Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by jhuik

I am now in my mid 50's. Music has meant many, many different things to me over the years, but these days it often means 'tinged with pain' as I have hearing loss and tinnitus. But I still love music ... that love just has a new form, some of it based on the memory of PURE LOUD NOISE (no longer possible for me) or just memory, and some of that love still able to thrive and evolve.

As I have said for over ten years on this site: Below are albums that have meant a lot to me, albums I have listened to innumerable times, albums that are duly classic or that I just fuckin like a lot for whatever reason. I have loved music for decades, have followed other lovers, and no one has perfect taste uncorrupted by bias or other limitations. When rating or commenting don't ever forget that any list of 'best ever' is ALWAYS a ridiculous exercise.

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Great CanCon, like great CanLit put to music then sung by one of the best frontmen ever. An epic step forward in being proudly Canadian, with references to everyone from Hugh MacLennan to Bill Barilko to David Milgaard and more. Non-Canadians say, "Who?" Well, Google them all, then... or maybe it really would be better for us if you don't understand. We're a great country; this is our best band, arguably at their very best. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1992
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The first disc alone is one of the twenty best albums ever and then there's the second, which is hardly any lesser. As much as I love the music, I admire this, two hours of music that goes from moving to ballsy and back around again too many times to count. So many amazing songs: Zero, 1979, Love, Here is no Why, Jellybelly, Muzzle, 33, Stumbleine, on and on and on. I bought this soon after it came out and it was an absolutely smashing success -- still is, I think. It's Billy Corgan's All-In, an earbusting work of stirring genius. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1995
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16,139
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A complilation, yes, but one that is also arty in itself: a really great collection of some of his more beautiful, less appreciated songs. It's the right stand-in for all my love for one of the world's most deservedly-loved artists. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1995
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57
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Song for song, the best CD by the band that is, player for player, the quintessence of modern rock. After Ten, they grew confident they were one of the greats. A collection of excellent musicians sets out to create a classic and succeeds phenomenally. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1993
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A deep, dark, rich and varied collection of music centered on the best postmodern rock song ever. This is the Hip at their Hippest, riding their peak. How can you not hear greatness in this? Each song is strikingly different from the one before, your favourite song changes over the years (and there have been many for me). Nautical Disaster, the gorgeous centerpiece of this epic turn in the studio, is a beautiful nightmare that many of us rock fans, up here in the GWN, have loved passionately for ages. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1994
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542
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Jeff Mangum creates wave upon wave of eye-watering beauty. From the first strum of that F chord through him setting the guitar down at the end, this is the album every Saturday afternoon acoustic-head thinks he could make if he had this talent and this raw, raw passion. I found this sometime in the oughts and it is far and away the most profoundly cathartic album ever, for me. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1998
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They emerged as a fully matured outfit. Quintessential rock and roll. Imagine being in the studio the day they cut Jeremy. Or Black or Alive. Garden is an amazing album track I like immensely so many years later. Leaving Yellow Ledbetter off was a weird mistake, but that's how good this is. And whatever else you say about this album (so much has been!) this is the debut of that voice, that guy. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1991
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John Frusciante pumps all new life into a band of crazy mofos with crazy amounts of mojo. An amazing band breaks through in such a huge way, especialy that hugely epic front dozen. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1991
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Backwash laconic hip-hop stuck together by a ramshackle, readymade derelict. I love the way Beck invented his own music melanges then made them so delectable and accessible. It's a whole collection of loose ends tying a noose in the back of your mind. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1996
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A motherlode of beautiful, beautiful songwriting, harmonies and musicianship by heroes in my homeland. There's a reasonable argument that this band was alt-country before alt-country was so cool. Sure, they didn't invent singing and songwriting; the only thing this band did was write and play perfect song after perfect song. [First added to this chart: 12/24/2010]
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1992
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 6 6%
1970s 23 23%
1980s 12 12%
1990s 22 22%
2000s 21 21%
2010s 16 16%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 55 55%
United Kingdom 27 27%
Canada 11 11%
Ireland 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Jamaica 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 12/13/2018 16:52
Really good chart in my opinion, I like all the descriptions you gave each album and i agree with most of the albums you have on there. Well, of the ones that i have listened to.
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From 08/21/2018 23:09
Refreshingly good. Great notes and some top picks. And some to check out too. Great stuff.
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From 03/13/2018 04:04
Haha I've come back to this chart for whatever reason, and that comment was supposed to have an exclamation mark. Anyway, tons of great stuff! Props for Hand Cannot Erase, its such an underappreciated album
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From 01/20/2018 09:17
It's a shame there's not more emphasis on experimental and electronic music but each to their own I guess! Still, astounding chart - love the bios and the careful picks so can appreciate a good taste when I see one
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@scotsindie lol.
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From 11/08/2017 16:14
The only pick I strongly disagree with is Ten, but nice still.
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good stuff?
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From 04/23/2017 22:55
You're right LedZep. I think they are prog-influenced, though, and others see it, too (e.g. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=94658) but yes, it is a bit obtuse to call them prog. I edited that comment as per yours. (y)
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From 04/23/2017 13:23
Totally agree with Mellon Collie description, listened to that album for the first time a several days ago, it's fantastic. Love the chart, but what you wrote about Alt-J really upset me, they aren't prog rock at all :/ As a prog fan I had to notice that sorry, it's a great chart all in all
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Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana
12. Neil Young
13. The Smiths
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. R.E.M.
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Bruce Springsteen
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