Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AAL2014

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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, 10/15/24, 6/11/25

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Madvillainy 
Mixed Nationality Madvillain
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“Last wish: I wish I had two more wishes. And I wish they fixed the door to the matrix, there’s mad glitches. Spit so many verses sometimes my jaw twitches. One thing this party could use is more.. ahem… booze.”

I can hardly quantify my love for this album. I adore it. Like the record’s MC, Madvillainy is iconoclastic, enigmatic, hilarious, adventurous, and a lot of fun. This album is so good, it gives itself rounds of applause in the closing track, Rhinestone Cowboy. DOOM and Lib made for an effortless pairing and they made an amazing album that I return to again and again.

Favorite Tracks: Rhinestone Cowboy, All Caps, Figaro [First added to this chart: 02/11/2018]
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
1,065 charts
Rank Score:
14,943
Rank in 2004:
2
Rank in 2000s:
8
Overall Rank:
86
Average Rating:
Top rated 86 (1,201 votes)
Comments:
93
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Birds Of Fire 
Mixed Nationality Mahavishnu Orchestra
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**Largely Instrumental**

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin put together arguably the greatest musical lineup ever assembled in a rock band setting. Himself on guitar, Jan Hammer on keys, Jerry Goodman on violin, Rick Laird on the bass, and the powerhouse Billy Cobham on drums. At one point, the only all instrumental album to make my list, every song has so much tenacity. The odd time signatures are pulled off with ease as simply as Cobham's poly-rhythms around the drum set. This record is beautiful as it is powerful and I suggest everyone who hasn't heard it to check it out!

Favorite tracks: Birds of Fire, Miles Beyond, One Word

Drummer: Billy Cobham [First added to this chart: 12/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
171 charts
Rank Score:
508
Rank in 1973:
60
Rank in 1970s:
539
Overall Rank:
2,990
Average Rating:
 80 (195 votes)
Comments:
6
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 12 12%
1970s 31 31%
1980s 13 13%
1990s 22 22%
2000s 12 12%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 3 3%
Artist Albums %


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


United States 59 59%
United Kingdom 29 29%
Canada 5 5%
Australia 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
Japan 1 1%
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Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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90/100 (from 86 votes)
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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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