Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by brent13

This is my 100 favorite albums. The chart is being updated all the time as music grows on me and my tastes change. Since it is a list of favorite albums, many of my favorite artists will be heavily represented.

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It's December 2024 and after maybe 25-years since first hearing it, I'll finally admit to myself and the world that 'Hejira' is my favorite album.

I love 1970's Joni Mitchell albums. It took a while for 'Hejira' to work it's way up to the top of Joni albums let alone this chart. 'Coyote', 'Amelia', Hejira', 'Song For Sharon' and 'Refuge of the Roads' are not only some of Joni's best songs, they are many of my favorite songs ever recorded.

Released the year I was born, this album speaks to a life fully lived and contemplated like few albums before or since. Jaco Pastorius plays fretless bass hauntingly on several tracks tying the sound together like a warm blanket and cementing it even further into my favorite best ever album.
[First added to this chart: 01/19/2015]
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1976
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No weak points...just solid from top to bottom. Sufjan is my favorite artist of the last 25-years. [First added to this chart: 12/15/2014]
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2005
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21,283
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Every song is outstanding. 'Range Life' and 'Fillmore Jive' are probably best. 'Range Life' was alt country before alt country was really a thing. Leave it to Pavement to dis other bands (Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots) in one of their best songs. Very hip hop of them to record a beef for posterity. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2014]
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1994
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The Lamb just keeps getting better and more relevant with age. The most Peter Gabriel driven of any Genesis album, and the last before he left the band because of creative differences. Gabriel’s amazing voice and lyrics work perfectly with the highly melodic and sometimes very heavy progressive rock grooves. Songs flow from one to the next as well as side two of Abbey Road. The atmosphere and texture at times could be mistaken for the best of Radiohead, before you are brought back by the sound of a flute, and you remember this was recorded in 1974. [First added to this chart: 12/15/2014]
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1974
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Most songs on Revolver have been favorites at one time or another. Currently, 'And Your Bird Can Sing', 'I Want To Tell You', 'Got To Get You Into My Life', and 'Tomorrow Never Knows are my faves. Well, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' has always been a favorite. [First added to this chart: 12/15/2014]
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1966
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52,078
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[First added to this chart: 12/20/2014]
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2010
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4,588
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2014]
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1999
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11,284
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[First added to this chart: 12/18/2014]
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2002
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Overlooked and underrated. A staple of my college years that hasn't seemed to age a day. Save this one for a warm summer night. [First added to this chart: 12/19/2014]
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1972
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1,141
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I was 8-years old when Purple Rain was released. I remember ‘Lets Go Crazy’, ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Purple Rain’ were immediate radio hits and I liked all three songs, even at 8 or 9 years old. Over the years since, and after seeing the movie a bunch of times, most of the songs have become my favorite at one point or another. After 30+ years, I can definitively state that 'Baby I'm a Star' is my favorite track...well except for ‘Purple Rain’ sometimes. Nope…I picked ‘Baby I’m a Star’ and I’m going to stick with it.

‘The Beautiful Ones’, ‘Computer Blue’, and ‘Baby I’m a Star’ are the most underrated tracks.
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
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1984
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16,416
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 28 28%
1980s 12 12%
1990s 19 19%
2000s 21 21%
2010s 9 9%
2020s 2 2%
Country Albums %


United States 51 51%
United Kingdom 23 23%
Canada 12 12%
Mixed Nationality 6 6%
Jamaica 4 4%
Australia 3 3%
Germany 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

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From 01/10/2020 21:11
Splendid chart. Genesis reigns supreme. The Lamb is a formidable work. I also love screaming along to "It". One of the greatest songs of all time. They always knew how to end an album right (The Knife, Fountain of Salmacis, Los Endos, etc.).
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From 01/10/2020 19:13
Probably the chart I identify the strongest with, at least when it comes to the top 20. I've also been noticing Lamb on a lot of peoples lists lately, it's certainly an album that requires multiple listens to get and it gets better every time. I think Supper's Ready is still their best song, but Lamb is their best album overall. You got some crazy stuff out of left field too I wasn't expecting, so I better check some of it out! I've seen the Flaming Lips live yet I haven't cared much for their actual music.....I know, it's weird. I'm gonna keep trying though.
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From 01/10/2020 09:41
Interesting chart, with interesting choices, though I think its better to introduce more bands. Your descriptions show how much effort you put in your chart.
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From 06/30/2019 22:39
Very good chart, very good music.
My only criticism: I´d like to have more different artists and not too many albums of the same artists.
congratulations anyway.
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From 06/30/2019 17:01
Nice Sufjan inclusions!
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From 06/30/2019 11:40
Here’s to Joni Mitchell
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From 06/30/2019 08:31
Sure there might be a few albums here that aren't really my thing but I am really impressed with the effort you have gone into with your notes!! Some jazz and electronic albums sneaking in would up this to a perfect score from me!
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From 03/24/2018 21:41
Nice to see something by Joni Mitchell besides fuckin Blue. And Mars Audiac is indeed Stereolab best album.
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From 07/19/2017 17:06
Fantastic chart! Many of my all-time favorites, which means I need to check out some of the other stuff.
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Best Ever Albums
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
3. Abbey Road by The Beatles
4. Revolver by The Beatles
5. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
6. In Rainbows by Radiohead
7. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
8. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
9. Kid A by Radiohead
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
11. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
12. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
13. Nevermind by Nirvana
14. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
15. Funeral by Arcade Fire
16. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
17. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
18. Doolittle by Pixies
19. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
20. London Calling by The Clash
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