Chart of the day (#2795): By briggs54

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Today's chart of the day

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by briggs54 (View chart)

1. You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene (2002)
2. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane (1965)
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (1968)
4. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (1963)
5. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
6. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
7. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler (1965)
8. Pink Moon by Nick Drake (1972)
9. The Band by The Band (1969)
10. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
11. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (1972)
12. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt (1974)
13. Barbed Wire Maggots by Borbetomagus (1983)
14. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis (1959)
15. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991)
16. Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen (1984)
17. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
18. Dogon A.D. by Julius Hemphill (1972)
19. Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux (1990)
20. Mu by Don Cherry (1969)
21. Happy Sad by Tim Buckley (1969)
22. Les Stances A Sophie by Art Ensemble Of Chicago (1970)
23. If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle And Sebastian (1996)
24. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965)
25. Future Days by Can (1973)
26. Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison (1974)
27. Spiderland by Slint (1991)
28. Atlantis by Sun Ra (1969)
29. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu (1978)
30. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits (1985)
31. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis (1970)
32. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground (1968)
33. Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) by John Fahey (1973)
34. Repeater by Fugazi (1990)
35. Fourth World Volume Two: Dream Theory In Malaya by Jon Hassell (1981)
36. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman (1959)
37. Chapter One: Latin America by Gato Barbieri (1973)
38. Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature - 1980 by George Russell (1980)
39. John Prine by John Prine (1971)
40. Not Available by The Residents (1978)
41. Laughing Stock by Talk Talk (1991)
42. Live/Dead by Grateful Dead (1969)
43. Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk (1981)
44. Visions Of The Country by Robbie Basho (1978)
45. Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom (2010)
46. Venus In Cancer by Robbie Basho (1969)
47. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1959)
48. The Doors by The Doors (1967)
49. Neu! by Neu! (1972)
50. Jimmy Bell's Still In Town by 15-60-75 (1976)
51. Wowee Zowee by Pavement (1995)
52. Nouns by No Age (2008)
53. Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (1971)
54. Illmatic by Nas (1994)
55. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett (1975)
56. Love Remains by How To Dress Well (2010)
57. The Pavilion Of Dreams by Harold Budd (1978)
58. The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones (2001)
59. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (2005)
60. Seeds, Vision And Counterpoint by Ivo Perelman (1998)
61. The Emotional Plague by Supreme Dicks (1996)
62. Kick Out The Jams by MC5 (1969)
63. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (2002)
64. Bricolage by Amon Tobin (1997)
65. Have Moicy! by Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, and Jeffrey Frederick & The Clamtones (1976)
66. Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise (1996)
67. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo (1997)
68. Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
69. Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady (2006)
70. Marquee Moon by Television (1977)
71. Willis Alan Ramsey by Willis Alan Ramsey (1972)
72. Fun House by The Stooges (1970)
73. David Comes To Life by Fucked Up (2011)
74. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club (1981)
75. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers (1976)
76. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (1973)
77. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós (1999)
78. Bufo Alvarius, Amen 29:15 by Bardo Pond (1995)
79. The Clash by The Clash (1977)
80. Suicide by Suicide (1977)
81. Acabou Chorare by Novos Baianos (1972)
82. Moondance by Van Morrison (1970)
83. Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson (1975)
84. Dots And Loops by Stereolab (1997)
85. Phases And Stages by Willie Nelson (1974)
86. More A Legend Than A Band by The Flatlanders (1990)
87. Ruby Vroom by Soul Coughing (1994)
88. Acid by Ray Barretto (1968)
89. Zombie by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (1976)
90. Lady Of The Mirrors by Anthony Davis (1980)
91. Live by 不失者 [Fushitsusha] (1989)
92. Two Sevens Clash by Culture (1977)
93. The Cycle Is Complete by Bruce Palmer (1971)
94. The Mother Of Virtues by Pyrrhon (2014)
95. Uncanny Valley by Stabscotch (2017)
96. Conquering Lion by Yabby You (1975)
97. Cosa Nuestra by Willie Colon (1969)
98. Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings (1973)
99. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf (1959)
100. At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters (1960)

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[mianfei]

An interesting chart indeed.

There are obvious nods to Scaruffi, but then within my own chart there are numerous albums which I only learned about from him. Some such albums – like This Timeless Turning (not to mention predecessor A Return to the Inner Experience and follow-up Moonbathing on Sleeping Leaves), Field Recordings from the Sun, Joy Shapes, Love Agenda, Robin Holcomb’s two early 1990s masterpieces (I was never sure which to include in my own Top 100) and Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful (which features Television’s Billy Ficca) – are not so well-appreciated on this site as I feel they could be.

Nonetheless, I have never really believed every rating Scaruffi made. For instance although they are not bad records I have never felt that two of his all-time favourites, The Velvet Underground and Nico and Rock Bottom, are nearly as good as he says. Like Linda Perhacs’ Parallelograms, Visions of the Country was dismissed by Scaruffi, but it gets a lot of praise here. More than this, I appreciate the similarity with my own chart in how it incorporates – though not slavishly – influences from one critic with a person’s own experiences.