Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ShadowColossi

Ok so I rate albums as follows:
I basically just write down all the songs, rank them from 1-5*, and then add up all the *s, / the max number of stars. For example:
Pink Floyd Animals
Pigs on the Wing pt. 1 - *****
Dogs- *****
Pigs- *****
Sheep- *****
Pigs on the Wing pt. 2- *****
25/25=10.0

This chart is a constant work in process- it's very possible it may change multiple times a day. I'm always listening to new music and my opinions on certain albums are also due to change over time- So I apologize if you liked my chart a way it was before, but they're all there anyways. I just like to keep it up to date for my tastes at the moment.

I judge music by complexity and creativity in songwriting, as well as uniqueness. So when something strikes me as well written, complex music with a unique sound, it's bound to one of my favorites. I also believe emotion is a huge thing for music, some songs portray it so well it can make you feel the same way. Anyways, enjoy my chart! Recommendations are ALWAYS welcome :)
Also, I make music and would love if you checked it out!
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• Chart updated: 02/20/2018 21:45
• (Created: 01/14/2016 05:31).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Merriweather Post Pavilion 

 Animal Collective

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Experimental / Electronic / Neo-Psychedelia

While this may not be the best album to ever exist, this is by far my favorite record. It's been the soundtrack to my life for the better part of 6 years now. From the moment my friend played "My Girls" in his car, I had to know who they were. This was before I had started to get into any of the music you see on this chart. If it weren't for this record, I probably would have never listened to a single record on this chart. I wouldn't even be as in love with music as I am now.
It starts with some soft chords- hushed vocals, and a dizzying twinkle that my ears can't identify. Then after whispering "If I could just leave my body for a night", it explodes into a blissful stomp, as Avey Tare sings the simple pleasures of life- dancing and a song that you love. But all this is temporary, and those pleasures disappear and the dizzying twinkle returns. "In the Flowers" is the perfect way to kick off this record. Throughout the entire record the theme of "shit get's hard, but you can still enjoy the little things" keeps coming back, which is kind of my life philosophy thing. "My Girls" is a song about enjoying a family, "Summertime Clothes" is about midnight walks, "Bluish" is about, well, a girl, "Taste" tells you to enjoy what you enjoy, no matter what others think, and "Brother Sport" was written for Panda Bear's brother, who sort of gave up after the death of their father, telling him to keep going. It is the soundtrack to my life, and it always will be.

10 / 10

Favorite Song: "Taste"

"She's too good to share our favorite things
I'll keep an open mind if you let me in
Don't let your temper rise, don't get a bitter face
Try not to judge me on my kind of taste
And don't go changing clothes when they don't like yours" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,122 charts

Rank Score:

9,703

Rank in 2009:

1

Rank in 2000s:

22

Overall Rank:

151

Average Rating:

 82 (1,582 votes)

Comments:

157

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In Rainbows 

 Radiohead

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Indie Rock

I don't know why it didn't click with me right away. But this is, in my opinion, Radiohead's most beautifully layered, and textured album. It all feels like a dream that you try to grab a hold of but just can't. The clean guitars and the ominous synth tones transport you to another universe. "Weird FIshes/ Arpeggi" slowly builds on a beutiful chord progression, each note feeling line a raindrop lightly tapping on your face and dripping down, until, after a short quiet moment, pours down even harder with the emotional, almost ominous, outro. "All I Need" is soft and quiet, until the piano takes you into it's dark world. "Nude" just has to be the smoothest piece of music to ever be released, and "Reckoner" swells and dives in ways that demand your full attention. All in all- it's just an incredible world to be in.

9.6 / 10

Favorite Track: "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi"

"I'm the next act
Waiting in the wings
I'm an animal
Trapped in your parked car
I am all the days
That you choose to ignore" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,897 charts

Rank Score:

46,320

Rank in 2007:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 90 (3,917 votes)

Comments:

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You Forgot It In People 

 Broken Social Scene

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Chamber Rock

"Stars and Sons" is my favorite bass-line of all time, hands down. It's been stuck in my head for weeks before. "Almost Crimes" is the most fearless full-force song to ever come from a band more than five members, and "Pacific Theme" has my favorite drum line ever. Sounds like a shoe-in for my top ten, huh?

9.6 / 10

Favorite Track: "Pacific Theme"

"Then when you let it
You asked for nothing
Why don't you share it
All of the time you live
There's something out there" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

628 charts

Rank Score:

5,645

Rank in 2002:

6

Rank in 2000s:

46

Overall Rank:

306

Average Rating:

 82 (704 votes)

Comments:

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Turn On The Bright Lights 

 Interpol

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Post-Punk

I honestly like this better than Unknown Pleasures. I like his voice a lot more. *Runs from tomatoes being thrown at me*
But in all seriousness, I recently went through my rankings and was like "where the fuck is Interpol? I listen to that album like daily. Then I saw it at 43.
I need to rerank my shit man.
This album is emotionally powerful, and very densely packed with great musical moments. The bass never lacks, and the guitars play off each other so well, it may as well be two singers harmonizing. Not to mention the lyrics are beautiful (depressing, but my point stands). Some of my favorite moments include the de-tuning guitars on the outro of "The New", the intense bass-and-drum pounding on the first verse of "Obstacle 1", and the seductive march of "PDA". All-in-all, a head-nodding album that is good when you're feeling contemplative, energetic, or creative.

9.6 / 10

Favorite Track: "PDA" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,281 charts

Rank Score:

13,775

Rank in 2002:

2

Rank in 2000s:

9

Overall Rank:

89

Average Rating:

 84 (1,605 votes)

Comments:

128

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Neon Golden 

 The Notwist

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Indie Pop / Electronic

A calming, electronic atmosphere given to you by a voice that sometimes couldn't care less, and sometimes, couldn't care more. The sampling in this album is just flawless, each sound fits the songs so well. There is a moment in "Pick Up the Phone" Where there is one drum beat and then just nothing but this noise- it's one of my favorite points in the album. The noise just takes the song to a different level entirely for some strange reason. Other highlights include when the guitars kick in on "One With the Freaks", the soft-spoken beauty of "Consequence", and the vicious back-to-back "Solitaire", and "This Room", which are my favorite tracks on the record.

9.6 / 10

Favorite Track: "This Room"

"Leave me paralyzed, love
Leave me hypnotized, love" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

1,362

Rank in 2002:

21

Rank in 2000s:

195

Overall Rank:

1,279

Average Rating:

 79 (204 votes)

Comments:

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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Experimental / Electronic

At first listen, I thought it was ok. I'll be honest. I loved "Everything In It's Right Place", "How to Disappear Completely", the bass-line from "The National Anthem", "Idioteque", and "Optimistic". Everything else... I could do without. I especially didn't like the title track. But I kept reading about how great this album was. So I gave it a few more listens, and I was hooked. Soon the odd vocals in "Kid A" that at first bothered me now fit so well with the album's mood it almost seemed essential. The jazz fusion at the end of "The National Anthem" became a crashing emotional breakdown instead of a messy orchestra. And "In Limbo" became the delay ridden, every-shifting song it is. And now I can't go a week without revisiting Kid A.

9.3 / 10

Favorite Track: "Idioteque"

"Who's in a bunker?
Who's in a bunker?
I have seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,207 charts

Rank Score:

45,477

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,434 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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Chamber Rock

I always thought this album was overrated. A lot of you might.
It's not.
Just listen to it.

9.4 / 10

Favorite Track: "Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)"

"You climb out the chimney,
And meet me in the middle, the middle of the town
And since there's no one else around,
We let our hair grow long,
And forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker from
Living out in the snow" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,878 charts

Rank Score:

36,667

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,653 votes)

Comments:

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Feels 

 Animal Collective

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Freak Folk / Experimental

(Side-note: The record clicked again and moved up significantly. It makes me so happy to be reconnected with an old friend- not to mention my former best friend)

This was my favorite record ever for the better part of the last 5 years, up until about a little under 2 years ago when I felt myself detach from it a little bit. It was sad. The record was kind of like a friend to me for a while- I could put it on whenever and just get transported to its world. I'll just go out and say it- I fell in love with this band because of the song "Did You See the Words?". I cried the first time I heard it. Something about it just got to me- there is some strange emotion behind that song that I cannot explain. It gets to me still- though it only made me tear up the first time. Those twinkling chords and all those nostaliagic, wonderful background noises bring the entire song to a new level of... Something. As you've noticed I can talk about music for a long, long time- but I can't see any words that can describe that song. Maybe those mad fucking geniuses planned it like that. But besides the first track, you'll still find many gems on this record. "The Purple Bottle" is almost like a folk version of their "Bluish" from Merriweather. "Turn Into Something" is a shifting, great closing track. "Banshee Beat" is the centerpiece, and it's brilliant. I read in an interview recently that the emotion behind that song makes Avey Tare unable to play it anymore. Which is a bummer- I've still yet to see them live and that's one of my favorites. Start to finish, this album will bring out the Feels, and it's terrific.

9.3 / 10

Favorite Track: "Did You See the Words?"

"Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?
Can I call you just to hear you would you care?
When I saw you put your purple finger on me
There's a feeling in your bottle
Found your bottle, found your heart
Gives a feeling from your bottled little part" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,057

Rank in 2005:

9

Rank in 2000s:

93

Overall Rank:

570

Average Rating:

 79 (591 votes)

Comments:

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Strawberry Jam 

 Animal Collective

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Experimental / Electronic / Neo-Psychedelia

It starts out chaotic, with a (synth?) part that sounds a little bit like someone record bubbles and put distortion and chorus on it (it's Animal Collective so maybe they did who knows), but then slowly reveals itself as the heartbeat of the song. The melodies that follow are just as sweet and delectable as the album's title. "Chores" opens up with Panda taking the lead, singing about family schtuffs like usual. "For Reverand Green" is an emotional masterpiece. "Fireworks".... "Fireworks" is just all out amazing. It really seems like that song is a person in itself- it has a heartbeat and a voice and a rush of emotions that is difficult to explain. I can't put it any other way truthfully. It's a great record (although as with most AnCo, not for all), starting and ending just as good without wavering.

9.3 / 10

Favorite Track: "Fireworks"

"And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly
And just a few things are related to the "old times"
Then we did believe in magic and we did die
It's not my words that you should follow, it's your insides" [First added to this chart: 01/16/2016]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

532 charts

Rank Score:

4,042

Rank in 2007:

10

Rank in 2000s:

72

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 81 (781 votes)

Comments:

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Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? 

 The Unicorns

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Indie Rock / Schizophrenic Rock / Twee Rock

It has almost a "The Glow, pt. 2" feel to it, with very schizo songwriting, bouncing from one idea to the next quickly and often- and doing a hell of a job with it. It's strong all the way through. I honestly hate that I love it so much- I mean look at the name. Listen to how childlike it is. But is also more adult than I care to admit. And for fucks sake- I'm reading the lyrics on spotify right now and the background picture is a girl with pink and blue hair in a fluffy unicorn costume, holding a tiny dog- who is ALSO in a fluffy unicorn costume. And it includes colorful lyrics such as "Realaxing the asshole of my eye". But these song are fantastic. It talks about death, Unicorns aboard noah's ark, death again, child fantasies.... death again. A lot of talk of death. But they almost seem gleefully happy about it all, and perhaps that's the point. It starts with a song called "I Don't Wanna Die", and ends with a song called "Ready to Die", so it really seems like a child accepting death. Which very well could be what it is, or what it's supposed to be. But it's just really, really good. Trust me.

9.2 / 10

Favorite Track: "Inoculate the Innocuous"

"I write the songs
No, I write the songs
You say I'm doing it wrong
You ARE doing it wrong" [First added to this chart: 02/15/2016]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,407

Rank in 2003:

25

Rank in 2000s:

191

Overall Rank:

1,240

Average Rating:

 79 (302 votes)

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	5	5%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	4	4%
1990s	25	25%
2000s	27	27%
2010s	28	28%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	5	5%
Animal Collective	5	5%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
Sigur Rós	3	3%
Tame Impala	3	3%
Car Seat Headrest	2	2%
Talk Talk	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	64	64%
	21	21%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%

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From dihansse 09/12/2019 04:46

@dexme: I don’t understand your comment at all: he only rated a couple of hundreds of albums, he’s chosen some fairly non standard albums albums for this top chart and he wouldn’t go into the trouble to write these long personal comments on his top albums if he was only after the points: for me this chart and the comment that go with it is a winner.

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From dexmc 09/12/2019 03:42

Your chart sucks. It only has popular albums. Stop ratings albums just because you want points. How dare you.

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From ExTeaSea 08/14/2019 02:08

Really cool chart! Animal Collective and The Unicorns, nice!

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From Reppu1976 06/27/2018 01:44

Great chart!

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From elo269megv 09/15/2017 18:56

This has introduced me to so much!!

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From HoldenM 09/15/2017 12:24

Nothing new to add. This is really amazing, still.

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From SamNassiri98 09/15/2017 12:18

Nice chart!

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From DommeDamian 09/15/2017 09:19

Phenomenal chart my friend. Looks similar to mind, in terms of description. :)))

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From Flay 09/15/2017 08:38

Great chart, I can see mine looking a bit like this in a year's time. By the way, the track on Blonde on Blonde is "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", not "the Texas Blues".

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From platus 09/15/2017 08:29

Interesting chart

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