Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Imaybeparanoid 
I'm sorry for all the english mistakes you're going to read.
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).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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This is probably the album I liked the most at first listen. Every track is beautiful (it's a shame that Time of the Season is the only one quite popular).
Best tracks: Care of Cell 44; Brief Candles; This Will Be Our Year; Time of the Season. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Care of Cell 44; Brief Candles; This Will Be Our Year; Time of the Season. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1968
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14,388
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Psychedelic perfection.
Best tracks: Alone Again Or; This House Is Not a Motel; Andmoreagain; The Daily Planet; Old Man; You Set the Scene. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Alone Again Or; This House Is Not a Motel; Andmoreagain; The Daily Planet; Old Man; You Set the Scene. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1967
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16,125
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"An Uncanny Masterpiece" - Pete Townshend
Nothing more to say.
Best tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man; Epitath; The Court of the Crimson King. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Nothing more to say.
Best tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man; Epitath; The Court of the Crimson King. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1969
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29,621
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The greatest songwriter of all time at his peak.
Best tracks: Like a Rolling Stone; Ballad of a Thin Man; Highway 61 Revisited; Desolation Row. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Like a Rolling Stone; Ballad of a Thin Man; Highway 61 Revisited; Desolation Row. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1965
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28,396
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My favourite rock opera of all time: amazing music, beautiful story.
Best tracks: 1921; Christmas; Pinball Wizard; Sally Simpson; We're Not Gonna Take it. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: 1921; Christmas; Pinball Wizard; Sally Simpson; We're Not Gonna Take it. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1969
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6,751
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"I had never heard such magical sounds, so amazingly recorded. It is a timeless and amazing recording of incredible genius and beauty." - Elton John
"Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn't have happened, it was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds." - George Martin (Beatles producer)
Best tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice; You Still Believe In Me; Sloop John B; God Only Knows; I Just Wasn't Made For These Times; Caroline, No. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
"Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn't have happened, it was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds." - George Martin (Beatles producer)
Best tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice; You Still Believe In Me; Sloop John B; God Only Knows; I Just Wasn't Made For These Times; Caroline, No. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1966
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41,017
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Not so distant from Led Zeppelin IV.
Best tracks: Whole Lotta Love; What Is and What Should Never Be; Heartbreaker; Ramble On. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Whole Lotta Love; What Is and What Should Never Be; Heartbreaker; Ramble On. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1969
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21,901
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My favourite overlooked gem of the sixties.
Best tracks: I'm On My Way; Poor Lady. [First added to this chart: 12/10/2016]
Best tracks: I'm On My Way; Poor Lady. [First added to this chart: 12/10/2016]
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Best record by the greatest.
Best tracks: Eleanor Rigby; I'm Only Sleeping; Here, There And Everywhere; For No One; Tomorrow Never Knows. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Eleanor Rigby; I'm Only Sleeping; Here, There And Everywhere; For No One; Tomorrow Never Knows. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1966
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Astonishing debut by one of the greatest bands of all time.
Best tracks: Good Times Bad Times; Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; Dazed and Confused; Communication Breakdown. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
Best tracks: Good Times Bad Times; Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; Dazed and Confused; Communication Breakdown. [First added to this chart: 09/15/2015]
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1969
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 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% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Muse | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 1 from 3rd to 2nd The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
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| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies |
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85/100 | 09/06/2024 15:16 | Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
50/100 | 08/25/2021 18:34 |  zwiebel | | 86/100 |
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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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DommeDamian 04/16/2018 11:50
DommeDamian 04/16/2018 11:50
13 artists and 9 albums in common yes!
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RasmV 01/03/2018 21:11
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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phantom1305 08/28/2017 22:31
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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JulianR 08/09/2017 22:41
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
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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Bristoc 03/05/2017 23:16
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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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. Led Zeppelin | |
| 9. The Rolling Stones | |
| 10. The Doors | |
| 11. John Coltrane | |
| 12. King Crimson | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Van Morrison | |
| 17. Neil Young | |
| 18. Charles Mingus | |
| 19. Miles Davis | |
| 20. The Zombies |