Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- (Created: 05/29/2014 21:45).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I wanted to add a list of my favourite E.P.s on this site as well.
But for various reasons I had to keep these apart from my top albums ranking. Anyway, here they are in no particular order:
At The Drive-In - Vaya (1999)
The Clash - The Cost Of Living (1979)
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime (2006)
The National - Cherry Tree (2004)
Pavement - Watery, Domestic (1992)
I'm From Barcelona - Sing!! (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - BWR 790-1684-832-2 (2000) --- part of split w/ Jebediah
Metallica - The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
Dashboard Confessional - Summers Kiss (2002)
Midnight Oil - Species Deceases (1985)
Pendikel - Pubertäterä (1997) --- part of split w/ Ulme
Los Campesinos! - The International Tweexcore Underground (2007)
NOFX - The Decline (1999)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Fettes Brot - Mitschnacker (1994)
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1969) --- unreleased / acetate only
Coldplay - Prospekt's March (2008)
Fu Manchu - Eatin' Dust (1999)
Arcade Fire - Dto. (2003)
Nirvana - Hormoaning (1992)
Slo Burn - Amusing The Amazing (1996)
Speedy Ortiz - Sports (2012)
R.E.M. - Chronic Town (1982)
Radiohead - In Rainbows Disk 2 (2007)
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I wanted to add a list of my favourite E.P.s on this site as well.
But for various reasons I had to keep these apart from my top albums ranking. Anyway, here they are in no particular order:
At The Drive-In - Vaya (1999)
The Clash - The Cost Of Living (1979)
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime (2006)
The National - Cherry Tree (2004)
Pavement - Watery, Domestic (1992)
I'm From Barcelona - Sing!! (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - BWR 790-1684-832-2 (2000) --- part of split w/ Jebediah
Metallica - The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
Dashboard Confessional - Summers Kiss (2002)
Midnight Oil - Species Deceases (1985)
Pendikel - Pubertäterä (1997) --- part of split w/ Ulme
Los Campesinos! - The International Tweexcore Underground (2007)
NOFX - The Decline (1999)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Fettes Brot - Mitschnacker (1994)
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1969) --- unreleased / acetate only
Coldplay - Prospekt's March (2008)
Fu Manchu - Eatin' Dust (1999)
Arcade Fire - Dto. (2003)
Nirvana - Hormoaning (1992)
Slo Burn - Amusing The Amazing (1996)
Speedy Ortiz - Sports (2012)
R.E.M. - Chronic Town (1982)
Radiohead - In Rainbows Disk 2 (2007)
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1994
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1993
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16,931
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1966
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36,209
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2000
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3,619
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1969
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53,543
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1973
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3,356
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1968
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35,141
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1989
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6,225
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2004
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731
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 38 | 38% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Helmet | 2 | 2% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 2% | |
| Bad Religion | 2 | 2% | |
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BestEverAlbums 03/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5266): By munson
BestEverAlbums 03/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5266): By munson“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer (1994) 2. In Utero by Nirvana (1993) 3. Trio by Trio (1981) 4. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966) 5. Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In (2000) 6. Abbey Road by The Beatles (1969) 7. Tubular Bells…”
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munson 10/21/2018 08:18 | #222845
@antaiospiano: The thing is, if I had put the E.P. list in an introduction, it would have been there as one big block of text preceding every(!) subpage of this chart. So, I simply found it less distracting at the #1 pick.
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2018 08:02 | #222844
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2018 08:02 | #222844
You can add an intro to your chart you know, you don’t have to do that at your #1 pick.
Anyway, nice chart. Indeed very focused on ‘90s alt rock, but it’s a very interesting ‘90s alt rock chart.
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pjohnsongolf TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/20/2018 16:45 | #222804
pjohnsongolf TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/20/2018 16:45 | #222804
I could give you a 100 for just having In Utero ahead of Nevermind. But overall a fantastic list!:)
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BoxFL 09/15/2018 12:03 | #221096
Blue Album #1 overall, hell yes. I have that also. I'll check out some of your other high picks that I had not heard of before.
Good stuff.
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Martinborras 12/04/2014 22:22 | #128720
Martinborras 12/04/2014 22:22 | #128720
Excellent chart! With many classics, but mainly, very very original! I've never seen such a variate top ten like this, as it includes many kinds of music, and also is a anticipation of the whole chart, as it is incredibly original. The Weezer first really surprised me, and this band, Trio, is totally unknown to me. So, it would be excellent if you put some descriptions, specially in the top ten. The predominance of the 90' is really nice in here, one of the best. So, overall great chart!
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