Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Imaybeparanoid

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Some honorable mentions:

High Violet - The National | Teen Dream - Beach House
Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths | Tago Mago - Can
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan | Hunky Dory - David Bowie
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane | Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Bee Thousand - Guided By Voices | Liquid Swords - GZA
London Calling - The Clash | Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan | Fragile - Yes

• Chart updated: 01/30/2017 21:15
• (Created: 09/12/2015 13:17).
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Thick As A Brick 

 Jethro Tull

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One of the best progressive records ever made, in my opinion.

Best track: Thick As a Brick, Part I [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

622 charts

Rank Score:

6,141

Rank in 1972:

8

Rank in 1970s:

73

Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

 83 (822 votes)

Comments:

44

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The Smiths 

 The Smiths

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"There's no reason why a mordant, sexually frustrated disciple of Oscar Wilde who loved punk but crooned like a malfunctioning Sinatra should've teamed up with a fabulously inventive guitarist whose influences were so diffuse that it could be hard to hear them at all and formed one of the greatest songwriting duos of the '80s." - Slant magazine

Best tracks: Reel Around the Fountain; Still Ill; Hand in Glove; What Difference Does It Make?. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

940 charts

Rank Score:

8,761

Rank in 1984:

3

Rank in 1980s:

23

Overall Rank:

187

Average Rating:

 83 (1,440 votes)

Comments:

86

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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The guitar is the real star in this record.

Best tracks: Dogs; Pigs (Three Different Ones); Sheep. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,713 charts

Rank Score:

25,661

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (2,723 votes)

Comments:

198

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Heaven Or Las Vegas 

 Cocteau Twins

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Dream pop at its very best.

Best tracks: Cherry-Coloured Funk; Iceblink Luck; Heaven or Las Vegas; Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires. [First added to this chart: 04/18/2016]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

785 charts

Rank Score:

9,816

Rank in 1990:

2

Rank in 1990s:

33

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

 84 (818 votes)

Comments:

52

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Dummy 

 Portishead

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Incredibly nice debut, a trip hop masterpiece.

Best tracks: Mysterons; Sour Times; Wandering Star; Roads; Glory Box. [First added to this chart: 10/25/2015]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,497 charts

Rank Score:

17,135

Rank in 1994:

3

Rank in 1990s:

14

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 84 (1,659 votes)

Comments:

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Quadrophenia 

 The Who

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Another great rock opera by this amazing band. Even though I like Tommy more, I acknowledge this is a more consistent album.

Best tracks: The Real Me; Quadrophenia; 5:15; Doctor Jimmy; Love; Reign O'er Me. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

917 charts

Rank Score:

8,549

Rank in 1973:

5

Rank in 1970s:

47

Overall Rank:

190

Average Rating:

 83 (1,318 votes)

Comments:

101

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Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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Best tracks: War Pigs; Paranoid; Iron Man; Electric Funeral. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,645 charts

Rank Score:

19,592

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 86 (2,032 votes)

Comments:

137

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Disintegration 

 The Cure

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Gothic masterpiece.

Best tracks: Plainsong; Pictures of You; Closedown; Love Song; Lullaby; Fascination Street; Disintegration. [First added to this chart: 10/25/2015]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,765 charts

Rank Score:

27,787

Rank in 1989:

2

Rank in 1980s:

4

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (1,966 votes)

Comments:

150

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Days Of Future Passed 

 The Moody Blues

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Best tracks: Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling; The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) / (Evening) Time To Get Away; The Night: Nights In White Satin / Late Lament. [First added to this chart: 04/19/2016]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

631 charts

Rank Score:

5,254

Rank in 1967:

13

Rank in 1960s:

47

Overall Rank:

341

Average Rating:

 80 (668 votes)

Comments:

50

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Disraeli Gears 

 Cream

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Best tracks: Strange Brew; Sunshine of Your Love; World of Pain; Dance the Night Away; Tales of Brave Ulysses; SWLABR. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

960 charts

Rank Score:

6,839

Rank in 1967:

11

Rank in 1960s:

42

Overall Rank:

256

Average Rating:

 80 (1,124 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	17	17%
1970s	23	23%
1980s	10	10%
1990s	28	28%
2000s	19	19%
2010s	3	3%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	5	5%
The Who	3	3%
Arcade Fire	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
Muse	3	3%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
Black Sabbath	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	48	48%
	38	38%
	7	7%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 02:00

Interesting list, don't like Radiohead and Arcade Fire but otherwise excellent. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea at number 1 is controversial but it is a great record. Rock on man

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From DommeDamian 04/16/2018 11:50

13 artists and 9 albums in common yes!

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From RasmV 01/03/2018 21:11

A third of the albums in your chart are in my chart aswell.
Will check the rest out at some point.

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From Granny-Smith 12/19/2017 17:51

Great chart

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From platus 08/31/2017 16:39

Really good chart

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From phantom1305 08/28/2017 22:31

Great chart! ^_^
You've got a great variety here. Lots of classics, mixed with ones I've never heard of. I'm going to listen to some of your recs. :)

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From JulianR 08/09/2017 22:41

really solid picks all the way through. I agree about takk...

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From quadrophenia17 07/01/2017 13:43

Very nice!

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From JulianR 05/06/2017 06:45

You say The Bends isn't quite as good as Kid A and then rank it higher than Kid A...

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From Bristoc 03/05/2017 23:16

Very nice chart! i wish I could have the patience to write the notes for each album in my list too.

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