Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by corenfro
*Not necessarily in order yet beyond the top 10-20 or so*
I'm going to try to do the "one album per artist" as much as it pains me to do so. Shoutout to the many albums by The Who, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Radiohead, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, David Bowie, Yes, Genesis, and Kendrick Lamar. Some of them were VERY hard to pick a "only album from X artist" since some have 2 (or more) really important albums w/ vastly different stories that deserve inclusion (smile vs. pet sounds, tommy vs. who's next, kid a vs. ok computer, to pimp a butterfly vs. good kid madd city, lonerism vs. currents, sgt. pepper vs. others, kind of blue vs. bitches brew). But until I can unlock decade charts I must do this to fit a wider variety of music (there are well over 100 great albums that I really want to consider a top 100 album).
On a site littered with contrarians I actually tried to make a "top greatest music albums" list as opposed to a "top obscure albums you've never heard of" list. Because of this, when choosing which album from an artist to include, I generally err on the side of the more euphonic record when in doubt.
Hipsters and snobs: feel free to downvote at how mainstream I am.
- Chart updated: 06/11/2024 21:15
- (Created: 06/07/2015 21:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 1 | 1% | |
1960s | 14 | 14% | |
1970s | 24 | 24% | |
1980s | 10 | 10% | |
1990s | 14 | 14% | |
2000s | 18 | 18% | |
2010s | 17 | 17% | |
2020s | 2 | 2% |
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Frank Ocean | 1 | 1% | |
Thrice | 1 | 1% | |
James Brown | 1 | 1% | |
Deerhunter | 1 | 1% | |
Nick Drake | 1 | 1% | |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 | 1% | |
The National | 1 | 1% | |
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Country | Albums | % | |
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57 | 57% | ||
28 | 28% | ||
5 | 5% | ||
3 | 3% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
1 | 1% | ||
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 12 from 16th to 4th Mercurial World by Magdalena Bay |
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Down 1 from 4th to 5th Forever Changes by Love |
Down 1 from 5th to 6th Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Down 1 from 6th to 7th To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
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Brat by Charli XCX |
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How I'm Feeling Now by Charli XCX |
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Love the note accompanying this entries. Don’t agree with the one album per artist thing but that’s a personal choice. Not going to criticise you for that. Great chart
Nice chart with a fairly even split across the decades (which is not something you see that often). Overall, a bit too USA focussed ~ and only one album from south of the Equator....
Very good selection of classic rock albums. Particularly Tommy and Moody Blues. I don't know why you never see Tommy too much anymore. I guess it's not as popular as it used to be for some strange reason.
I find it difficult to condone the one album per artist thing, seems arbitrary to me, what's the rational? I agree with you on the 'top obscure albums you've never heard of' comment, this site is full of charts containing albums that make me think, can those albums really be favorites or just 'clever' picks?
YOU GET A FAVORITE FROM ME!
Remarkable descriptions, great chart!
27 artists in common! That's a bunch! Great chart!
A lot of work has clearly gone into this. incredible
I don't really think this is "too mainstream" or anything. Cocteau Twins & Love in the top ten prove that enough on their own. Not sure where you're getting the idea that everyone is having an obscurity contest, this chart is pretty standard -- especially considering the most similar chart to it is "If the BEA chart had a one album per artist rule"
No problems or anything, I just think your hostility towards obscure music seems a bit unwarranted.
Brilliant, detailed, and varied. Maybe not my taste but it is exactly the kind of chart this site needs more of. Fantastic!
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