Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by jlancast1996

This is very much a work in progress, but these are my favorite 50 albums at the moment. As I discover new music things are bound to move around a little bit. Let me know what you think, and any suggestions are much appreciated.

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The album that changed it all for me. Through high school, I pretty much listened to rap music and whatever my friends were listening to. Then, watching Parks and Rec, April mentioned Jeff Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel. Out of curiosity to see if it was a real band, I found them on YouTube. When I heard that acoustic guitar come on in King Of Carrot Flowers, I was hooked. I was in love. This album is what made me explore and find music for myself, and is the reason I have heard the vast majority of albums on this list. After seeing them at Kalamazoo State Theatre, my love for the band and this album only grew. I may not listen to it as much as I used to, but it will always be number 1 to me for it's profound impact on my life. This is also the best album to sing along to in the car by yourself. So much power in Jeff's voice. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
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1998
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Perfection. Very few albums can be described that way, but this is one of them. This album can be listened to any time, anywhere. It has humor, sadness, and melancholy wrapped into one fantastic album. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
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1986
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An album that instantaneously grabbed me with a first half of beautiful pop hits, and then blew me away with in the second half that was almost scary on first listen. Truly gorgeous music. [First added to this chart: 09/10/2018]
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1985
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19,300
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Everything that can be said about Radiohead has already been said, so I won't repeat it. Perfect album, 10/10. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
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2000
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51,651
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The most emotionally powerful album I've ever heard. Pictures Of You brought me to tears when I heard it after my dog died. I sobbed the whole song, but it made me feel better. [First added to this chart: 09/10/2015]
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1989
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27,953
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The best album of the 2010s for me. Good Kid is an instant classic also, but the jazz beats really put this one over the edge for me. The best hip-hop/rap album ever created. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
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2015
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Heard the song at the end of Fight Club off of Surfer Rosa. I knew it was the Pixies because my dad is a fan, but I had never listened to any other songs. I decided to listen to their albums, and Doolittle was on repeat for a few weeks. [First added to this chart: 04/20/2015]
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1989
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It has blown me away how much this album has grown on me. I absolutely love every song, and it always sounds great, no matter how many times I hear it. [First added to this chart: 11/04/2020]
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2020
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My girlfriend introduced me to John Frusciante's solo material, and I'm so grateful she did. I think this blows away anything the Chili Peppers did. [First added to this chart: 08/17/2021]
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2005
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411
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My first dive in a more punk direction of music. I wasn't a big fan of Ian's voice on first listen, but I loved everything about this record when I gave it another chance. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2015]
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1979
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25,075
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 4 8%
1980s 11 22%
1990s 6 12%
2000s 11 22%
2010s 16 32%
2020s 2 4%
Country Albums %


United States 27 54%
United Kingdom 17 34%
Australia 2 4%
Canada 2 4%
Denmark 1 2%
Iceland 1 2%

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From 09/05/2021 01:07
Love the chart. Good mix of bands and genres. Good little footnotes as well
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From 01/09/2021 05:40
Great picks, love to see REM and Protomartyr on the same list. I'm probably echoing what others have said but there many amazing rock albums out of the 60s-70s. Also many great jazz albums out of the 50s-60s.
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From 01/08/2021 18:01
Great chart!
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From 11/05/2020 02:23
good chart,
i hope you can dig into 60s (john coltrane, beatles, velvet undergound, love, jimi hendrix, beach boys )
and the 70s (pink floyd, led zeppelin, neil young, genesis, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, supertramp, joy division)
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This is great!
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From 09/30/2018 16:31
Some really great picks here, love pretty much all of these albums personally. My only suggestion is to explore a bit more from the 60s and 70s as you continue to fill this out, as there's some truly amazing albums/artists to be found there.
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From 09/30/2018 09:49
Great chart, full of excellent albums. My suggestions:

-Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (basically any Eminem album outside of Revival, Encore, and Relapse). - I saw you love Kendrick, so...
-P.M. Dawn - of The Heart of The Soul And of The Cross: The Utopian Experience (icy rap album full of introspective, philosophical lyrics - and nothing less of a eminent album to play in the winter).
-Soundgarden - Superunknown (grunge rock about depression, at its finest).
-The Calling - Camino Palmero (simply a worthwile rock album, jampacked of quintessential subjects)
-Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head / X&Y (anyone with Interpol's debut on their list, needs to listen to these two classics. And oppositely).

PS: Your descriptions are very nice. Check out my chart! =)
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From 02/16/2018 17:42
That's a very fine selection!
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From 02/16/2018 17:39
Good list!
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From 02/16/2018 17:15
Excellent chart. I love it
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