Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Onater

I've been listening to music as albums rather than individual songs since July 2015, and every album on this list is one I have discovered in that time. I previously had 3 favourite tracks from each album in chronological order. I changed that to 2-5 favourite tracks from each in order from best to worst, but now I've decided that I don't need any limit on how many favourite tracks.

I've pretty much moved this over to Rateyourmusic at https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Onater/onaters-top-however-many-albums-2/ because they allow more than 100 there.

Just updated this for the first time in a while and good god was it out of date. The comments and favourite tracks probably still are but whatever. I may have cheated a bit and snuck in a compilation or two.

My Top 20 songs of all time:
20. Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (Starsailor, 1970)
19. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Ain't That Good News, 1964)
18. Kermit - The Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie, 1979)
17. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon, 1977)
16. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Born To Run, 1975)
15. Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear (The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004)
14. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Sound Of Silver, 2007)
13. Animal Collective - Fireworks (Strawberry Jam, 2007)
12. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea (Washing Machine, 1995)
11. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (If You Could Read My Mind, 1970)
10. Car Seat Headrest - Beach Life-In-Death (Twin Fantasy, 2018)
9. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia (Ys, 2006)
8. R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Automatic For The People, 1992)
7. Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds (Ys, 2006)
6. The Tragically Hip - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (Phantom Power, 1998)
5. David Bowie - "Heroes" ("Heroes", 1977)
4. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Speaking In Tongues, 1983)
3. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon (Phantom Power, 1998)
2. Joanna Newsom - Only Skin (Ys, 2006)
1. The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century (Trouble At The Henhouse, 1996)

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Favourite Tracks: Moanin', The Drum Thunder Suite [First added to this chart: 05/26/2018]
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1959
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Favourite Tracks: Augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes, Rondes printanières, Introduction, Jeux des cités rivales
[First added to this chart: 04/15/2019]
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1958
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Favourite Tracks: Autumn Leaves, Love For Sale [First added to this chart: 11/30/2018]
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1958
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Favourite Tracks: Milestones, Billy Boy, Dr. Jackie [First added to this chart: 05/31/2019]
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1958
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 4 4%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 16 16%
1980s 11 11%
1990s 24 24%
2000s 23 23%
2010s 13 13%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 62 62%
United Kingdom 21 21%
Canada 9 9%
Germany 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Australia 2 2%
Iceland 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Climber Up 14 from 19th to 5th
Just Got Back From The Discomfort - We're Alright
by The Brave Little Abacus
Climber Up 11 from 88th to 77th
Dummy
by Portishead
Climber Up 11 from 72nd to 61st
F♯ A♯ ∞ (LP Version)
by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 14 from 68th to 82nd
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
by Charles Mingus
Faller Down 12 from 71st to 83rd
Since I Left You
by The Avalanches
Faller Down 11 from 74th to 85th
For Emma, Forever Ago
by Bon Iver

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From 11/29/2019 15:49
Not sure why I hadn't already given this 100, since your chart is obviously a brilliant labour of love. One of my faves on this site for sure!!
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Great choices. you crushed it.
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Great picks!
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From 06/14/2019 07:10
It is rare to see a chart with so many as sixteen artists in common with my own (this figure includes Steven Osborne for his Messiaen works). Moreover, there are others in my large backlog of recordings to listen to , including ‘Escalator Over the Hill’.

One recording I would recommend you that it seems you haven’t heard is ‘I’m the One’ by Annette Peacock. Little-known on this site, ‘I’m the One’ is undoubtedly a masterful work of soul power that surpasses most black artists at soul music. The title track and ‘Pony’ turn funk into lush soundscapes of both beauty and personal power.

Two other recommendations are the Trees Community’s ‘The Christ Tree’ and Victoria Williams’ ‘Swing the Statue’. These in many ways predate the “freak folk” of the mid-2000s by thirty and fifteen years respectively, with the former being the most beautifully transcendent psalms as communitarian music-making and the latter a deeply personal work of wonder at the beauty of little things.
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From 01/26/2019 18:36
Fantastic chart! So many of my favorites up here!
Please update this like in any way so Twin Fantasy gets its points.
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From 12/10/2018 09:29
Absolutely love the notes you've added and the lyrics from each album too, really great stuff :)
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From 05/13/2018 17:54
Professionaly made list. You have an eclectic taste and it's clear to see that you are really interested in music.
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From 11/24/2017 07:05
By any means one of the greatest charst, man. The descriptions really hits hard, as of how well-written and well-structured they are. Keep up the phenomenal work :)
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