Top 75 Greatest Music Albums
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I know there's a lot of artists with more than one album, but I tend to love more than one album from the same artist, maybe a bit too much. Truth be told, I still have a long way to be as musically experienced as I would like to, so this is a work in progress. Not much will be surprising, but this is, after all, my favorites.
- Chart updated: 10/04/2020 10:45
- (Created: 11/29/2014 16:00).
- Chart size: 75 albums.
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"Everything In It's Right Place"
Music is an experience. There is something special about this form of art that is for me unique, a way of connecting with a very primal inner self of the listner that allows a very special experience. There's people that don't enjoy painting, literature, or even film, but music is universal. You don't just hear it, sense it, enjoy it, feel it. You live it. And for me, nothing tops living music as this.
It's very hard to describe what Kid A does to me. I first heard this about eightyears ago, when I was 20, since then topping my favorite albums. What it means to me? A means of transportation to a parallel universe, an alien abduction to a whole other world, the one Thom Yorke so beautifully prayed for in his previous album. But the more I hear it the more I realize the purpose behind every single sound, how every member of Radiohead set themselves with an objective of making the listener be in a very specific place. A friend of mine described it perfectly: "Listening to this is as if somebody was in complete control of your mind, moving it up and down and sideways with exact movements." Nothing in this album is set ashore, everithing is in fact in its right place to evoke a certain feeling, a particular imagery. Listening to Idioteque evokes the "blocks and shiny tripes" picture from the booklet, and I still can't understand how this is possible. Nothing tops Kid A, and I believe nothing ever will.
Favorite tracks: Kid A, the album. The whole album. [First added to this chart: 11/29/2014]
Music is an experience. There is something special about this form of art that is for me unique, a way of connecting with a very primal inner self of the listner that allows a very special experience. There's people that don't enjoy painting, literature, or even film, but music is universal. You don't just hear it, sense it, enjoy it, feel it. You live it. And for me, nothing tops living music as this.
It's very hard to describe what Kid A does to me. I first heard this about eightyears ago, when I was 20, since then topping my favorite albums. What it means to me? A means of transportation to a parallel universe, an alien abduction to a whole other world, the one Thom Yorke so beautifully prayed for in his previous album. But the more I hear it the more I realize the purpose behind every single sound, how every member of Radiohead set themselves with an objective of making the listener be in a very specific place. A friend of mine described it perfectly: "Listening to this is as if somebody was in complete control of your mind, moving it up and down and sideways with exact movements." Nothing in this album is set ashore, everithing is in fact in its right place to evoke a certain feeling, a particular imagery. Listening to Idioteque evokes the "blocks and shiny tripes" picture from the booklet, and I still can't understand how this is possible. Nothing tops Kid A, and I believe nothing ever will.
Favorite tracks: Kid A, the album. The whole album. [First added to this chart: 11/29/2014]
Year of Release:
2000
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42,251
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"Karma police
I've given all I can it's not enough"
After a traumatic event, you find yourself with a new way of seeing life, convinced you are going to make a difference for good. However, just as you went up you go down as you see the world does not want to be helped, packed with toxic people. You feel so alienated you wish you could fly away from this world, a situation so unbereable you feel like death is the only way out, as life is happening around you but you feel like it has nothing to do with you. Anyways, you have done some bad things, you have hurt people around you, so why do you feel you have the right to save the World? At the same time, you have that society that tries to turn you into a robot, while the people above you makes things that take you further into this alienation as you are more and more dependent on work due to the lack of help it gives you. So yeah, not even the government makes you feel safe, so you grow this anxiety about how everyone judges you, how you must keep things secret but people will anyways find out. You are so willing to keep that privacy to yourself you stop wondering about the big picture, you just fear failure so much you opt for a predictable future and a conventional life. Funnily enough, even with this you are in a great danger of something horrible happening to you, as you will have to move and movement brings danger with it. But... hey, man, slow down. Look at life, it is beautiful and you are missing it. You are so obsessed with those little things in life and you are forgetting to appreciate the small things in life.
Just... so perfect.
Favorite Tracks: Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Subterranean Homesick Alien. [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
I've given all I can it's not enough"
After a traumatic event, you find yourself with a new way of seeing life, convinced you are going to make a difference for good. However, just as you went up you go down as you see the world does not want to be helped, packed with toxic people. You feel so alienated you wish you could fly away from this world, a situation so unbereable you feel like death is the only way out, as life is happening around you but you feel like it has nothing to do with you. Anyways, you have done some bad things, you have hurt people around you, so why do you feel you have the right to save the World? At the same time, you have that society that tries to turn you into a robot, while the people above you makes things that take you further into this alienation as you are more and more dependent on work due to the lack of help it gives you. So yeah, not even the government makes you feel safe, so you grow this anxiety about how everyone judges you, how you must keep things secret but people will anyways find out. You are so willing to keep that privacy to yourself you stop wondering about the big picture, you just fear failure so much you opt for a predictable future and a conventional life. Funnily enough, even with this you are in a great danger of something horrible happening to you, as you will have to move and movement brings danger with it. But... hey, man, slow down. Look at life, it is beautiful and you are missing it. You are so obsessed with those little things in life and you are forgetting to appreciate the small things in life.
Just... so perfect.
Favorite Tracks: Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Subterranean Homesick Alien. [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,511
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"You're asking me will my love grow? I don't know"
This was a late bloomer for me. At the beginning of my Beatles-mania (which marked the start of my obsession for listening to LPs as they were intended to: from beginning to end) this was by far one of my least favorite albums from them. I jumped from The White Album to Sgt. Pepper's, depending on my mood. But lately I have little by little learned to appreciate Abbey Road as probably their most consistent work, with such beautiful songs that will move you from one place to another. And let's not underestimate the last quarter of album, banger after another seamlessly jumping from song to song. [First added to this chart: 10/04/2020]
This was a late bloomer for me. At the beginning of my Beatles-mania (which marked the start of my obsession for listening to LPs as they were intended to: from beginning to end) this was by far one of my least favorite albums from them. I jumped from The White Album to Sgt. Pepper's, depending on my mood. But lately I have little by little learned to appreciate Abbey Road as probably their most consistent work, with such beautiful songs that will move you from one place to another. And let's not underestimate the last quarter of album, banger after another seamlessly jumping from song to song. [First added to this chart: 10/04/2020]
Year of Release:
1969
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57,268
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So what if Radiohead has done 3 perfect albums?
I remember when I read about Videotape syncopation and thought it was impossible this was true. After this, I started to listen to this album from the beginning, focusin exclusively on rhythm and my God, was it hard to not sing and dance along. Truth be told, Radiohead loves playing with this concept, specially on this album. But after the whole listen I reached Videotape and out of nowhere, a sorcery playing in my head as I SAW the syncopation. That freaking 1/4 syncopation. I read elsewhere Radiohead rewards close listens, I completely agree. [First added to this chart: 04/01/2016]
I remember when I read about Videotape syncopation and thought it was impossible this was true. After this, I started to listen to this album from the beginning, focusin exclusively on rhythm and my God, was it hard to not sing and dance along. Truth be told, Radiohead loves playing with this concept, specially on this album. But after the whole listen I reached Videotape and out of nowhere, a sorcery playing in my head as I SAW the syncopation. That freaking 1/4 syncopation. I read elsewhere Radiohead rewards close listens, I completely agree. [First added to this chart: 04/01/2016]
Year of Release:
2007
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43,866
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"I'm trying to turn you on"
Enough has been said about this album by people much more knowledgeable about music than I. Thought as the first concept album ever, ground-breaking technology for the time, focusing on lyrics...
Of all The Beatles albums I love, this one will always have a special spot in my heart, as it will always be the one that really truly showed me the power of listening to an LP from beginning to end. [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
Enough has been said about this album by people much more knowledgeable about music than I. Thought as the first concept album ever, ground-breaking technology for the time, focusing on lyrics...
Of all The Beatles albums I love, this one will always have a special spot in my heart, as it will always be the one that really truly showed me the power of listening to an LP from beginning to end. [First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
Year of Release:
1967
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43,154
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"When I was young, younger than before"
The first time I listened to this album I was reading a book by the beach and was annoyed by friends of mine putting reggaeton on their loudspeakers. Since then this album is my escape valve to take me back to nature by myself. Gotta love the minimalism.
Favorite Traks: Pink Moon, Place To Be, Road. [First added to this chart: 07/03/2015]
The first time I listened to this album I was reading a book by the beach and was annoyed by friends of mine putting reggaeton on their loudspeakers. Since then this album is my escape valve to take me back to nature by myself. Gotta love the minimalism.
Favorite Traks: Pink Moon, Place To Be, Road. [First added to this chart: 07/03/2015]
Year of Release:
1972
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17,639
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[First added to this chart: 10/04/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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49,420
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[First added to this chart: 10/04/2020]
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1995
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29,056
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[First added to this chart: 10/04/2020]
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1980
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15,176
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[First added to this chart: 01/02/2015]
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1968
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Top 75 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 23% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 5% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 2 | 3% | |
| Bon Iver | 2 | 3% | |
| Swans | 2 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 3% | |
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40 | 53% | |
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21 | 28% | |
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5 | 7% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 75 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 27 from 40th to 13thSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles |
| Up 14 from 31st to 17thGood Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar |
| Up 13 from 22nd to 9thYankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 17th to 22ndSpiderland by Slint |
| Down 5 from 18th to 23rdRevolver by The Beatles |
| Down 4 from 15th to 19thDvořák: Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 95 "From The New World" by George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra |
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| ! | 04/17/2019 16:36 | yoizillmatic | 5 | 96/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2018 17:55 | Peppermint | 20 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2018 19:24 |  DommeDamian | 1,004 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2017 15:07 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2017 16:44 |  LedZep | 1,104 | 84/100 |
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From yoizillmatic 04/17/2019 16:37 | #235128
Love this chart, I agree with a lot of your choices and overall I think we have pretty similar tastes.
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From Peppermint 12/19/2018 17:55 | #227450
Good choice of album list and great to see it spans over numerous decades too!
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From LedZep 05/28/2017 16:47 | #191595
LedZep 05/28/2017 16:47 | #191595
Probably will give a higher rating when I see all 100 albums, hoping for some earlier Biffy stuff!
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sageamagoo 03/07/2017 03:35 | #187062
sageamagoo 03/07/2017 03:35 | #187062
Excellent chart, the notes are really nice and I love your album choices! Hope to see it expand to 100 in the future.
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HiImViibes 06/15/2016 19:11 | #168840
HiImViibes 06/15/2016 19:11 | #168840
I like your notes, I totally know how you feel about Arcade Fire.
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Anti 05/28/2015 18:35 | #142579
Anti 05/28/2015 18:35 | #142579
You can surely convince a person to listen to an album!
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Ollie 05/16/2015 16:26 | #141606
Ollie 05/16/2015 16:26 | #141606
Great to see Trouble Will Find Me so high, massively underrated
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From Ollie 02/17/2015 15:48 | #135170
Ollie 02/17/2015 15:48 | #135170
Lovely picks
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From brent13 01/20/2015 01:34 | #131992
great start!!
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TheMusicDefener 11/29/2014 20:54 | #128252
TheMusicDefener 11/29/2014 20:54 | #128252
You'll fit in well here.
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