Top 41 Greatest Music Albums by 
grohly 
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man - El Grohlerino
Slimmed down list to include only my absolute favourites.
- Chart updated: 06/01/2023 21:15
- (Created: 06/16/2015 16:14).
- Chart size: 41 albums.
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Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are my favourite opening and closing tracks of all time, so that's the main ingredients for a masterpiece right there. Add it the underrated Live With Me, Let I Bleed, Monkey Man and You Got The Silver, mix well and bake. Let it rest before piping on the many flavourings of Midnight Rambler and sprinkle the sublime rendition of Love In Vain on top. That's the recipe for the Let It Bleed cake. Country Honk is the after dinner coffee.
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1969
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Firing the fucking feed on the French rivera. This is a compilation of everything I love about music. Rock and roll, blues, country, soul, psychedelia and more rock. The perfect pick-me-up after a hard days grind. Songs to inspire kings and queens, labourers and wanderers. Mick brings the aristocratic attitude and Keef brings the workingman's spice. The two reach their songwriting zenith after a string of three brilliant albums. On Exile, the Glimmer Twins complement each other so well that they're almost one being. Hell, the entire band and motley crew of musicians who created this album are so together, they talk telepathically with their instruments. Anywho, enough rambling. I will say something about some cherrypicked songs.
Sweet Virginia is the perfect post night out sing-along song. If everyone knows the chorus, it's a brilliant song for a group of drunks to belt out. Tumbling Dice needs no introduction. It IS blues rock. The live version from Ladies & Gentlemen in Texas is as cool as the Stones ever were and Keef telling off Mick Taylor for noodling is amusing. In Let It Loose, Jagger commits (imo) his finest vocal performance, cut with raw emotion and heartbreaking vulnerability. The ladies who provide gospel backing vocals on the song elevate it to the heavens. Shine A Light is just poetry, especially the first verse. All Down the Line is the most ferocious song the Stones have produced and one of my absolute favourites. It's fast, uncomplicated and drenched in sweat.
Exile didn’t so much as teach me how to listen to a song but rather how to enjoy it. Sometimes music is just made to rock, and that’s a good thing. You don't need to read too much into something to appreciate it. There really is no substitute for a thoroughbred rock n roll song with the late great Bobby Keys blasting his sax in your ears. Yet further proof that cocaine (and brown sugar if you’re Keef) is a helluva drug! [First added to this chart: 08/17/2015]
Sweet Virginia is the perfect post night out sing-along song. If everyone knows the chorus, it's a brilliant song for a group of drunks to belt out. Tumbling Dice needs no introduction. It IS blues rock. The live version from Ladies & Gentlemen in Texas is as cool as the Stones ever were and Keef telling off Mick Taylor for noodling is amusing. In Let It Loose, Jagger commits (imo) his finest vocal performance, cut with raw emotion and heartbreaking vulnerability. The ladies who provide gospel backing vocals on the song elevate it to the heavens. Shine A Light is just poetry, especially the first verse. All Down the Line is the most ferocious song the Stones have produced and one of my absolute favourites. It's fast, uncomplicated and drenched in sweat.
Exile didn’t so much as teach me how to listen to a song but rather how to enjoy it. Sometimes music is just made to rock, and that’s a good thing. You don't need to read too much into something to appreciate it. There really is no substitute for a thoroughbred rock n roll song with the late great Bobby Keys blasting his sax in your ears. Yet further proof that cocaine (and brown sugar if you’re Keef) is a helluva drug! [First added to this chart: 08/17/2015]
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1972
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If Exile is beer and cigarettes, Sticky Fingers is bourbon, apple pie and whipped cream. Less strung out and European that Exile but just as soulful and a tad more bluesy. A huge slice of southern American rock done the English way. Fuck, I love the Stones. On Sticky Fingers they gave me my favourite song of all time in Wild Horses. The best combination of Keef's guitar riff and Jagger's lyrics. The best portrayal of longing for where you want to be. There are also some real underrated gems on this album too. The string orchestra that comes in at the end of Sway gives gravitas to an already great blues song. Similarly, the horns on Bitch add thunder to an insanely catchy rock and roll number. Then there's Dead Flowers, a sweet song with not so sweet lyrics that exudes the Stones passion for country music. The whole album foreshadows the hard rock music that the seventies would be known for and not many albums in the genre would come close to capturing its spirit. I mean how many rock songs are as iconic as Brown Sugar? Considering that 1971 is considered one of the greatest years for music, Sticky Fingers is one of the best of the best.
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1971
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Top 41 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 14 | 34% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 10% | |
| Kanye West | 3 | 7% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5% | |
| Frightened Rabbit | 2 | 5% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5% | |
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From 
NowhereMan 01/02/2018 18:45
NowhereMan 01/02/2018 18:45
I was in that Stone Roses bar recently that you talk about. A cracking dive. Love the enthusiasm for the Stones, too few out and out Stones maniacs on this site.
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LedZep 04/09/2017 10:42
LedZep 04/09/2017 10:42
Came back, saw Biffy, saw Lebowski quote and decided to close one eye and ignore Kanye albums. Don't like his music, but that's just, like, my opinion, man
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From zrommeke 01/06/2017 08:07
Very good chart, but a bit more variation would make it even better.
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85/100
From platus 01/05/2017 18:15
flamboyant chart. I like it.
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95/100
From jackharrison21 01/05/2017 16:35
Wonderful chart, 8 albums in common and some really interesting reading in the comments
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95/100
From LedZep 09/05/2016 10:54
LedZep 09/05/2016 10:54
I'm really not a great Kanye fan, but the rest is fantastic
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90/100
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Davy 08/22/2016 16:49
Davy 08/22/2016 16:49
pretty neat
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95/100
From 
buzzdainer 07/12/2016 14:46
buzzdainer 07/12/2016 14:46
I share your feelings about Tusk, as you know. And your putting two albums by the Stones in your top ten reminds me that I've got to find space for them in my top 100. I love this chart, and I enjoy the pithy notes you've attached to some of your entries. Would love to see more of those!
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90/100
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WildHorses 05/06/2016 22:53
WildHorses 05/06/2016 22:53
Some great albums here. Hope to see the rest soon!
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From martinjaa 01/25/2016 15:38
It's great! Exile on Main Street is an incredible album
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