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311.

Long Season

フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]

"A very pleasant listen that makes me feel like I've transported to a new world full of adventure and sunshine and ponds." Reply

- OFarrio | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

5,350

Rank in 1996:

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Overall Rank:

311

Average Rating:

85 (521 votes)

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312.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

"It's great how rappers can rap over anything these days; no more need being restricted to boom bap drum loops. Atrocity Exhibition might be the best demonstration of this I've heard yet" Reply

Perring | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

621 charts

Rank Score:

5,318

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Overall Rank:

312

Average Rating:

83 (725 votes)

Comments:

313.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

"I've neglected this band for so long..... it was a shame, cos this album is really really good ! favorite song: Cause = Time." Reply

cartoken | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

650 charts

Rank Score:

5,277

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Overall Rank:

313

Average Rating:

82 (721 votes)

Comments:

314.

Trans Europa Express

Kraftwerk

"Sure, everyone wants to talk about how this is the start of techno but that's not why this album is good. Kraftwerk built a hypnotic, robotic environment that's a cold creepy place to get lost in. It's a prediction a the future we've only just recently entered where our souls have been lost to ma..." [+] Reply

meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (15 helpful | 2 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

737 charts

Rank Score:

5,271

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Overall Rank:

314

Average Rating:

82 (919 votes)

Comments:

315.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur

"The psychotic, psychedelic sound is still fresh and the songwriting is perfect. The band achieved a sound and sensibility that was soaked in neurosis and melancholy but rushed madly forward with the noise and chaos of a derailed driverless train or an acid trip gone wrong. There was a mix of nost...""The psychotic, psychedelic sound is still fresh and the songwriting is perfect. The band achieved a sound and sensibility that was soaked in neurosis and melancholy but rushed madly forward with the noise and chaos of a derailed driverless train or an acid trip gone wrong. There was a mix of nostalgia, resignation, anxiety and barely controlled manic energy in the music that maybe had no precedent except for the Meat Puppets or Pere Ubu. I can't think of any earlier band that came close to this sound, as most gritty guitar bands up to this point were not exploring vulnerability or internal states to this degree. J. Mascis' fantastically unambitious vocals were the first I had ever heard to come close to approximating my own state of mind. When the music press and marketing started using the word "grunge" in the 90s to refer to bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, I immediately thought of this album -- maybe the song title "sludgefeast" inspired the "grunge" term -- but of course they weren't referring to Dinosaur Jr., whose outsider style of madness wasn't marketable. Nirvana, Pearl Jam and many others that were far worse offered a marketable brand of disaffection that kids could pick up at Target and make out to after the friday night football game. The mainstream "grunge" bands were borrowing some stylistic qualities from more authentic and artistic predecessors and contemporaries like Dinosaur Jr. and Meat Puppets, who in turn were inspired by earlier artists like the Stooges, Neil Young and MC5. While the SST bands were inspired by their predecessors to explore new sounds, the mainstream grunge bands were mostly ripping off some elements of the SST bands' guitar sound and disaffected sensibilities, while steering clear of the emotional honesty and challenging artistry that could make their records a hard sell to less committed listeners. "Grunge" bands opted for themes and messages that would appeal to bored, horny adolescents and could be played in the free weight room of the gym without dampening the testosterone. You're not going to hear Dinosaur Jr. at Powerhouse Gym because the energy in their sound comes from anxiety, yearning and creative restlessness rather than testosterone and sexual boredom. Dinosaur Jr., Meat Puppets and Husker Du all belonged to the SST label, and they had some things in common that you would not find in the mainstream "grunge" bands they inspired -- mainly their ability to write fantastic songs grounded in compassion for the human experience and to create original, riveting sounds. It's unfortunate, but not surprising, that the mindblowing music of the Stooges, Meat Puppets and Dinosaur Jr. would lead eventually to the cheapened, inauthentic and incredibly dull adolescent marketing brand called "grunge," which might have come close to killing guitar-based rock altogether. " [+] Reply

- larryrrr | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

658 charts

Rank Score:

5,249

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Overall Rank:

315

Average Rating:

82 (743 votes)

Comments:

316.

Raw Power

Iggy And The Stooges

"My friend had put the Stooges on my iPod when I had no idea how to put music on it. She put Search and Destroy. At first listen, I would skip it. But one day I decided to let it play and I really got into it. Once I had listened to all other punk bands like Sex Pistols, Black Flag, and Dead Kenne..." [+] Reply

blvckgovt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

819 charts

Rank Score:

5,191

Rank in 1973:

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Overall Rank:

316

Average Rating:

82 (1,032 votes)

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317.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

"Looks like a concept album , smells like a concept album , sounds like a concept album so must be a concept album ? Well, no according to the band Regardless its an awesome album lead by the wonderful "Locomotive Breath" A dorky flute playing dude who stands on one leg would front one of the bigg..." [+] Reply

Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

762 charts

Rank Score:

5,188

Rank in 1971:

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Overall Rank:

317

Average Rating:

83 (1,007 votes)

Comments:

318.

Vs.

Pearl Jam

"This is slightly different to their debut but there is still loads to love on this record and it is an under rated follow up. It is very tough to follow an album as good as Ten is and you can see they struggled a little to figure out which way they wanted to take the music. Once the record gets s..." [+] Reply

- Untitled | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

697 charts

Rank Score:

5,169

Rank in 1993:

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Overall Rank:

318

Average Rating:

80 (1,022 votes)

Comments:

319.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

"Incredible album, so chilled and the perfect soundtrack to getting completely mashed. Higher Than The Sun one of my favourite tracks ever." Reply

HigherThanTheSun | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

765 charts

Rank Score:

5,167

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Overall Rank:

319

Average Rating:

79 (939 votes)

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320.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

"For a short flash in time back in 1985 this was the biggest album on the planet topping the charts in more country's than it wasn't and T.F.F's were close to the biggest band. Heady times for 2 fellows from humble beginnings in Bath England Listening to this album once more in 2019 for the first ..." [+] Reply

Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

5,166

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Overall Rank:

320

Average Rating:

79 (706 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	35	0%
1950s	299	3%
1960s	709	7%
1970s	1,417	14%
1980s	1,396	14%
1990s	1,596	16%
2000s	1,746	17%
2010s	1,979	20%
2020s	821	8%

Artist	Albums	%

Neil Young	43	0%
Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	36	0%
Miles Davis	33	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,023	50%
	2,655	27%
	428	4%
	336	3%
	219	2%
	154	2%
	137	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,734	97%
Yes	266	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,739	97%
Yes	261	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,885	99%
Yes	115	1%

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New entries New entries in top 100 since last month
Up 1 from 101st to 100th All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month
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7. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

8. In Rainbows by Radiohead

9. Kid A by Radiohead

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