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661.

Buena Vista Social Club

"This album is an essential for me. This is definitely the kind of album that takes me somewhere, maybe a small Havana cafe or a little stand that sells guava ice cream." Reply

- isaacf536 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

408 charts

Rank Score:

2,598

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

112

Overall Rank:

661

Average Rating:

80 (473 votes)

Comments:

662.

Gorillaz

"I grew up with Gorillaz (starting with Demon Days,) and working backwards has been strange. That album is definitely more accessible, but this isn't Demon Days. It's more ambitious, in that it isn't afraid to try all kinds of different sounds that still work with one another really well. Damon Al..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

2,597

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

102

Overall Rank:

662

Average Rating:

77 (892 votes)

Comments:

663.

The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails

"This album has a LOT of filler (way more than The Wall), but when a song hits, it blows your mind. "Just Like You Imagined" may be the greatest rock instrumental ever made, and "Into the Void" is absolutely the crystal-clearest picture of the "depraved road". "La Mer", "Pilgrimage", "We're In Thi..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

365 charts

Rank Score:

2,597

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

113

Overall Rank:

663

Average Rating:

79 (538 votes)

Comments:

664.

Low-Life

New Order

"Why they didn't put the full version of perfect kiss on here is beyond me. Every time I hear this album I always wish it wouldn't fade out! What the hell were they thinking cos the full version is one of the best things I've ever heard. It fades just at the point it goes from fantastic to mind bl..." [+] Reply

Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

412 charts

Rank Score:

2,594

Rank in 1985:

Rank in 1980s:

104

Overall Rank:

664

Average Rating:

80 (497 votes)

Comments:

665.

Magdalene

FKA Twigs

"I guess what a 2019 gospel album would really sound like: constant digi-stutter slicing, vast vocal echo chambers, smoothed-out trap underpinnings and the kind of meta-introspection that has ruled much of the later 10's. A far more fleshed-out display of her talents than her debut, which just fel..." [+] Reply

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

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

397 charts

Rank Score:

2,593

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

665

Average Rating:

79 (381 votes)

Comments:

666.

In Colour

Jamie xx

"I love this album for...personal reasons, which I won't be going into. All I can say is that I love this from front to back, even despite Young Thug making an appearance. Oh and to the guy with the Sun Kil Moon comment, I listen to both, is there a problem?" Reply

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

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

470 charts

Rank Score:

2,588

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

666

Average Rating:

78 (639 votes)

Comments:

667.

Alvvays

"Clever as Costello, janglier than The Byrds. A fresh, gorgeous, dreamy sound, and such memorable melodies. Why didn't I listen to this last year?" Reply

Nobodyisemo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

327 charts

Rank Score:

2,586

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

667

Average Rating:

79 (389 votes)

Comments:

668.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

"An absolutely bonkers LP. Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Bruce Springsteen in this wonderfully bombastic and over the top album. It's incredibly theatrical, a kind of rock'n'roll musical all about love, sex and having a whale of a time. The title track is off course the most famous song here but, for ..." [+] Reply

- garycottier | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

456 charts

Rank Score:

2,586

Rank in 1977:

Rank in 1970s:

151

Overall Rank:

668

Average Rating:

72 (688 votes)

Comments:

669.

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:

394 charts

Rank Score:

2,585

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

669

Average Rating:

79 (315 votes)

Comments:

670.

Congratulations

MGMT

"Probably the minority here, but I can't get enough of this album. I liked their first album, but think Congratulations is better. Can't wait to see them in concert this June!" Reply

matto | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (12 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

2,583

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

670

Average Rating:

76 (798 votes)

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	37	0%
1950s	304	3%
1960s	715	7%
1970s	1,439	14%
1980s	1,434	14%
1990s	1,616	16%
2000s	1,728	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	%

	5,011	50%
	2,665	27%
	430	4%
	315	3%
	222	2%
	160	2%
	137	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,724	97%
Yes	276	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,729	97%
Yes	271	3%

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

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