Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Applerill 
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- Chart updated: 04/08/2024 15:15
- (Created: 03/07/2016 10:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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“ hahaha NATALIE PRASS. YOU ARE SO WHITE”
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2015
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Combining minimalism with opera is such a brilliant idea. Because it takes these cycles of paranoia in your head and attaches them to a narrative of world progress it can humanize. It’s one of the few things White liberals stan that can DESTROY you (at least in a good way).
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In retrospect, it should make a lot of sense that a techno artist made one of the most beautiful ambient albums I’ve ever heard, but before I learned about Gas as an entity, I just FELT how these little needle-threads of softness dropped into my ears one by one. It’s beautiful.
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2000
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Have you ever realized that “trance music” is used to describe both the wonderfully-earnest stab-like club music, AND stuff like Charlemagne Palestine and Hindustani ragas? The thing I love about (this period of) Souleyman’s dabke career is that it almost felt like he was combining those together.
Okay, that’s not technically true, but if nothing else, it feels as amazing as the entirety of those two genres put together. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2020]
Okay, that’s not technically true, but if nothing else, it feels as amazing as the entirety of those two genres put together. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2020]
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Why can’t people know that a straight cis man with the perfect trans girl drag name teamed up with the Decasia guy to make a live two-hour opus of minimalist free jazz showtunes? I don’t want to take away Sergei’s thunder, but this might be the one album that can compete with Two For Tea in terms of unsurpassably gay jazz music.
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I know that my contrarianism might get you to think otherwise, but the post-punk elements in nineties and 2000s indie rock might be my favorite sounds in the world (the Fred Astaire dance studio I frequented years ago described the universal sound as “jive”, but that sounds really sus, so we’ll ignore that for now).
Maybe the high speed energy of those post-punk origins explain why the “slacker” aesthetic works so well here. It’s almost like the laziness gets these huge riffs to slowly careen around the room like they’re early ballet students instead of graduate students who stayed up too late watching The Sopranos. [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
Maybe the high speed energy of those post-punk origins explain why the “slacker” aesthetic works so well here. It’s almost like the laziness gets these huge riffs to slowly careen around the room like they’re early ballet students instead of graduate students who stayed up too late watching The Sopranos. [First added to this chart: 03/07/2016]
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1994
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The fucking gayest free jazz album I’ve ever heard.
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When I finally came of age in the early 2010s, Tumblr felt absolutely revolutionary to me. A social media site full of cutesy drawings and porn where people talked about social justice in a sort of post-irony I’d never witnessed before. Odd Future probably aged better, but early Kitty will always represent this naivety about the joys of the internet that way.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 33 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
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| Various Artists | 4 | 4% | |
| Pat Metheny Group | 1 | 1% | |
| Bill Evans | 1 | 1% | |
| Regina Spektor | 1 | 1% | |
| David Gordon / Steve Gordon | 1 | 1% | |
| René Jacobs / Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin / RIAS-Kammerchor | 1 | 1% | |
| Third Ear Band | 1 | 1% | |
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56 | 56% | |
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13 | 13% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14th Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 by Bill Evans |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Country Rap Mix by DJ George Costanza |
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 Rush Collectionby Sheet Music Boss |
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79/100 (from 62 votes)
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| 85/100 | 08/04/2023 17:11 |  hoyquarlow | | 88/100 |
| 70/100 | 07/17/2023 14:44 | Rm12398 | | 89/100 |
| 70/100 | 06/25/2023 04:58 |  DriftingOrpheus | | 91/100 |
| 90/100 | 06/24/2023 16:52 |  PinkZeppelin | | 96/100 |
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From 0129114 06/23/2023 14:10
holy cringe this is absolute fucking trash lmao
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100/100
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IgnacioJoaquin 11/08/2022 02:56
IgnacioJoaquin 11/08/2022 02:56
one of the best and most important charts on this site tbh
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90/100
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seb7 06/29/2022 06:58
seb7 06/29/2022 06:58
Its truly an interesting chart. do I consider some of your picks straight-up not that good? i guess so. In any case, keep on listening and loving music and being you!
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Goliath 11/09/2021 10:58
Goliath 11/09/2021 10:58
I have mixed feelings about charts like this. Yes they are very useful for flagging up overlooked albums that may be worth looking at, albums that are not widely known. These charts usually get a high score from other users for being different and interesting. But should they appear on a Greatest Albums list and count towards the greatest overall chart? The prime (but obviously not only) objective of this site is to identify the greatest albums ever recorded (I believe) and boring as it may seem 'Greatest Charts' without any conventional choices should be regarded with caution. I love charts such as this, but they should be titled something like 'Greatest albums you should listen to because I think they're great'. But I'm very aware that many users only look at the Top 100 Greatest charts, so the only way to get noticed is to create them as 'Top 100 Greatest' charts. A quandary.
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indieshins 11/09/2021 03:08
indieshins 11/09/2021 03:08
What a weird and eccentric chart. I mean that as the highest compliment, I think more charts should strive for this rather than regurgitating canon picks. I like that you've got some really corny pop in there right up alongside artsy stuff - you're right, life should have both! Great work, I'll be checking some of these albums out!
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100/100
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DommeDamian 11/08/2021 20:07
DommeDamian 11/08/2021 20:07
goddamn the effort.
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From RioBravo 07/02/2021 00:27
Morton Feldman just barely edging out Avril Lavigne in the top 10 is the best postmodern provocation I've ever seen around here.
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100/100
From 
KitchenSink 01/07/2021 23:52
KitchenSink 01/07/2021 23:52
loads of great music (and some uh less great music imho) but more than that just consistently the most perplexing chat on BEA. at a certain point I just have to respect the audacity of it all. 2 hours of fart sounds? punk af
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100/100
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RoundTheBend 12/23/2020 06:11
RoundTheBend 12/23/2020 06:11
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is also probs my favorite Smiths track.
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100/100
From DommeDamian 09/05/2020 21:17
DommeDamian 09/05/2020 21:17
I'd love to read your words and thoughts of these albums. But man, I hope you know how inspirational it is for you to dare showing off your controversial picks (like Soulja Boy being the highest ranked rapper) - big respect your way!
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