Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by RockyRaccoon

I was raised on classic rock (read as: I was a total dadrocker for a lot of my life) and many of these albums (if not all of them) carry a personal attachment to me. Whether it reminds me of something, or it was something I listened to a lot growing up, whatever it is, I assign a lot of personal meaning to these albums, and being that much of the traditional rock canon was part of my formative years in music listening, many of those albums carry a lot of meaning to me.

That being said, I'm always listening to new music and this chart may (and likely will) change every now and then. I also might just re-arrange it based on how I'm feeling. In all honesty, the order of the albums on this chart doesn't matter too much, as on any one day, one could be interchanged with another.

I'll be slowly adding notes as I get the chance.

• Chart updated: 11/22/2023 17:15
• (Created: 07/10/2013 21:42).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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This is life-changing stuff. It's hard for me to accurately articulate in words what Blood On The Tracks actually means to me personally. It was the first album that really got me into Dylan, and it's been a major part of my life since then. I've personally covered just about half this album at different shows I've played here and there, it's an incredibly important album to me personally.

But what is it about this album? What makes this different from any other Dylan album? It's the intimacy, it's how deeply personal this album feels. He may deny it up and down forever, but there's no way this album isn't at least somewhat influenced by Dylan's estrangement from his wife. This album is somber, but at the same time, it's peaceful, like someone who has come to grips with where their life is at and has accepted it for what it is, good or bad. The album is wrapped in allegories and metaphors, as is per usual for Dylan, but it's about as close as we've ever come to seeing the deepest, darkest parts of Dylan's mind (perhaps the only closer is when he did "Not Dark Yet" on Time Out Of Mind) and as such, it's an incredible masterpiece.

It also contains one of my absolute favorite Dylan tunes in "Simple Twist of Fate". While lyrically the song is beautiful, the chord progression fascinates me:

E | Emaj7 | E7 | A | Am| E B/D#| A | E | B11 | A

That progression is fantastic, and from a music-theory standpoint, is a little wonky. Not to say it's impossible, as anything in a post-20th century world is possible in music theory, but it's unconventional. The use of the major seven, to the minor seven and the use of Am in the key of E, it's all so weird, but it turns out perfect for the song

This is easily my favorite Dylan album and probably my favorite album ever (or at least, one of). Dylan's always been a storyteller, and these are his best stories. [First added to this chart: 07/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,657

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,130 votes)

Comments:

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Another Side Of Bob Dylan 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 07/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

365 charts

Rank Score:

1,847

Rank in 1964:

6

Rank in 1960s:

106

Overall Rank:

973

Average Rating:

 78 (577 votes)

Comments:

28

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Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 07/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,968 charts

Rank Score:

27,853

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 88 (2,329 votes)

Comments:

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2016]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

957 charts

Rank Score:

8,562

Rank in 1963:

2

Rank in 1960s:

31

Overall Rank:

191

Average Rating:

 83 (1,463 votes)

Comments:

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 02/23/2016]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,309 charts

Rank Score:

31,082

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,734 votes)

Comments:

226

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	5	5%
1960s	30	30%
1970s	21	21%
1980s	7	7%
1990s	13	13%
2000s	18	18%
2010s	6	6%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bob Dylan	5	5%
The Beatles	5	5%
The Tallest Man On Earth	4	4%
Miles Davis	3	3%
Leonard Cohen	3	3%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
Tom Waits	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	55	55%
	27	27%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 46th to 47th In A Silent Way by Miles Davis
Down 1 from 47th to 48th Blue by Joni Mitchell
Down 1 from 48th to 49th John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

New entries
In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

Leavers
Far From The Madding Crowd by Wuthering Heights

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From Johnnyo 06/04/2023 17:39

Very good chart. Classics indeed

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From HoldenM 10/19/2022 03:21

SIMPLY THE BEST!!!

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From Moondance 10/19/2022 00:48

Nice to see the recognition of songwriters and a few of those outside the mainstream. With half your chart taken from the 60's/70's, looks like we share living through the greatest decades of music in real time (i.e. we are getting on!). Given your broad taste, I was a bit disappointed that the wealth of excellent Australian songwriters/artists has not merited listing in your top 100 - but with Wolfmother & AC/DC listed, I get a sense of where you are coming from.

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From Escafandra 09/02/2021 21:52

This chart has some good records but it´s too narrow in geographical and cultural variety. It will be interesting to see how it will look like if its creator starts opening a bit more his spectrum.

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From Mercury 01/09/2021 04:01

"Still Crazy (good) after all these years" Meraul Curimon

Not sure what I was trying to do with that name.

Anyway, its great to see this again after all this time. Dylan, Miles, TTMOE, Yes, 18 albums and 18 artists in common. This is dope.

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From seb7 12/27/2020 21:23

Extremely, extremely cool list. I could only dream of making a list that blends my tastes and opinions this well

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From CharlieBarley 11/13/2020 03:06

I like your chart and your notes. You have many of my favourite albums plus a few that should be in my chart (Black Monks Time springs to mind). Great work man.

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From Julelios 12/05/2018 14:35

Excellent choices !

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From glynspsa 11/29/2018 23:58

This chart is fire. love it. The dicks picks you chose is one of the best in their massive cannon.

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From RockyRaccoon 05/23/2018 03:21

Thanks! I've actually listened to a lot of Miles Davis' stuff and love it, it's just the records I listed here have a special place for me because they were the records that first got me into jazz.

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