Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
MCOTho 
- Chart updated: 01/05/2024 04:45
- (Created: 03/25/2013 09:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Electronica/Trip-Hop/Female-vocalist/Alternative
The best of her albums released after 2000.
Top tracks: "Hidden Place", "Cocoon", "Pagan Poetry", "Generous Palmstroke" [First added to this chart: 01/01/2015]
The best of her albums released after 2000.
Top tracks: "Hidden Place", "Cocoon", "Pagan Poetry", "Generous Palmstroke" [First added to this chart: 01/01/2015]
Year of Release:
2001
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9,615
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Soul/R&B/
This album flows from one song to the next very well. Classic album.
Top tracks: "What's Going On", "Right On", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" [First added to this chart: 08/08/2013]
This album flows from one song to the next very well. Classic album.
Top tracks: "What's Going On", "Right On", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" [First added to this chart: 08/08/2013]
Year of Release:
1971
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19,697
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A one of a kind album, definitely worth a listen.
Top tracks: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "'39", "You're My Best Friend", "Seaside Rendezvous" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2014]
A one of a kind album, definitely worth a listen.
Top tracks: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "'39", "You're My Best Friend", "Seaside Rendezvous" [First added to this chart: 03/07/2014]
Year of Release:
1975
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13,336
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Pop/Rock
So consistently great.
Top tracks: "All You Need Is Love", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", "Hello Goodbye" [First added to this chart: 05/13/2013]
So consistently great.
Top tracks: "All You Need Is Love", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", "Hello Goodbye" [First added to this chart: 05/13/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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16,085
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Alternative/Rock
I often recommend this as a first album to people who wanna get into Radiohead. It's not as weird as their other stuff.
Top tracks: "High And Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Just", "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" [First added to this chart: 03/25/2013]
I often recommend this as a first album to people who wanna get into Radiohead. It's not as weird as their other stuff.
Top tracks: "High And Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Just", "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" [First added to this chart: 03/25/2013]
Year of Release:
1995
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33,182
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[First added to this chart: 12/13/2023]
Year of Release:
1968
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18,720
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87. (=)
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Indie/Rock/Garage Rock
Super influential. Very upbeat fast album.
Top tracks: "Is This It", "Someday", "Last Night", "Alone, Together" [First added to this chart: 03/27/2013]
Indie/Rock/Garage Rock
Super influential. Very upbeat fast album.
Top tracks: "Is This It", "Someday", "Last Night", "Alone, Together" [First added to this chart: 03/27/2013]
Year of Release:
2001
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33,179
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Owned
[First added to this chart: 03/27/2013]
Year of Release:
2004
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9,304
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Indie/Folk/Rock
Not many people's second favorite Decemberists' album. I don't understand why.
Top tracks: "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect", "Cocoon", "Grace Cathedral Hill", "A Cautionary Song" [First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]
Indie/Folk/Rock
Not many people's second favorite Decemberists' album. I don't understand why.
Top tracks: "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect", "Cocoon", "Grace Cathedral Hill", "A Cautionary Song" [First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]
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2002
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566
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Alternative/Indie/Rock
This album is a journey. The Flaming Lips are awesome, and I hear their concerts are pretty crazy.
Top tracks: "Flight Test", "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1", "In The Morning of The Magicians", "Do You Realize??" [First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
This album is a journey. The Flaming Lips are awesome, and I hear their concerts are pretty crazy.
Top tracks: "Flight Test", "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1", "In The Morning of The Magicians", "Do You Realize??" [First added to this chart: 03/30/2013]
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2002
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| PJ Harvey | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Hop Along | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 9 from 16th to 7th Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós |
| Up 5 from 13th to 8th The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Up 3 from 9th to 6th Dummy by Portishead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 11th to 19th In Rainbows by Radiohead |
| Down 4 from 7th to 11th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Down 3 from 6th to 9th OK Computer by Radiohead |
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90/100 (from 65 votes)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 90/100  | 11/26/2023 20:25 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 85/100 | 02/15/2020 21:24 | pctrooper | | 88/100 |
| 95/100 | 02/15/2020 11:24 |  DommeDamian | | 90/100 |
| 100/100 | 03/31/2019 03:48 |  Repo | | 100/100 |
| 100/100 | 03/31/2019 02:36 |  travelful | | 99/100 |
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From Johnnyo 11/26/2023 20:25
Excellent chart
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95/100
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ForegroundNoise 03/27/2019 23:34
ForegroundNoise 03/27/2019 23:34
re my last comment; glad to hear from you that I was wrong about how you rated albums!! Your one line notes are a lovely touch by the way, a really neat little entrance to these albums if you've never heard them before. Well done!
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95/100
From DommeDamian 03/22/2019 11:03
DommeDamian 03/22/2019 11:03
Great picks for singer-songwriters
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95/100
From ForegroundNoise 06/28/2018 09:09
ForegroundNoise 06/28/2018 09:09
Certainly a good and interesting chart though I'm not at all keen on your listing of how many songs on the albums you vibe with (X/X). A simple like/dislike system seems to me way too reductive in assessing the quality of songs and doesn't take into consideration how they 'sing together' to form one cohesive piece (à la Arthurknight's terminology). I really hope you're not one of those people how rates an album by aggregating the scores of its songs. Other than that lots and lots to be proud of - good list!
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85/100
From normshorg 06/28/2018 09:06
fantastic list. several albums on here i've been meaning to listen to for awhile.
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80/100
From platus 10/19/2017 16:55
Nice chart.
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slurpdurp 01/22/2017 23:19
slurpdurp 01/22/2017 23:19
The comments really propel this chart. I love your picks for the chart. It's all so great.
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95/100
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CharlieBarley 01/22/2017 23:05
CharlieBarley 01/22/2017 23:05
Bloody good chart! The notes, though brief, make it all the better. 30 albums in common. Quite a few albums I want to check out including Joanna Newsom and the rap albums you have on here. A very good selection of albums.
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85/100
From vancevisuals 01/22/2017 13:18
Completely agree with your comments on Pink Floyd's Animals
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95/100
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Tamthebam 01/22/2017 13:12
Tamthebam 01/22/2017 13:12
Great chart a good mix of genres and a nice mix of era's not too much of the same stuff from the same period.
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