Top 75 Greatest Music Albums by bigeyedfish
My favorite albums. I get that there's not a lot of variety and that many artists are heavily represented. I think this is OK, since I'm setting out to actually rank my favorite albums and not to demonstrate how totally impressive and diverse my tastes are.
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- Chart updated: 07/18/2014 20:15
- (Created: 12/02/2013 01:31).
- Chart size: 75 albums.
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Transformer is his most commercial, and most commercially successful, record, and probably the best of all his solo efforts. With his barely-singing voice and fuzzy, biting guitars (see: "Vicious," "Hangin' 'Round"), Reed still embraces the Velvet Underground here. Other tracks depart from this formula, such as the hits "Perfect Day" and "Walk on the Wild Side." Transformer is both abrasive and beautiful, with a peak of songwriting from Lou and excellent production from David Bowie to make the most of every note. Amongst it all, my favorite track is the closer, "Goodnight Ladies," a unique and heartfelt farewell song which summarizes the album nicely - "Lonely Saturday night" music, for sure. [First added to this chart: 12/02/2013]
This record isn't just important; its really, really, REALLY good. The pseudo-soothing opening of "Sunday Morning," the heart-wrenching melody of "Femme Fatale," the driving, dirty rhythm of "I'm Waiting for the Man," the dramatic build-and-release of "Heroine," and the ultimate feedback jam of "European Son" are all among the greatest moments in the history of music. The vision of the Velvet Underground and Nico is dark, it's disturbed, and it's beautiful. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2013]
The album, however, is more than just songs. It is a cohesive journey, climaxing with the medley which fills most of side 2. This is the Beatles greatest achievement, a suite so powerful and perfect it elevates this album head and shoulders above the greatest artistic statements of this great band. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2013]
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Top 75 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 20 | 27% | |
1970s | 27 | 36% | |
1980s | 4 | 5% | |
1990s | 5 | 7% | |
2000s | 15 | 20% | |
2010s | 4 | 5% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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David Bowie | 11 | 15% | |
Dave Matthews Band | 6 | 8% | |
The Beatles | 5 | 7% | |
Pink Floyd | 5 | 7% | |
Led Zeppelin | 4 | 5% | |
The Doors | 4 | 5% | |
Rilo Kiley | 3 | 4% | |
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Top 75 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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Up 44 from 54th to 10th Is This It by The Strokes |
Up 4 from 17th to 13th Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps by David Bowie |
Up 3 from 37th to 34th Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Biggest fallers |
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Down 52 from 20th to 72nd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd |
Down 48 from 26th to 74th Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Down 7 from 18th to 25th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
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I appreciate the notes, even though I don't necessarily agree with all of them. However, there is not really a lot of variety here. Bowie, Mathews and Floyd alone account for 18 spots altogether. Throw in 5 from The Beatles and 4 from VU and that's 5 artists taking up over half your list.
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4 DMB in the Top 10?? Nice! :)
Good classical choices, maybe a bit to many Dave Matthews Band Albums.
I like most of the music here and I like to see DMB finally getting some love around here. We have 12 albums in common and almost all of them I've heard. That being said, I think maybe your chart could benefit from a little variety. As big a DMB fan as I am, I don't think 7 (8 really with the Dave solo) of their albums are in the top 50. Maybe you'd like some other jam bands? The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Pat McGee Band, The Black Crowes, etc.
Great list, I loved the comments on the album. I do think the charts needs a more variety in artists. I totally agree on the comment you gave about Magical Mystery Tour. It's often overlooked (as far that's possible for a Beatles album), while it's on of their best. I never heard of the dave matthews band or the Pretenders but I checked them out and they sound really good. I'm definitely goin to explore their music more.
You sure put a lot of work in those comments. nice.
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Great chart some variety in bands and some albums that i never saw before great chart
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