his shit together and return to the hip hop scene. He would w...""After the breakup of DOOM's old band KMD, caused by the death of his brother and bandmate Subroc, DOOM (or Zen Love X as he was called at the time) went into a time of alcoholism and near homelessness. After some time he decided to get his shit together and return to the hip hop scene. He would wear things like women's stockings and bandanas to cover his face, before ending up cutting up and spray painting a paper mask, creating the prototype for his trademark mask (you can see the original mask in his music videos from around that time). He came up with his supervillain persona based on the Marvel character Doctor Doom. The album has a rough and somewhat clumsy lo-fi sound that only brings the album a lot of charm. The album has some catchy hooks and lots of good self-made beats, some of which sample well-known songs like Sade's "Kiss of Love" (on "Doomsday") and The Beatles' "Glass Onion" (on "Tick, Tick..."). There's also a fair share of skits sampling cartoon and movie dialogues, holding together the supervillain theme of the album. We also get to see a more human side of DOOM, the Danial Dumile side, something that we never really get to hear on his later albums. An example of some more emotional and personal lyrics is "?" where he talks to his passed away brother about how "everything is going according to plan, man". But the album also has it's fair share of funny one-liners peppered all over, like you'd expect on a DOOM album. Def' another classic, and such an awesome cartoony cover!"[+]Reply
"If we consider the context in which this album was made it is a miracle to have Learning to Fly, Sorrow, One Slip, Dogs of War and On the Turning Away gathered in "Momentary Lapse". In my opinion they are good songs and reflect a great change in Pink Floyd's way to compose and record new stuff. S...""If we consider the context in which this album was made it is a miracle to have Learning to Fly, Sorrow, One Slip, Dogs of War and On the Turning Away gathered in "Momentary Lapse". In my opinion they are good songs and reflect a great change in Pink Floyd's way to compose and record new stuff. Some people approved it, some people didn't.
It seems to me that this album (and all the efforts around it's creation) is an attempt to say "Hey Floyd fans, forget what newspapers say about this legal battle thing, we are alive!"
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"I really like this a lot for its darkness. However I can understand why more ppl prefer Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas, me myself included. I can't really tell which one of the three I love more. It just depends on the everyday mood I'm in. Treasure is more like a dark and gloomy dream with hop...""I really like this a lot for its darkness. However I can understand why more ppl prefer Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas, me myself included. I can't really tell which one of the three I love more. It just depends on the everyday mood I'm in.
Treasure is more like a dark and gloomy dream with hopes for the sunlight. Heaven is sweet and consistently fluent like a water flow. But this one is a journey through the endless hell.
That being said, I probably wouldn't like this everyday while I could like Treasure and Heaven everyday, but it's really good, and not pretentious at all, unlike some other underground independent music."[+]Reply
"Tribe introduced the world to clever sampling and smooth positive flow. They crafted scenarios and storylines better than anyone at the time. It started here."Reply
"Considered a classic, Songs About Fucking certain contains a half hour of noisy madness. I think I may need a few more listen in the future to understand more of this band since they are a well known act in the noise rock community. But I think this this album is cool to listen if you wanna liste...""Considered a classic, Songs About Fucking certain contains a half hour of noisy madness. I think I may need a few more listen in the future to understand more of this band since they are a well known act in the noise rock community. But I think this this album is cool to listen if you wanna listen to something that is literally noisy (in a good way)..."[+]Reply
"An essential piece of post-disco and art pop. For an album that is essentially a collection of covers, it feels incredibly personal and cohesive, combining excellent variation within its sound with brilliant execution and good structure. Jones cements herself here as one of the most interesting a...""An essential piece of post-disco and art pop. For an album that is essentially a collection of covers, it feels incredibly personal and cohesive, combining excellent variation within its sound with brilliant execution and good structure.
Jones cements herself here as one of the most interesting artists of the 1980s with her rich blend of dub and disco beats that underlay new wave-inspired synth and dance melodies. Balancing the slick sexiness of Pull Up To The Bumper with the minute vulnerability of I've Done It Again and making room for the effortless suaveness of I've Seen That Face Before and the dark, 4-in-the-morning feel of Nightclubbing, she manages to find and fully explore an incredibly unique sound that she totally owns, despite having only one truly original song on the tracklist.
That lack of originality doesn't matter though. What matters is the image that is projected by Jones on this album: her potent mix of hyper-androgyny, rich lustiness and cool, sharp sound is both irresistible and sublime.
An excellent album that proudly stands alone from its contemporaries much like Jones herself."[+]Reply
"Another strong album from Elton John when he was unstoppable. Personally, I don't think, honky chateau, is quite as good as, madman, or, tumbleweed, but it's still a decent record. Honky cat, I think I'm going to kill myself, are strong cuts, but the best without doubt is, rocket man, one of Elto...""Another strong album from Elton John when he was unstoppable. Personally, I don't think, honky chateau, is quite as good as, madman, or, tumbleweed, but it's still a decent record. Honky cat, I think I'm going to kill myself, are strong cuts, but the best without doubt is, rocket man, one of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's best ever songs. The only problem I have with some Elton John songs is they sometimes sound like what they are, Elton awkwardly trying to fit melodies around lyrics he didn't write, it's something I notice often. Still, good album from when Elton was ridiculously prolific. "[+]Reply
""John Prine" is a delightful folk album easily up there with the likes of "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme", "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" or "Sweet Baby James." Admittedly, it's greatest weakness is that the songs can sometimes be a hair trite ("Hello In There") However, the album works very well..."""John Prine" is a delightful folk album easily up there with the likes of "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme", "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" or "Sweet Baby James." Admittedly, it's greatest weakness is that the songs can sometimes be a hair trite ("Hello In There") However, the album works very well as a whole, featuring an excellent mixture of material while remaining squarely in the folk genre. We have the humorous country of "Spanish Pipedream", the bluesy "Pretty Good", the zydeco of "Flashback Blues", and the George Harrison influenced sweep of "Angel from Montgomery."
I must reserve special praise for the bluegrass "Paradise", now here is a song: Prine wrote this story of a small town overun by coal interests from his own personal experience. How incredibly cool that the town was called "Paradise" and it was on the "Green River", you can literally find all of this on Google maps! The end result: a song as personal and immediate as it is enduring and even mythological: you can literally feel a classic American song being born. Just brilliant.
Prine said that he has trouble listening to this album because of the nervous shake in his voice, present on songs like "Donald and Lydia." Really, this adds a lot of character and warmth to his singing. Imagine hearing a record today with that kind of nervous shake! I miss the 70s."[+]Reply
"Just to clarify Will Butler departed AF AFTER this album was completed to actually spend more time with his young family and NOT jumping a sinking ship as some have claimed If indeed this is to be Arcade Fires final album its a fine fine farewell album after 2017’s complete misstep ‘Everything No...""Just to clarify Will Butler departed AF AFTER this album was completed to actually spend more time with his young family and NOT jumping a sinking ship as some have claimed
If indeed this is to be Arcade Fires final album its a fine fine farewell album after 2017’s complete misstep ‘Everything Now’
For mine this ones a contender for 2022 AOTY "[+]Reply
"After having listened to this 6+ times over the past couple of days I can firmly say that this is one of the best records The National has ever produced. I loved every second of this from the very beginning, and every time I've listened to it my love has only grown. Although it isn't necessary, o...""After having listened to this 6+ times over the past couple of days I can firmly say that this is one of the best records The National has ever produced. I loved every second of this from the very beginning, and every time I've listened to it my love has only grown.
Although it isn't necessary, one can better understand I Am Easy To Find if seen as a companion to the short film and vice-versa. They compliment each other in a magnificent way. Providing not only imagery but context for the lyrics, which are some of the best the band has ever written. In "Quiet Light", the first verse struck a chord with me as few other songs in their catalogue have done.
This album shows us that The National can still evolve as a band, incorporating new elements into their songwriting but still maintaining their own style.
The guest vocals don't feel alien, but compliment Matt's voice in the best way possible. The contrast between high and low tones makes every song reach deeper into the soul. This synergy is best heard in "Where Is Her Head", an extremely energetic song about parent paranoia.
I Am Easy To Find is a record about marriage (oh, surprise) and about being a parent. The tracklist follows a narrative; it has a three-act structure that shows us the evolution of the narrator through all of his dilemmas, and when you realize you've reached "Light Years", you can contemplate what a beautiful experience you just had.
The strings, the arrengements, everything in here is extremely well done. It may feel somehow long at first, but the more you listen to it, the more it grows on you and it's when you can start dissecting the songs at a deeper level.
I Am Easy To Find is my favorite record of 2019 and it may become one of my all-time favorites this decade. In my opinion, it doesn't top Boxer or High Violet, but it's still an almost-perfect album. A very beautiful experience that only gets better with time. I may raise my 90 to a 95 soon."[+]Reply