Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by benschrier00 
- Chart updated: 11/14/2019 22:15
- (Created: 08/10/2016 07:19).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Indie, Folk Rock, Folk-Fuzz
Best Tracks: All of 'Em [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Best Tracks: All of 'Em [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
1998
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29,608
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Post Rock, Orchestral Rock, Drone and Field Recording
Best Tracks: Storm, Sleep, Antennas to Heaven... (but also Static too) [First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
Best Tracks: Storm, Sleep, Antennas to Heaven... (but also Static too) [First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
Year of Release:
2000
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11,899
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Alternate Rock, Electronic, Ambient, EDM, Art Rock
Best Tracks: The National Anthem, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
Kid A is a landscape. More than any other album I've heard, this project is one cohesive album. Where some SONGS have notable changes and dynamic constrasts, this album exaggerates its ups and downs by pairing different but similar songs right next to each other. For as erethreal and atmospheric this album is, it manages to be incredibly groovy when it's supposed to be. The first two tracks make me think of the flat, icy surface depicted on the album cover, combining mysterious vocal lines and chord progressions with ambient keyboard and glitchy background vocals. The title track lays down a subtle groove, met with more synthesized melodies and invasive electronic strings. The song resolves in the madness to a final harmonic on the guitar, a glimmer of hope in the desolate landscape. For a split second, we hear an absence of sound for the first time in the album. Before we can begin to enjoy the break, The National Anthem begins, with the standalone bass line roaring in your ears. The song breaks into a straight jam session, with grooving drum fills and the ever so constant bass. Thom's vocals sound restrained, covered with a filter of distortion. Saxophones and horns join the song, each playing a viable groove in their own sense, but sounding mad with all of them playing at once. The craziness subsides again and spirals into the beautiful How To Disappear Completely, the most human song of the album, not only from the clear vocals and acoustic guitar, but from the painful lyrics as well. The interlude Treefingers is our reminder that this is an electronic album, and gives us a good halfway point through the album. Optimistic kicks off the second half of the album, becoming apparent that this most resembles a "rock song," and is a great one at that. The soaring oohs of the background vocals compliments the groovy tom toms, and the song once again becomes massive and crazy, ending on a final D chord, but then going straight into a pure groove, with incredible sounding drums guitar and bass that leads straight into In Limbo which moves the album right along. Idioteque is probably the first EDM track I really loved, as it blends the classic Radiohead style with looped drum machines and synths. Maybe the lowest point on the album, Morning Bell, is still a great mix of subtly and confusion with its 5/4 time and odd chord progression. Finally, Motion Picture Soundtrack may be the most beautiful album closer of all time, as its vocal melody and organ harmony to transcend the listener to heaven. [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Best Tracks: The National Anthem, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
Kid A is a landscape. More than any other album I've heard, this project is one cohesive album. Where some SONGS have notable changes and dynamic constrasts, this album exaggerates its ups and downs by pairing different but similar songs right next to each other. For as erethreal and atmospheric this album is, it manages to be incredibly groovy when it's supposed to be. The first two tracks make me think of the flat, icy surface depicted on the album cover, combining mysterious vocal lines and chord progressions with ambient keyboard and glitchy background vocals. The title track lays down a subtle groove, met with more synthesized melodies and invasive electronic strings. The song resolves in the madness to a final harmonic on the guitar, a glimmer of hope in the desolate landscape. For a split second, we hear an absence of sound for the first time in the album. Before we can begin to enjoy the break, The National Anthem begins, with the standalone bass line roaring in your ears. The song breaks into a straight jam session, with grooving drum fills and the ever so constant bass. Thom's vocals sound restrained, covered with a filter of distortion. Saxophones and horns join the song, each playing a viable groove in their own sense, but sounding mad with all of them playing at once. The craziness subsides again and spirals into the beautiful How To Disappear Completely, the most human song of the album, not only from the clear vocals and acoustic guitar, but from the painful lyrics as well. The interlude Treefingers is our reminder that this is an electronic album, and gives us a good halfway point through the album. Optimistic kicks off the second half of the album, becoming apparent that this most resembles a "rock song," and is a great one at that. The soaring oohs of the background vocals compliments the groovy tom toms, and the song once again becomes massive and crazy, ending on a final D chord, but then going straight into a pure groove, with incredible sounding drums guitar and bass that leads straight into In Limbo which moves the album right along. Idioteque is probably the first EDM track I really loved, as it blends the classic Radiohead style with looped drum machines and synths. Maybe the lowest point on the album, Morning Bell, is still a great mix of subtly and confusion with its 5/4 time and odd chord progression. Finally, Motion Picture Soundtrack may be the most beautiful album closer of all time, as its vocal melody and organ harmony to transcend the listener to heaven. [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
2000
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38,516
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Lo-Fi, Indie, Folk
Best Tracks: I Want Wind To Blow, The Glow Pt. 2, My Warm Blood [First added to this chart: 09/28/2017]
Best Tracks: I Want Wind To Blow, The Glow Pt. 2, My Warm Blood [First added to this chart: 09/28/2017]
Year of Release:
2001
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7,027
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Chamber Pop, Indie, Alternative Rock, Art Rock
Best Tracks: Black Mirror, Intervention, Windowsill [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Best Tracks: Black Mirror, Intervention, Windowsill [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
2007
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8,824
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Indie, Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop
Best Tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Rebellion (Lies), In The Backseat [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Best Tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Rebellion (Lies), In The Backseat [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
2004
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31,597
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Alternative Rock, Art Rock
Best Tracks: Paranoid Android, Exit Music (For a Film), Karma Police [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Best Tracks: Paranoid Android, Exit Music (For a Film), Karma Police [First added to this chart: 08/31/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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59,065
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Shoegaze, Dream Pop
Best Tracks: Alison, When The Sun Hits, Altogether [First added to this chart: 10/31/2017]
Best Tracks: Alison, When The Sun Hits, Altogether [First added to this chart: 10/31/2017]
Year of Release:
1993
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10,291
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Indie, Alternative Rock, Jangle Pop, Shoegaze
Best Tracks: Sailing, Basement Scene, Helicopter [First added to this chart: 10/31/2017]
Best Tracks: Sailing, Basement Scene, Helicopter [First added to this chart: 10/31/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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5,661
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Ambient, Dream Pop
Best Tracks: Vapor Trails, She Loves Me That Way, Come Softly [First added to this chart: 10/13/2018]
Best Tracks: Vapor Trails, She Loves Me That Way, Come Softly [First added to this chart: 10/13/2018]
Year of Release:
2011
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890
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2000s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 61 | 61% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 7 | 7% | |
| Arcade Fire | 4 | 4% | |
| Brockhampton | 4 | 4% | |
| Beach House | 4 | 4% | |
| Car Seat Headrest | 3 | 3% | |
| Phil Elverum | 3 | 3% | |
| Deerhunter | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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55 | 55% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 56 from 97th to 41st |
Up 54 from 99th to 45th |
Up 28 from 96th to 68th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 26 from 53rd to 79th |
Down 25 from 75th to 100th |
Down 12 from 87th to 99th |
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| ! | 09/13/2020 08:09 |  ssteve | 205 | 92/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2020 07:48 | areminder | 54 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2020 17:32 | Johnnyo | 2,689 | 80/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 09/12/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3246): By benschrier00
BestEverAlbums 09/12/2020 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3246): By benschrier00“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by benschrier00 () 1. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 2. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2000) 3. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 4. The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones (2001) 5.…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2019 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2870): By benschrier00
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2019 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2870): By benschrier00“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by benschrier00 () 1. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 2. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (2007) 3. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2000) 4. The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 05/07/2018 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2388): By benschrier00
BestEverAlbums 05/07/2018 08:00 in Chart of the day (#2388): By benschrier00“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by benschrier00 () 1. Kid A by Radiohead (2000) 2. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (2007) 3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 4. Funeral by Arcade Fire (2004) 5. The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones (2001) 6. OK Computer by…”
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ForegroundNoise 05/07/2018 08:46 | #214373
ForegroundNoise 05/07/2018 08:46 | #214373
Some really nice picks here, and with a bit of tweaks would make a great Best of the '10s chart. I normally don't mind a slant towards more modern stuff (I am a young-un' myself) but I feel in this chart it's gotten a little out of hand - Arcade Fire are one of my favourite bands ever but to say their third best release is better than the everything that happened in the decades before the 90s is a little much. I get the feeling from four of your five 70s picks being Pink Floyd that there's a couple more 20th century gems for you to discover; if you want records that sound ahead of their time maybe try Amon Duul II's Yeti, Television's Marquee Moon and Faust's IV?
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Larcx13 07/31/2020 11:36 | #256507
Larcx13 07/31/2020 11:36 | #256507
Decent, different. Judging by your taste in rock music I'm surprised not to see more alternative hip hop. There's definitely better rap than Tyler the Creator for someone with your taste. The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Outkast and Cunninlynguists just to name a few.
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2018 17:26 | #214400
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2018 17:26 | #214400
Definitely a great 21st century chart. Love to see all 3 Saturations, Deafheaven so high and 3 Gizzard albums! My favourite is Polygondwanaland though, listen to that one if you haven't already.
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Ulf 05/07/2018 11:10 | #214380
decent chart but i dont believe that 86% of the greatest albums ever where made in the past eighteen years so theres alot that you can still discover
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Johnnyo TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/12/2020 17:34 | #258113
Nice chart. Needs more breadth in terms of decades for me to give it a top mark but a great collection of mostly "recent" releases.
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