Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by zgarrison88 
Music ought to serve us. It ought to help us explore ourselves and the world we live in. It ought to express the true excitements of life. It ought to bring clarity to our lives by capturing a moment, an emotion, something beyond ourselves.
These are the Top 100 Albums, in my opinion, that do that best--combining high quality music with the ability to leave the listener better off than when they started.
- Chart updated: 04/26/2021 15:15
- (Created: 01/24/2015 19:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top Track: Brain Damage/Eclipse
Parental Advisory: EXPLICIT - (Speak to Me, Money)
Wonderfully crafted and horribly depressing. This album explores themes of struggle and madness via some of the best songs you've ever heard. Certainly worth a listen, if only to have a black backdrop for the light.
Best Line: “And all that is now and all that is gone
And all that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon” [First added to this chart: 03/22/2016]
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Top Track: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V
A beautiful tribute to former band member Syd Barrett (whose initials are referenced in the title Shine on You crazy Diamond), who left the band after their first album due to mental health issues. A five-song masterpiece.
Best Line: “Remember when you were young
You shone like the Sun
Shine on, you crazy diamond” [First added to this chart: 03/27/2016]
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Top Tracks: Pigs (Three Different Ones), Dogs
Parental Advisory: EXPLICIT - (Pigs (Three Different Ones))
An ultra-creative, Orwellian display with a statement to make: humanity's condition makes us no better than animals.
Best Line: “Everything's done under the sun
But you believe at heart everyone's a killer” [First added to this chart: 01/20/2018]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
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| Bob Dylan | 5 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Josh Garrels | 4 | 4% | |
| Switchfoot | 4 | 4% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 96th to 95th Where The Light Shines Through by Switchfoot |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 95th to 96th Vice Verses by Switchfoot |
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I love the values vision of your chart. Thank you! I LOVE Switchfoot, and am glad to see another fan out there on BEA! Based on your chart, I think you should check out the Hold Steady album: Separation Sunday.
Keatownrodriguez 02/24/2021 20:39
Illinois is so deserving of a number 1 spot. Nice chart
AMEIER 02/24/2021 17:05
What a beautiful and honest chart! Love it!!
Strong to your beliefs this is good.
Also enjoyed seeing Switchfoot getting the credit they deserve. Cheers
The joy of music is how varied it is and how different people's tastes are. Fascinating list. I've never seem one before with so many Christmas based albums in it. I liked your notes indicating what genre each album was in. And as you said, 'what makes the best music for each one of us is it's ability to leave us feeling better off than when they started'.
Larcx13 11/19/2020 23:21
You like it epic.
Good list
what is Switchfoot?
the rest good
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Pretty good! You cant go wrong with these albums
911Turbo 04/16/2020 19:36
you have alot of great albums and a few surprises.
im definitely going to have to listen to switchfoot- since you give it such high value.
i think all the critics/members will be faced with this observation.
But, thank you, for making me aware of switchfoot. i hope it is as good as you think it is.
Love your list. Need to check out Switchfoot, though
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