Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bonafini

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Since the goal is to build a greatest albums chart, this list will only include music that was composed to be firstly released and/or mainly consumed in the form of an album in the album era, which is not a very easy thing to define by the end of the day. But that means, for example, no "classical" music and no compilations of the "best of" or "rare tracks" kind.

The chart contains only one album per artist for it to display a greater array of musicians and do some kind of overview of what is relevant to me in the history of album music. However, this is a best albums list, not a best artists list: people that I would most definitely include in such a list, like Otis Redding, Kraftwerk or Patti Smith, are not present because I consider none of their albums to be as strong as any of these here.

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• Chart updated: 07/01/2023 17:45
• (Created: 07/17/2013 03:55).
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3rd 

 Big Star

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Big dreams turned out like big disappointment. The band of those who had everything to be the rockers of the generation ended up with one less genius, a lot less money and approaching the end of the line. Nevertheless, it is in moments like this that bitterness and desperation gives birth to brilliance.
The personal chaos of Alex Chilton is translated into the language of irony ("Thank You Friends"), a general farewell ("Take Care") and sheer horror ("Holocaust"). The connection that the singer and Chris Bell developed in the form of a friendship/rivalry haunts one of the saddest songs ever, "Big Black Car", in which the first frightfully foresees the accident that killed the latter and unadvisingly shares his position.
The greatest of the great songs of this masterpiece must be "Kangaroo", a pseudo-religious description of a gamechanging encounter and the openness of heart it creates and demands, a theme gorgeously represented by the blissful mess of the instrumentation. When what appears to be contigent failures that can be overcome in another try, like the distribution and booking problems that the band faced, finally show themselves as an unescapable necessity, this end-of-the-line experience may result either in immobility and incapability to reinvent life or coming against it and doing a cool jerk. [First added to this chart: 11/27/2014]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

353 charts

Rank Score:

2,617

Rank in 1978:

14

Rank in 1970s:

158

Overall Rank:

690

Average Rating:

 80 (436 votes)

Comments:

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32. (=)

Demon Days 

 Gorillaz

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[First added to this chart: 09/19/2013]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,069 charts

Rank Score:

11,326

Rank in 2005:

2

Rank in 2000s:

18

Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

 82 (1,622 votes)

Comments:

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33. (=)

Machine Head 

 Deep Purple

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[First added to this chart: 10/04/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

777 charts

Rank Score:

7,087

Rank in 1972:

7

Rank in 1970s:

58

Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

 83 (988 votes)

Comments:

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34. (=)

Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

31,063

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,737 votes)

Comments:

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Electric Warrior 

 T. Rex

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A person that, to sound of the all those 'oooooh's and 'aah-aaah's, is not immediately compelled to try a little dance as ludicrous as these songs cannot be trusted. Beyond its immense influence, it's the funniest album ever. [First added to this chart: 07/26/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

716 charts

Rank Score:

5,109

Rank in 1971:

17

Rank in 1970s:

89

Overall Rank:

352

Average Rating:

 82 (815 votes)

Comments:

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Lady In Satin 

 Billie Holiday

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[First added to this chart: 10/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

349 charts

Rank Score:

3,119

Rank in 1958:

1

Rank in 1950s:

11

Overall Rank:

570

Average Rating:

 80 (360 votes)

Comments:

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37. (=)

Doolittle 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 07/16/2013]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

37,383

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

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38. (=)

Rumours 

 Fleetwood Mac

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[First added to this chart: 07/16/2013]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

2,195 charts

Rank Score:

34,082

Rank in 1977:

1

Rank in 1970s:

6

Overall Rank:

21

Average Rating:

 87 (2,535 votes)

Comments:

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The Glow Pt. 2 

 The Microphones

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[First added to this chart: 10/19/2015]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

637 charts

Rank Score:

8,499

Rank in 2001:

6

Rank in 2000s:

32

Overall Rank:

192

Average Rating:

 84 (773 votes)

Comments:

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40. (=)

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,697

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,884 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	3%
1960s	11	11%
1970s	27	27%
1980s	20	20%
1990s	17	17%
2000s	19	19%
2010s	3	3%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Kendrick Lamar	1	1%
Arcade Fire	1	1%
PJ Harvey	1	1%
Sebadoh	1	1%
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	1%
Tom Zé	1	1%
Van Morrison	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	38	38%
	28	28%
	23	23%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 96th to 97th Bee Thousand by Guided By Voices
Down 1 from 97th to 98th Ten by Pearl Jam
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New entries
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

Leavers
Nó Na Orelha by Criolo

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From flamingyesdept 02/28/2024 10:17

Fantastic chart, and the correct #1!!

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From DommeDamian 11/03/2020 20:42

DDiverse albums, and fun to read. Keep it up

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From Lastings 10/28/2019 16:44

a very excellent adn individual chart.

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From ForegroundNoise 08/31/2018 16:57

It's amazing how a chart as incredible as this can creep on you out of nowhere. The choices, the write-ups: I adore your taste and your love of music that is clearly evident from this chart, which may well be my favourite from any I've seen on this whole site...

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From Boltzmann 08/31/2018 12:16

A bit predictable with regards to the non South America picks.

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From arthurbittencourt 05/23/2017 05:29

excelente, amei! ve o que acha da minha? abraço

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From zrommeke 02/22/2017 07:24

Nice chart, but the many Brasilian albums make it quite unknown to me. To discover!

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From platus 02/21/2017 17:57

Good taste. Nice chart.

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From Lastings 02/21/2017 16:08

Excellent Chart, as well as excellent and well thought out interpretations or the albums you've chosen.

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From VitorHugoP 04/13/2016 18:28

O que você acha de Gabriel, o Pensador?

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