Top 99 Greatest Music Albums by Repo

From sageamagoo 11/06/2024 21:17

I feel refreshed seeing the authentic fruits of your musical explorations - you lived a whole different era from the majority here on BEA. The world is not so narrow, I wish more specialist listeners brought online exposure to the unique acts that impressed them. I intend to check out Exciter, Black Hole, The Vibrators and Naked Raygun to fill in my blind spot around more interesting forms of punk and metal being cooked up by non-mainstream acts on through the 80's. Woo also seriously piques my interest. There is great public value in the experience you have shared.

From 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.

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.

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.

From 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!

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!

From seb7 08/29/2022 05:28

super frikin interesting. love this chart!!!

From SuedeSwede 07/11/2022 09:17

naang naang!! <3 hope ur doing well friend

From 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!!!

From Timestarter 08/05/2021 09:25

What a unique list :)