Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SubzeroButcher 
This is my personal favorite top 100 albums.
They have to be albums that I own, listen to frequently, & have as little filler as possible.
Plenty of typical BEA (i.e. Abbey Road, OK Computer, Blonde on Blonde, etc.) have been omitted because they do not meet one of the criteria above.
Let me know what you think of it.
- Chart updated: 04/19/2023 08:45
- (Created: 04/03/2011 00:18).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Tremendous culturally significant singles, Blistering full-throttle punk rock, Tearjerking ballads and the greatest guitar solo manifesto song of the 2000s (Ball and Biscuit). All perpetrated by the most unsuspected duo in rock history.
[First added to this chart: 06/11/2011]
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2003
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After achieving the heights of one of the best indie math rock albums ever the band decided to dig deeper and expand the horizons of their own skills. They left behind the cute song titles and modest production and entered into a world of Progressive rock with pop hooks that are just insanely too sweet to behold. They pushed their own envelope and created a modern classic.
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There are songs that take you to moments. Memories unlocked by a lingering note, a good beat drop, a fantastic lyric. This album is the reminiscence of that feeling right when you unlock that hidden gem stored in the far reaches of your skull. It's a comfort that only really hits when you are alone in thoughts and allowed to take the sounds to their final destination. Beautiful.
[First added to this chart: 09/17/2020]
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2016
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14,436
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I wish we could've heard all that Kurt could have created but these melodies and guitar screeches will always topple over giants the same way they did in the early 90s.
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
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1991
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41,986
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One of the first albums I discovered by myself that no one around me had ever heard and one of the first that I really had to wrap my head around to understand. A game changer for post-hardcore and a mind changer for me.
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2011]
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1998
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2,084
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A trajectory set with these first few songs. Absolutely brilliant and natural in a way that not many others have been. Power and restraint
[First added to this chart: 06/11/2011]
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1989
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1,522
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Smooth, poignant, important. Elating music and turbulent subject matter. Like Stevie Wonder before him, Frank takes pain and makes it beautiful.
This one ages like fine wine, better with every passing year. [First added to this chart: 02/07/2013]
This one ages like fine wine, better with every passing year. [First added to this chart: 02/07/2013]
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2012
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10,027
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2002
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11,571
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2011]
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1997
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1,739
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[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
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2017
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5,006
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 34 | 34% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Deftones | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 3 | 3% | |
| Thee Oh Sees | 3 | 3% | |
| Gorillaz | 3 | 3% | |
| LCD Soundsystem | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
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70 | 70% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 37 from 58th to 21st Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance |
| Up 33 from 73rd to 40th Igor by Tyler, The Creator |
| Up 27 from 71st to 44th You'd Prefer An Astronaut by Hum |
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| Down 41 from 48th to 89th Box Of Secrets by Blood Red Shoes |
| Down 32 from 28th to 60th Read Music/Speak Spanish by Desaparecidos |
| Down 31 from 65th to 96th A Weird Exits by Thee Oh Sees |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
82/100 (from 37 votes)
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85/100  | 10/26/2023 20:10 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
85/100 | 10/26/2023 12:45 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
 90/100 | 07/01/2021 19:16 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
| 85/100 | 07/01/2021 10:24 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 85/100 | 09/22/2020 07:34 |  ssteve | | 92/100 |
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From pythonista275 07/01/2021 19:29
Good to see some Deftones appreciation, especially for Koi No Yokan! Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is also a great album to see that high up. Neat picks!
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90/100
From seb7 07/01/2021 19:16
seb7 07/01/2021 19:16
While 90% of your picks aren’t even in the realm of my music taste, your chart is pretty good.
However, your favor of the 2010s is INSANE
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85/100
From Johnnyo 07/01/2021 10:24
Excellent chart
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95/100
From LankyLen 09/26/2019 10:47
Really like your criteria. Also like all the newer music. Being an old guy, there’s a lot here I’m not familiar with. I pulled up a random album and sm currently listening to Courtney Barnett for the first time. Thanks for the intro, great album so far!!
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80/100
From Thad 09/26/2019 09:44
Definitely a bit rock-heavy, but among the sea of rock artists are some great acts. Especially love the respect for Refused and IDLES.
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80/100
From dexmc 01/24/2019 00:43
Hell yeah, My No 1 is Led Zep 2 and my No 2 is Deftones Around the Fur. Ours is just reversed. lol
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85/100
From 
LedZep 01/23/2019 18:44
LedZep 01/23/2019 18:44
So many great recent albums, from Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall to Tyler and St. Vincent, too good! Also never been a big Deftones fan, but I've never listened to anything apart from Gore and White Pony. Might do a Deftones session now.
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90/100
From 
elo269megv 01/23/2019 14:07
elo269megv 01/23/2019 14:07
Came for Deftones, stayed for Refused... A lot of lowkey really good albums here... Swervedriver, Hum, Fugazi.... We share great taste
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85/100
From Granny-Smith 01/23/2019 13:43
Good Chart, a lot of modern stuff. Like to see: DFA 1979; Deftones, Ty Segall, Parquet Courts, Meatbodies and Idles.
I guess, if i´ll check out your Chart in one year a lot of changes will happend.
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80/100
From 
ForegroundNoise 01/23/2019 09:42
ForegroundNoise 01/23/2019 09:42
A much more varied list than I was expecting after the first couple of picks! Nice to see the smattering of hip hop in the mix - that said I think there's a little too much focus on the current decade!
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