Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by masonfuchs

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I'll be going through these periodically. I will be updating them with reasonings and some lyrical excerpts.

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• Chart updated: 02/06/2018 02:15
• (Created: 03/07/2014 19:11).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground 

 Bright Eyes

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"Everything that happens is supposed to be and its all predetermined, can't change your destiny. Guess I'll just keep moving, someday, maybe, I'll get to where I'm going."

Pragmatism pining for salvation. Lyrically untouchable. This album has a range of topics so vast most people can relate to it, yet so specific, it will have you thinking its addressing you personally. Conor Oberst succeeds in making an album that is almost unappealing upon first listen, whilst wailing like a fish out of water.. but it got better the next time through it. You keep playing the record slowly piecing together all the references and nuances. This has been my favourite album for over a decade now and I still discover new perspectives on the lyrical content. Its sad, so, try not to cry.

"With my broken heart and my absent God.. and I have no faith. But its all I want, to be loved and believe in my soul" [First added to this chart: 03/10/2014]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

225 charts

Rank Score:

1,282

Rank in 2002:

23

Rank in 2000s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,356

Average Rating:

 77 (290 votes)

Comments:

9

2. (4) 2

Kid A 

 Radiohead

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"Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time"

Unforgettable. The timbres throughout this record are so meticulously sought it seems inhumanly gorgeous. The four sampled chords in Idioteque alone can bring tears to my eyes. Radiohead is the only band that can make me believe word salad lyrics can be truly profound.

"Red wine and sleeping pills help me get back to your arms. Cheap sex and sad films help me get back where I belong" [First added to this chart: 03/10/2014]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,206 charts

Rank Score:

45,766

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,428 votes)

Comments:

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3. (28) 25

Another Language 

 This Will Destroy You

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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2015]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

266

Rank in 2014:

92

Rank in 2010s:

942

Overall Rank:

5,119

Average Rating:

 76 (27 votes)

Comments:

0

4. (9) 5

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2015]

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

384 charts

Rank Score:

3,375

Rank in 1958:

2

Rank in 1950s:

10

Overall Rank:

525

Average Rating:

 84 (370 votes)

Comments:

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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 

 Bright Eyes

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"We made love on the living room floor, with the noise in the background from a televised war. But in that deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say: If we walk away, they'll walk away"

The wordsmith's legacy continues. This album strings top-notch heart-wrenching ballads one after another. You will want a hug when its over.

"The end of paralysis. I was a statuette, now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench.. and when I press the keys it all gets reversed. The sound of loneliness makes me happier" [First added to this chart: 03/10/2014]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

561 charts

Rank Score:

4,166

Rank in 2005:

6

Rank in 2000s:

69

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

 78 (751 votes)

Comments:

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6. (3) 3

Plowing Into The Field Of Love 

 Iceage

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[First added to this chart: 08/10/2015]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

1,017

Rank in 2014:

27

Rank in 2010s:

264

Overall Rank:

1,671

Average Rating:

 77 (214 votes)

Comments:

10

7. (8) 1

Deathconsciousness 

 Have A Nice Life

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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2015]

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

376 charts

Rank Score:

4,656

Rank in 2008:

5

Rank in 2000s:

60

Overall Rank:

372

Average Rating:

 81 (440 votes)

Comments:

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Homogenic 

 Björk

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

1,125 charts

Rank Score:

13,607

Rank in 1997:

2

Rank in 1990s:

17

Overall Rank:

90

Average Rating:

 84 (1,388 votes)

Comments:

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Kveikur 

 Sigur Rós

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"Kveikjum í kveikiþráðum og hlaupum höldum fast fyrir eyrun, kreppum augu hávaðinn sker í eyrun, hljóðhimnur leka út með svartbundið fyrir augu, reykur brennum lófa innað beini, svíður í hverfum við sjóndeildarhring, inn í"

The well established Sigur Ros comes down from the aether and gives us a new earthy, and at times tortured, approach to their post-rock sound. They continue the legacy with great instrumentation and unique production, but opt for more obtainable melodies and more solid themes lyrically. Never would I have dreamed Sigur Ros would make an album I love more than Agaetis.. I'm still pinching myself.

"Í skinninu Yðar á Krækir klónum í Og klórar í" [First added to this chart: 03/10/2014]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

1,213

Rank in 2013:

28

Rank in 2010s:

213

Overall Rank:

1,425

Average Rating:

 77 (395 votes)

Comments:

26

10.

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

 Neutral Milk Hotel

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,419 charts

Rank Score:

35,394

Rank in 1998:

1

Rank in 1990s:

3

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 87 (2,938 votes)

Comments:

428

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	3	3%
1960s	8	8%
1970s	7	7%
1980s	6	6%
1990s	18	18%
2000s	34	34%
2010s	24	24%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bright Eyes	6	6%
Sigur Rós	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Leonard Cohen	3	3%
Deerhunter	2	2%
Björk	2	2%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	54	54%
	19	19%
	12	12%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 25 from 28th to 3rd Another Language by This Will Destroy You
Up 5 from 9th to 4th Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Up 2 from 4th to 2nd Kid A by Radiohead

Biggest fallers
Down 7 from 2nd to 9th Kveikur by Sigur Rós
Down 4 from 7th to 11th Doolittle by Pixies
Down 3 from 3rd to 6th Plowing Into The Field Of Love by Iceage

New entries
Homogenic by Björk
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Bored by Destroy All Monsters

Leavers
Mozart: Requiem KV 626 by Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bossanova by Pixies

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From Reppu1976 02/15/2019 23:07

It would be nice to have more discriptions or notes

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From Ulf 05/28/2018 09:20

Great chart

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From LedZep 06/29/2017 21:02

Really dig this chart and like the descriptions

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From platus 06/23/2017 08:31

Good chart

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From sebfox 03/04/2016 17:42

Best chart I've seen...up until Savage Garden and Phantom Planet anyway. Great to see Tusk in there.

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From ShadowColossi 03/04/2016 10:05

I dig this chart a lot. Especially the inclusion of Yuck and Slaughterhouse. Plus some Sigur Ros love is always good

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From alexgagne 02/04/2016 21:03

Spectacular chart! Special kudos for:
Iceage -Plowing Into The Field Of Love (3)
Malajube - Trompe-l'oeil (10)
The Antlers - Burst Apart (27)
This Will Destroy You - Another Language (28)

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From HoldenM 07/15/2015 18:53

Still magnificent.

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From bestdressed 07/15/2015 11:16

There are quite a few albums in there that I love but also others that I can't connect with.

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From junodog4 02/25/2015 03:29

I do like Bright Eyes (though clearly not as much as you).

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