Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Applerill 
You can see my favorite songs of all time at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjpLkGbV3Is1H_PPY9WhX8g2qcyhNBzk4
- Chart updated: 4 days ago
- (Created: 03/07/2016 10:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The fucking gayest free jazz album I’ve ever heard.
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They say that music is all about math, and beyond math rock, there are few moments where that’s more clear than twentieth-century classical. I have no clue how to give a TECHNICAL definition of what makes serialism different than stochastic different than spectralism, but I’m slowly getting the ear to understand it. I think what at least the latter two have in common for me, though, is that they create these “sound spaces” that are like liquid metal dripping into one ear, coming out the other, and feeling like I used the most perfect Q-tip in the world (with the same hearing damage to boot).
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 33 | 33% | |
| 2010s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 4 | 4% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 5 | 5% | |
| Bill Evans | 1 | 1% | |
| John McGuire | 1 | 1% | |
| Immortal Onion | 1 | 1% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 1 | 1% | |
| A Motown Tribute To Nickelback | 1 | 1% | |
| 増田順一 [Junichi Masuda] | 1 | 1% | |
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58 | 58% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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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
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 80th to 82nd Everything Based by DJ Spinz & Lil B |
| Down 2 from 81st to 83rd Synecdoche, New York by Jon Brion |
| Down 2 from 82nd to 84th Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding |
| New entries |
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| Il Portale Delle Indipendenti - Das Erste Mädchen by Mama Bär / Rudolf Eb.er |
| Demons Dance Alone by The Residents |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 05/04/2025 23:17 | BorderFreeAndrew | 99 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 14:17 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2024 16:31 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2024 19:31 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2024 23:14 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
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From Larcx13 06/07/2024 23:14 | #303903
Larcx13 06/07/2024 23:14 | #303903
Tit for tat.
Cheers.
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From 0129114 06/23/2023 14:10 | #297742
holy cringe this is absolute fucking trash lmao
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IgnacioJoaquin 11/08/2022 02:56 | #291138
IgnacioJoaquin 11/08/2022 02:56 | #291138
one of the best and most important charts on this site tbh
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seb7 06/29/2022 06:58 | #286775
seb7 06/29/2022 06:58 | #286775
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 | #276032
Goliath 11/09/2021 10:58 | #276032
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 | #276026
indieshins 11/09/2021 03:08 | #276026
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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DommeDamian 11/08/2021 20:07 | #276011
DommeDamian 11/08/2021 20:07 | #276011
goddamn the effort.
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From RioBravo 07/02/2021 00:27 | #271226
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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From 
KitchenSink 01/07/2021 23:52 | #264014
KitchenSink 01/07/2021 23:52 | #264014
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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RoundTheBend 12/23/2020 06:11 | #263102
RoundTheBend 12/23/2020 06:11 | #263102
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is also probs my favorite Smiths track.
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