Top 84 Greatest Music Albums
by CripplingAutism 
I tend to like sad songs.
- Chart updated: 11/23/2015 05:15
- (Created: 05/26/2014 19:54).
- Chart size: 84 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]
This album has been talked about to death, but it doesn't mean that this album isn't absolutely outstanding in every sense.
[First added to this chart: 07/15/2014]
Year of Release:
2008
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4,104
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This album is beautiful.
[First added to this chart: 11/19/2014]
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2000
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12,654
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A burglar broke into your house while you are on a bad acid trip. This is the chaos that follows.
[First added to this chart: 01/10/2015]
The perfect sadness.
[First added to this chart: 11/20/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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3,878
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It's pretty great.
[First added to this chart: 07/23/2014]
Year of Release:
1991
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11,885
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I'm not sure what i can say about this album that hasn't already been said.
[First added to this chart: 08/06/2014]
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2003
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1,492
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I've had this album for a great long while, and just recently I decided to give it a relisten, and I remembered how good it is.
[First added to this chart: 11/10/2014]
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2010
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4,493
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Nihilistic to the point that it creates a catharsis for me.
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"ONE TWO FUCK YOU!" [First added to this chart: 07/13/2014]
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"ONE TWO FUCK YOU!" [First added to this chart: 07/13/2014]
Year of Release:
2011
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607
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Total albums: 84. Page 1 of 9
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Top 84 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 32% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| Talking Heads | 2 | 2% | |
| Mount Eerie | 2 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| William Basinski | 1 | 1% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 1 | 1% | |
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44 | 52% | |
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14 | 17% | |
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9 | 11% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 84 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2ndI Am The Center: Private Issue New Age In America, 1950-1990 by Various Artists |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdDeathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thLift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
| New entries |
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| 330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda by Sun City Girls |
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Top 84 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 03/20/2025 15:38 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 07/05/2024 13:15 |  ForegroundNoise | 473 | 87/100 | |
| 08/05/2021 01:49 | RioBravo | 200 | 84/100 | |
| 08/28/2019 16:14 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 | |
| 02/09/2019 16:32 | carpents | 50 | 93/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.5/100, a mean average of 89.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 12.1.
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From ForegroundNoise 07/05/2024 13:16 | #304167
ForegroundNoise 07/05/2024 13:16 | #304167
Found this via the I Am the Center comp and saw it was in your top 10. Absolutely adore your eclectic taste, and love the descriptive (poetic even?) sentences – keep em coming!
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DommeDamian 02/09/2022 15:06 | #281025
DommeDamian 02/09/2022 15:06 | #281025
Awesome chart my fellow autist. Seeing another Sun City Girls fan is gr8.
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NickVolos 07/31/2018 13:49 | #218990
NickVolos 07/31/2018 13:49 | #218990
You've got a very unique and personal chart going here. I like it. Your comments are short and to the point. There's plenty to explore.
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scwrlw 03/19/2018 05:03 | #211265
scwrlw 03/19/2018 05:03 | #211265
Definitely not your prototypical GOAT chart on this site, but I enjoyed looking through it and adding a lot of these more obscure albums to my wish list. So thank you!
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LedZep 04/28/2017 18:09 | #189975
LedZep 04/28/2017 18:09 | #189975
I tend to like sad songs too. 41-44 have added +10 to my rating
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PatrickD 05/06/2016 07:03 | #165321
PatrickD 05/06/2016 07:03 | #165321
What an enjoyable list to look through. Perhaps my favorite on this site.
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greatson 12/15/2015 09:02 | #154569
greatson 12/15/2015 09:02 | #154569
Great Chart!
It s very personal and intense, maybe a bit too avantgardistic for me?!
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From jackeenan 03/31/2015 01:29 | #138284
Really, really cool chart, one ill be coming back to. good to see some big black on there, wonder if you like At Action Park? (My favourite Albini project)
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Anti 10/27/2014 02:29 | #125487
Anti 10/27/2014 02:29 | #125487
I'm going to use your chart for music discovery. Thank you.
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From BraddlesHendo 10/26/2014 01:42 | #125387
Definitely not a mainstream chart
I'll have to listen to a few albums I've never heard but sure are great.
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