Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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SquishypuffDave 
- Chart updated: 3 days ago
- (Created: 04/03/2010 18:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"Deerhoof was the band that slapped me with the truth that a rock band could be anything I wanted it to be. Any tempo, any sonic texture, any word, any varied form of humor (musical, lyrical, or otherwise). Any subject, any object. (Basketball.) Any level of insanity (musical, lyrical or otherwise). Deerhoof was, and still is, an impossible combination of things. A short woman with a Japanese accent laying down bass lines that shake tushes while sing-songing dadaist adult nursery rhymes. An inarguable genius of a drummer who presses up against the beat just to see how late or early he can hit before the whole groove collapses. I can’t tell John and Ed’s guitars apart. It doesn’t matter, I don’t think; the two of them serve the music before their egos. It’s the Television-like weave. It takes up sonic space when a song deserves a shock of color, or shrieks riffs when it’s time to drive forward. A two-headed, million-fingered guitar-playing organism sharing the same heart and guts and gore."
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1999
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[First added to this chart: 02/13/2015]
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2010
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4,566
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2011]
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2007
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5,066
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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2010]
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2007
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40,199
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[First added to this chart: 07/22/2010]
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2002
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2012
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[First added to this chart: 09/27/2010]
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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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 38 | 38% | |
| 2020s | 4 | 4% |
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| Richard David James | 1 | 1% | |
| Matmos | 1 | 1% | |
| Gang Gang Dance | 1 | 1% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 1 | 1% | |
| J Dilla | 1 | 1% | |
| Alice In Chains | 1 | 1% | |
| Caravan | 1 | 1% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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28 | 28% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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Down 4 from 27th to 31st |
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| ! | 01/15/2025 17:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 166 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2023 22:59 |  craola | 219 | 96/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 04/13/2024 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4554): By SquishypuffDave
BestEverAlbums 04/13/2024 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4554): By SquishypuffDave“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SquishypuffDave () 1. The Runners Four by Deerhoof (2005) 2. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 3. Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom (2010) 4. Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada (2002) 5. The Way Out by The Books (2010) 6. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 09/28/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3991): By SquishypuffDave
BestEverAlbums 09/28/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3991): By SquishypuffDave“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SquishypuffDave () 1. The Runners Four by Deerhoof (2005) 2. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 3. Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom (2010) 4. The Way Out by The Books (2010) 5. Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada (2002) 6. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 01/05/2019 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2631): By SquishypuffDave
BestEverAlbums 01/05/2019 09:00 in Chart of the day (#2631): By SquishypuffDave“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SquishypuffDave () 1. The Runners Four by Deerhoof (2005) 2. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 3. The Way Out by The Books (2010) 4. Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada (2002) 5. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush (1985) 6. Of Natural History by Sleepytime…”
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Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2018 22:17 | #208379
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2018 22:17 | #208379
If this chart was a wild egg, I would break it slowly and drink its multicolored yolk slowly, revealing an odd sweet hallucinogenic taste, since when are my fingers infinite worms anyway?
This is beautiful, would like to understand the dreamy machine inside your head? maybe it would break all the spell? I love this chart, cheers. (Edited)
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Tha1ChiefRocka 05/29/2021 23:42 | #270164
Tha1ChiefRocka 05/29/2021 23:42 | #270164
Randomly just saw that this was updated. Nice to see that. (Edited)
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CharlieBarley 01/27/2018 03:45 | #206601
CharlieBarley 01/27/2018 03:45 | #206601
Deerhoof are nuts, I love them already. At first the album just seems like crazy noise pop with kooky vocals but as the album progresses it grows on you, well it did me. There are some definite melodies and interesting sounds. I heard Stereolab before but this is unique. Very refreshing, Dave. I also checked out the mellow tones of Burial and I gave the Talk Talk album another spin. I had heard that one, it's ace man. So thanks for introducing Deerhoof. Next I will listen to an album of theirs with Mr Rodriguez in it. If I get time I can check out other albums in your chart.
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Kaiser 06/05/2014 11:21 | #113803
Kaiser 06/05/2014 11:21 | #113803
Only three albums in common and that means this chart is good. I lie. This chart is very very amazing.
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/04/2016 21:45 | #161321
Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/04/2016 21:45 | #161321
I had a hundred for you all along. But I changed it then changed it back so you could be alerted again how much I love this chart. I feel a musical kinship with you due to your top 10 love of TPAB and Hounds of Love. And the whole chart is great. Tim Hecker, sweeeet. I'm sure you're with me in excited anticipation of "Love Streams".
Anyway, just wanted to drop by and say AWESOME CHART, you legend you.
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