Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 08/30/2020 00:15
- (Created: 07/10/2009 04:08).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I knew this girl was someone to keep an eye on from the moment I heard Pure heroine for the first time. Four years later, she released this killer album. Lorde's mature and poignant commentary on youth, fame and modern society comes to fruition thanks to her always solid lyricism and mesmerizing voice, and the production is now richer than it was on her debut. Melodrama is definitely a pop record, and as far as 2010s pop music is concerned, it doesn't get much better than this.
Favourite track: Homemade dynamite [First added to this chart: 06/20/2018]
Favourite track: Homemade dynamite [First added to this chart: 06/20/2018]
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2017
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[First added to this chart: 09/29/2014]
Year of Release:
2013
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Brockhampton | 2 | 2% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| Lorde | 2 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2% | |
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53 | 53% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 44 from 76th to 32nd Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe |
| Up 41 from 70th to 29th Art Angels by Grimes |
| Up 35 from 57th to 22nd Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 53 from 24th to 77th If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle And Sebastian |
| Down 39 from 16th to 55th Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem |
| Down 38 from 55th to 93rd Pearl by Janis Joplin |
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| ! | 03/20/2025 22:27 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2021 16:26 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2021 11:41 |  Cytoma | 171 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2021 03:08 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2019 03:25 |  Rhyner | 1,454 | 99/100 |
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From Moondance 06/27/2021 03:08 | #271082
Cool chart. Nice to see Lorde get 2 albums in the top 100.
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Glitterboiii 07/20/2019 23:38 | #240066
Glitterboiii 07/20/2019 23:38 | #240066
35 in common! Great chart!
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From vancevisuals 04/20/2019 19:24 | #235291
13 in common
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DommeDamian 04/20/2019 14:27 | #235284
DommeDamian 04/20/2019 14:27 | #235284
You got some good albums, you got some good descriptions = everything is on point
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ForegroundNoise 04/20/2019 13:56 | #235283
ForegroundNoise 04/20/2019 13:56 | #235283
Your notes are something to be truly proud of even if the picks are a little *ahem* safe. Great mix of classics young and old - would be nice to see some jazz sneak in :)
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From Rivera 04/20/2019 13:38 | #235282
Brilliant chart with excellent selections. For sure I'm going to have to check out your Spanish artists.
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From PeterSmith 10/26/2018 21:48 | #223361
Hola, I really like your chart. It is a really good mix of decades and genres. I recognised and have many of the albums and on many occasions have similar favourite tracks you mention and equally also don't love some you call out.
I especially love your comments throughout and I actually read them all because they were so interesting and personal.
Unfortunately I am struggling with your number 1 - it's just not landing with me (yet?).
There are a number I have on my list for later listening and I'll come back later to check some of your other picks that I don't know.
Given some of your choices I was maybe a little surprised that Bon Iver never made it - but hey there is only room for 100. But if you haven't heard them give them a listen especially For Emma Forever Ago. You might also like Sigur Ros - very ethereal and electronic.
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From cobbo95 01/09/2017 00:40 | #182062
I really enjoyed reading you chart picks and the descriptions. Nice to see some similarities too with St. Vincent, War on Drugs and Oasis amongst others :)
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From hahol 01/08/2017 22:34 | #182056
Eclectic chart. Joni at the top is just awesome. Great comments too.
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From platus 01/08/2017 19:33 | #182046
Very good chart!
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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. Led Zeppelin | |
| 9. The Doors | |
| 10. The Rolling Stones | |
| 11. John Coltrane | |
| 12. King Crimson | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Neil Young | |
| 17. Van Morrison | |
| 18. Charles Mingus | |
| 19. Miles Davis | |
| 20. The Zombies |
