Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by RadiosAppear

This is my best effort at a list of some favorites. I've generally tried to minimize the number of albums per artist, as the value of this site seems to be optimized by diversity and less emphasis on the obvious choices. That being said, I caved to the obvious with the inclusion of a couple Beatles' albums (not doing so would be too dishonest), and my love for the original Alice Cooper band was too much to resist. In any event, I'll probably be switching out various favorites depending on my interests and attention at any given moment. This is a pretty good sample, however, of the stuff I'm into, albeit with a slight bias toward my present rotation. I'm generally more interested in the musical/sonic dimensions of music than I am in the lyrical/literary aspects, so my selections have an instrumental lean. But, I love vocals and a good sing-along as much as the next guy. And, of course, there are all the sentimental and personal attachments I have to certain music, so ultimately it's impossible to spell out (in objective terms) why I love the music I love. However, I think everything listed here is pretty inspired and has a lot to offer the open-minded listener.

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The original Alice Cooper band's first album with Bob Ezrin. Side 2 is perfect. Side 1 is too. [First added to this chart: 01/24/2011]
Year of Release:
1971
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"Halo of Flies" = awesome. [First added to this chart: 01/24/2011]
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1971
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1972
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418
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 10 10%
1970s 40 40%
1980s 13 13%
1990s 12 12%
2000s 23 23%
2010s 2 2%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 66 66%
United Kingdom 23 23%
Canada 4 4%
Ireland 2 2%
Brazil 1 1%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 07/13/2020 00:18
Nice list. Each pick is a surprise.
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From 03/01/2014 13:08
Some great stuff here. I'm with you on Secret Treaties and anything by Gillian Welch. Thanks for reintroducing me to Dennis Coffey and Patti Labelle.
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From 09/30/2013 21:53
Very well done!!
It was a pleasure to read your list.
Humorous , knowledgeable, ingenious - and in the end: lot´s of good music.
I sure come back to study the stuff I don´t know.
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From 09/14/2012 17:34
Nice variations. Even though we have almost nothing in common, and I don't like some of your picks, I like how honest it is
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From 01/21/2012 22:36
There's lots on this list that I don't know or don't have, but I really appreciate three things about your list:

1. Comments on each album. Nice touch. I think I might do that to mine.

2. Wilco. Should be on every list, especially Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

3. Jon Spencer! WOOOOOOOO! Orange is epic. Why not Acme as well?
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From 11/09/2011 21:31
This is a trip-tacular chart. Awesome!
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From 11/09/2011 14:53
Eclectic, really great except for Steve Vai...
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From 11/09/2011 08:50
This chart is good and you should feel good.
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From 10/22/2011 11:43
Great Stuff
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From 08/24/2011 04:37
While our tastes differ in certain areas, your chart has a breadth and depth to it, going beyond the obvious to mine genres like metal, jazz fusion, avant-garde, country, etc that are typically overlooked by music mags when compiling 'Greatest of All-Time' polls. Mostly, there is a love of music for music's sake.
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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
9. Showcase by Patsy Cline
10. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
11. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
12. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
13. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
14. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
15. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
16. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
17. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
18. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
19. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
20. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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