Top 10 Greatest Music Albums by radioz101fm

THE BEST MODERN AVANTGARDE ALBUMS

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1.

Trans Europa Express 

 Kraftwerk

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Although Autobahn was a left-field masterpiece, Trans-Europe Express is often cited as perhaps the archetypal (and most accessible) Kraftwerk album. Melodic themes are repeated often and occasionally interwoven over deliberate, chugging beats, sometimes with manipulated vocals; the effect is mechanical yet hypnotic. Thematically, the record feels like parts of two different concept albums: one a meditation on the disparities between reality and image ("Hall of Mirrors" and "Showroom Dummies" share recurring images of glass, reflection, illusion, and confused identities, as well as whimsical melodies), and the other the glorification of Europe.

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

701 charts

Rank Score:

5,832

Rank in 1977:

11

Rank in 1970s:

78

Overall Rank:

311

Average Rating:

 82 (886 votes)

Comments:

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2.

Les Nuages Bleus 

 Nietzkov

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Interesting album which last less than 13 min. This album bring a new approach of avant-garde, it is a mesmeric combination between some jazz, trance, lounge, even hardcore techno

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank in 2013:

None

Rank in 2010s:

None

Average Rating:

 69 (2 votes)

Comments:

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3.

Drums Between The Bells 

 Brian Eno & Rick Holland

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Drums Between the Bells is a collaboration by producer Brian Eno and poet Rick Holland. It was recorded just after Eno finished work on 2010's Small Craft on a Milk Sea, his debut for Warp, and it followed on the release schedule less than a year later. In that sense, the timing was good for such a risky project. Music and poetry are often difficult companions, and combining them is best left to experts; fortunately, Eno is just such an expert. Although Holland is an obscure poet, he first came to Eno’s notice back in the late ‘90s (through a university project), and his poetry is very good. Although his words and thoughts are impressionistic, his themes are easier to peg: urban living, science, and the intersection of philosophy and biology. The music is almost entirely Eno’s own, with only a few tracks featuring guest credits -- much less so than his previous album.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

9

Rank in 2011:

1,421

Rank in 2010s:

14,395

Overall Rank:

54,977

Average Rating:

 73 (8 votes)

Comments:

0

4.

The Light Of The Spirit 

 Kitarō

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The Light of the Spirit is one of Kitaro's best CDs. Perhaps it is because Mickey Hart co-produced, or perhaps Kitaro asked Hart to co-produce because it is so good. It doesn't really matter if either of those is the reason; this is just an awesome CD. Kitaro's specialty has always been the symphonic synth and this is no exception. He augments that synth with several guest musicians on a variety of ambient instruments. This is truly ambient music, albeit on the new age side of that style.

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

72

Rank in 1987:

211

Rank in 1980s:

2,112

Overall Rank:

15,480

Average Rating:

 73 (21 votes)

Comments:

2

5.

Absolute Zawinul 

 Absolute Ensemble Featuring Joe Zawinul

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Of the many projects for Estonian-born Kristjan Jarvi and the Absolute Ensemble, this one likely required the most work, and is dearest to their hearts. A collaboration with Joe Zawinul before he passed away is the result, and Absolute Zawinul is a perfect title. While there are inferences to Weather Report, this music is what Zawinul was performing prior to his death -- a steamy multi-ethnic brew of electronic and natural sounds, in this case with his band and the Absolute Enemble Orchestra via arrangements by Gene Pritsker. Except for one track at the Zawinul Tribute Concert in Vienna, Austria shorty after he died, this is a studio date with the keyboardist and friends in full-flight.

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank in 2009:

None

Rank in 2000s:

None

Average Rating:

 71 (1 vote)

Comments:

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6.

Oxygène 

 Jean Michel Jarre

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Jean Michel Jarre, son of film composer Maurice Jarre, is one of the true pioneers of electronic music. Oxygène is one of the original e-music albums. It has withstood the test of time and the evolution of digital electronica. Jarre's compositional style and his rhythmic instincts were his strong points in 1976. While his popularity has escalated exponentially over the years, he never quite achieved the quality of this amazing recording.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

1,826

Rank in 1976:

16

Rank in 1970s:

208

Overall Rank:

988

Average Rating:

 78 (340 votes)

Comments:

22

7.

Ommadawn 

 Mike Oldfield

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Although it features the beautiful recorder of Leslie Penny and the Chieftains' Paddy Maloney playing the uilean pipe, Ommadawn didn't gain Mike Oldfield the success he was looking for. The album was released in the same year as the David Bedford-arranged Orchestral Tubular Bells and nine months after Oldfield picked up a Grammy award for the original Tubular Bells album.

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

1,189

Rank in 1975:

21

Rank in 1970s:

288

Overall Rank:

1,453

Average Rating:

 80 (253 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Rubycon 

 Tangerine Dream

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The members of Tangerine Dream continued to hone their craft as pioneers of the early days of electronica, and the mid-'70s proved to be a time of prosperity and musical growth for the trio of Chris Franke, early member Peter Baumann, and permanent frontman Edgar Froese. The three of them had been delivering mysterious space records on a regular basis, and their growing confidence with early synthesizers (the best that money could buy at the time) made them virtuosos of the genre, even as they kept things organic and unpredictable with gongs, prepared piano, and electric guitar. Rubycon has aged gracefully for the most part, making it a solid companion (and follow-up) to their 1974 album, Phaedra.

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

535

Rank in 1975:

48

Rank in 1970s:

520

Overall Rank:

2,851

Average Rating:

 80 (166 votes)

Comments:

5

9.

Burnt Weeny Sandwich 

 The Mothers Of Invention

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Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the first of two albums by the Mothers of Invention that Frank Zappa released in 1970, after he had disbanded the original lineup. While Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses on complex material and improvised stage madness, this collection of studio and live recordings summarizes the leader's various interests and influences at the time. It opens and closes on '50s pop covers, "WPLJ" and "Valarie." "Aybe Sea" is a Zappafied sea shanty, while "Igor's Boogie" is named after composer Igor Stravinsky, the closest thing to a hero Zappa ever worshipped. But the best material is represented by "Holiday in Berlin," a theme that would become central to the music of 200 Motels, and "The Little House I Used to Live In," including a virtuoso piano solo by Ian Underwood.

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

239

Rank in 1970:

106

Rank in 1970s:

928

Overall Rank:

5,543

Average Rating:

 77 (172 votes)

Comments:

3

10.

Music For Three Pianos 

 Harold Budd / Ruben Garcia / Daniel Lentz

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Harold Budd has been a principal figure in the Californian avant garde since the early 1960s. His latest release, Music For 3 Pianos, is the result of a long-standing friendship with fellow Americans Daniel Lentz and Ruben Garcia. Inspired by Morton Feldman's multi-piano pieces, the trio continues to explore the space between music and silence with these six sketches for piano. Music For 3 Pianos is ambient music of the highest order, in which the echoes and silences mean as much as the notes themselves.

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 1992:

1,270

Rank in 1990s:

14,533

Overall Rank:

94,116

Average Rating:

 74 (2 votes)

Comments:

0

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Top 10 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	5	50%
1980s	1	10%
1990s	1	10%
2000s	1	10%
2010s	2	20%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Kraftwerk	1	10%
Nietzkov	1	10%
Brian Eno & Rick Holland	1	10%
Kitarō	1	10%
Absolute Ensemble Featuring Joe Zawinul	1	10%
Jean Michel Jarre	1	10%
Mike Oldfield	1	10%
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Country	Albums	%
	3	30%
	2	20%
	2	20%
	1	10%
	1	10%
	1	10%

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From sssvnnn 09/23/2013 21:05

Very good!!
I´m looking forward for the next choices

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