Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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- Chart updated: 07/14/2023 11:15
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- Chart size: 100 albums.
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A year after being my number one, here they are dead last. Which just goes to show how stiff the competition was. Because this kicks serious ass. BUT, it doesn’t quite reach the heights of their self-titled debut from the year prior. I’m blaming the production. The hues are a bit too uniform.
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A: DOOM OFF! (1984)
Metal Disclaimer: Both albums that will discussed herein are bonafide classics. Both are essential building blocks for any decent Doom collection. But, it wouldn't be a DOOM OFF! without a little debate. Just keep in mind that I LOVE both.
First OFF!, I think both of these albums are GREAT, five star albums. Doom would NOT be the same without both of them. They are also very different Doom albums with very different styles despite both clearly being Doom albums. Pretty cool for a subgenre just inventing itself.
Second OFF!, I think 1984 is the launching point for the Doom sound. While Witchfinder General clearly incorporated doom elements, in particular the Sabbath worship, there were a also a great deal NWOBHM elements. In a way, there album Death Penalty looked backward. Meanwhile, both Pagan Altar and Witchfynde simply embellished on what Black Sabbath and other heavy Hard Blues Rock bands were doing in the early 70s. There is a revivalist feel to both albums even though BOTH are incredible albums. And because they were incredible examples of that magical & mystical early 70s sound, they proved incredibly influential on the Doom subgenre in the years to follow.
Third OFF!, if either of these bands are guilty of sounding too "Sabbath-oriented" it's Trouble's Psalm Nine. Both steal Sabbath riffs. Let's get that out of the way right from the start. However, at this point Sabbathian riffs (along with those of Judas Priest & Iron Maiden) were becoming established parts of the vocabulary of metal. However, Trouble not only stole the riffs, they were sonically and structurally more tied to early 70s Black Sabbath (check out songs "The Tempter" and "Revelation (Life Or Death)" as the best examples. The galloping riffs of "Revelation" are strikingly sonically tied to Sabbath.) then Saint Vitus. That's not a bad thing! Hell, that's probably what makes Psalm Nine so good!
BUT, Saint Vitus was creating something sonically & structurally completely new! And it's amazing that their sound & vision arrived so fully formed right Off! the bat. A lot of it comes from the fact that they were not completely tied to the metal scene. In fact, the metal community initially hated them. They were far more embraced by the punks. They were on SST. They toured a ton with Black Flag who were also pioneering their own kind of metal in 1984 with My War. In fact, the cross pollination of Saint Vitus and Black Flag in the early 80s is the stuff of legend. They both pushed each other in a direction that probably would not have happened otherwise. They were both partly playing slow as fuck and incorporating epic song lengths as a big Fuck Off! to the punk scene that had become, by 1984, engulfed in rigid, restraining rules (by the fans) of what punk & hardcore "should" be. Completely missing the point of what punk was in the first place! So Dave Chandler (of St. Vitus) and Gregg Ginn ( of Black Flag) essentially said Fuck Off! and became kindred spirits that eventually invented Doom (with Saint Vitus' debut) and Sludge Metal ( with side two of My War). Saint Vitus' sound and topics at this point were straight from the grave! They were playing what would become Funeral Doom with tales of Zombies, Psychopaths and Burials at Sea right from the start. Their sound was compressed, distorted, and haunting. They sounded like they were playing six feet under! Of course, a lot of this has to do their production team. The SST/Black Flag production team of Dez Cadena, Joe Carducci, and SPOT. Clearly this was a match made in heaven for me.
Metal Disclaimer2: I worship both SST and Black Flag. So this wasn't really a fair fight! [First added to this chart: 04/28/2020]
Metal Disclaimer: Both albums that will discussed herein are bonafide classics. Both are essential building blocks for any decent Doom collection. But, it wouldn't be a DOOM OFF! without a little debate. Just keep in mind that I LOVE both.
First OFF!, I think both of these albums are GREAT, five star albums. Doom would NOT be the same without both of them. They are also very different Doom albums with very different styles despite both clearly being Doom albums. Pretty cool for a subgenre just inventing itself.
Second OFF!, I think 1984 is the launching point for the Doom sound. While Witchfinder General clearly incorporated doom elements, in particular the Sabbath worship, there were a also a great deal NWOBHM elements. In a way, there album Death Penalty looked backward. Meanwhile, both Pagan Altar and Witchfynde simply embellished on what Black Sabbath and other heavy Hard Blues Rock bands were doing in the early 70s. There is a revivalist feel to both albums even though BOTH are incredible albums. And because they were incredible examples of that magical & mystical early 70s sound, they proved incredibly influential on the Doom subgenre in the years to follow.
Third OFF!, if either of these bands are guilty of sounding too "Sabbath-oriented" it's Trouble's Psalm Nine. Both steal Sabbath riffs. Let's get that out of the way right from the start. However, at this point Sabbathian riffs (along with those of Judas Priest & Iron Maiden) were becoming established parts of the vocabulary of metal. However, Trouble not only stole the riffs, they were sonically and structurally more tied to early 70s Black Sabbath (check out songs "The Tempter" and "Revelation (Life Or Death)" as the best examples. The galloping riffs of "Revelation" are strikingly sonically tied to Sabbath.) then Saint Vitus. That's not a bad thing! Hell, that's probably what makes Psalm Nine so good!
BUT, Saint Vitus was creating something sonically & structurally completely new! And it's amazing that their sound & vision arrived so fully formed right Off! the bat. A lot of it comes from the fact that they were not completely tied to the metal scene. In fact, the metal community initially hated them. They were far more embraced by the punks. They were on SST. They toured a ton with Black Flag who were also pioneering their own kind of metal in 1984 with My War. In fact, the cross pollination of Saint Vitus and Black Flag in the early 80s is the stuff of legend. They both pushed each other in a direction that probably would not have happened otherwise. They were both partly playing slow as fuck and incorporating epic song lengths as a big Fuck Off! to the punk scene that had become, by 1984, engulfed in rigid, restraining rules (by the fans) of what punk & hardcore "should" be. Completely missing the point of what punk was in the first place! So Dave Chandler (of St. Vitus) and Gregg Ginn ( of Black Flag) essentially said Fuck Off! and became kindred spirits that eventually invented Doom (with Saint Vitus' debut) and Sludge Metal ( with side two of My War). Saint Vitus' sound and topics at this point were straight from the grave! They were playing what would become Funeral Doom with tales of Zombies, Psychopaths and Burials at Sea right from the start. Their sound was compressed, distorted, and haunting. They sounded like they were playing six feet under! Of course, a lot of this has to do their production team. The SST/Black Flag production team of Dez Cadena, Joe Carducci, and SPOT. Clearly this was a match made in heaven for me.
Metal Disclaimer2: I worship both SST and Black Flag. So this wasn't really a fair fight! [First added to this chart: 04/28/2020]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2000s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Real Estate | 3 | 3% | |
| Scorpions | 2 | 2% | |
| Bert Jansch | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Townes Van Zandt | 2 | 2% | |
| Saint Vitus | 2 | 2% | |
| Accept | 2 | 2% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 88 from 94th to 6th Self Portrait by Bob Dylan |
| Up 81 from 93rd to 12th Fading Frontier by Deerhunter |
| Up 43 from 62nd to 19th Cluster & Eno by Cluster & Eno |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 39 from 60th to 99th Rock Until You Drop by Raven (UK) |
| Down 4 from 16th to 20th Hank Williams Sings by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys |
| Down 4 from 17th to 21st Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio |
| New entries |
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 Midnight Blueby Kenny Burrell |
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 85/100  | 10/09/2023 08:40 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
| 85/100 | 10/28/2022 03:30 | mianfei | | 61/100 |
| 100/100 | 08/29/2022 05:28 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
| 100/100 | 06/20/2022 08:31 |  Applerill | | 75/100 |
| 100/100 | 04/04/2022 13:11 |  arthurbittencour | | 90/100 |
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DommeDamian 10/09/2023 09:56
DommeDamian 10/09/2023 09:56
Have I ever properly thanked you for making me check out Mazzy Star, Yo La Tengo, Real Estate early 70s-era Dylan, as well as revisiting Townes Van Zandt? Either way, thank you again.
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From Foxforce5 06/28/2023 09:46
There are 3 elements to a great chart for me.
1. Some great words to tell us why the album is there.
2. A similar taste to your own - a musical message in a bottle
3. Some new picks for my own wish list.
This chart is bristling with new recommendations for my playlist. Whole genres I’ve never explored.
2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
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85/100
From mianfei 10/28/2022 03:50
One really interesting and diverse list, quite unlike anything I have ever seen here or anywhere else! Many very unusual choices and genres make this a great list. The chart has virtually nothing in common with my own chart or other lists by major magazines, Joe S. Harrington, David Keenan or Piero Scaruffi.
The notes are better than anything I have seen outside of Harrington or Keenan, too.
A minor quibble of mine is the way in which albums of the same genre are clustered together. (When I see that I always wonder if the compiler is not being careful enough to be sure they are being ranked as accurately as thought possible.) even with this reservation, it is an exceptionally interesting and well-written list.
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100/100
From DommeDamian 10/25/2022 08:24
DommeDamian 10/25/2022 08:24
Still wanna the greatest charts ever made on both this site and others like RYM. I think you've inspired me to do the same one day by making a chart of lesser known records, and outta those picks, create an alternate universe so flamboyant, colorful, and exciting based on descriptions and stuff.
I think something in the beautiful Donovan description summed it up "these songs doesn't know that radio exists", because some of the favorites on this chart raises this question; what would musicians/artists do if radio never existed". The answer lies in that they probably would make something so flamboyantly authentic as a lotta these wondrous records, and we could only listen to music by hand and choice etc.
God bless!
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85/100
From Moondance 10/24/2022 03:20
What I like about this chart:
1. we have ZERO albums in common:
2. we have only 4 artists in common, and that may very well become 1 artist in common when I do a review of my chart over the next month;
3. the 1 artist we have in common is Dylan - although our album preferences differ significantly (I am sure that doesn't come as any surprise - you can check out my '64 Dylan albums rated' chart if you have time :));
4. this chart oozes someone who actually breathes, eats, smells, tastes, touches, feels music more than hears it;
5. knowing the effort needed to make even short comments on album choices, the EFFORT in this chart is EXTRAordinary;
6. rather than a regurgitation of the BEA top 100, this chart has only 6 albums rated in the top 1000! and the highest ranking album is at #197 on the overall chart;
7. this chart actually made me go on a wild musical album/artist discovery hunt - I didn't actually find anything that I 'fell in love with' but sometimes the journey is more valuable than the end point ~ at least it gave me a few hours of hope; that maybe out there, somewhere, there is an artist/album undiscovered in my musical universe who will excite me in ways that I cannot explain;
8. ...and finally, the 2 Australian albums - excellent choices!
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100/100
From seb7 08/29/2022 05:28
seb7 08/29/2022 05:28
super frikin interesting. love this chart!!!
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100/100
From 
SuedeSwede 07/11/2022 09:17
SuedeSwede 07/11/2022 09:17
naang naang!! <3 hope ur doing well friend
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100/100
From seb7 02/16/2022 00:47
seb7 02/16/2022 00:47
man this is great. I can't even say I agree with A SINGLE ONE of your picks but damn this is very well put together chart. Just the passion you seem to have for music is insane and I love it!!!
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100/100
From 
Timestarter 08/05/2021 09:25
Timestarter 08/05/2021 09:25
What a unique list :)
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90/100
From 
StefanR10 04/03/2021 23:24
StefanR10 04/03/2021 23:24
Interesting choices, the number 1 is very unique and the rest is metal at the most. I know much of them and i like them some kind of diversive chart. Nice to see such things here.
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