Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by brent13 
This is my 100 favorite albums of all time. The chart is being updated periodically as music grows on me and tastes change. Since it is a list of favorite albums, many of my favorite artists will be heavily represented.
- Chart updated: 07/03/2025 02:15
- (Created: 12/14/2014 07:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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My favorite tracks have changed so many times over the years. Upon last listen, ‘Stash’, ‘Slave to the Traffic Light’, ‘Simple’, ‘Harry Hood’ and ‘The Squirming Coil’ were the standouts, but really…I love it all. I even have more patience and enjoyment for the 31 minute ‘Tweezer’ than I did back then. The extended jam goes to some very strange but rewarding places, before (what appears) effortlessly storming back into ‘Tweezer’ for the last few minutes. The piano solo outro to the closing track, ‘The Squirming Coil’ is, and has always been, sublime. [First added to this chart: 05/22/2019]
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‘Cumberland Blues’, ‘He’s Gone’, ‘Jack Straw’, China Cat Sunflower’, I Know You Rider’, ‘Brown-Eyed Woman’, and ‘Ramble on Rose’ are all stellar, crystal clear (‘wall of sound’ with some vocal overdub) versions of a few of my favorite Dead tunes. ‘Sugar Magnolia’ and ‘Truckin’ are pretty good too…both loaded with high energy improvised jamming that keeps you dancing.
The album closing ‘Morning Dew’, from the Lyceum Theatre in London on 5/26/72, still holds up as some of the most beautiful music ever recorded. [First added to this chart: 05/21/2019]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| Sufjan Stevens | 5 | 5% | |
| Pavement | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 4 | 4% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4% | |
| Frank Zappa | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 4 | 4% | |
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51 | 51% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 48 from 99th to 51st London Calling by The Clash |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 51st to 52nd All Delighted People EP by Sufjan Stevens |
| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rd Another Green World by Eno |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54th Doolittle by Pixies |
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| 90/100 | 08/10/2023 17:43 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 90/100 | 07/18/2021 22:02 | Giant2015 | | 91/100 |
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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.).
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.
salahshoori 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.
sssvnnn 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.
gidgidi 06/30/2019 17:01
Nice Sufjan inclusions!
Here’s to Joni Mitchell
ForegroundNoise 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!
bobbyb5 03/24/2018 21:41
Nice to see something by Joni Mitchell besides fuckin Blue. And Mars Audiac is indeed Stereolab best album.
authorunknown 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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