Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
benpaco 
Order good words bad but all WIPs are WIPs forever when it comes to me so I might as well not wait to publish this. Hoping to actually write descriptions instead of relying on the ones I wrote in literally high school someday but *shrug*
- Chart updated: 08/03/2019 20:45
- (Created: 07/27/2013 05:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"What sticks in my mind
Is the dew drop hanging off your nose
Shriveled up and blue
And I'm getting older too
But I don't want to die like you"
Oh Skylarking. Took me much too long to listen to this, my dad's cassette version died when I tried for the first time. I was in the shower, listening on my little cassette player to the album, a random choice, but my choice nonetheless, and it just exploded. Tape had gone bad.
When I eventually did find this album at Rasputin's, I bought it for my dad as I felt bad for the tape. This is the album that makes it the highest on my list without having any kind of nostalgia. This album is here due to its art. The chord changes have never been equaled, the time signature on "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" is still rarely used. This is math rock, maybe, by the definition I've heard round here, but more than anything it's beauty.
Favorite song: Dear God. If you have a problem with the message behind this song, poo on you. This is what made me question ... everything. And I found my own answers as a result.
EDIT: lostcontrol pointed out correctly that Dear God wasn't on the original version. So Another Satellite. Sillier song, but dark and strangely floaty. Floaty? Floaty. [First added to this chart: 07/26/2013]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2000s | 31 | 31% | |
| 2010s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| The Smiths | 3 | 3% | |
| Bon Iver | 3 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
| XTC | 2 | 2% | |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 48 from 96th to 48th Nothing Was Missing, Except Me by Hightide Hotel |
| Up 44 from 97th to 53rd Naturally by Hightide Hotel |
| Up 36 from 79th to 43rd Electro-Shock Blues by Eels |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 14 from 66th to 80th Meat Is Murder by The Smiths |
| Down 13 from 68th to 81st The Freed Man by Sebadoh |
| Down 13 from 70th to 83rd Eyes Open by Snow Patrol |
| New entries |
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 Going Byby Told Slant |
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Keatownrodriguez 05/14/2020 16:53
I knew you had a special chart, but then I saw you but the Kimi No Na Wa soundtrack, major props
DommeDamian 01/28/2020 08:29
Massive respect your way!
ForegroundNoise 01/27/2020 09:47
Sure, I'd be lying if I said these albums were my kinda thing. And yeah, maybe it'd be nice to see a few less American albums dominating the roster. But goddamn, how can I give a chart anything less than perfect when that 'Disorder' anecdote makes me brim with joy like that?
Antonio-Pedro 01/13/2019 04:03
Miss you Ben, hope everything is going well with life, wishing you the best <3
Nice chart!
Good to see more appreciation of Norwegian Wood
JulianR 09/30/2017 08:12
I can tell you put effort into it, which is what really counts
Repo 08/21/2017 04:14
Hey Ben! How are you doing? It's Repo. Don't know if you found that out yet or not. Anyways, love your chart as always. Great to see Tuxedo Moon still so high. Totally love your write-up for Rubber soul!! Peace, brother! Keep up the good fight.
craola 08/20/2017 14:03
i love this chart, and i'm sorry i haven't been here before (?) not sure how that's possible?
and for as little overlap as we have, i love most of the albums here (that i've listened to).
Very interesting, I must investigate some of this stuff.
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