Chart of the day (#3011): By ddeeddles64

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Today's chart of the day

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ddeeddles64 (View chart)

1. Fun House by The Stooges (1970)
2. Radio City by Big Star (1974)
3. Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen (1969)
4. Munki by The Jesus And Mary Chain (1998)
5. First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes (2006)
6. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads (1979)
7. American Beauty by Grateful Dead (1970)
8. Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy (1990)
9. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
10. Perverted By Language by The Fall (1983)
11. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young And Crazy Horse (1979)
12. Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One by The Kinks (1970)
13. I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty (2015)
14. Miles Smiles by Miles Davis Quintet (1967)
15. Jack Johnson by Miles Davis (1971)
16. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young (1975)
17. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie (1972)
18. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
19. Willy And The Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
20. 3 Feet High And Rising by De La Soul (1989)
21. The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)
22. Another Green World by Brian Eno (1975)
23. Joy As An Act Of Resistance. by Idles (2018)
24. Sea Change by Beck (2002)
25. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic (1971)
26. On The Beach by Neil Young (1974)
27. And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' by Michael Nesmith (1972)
28. Pink Flag by Wire (1977)
29. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys (1980)
30. Cut by The Slits (1979)
31. Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg (1993)
32. Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips (1995)
33. The Great Escape by Blur (1995)
34. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four (1979)
35. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention (1968)
36. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (1969)
37. The Libertines by The Libertines (2004)
38. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy (1988)
39. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
40. Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
41. Grotesque (After The Gramme) by The Fall (1980)
42. The Last Poets by The Last Poets (1970)
43. On The Corner by Miles Davis (1972)
44. New Boots And Panties!! by Ian Dury (1977)
45. Ramones by Ramones (1976)
46. Blackheart Man by Bunny Wailer (1976)
47. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
48. The College Dropout by Kanye West (2004)
49. Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks (1967)
50. Death Of A Ladies' Man by Leonard Cohen (1977)
51. One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic (1978)
52. The Drift by Scott Walker (2006)
53. Kala by M.I.A. (UK) (2007)
54. Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex (1978)
55. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos (1970)
56. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized (1997)
57. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses (1989)
58. Paranoid by Black Sabbath (1970)
59. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966)
60. Blank Generation by Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1977)
61. Night Beat by Sam Cooke (1963)
62. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (2009)
63. Blah Blah Blah by Iggy Pop (1986)
64. War Ina Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters (1976)
65. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention (1966)
66. Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear (1975)
67. Dub Housing by Pere Ubu (1978)
68. Tilt by Scott Walker (1995)
69. Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie (1964)
70. Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets (1984)
71. I Often Dream Of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock (1984)
72. Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow (1996)
73. The Liberty Of Norton Folgate by Madness (2009)
74. New York Dolls by New York Dolls (1973)
75. Pod by The Breeders (1990)
76. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band (1968)
77. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits (1985)
78. Yardbirds (Roger The Engineer) by The Yardbirds (1966)
79. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron (1974)
80. Designer by Aldous Harding (2019)
81. Tadpoles by The Bonzo Dog Band (1969)
82. Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits (1983)
83. Wall Of Arms by The Maccabees (2009)
84. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (1971)
85. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi (1965)
86. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd (1967)
87. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers (1976)
88. Fear Fun by Father John Misty (2012)
89. Spanking Machine by Babes In Toyland (1990)
90. The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3 (1987)
91. Gris-Gris by Dr. John (1968)
92. ...And Don't The Kids Just Love It by Television Personalities (1981)
93. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart by The Flaming Lips (1993)
94. ...Like Clockwork by Queens Of The Stone Age (2013)
95. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band by Yoko Ono (1970)
96. Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2006)
97. Police And Thieves by Junior Murvin (1977)
98. Original Pirate Material by The Streets (2002)
99. Come On Die Young by Mogwai (1999)
100. Are You Satisfied? by Slaves (UK) (2015)

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[mianfei]

On one level, this is a fairly typical chart.

On another level, this reminds me somewhat of the first chart that got me into music beyond the restrictive confines of outer suburban Melbourne – Joe S. Harrington’s Top 100 Albums, written on the webzine Blastitude between 2001 and 2003. Too often – I will confess – I compare charts with what I saw in that list, and this chart has no fewer than twelve albums in common: Fun House, Radio City, Trout Mask Replica, Pink Flag, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Ramones, Pet Sounds, Blank Generation, New York Dolls, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, and The Modern Lovers. It also has The Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, David Bowie, Neil Young, Parliament/Funkadelic, Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention and Black Sabbath shared with the Harrington list.

There is also much similarity with another significant list for me – David Keenan’s The Best Albums Ever...Honest from 2003 in Scotland ’s Sunday Herald, for which the same comparison issue exists as with the Harrington list if to a lesser degree. Both this chart and The Best Albums Ever...Honest contain Fun House, Fear of a Black Planet, Trout Mask Replica, Maggot Brain, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Blackheart Man, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Tilt, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, The Perfect Prescription, Big Star, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, the Kinks, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, Leonard Cohen, Black Sabbath, the Beach Boys and Pere Ubu.

Like the Harrington and Keenan lists, a younger reader might note this chart including Sabbath yet none of the seminal 1980s or 1990s metal artists.

Whilst I maintain a lot of respect for Harrington and Keenan and they both certainly affected my musical direction, the problem with this chart is that almost all of the albums in common are too familiar to readers who have read only lists from popular magazines. Choices from those two lists that a casual reader of rock criticism will have never heard of are few. Moreover, of the remaining choices, there are only a handful of genuine “wildcards”. The Last Poets, the Bonzo Dog Band's Tadpoles and to a smaller extent Babes in Toyland’s Spanking Machine or Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads comprise the most unexpected picks here.

Aside from the similarities with earlier charts, this is quite a varied chart with a good balance of eras in it.

[ddeeddles64]

Thank you to mianfei for giving such a detailed assessment of my Top 100 chart.

I come from a British pop/rock culture. When I was itching to explore classic pop/rock twenty years ago I used the AllMusic guide, so a lot of US acts got absorbed.

I haven't heard of the critics you mention. I don't consider myself to have a wide knowledge of music or music journalism. I am also aware, from exposure to classical music, that my tastes are quite primitive.

At the moment I am making more of an effort to listen to new releases, particularly female artists, e.g. Aldous Harding, Mitski, Jessica Pratt, Hayley Henderickx, as well as more classic pop, rock and jazz. It's funny you should mention metal, as I've never been a fan. I tried Metallica and Slayer, but didn't click with them, but last year heard Mastodon for the first time and was quite drawn to that.

Peace to all - Deeds

[EyeKanFly]

I gave a rating and a comment, but I just wanted to add that some of my favorites are on this list, it really is a great top 100. I guess one could say that you have a preferred genre (I certainly do), but there's also a ton of variety (which is not something I can confidently say about my list).

I would also definitely recommend Mitski, she's one of my favorites. Hope you like her!
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