Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by LittleM1971

hope you enjoy...slowly adding more comments for each choice (I'll get there in the end)

• Chart updated: 12/22/2023 21:15
• (Created: 11/06/2013 13:03).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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Because we all need somewhere dark to go every once in a while. It's one of those albums that you can easily forget just how incredible it is until you listen again. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,984

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 87 (2,270 votes)

Comments:

188

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The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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I was a few months short of turning 18 when this album came out and Bang!...the indie landscape had changed forever in Britain. In one sweep all those great British bands we all loved suddenly sounded dated, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, The House of Love, The Cure, Mary Chain etc, we even started dressing and dancing differently such was the impact of this album. It's brilliant from start to finish with perhaps Shoot You Down suffering from being dwarfed by everything else. The running order of the album is also perfect and I sometimes still get goosebumps thinking about the needle hitting this record for the first time as the start of I Wanna Be Adored built up. Lots of love for this album. [First added to this chart: 11/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,972 charts

Rank Score:

25,891

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,225 votes)

Comments:

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The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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What can I say about how important The Smiths are to me. From about the 3rd year of secondary school up until the Stone Roses shook things up it would be quicker to count the days I didn't play The Smiths than to those when I did. I remember precisely when I bought this album holding this in one hand and Hatful of Hollow in the other for an eternity trying to figure out which one to buy. To be honest either The Queen is Dead or Meat Is Murder could occupy this spot but this will always be that little more special to me...first love and all that. [First added to this chart: 11/11/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

8,646

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

 83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

86

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Nowhere 

 Ride

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Ride didn't put a foot wrong releasing three brilliant EP's before this album which they then followed up with the Today Forever EP...a great run of records before kinda losing me with the album 'Going Blank Again'.

One of my most memorable (bit hazy tbh) days out with friends when I was younger was going to the Slough Music Festival in 1991. Ended up getting very stoned watching Revolver, Slowdive, Curve and Ride playing a blinding headline set. Happy carefree days!!! [First added to this chart: 11/27/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

543 charts

Rank Score:

4,857

Rank in 1990:

3

Rank in 1990s:

69

Overall Rank:

371

Average Rating:

 81 (672 votes)

Comments:

52

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Setting Sons 

 The Jam

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Paul Weller in my opinion is the finest plain speaking lyricist I've heard. What he writes you get immediately (no deciphering required!). Even as 9 or 10 year old I got it which is probably why they not only conquered the UK music scene but gained the hearts of kids in every playground across the country. Started out as a concept album which Weller unable to complete ditched, but what was finally released still holds up today with perhaps 'Little Boy Soldiers' which was part of the original concept, even more relevant in todays world than what it was back then. Wasteland I find so vivid that I can smell late 1970's Britain as I listen. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2013]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

1,636

Rank in 1979:

19

Rank in 1970s:

231

Overall Rank:

1,075

Average Rating:

 79 (338 votes)

Comments:

15

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Closer 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 11/08/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,457 charts

Rank Score:

16,788

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,868 votes)

Comments:

123

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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I'm not sure if any album captivates me more than this album in my chart (perhaps Forever Changes). I love the way the brilliant opener 'Back in the USSR' fades out into 'Dear Prudence' and at the other end of the album the closer 'Goodnight' Is the perfect counter to Revolution No 9. In between those examples there are so many really great tracks which are always changing in style and tempo yet somehow it all comes together to work as a whole. [First added to this chart: 11/06/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,866 charts

Rank Score:

43,275

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 89 (3,731 votes)

Comments:

337

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Breaking God's Heart 

 Hefner

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I was living down in London back in the late nineties and whilst travelling home on the tube one evening I noted in the local newspaper that Hefner were playing a live in-store show at Waterstones bookstore that night. Hopped off the train at the next stop and headed back into London to catch a wonderfully intimate acoustic show that made me realise just how good they actually were. [First added to this chart: 11/13/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

119

Rank in 1998:

163

Rank in 1990s:

1,666

Overall Rank:

9,894

Average Rating:

 74 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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A truly great record. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,933 charts

Rank Score:

50,096

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,444 votes)

Comments:

298

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Meat Is Murder 

 The Smiths

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That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore...might just be my favourite Smiths song. [First added to this chart: 11/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

6,863

Rank in 1985:

4

Rank in 1980s:

32

Overall Rank:

254

Average Rating:

 82 (1,252 votes)

Comments:

68

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	10	10%
1970s	18	18%
1980s	30	30%
1990s	27	27%
2000s	9	9%
2010s	5	5%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
Pixies	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
The Jam	3	3%
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	2%
The Beatles	2	2%
The Damned	2	2%
The Jesus And Mary Chain	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	58	58%
	29	29%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 17 from 56th to 39th Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 39th to 40th Forever by Cranes
Down 1 from 40th to 41st New Wave by The Auteurs
Down 1 from 41st to 42nd Nixon by Lambchop

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From Moondance 12/28/2022 00:12

An exciting chart - love having so many outliers and how each means something uniquely special to you. If I had been born about 20 years later I could easily imagine this would be my chart! We do have 2 albums in common despite the difference! Glad to see one Aussie & one NZ album in the mix.

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95/100

From Lgk21 01/09/2021 23:22

Cool stuff, I really enjoyed your blurbs.

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100/100

From DeusExMackia 07/15/2020 15:12

An alt-rock lover's dream. One of the best lists on the site, love it to bits.

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From ForegroundNoise 05/20/2020 19:36

Just a gorgeous, personal, vitality-inducing chart. Can't believe it was created seven years ago and I'm only finding it now???

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90/100

From ExTeaSea 05/03/2020 15:49

Cool! Started off like a number of charts but ended up having a bunch of lesser known artists which I appreciate. There's many I need to check out from your chart. Especially since I want to get more familiar with the late eighties and early nineties.

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From bonnequestion 04/05/2020 13:23

Nice chart with very interesting comments, keep it up!

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90/100

From pctrooper 09/14/2019 22:48

Really cool chart and I also like your notes. The personal anecdotes help me to appreciate where you're coming from with this distinctive taste of yours. I really don't know why I never gave Pavement much of a chance; they're quite enjoyable.

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From Julelios 12/05/2018 14:35

Excellent choices !

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From Purplepash 08/17/2018 04:25

Love this chart! Would like to check out some of the few I haven't heard at some stage...and props for Goon Sax and Beach Slang. Not in my faves but I really enjoyed them, and I like seeing some unique choices.

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75/100

From vancevisuals 08/15/2018 14:32

not so much in common but I couldn't agree more with your comments about "the White Album"

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