Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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BoneyKingOfNowhere 
This is a list of my favourite albums of all time, I will include compilations and live albums. With each Album I will write a brief accompanying note about why I like the album along with My favourite track, Enjoy.
- Chart updated: 09/29/2014 21:45
- (Created: 08/09/2013 02:27).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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This is an album that has recently topped my chart. It's one of those rare albums that gets not only better with every listen but you grow to realise that everything in it is sublime. There isn't a bad track on it, sure, there are some that do Not live up to the rest of the album but most any other band would kill to have it as a single.This album in a word- Class.
Favourite Track- Underwear [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
Favourite Track- Underwear [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
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1995
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8,330
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This album is made up of a collection of Smiths B-Sides and a couple of singles, And it's just spectacular. The album begins with Is it really so strange?, a happy tune from Ol' Moz and Marr, and soars to dizzying heights at It's close with the beautifully melancholic Asleep. Just Stellar.
Favourite Track- Golden Lights [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
Favourite Track- Golden Lights [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
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1987
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2,285
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The album That defined Britpop, a phenomenon That was "completely and utterly Damon's idea" and It's easy to see how, It has the same charisma as any other blur album and has a uniquely british sense of patriotism without it coming off as nationalism, Cracking.
Favourite Track- For Tomorrow [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
Favourite Track- For Tomorrow [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
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1993
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2,156
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I adore this album, everything about it screams brilliance, Wandering Genies, Singing saws, acoustic guitars, and one of the most enigmatically beautiful voices I have ever heard. Jeff Mangum's surreal yet beautiful lyrics help drive the brilliance of this album home.
Favourite track- Ghost [First added to this chart: 11/01/2013]
Favourite track- Ghost [First added to this chart: 11/01/2013]
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1998
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29,584
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On the recommendation of a friend, I decided to give this album a listen. I love it. Its unique blend of baroque pop and indie rock create this anthemic masterpiece. The album should quite simply be the soundtrack to any revolution. Win Butler's voice cuts through the tight musicianship to deliver pure poetry to your ears ("I carved your name across my eyelids. You pray for rain, I pray for blindness"). A modern classic is not a prestigious enough title for this masterpiece.
Favourite track- Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) [First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]
Favourite track- Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) [First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]
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2004
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31,570
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My favourite of The Smiths' studio albums and the album that cemented them as my favourite act of all time. This, to me, is the epitome of what they could achieve, with not only Stephen Street but any producer.
Favourite Track- Paint A Vulgar Picture [First added to this chart: 10/25/2013]
Favourite Track- Paint A Vulgar Picture [First added to this chart: 10/25/2013]
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1987
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5,461
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This album is a post punk masterpiece. Some great bass riffs and one of the most haunting voices ever to be put to music, this album is proof enough as to why Joy Division should be classed as one of the all time great british bands.
Favourite Track- Disorder [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
Favourite Track- Disorder [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]
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1979
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The best Beatles album. There is no two ways about it. Whilst Sgt. Pepper's revolutionized The Beatles album, Abbey Road perfected it. It is brilliant by anyone's definition of the word. I'm also hard pressed to find anything as cool as the closing medley, you can't fault it.
Favourite track- I Want You (She's so Heavy) [First added to this chart: 11/06/2013]
Favourite track- I Want You (She's so Heavy) [First added to this chart: 11/06/2013]
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1969
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53,397
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Like a lot of artists I used to dismiss I thought Radiohead rode their one good song to its absolute limit. Then I listened to OK Computer. This album, not the best of all time, but a damn good attempt. There is only one song that i'm not too fond of but other than that. I just adore it. The structure is taken wholly into account and the album is all the better for it.
Favourite Track- Let Down [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
Favourite Track- Let Down [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]
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1997
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When I first heard London Calling, I didn't really enjoy it. I viewed The Clash as one of your typical punk bands. They happen to be one of the most diverse and interesting bands that I have ever listened to. Both the lyricism of Strummer and Jones is far beyond the capability of all of their contemporaries as is a lot of the musicianship and that is one of the most interesting parts of the album. London Calling combines an abundance of outside influences mixed with their traditional punk sound and it is just a treat. Essential listening and an album that I will hold dear for many, many years to come.
Favourite track- Lost In The Supermarket [First added to this chart: 04/23/2014]
Favourite track- Lost In The Supermarket [First added to this chart: 04/23/2014]
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1979
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 38% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Smiths | 5 | 13% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 8% | |
| Pulp | 3 | 8% | |
| Blur | 3 | 8% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| Oasis | 2 | 5% | |
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2014 00:26 | #116308
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2014 00:26 | #116308
I checked Tilt - it was great. If you like that kinda stuff you should really check out Nico's solo stuff, honestly so similar, I'd check 'Desertshore' and 'Marble Index' which are both very similar dark avant-garde kinda music. Also, sorta similar, you should check out Popol Vuh though they're not exactly like 'Tilt', they share some similarities in the atmospheric noises - 'Hosianna Mantra' would be the place to start, and 'In Den Garten Pharaos' is good too.
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2014 20:40 | #115980
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2014 20:40 | #115980
http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=19103 - indie pop chart just for you <3
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benpaco 08/08/2013 23:47 | #83563
benpaco 08/08/2013 23:47 | #83563
Nice start! Excited to see more!
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2013 00:01 | #98410
SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2013 00:01 | #98410
"On the recommendation of a friend, I decided to give this album a listen. I love it. Its unique blend of baroque pop and indie rock create this anthemic masterpiece.
Favourite track- Crown Of Love"
That's my boy.
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Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/28/2013 22:18 | #99007
Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/28/2013 22:18 | #99007
How many Smiths albums... and yet no Hatful of Hollow?!?! Don't tell Mancsoulsister...
I'd be willing to bet you'd LOVE the Wedding Present - check out George Best and especially Bizarro, should be right up your street.
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