Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by 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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Up The Bracket 

 The Libertines

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As far as I am concerned this is the album that defined the 00s indie scene. Superior to anything that Arctic Monkeys did, any day of the week.

Favourite track- Time For Heroes [First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

459 charts

Rank Score:

3,261

Rank in 2002:

11

Rank in 2000s:

90

Overall Rank:

549

Average Rating:

 77 (668 votes)

Comments:

35

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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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The album that is and was Madchester, nothing can beat it.
Favourite Track- I Am The Resurrection [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,973 charts

Rank Score:

25,827

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,226 votes)

Comments:

202

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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This is the album that kept The Beatles fresh, just when people were beginning to wonder if The Beatles could evolve with popular music, this record removed any shadow of a doubt. It is often referred to as a great album for a reason, there is something for everyone on it. Those who don't enjoy A Day In The Life will most certainly enjoy With A Little Help From My Friends and so on and so forth.

Favourite track - A Day In The Life [First added to this chart: 08/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,417 charts

Rank Score:

50,725

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (4,487 votes)

Comments:

480

14. (15) 1

Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Easily my favourite Dylan album. It shows a level of maturity that other albums lack, he also seems just as comfortable on the tracks that are backed by a band like "Tangled Up In Blue" as the solo tracks like "Shelter From The Storm". It seems like Dylan was on his best form since the mid 60s and as far as I'm concerned it is one of the man's many career highlights.

Favourite track- If You See Her, Say Hello [First added to this chart: 09/29/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,524

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,133 votes)

Comments:

165

15. (16) 1

The Bends 

 Radiohead

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Radiohead's Sophomore album matures so well compared with some of their other work. I think all but two of their albums are borderline masterpieces but there's something about The Bends that just doesn't exist in other Radiohead albums. I do prefer OK Computer but I feel that there is something, albeit minute, missing. The Bends just satisfies me more as an album, but sadly the overall tracklisting just isn't quite as good as its follow-up.

Favourite Track- Fake Plastic Trees [First added to this chart: 02/19/2014]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,626 charts

Rank Score:

33,146

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 87 (3,828 votes)

Comments:

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16. (17) 1

Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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This album is The Smiths' first effort working with Stephen Street, and the difference from its predecessor is astounding. Street's production really lifts this album to dazzling new heights.

Favourite track- Well, I Wonder [First added to this chart: 11/01/2013]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

6,844

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

32

Overall Rank:

254

Average Rating:

 82 (1,252 votes)

Comments:

68

17. (18) 1

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This Is Hardcore 

 Pulp

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As good a follow up to Different Class as Pulp could have made. Consistently darker and all the more excellent for it.

Favourite track- I'm A Man [First added to this chart: 11/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

326 charts

Rank Score:

1,782

Rank in 1998:

16

Rank in 1990s:

195

Overall Rank:

1,004

Average Rating:

 78 (418 votes)

Comments:

17

18. (19) 1

The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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Just excellent. The standard that all concept albums should follow.

Favourite track- Mother [First added to this chart: 11/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,204 charts

Rank Score:

30,048

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (3,412 votes)

Comments:

261

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The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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If I have any complaints about this album, it's the production. It is woefully under produced but behind that lies a certain charm. The album is excellent past that detriment. The pure Wildean poetry in Morrissey's lyrics and haunting melodies in Marr's guitar work and Andy Rourke's horrendously underrated bass work on not only this but every Smiths album. Echoes of something great.

Favourite track- The Hand That Rocks The Cradle [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

8,630

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

 83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

86

20. (22) 2

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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My least favourite of The Smiths' albums but still, in its own way, a masterpiece. I do like the way that this album has left its mark on the collective consciousness of modern British music and how it is so fondly remembered by seemingly everyone, even though I feel it is the weakest of The Smiths' albums, To each his own. This being said, it is the Smiths album that I remember the most fondly. Buying cheap in a second hand CD shop and putting it onto my phone, listening to it on my way to work one day made me fall in love with this band. The band that have defined my adolescence up to this point in my life. A band that have been my favourite since hearing that last chord on There is a Light That Never Goes Out have been my favourite act of all time.

Favourite track- Cemetry Gates [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,426 charts

Rank Score:

39,036

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,837 votes)

Comments:

264

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
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%

Artist	Albums	%
The Smiths	5	13%
Blur	3	8%
Radiohead	3	8%
Pulp	3	8%
Oasis	2	5%
The Beatles	2	5%
Pink Floyd	2	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	30	75%
	8	20%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 2 from 40th to 38th England Keep My Bones by Frank Turner
Up 2 from 39th to 37th Heavy Weather by Weather Report
Up 2 from 38th to 36th Transformer by Lou Reed

New entries
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Down In Albion by Babyshambles

Leavers
Crow Sit On Blood Tree by Graham Coxon
Bona Drag by Morrissey

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From JacobHarris97 10/02/2014 10:05

Sound.

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From SuedeSwede 07/09/2014 00:26

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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From SuedeSwede 07/04/2014 20:40

http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=19103 - indie pop chart just for you <3

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From SuedeSwede 04/25/2014 12:22

only fgts like Billy Bragg

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From Tradex 04/14/2014 23:51

bless

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From KILLALLHIPPIES 04/13/2014 00:40

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!

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From WildHorses 02/18/2014 00:29

An Avid Smiths fan! Nice!

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From joathome 02/17/2014 17:18

A very good chart from a britpop fan !!
Love the top position of "different class" which is so ...

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From SuedeSwede 12/29/2013 12:54

Really digging this chart now, Crow Sit On Blood Tree is fantastic so I may have to use you for recs more often.

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From chris lancaster 12/29/2013 11:42

A delightful list of evocative, tender music.

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