Chart of the day (#2826): By Lacobra

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Today's chart of the day

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Lacobra (View chart)

1. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997)
2. Revolver by The Beatles (1966)
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
4. Funeral by Arcade Fire (2004)
5. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (2002)
7. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós (1999)
8. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West (2010)
9. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth (1988)
10. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine (1991)
11. Marquee Moon by Television (1977)
12. Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
13. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder (1976)
14. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
15. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend (2013)
16. Source Tags & Codes by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (2002)
17. Chronic Town by R.E.M. (1982)
18. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (1969)
19. Richard D. James Album by Aphex Twin (1996)
20. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis (1969)
21. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles (1967)
22. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement (1994)
23. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies (1968)
24. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (2005)
25. The Album by ABBA (1977)
26. Loose by Victoria Williams (1994)
27. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths (1986)
28. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965)
29. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol (2002)
30. Kid A by Radiohead (2000)
31. Emergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan (1999)
32. Peter Gabriel III by Peter Gabriel (1980)
33. Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor (2004)
34. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (2009)
35. Future Days by Can (1973)
36. American Football by American Football (1999)
37. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan (1963)
38. The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New (2006)
39. Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement (1992)
40. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967)
41. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
42. Trans-Europa Express by Kraftwerk (1977)
43. Desertshore by Nico (1970)
44. Cowboy Bebop by シートベルツ [The Seatbelts] (1998)
45. The Bends by Radiohead (1995)
46. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell (1974)
47. Murmur by R.E.M. (1983)
48. Spiderland by Slint (1991)
49. Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise? by Art Of Noise (1984)
50. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush (1985)
51. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (2007)
52. Memories Are Now by Jesca Hoop (2017)
53. Illmatic by Nas (1994)
54. There Is Love In You by Four Tet (2010)
55. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys (2006)
56. Dummy by Portishead (1994)
57. Moondance by Van Morrison (1970)
58. Boxer by The National (2007)
59. Contra by Vampire Weekend (2010)
60. Whenever, If Ever by The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (2013)
61. Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1952)
62. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
63. Far East Suite by Duke Ellington (1967)
64. Joy Of Cooking by Joy Of Cooking (1970)
65. Rubber Soul by The Beatles (1965)
66. Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet (1961)
67. Either/Or by Elliott Smith (1997)
68. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (2007)
69. Horses by Patti Smith (1975)
70. The Dreaming by Kate Bush (1982)
71. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (1963)
72. Another Green World by Brian Eno (1975)
73. Is This It by The Strokes (2001)
74. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977)
75. Bocanada by Gustavo Cerati (1999)
76. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire (2010)
77. The B-52's by The B-52's (1979)
78. Clarity by Jimmy Eat World (1999)
79. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey (1995)
80. Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors (2009)
81. Juju Music by King Sunny Adé (1982)
82. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar (2012)
83. Father Of The Bride by Vampire Weekend (2019)
84. Fragile by Yes (1971)
85. Naked City by John Zorn (1990)
86. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay (2002)
87. Sister by Sonic Youth (1987)
88. Una Semana En El Motor De Un Autobús by Los Planetas (1998)
89. Computerwelt [Computer World] by Kraftwerk (1981)
90. Omona Wapi by Franco & Rochereau (1984)
91. ( ) by Sigur Rós (2002)
92. Monomania by Deerhunter (2013)
93. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd (1973)
94. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones (1968)
95. Talking Book by Stevie Wonder (1972)
96. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar (2015)
97. Big Science by Laurie Anderson (1982)
98. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis (1960)
99. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966)
100. Treasure by Cocteau Twins (1984)

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If in the main an extremely routine chart, there are two notable surprises:

1) Loose, which was a fine work by one of the most out-of-time (and not politically correct) but most talented Bush Senior Era singer/songwriters. Loose does not, however to my mind match Victoria’s first two albums, Happy Come Home and especially Swing the Statue, which recall the “freak folk” of the middle 2000s at a time when what these records stood for was entirely unfashionable.

2) Joy of Cooking, whilst not holding a candle to Swing the Statue, is an impressive pop album that whilst considered “feminist” is actually much more focused (as the name implied) on the joys of daily existence. This focus powerfully resembles Victoria Williams or her contemporary Robin Holcomb – you should check out her two early 1990s masterpieces Robin Holcomb and Rockabye if you have not.

Aside from those two, I can give kudos for Chronic Town, which is a great first-up effort seldom discussed when R.E.M. are mentioned, and Court and Spark, which whilst no Hejira may be better than I first heard it as on a recent listen to ‘Free Man in Paris’.