Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Hallo I´m the great son from Austria. Austria is the home of the great sons - as our national anthem tells everybody, so I´m not the only one.
Please let me introduce You to my great family...
I like electronic music and singer, songwriter.
So here is my chart.
- Chart updated: 08/28/2020 14:15
- (Created: 08/20/2013 15:09).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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He is our grand-grandfather.
The father of Bob and Arlo.
We should never forget him: This land is our land! [First added to this chart: 08/20/2013]
The father of Bob and Arlo.
We should never forget him: This land is our land! [First added to this chart: 08/20/2013]
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Everyone in Austria is a relative of Mozart, he has lots of children, everyone loves him.
We call him "Woiferl" [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
We call him "Woiferl" [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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Our cousins from england doing quite well.
They are not only our cousins but at the same time the grandfathers of eletronic singer songwriter music.
That´s why I love them so. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
They are not only our cousins but at the same time the grandfathers of eletronic singer songwriter music.
That´s why I love them so. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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1973
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55,561
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We call him grandpa Bob but I cannot tell you a lot about him.
He is on tour since I was born and I havn´t seen him for a while.
It´s a pity that I was not invited to his lecture in Stockholm.
I´ll forgive him! [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
He is on tour since I was born and I havn´t seen him for a while.
It´s a pity that I was not invited to his lecture in Stockholm.
I´ll forgive him! [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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23,147
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She is my little sister, she is called Anja and she is a born Päffgen, for we don´t have the same mother.
I remember the old times when her sister Christa came across and sung with her...
But... as our uncle Elvis from America used to say: Little sister don´t you do whot your big sister´s done. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
I remember the old times when her sister Christa came across and sung with her...
But... as our uncle Elvis from America used to say: Little sister don´t you do whot your big sister´s done. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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Unkle Andre always has been the smartest boy in our family. Maybe this makes him so melancholic. Not everyone loves smart melancholic boys.
I have always been a little bit sceptic towards him but he did this
album with the help of other smart boys like Brian Eno, The Waxolutionists, The Walkabouts or Thomas D. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2013]
I have always been a little bit sceptic towards him but he did this
album with the help of other smart boys like Brian Eno, The Waxolutionists, The Walkabouts or Thomas D. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2013]
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The godfathers of electronic pop came from our neighbour-country.
For my fathers family once came from germany I visit them frequently driving on the german Autobahn as fast as possible. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
For my fathers family once came from germany I visit them frequently driving on the german Autobahn as fast as possible. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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1974
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1,881
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The twins from vienna learned fast playing electronic music.
They are doing it more relaxed because we don´t need no stress. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
They are doing it more relaxed because we don´t need no stress. [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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He has a dark heart and a good sense of humour. He sure dousn´t look at the world in an optimistic way and he passed away pretty soon after I saw him performing live... I guess it wasn´t my fault.
Sternderl schaun: Looking at the stars! [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
Sternderl schaun: Looking at the stars! [First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
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The american grandfathers of electronic music.
[First added to this chart: 08/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1968
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1,163
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Tangerine Dream | 3 | 3% | |
| Ludwig Hirsch | 2 | 2% | |
| John Cale | 2 | 2% | |
| Jean Michel Jarre | 2 | 2% | |
| Klaus Schulze | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
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greatson 11/20/2013 08:33 | #93709
greatson 11/20/2013 08:33 | #93709
Hello happymeal
The family idea came from my nickname.
The idea for my nickname came from the austrian national anthem: "Heimat bist du großer Söhne..."
in english it means something similar to: You (Austria) are the home of great sons.
I felt beeing a greatson sounds good!
While considering my chart I realiced that it`s going to include a lot of austrian artists that speak my language, even my dialect and I feel very familiar with them.
The idea with the fathers and grandfather came while considering who are the misicians that influenced the music that I love.
Woody Guthrie, Vladimir Vysotsky influenced a lot political songwriters worldwide.
Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk influenced the electronic music.
These are the grandfathers for me that gave birth to whole music genres.
Of course even the grandfathers have fathers... but I don´t know them.
I rate it higher to invent or co-invent a whole genre than just to play it well.
After all I thouht to introduce my musical family is fun for me und hopefully for others!
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colonelchibbers 05/19/2015 23:51 | #141852
colonelchibbers 05/19/2015 23:51 | #141852
Wow, certainly a perspective of music that I haven't come across before. Many songwriters I haven't heard of from countries whose music I am unfamiliar with. The ones that I *do* recognize are so good that I can't help but feel that there's a lot of good stuff in this list.
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/22/2014 15:09 | #104014
Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/22/2014 15:09 | #104014
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, my chart's a bit too safe and boring, I get that a lot, but I appreciate your words on my comments. This chart looks anything but boring. Intriguing, definitely, and great comments as well.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/04/2014 03:28 | #108442
Interesting approach to your comments, and I really like that there's so many Austrian inclusions. Great chart.
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greatson 07/02/2014 07:15 | #115824
greatson 07/02/2014 07:15 | #115824
Thanks for the friendly comments!
To my austrian picks:
There are some electronic musicians that I grew up with in the 90`s (Kruder, Dorfmeister etc.) and some austrian songwriter wich are famous in ausria. The focus of Andre Heller, or Georg Danzer is on the lyrics and that`s why I love them. I´m afraid that this music may not be interesting if you don`t get the lyrics!
Nevertheless of course I like everybody to explore my chart!
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