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).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Odessey And Oracle 

 The Zombies

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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]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,257 charts

Rank Score:

15,334

Rank in 1968:

4

Rank in 1960s:

21

Overall Rank:

87

Average Rating:

 85 (1,312 votes)

Comments:

118

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Forever Changes 

 Love

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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]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,440 charts

Rank Score:

17,123

Rank in 1967:

5

Rank in 1960s:

18

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 85 (1,588 votes)

Comments:

150

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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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]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

31,580

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

219

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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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]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

31,047

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,737 votes)

Comments:

226

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Tommy 

 The Who

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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]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

969 charts

Rank Score:

7,258

Rank in 1969:

11

Rank in 1960s:

39

Overall Rank:

235

Average Rating:

 81 (1,431 votes)

Comments:

80

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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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]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,779 charts

Rank Score:

45,058

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,197 votes)

Comments:

354

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Led Zeppelin II 

 Led Zeppelin

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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]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,882 charts

Rank Score:

22,880

Rank in 1969:

3

Rank in 1960s:

13

Overall Rank:

43

Average Rating:

 87 (2,680 votes)

Comments:

174

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Breathe Awhile 

 Arcadium

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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]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 1969:

88

Rank in 1960s:

361

Overall Rank:

4,360

Average Rating:

 77 (38 votes)

Comments:

4

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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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]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,480 charts

Rank Score:

56,904

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,475 votes)

Comments:

477

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Led Zeppelin 

 Led Zeppelin

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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]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,736 charts

Rank Score:

18,637

Rank in 1969:

5

Rank in 1960s:

16

Overall Rank:

64

Average Rating:

 86 (2,520 votes)

Comments:

143

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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%
Muse	3	3%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
The Who	3	3%
Arcade Fire	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
Weezer	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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Up 1 from 3rd to 2nd The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

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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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