Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by JMGL95

MASSIVE UPDATE ALERT! (PLACEMENTS: COMPLETE - 100%, LYRICS: COMPLETE - 100% but under revision)

I've just entirely remade this chart because I've been relistening to all of the albums here and many other favourites and rerating them. This chart somehow seemed not really up to date with my tastes, as it was more similar to what I liked three or four years ago. Hope your ratings are still valid for this new chart or, if they aren't, feel free to drop/raise the rating at ease :P

I also added the rating of the album (and plan to add some lyrics). About my rating system: the first albums here are my perfect 10s. They are the ones that set the max note, so to say, in opposition to what would be considered a 0. Then, the rest of the albums are rated in comparison to those perfect 10s and placed somewhere in between them and the 0. I have taken into consideration my individual track average rating, the consistency/flow and lenght, my personal liking to the musical style and lyrics, the influence and relevance of the album, the innovation and uniqueness, the fun I had listening, etc.

Tbh, I'm not a big album listener. I usually tend to listen to playlists of the songs I consider memorable, so the albums are a gate for me to listen to more memorable songs to add to playlists. For that reason, I haven't listened to any of these albums more than four or five times (although I have heard to the top ones probable much more times as they're almost perfect for me). Because of that and because I don't have actually any idea about music theory or production, I won't be making any commentary. I couldn't really say something besides "I think the guitars sound nice" or "the lyric themes here are really cool", so I'll abstain from doing it, as it isn't really interesting.

EXTRA! Top 101-200: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=47083

• Chart updated: 09/07/2023 22:45
• (Created: 05/29/2014 15:12).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Carrie & Lowell 

 Sufjan Stevens

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"I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere"

My rating: 10
Genres: Indie folk, Chamber folk
Favourite songs: Should Have Know Better, The Only Thing, Fourth of July

I feel that I need to write something special here for Carrie & Lowell. This is the only album of a bit more than 700 (at this moment) that I have rated 100/100. First time I heard this album I got literally obsessed with it. I had never heard before an album that had such a stunningly beautiful lyricism and at the same time it was so profoundly painful and deep. You can feel Sufjan's soul in every track, every ounce of pain he felt after he lost his mother. But at the same time it feels so relaxing that each songs haunts you in a spiral of bittersweet feelings that is almost magical. It's even incredibly solid, I can't find a weak song here. Sure there's some standouts, but every track has something special. To me this is the pinnacle of popular music. It's amazing how much can do just and artist, his guitar and not much more. [First added to this chart: 08/08/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,197 charts

Rank Score:

18,385

Rank in 2015:

2

Rank in 2010s:

5

Overall Rank:

67

Average Rating:

 86 (1,435 votes)

Comments:

157

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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 

 Kendrick Lamar

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"I never was a gangbanger, I mean I was never stranger to the funk neither
I really doubt it
Rush a nigga quick and then we laugh about it
That’s ironic ‘cause I’ve never been violent, until I’m with the homies"

My rating: 9.63
Genres: Conscious hip hop
Favourite songs: Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst, Swimming Pools (Drank), The Art of Peer Presure [First added to this chart: 01/01/2016]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

25,750

Rank in 2012:

1

Rank in 2010s:

3

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (1,954 votes)

Comments:

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To Pimp A Butterfly 

 Kendrick Lamar

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"So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street?
When gang banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me?
Hypocrite!"

My rating: 9.32
Genres: Conscious hip hop, Jazz rap
Favourite Songs: King Kunta, The Blacker The Berry, Mortal Man [First added to this chart: 12/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,775 charts

Rank Score:

37,203

Rank in 2015:

1

Rank in 2010s:

1

Overall Rank:

19

Average Rating:

 89 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

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A Moon Shaped Pool 

 Radiohead

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"I’m not living
I’m just killing time"

My rating: 9.00
Genres: Chamber pop, Art rock, Art pop
Favourite Songs: Present Tense, Burn The Witch, True Love Waits [First added to this chart: 12/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,341 charts

Rank Score:

17,163

Rank in 2016:

1

Rank in 2010s:

6

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 87 (2,090 votes)

Comments:

272

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 

 Kanye West

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"I'm living' in that 21st century
Doing something mean to it
Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it
Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it
I guess every superhero need his theme music"

My rating: 8.87
Genres: Hip hop, Pop rap, Art pop
Favourite songs: Runaway, Power, Dark Fantasy [First added to this chart: 05/29/2014]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,682 charts

Rank Score:

26,143

Rank in 2010:

1

Rank in 2010s:

2

Overall Rank:

33

Average Rating:

 85 (2,295 votes)

Comments:

276

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Trouble Will Find Me 

 The National

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"God loves everybody, don't remind me"

My rating: 8.78
Genres: Indie rock, Chamber pop, Post-punk revival
Favourite songs: Pink Rabbits, Graceless, I Need My Girl [First added to this chart: 07/02/2018]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

624 charts

Rank Score:

6,064

Rank in 2013:

7

Rank in 2010s:

38

Overall Rank:

296

Average Rating:

 79 (935 votes)

Comments:

88

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Damn. 

 Kendrick Lamar

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"I'll prolly die tryna buy weed at the apartments
I'll prolly die tryna diffuse two homies arguin'
I'll prolly die 'cause that's what you do when you're 17"

My rating: 8.71
Genres: Conscious hip hop, Pop rap, Trap
Favourite songs: PRIDE., FEAR., DNA. [First added to this chart: 07/04/2017]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

781 charts

Rank Score:

7,009

Rank in 2017:

1

Rank in 2010s:

30

Overall Rank:

249

Average Rating:

 80 (1,248 votes)

Comments:

151

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The Suburbs 

 Arcade Fire

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"If I could have it back
All the time that we wasted
I'd only waste it again"

My rating: 8.70
Genres: Indie rock, Chamber pop, Art rock
Favourite songs: The Suburbs, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), Ready to Start [First added to this chart: 05/29/2014]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

22,191

Rank in 2010:

2

Rank in 2010s:

4

Overall Rank:

45

Average Rating:

 84 (2,681 votes)

Comments:

253

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High Violet 

 The National

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"I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I'll never marry but Ohio don't remember me"

My rating: 8.69
Genres: Indie rock, Chamber pop, Post-punk revival
Favourite songs: Bloobuzz Ohio, Sorrow, Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks [First added to this chart: 07/02/2018]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,070 charts

Rank Score:

11,621

Rank in 2010:

3

Rank in 2010s:

11

Overall Rank:

128

Average Rating:

 82 (1,310 votes)

Comments:

97

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The Wild Hunt 

 The Tallest Man On Earth

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"Love is all, from what I've heard, but my heart's learned to kill"

My rating: 8.67
Genres: Contemporary folk
Favourite Songs: Love Is All, Burden of Tomorrow, A Lion's Heart [First added to this chart: 12/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

368 charts

Rank Score:

2,804

Rank in 2010:

16

Rank in 2010s:

94

Overall Rank:

637

Average Rating:

 78 (473 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	13	13%
1970s	14	14%
1980s	9	9%
1990s	22	22%
2000s	22	22%
2010s	18	18%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	6	6%
Arctic Monkeys	4	4%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
The Beatles	4	4%
Arcade Fire	3	3%
Nacho Vegas	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	43	43%
	36	36%
	6	6%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
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Down 1 from 26th to 27th Ten by Pearl Jam
Down 1 from 27th to 28th Please Mr. Lostman by The Pillows
Down 1 from 28th to 29th My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

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90/100	02/21/2022 19:16	Cytoma	171	90/100
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From leniad 10/25/2020 23:10

good chart

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From ExTeaSea 05/23/2020 15:34

Cool chart, 17 artists in common! I'll have to check out Nacho Vegas because that name alone is awesome haha. I think it's cool that you have two Pillows albums on here because they are fun and unheard of. Also nice to see that Chameleons album because it's excellent.

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From Christovskee 02/15/2019 15:59

Soooo... we pretty much have the same top ten :)

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From Rivera 02/15/2019 14:05

Very interesting and unique chart. Well done!

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90/100

From ForegroundNoise 02/15/2019 10:24

Absolutely love how you come across in your chart's bio, and appreciate the delicacy with which you've picked your favourite albums. Given the way you write about Carrie & Lowell, please please write more!! Don't be put off by music snobs toting about theory etc., you clearly have a talent when it comes to conveying your love of music.

I've noticed that the chart is a little more weighted to the last three decades, so here's a few older underground records that you might be missing out on:

Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967)
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme A La Radio (1969)
Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians (1978)
Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971)
Comus - First Utterance (1971)

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From Reppu1976 05/26/2018 01:46

Good chart

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From vancevisuals 05/20/2017 01:07

Like Magical Mystery Tour getting some notice

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75/100

From LedZep 05/19/2017 23:13

That Porcupine Tree album creeping in at 27... Fantastic choice, and the chart is exactly what you said it would be, classics along with personal choices. Great

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From platus 05/19/2017 18:06

Good chart

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From buzzdainer 06/05/2016 19:55

Really good chart! I appreciate the lesser known titles ranked alongside more obvious classics such as Funeral and London Calling.

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