Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
arthurbittencourt 
A short list on my favourite classical pieces
Beethoven
Ravel
1. Pavane For A Dead Princess (piano) - Ravel
2. Symphony No 3 - Gorécki
3. Piano Concerto No 2- Rachmaninoff
4. Piano Concerto No 2 - Shostakovich
5. Gaspard de la nuit - Ravel
6. Spring Rounds - Stravinsky
7. Bolero - Ravel
8. Symphony No 9 - Gustav Mahler
9. Symphony No 10 - Gustav Mahler
10. O Mio Bambino Caro - Puccini
11. Valse Des Flocons de Neige / Danse Arabe - Tchaikovsky
12. O Sacred Head Sore Wounded - J. S. Bach
13. Quartour Pour La Fin Du Temps - Oliver Messiaen
14. Frederic Chopin - Nocturne en mi bemol majeur
15. Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten - Arvo Pärt
16. Summer (presto) - Vivaldi
17. Messe des Pauvres - Erik Satie
18. Duettino Sull'aria Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart
19. Doktor Faust - Ferruccio Busoni
Experiencing an album you love, is to experience yourself.
1 per artist
- Chart updated: 07/01/2025 20:15
- (Created: 07/25/2011 04:03).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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8,6
[First added to this chart: 11/28/2011]
Year of Release:
1996
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10,077
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8,5
[First added to this chart: 02/14/2017]
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8,1
The one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came.
The band that killed Radiohead for me.
Sometimes to gloom is good, without the depths of trouble we wouldn't step towards the light. This is not an album that romanticizes about depression. Red House Painters are a deep rock n roll band that are all about standing hurt, and they flood you up with intense sentiments. Like a redeemed giant size grunge murderer, Kozeleks dusty angel spirit drops its finest era into this masterpiece, finding beauty in learning, siting on swingsets , observing the windy trees. Contemplating the sutilties of existing in this world as a 1990s long haired human. A good record for fallen times, and vivid proof that sorrow is to them what beauty is to us.
Medicine Bottle - like a slowed version of Pink Floyd's Dogs
Down Colourful Hill - like an opera by puccini
(Down Colourful Hill is Mark Kozelek's rawest musical moment in time. Red House Painters 1st LP is Mark's most beautiful musical moment in time.) [First added to this chart: 12/29/2013]
The one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came.
The band that killed Radiohead for me.
Sometimes to gloom is good, without the depths of trouble we wouldn't step towards the light. This is not an album that romanticizes about depression. Red House Painters are a deep rock n roll band that are all about standing hurt, and they flood you up with intense sentiments. Like a redeemed giant size grunge murderer, Kozeleks dusty angel spirit drops its finest era into this masterpiece, finding beauty in learning, siting on swingsets , observing the windy trees. Contemplating the sutilties of existing in this world as a 1990s long haired human. A good record for fallen times, and vivid proof that sorrow is to them what beauty is to us.
Medicine Bottle - like a slowed version of Pink Floyd's Dogs
Down Colourful Hill - like an opera by puccini
(Down Colourful Hill is Mark Kozelek's rawest musical moment in time. Red House Painters 1st LP is Mark's most beautiful musical moment in time.) [First added to this chart: 12/29/2013]
Year of Release:
1992
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2,344
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8,1
[First added to this chart: 03/01/2016]
Year of Release:
1965
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27,485
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8
[First added to this chart: 09/27/2018]
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7,8
[First added to this chart: 03/13/2023]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
8,108
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7,6
[First added to this chart: 12/20/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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39,348
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7,6
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2013]
Year of Release:
1991
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12,326
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7,5
[First added to this chart: 09/19/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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12,586
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Playboi Carti | 1 | 1% | |
| David Thomas | 1 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 1% | |
| Tommy Johnson (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Fievel Is Glauque | 1 | 1% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 1 | 1% | |
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56 | 56% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Benji by Sun Kil Moon |
| Down 1 from 23rd to 24th Graduation by Kanye West |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25th The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites by John Fahey |
| New entries |
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| Pornography by The Cure |
| Leavers |
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| A Trip To Marineville by Swell Maps |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| ! | 02/08/2025 07:31 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,106 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2024 22:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 125 | 99/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2023 13:54 | Johnnyo | 2,541 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2023 03:21 |  seb7 | 115 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2021 23:28 |  indieshins | 4 | 89/100 |
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From indieshins 12/16/2021 23:30 | #277593
indieshins 12/16/2021 23:30 | #277593
This chart has a lot of obscure picks and is eclectic to boot, which is everything I look for in a chart. Love the inclusion of Tragedy in the top 10, that's a super underrated Julia Holter album. And I also have Gallowsbird's Bark and Have One On Me in my chart, fantastic albums. I'll be sure to check some of these albums out!
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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:15 | #275180
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:15 | #275180
This chart is very much unfamiliar territory for me. However, as I'm very open minded, I'll be checking out many of your choices.
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StefanR10 06/13/2020 09:57 | #253421
StefanR10 06/13/2020 09:57 | #253421
Guter Chart, ich finde die Auswahl sehr erstaunlich. Vor allem weil viele Künstler vertreten sind die nicht in den Top 1000 sind, aber es sind gute Alben dabei.
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From Thad 11/13/2019 05:37 | #244751
Your description seemed almost too extravagant to where I was expecting you to say that these albums make you contemplate existence and then have The National at #1 or something. Luckily, no, this chart is fantastic.
A ton of stuff I need to check out now, but we share enough tastes that I'm confident digging through this one.
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sssvnnn 02/22/2019 20:48 | #232423
sssvnnn 02/22/2019 20:48 | #232423
fantastic chart.
Very few in common with my chart, but I feel a good spirit in this chart: Adventurous but not pretentious.
(meaning a good mix of stars and outsiders) and lot´s of cool albums.
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From zrommeke 02/22/2019 14:01 | #232366
So similar, so different...
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From gussteivi 02/22/2019 13:50 | #232365
My two favourite recordings of Ravel's pavane are by Myra Hess and Walter Gieseking. You might wanna check them out if you haven't already.
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From 
ForegroundNoise 02/22/2019 12:41 | #232362
ForegroundNoise 02/22/2019 12:41 | #232362
Electic, diverse I am enthralled by your taste. Would love to see more notes in the vein of Down Colorful Hill for a perfect score.
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Nowhereman1965 10/15/2018 18:44 | #222589
Nowhereman1965 10/15/2018 18:44 | #222589
An interesting chart. Enjoyable read. Good for the contributor liking music that’s a bit left field. I’ve heard most albums on the chart and genuinely don’t like some of the them. That’s life. However there are enough I do like for a good rating. No one is right and no one is wrong. It’s all about personal taste and enjoying when the stylus hits the vinyl. If others like more popular records...so what ? Life’s too short. I’m glad you love music as much as I do.
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From jeffrey-hodgson 10/12/2018 13:29 | #222419
very different
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