Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
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HiImViibes 
Update 4/16/17
Whew, it has been a long time since I last updated this chart, at least the text part of it. Since my last update four months ago I have been digesting a lot of music. I’ve gone from shoegaze, to Britpop, to post-punk, to indie rock, and most recently a bit of hip hop. It’s been amazing expanding on what I thought I would enjoy as far as music goes. I’m only scratching the surface too, which is incredible to me. Most of these albums landed in the thirty to forty range on the chart, which mostly comes from me enjoying the record a good amount, but not enough to put it over others that I have more history with. Also, I recently listened to “The King of Limbs” again, and I have such a hard time placing in the top fifteen, but I also enjoy it way too much to have it sit near the twenty spot. It’s such a grower of an album for me, always seems to get better. I plan to dabble a bit more in Britpop in the coming months, while getting into a bit of experimental rock. I plan to give some time to my favourite albums as well in my top twenty, so those may move a bit. I will mostly focus on digesting new music on a one to two albums per week basis, while updating the chart every week or so when I feel inspiration to do so. As always, suggestions are greatly appreciated, have a good one!
These are my personal favorite albums, not what I think are the greatest albums of all time. This will change as more albums are added to the chart though, and it will transition to a greatest albums chart. Every journey has to start somewhere though.
I would like to make a chart of 100 very well-crafted albums one day, but I haven't listened to 100 well-crafted albums yet. Up until a year ago the only album I was familiar with was Hot Fuss. I had been wanting to delve into tasteful music for a long time, but I didn't know where to start, this site was the perfect “Start Here” on my map. One day during a boring lecture, I went online to look up what the internet thought the greatest album of all time was, this site appeared. I bought OK Computer the next time I was in a record store, and listened to it on my way home. After that I was hooked.
I like having a physical copy of albums, and I usually don't listen to an album unless I own it. Unfortunately, this makes my wallet thin, and my list very short, for now at least. This list isn't so much A Greatest Albums of All Time Chart, it's more of a My Personal Favorite Albums Chart. I plan to listen to a lot more albums very soon to make this a more exclusive list, but I just wanted to get started on it. I'd like to listen to two or three albums a week and add them on, but some albums need more time to digest than others. I might offer my personal analysis of albums that I don’t have a deep connection with, which will make the process take even longer. I'm also not very picky when it comes to music so it might be hard to think objectively about how the albums compare, we'll see if that changes over the course of this chart's lifespan though. I will not be expressing my opinion of an album on this chart, or why it is at the position it is, not yet at least. Once the chart reaches one hundred albums that I feel deserve to be here, then I will give reasoning as to why it is on the chart, and why it is where it is on the chart.
I've left comments enabled on the chart so that people can leave suggestions as to what I should listen to next. As of right now nearly all of the chart positions are debatable, I don't see my top seven moving much though. Don't flame me too hard for typos and all of the Radiohead love, please. Thanks.
- Chart updated: 04/20/2017 01:45
- (Created: 03/20/2016 03:08).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 6% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 34% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 8 | 16% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 6% | |
| Interpol | 3 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 4% | |
| Modest Mouse | 2 | 4% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 4% | |
| Pixies | 2 | 4% | |
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BestEverAlbums 09/04/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2143): By HiImViibes
BestEverAlbums 09/04/2017 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2143): By HiImViibes“Today's chart of the day Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by HiImViibes () 1. OK Computer by Radiohead (1997) 2. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 3. In Rainbows by Radiohead (2007) 4. The Bends by Radiohead (1995) 5. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire (2010) 6. Funeral by Arcade Fire (2004) 7. Hot Fuss by The Killers…”
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dylanwaltes19 06/21/2016 07:49 | #169312
Love the inclusion of QOTSA and The Killers two really underrated albums. If you like radiohead that much have a look at sigur ros, no you can't understand the lyrics but that makes them all the more beautiful. And would definitely recommend Evil Friends by Portugal the man, the production and flow of that album is astounding
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Xxnu99etxX 10/31/2016 14:49 | #177787
Xxnu99etxX 10/31/2016 14:49 | #177787
Great chart! I'm also relatively new to the 'music scene', for lack of a better phrase. Since you asked (although I'm sure you've already heard many of these artists before as they're all fairly well known in the 'indie/alternative scene'), some artists/albums I'd recommend you check out include: Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Summerteeth are my personal favourites of theirs. YHF is a lot more experimental than its more poppy counterpart), Sufjan Stevens (Illinois is a fantastic album, but I understand if you find it a bit overwhelming. Carrie & Lowell, I find, is much more accessible, but also very depressing), Weezer (specifically Pinkerton and The Blue Album. Most of their other albums are simply rubbish), Elliott Smith (his first 3 albums are all brilliant, but also quite depressing. If you're not into that sort of thing, steer clear of him), The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (very upbeat), and Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (what is there to say about this album that hasn't already been said a million times? It's quite simply brilliant).
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CharlieBarley 12/29/2016 22:34 | #181259
CharlieBarley 12/29/2016 22:34 | #181259
Great chart man. Big love for Radiohead. Also good to see The Bravery and Bloc Party. I love Bloc Party but don't have any of their albums. Must rectify that. I look forward to seeing your chart expand to 100 in time. Two bands I would recommend are Bauhaus and The Cure. 80s post-punk/goth bands. Also check out Bob Dylan and Neil Young if you haven't already. Also some good female singers, as its always good to hear creative ladies, are: Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, PJ Harvey, Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple.
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Space-Dementia 08/22/2016 18:15 | #173250
Space-Dementia 08/22/2016 18:15 | #173250
Yeah this is essentially everything I listened to before I found this website. Add Muse and Franz Ferdinand and you're me a year and a half ago. I love almost every album you have on here, but you should try and use this website to find albums that you've never even heard of and give them a chance. You'll be surprised at how many you'll enjoy. I like the chart, but I'm hoping you build on it.
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magpie369 01/01/2017 21:19 | #181438
Great start! Since I only not too long ago started listening to music consciously I'm impressed of the 40 Albums that you like!
Recommendations for a potential next step would be The Flaming Lips and Grizzly Bear - psych rock and folk!
Have fun exploring further!
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