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31.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

"The way I feel about this album is best represented by the scene in High Fidelity in which Jack Black's character, Barry, describes not owning it as "perverse." That about sums it up. Song for song, this is finest folk rock album ever made. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is probably the highligh..." [More] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,049 charts

Rank Score:

24,491

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"A lot of people complain about its "pretentiousness", and its pompous nature, but quite frankly I don't see it working without these traits. All the emotions and the rage towards the world of one person packaged in an incredibly expressive piece of work. It ranges from melancholic to angry to apa..." [More] Reply
- 19loveless91 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (14 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,255 charts

Rank Score:

24,480

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Average Rating:

87 (3,516 votes)

Comments:

270

33.

The Stone Roses

"Not many albums can be said to have created a generation. This did. From the opening bass of I wanna be adored not a single thing could be improved upon. utter absolute perfection." Reply
- pdjmeyers | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (14 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,034 charts

Rank Score:

22,416

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Average Rating:

86 (2,312 votes)

Comments:

204

34.

Safe Mode: On

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

"I totally get why a lot of people have the conception of Kanye that they do, but if part of that conception is that he's not a real artist, they probably just haven't heard this album yet." Reply
- audianne | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +21 votes (23 helpful | 2 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,751 charts

Rank Score:

22,116

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Average Rating:

85 (2,376 votes)

Comments:

283

35.

Animals

Pink Floyd

"Roger Waters plays this whole thing live in support of his new album and this just shoots up the charts, funny how that works but it still has some climbing to do. It'd be a lot higher if it weren't competing so directly with Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall, it deserves to..." [More] Reply
- jackbrown8786 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (15 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,767 charts

Rank Score:

21,945

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Average Rating:

88 (2,822 votes)

Comments:

202

36.

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

"Yeah, I'm totally sold. This record is an instant classic. It's got everything going for it, great beats, great flow, amazing lyrics, an awesome concept that is very well executed, great character arc, etc. it really impressed me the first time listening to it. Then I listened again and it was ev..." [More] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +17 votes (17 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,557 charts

Rank Score:

21,760

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"So, this album. I have a bit of a strange relationship with this album, I first listened to it a year or so ago, and it was my first jazz album ever. Needless to say, I was a bit confused. Not because of the music, since that isn't really that abstract or anything, no, I was confused about why th...""So, this album. I have a bit of a strange relationship with this album, I first listened to it a year or so ago, and it was my first jazz album ever. Needless to say, I was a bit confused. Not because of the music, since that isn't really that abstract or anything, no, I was confused about why this album got so much praise as it did, Since it really didn't seem to sound that different to other jazz to me. I remember thinking that I just hadn't heard enough jazz to fully appreciate it (which is probably still the case). So, I rated the album 85/100 thinking that people probably know what their talking about when they say this album's great, and I should just believe them, even though I didn't see the same thing in this album. Okay, cut to a few months later, and I have listened to the thing three times. While it was still not grabbing me like it was grabbing other people, I did appreciate the cool & calm nature of the album. (which made it great for doing homework, but I digress) Well, soon after that, I thought I needed to listen to some more jazz, since it was by far the genre I had heard the least from (aside from maybe country). So, I started with the classics: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and even Miles Davis's very own In a Silent Way, and I realised that I really liked these albums, (even going as far as puuting The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady in my top 100), and while listening to these albums, I started liking Kind of Blue less and less. "How could people say this is the best jazz album, when these other ones are clearly better?" I thought to myself. I guess it's good to not have opinions like everyone else, but I would would love to see what so many of you see in this album. Maybe I need to listen to it some more times, or listen to some more jazz before and after this album came out, and I'll appriciate the influence and relavency this album has, or maybe I'm looking to deep into it, and I just don't like an album as much as other people do. The wierdest thing is, I really do expect me doing a complete 180 and loving this album in a couple of months, I mean, it happened before with albums like funeral, which is now in my top 10. I will probably post another comment if I start really liking the album, and I'll say how much of an idiot I was for not seeing the pure genius in this album, but for now, it's a fine album, but not exceptionally great in my opinion." [More] Reply
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goeie-oko | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,661 charts

Rank Score:

21,606

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Average Rating:

89 (2,288 votes)

Comments:

170

38.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"This rating is for the US version. I can't imagine listening to this album without Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, and Hey Joe. There are other great songs on this album such as Fire and Foxy Lady, but to me the US version really is the definitive way to listen to it." Reply
- mjp11 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,223 charts

Rank Score:

21,305

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"A brooding masterpiece. Like Jim Morrison and The Doors captured L.A in their music and lyrics, so Ian Curtis and Joy Division do the same with Manchester. Unknown pleasures, is a dark record of alienation, loneliness and foreboding. You cannot fail to be drawn into the eerie atmosphere as Curtis..." [More] Reply
- garycottier | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,990 charts

Rank Score:

21,146

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Average Rating:

86 (2,350 votes)

Comments:

191

40.

Who's Next

The Who

"Who's next, derived from the aborted 'lifehouse' project, another Pete Townshend rock opera that he was unable to complete. In a way, that was a blessing in disguise, as it leaves us with a classic album full of fantastic songs. Who's next, had a strut and swagger about, it's obvious the band are..." [More] Reply
- garycottier | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,201 charts

Rank Score:

20,868

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Average Rating:

86 (2,586 votes)

Comments:

201

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	37	0%
1950s	304	3%
1960s	716	7%
1970s	1,440	14%
1980s	1,434	14%
1990s	1,615	16%
2000s	1,727	17%
2010s	1,999	20%
2020s	726	7%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	37	0%
The Rolling Stones	35	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	26	0%
Neil Young	25	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,015	50%
	2,663	27%
	430	4%
	315	3%
	222	2%
	159	2%
	136	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,723	97%
Yes	277	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,730	97%
Yes	270	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,882	99%
Yes	118	1%

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