Top 78 Greatest Music Albums by willmaatealrii Unknown

Hello chart viewers, few disclaimers:

Yeah I realise this chart is incredibly repetitive, but it's also honest.
There are also a lot of fairly obvious picks, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Beatles etc, however there is also a decent amount of slightly less known and interesting picks to be had
Comments are in the works, I pinky promise.

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John Frusciante, as the Red Hot Chili Pepper's guitarist, is of course and incredibly decorated and famous guitarist. However, very few people have listened to his solo stuff, and even those who have tend to drift to 'Curtains' or 'The Empyrean', so I believe this album is worthy of inclusion as a relative unknown. This is my all time favourite album. The layers of guitar, the ingenuity of instrumental, the pain of the lyrics and the feeling of the voice are all perfect in my opinion. If you are not willing to give this album 3 or 4 listens, don't bother. You will not like it the first time, however, if you have a few hours to spend, then go right ahead and you may find one of your favourite albums of all time. [First added to this chart: 05/15/2016]
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1994
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Often criticsed for the fact it is a double album, as people feel one album with select songs left out would have preferable. Definitely not the reality. The first side is clearly stronger, with perhaps only the title track coming close to a weak song. The second side has some songs that could be considered weak (perhaps Readymade, Storm in a Teacup) but if you're a fan, like myself, these songs are also great and belong with the bunch. This is the peak of Keidis as a lyricist, the man who once talked of partying on pussies, now speaks of love and where we come from. John Frusciante is once again floorless, his efforts to use every effect under the sun make for a colourful listening experience and every lick and riff is one that makes guitarist want to learn them. His backing vocals are also mesmerising (see particularly Slow Cheetah and Hey). Flea is as usual exceptional and redifines bass guitar (see particularly the outro of Charlie). Chad Smith shows his solidity and flair, and also demonstrates how to start the writing process with a drum beat (Stadium Arcadium). All round perfection. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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2006
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3,147
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Frusciante goes from sounding like a drug addled, out of tune genius to sounding like Cat Stevans. This album, almost performed solo by John, has only one bad point, its so short. The guitar is beautiful, the songs are meaningful and Frusciante's voice is perfect and possibly at it's peak. Particular favourites are Anne, The Past Recedes and Your Warning. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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2005
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412
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Pretty funky for a bunch of white guys eh? [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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1991
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If you liked Niandra Lades, then you may be a member of the 0.1% of people who like this album. Frusciante himself doesn't like this album. It's completely understandable why people don't enjoy it. The album is a complete mess, Frusciante screams his way through it, you can barely understand any of the lyrics, some of the songwriting is shambolic (looking at you 'I May Again Know John'. However, I absolutely love it, River Phoenix makes a very enjoyable appearance, some other bits of songwriting are pure genius and I defy anyone to find an album with more raw emotion. Key songs include: Breathe, Here Air and I'm Always. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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1997
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164
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Some call this the slightly lame Chili album, which I personally think is ludicrous. Sure, it is much more softly spoken than some of the previous works, the guitars are less distorted, the bass is much less punchy and the lyrics are no longer so overtly sexual and generally I would argue a bit better. There are of course funky numbers on here, like the immovable Can't Stop, but generally the atmosphere is one of calm. Frusciante is the absolute star of this album, Flea and Chad are solid throughout and in terms of lyrics these are some Keidis' best up to this point. The only downside to this album are the songs Don't Forget Me and Venice Queen. They are brilliant songs, but having heard the live versions, particularly La Cigale and Slane Castle, the studios seem rather lackluster in comparison. Best songs: Dosed, Can't Stop and I Could Die For You (the chords are incredible). [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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2002
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The greatest G-Funk album of all time. Snoop could easily be criticised for a lot of things, putting out an endless stream of mediocre records, appearing on anything for the money etc etc, but this is him at his best, before he made it, before he was rich, before he became a meme. If you consider yourself a fan of rap and you haven't given this a listen then hang your head in shame. Key tracks include: Gz and Hustlaz, G Funk Intro and Who Am I (What's my Name)?. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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1993
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2,520
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This is an album for listening to in the dark, on good quality headphones. The album starts with an incredible cover of 'Maggot Brain' by Funkadelic, where Frusciante's guitar truly screams, it's rare that a near 10 minute guitar solo can hold ones attention so effectively, but this achieves that. Other highlights include the most accessible track 'Unreachable', the most popular track 'Central' that acts as the volta of the album, and the the closing track 'Here, Air' which sounds somewhat out of place, but successfully brings you back down to earth before you continue your day. Frusciante's falsetto vocals are incredibly soothing on this album particularly on tracks such as 'Heaven' and 'Dark Light'. There are also some brilliant string arrangements, such as on 'Central' and 'One More of Me'. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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2009
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This is the album that truly showed what the Chili's would one day become. Certainly it is not as good as later albums, there is too much distortion, the lyrics are not quite there yet, and it lacks the backing vocals that made albums like 'By the Way' so perfect. However, there is still a lot to love in the childish humour, obvious talent on display and raw feel to it. The cover of Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground' naturally takes the plaudits, but other highlights include the opener 'Good Time Boys', the anti drug anthem 'Knock Me Down' and the frankly pleasant 'Pretty Little Ditty'. [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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1989
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Up there with the best debut albums of all time, shame it was pretty much downhill from there for the Roses. People slag this band off and I don't understand why, sure Axl is a nob and some of there songs are slighly similar, but a better 80s hard rock band are very hard to come by. Slash is phenomenal, Izzy and Duff compliement him and each other perfectly, Adler is just Adler and Axl can really wail. Axl Rose is so good that not even he can sing like he can most of the time. Key tracks: Night Train and Sweet Child o'Mine (obviously). [First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
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1987
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Top 78 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 10 13%
1970s 16 21%
1980s 9 12%
1990s 16 21%
2000s 16 21%
2010s 11 14%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 46 59%
United Kingdom 26 33%
Australia 4 5%
Canada 1 1%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 76 97%
Yes 2 3%

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as a huge RHCP fan myself i give u 100 for a brave first pick
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Pretty repetitive but who can not repeat Smiths and RHCP? Waiting for comments of course!
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