Albums Throughout My Life
by revolver94

My musical evolution, from when I left the womb until I discovered BEA and expanded in every direction imaginable.

• Chart updated: 05/20/2014 03:45
• (Created: 03/06/2013 22:36).
• Chart size: 10 albums.

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Made In U.S.A. 
Compilation

 The Beach Boys

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This is the earliest memory I have of any album. This is what my parents would play for us when we were still in elementary school. I remember at one point the album got scratched so that it wouldn't play beyond the middle of track 14. I found the old CD a year ago and it was totally unplayable. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

1

Rank in 1986:

1,536

Rank in 1980s:

15,110

Average Rating:

 69 (13 votes)

Comments:

0

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Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys 
Compilation

 The Beach Boys

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There were actually a few other Beach Boys compilations that we collected between Made in U.S.A. and this one, but as soon as we got this one it became the only one we ever listened to (except, once, we listened to Pet Sounds, and we all decided that we didn't like it). Road trips had this on repeat. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

13

Rank in 2003:

979

Rank in 2000s:

9,547

Overall Rank:

49,849

Average Rating:

 79 (42 votes)

Comments:

2

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Computerwelt 

 Kraftwerk

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During my middle school years, my dad decided to show me music a little more complex than the Beach Boys. He showed me Autobahn and Trans-Europe Express, but this was by far my favorite. "Pocket Calculator" was my jam! [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

3,491

Rank in 1981:

2

Rank in 1980s:

76

Overall Rank:

498

Average Rating:

 80 (552 votes)

Comments:

33

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The Very Best Of Deep Purple 
Compilation

 Deep Purple

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This was the first album that was truly mine. I kept humming the riff from "Smoke on the Water" after I played it at a friend's house on Guitar Hero, so my dad bought this for me. A little bit later, he also got me the "Paranoid" single, which included that and "Iron Man". [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

14

Rank in 2000:

825

Rank in 2000s:

9,063

Overall Rank:

47,280

Average Rating:

 76 (11 votes)

Comments:

1

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Move Along 

 The All-American Rejects

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I think my cousins introduced me to the song "Move Along", and I was hooked. I remember finding some free music service called SpiralFrog and promptly getting this entire album. Later, I bought the whole album from the Barnes and Noble. This was the only album I listened to my freshman year of high school. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 2005:

120

Rank in 2000s:

1,078

Overall Rank:

6,213

Average Rating:

 66 (86 votes)

Comments:

4

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The Fame Monster 

 Lady Gaga

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One day at my computer, I decided to look up the music video for the song "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga. I listened to it, and the universe opened up. So THIS is why people like music so much. I was addicted to this song (I still love it). This started my pop phase, in which my favorite artists were Gaga, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha. (Sophomore year of high school). [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

1,075

Rank in 2009:

19

Rank in 2000s:

256

Overall Rank:

1,575

Average Rating:

 67 (370 votes)

Comments:

18

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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One day, while listening to Pandora radio, the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles came up. Didn't think much of it at the time, but a few months later at a summer camp, the song reemerged in my head and would not leave. For three days straight, I sang this song. I asked my dad to send me the album with "Yesterday" on it, so he sent me Help! and Revolver (his favorite Beatles album). I obviously preferred the latter, and it became my favorite album. The Beatles WERE my junior year of high school. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,589 charts

Rank Score:

49,588

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,586 votes)

Comments:

486

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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As I became totally inundated in the Beatles, and the concept of "critically acclaimed" music, I realized that the music of my childhood was actually profoundly good. I searched out our old copy of Pet Sounds, and fell in love. I'd only heard "God Only Knows" 2-3 times before, because my mom insisted it was taking God's name in vain, so she'd always made us skip it. It eventually (although temporarily) became my favorite song. This album was at the #2 position for a while, but it eventually became my favorite album. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,857 charts

Rank Score:

39,178

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,277 votes)

Comments:

360

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Is This It 

 The Strokes

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Before this album, I had shifted completely to listening to old music. However, one day I was listening to "Boombox" by the Lonely Island and realized I was really digging the featured artist, Julian Casablancas. I looked up his solo song "11th Dimension" and fell in love with it, as well as his solo album. After reading that his band, the Strokes, were critically acclaimed (I saw that NME had rated it the #1 album of the decade) I purchased it and started listening. The stylistic choices were difficult for me to get into at first, but eventually it grew on me, and remains one of my favorites to this day. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,467 charts

Rank Score:

28,483

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (3,031 votes)

Comments:

277

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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I discovered Radiohead via BEA. I remember stumbling upon this list of "best albums" and being dumbfounded that the top rated album was by the band I only knew from "that one episode of South Park." I was curious, so I made an account and started listening to Radiohead. I liked OK Computer pretty immediately, but Kid A took many listens. When I finally "got" it, it became my second favorite album almost immediately. Still an amazing album. (This was around the summer before my senior year of high school.) At this point, my taste blossomed beautifully, and any attempt to follow it via a linear trajectory would be futile and composed of patchy guesswork. [First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,214 charts

Rank Score:

42,324

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,462 votes)

Comments:

562

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Albums Throughout My Life composition

Country	Albums	%
	6	60%
	3	30%
	1	10%

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From bobbyb5 05/09/2018 13:38 | #214483

I got hooked on Kraftwerk at a very early age also. And I still am.

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From tgarritsen 01/12/2014 00:11 | #100439

Great concept. Might do the same aswell.

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From gtroda 08/23/2013 02:48 | #84368

great idea for a custom chart. I may copy this some day.

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From 19loveless91 08/22/2013 12:20 | #84328

Great idea

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From ButterThumbz 05/18/2013 14:04 | #76488

Great stuff. I hope you don't mind if I pinch this idea.

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From MrFrogger 05/17/2013 23:26 | #76431

I love this, its so personal. I can relate in so many ways, haha

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