Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by sszwalbenest

The top 15 albums are my essential, "God tier" albums, my only ones with 100 ratings.

• Chart updated: 02/07/2024 02:15
• (Created: 07/10/2013 05:14).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Five Leaves Left 

 Nick Drake

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Impeccable lyrics, vocals, and guitar work coupled with at times delicate, at times forceful string arrangements. The best arranged album on this chart. A harrowing record as well in the wake of Nick Drake's untimely death from depression and a drug overdose.

Producer: Joy Boyd

"Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
'Till its stock is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'Till time has flown
Far from their dying day." [First added to this chart: 02/06/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

952 charts

Rank Score:

9,346

Rank in 1969:

7

Rank in 1960s:

30

Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

 84 (1,054 votes)

Comments:

50

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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After shaking the foundations of rock with OK Computer, what was Radiohead to do? Thank God, they chose not to repeat themselves. Radiohead's turn to electronic influences in Kid A is probably the best pivot in the history of rock, as well as the pinnacle of 2000's alternative. Chilling, touching, a jam, all in one record.

Producer: Nigel Godrich and Radiohead

"Ice Age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides" [First added to this chart: 07/10/2013]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,155 charts

Rank Score:

51,371

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 89 (4,353 votes)

Comments:

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Tea For The Tillerman 

 Cat Stevens

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[First added to this chart: 07/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

517 charts

Rank Score:

3,440

Rank in 1970:

19

Rank in 1970s:

123

Overall Rank:

527

Average Rating:

 81 (657 votes)

Comments:

35

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The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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This album was here for me when I was a sadboi highschooler. It was here for me as a sadboi college student. And now it is here for me as a sadboi adult. Until I am a fully actualized human being, I will love this album, and even then...

Producer: Morrissey and Johnny Marr
"It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
Over, over
Love is natural and real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight, my love
Love is natural and real
But not for such as you and I, my love" [First added to this chart: 12/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,425 charts

Rank Score:

39,115

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,836 votes)

Comments:

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All Things Must Pass 

 George Harrison

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Another great breakup album (even though Harrison was not breaking up with a partner). Amazing that he was sitting on so many of these songs and they could not make Beatles albums. Impeccable production mixed with memorable melodies and wonderfully spiritual lyrics. This album achieves an emotional intensity that I often found missing in Beatles albums. Also, Phil Spector is an amazing producer and this album is one of his masterpieces.

Producer: George Harrison and Phil Spector

"There'll come a time when most of us return here
Brought back by our desire to be
A perfect entity
Living through a million years of crying
Until you've realized the art of dying" [First added to this chart: 07/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,168 charts

Rank Score:

13,601

Rank in 1970:

3

Rank in 1970s:

25

Overall Rank:

97

Average Rating:

 85 (1,267 votes)

Comments:

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Just Another Diamond Day 

 Vashti Bunyan

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[First added to this chart: 02/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

1,744

Rank in 1970:

29

Rank in 1970s:

215

Overall Rank:

1,017

Average Rating:

 80 (258 votes)

Comments:

15

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 01/01/2014]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,934

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,273 votes)

Comments:

189

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In Rainbows 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 07/13/2013]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,833 charts

Rank Score:

51,132

Rank in 2007:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 90 (3,835 votes)

Comments:

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2014]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,458 charts

Rank Score:

16,763

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

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Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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[First added to this chart: 08/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,502 charts

Rank Score:

20,139

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,805 votes)

Comments:

142

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	3%
1960s	22	22%
1970s	25	25%
1980s	7	7%
1990s	13	13%
2000s	12	12%
2010s	11	11%
2020s	7	7%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
Neil Young	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
Simon & Garfunkel	3	3%
Lana Del Rey	3	3%
Steely Dan	2	2%
Joy Division	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	63	63%
	17	17%
	8	8%
	8	8%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 4 from 67th to 63rd Home by Dixie Chicks
Up 3 from 62nd to 59th Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Up 1 from 84th to 83rd Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 61st to 64th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Down 1 from 59th to 60th Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
Down 1 from 60th to 61st Ladies Of The Canyon by Joni Mitchell

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100/100	03/23/2024 00:14	Rm12398	99	89/100
90/100	01/03/2024 16:02	Tamthebam	552	85/100
90/100	01/03/2024 10:50	Johnnyo	2,014	80/100
75/100	10/22/2023 21:39	DaaN	10	86/100
5/100	08/18/2023 19:22	ShenBapiro	1	5/100

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90/100

From Tamthebam 01/03/2024 16:07

A great chart with some new stuff for me to have a listen to and with 13 artists in common and 7 albums I can see our tastes are not that different

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90/100

From Johnnyo 01/03/2024 10:50

Loads of great picks and some really interesting choices. Like it a lot

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90/100

From sssvnnn 02/28/2023 09:14

very subtle chart with a lot interesting picks.

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90/100

From areminder 11/16/2022 05:35

Wow I’m so glad this eclectic chart is the chart of the day. Your chart looks like lots of thought went into it. I’ll add this to my favorites

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80/100

From Moondance 11/15/2022 20:30

An interesting chart with the Buckley's (son & father) in the top 10. Liked seeing Rodriguez in there as well. Would have liked to have seen a more diverse spread of artists/albums beyond North America.

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100/100

From ffudnebbuh 10/28/2021 02:48

one of my favorite charts

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From PeterSmith 07/17/2021 12:42

I was drawn to your chart after you slated Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West which i personally really like.
I know most of the albums in your chart and also really enjoy them.
I kinda agree with Kalos noting a strong focus on various forms of folk which makes your chart quite a soft and mellow focus which i enjoy. But its always good to mix it up with some different styles for me

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95/100

From pctrooper 10/31/2019 21:15

Really nice chart, lots of interesting albums!

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Rating:  

85/100

From LedZep 04/23/2017 11:20

It's a splendid chart with much new albums to listen to!

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Rating:  

80/100

From cobbo95 02/01/2017 00:02

Never seen 5 Beck albums in one chart haha but each to their own.

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