Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by M42K0

Hey, everybody o/

This is the list of albums I've carefully listened and rated in the past year or so (every song, then took their average and weighted average, and rarely added/subtracted a point or two). I usually don't put an album on the list until I've listened to it enough to be certain of its qualities and to understand where on the list I should put it. This is why there are so many Springsteen's albums - he's one of the rare artists I've had a chance to listen to that carefully.

All the suggestion are warmly welcomed. Hope you like the picks and that I gave you some incentive to research more about great music.

(And if not, I didn't care much about you anyways. Ha.)

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Albums that have ratings of 70+ but didn't make it to the list:

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (71)
Michael Buble - Crazy Love (71)
Bruce Springsteen - The River (71)
Eagles - Desperado (70)
Grimes - Art Angels (70)

• Chart updated: 10/02/2016 19:15
• (Created: 11/02/2015 05:42).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

 Neutral Milk Hotel

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First you'll love it cause "IIII LOOOOVEEE YOOOUU JEEESUUUS CHRIIIIIST" just sounds awesome. Then you learn what it is about, read the lyrics, listen to it hundreds of times. Then you'll love it cause it's somehow both simple and deeply hurting at the same time. This is an album that doesn't grow on you - it's rather that you grow to understand how big and immensely aching it is.

100/100: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Holland 1945
95/100: The King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1, The King Of Carrot Flowers Parts 2 & 3, Communist Daughter, Two-Headed Boy Part 2
90/100: Two-Headed Boy, The Fool, Ghost, Untitled
85/100: Oh Comely

Average song rating: 93.18/100
Weighted song average: 93.33/100

Album rating: 96.5/100
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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,419 charts

Rank Score:

35,345

Rank in 1998:

1

Rank in 1990s:

3

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 87 (2,938 votes)

Comments:

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Pinkerton 

 Weezer

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95/100: Tired Of Sex, Across The Sea
90/100: The Good Life, Pink Triangle
85/100: Getchoo, No Other One, Why Bother, El Scorcho, Falling For You, Butterfly

Average song rating: 88.00/100
Weighted song average: 87.50/100

Album rating: 88/100
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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

1,096 charts

Rank Score:

10,797

Rank in 1996:

2

Rank in 1990s:

27

Overall Rank:

129

Average Rating:

 83 (1,564 votes)

Comments:

147

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Spiderland 

 Slint

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95/100: /
90/100: Washer
85/100: Breadcrumb Trail, Nosferatu Man, Don Aman, Good Morning Captain
80/100: For Dinner...

Average song rating: 85.00/100
Weighted song average: 85.00/100

Album rating: 84.5/100
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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,054 charts

Rank Score:

12,846

Rank in 1991:

4

Rank in 1990s:

19

Overall Rank:

98

Average Rating:

 84 (1,264 votes)

Comments:

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Summerteeth 

 Wilco

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90/100: Can't Stand It, She's A Jar, I'm Always In Love
85/100: A Shot In The Arm, Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again), How To Fight Loneliness, Via Chicago, ELT, My Darling, Summer Teeth
80/100: We're Just Friends, Pieholden Suite, When You Wake Up Feeling Old, In A Future Age, Candyfloss

Average song rating: 83.93/100
Weighted song average: 83.50/100

Album rating: 83.5/100
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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

542 charts

Rank Score:

3,933

Rank in 1999:

8

Rank in 1990s:

79

Overall Rank:

443

Average Rating:

 82 (676 votes)

Comments:

38

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Grace 

 Jeff Buckley

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95/100: Last Goodbye
90/100: Grace, Lilac Wine, Hallelujah, Lover You Should've Come Over
85/100: Mojo Pin
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75/100: Dream Brother
70/100: Corpus Christi Carol
65/100: So Real
60/100: Eternal Life

Average song rating: 81.00/100
Weighted song average: 81.88/100

Album rating: 81.5/100
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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,707 charts

Rank Score:

18,012

Rank in 1994:

1

Rank in 1990s:

11

Overall Rank:

61

Average Rating:

 84 (1,950 votes)

Comments:

170

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The Ghost Of Tom Joad 

 Bruce Springsteen

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95/100: /
90/100: Straight Time, Sinaloa Cowboys
85/100: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
80/100: Highway 29, Youngstown, The Line, Balboa Park, Dry Lightning, The New Timer, Across The Border, Galveston Bay
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55/100: My Best Was Never Good Enough

Average song rating: 80.00/100
Weighted song average: 81.50/100

Album rating: 81/100
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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

138 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 1995:

57

Rank in 1990s:

530

Overall Rank:

3,108

Average Rating:

 74 (235 votes)

Comments:

13

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Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory 

 Dream Theater

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90/100: Fatal Tragedy, The Spirit Carries On
85/100: Through My Words, Dance Of Eternity
80/100: Strange Deja Vu, Through Her Eyes, Home, One Last Time, Finally Free
75/100: Regression, Overture 1928, Beyond This Life

Average song rating: 81.25/100
Weighted song average: 80.62/100

Album rating: 80.5/100
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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

299 charts

Rank Score:

2,405

Rank in 1999:

15

Rank in 1990s:

128

Overall Rank:

738

Average Rating:

 78 (447 votes)

Comments:

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Either/Or 

 Elliott Smith

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90/100: Speed Trials, Ballad Of Big Nothing, Say Yes
85/100: Between The Bars
80/100: Alameda, Angeles, 2:45 AM
75/100: Pictures Of Me, Rose Parade, Cupid Trick
70/100: No Name No. 5, Punch And Judy

Average song rating: 80.00/100
Weighted song average: 80.00/100

Album rating: 80/100
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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

977 charts

Rank Score:

10,670

Rank in 1997:

3

Rank in 1990s:

28

Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

 84 (1,143 votes)

Comments:

68

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Weezer (Blue Album) 

 Weezer

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95/100: Buddy Holly, Say It Ain't So
90/100: /
85/100: My Name Is Jonas
80/100: /
75/100: The World Has Turned And Left Me Here, Undone-The Sweater Song, In The Garage, Holiday, Only In Dreams
70/100: No One Else, Surf Wax America

Average song rating: 79.00/100
Weighted song average: 78.12/100

Album rating: 78/100
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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,473 charts

Rank Score:

15,601

Rank in 1994:

4

Rank in 1990s:

15

Overall Rank:

81

Average Rating:

 84 (1,927 votes)

Comments:

139

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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100/100: Karma Police, No Surprises
95/100: Airbag
90/100: Exit Music (For A Film)
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80/100: Let Down
75/100: Paranoid Android
70/100: Subterranean Homesick Alien
65/100: Fitter Happier, Electroneering, Climbing Up The Walls, Lucky, The Tourist

Average song rating: 77.92/100
Album rating: 78/100
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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,395 charts

Rank Score:

68,380

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,596 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	36	36%
1980s	10	10%
1990s	12	12%
2000s	18	18%
2010s	7	7%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bruce Springsteen	9	9%
Genesis	4	4%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
David Bowie	3	3%
Van Morrison	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
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	52	52%
	36	36%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%

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90/100	02/02/2018 07:39	RaineyWins	247	74/100
95/100	07/02/2017 06:38	york59	91	87/100
85/100	02/11/2017 19:24	NamibiaStarr	441	85/100
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95/100

From buzzdainer 06/13/2016 17:14

I've had to bump up my rating, as I like your update(s).

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From arthur237 04/28/2016 22:22

Crimson a taste in music is not right or wrong its indefinable. Why not have a live album at number one, what is an album?

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From crimson 04/22/2016 17:52

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From buzzdainer 04/22/2016 03:08

Very diverse and interesting chart! I love the inclusion of Funeral, Illinois, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which are also among my all-time favorites. Lots of stuff for me to dig into here.

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90/100

From chisholm.matt 03/27/2016 14:23

Awesome list...thanks for the look on my page! Looking forward to listening some of the Springsteen and Genesis albums I haven't listened to yet.

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From makerofbuckets 03/22/2016 04:40

10 springsteen on the chart and a little less than 10 on the honorable mentions.

Well alright then.

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From M42K0 02/06/2016 09:45

Yup, just as I wrote it. The number of his albums on the list will certainly fall below 10 the moment I start fill all the 100 spots and start cutting albums out. :)

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From Davy 02/06/2016 09:40

A lot of the Boss, but I can see why :D Great :)

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From M42K0 02/06/2016 08:53

Honestly, as you probably noticed, it's still in progress.
Thanks for the comment. :) Appreciate it a lot.

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