Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by tgarritsen

There are a number of different factors you can take into consideration when putting your chart together, but for me it comes down to the question which album is the most important to me. I can think of many albums that I appreciate for their perfect musicianship by it's makers, but that just don't resonate the same way as these ones, so I left those out. Instead I chose the albums that I connect emotionally with the most. The albums I wouldn't want to live without. That shaped and still shape me. That play a special role in my live or that I identify with on a deep level.

Since I quite like lyrics in music I added my favorite lines of each album that always draws me further into the music.

• Chart updated: 02/24/2023 21:45
• (Created: 10/10/2013 01:35).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Songs In The Key Of Life 

 Stevie Wonder

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"Now some folks say that we should be glad for what we have/Tell me would you be happy in village ghetto land" [First added to this chart: 10/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,223 charts

Rank Score:

15,519

Rank in 1976:

1

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

86

Average Rating:

 85 (1,306 votes)

Comments:

86

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Mothership Connection 

 Parliament

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"You've got all that is really needed/To save a dying world from its funk less ness" [First added to this chart: 04/27/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

391 charts

Rank Score:

2,378

Rank in 1975:

10

Rank in 1970s:

168

Overall Rank:

751

Average Rating:

 80 (432 votes)

Comments:

32

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Heart Of The Congos 

 The Congos

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"Send us another Moses to lead the nation/The hungry must be fed soon so there'll be no more sufferation" [First added to this chart: 10/22/2016]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

247 charts

Rank Score:

1,806

Rank in 1977:

24

Rank in 1970s:

209

Overall Rank:

996

Average Rating:

 79 (255 votes)

Comments:

10

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Raw Power 

 Iggy And The Stooges

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"Honey gotta strike me blind/Somebody gotta save my soul/Baby penetrate my mind" [First added to this chart: 10/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

778 charts

Rank Score:

6,007

Rank in 1973:

8

Rank in 1970s:

75

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

 83 (1,001 votes)

Comments:

65

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Innervisions 

 Stevie Wonder

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"But what i'd like to know is could a place exist so beautifull/Or do we have to take our wings and fly away/To the visions in our mind" [First added to this chart: 10/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,145 charts

Rank Score:

12,908

Rank in 1973:

2

Rank in 1970s:

31

Overall Rank:

111

Average Rating:

 86 (1,277 votes)

Comments:

75

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Exodus 

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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"They would do anything to materialize their every wish" [First added to this chart: 10/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

750 charts

Rank Score:

6,390

Rank in 1977:

9

Rank in 1970s:

67

Overall Rank:

274

Average Rating:

 82 (848 votes)

Comments:

57

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Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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"You made me forget myself/I thought I was someone else/Someone good" [First added to this chart: 10/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,211 charts

Rank Score:

11,192

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

 83 (1,507 votes)

Comments:

89

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Curtis 

 Curtis Mayfield

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"Sisters, Niggers, Whiteys, Jews, Crackers/Don't worry, if there's hell below we're all gonna go" [First added to this chart: 10/17/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

351 charts

Rank Score:

2,329

Rank in 1970:

24

Rank in 1970s:

172

Overall Rank:

769

Average Rating:

 80 (369 votes)

Comments:

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Maggot Brain 

 Funkadelic

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"Mother earth is pregnant for the third time/For y'all have knocked her up" [First added to this chart: 11/16/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

626 charts

Rank Score:

4,292

Rank in 1971:

19

Rank in 1970s:

100

Overall Rank:

419

Average Rating:

 82 (682 votes)

Comments:

46

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All Things Must Pass 

 George Harrison

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"Isn't it a pity/Now, isn't it a shame/How we break each other's hearts/And cause each other pain/How we take each other's love/Without thinking anymore/Forgetting to give back" [First added to this chart: 12/23/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,167 charts

Rank Score:

13,586

Rank in 1970:

3

Rank in 1970s:

25

Overall Rank:

97

Average Rating:

 85 (1,267 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	4	4%
1960s	28	28%
1970s	30	30%
1980s	5	5%
1990s	11	11%
2000s	8	8%
2010s	13	13%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	6	6%
Kendrick Lamar	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
Stevie Wonder	3	3%
Michael Jackson	2	2%
Muddy Waters	2	2%
Radiohead	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	68	68%
	19	19%
	7	7%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 42 from 95th to 53rd It Serves You Right To Suffer by John Lee Hooker
Up 38 from 61st to 23rd Baduizm by Erykah Badu
Up 38 from 53rd to 15th Kid A by Radiohead

Biggest fallers
Down 23 from 60th to 83rd Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Down 13 from 37th to 50th Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
Down 12 from 22nd to 34th At Last! by Etta James

New entries
Electric Mud by Muddy Waters
Like Water For Chocolate by Common
Fresh by Sly & The Family Stone

Leavers
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Be by Common
I Am The Blues by Willie Dixon

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From leniad 07/26/2023 01:48

great

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From Moondance 01/14/2023 04:10

Can't argue with the rationale for your chart - the highest emotional connection for you.

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From Johnnyo 01/13/2023 13:12

Excellent chart

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From samora 11/11/2022 09:32

Great list! 22 albums in common with my top-100, and some very nice ones. Great to see Black Messiah at 11!

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From seb7 12/19/2020 22:20

Very cool list

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From Purplepash 07/03/2019 12:00

We may only have 7 albums in common and a very different all time chart but I'm guessing about a third of these 100 are on my decade charts, so a lot I like here.

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From DommeDamian 07/03/2019 11:40

Pos for number 1

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From Boltzmann 11/10/2018 14:16

The intro to your chart really put me off. I basically read: “If I am honest about what I actually like, the result might get ridiculed by people, so I started judging music on aspects that are completely unrelated to music.” C’mon man, fuck what people think, this sounds a bit - hey you’re dutch - ‘laf’. Music is just beautiful sounds; books are about the message.

I was surprised to see that your chart consists of a lot of different genres and it shows a lot of variation in accessible music and more experimental picks. So yeah, I like your chart, but I’m not a fan of the intro, but don’t change it because of my criticism, ‘cause then you’re doing exactly what I’m criticizing. Plus most people probably agree with what you described in your intro.

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From Tamthebam 11/10/2018 09:57

Great chart 15 albums in common and great to see Erykah and Frank Ocean in a chart along with T.Rex, Bowie, Joni the Stones & Neil Young. To top all that Stevie's Songs In The Key Of Life, what's not to like

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From ForegroundNoise 11/10/2018 09:05

Some really nice picks and great attentions to detail with the notes, well done!!

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