Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by Timhop

• Chart updated: 04/21/2021 19:15
• (Created: 12/05/2014 09:15).
• Chart size: 40 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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There is simply no way this could NOT be my number one album. I was lucky enough to have three older brothers who had great taste in music. I first heard this album when I was 7 years old, and from the first listen was totally captivated by its sound. I would listen to it extremely loud when no-one else was at home. I got a peverse thrill in thinking it was unsettling the neighbours. A masterpiece. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,041 charts

Rank Score:

71,237

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,200 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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In the mid eighties I lost all interest in current music. It all seemed so lame: Modern Talking, OMD, AHA, all that junk. Only a few eighties bands like Talking heads and the Waterboys really held interest for me. I went back in time and began digging around in record shops to expand the musical grounding my brothers had left for me: Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, David Bowie, Rodriguez, Floyd. This album changed everything. I’ll never forget where I was and who I was with when I first heard it. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,334 charts

Rank Score:

76,947

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,496 votes)

Comments:

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Astral Weeks 

 Van Morrison

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A truly remarkable record of deep introspection, layered with all kinds of transcendental imagery from his Belfast childhood. Nothing quite like it had ever been done before, and he never did anything quite like it again, except perhaps on snatches of Veedon Fleece. [First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,481 charts

Rank Score:

17,771

Rank in 1968:

3

Rank in 1960s:

17

Overall Rank:

68

Average Rating:

 85 (1,661 votes)

Comments:

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Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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Quite a few friends at university had been into REM and I don’t know why but I just didn’t get it. I heard this album a bit and it also didn’t do much for me. Then one day we were at a party at the photographic studio I shared with two other guys. One of our friends put this album on. I’d had a toke or two of a joint and suddenly everything fell into place and what they were doing with their sound all made perfect sense. I’ve become a huge fan of theirs especially the older stuff like Murmur and Fables of the Reconstruction, but this one will always remain one of my all-time favourite albums. Just one song jars for me though: Ignoreland, although less so now than it did at first. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,767 charts

Rank Score:

20,439

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 84 (2,157 votes)

Comments:

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Solid Air 

 John Martyn

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This guy and Nick Drake were introduced to the older generation of guitarists in the town I live in South Africa in the early 70's, and had a huge influence on many of them, and later on me too. A great, hugely under-rated album, dark, woozy and brooding, with fantastic double-bass by Danny Thompson. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,560

Rank in 1973:

27

Rank in 1970s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,136

Average Rating:

 78 (242 votes)

Comments:

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Rain Dogs 

 Tom Waits

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After hearing lots of early Waits and not liking it much, I finally clicked with him after hearing this album. You have to chuckle a bit while listening to Waits. There's a comic element on this and Swordfish that I just love. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,115 charts

Rank Score:

13,108

Rank in 1985:

2

Rank in 1980s:

14

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 84 (1,303 votes)

Comments:

85

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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By far my favourite Dylan album. Can't stand the pronounced nasal whine on all his earlier stuff. Amazing what a decade or two of smoking did for both his and Joni's voices. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,644

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,132 votes)

Comments:

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This Is The Sea 

 The Waterboys

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This album really was a vindication for me. It took all that bland 80s junk and blew it right out the water. Listening to it was an intense, cathartic, almost spiritual experience. Its banks of layered acoustic guitars, violins, pianos and brass set it apart from anything else in 1987. That was the year I first heard it, although it was released in 85. It remains one of my all-time favourites, and I think Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger were one of Britain’s all-time great song-writing teams, even though their partnership was all-too brief. Just listening to it now and realise I really have to bump it up my chart a bit... [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

281 charts

Rank Score:

2,044

Rank in 1985:

13

Rank in 1980s:

134

Overall Rank:

879

Average Rating:

 79 (291 votes)

Comments:

17

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The Future 

 Leonard Cohen

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This album stunned me. Prophetic, apocalyptic, tender and dark. It made me realise just how powerful music can be when it has poetry in the lyrics, and just how lame most song lyrics really are. I read an interview with Mogwai once. They asked them why they don’t write lyrics for their music. They said, “Who can compete with Leonard Cohen?” [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

755

Rank in 1992:

41

Rank in 1990s:

388

Overall Rank:

2,167

Average Rating:

 76 (163 votes)

Comments:

4

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Niemandsland And Beyond! 

 Koos Kombuis

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This guy and a few musician mates turned the Afrikaner establishment on its head with their music, just before the collapse of Apartheid. The Bob Dylan of South Africa. I rate him up there with Dylan and Cohen as a lyric writer. His dark and scandalous reworking of the national album (the song Swart September on this album) is the bravest thing I've ever heard on record. A hero and inspiration to me and many, many white South African musicians. The album was released as Niemandsland, only on vinyl. Niemandsland and Beyond is a later CD re-release. [First added to this chart: 12/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

54

Rank in 1993:

317

Rank in 1990s:

3,163

Overall Rank:

19,186

Average Rating:

 74 (1 vote)

Comments:

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	3	8%
1970s	12	30%
1980s	13	33%
1990s	9	23%
2000s	1	3%
2010s	2	5%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Van Morrison	3	8%
Tom Waits	3	8%
Nick Drake	2	5%
Leonard Cohen	2	5%
Marianne Faithfull	1	3%
Koos Kombuis	1	3%
Talking Heads	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	17	43%
	12	30%
	5	13%
	2	5%
	2	5%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 13 from 31st to 18th Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
Up 3 from 20th to 17th Naturally by J.J. Cale
Up 3 from 19th to 16th Poetic Champions Compose by Van Morrison

Biggest fallers
Down 6 from 13th to 19th Cold Fact by Rodriguez
Down 3 from 17th to 20th So by Peter Gabriel
Down 3 from 18th to 21st London Calling by The Clash

New entries
Bloom by Beach House

Leavers
Murmur by R.E.M.

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85/100	06/12/2021 12:19	Goliath	348	86/100
85/100	04/14/2018 08:21	Ulf	186	80/100
85/100	12/24/2014 02:43	benpaco	142	85/100
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From Ulf 04/14/2018 08:21

Great chart and comments

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From Drzozzy 02/15/2017 19:01

Any chart with Naturally in it is alright with me

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From benpaco 12/24/2014 02:43

While largely generic, there's a lot here, even in your top 10, that is surprising and interesting. Will be cool to see where it goes!

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