Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by LAF2

As of June 2018 this is 100 albums, the bottom 10 are a draft

I've listed most genres and some comments for the albums

Chart updated: 06/28/2018 04:15
(Created: 02/09/2014 21:22).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Vocals are the best part

Genre: Chamber Rock, Post-Rock

_____ [First added to this chart: 09/17/2015]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,114 charts

Rank Score:

12,953

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I love everything about this record. The central skit, the impeccable production, the jazz and funk undertones, amazing lyrics. I feel it'll be a long time before something else comes out I like this much

Genre: Hip Hop

_____ [First added to this chart: 09/24/2016]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,847 charts

Rank Score:

31,438

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Average Rating:

89 (2,303 votes)

Comments:

371

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

They fucked up not making this the soundtrack to those Narnia movies

Genre: Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock

_____ [First added to this chart: 06/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,072 charts

Rank Score:

28,269

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Average Rating:

89 (2,431 votes)

Comments:

221

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The life of an urban junkie

Genre: Experimental Rock, Noise Rock

_____ [First added to this chart: 10/22/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,054 charts

Rank Score:

39,895

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I lost track of how much LSD I've taken

Genre: Neopsychedelia

_____ [First added to this chart: 05/27/2015]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,413 charts

Rank Score:

14,542

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Death is a bitch

Genre: Progressive Rock, Art Rock

_____ [First added to this chart: 02/13/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,009 charts

Rank Score:

44,640

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Average Rating:

91 (4,057 votes)

Comments:

314

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Blond

Frank Ocean

This album is really nostalgic for me, kinda marks the end of my childhood

Genre: R&B, Pop

_____ [First added to this chart: 05/28/2017]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

902 charts

Rank Score:

12,783

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Average Rating:

84 (1,118 votes)

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Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

When I finally make a trans-American roadtrip this will be the soundtrack to the slide show I force my friends to watch

Genre: Folk, Blues

_____ [First added to this chart: 11/11/2016]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,037 charts

Rank Score:

24,966

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Average Rating:

88 (2,400 votes)

Comments:

175

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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

This record's full of some sick experimental stuff that creates a vivid, unique soundscape

Genre: Indie Folk

_____ [First added to this chart: 02/13/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,431 charts

Rank Score:

32,848

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Average Rating:

87 (2,957 votes)

Comments:

431

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Spiderland

Slint

Spooky

Genre: Post-Hardcore, Math Rock

_____ [First added to this chart: 12/21/2014]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,057 charts

Rank Score:

12,188

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Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

83 (1,281 votes)

Comments:

123

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	20	20%
1970s	23	23%
1980s	10	10%
1990s	19	19%
2000s	14	14%
2010s	13	13%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Slint	1	1%
Björk	1	1%
Madvillain	1	1%
Aphex Twin	1	1%
Can	1	1%
Flying Lotus	1	1%
Nick Drake	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	57	57%
	29	29%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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My Personal Ranking of Rate Your Music's Top 100	Xxnu99etxX	Custom chart	2020
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Rearrange Top 100	Larcx13	Custom chart	2020

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings

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91/100 (from 62 votes)

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100/100 !	01/15/2025 16:58	Exist-en-ciel	144	98/100
100/100 !	04/20/2023 10:49	fred234q	4	93/100
95/100 !	11/23/2021 12:56	Cytoma	171	90/100
95/100 !	05/26/2020 12:29	Xxnu99etxX	142	90/100
100/100 !	10/26/2018 01:21	AvalancheGrips	128	89/100

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CharlieBarley 10/13/2018 01:13 | #222447

Great chart man. Some good picks and your minimalist notes made me laugh.

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Rating:

80/100

From sunnydhamm 10/12/2018 17:56 | #222430

Hilariously entertaining commentary

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100/100

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LoganGrube 10/12/2018 16:43 | #222428

Great albums and some super funny comments

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70/100

From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 11:56 | #222389

Interesting... got some disagreements, but you have a few underappreciated gems like Hot Rats

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100/100

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ForegroundNoise 10/22/2017 08:56 | #199914

Yes yes yes!! Love this chart and it's bio, I'm trying to do a similar thing but I think I have a lot longer to go, with any luck I'll wind up with a chart that resembles yours. Great stuff!!

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90/100

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LedZep 06/22/2017 01:11 | #193000

Descriptions really do hit the spot. Waiting for more albums to give you 100. But I really do respect the 52 albums format. Makes every entry count

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90/100

From CBrip31 04/30/2017 15:26 | #190069

Useful chart needs more information but you're working on that so keep it up!! it

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100/100

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Davy 04/14/2017 16:54 | #189272

Short but meaningful descriptions. Apart from that, a nice, diverse collection as well :D

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95/100

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arthur237 05/04/2016 10:22 | #165162

Great chart, have you listened to talk talks laughing stock?

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100/100

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phantom1305 04/29/2016 01:18 | #164813

Hey. I recently got a chance to listen to all your albums in your top 10 or so. A lot of time has passed since I joined the site and saw your chart for the very first time but I still can't get it out of my head. I love your commentary and respect your decision to keep it top 59 instead of top 100. I hope you don't mind, but recently I did the same with mine and it's looking a lot cleaner thanks to that. Hopefully over the summer I'll be able to add my own summaries to my albums as well. I feel like your chart is the perfect chart for someone to look for albums that are thought provoking with often deep meanings behind the lyrics or an original sound. It's high quality stuff, but not always what I'm going to want to listen to on a day to day basis. Sometimes I just want something with a good hook even if the lyrics aren't the best and while you've got a lot of stuff I can get behind some of it just isn't my taste. All together your chart is still my favorite and I don't really have much else to say except that I'm excited to see how it progresses!

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