Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Antonio-Pedro 
"God gave us music so that we, first and foremost, will be guided upward by it. All qualities are united in music: it can lift us up, it can be capricious, it can cheer us up and delight us, nay, with its soft, melancholy tunes, it can even break the resistance of the toughest character. Its main purpose, however, is to lead our thoughts upward, so that it elevates us, even deeply moves us. ... Music also provides pleasant entertainment and saves everyone who is interested in it from boredom. All humans who despise it should be considered mindless, animal-like creatures. Ever be this most glorious gift of God my companion on my life's journey, and I can consider myself fortunate to have come to love it. Let us sing out in eternal praise to God who is offering us this beautiful enjoyment.
- Nietzsche in 1858
This chart needs some work to blossom away, still need to end some notes from my diary, men at work in progress.
Love you all, Antonio Momonio <3
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- (Created: 10/24/2013 19:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I used to compare Phil Elvrum's works as the musical equivalent of Lars Von Trier's movies. The Boldness is combined with a sense of creativity that spills emotion all over the listener, He/She is ripped out from the comfort zone and thrown out in the middle of a hurricane without any clues of how he got there, and how Elvrum decides to treat us is insanely weird, he quietly comes closer and closer until we can listen to him breathing, so close that we can hear his blood moving through his veins, so close that we can see that wilderness that is covered behind his eyes. He appears alone to calm down the disorder that is established in "The Sun", and inserts us in some kind of stellar ritual, with the moon and the sun as witnesses, the abstract glow is now swallow by a big mass of vacuum and negative energy coming from a big black hole. What I most love in Phil's works is how much it seems personal and how much it represents the chaos that is the human mind, our pessimism personified in trumpets and nymphs' voices, inducting you to be weaker and weaker. "Solar System" is the perfect ode to the myth of the eternal return, The troubadour that interacts with his loneliness and outside forces to wish his lover comeback, The continuous use of "I Know you're out there" reinforces the feeling of how much he has waited and will wait for her to be back, let it rain, let there be sun, the world will end and his dreams will still be floating in the ether. In "universe I" the band join its multi-instrumental magic to give life to the fragility of human conscience and confidence, from the lonely guitar that follows Elvrum through the glow of the moon, going through reflexes in mud puddles with her curves drawn, until our hero down to his knees offers himself to the force that moves the universe, and we are brought then to a weird journey that is mount eerie, a force that purifies and devours each piece of your soul. The eclipse starts, his eyes are burnt, he is tilting towards the sun, and the mount eerie wakes from his thrones and begins to drain any light that remains in the listener's hope. This has been a hell of an adventure huh? When I first completed Mount Eerie I got myself theorizing all night and dawn, what the hell did I just passed through? Is this some kind of metaphor to the trifling human emotions and feelings? That's why I consider this record to be so great, it explores the outside world of music, it's not just about listening to something, but rather taking a philosophical walk to somewhere, we are humans and overall we should know how soulless we have become in the last years. In the end we have stars and galaxies inside us, we are a whole universe of deception and loneliness, love and hate, we are a big avalanche of synesthesia, we are a big mess of sense. And In the end we will be all swallow and superb about how deep our night is, how coloured our supernovas are, how enormous our soul is.
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2016]
Year of Release:
2003
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Rank Score:
1,587
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*Read this as you listen to "Headless Horsemen"*
It's been a long time since I've written something that has came from the deepest part of my heart, It's been so long since I have spent this whole time writing, It's been so long since I've listened to something so confronting and moving, It's been a long time... a long time... A real long time... 2015 was a strange year, In various ways, I feel my life and myself was crushed by the coming of maturity, I found myself in a melancholic state more than in any way, I've cried lots and lots for stupid things, I've lost almost all my love for BEA, I got into a bad state of depression, and the hole went down, My head was a weird tornado, that destroyed everything that was in its front, I remember having tons of discussions with my parents and friends that didn't end so well, I wanted to scream, I wanted to scream a lot!. Something that I remember like yesterday was the day when I lost my best friend, a real stupid death, I felt sad, sore, mostly, bland, I looked at anything thinking the why, I had no reason to breathe, or whatever. To try to kill this pain, I decided to look back at the things that we liked, to see If I could... catch something that was related to her, and kinda bring back those old times, (she liked "Her" as an example) but I felt nothing, I felt nothing. One day, By a coincidence, I found That she liked the Microphones, principally this album, and decided to give it a listen, for some reason I didn't find it that appealing for the first time, Everything was so, odd, actually it was more like a weird puzzle that was not for me, and then decided to forget it a little bit, but as much as I tried to avoid relating albums to people I failed to resist to this one, I always came back to this every night for some reason, I found myself more in love with it at each listen. Someday, It was like 2 A.M, and I was with a bad insomnia, after beginning the whole thing I decided to look up for the lyrics, and for each song, I teared up a little, I will not pretend I got everything that was contained in behind it, however, slowly, the story was unfolding, in a moment I realized, then felt... She was there, Between the lines of each song. And as the album was going on I could still listen that lonely note all over it, For a long time I used to find it unnecessary, and thought everything was ruined by it, that seemed to make no sense, "My Warm blood" was a song totally dedicated to it, And it was so long, I ignored it... but finally I Understood, no matter how loud the sound is, the note is still there, no matter how long the song is, the note still beats, and in the end there is nothing at all besides that lonely sound, it still beats, the heart still beats, Her heart, She was in the album, She Was the album, In each heartnote (It's how I call now) I felt her closer and closer. Until one day I was in another place I can't remember well, I remember It was dawn, I decided to take one of my dawn walks, there weren't many light posts, so I could see the moon and the whole space, I felt everything, Everything was transcending all over my soul, the light of the sun crashing all over the moon was burning my eyelids, I saw that it doesn't matter how much she leaves, there is always the moon or the stars, to bring me back, to take her back. Phil wrote one of the most human things ever, It feels like even with all the metaphors, the human life resides in there, We are deep, we are bored, we are cold, we are just like a rock, but in the end doesn't matter how big the noise is, there is always something that pump inside us, there is still the blood we bleed, and the heart that beats, in each note that is poured all over the album, It is haunting, it is warm, and confusing, it is soft. And When in "Headless Horsemen" Phil sings "I miss my closest friend" and that note hits, I felt myself again. I felt her Again. I felt it all. I felt for a long time... [First added to this chart: 11/08/2015]
It's been a long time since I've written something that has came from the deepest part of my heart, It's been so long since I have spent this whole time writing, It's been so long since I've listened to something so confronting and moving, It's been a long time... a long time... A real long time... 2015 was a strange year, In various ways, I feel my life and myself was crushed by the coming of maturity, I found myself in a melancholic state more than in any way, I've cried lots and lots for stupid things, I've lost almost all my love for BEA, I got into a bad state of depression, and the hole went down, My head was a weird tornado, that destroyed everything that was in its front, I remember having tons of discussions with my parents and friends that didn't end so well, I wanted to scream, I wanted to scream a lot!. Something that I remember like yesterday was the day when I lost my best friend, a real stupid death, I felt sad, sore, mostly, bland, I looked at anything thinking the why, I had no reason to breathe, or whatever. To try to kill this pain, I decided to look back at the things that we liked, to see If I could... catch something that was related to her, and kinda bring back those old times, (she liked "Her" as an example) but I felt nothing, I felt nothing. One day, By a coincidence, I found That she liked the Microphones, principally this album, and decided to give it a listen, for some reason I didn't find it that appealing for the first time, Everything was so, odd, actually it was more like a weird puzzle that was not for me, and then decided to forget it a little bit, but as much as I tried to avoid relating albums to people I failed to resist to this one, I always came back to this every night for some reason, I found myself more in love with it at each listen. Someday, It was like 2 A.M, and I was with a bad insomnia, after beginning the whole thing I decided to look up for the lyrics, and for each song, I teared up a little, I will not pretend I got everything that was contained in behind it, however, slowly, the story was unfolding, in a moment I realized, then felt... She was there, Between the lines of each song. And as the album was going on I could still listen that lonely note all over it, For a long time I used to find it unnecessary, and thought everything was ruined by it, that seemed to make no sense, "My Warm blood" was a song totally dedicated to it, And it was so long, I ignored it... but finally I Understood, no matter how loud the sound is, the note is still there, no matter how long the song is, the note still beats, and in the end there is nothing at all besides that lonely sound, it still beats, the heart still beats, Her heart, She was in the album, She Was the album, In each heartnote (It's how I call now) I felt her closer and closer. Until one day I was in another place I can't remember well, I remember It was dawn, I decided to take one of my dawn walks, there weren't many light posts, so I could see the moon and the whole space, I felt everything, Everything was transcending all over my soul, the light of the sun crashing all over the moon was burning my eyelids, I saw that it doesn't matter how much she leaves, there is always the moon or the stars, to bring me back, to take her back. Phil wrote one of the most human things ever, It feels like even with all the metaphors, the human life resides in there, We are deep, we are bored, we are cold, we are just like a rock, but in the end doesn't matter how big the noise is, there is always something that pump inside us, there is still the blood we bleed, and the heart that beats, in each note that is poured all over the album, It is haunting, it is warm, and confusing, it is soft. And When in "Headless Horsemen" Phil sings "I miss my closest friend" and that note hits, I felt myself again. I felt her Again. I felt it all. I felt for a long time... [First added to this chart: 11/08/2015]
Year of Release:
2001
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2010s | 34 | 34% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| Jim O'Rourke | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 2% | |
| The Radio Dept. | 2 | 2% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
| Daft Punk | 2 | 2% | |
| The Microphones | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 29 from 34th to 5th Figure 8 by Elliott Smith |
| Up 2 from 3rd to 1st Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd Eureka by Jim O'Rourke |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Souvlaki by Slowdive |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6th Loud City Song by Julia Holter |
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100/100  | 01/15/2025 16:23 | Exist-en-ciel | | 99/100 |
95/100 | 01/15/2024 12:25 | Untitled | | 84/100 |
 100/100 | 07/27/2022 23:02 | Soencer | | 100/100 |
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| 90/100 | 11/23/2021 19:43 |  rockbluesfolkjaz | | 87/100 |
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From SUPERJEFF6 01/15/2024 20:58
titanic rising #1 is based
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DommeDamian 02/24/2023 21:45
DommeDamian 02/24/2023 21:45
Maybe I should give Titanic Rising a new spin.
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From rockbluesfolkjaz 11/23/2021 19:42
rockbluesfolkjaz 11/23/2021 19:42
Very nice. I like the added info under each choice as well. Explanations and information referring to the choice and the reason picked helps the reader a lot. I've done a few, buy not all. Very sad that that the number one album, "Eureka," can't be found in most places, or anywhere else to purchase or listen, except on youtube.
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seb7 10/22/2021 23:16
seb7 10/22/2021 23:16
I just listened to Eureka. Mind-blowing
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90/100
From Johnnyo 12/24/2020 15:06
Great chart and the effort that has gone into the accompanying notes really makes in come alive.
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From Luigii 10/21/2020 16:39
Just want to mention that the greatest list for me is done for now.
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100/100
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Joeingram 09/14/2020 18:13
Joeingram 09/14/2020 18:13
One of the best charts! I love Eureka and Long Season very much.
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100/100
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Keatownrodriguez 09/14/2020 14:52
Keatownrodriguez 09/14/2020 14:52
From the albums that I do know and your descriptions on the ones I don't this chart is sick! I'll be listening to a lot of new albums thanks to this chart
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100/100
From BraddlesHendo 09/14/2020 12:57
A+ 5 stars just for incredibly well written commentary on your fave albums. Lots of time to compile this
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100/100
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benpaco 01/22/2020 18:25
benpaco 01/22/2020 18:25
Finally time to mine this for recs
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