Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by DrewHamster 
2025 Edit. I'm going to be honest. I have mental issues to the point where it is not even funny. I've edited this list a ridiculous amount of times. I hope I'm finally bringing things full circle and listing the 100 albums I think are the best. These are the albums that have had the most impact on me.
I am in the process of getting the order straight.
Recommendations are welcome!
- Chart updated: 02/25/2026 20:15
- (Created: 07/28/2014 07:18).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
Can't Get It Out [First added to this chart: 03/05/2024]
No Halo [First added to this chart: 05/29/2025]
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1990s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2010s | 36 | 36% | |
| 2020s | 15 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Brand New | 5 | 5% | |
| Every Time I Die | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Deftones | 4 | 4% | |
| Fall Out Boy | 4 | 4% | |
| Senses Fail | 3 | 3% | |
| Taking Back Sunday | 3 | 3% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/25/2025 01:21 | Andras | 12 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2025 16:42 | Johnnyo | 2,689 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 18:50 | 655 | 85/100 |
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You've got an interesting take that I respect on emo and pop punk. I especially like Brand New and The Art of Drowning-era AFI. I like Folie a Deux, I like what I've heard of The Used (The Bird And The Worm is a great song), can't say I agree on some takes though: Imagine Dragons, Decemberunderground, and 2010's Fall Out Boy is not it for me, but to each their own.
I want to share some personal favourites I think you'd really enjoy:
The Matches - Decomposer
Silverchair - Diorama
System of a Down - Toxicity
The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - Three Cheers for Disappointment
Līve - Throwing Copper
Glass Beach - Plastic Death
Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (The first album I ever fell in love with back in middle school 2005, still a classic)
Appreciate inclusion of Slipknot's debut, great album.
I've saved Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute, really want to check that out. I keep seeing Circa Survive around, really want to hear them too.
I'll bet you're as alternative/LGBT as me and all my friends haha (just a guess, I live with my boyfriend of 4 years, nice to see some culture that feels close to home) (Edited)
Mad respect for anyone who has the balls to put a Brand New album above Radiohead albums on a website that consists almost entirely of Radiohead fanatics. I myself am a massive Brand New fan and love all of their work. Solid list.
Try out these bands:
Citizen
Have Mercy
Moose Blood
A lot of albums of your adolescence I think. It's funny! I dont like Bring Me The Horizon, Disturbed and Fall Out Boy but I respect your opinion and I find it cool to assume his musical tastes. Kid A is Radiohead's Best and a very great album.
Over 1/4 of your selections (from only 4 artists!!!) are less than favorites of mine... With that being said, I liked a lot of your other choices (Radiohead, Brand New, Pink Floyd)
It is very interesting how you seem to understand and enjoy complex/detail-oriented music without getting bored by more simplistic/mainstream albums. After understanding Kid A, most straightforward guitar-rock albums left me uninspired.






