Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AAL2014

Thanks for checking out my chart! BEA is a godsend of a website for me and has been for close to a decade now. I’ve spent countless hours of my free time here organizing my thoughts and checking out music that’s new to me. Very much in the same way listening to albums is respite for me, ranking them and arranging my thoughts is just the same.

Here you'll find some of that taking shape. My Top 100 will always be a work in progress, as I imagine anyone's would. But here's a couple things you'll find with my chart in particular:

---- My favorite (or thereabouts) lyric from each non-instrumental album.

----Being a drummer for going on 15 years, here you'll find the drummer(s) who played on each of my top 100 records to give a some due credit or to shoutout a hero.

—— As of 7/9/22, I am no longer enforcing 1 entry per artist in the top 25. I want the albums I love the most to be represented the way that accurately depicts what they’ve meant in my life.

Hope you enjoy. Let me know of any thoughts or if you have any recommendations for me in the comments. I’d love to hear them!

CHART OF THE DAY- 8/9/18, 5/10/21, 3/1/22, 10/13/22, 5/1/23

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"Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old. Self-appointed judges judge, more than they have sold."

Nevermind is a masterpiece, as well as a game changer, yes. But ever since listening to this album all the way through for the first time, In Utero has been my favorite Nirvana album. It's raw, it's heavy, it's angry, it's honest, and it just does not give a fuck. One of my favorite things about the record is that Grohl and Noveselic also have a writing credit!

Favorite tracks: Scentless Apprentice, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, All Apologies

Drummer: Dave Grohl
[First added to this chart: 12/03/2014]
Year of Release:
1993
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"Love myself better than you. I know it's wrong, so what should I do?"

Maybe the most controversial album of the day in BEA's history, but it is still a favorite of mine. It is just so god damn good. No matter if it just a punk rock record or not, it's just note-worthily good. Barring all historical impact, song for song it is pretty close to a masterpiece. Everyone talks about Kurt's great songwriting and so on, but the instant chemistry between Dave Grohl and Krist Novaselic is worth mentioning to put it lightly. Some really great drum and bass parts here.

Favorite tracks: In Bloom, Come As You Are, Lounge Act

Drummer: Dave Grohl
[First added to this chart: 10/04/2015]
Year of Release:
1991
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42,239
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 10 10%
1970s 34 34%
1980s 13 13%
1990s 21 21%
2000s 13 13%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 2 2%
Artist Albums %


Rush 4 4%
The Beatles 3 3%
Metallica 3 3%
Tool 3 3%
Genesis 3 3%
Stevie Wonder 3 3%
David Bowie 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 58 58%
United Kingdom 28 28%
Canada 6 6%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
Japan 1 1%
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Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 7 from 97th to 90th
Nevermind
by Nirvana
Climber Up 7 from 88th to 81st
Electric Ladyland
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Climber Up 3 from 83rd to 80th
Hounds Of Love
by Kate Bush
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 5 from 86th to 91st
White Pony
by Deftones
Faller Down 3 from 80th to 83rd
Mingus Ah Um
by Charles Mingus
Faller Down 3 from 81st to 84th
The Marshall Mathers LP
by Eminem
New entries
New entryTo Be Kind
by Swans

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From 05/02/2023 03:05
nice variety
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From 05/01/2023 12:32
5 stars just for time and effort given to your chart. Some absolute beautiful albums in your Top 100.?
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From 03/04/2023 19:28
Great chart both on diversity and quality.
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From 10/13/2022 16:55
Great chart and really diggin the notes accompanying the albums. Trying to do more of this myself but failing miserably
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From 10/13/2022 09:12
Fascinating chart. Enjoyed the intro & album commentary ~ and appreciate the effort required to put the chart together. The chart is far too US-centric for my tastes - but I respect your choices, however they fall. Interestingly, you have Born To Run at #2 & I have it at #3; and the line you quote from the album is also my favourite line ~ so we have that and another 9 albums in common.
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From 07/10/2022 01:29
i have to give your chart a 100, excellent albums you choose, steview wonder along with prince and bowie are for me top 3 solo artists ever, if you count jazz then is bowie, miles davis, stevie and prince
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From 07/06/2022 07:43
Hey man, I've come back to your chart - somehow on a first glance I gave it a 95, but it easily deserves a 100. This is the best chart I have read. Love your work - many similar tastes to mine, and the descriptions and stories within are awesome. From a bass player to a drummer - rock on dude!
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From 03/01/2022 12:05
Love it!
Great taste and like your writing , keep going
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From 11/22/2020 01:30
You put a lot of effort on this chart and you have a lot of really good picks. Really good chart!
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From 11/02/2020 13:10
11/2/2020

The chart is yet again in transition mode (as always, but now moreso than in a while). Been taking in a lot of music new to me, a lot of music that I'm loving and resonating with. The chart will slowly but surely show that and the specific examples of what I'm talking about.

Just wanted to reach out to everybody who has given me high scores recently, it's always cool to see that every once in a while. However, there's more additions to include, more rearranging to be done, and much better descriptions. I've been feeling very motivated recently.

And look at that.. only 435 chart versions in....
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