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561.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar

"I see this album as everything it needed to be for Kendrick; & by extension, the listener. After living with crushing pressure like he has in the eyes of the media & music industry for so long, it's really nice seeing an album release that doesn't care to be everything for others. After all, thos..." [+] Reply

- plazmadamage | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

483 charts

Rank Score:

3,055

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Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

561

Average Rating:

81 (463 votes)

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562.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

"The singles are great (spellbound and Arabian nights), but what about Halloween, into the night, monitor, and sin in my heart..... WOW !! Hey, that's just about the whole album isn't it. Must be a classic , right ?" Reply

- Kuzh69 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

418 charts

Rank Score:

3,047

Rank in 1981:

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Overall Rank:

562

Average Rating:

80 (457 votes)

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563.

Visions

Grimes

"Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes is an artist that was firmly under the radar. I didn’t know who she was. But from reading a bit from those that are familiar with her previous works, it seems that Visions isn’t a particularly surprising album, despite its unique style. Boucher is attracting..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

555 charts

Rank Score:

3,040

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Overall Rank:

563

Average Rating:

77 (731 votes)

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564.

Angel Dust

Faith No More

"Really don't understand the hate for this album on this website, the more I look back at the 90s decade for albums, this is one of the few that sticks out the most in terms of classics." Reply

TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

460 charts

Rank Score:

3,032

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Overall Rank:

564

Average Rating:

78 (648 votes)

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565.

Bee Thousand

Guided By Voices

"This album reminds me of the end of Abbey Road (my favorite part of any Beatles album), where there are a bunch of short, unfinished but catchy songs that flow into each other, only Bee Thousand is a whole album built upon that idea. Definitely one of my favorite albums ever." Reply

- sullyt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

3,018

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Overall Rank:

565

Average Rating:

79 (508 votes)

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566.

10,000 Days

Tool

"It blows my mind that there is a hidden track that can be found by playing multiple tracks at the same time. How does one even do that?" Reply

Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

3,014

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Overall Rank:

566

Average Rating:

79 (680 votes)

Comments:

567.

Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

"(47 minutes of minimalist spiritual jazz-meets-classical-meets subtle electronic touches. I, at first, honestly thought this would probably be something that made me think I just didn't "get it" but by the end of the 1st listen and certainly by the end of the 2nd, I did feel a certain calm come o...""(47 minutes of minimalist spiritual jazz-meets-classical-meets subtle electronic touches. I, at first, honestly thought this would probably be something that made me think I just didn't "get it" but by the end of the 1st listen and certainly by the end of the 2nd, I did feel a certain calm come over me and a certain wonder at the beauty of the music and life in general. Its a delicate, stirring, touching album that I highly recommend.) I am so set on listening to music in search of hooks, interesting riffs, drum fills, showy bite-sized solos, lyrical snippets, word plays, melodic bits, walls of sound, and many many other ear-catching and immediate and tangible things. I listen to most music and it provides what it is quick and there is something distinct and bright and loud and up front to latch on to. Very rarely does an album come along that stops me and slows me and makes me just BE. Occasionally an ambient or new age album will do it, or a more minimalist jazz album, but I listen to those albums so rarely sometimes I forget what it's like to be given a gentle "shhhh" by an album. Obviously, as I am commenting on Promises - this recent collab between electronic artist Floating Points (who I had zero previous experience with), jazz legend Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra - I must be indicating that this was one of those rare albums that made me stop overthinking and stop bloody fidgeting and just experience music. And, yes, you figured me out. That is exactly what I am getting at. This album on first 2 tries was rejected by me. I was up and about and getting ready for work and I put this on, and it was like my whole body and mind just said "nope" and I couldn't do it and I stopped it and put on probably a loud Grindcore or Post Punk album instead. Then a week or so later I tried again and yet again I felt like I just couldn't give this piece the time and peace it deserved. Finally today, Monday the 12th of April, after a long and stressful weekend of work, I woke up and played this album and almost the same response happened. I heard those same 7 notes played over and over and 4 minutes in I was close to just writing it off as something I just personally "don't get" or "it's not made for me". Then something happened. I told myself to just shut up, be still for a bit and just experience the music. Don't check twitter, don't play some stupid game on your phone, don't do it. Don't look online at other reviews, don't read news stories, don't start reviewing the album track by track, etc. Instead, just be still and listen to the music, the minimal and repetitive electric piano, the soulful and sad and yet peaceful and perfect saxophone "speeches" from Sanders, listen to the subtle orchestral bits swelling and waxing and waning underneath the 2 main musical instruments, listen and observe those subtle changes and the way they slowly grow and then shrink and then grow again. As I did this, I admit I started feeling myself relax and enjoy not just the music more but also I started to appreciate my current situation, I started smelling the proverbial roses. And when the album ended I enjoyed the silence for a few moments and I thought about what I had heard. I started writing this and pushed play again on Promises. My experience perhaps will be mirrored or at least similar for many other music fanatics that generally don't listen to this type of cerebral, slow and building music. There are no major pay offs in terms of large walls of sound and fury like you'll hear on many other jazz and classical and post rock pieces/albums. The start of the piece may seem familiar for many music fans, but outside of some increased intensity on Movement 6, this album isn't one to build and build until an inevitable loud and intense resolution. This work seems more to be a rumination all the way through. It takes these subtle, minimal elements and themes and rides with them and creates a quiet chamber where the listener can simply Be with the music and think of promises, life, future, past, people you know and people you may yet come to know. It's, for me anyway, a 47 minute piece of music I can put on to gather myself. That's not say that one can't also listen to this and hear some vibrant and tangible details. Because, there are dozens of moments when I was listening when I heard a particular saxophone melody that was gorgeous and clear, there are moments when the subtle electronic synth part sticks its head out and plays about with something, there are symphonic swells that can make you misty-eyed and inspired, and those are excellent moments. In the main, however, for me anyway, this is an album less involved in moment-to-moment highlights and more involved in creating its own space in this wild world we live in, a space where we can take stock, relax, ruminate and Be ourselves. It does this near-flawlessly and all musicians involved in Promises contribute what they have to creating this atmosphere with no one (not even the legend Pharaoh Sanders) ever seeming to be showy or stealing the show intentionally. Every note and little detail is there to create the atmosphere of the music. I'd be lying if I said this was 100% my style, or if I said this album alone has sold me on the virtues of minimalism and this sort of slow building atmospheric music. I doubt I will listen to this for a week non-stop or come to the conclusion this is my favorite album of the year. I doubt I will go and do one of those funny music nerd things where I research everything I can on this style and listen to almost exclusively this sort of music for months. I still prefer, given 2 or 3 options before me, a wild and loud and hook-filled album over a slow work of minimalist Third Stream or whatever this is. I will say though, that my expectations were surpassed by this and I have been enriched by having listened to this album a couple times. And, yes, its one of the better albums I've heard this year. And I suspect I will be coming back to it for years to come, If the genre description or the way this album is spoken of is possibly turning you off or making you think its an abstract and perhaps pretentious album and so you are thinking to avoid it, I recommend going ahead and clearing out 47 minutes of your life and listening. I was in the same boat as those of you who thought it wouldn't connect, and yet it did as you can see from this rambling and pointless little write up. If you finish the album and you don't feel at least a little more at peace and a little more enriched, well, 1.) I will be surprised and 2.) you can move on from the album and listen to your usual jams whatever those may be (There is nothing wrong with that either.)." [+] Reply

Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

3,013

Rank in 2021:

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Overall Rank:

567

Average Rating:

79 (317 votes)

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568.

Some Girls

The Rolling Stones

"Underrated album, The first Stones album that was just flat out in your face rock...fav song: "When the whip comes down"...by far their biggest album (8M copies)due largely to the controversy of the song "Some girl" with the lyric "...black girls just want to get F**ked all night"..many chains to..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

618 charts

Rank Score:

3,005

Rank in 1978:

Rank in 1970s:

125

Overall Rank:

568

Average Rating:

80 (973 votes)

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569.

Closing Time

Tom Waits

"A most unusual debut album for Waits- hardly indicative of his material to come, though perhaps topically relevant. Pretty much in every subsequent album, Waits sounds as if he's getting drunk at a bar. Here, he's already been there and done that- the album's title "closing time" couldn't be more..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

432 charts

Rank Score:

2,996

Rank in 1973:

Rank in 1970s:

126

Overall Rank:

569

Average Rating:

80 (564 votes)

Comments:

570.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

"The Pogues best album. Shane McGowan is on top form. It's not brilliant, and is a little inconsistent, but at it's best it's fantastic. Some great songs, especially, sick bed of Cuchulain, a pair of Brown eyes, and the utterly amazing, the old main drag, my favourite Pogues song. The Gallipoli in..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

445 charts

Rank Score:

2,985

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Overall Rank:

570

Average Rating:

78 (420 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	35	0%
1950s	299	3%
1960s	708	7%
1970s	1,417	14%
1980s	1,397	14%
1990s	1,596	16%
2000s	1,747	17%
2010s	1,978	20%
2020s	821	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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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Country	Albums	%

	5,021	50%
	2,655	27%
	428	4%
	336	3%
	218	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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Down 2 from 95th to 97th Blond by Frank Ocean

New entries New entries in top 100 since last month
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Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month
Down 1 from 100th to 101st Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Best Albums of the 1950s

1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus

3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4. Blue Train by John Coltrane

5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman

9. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

10. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry