Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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Staying on the topic, of how music can bring you back places. How sounds can reignite smells, impressions, all kinds of memories. How things that were only momentary or of the moment become permanent.
Whenever I listen to Antennas To Heaven I'm back on the 381 bus from Rotherhithe to Waterloo. I'd pass the dodgier parts of Bermondsey. That pub with the sign reading "ACCOMADATION PROVIDED", a clear case for the Queen's English Society. The motor cyclist bleeding on the ground after an accident outside Elephant & Castle station. The man hit by a bus and getting up again like nothing had happened outside the same station. A lot of things happened outside Elephant & Castle station. The skinhead shouting racist filth on the deck below, one evening before the bus reached South Bermondsey station. Not all of these memories are good, but they're memories.
Context: I'd just moved into a cosy little two-storey flat ("maisonette", as they call it in estate agent speak) with my girlfriend at the time, and started a job as a VT assistant in a shoddy two-bit company/soulless international conglomerate (a mere prelude to my current profession as a documentary film editor, I'm glad to say). It was a period of low income for me, of not much in the way of material things, but it was an optimistic time. I got my first iPod for Christmas 2005. It seems a lot of people did, because in January everybody seemed to be wearing these white headphones on the 381 bus. Or the Jubilee Line. Or the Central Line. Or any line, really. These things were everywhere.
Digressions aside, my commute was a long one, and so music was a steady companion, including this rather strange album with a rather strange title that the folks on RYM couldn't seem to get enough of. Turns out long bus rides are very useful for checking out lengthy post rock albums, as this was also the period I discovered Mono and Explosions And The Sky, but Lift Your Skinny Fists was something else entirely. This was one of the last albums that actually taught me one or two things, things I perhaps acknowledged but never seemed *entirely* open to. That a good rock song doesn't need a vocalist. That *rock* music doesn't need a steady verse-chorus-verse structure and can in fact be arranged like a classical piece and still WORK. That samples work in conjunction with heavy guitars. That this sort of stuff can actually move you like nothing you've heard before. That field recordings and other obscure samples can do even more to signify the corruptions of modern neoliberal capitalism than anything Radiohead or Zappa have ever attempted. It's simply one of these albums that simply has to be listened to to be believed, from beginning to end if you can, otherwise the overall effect is tempered.
This is a masterpiece, both on an objective "Does this work as a piece of music"-level, and on a very personal "Did this album accompany me during a very distinctive period of my life?"-one. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2016]
Whenever I listen to Antennas To Heaven I'm back on the 381 bus from Rotherhithe to Waterloo. I'd pass the dodgier parts of Bermondsey. That pub with the sign reading "ACCOMADATION PROVIDED", a clear case for the Queen's English Society. The motor cyclist bleeding on the ground after an accident outside Elephant & Castle station. The man hit by a bus and getting up again like nothing had happened outside the same station. A lot of things happened outside Elephant & Castle station. The skinhead shouting racist filth on the deck below, one evening before the bus reached South Bermondsey station. Not all of these memories are good, but they're memories.
Context: I'd just moved into a cosy little two-storey flat ("maisonette", as they call it in estate agent speak) with my girlfriend at the time, and started a job as a VT assistant in a shoddy two-bit company/soulless international conglomerate (a mere prelude to my current profession as a documentary film editor, I'm glad to say). It was a period of low income for me, of not much in the way of material things, but it was an optimistic time. I got my first iPod for Christmas 2005. It seems a lot of people did, because in January everybody seemed to be wearing these white headphones on the 381 bus. Or the Jubilee Line. Or the Central Line. Or any line, really. These things were everywhere.
Digressions aside, my commute was a long one, and so music was a steady companion, including this rather strange album with a rather strange title that the folks on RYM couldn't seem to get enough of. Turns out long bus rides are very useful for checking out lengthy post rock albums, as this was also the period I discovered Mono and Explosions And The Sky, but Lift Your Skinny Fists was something else entirely. This was one of the last albums that actually taught me one or two things, things I perhaps acknowledged but never seemed *entirely* open to. That a good rock song doesn't need a vocalist. That *rock* music doesn't need a steady verse-chorus-verse structure and can in fact be arranged like a classical piece and still WORK. That samples work in conjunction with heavy guitars. That this sort of stuff can actually move you like nothing you've heard before. That field recordings and other obscure samples can do even more to signify the corruptions of modern neoliberal capitalism than anything Radiohead or Zappa have ever attempted. It's simply one of these albums that simply has to be listened to to be believed, from beginning to end if you can, otherwise the overall effect is tempered.
This is a masterpiece, both on an objective "Does this work as a piece of music"-level, and on a very personal "Did this album accompany me during a very distinctive period of my life?"-one. [First added to this chart: 12/22/2016]
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2000
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2004
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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2016]
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1970
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[First added to this chart: 08/08/2020]
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1972
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[First added to this chart: 11/03/2023]
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2011
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| The Doors | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
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 100/100  | 03/03/2023 22:06 | Rm12398 | | 89/100 |
| 85/100 | 01/04/2023 22:24 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
| 95/100 | 01/04/2023 17:41 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 90/100 | 05/28/2022 12:34 |  Brandon8 | | 88/100 |
| 95/100 | 04/02/2022 06:28 |  seb7 | | 91/100 |
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From Rm12398 01/05/2023 01:59
Really loved reading the write ups and the stories as to why these albums have resonated so much with you over the years. Great list!
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85/100
From Moondance 01/04/2023 22:29
A very interesting chart that spans the decades and reveals a unique musical taste ~ and the comments add flavour to your selections ~ which is always a nice BEA touch.
It was refreshing to see Lou Reed's 'New York' in there along with 'Transformer'.
An extra bonus point for including one album from south of the equator.
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95/100
From Johnnyo 01/04/2023 17:42
Great chart. Love the selections but also the work that has gone into putting this together. Cudos.
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95/100
From seb7 04/02/2022 06:28
seb7 04/02/2022 06:28
Cool list with a lot of fun picks and a lot of similar choices. Maybe a little rock-centric, but thats just me
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100/100
From TroutMaskGreg 11/26/2021 12:07
Great list (and agree with CharlieBarley that I also like the included notes!) Always good to see Devo in a list on here and amazing to see The Residents included, one of my favourite bands! Definitely got some more bands / albums that I'll be checking out from your list too, and also revisiting some classics that I haven't heard for a while - starting with The Madcap Laughs (it's been too long since I heard that fantastic album!)
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100/100
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Tha1ChiefRocka 11/27/2020 01:31
Tha1ChiefRocka 11/27/2020 01:31
I don't know why I never rate people's charts; especially one's that I like. Better late than never I suppose :) Loving the Susumu Hirasawa pick, and your notes are well done.
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95/100
From Larcx13 11/11/2020 17:07
Larcx13 11/11/2020 17:07
Very interesting choices! Love the work you put in some of these texts.
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100/100
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Crhmgs 11/11/2020 08:59
Crhmgs 11/11/2020 08:59
Great chart! i love that you included some OST's from movies and games. There are some pretty interesting picks, i gotta listen to a lot of these records!
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95/100
From leniad 10/28/2020 19:08
charis missing, good taste
good chart!!!1
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90/100
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ExTeaSea 10/24/2020 19:45
ExTeaSea 10/24/2020 19:45
Commenting again! Haha. I need to listen to that Love album again. Godspeed is great! Love REM. Love Big Science by Laurie Anderson, keep moving it up my main chart. White album is fantastic obviously, I even use to consider it my all time favorite but I rarely listen to the Beatles anymore. 17 artists in common, nice!
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Tom Waits | |
| 15. Iron Maiden | |
| 16. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |