Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
FlorianJones 
Please leave suggestions if you have any, I'm always eager to find something great.
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- Chart updated: 06/20/2019 21:45
- (Created: 04/05/2014 23:21).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"On candystripe legs the spiderman comes softly through the shadow of the evening sun"
The obvious highlight of Robert Smith's career. Full of great sweeping symphonic instrumentation. This masterpiece completely envelops you with the first notes in Plainsong, and it doesn't let go for over 70 minutes.
Top Tracks: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Disintegration [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
The obvious highlight of Robert Smith's career. Full of great sweeping symphonic instrumentation. This masterpiece completely envelops you with the first notes in Plainsong, and it doesn't let go for over 70 minutes.
Top Tracks: Plainsong, Pictures of You, Disintegration [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
Year of Release:
1989
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27,749
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2014]
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1983
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6,964
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[First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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1980
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2,547
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[First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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1986
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4,911
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“1, 1, 1, cause you left me”
“2, 2, 2 for my family”
“3, 3, 3 for my heartache”
“4, 4, 4 for my headaches”
“5, 5, 5 for my lonely”
“6, 6, 6 for my sorrow”
“7, 7 n’n’n’n’no tomorrow”
“8, 8 I forget what 8 was for”
“9, 9, 9 for a lost God’
“10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything, everything, everything”
Top Tracks: Blister In The Sun, Please Do Not Go, Prove My Love [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
“2, 2, 2 for my family”
“3, 3, 3 for my heartache”
“4, 4, 4 for my headaches”
“5, 5, 5 for my lonely”
“6, 6, 6 for my sorrow”
“7, 7 n’n’n’n’no tomorrow”
“8, 8 I forget what 8 was for”
“9, 9, 9 for a lost God’
“10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything, everything, everything”
Top Tracks: Blister In The Sun, Please Do Not Go, Prove My Love [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
Year of Release:
1983
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8,188
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"To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die"
"I was only joking when I said I would like to mash every tooth in your head"
"Vicar in a tutu, it's not strange. He just wants to live his life this way"
"But somehow I feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards for the mentally ill"
"A dreaded sunny day so I'll meet you at the cemetry gates"
"The boy with a thorn in his side, behind the hatred there lies a murderous desire"
I could quote this thing all dang day.
Top Tracks: Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
"I was only joking when I said I would like to mash every tooth in your head"
"Vicar in a tutu, it's not strange. He just wants to live his life this way"
"But somehow I feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards for the mentally ill"
"A dreaded sunny day so I'll meet you at the cemetry gates"
"The boy with a thorn in his side, behind the hatred there lies a murderous desire"
I could quote this thing all dang day.
Top Tracks: Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out [First added to this chart: 04/07/2014]
Year of Release:
1986
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38,929
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[First added to this chart: 04/17/2014]
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1980
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30,683
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"Lets say I got a number. That number's 50,000. That's 10% of 500,000"
Over forty songs, and not a single one over two minutes. This album hits you with a furious tenacity. The grooves are catchy, the lyrics are sort of terrible but very intentionally so, which comes off as wonderfully charming. The vocals are intermittently forceful and smooth. The whole album is a back and forth of such contradictions, and you'll come out the other side smiling.
Top Tracks: [way too many to pick] [First added to this chart: 11/23/2014]
Over forty songs, and not a single one over two minutes. This album hits you with a furious tenacity. The grooves are catchy, the lyrics are sort of terrible but very intentionally so, which comes off as wonderfully charming. The vocals are intermittently forceful and smooth. The whole album is a back and forth of such contradictions, and you'll come out the other side smiling.
Top Tracks: [way too many to pick] [First added to this chart: 11/23/2014]
Year of Release:
1984
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5,187
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[First added to this chart: 09/22/2016]
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1981
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2,042
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[First added to this chart: 09/22/2016]
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1980
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1,463
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2010s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 6 | 6% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 5 | 5% | |
| Spoon | 3 | 3% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Wire | 2 | 2% | |
| Animal Collective | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 50 from 78th to 28th Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors |
| Up 37 from 82nd to 45th Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes |
| Up 28 from 75th to 47th Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 42 from 55th to 97th Mm.. Food by MF DOOM |
| Down 28 from 57th to 85th Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by of Montreal |
| Down 23 from 60th to 83rd Michigan by Sufjan Stevens |
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88/100 (from 63 votes)
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 80/100  | 04/08/2019 08:39 |  splashfoop | | 78/100 |
| 85/100 | 04/07/2019 17:43 | NSPE | | 77/100 |
| 90/100 | 02/28/2018 07:08 |  JulianR | | 75/100 |
| 95/100 | 02/18/2018 01:32 | Nacho212 | | 98/100 |
| 70/100 | 02/17/2018 16:01 | PaperVinnie | | 81/100 |
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90/100
From JulianR 02/28/2018 07:08
JulianR 02/28/2018 07:08
This is one of those charts that just gets more interesting the further you go. There are so many great and underappreciated album hidden in the back half of it! I also feel like this is one of the few charts that I would consider similar to mine. Even though we only have 21 albums in common, thats still kinda a lot, and I feel like our tastes in general are pretty similar. Nice work, keep going!
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95/100
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ForegroundNoise 02/17/2018 11:34
ForegroundNoise 02/17/2018 11:34
Really love this chart, so many picks I adore! If I were to make any criticism I'd just ask why such a neglect of the 60s and 90s? You've got a crazy high score so if you're just not too fond of those eras then don't worry but since you asked for recommendations here's a few underground favourites of mine from each that maybe you'll enjoy :)
The Red Krayola - The Parable Of Arable Land
Fishmans - Long Season
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Rodan - Rusty
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80/100
From Ulf 02/17/2018 09:40
Pretty neat though you definitely have a lot of music to discover from before 2000. :)
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100/100
From HoldenM 02/12/2017 16:46
HoldenM 02/12/2017 16:46
Nothing but praise. Love your taste to pieces.
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100/100
From Lgk21 02/12/2017 16:12
Cool choices.
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75/100
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LedZep 02/12/2017 13:18
LedZep 02/12/2017 13:18
Pretty solid, maybe too much 00' records but that's ok. Love the descriptions!
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75/100
From zrommeke 02/12/2017 12:12
Nice list!!
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80/100
From 
xMUSICSNOBx 04/20/2016 16:06
xMUSICSNOBx 04/20/2016 16:06
Your top ten is immaculately curated. To Pimp.. in the top ten? This guy. Love it. Lift Your Skinny Fists is so good too, gotta admit, a little ballsy putting an hour and a half long instrumental record in your top ten, but seriously, so good.
8/10 Homie, keep up the good listening.
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95/100
From 
M42K0 02/04/2016 06:43
M42K0 02/04/2016 06:43
To all the critics: Sufjan Stevens IS the greatest music artist of 21st century and honestly deserves to have at least 2-3 spots in everybody's greatest albums list.
Also, although this list is heavily 21st century oriented, we do have a pretty similar taste. Also, love the captions.
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100/100
From n8rob 12/02/2015 00:41
Please yes. Apparently I've already rated and commented on this chart. Congrats on Chart of the Day! A truly wonderful list.
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 7. Wilco | |
| 8. Animal Collective | |
| 9. Muse | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 18. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |