Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by 
TheMusicDefener 
For a long time I had some junk on here just taking up space. Now I think I've filled it up with only things that I love.
It doesn't work for me to do only 1 album per artist, because it wouldn't show my tastes in full. So yeah, 4 Islands albums.
- Chart updated: 05/05/2019 23:15
- (Created: 01/04/2014 18:42).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Best tracks: Every single fucking note. If I had to pick, Ideal Husband, Chateau Lobby #4, Bored in the U.S.A.
[First added to this chart: 03/19/2015]
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2015
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Best tracks: Mushroom, Paperhouse, Peking O
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2015]
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1971
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8,967
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Best tracks: Sea Ghost, I Was Born (A Unicorn), Inoculate the Innocuous, Les Os
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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2003
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1,393
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Best tracks: Everything Hits at Once, Me and the Bean, The Fitted Shirt
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2015]
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2001
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502
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Best tracks: Bel Air, Future Days
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2015]
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1973
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4,668
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Best tracks: Swans (Life After Death), Rough Gem, Where There's a Will, There's a Whalebone
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
Best tracks: Vitamin C, Soup, Pinch
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2015]
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1972
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5,145
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Best tracks: All My Friends, North American Scum, New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
[First added to this chart: 10/12/2014]
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2007
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11,482
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Best tracks: Pink Moon, Road, Things Behind the Sun
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2014]
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1972
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16,858
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Best tracks: Putting the Dog to Sleep, French Exit, I Don't Want Love
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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2011
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1,528
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 42% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 22% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Spoon | 5 | 10% | |
| Islands | 4 | 8% | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 3 | 6% | |
| The Antlers | 3 | 6% | |
| Can | 3 | 6% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 4% | |
| Wilco | 2 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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27 | 54% | |
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8 | 16% | |
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7 | 14% | |
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3 | 6% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 8 from 22nd to 14thKaputt by Destroyer |
| Up 8 from 21st to 13thYankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco |
| Up 6 from 24th to 18thMoon Safari by Air |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 14 from 8th to 22ndIn The Attic Of The Universe by The Antlers |
| Down 10 from 16th to 26thHarmony In Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker |
| Down 9 from 12th to 21stVampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend |
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| ! | 04/19/2020 03:42 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2020 08:11 |  ExTeaSea | 243 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2020 01:11 | bkogz | 45 | 92/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2020 19:55 |  ForegroundNoise | 473 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2020 16:40 | martinjaa | 30 | 97/100 |
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ExTeaSea 04/16/2020 08:10 | #250013
ExTeaSea 04/16/2020 08:10 | #250013
Unicorns are fantastic and his other band Islands are pretty cool as well. Two Can albums in the top ten, that's cool. Burst Apart by The Antlers is amazing! Spoon and LCD are great. Cool chart!
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ForegroundNoise 04/15/2020 19:56 | #249989
ForegroundNoise 04/15/2020 19:56 | #249989
The honesty in your chart's bio is refreshing, and great to see Tim Hecker and a smattering of post-rock mixed in too. Would love to see some more notes maybe?
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martinjaa 04/15/2020 16:41 | #249981
Great and unique chart! Father John Misty rules
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quadrophenia17 01/30/2016 15:53 | #158218
Some very unique choices! I can't wait to see your other 50 choices!
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qwert9579 01/30/2016 14:51 | #158217
qwert9579 01/30/2016 14:51 | #158217
Damn this is great, so personal and different from the same old. love it
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boyd94 01/30/2016 14:32 | #158216
Definitely a very personal chart. Never really got into Father John Misty myself.
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Granny-Smith 01/30/2016 11:37 | #158213
Great Start, go ahead!
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HoldenM 07/17/2015 20:05 | #145978
HoldenM 07/17/2015 20:05 | #145978
Love this to death.
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Jjjoniee 07/17/2015 08:13 | #145929
Jjjoniee 07/17/2015 08:13 | #145929
Step 1: 5 spoon albums
Step 2: FJM at #1
Step 3: 6 Guided by Voices Albums?????? When will it happen?
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Oselju 06/16/2015 12:10 | #143928
Oselju 06/16/2015 12:10 | #143928
Recent choices, but good chart.
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