Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by NowhereMan
29 years of age. RECOMMENDATIONS ALWAYS WELCOME.
ORDER CHANGES REGULARLY.
I tend to see any album I rate above 70//100 worth a re-visit, any lower I tend to dismiss.
My top artists:
1. The Beatles - an audio best friend; they make the world a lot brighter and optimistic. The absolute pinnacle. The best thing the world has produced. Colossal.
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2. Electric Light Orchestra
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(Interchangeable order).
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Pink Floyd
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Smiths
7. Neil Young
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Bob Dylan
10. The Who
11. David Bowie
12. Oasis
13. The Beach Boys
14. Radiohead
15. Simon & Garfunkel
16. The Kinks
17. Bruce Springsteen
18. Arcade Fire
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(Honourable Mentions)
The Stone Roses
R.E.M
Brian Eno
The Tallest Man On Earth
Tame Impala
Fleetwood Mac
My ratings on an album can be based on the emotion it evokes within me, the quality of the musicianship, the amount of nostalgia it summons, it's importance in the broad pantheon of music. Even something as simple as how many times it gives me goosebumps across the length of an entire listen.
ONE ALBUM PER ARTIST - it is also most certain I have heard a an abundance of other material by each artist only the one I will have chosen is the one that I am digging the most currently and resonates the most to me at this point in my life.
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- Chart updated: 06/08/2023 09:45
- (Created: 10/18/2011 23:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Obviously for people who know me on this site I am four obsessed. They are the soundtrack to my life and are one the greatest pleasures in life for me. They are like an audio best friend - they are always there when in need.
I can be digging any given Beatle album more than the others on any given day, so this position is very much prone to change and agonising deliberation!
I am most definitely what people may still call a 'Beatlemaniac'. I read, breathe, listen and love them.
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Please Please Me - 10.0//10.0
With The Beatles - 10.0//10.0
A Hard Day's Night - 10.0//10.0
Beatles For Sale - 9.5//10.0
Help! - 10.0//10.0
Rubber Soul - 10.0//10.0
Revolver - 10.0//10.0
Magical Mystery Tour - 10.0//10.0
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - 10.0//10.0
White Album - 10.0//10.0
Yellow Submarine - 9.0//10.0
Abbey Road - 10.0//10.0
Let It Be - 10.0//10.0
Love - 10.0//10.0
Anthology 1 - 9.7//10.0
Anthology 2 - 10.0//10.0
Anthology 3 - 10.0//10.0
Let It Be...Naked - 10.0//10.0
Live At The BBC 1 - 9.9//10.0
Live At The BBC 2 - 9.8//10.0
Live At The Hollywood Bowl - 9.6//10.0
Christmas Album - 8.5//10.0
1 - 10.00//10.00
Love Songs - 10.00//10.00
1962-1966 - 10.00//10.00
1967-1970 - 10.00//10.00
Rarities - 10.00//10.00
Past Masters Volume One - 10.00//10.00
Past Masters Volume Two - 10.00//10.00
Reel Music - 10.00//10.00
Rock 'N' Roll Music - 10.00//10.00
E.P Box Set - 10.00//10.00
Singles Box Set - 10.00//10.00
Live At The Hollywood Bowl - 10.00//10.00
Meet The Beatles! - 10.00//10.00
Yesterday And Today - 10.00//10.00
Oldies But Goldies - 10.00//10.00
Beatles '65 - 10.00//10.00
The Beatles' Second Album - 10.00//10.00
The Beatles IV -10.00//10.00
Something New - 10.00//10.00
The Early Beatles - 10.00//10.00
Yellow Submarine Soundtrack - 10.00//10.00
Live At Shea Stadium - 9.00//10.00
Live In Paris - 8.65//10.00
Live In Japan - 6.50//10.00
Decca Tapes - 8.00//10.00
E.P Box Set - 10.00//10.00
Single Box Set -10.00//10.00
Beatle Ballads - 10.00//10.00
The Beatles In Italy - 10.00//10.00
Rooftop Performance - 10.00//10.00
Paul McCartney//Wings Material:
Ram - 10.00//10.00
Band On The Run - 10.00//10.00
Flaming Pie - 8.7//10.00
McCartney - 9.10//10.00
Venus And Mars - 10.00//10.00
Tug Of War - 9.50//10.00
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - 9.30//10.00
NEW - 9.75//10.00
Flowers In The Dirt - 7.50//10.00
London Town - 8.00//10.00
Wings At The Speed Of Sound - 7.45//10.00
Driving Rain - 7.75//10.00
Pipes Of Peace - 8.30//10.00
Red Rose Speedway - 8.75//10.00
McCartney II - 9.25//10.00
Back To The Egg - 7.25//10.00
Press To Play - 7.00//10.00
Wings Over America - 9.90//10.00
Memory Almost Full - 10.00//10.00
Good Evening New York City - 9.75//10.00
Off The Ground - 7.00//10.00
Kisses On The Bottom - 8.00//10.00
Unplugged - 8.90//10.00
Run Devil Run - 7.75//10.00
Give My Regards To Broadstreet - 9.00//10.00
Wild Life - 6.75//10.00
Tripping The Live Fantastic - 10.00//10.00
Paul Is Live - 8.00//10.00
Egypt Station - 8.45//10.00
Wingspan: Hits & History - 9.50//10.00
All The Best! - 8.80//10.00
Pure McCartney - 9.00//10.00
Wings Greatest - 9.00//10.00
Twin Freaks - 8.00//10.00
Rushes - 8.00//10.00
Strawberries, Oceans, Ships, Forest - 7.90//10.00
Electric Arguments - 7.90//10.00
Thrillington - 6.00//10.00
McCartney III - 8.25//10.00
McCartney III...Imagined - 7.75//10.00
Working Classical - 8.00//10.00
The Singles - 10.00//10.00
Amoeba Gig - 10.00//10.00
George Harrison:
All Things Must Pass - 9.90//10.00
Living in the Material World - 7.80//10.00
Dark Horse - 7.25//10.00
Extra Texture - 6.75//10.00
33 1/3 - 7.25//10.00
George Harrison - 8.00//10.00
Somewhere in England - 7.00//10.00
Cloud 9 - 7.65//10.00
The Best Of George Harrison - 9.40//10.00
Live In Japan - 8.00//10.00
Concert for Bangladesh - 8.00//10.00
Let It Roll - 9.00//10.00
John Lennon:
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - 10.00//10.00
Imagine - 10.00//10.00
Mind Games - 9.25//10.00
Double Fantasy - 9.10//10.00
Walls And Bridges - 8.00//10.00
Some Time In New York City - 7.45//10.00//10.00
Live In New York City - 8.90//10.00
Acoustic - 9.00//10.00
Lennon Legend - 9.20//10.00
Instant Karma - 9.40//10.00
Working Class Hero - 9.50//10.00
Power To The People: Hits - 10.00/10.00
Shaved Fish - 9.75//10.00
The John Lennon Collection - 9.50//10.00
Wonsponatime - 7.75//10.00
Gimme Some Truth - 8.75//10.00
MenLove Avenue - 7.75//10.00
Imagine Compilation - 9.25//10.00
Icon - 9.50//10.00
Lennon Acoustic - 8.10//10.00
Lennon - Compilation - 9.20//10.00
John Lennon Anthology - 8.30//10.00
Unfinished Music No. 1 - 3.00//10.00
Unfinished Music No. 2 - 2.50//10.00
Gimme some truth (2020) - 10.00//10.00
Ringo Starr:
Ringo - 7.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Handsome Devil/This Night Has Opened My Eyes/ Back To The Old House/Still Ill
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
IF YOU LIKE THIS TRY: R.E.M - MURMUR
Other Material:
The Smiths - 10.00//10.0
Meat Is Murder - 9.7//10.0
The Queen Is Dead - 10.00/10.0
Strangeways, Here We Come - 9.5//10.0
Louder Than Bombs - 9.0//10.0
The World Won't Listen - 9.4//10.0
Rank - LIVE - 9.2//10.0
Sounds Of The Smiths - 9.00//10.00
Best...I - 9.00//10.00
Best...II - 9.00//10.00
Complete - 10.00//10.00
Singles - 9.80//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Other Material:
Sound of Silence - 10.00//10.0
Bridge Over Troubled Water - 9.8//10.0
The Sound Of Silence - 9.6//10.0
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - 8.5//10.0
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M - 7.55//10.0
The Graduate - 7.50//10.00
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel - 9.75//10.00
Old Friends On Stage - 7.90//10.00
The Definitive Collection - 9.50//10.00
Paul Simon:
Graceland - 7.80//10.00
Paul Simon - 7.95//10.00
The Paul Simon Songbook - 9.65//10.00
The Rythmn Of The Saints - 6.80//10.00
There Goes Rhymin' Simon - 8.00//10.00
Still Crazy After All These Years - 7.75//10.00
Hearts and Bones - 7.65//10.00
One Trick Pony - 6.00//10.00
Central Park Concert - 7.00//10.00
Live Rhymin' - 7.00//10.00
Graceland (REMIXES) - 7.00//10.00
Seven Psalms - 6.50//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/25/2017]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Yours Truly, 2095/ 21st Century Man/ Another Heart Breaks
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other material:
Out Of The Blue - 9.6//10.0
A New World Record - 9.5//10.0
Discovery - 10.0//10.0
Eldorado, A Symphony - 9.3//10.0
Face The Music - 8.9//10.0
Secret Messages - 9.9//10.0
Time - 10.0//10.0
Balance Of Power - 9.2//10.0
ELO 2 - 8.0//10.0
Xanadu - 8.00//10.00
Ultimate Collection - 10.00//10.00
Greatest Hits - 9.00//10.00
Light Years - 9.50//10.00
Flashback - 10.00//10.00
Jeff Lynne:
Alone In The Universe - 7.75//10.00
Long Wave - 7.45//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
I can't specify why, but I find this to be on juju e of the most emotion-provoking albums I have ever listened to.
Key Tracks: Pain/Nothing To Find/Thinking Of A Place
Other Material:
Lost In The Dream - 8.25//10.00
I Don't Live Here Anymore - 7.50//10.00
Live Drugs - 7.50//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/30/2018]
A lovely record. I like to think of it as a primitive Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson and his melodies really do start to branch out here and the songs from the boys here seem to adopt a more classic and baroque melody structure as opposed to the short snappy sun and surf songs of previous years. Because of this development, songs such as Please Let Me Wonder and I'm So Young are just as beautiful as anything off the preferred Pet Sounds. The other tracks aren't too far off either.
Favourite Tracks At Time Of Writing: Please Let Me Wonder/ Don't Hurt My Little Sister/ I'm So Young
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Today! - 10.00//10.00
Pet Sounds - 10.0//10.0
Friends - 7.80//10.00
Smiley Smile - 7.80//10.00
Wild Honey - 7.80//10.00
The Smile Sessions - 8.00//10.00
Beach Boys Party! - 7.10//10.00
Surf's Up - 8.65//10.00
Sunflower - 7.50//10.00
Holland - 6.75//10.00
Love You - 6.90//10.00
All Summer Long - 7.65//10.00
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!!) - 7.50//10.00
20/20 - 7.60//10.00
Surfer Girl - 6.50//10.00
Smack Down, Volume 2 - 6.85//10.00
The Very Best Of The Beach Boys - 9.00//10.00
I Love You - 8.45//10.00
Surfin' Safari - 6.50//10.00
Surfin' USA - 5.50//10.00
Little Deuce Coupe - 5.50//10.00
Endless Summer - 7.70//10.00
Instrumental Hits - 7.00//10.00
Brian Wilson:
Smile - 8.00//10.00
At my Piano - 4.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 01/15/2021]
This album really did help those countless hours of study and revision I had to endure once upon a time at school.
Favourite Track at time of writing: Dogs
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
IF YOU LIKE THIS TRY: NEKTAR - REMEMBER THE FUTURE
Other Material:
Wish You Were Here - 10.0//10.0
The Dark Side Of The Moon - 10.0//10.0
The Wall - 9.4//10.0
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - 7.9//10.0
Meddle - 8.2//10.0
The Division Bell - 7.8//10.0
Ummagumma - 6.5//10.0
Atom Heart Mother - 8.40//10.00
Pulse - LIVE - 8.25//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Favourite Tracks At Time Of Writing: Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands/ Stuck Inside The Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again/ I Want You/ 4th Time Around
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Blood On The Tracks - 9.8//10.0 (Very close second.)
Highway 61 Revisited - 9.7//10.0
Bringing It All Back Home - 9.5//10.0
The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan - 9.10//10.00
The Times They Are-A Changin’ - 9.05//10.00
Nashville Skyline - 7.00//10.00
Another Side Of Bob Dylan - 7.40//10.00
John Wesley Harding - 8.10//10.00
New Morning - 8.00//10.00
Oh Mercy - 8.10//10.00
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert - 9.25//10.00
Greatest Hits - 8.00//10.00
Definitive Collection - 9.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Dead Flowers/Moonlight Mile/I Got The Blues/Sway
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Out Of Our Heads - 7.5//10.0
Aftermath - 8.0//10.0
Their Satanic Majesties Request - 7.0//10.0
Beggar's Banquet - 9.5//10.0
Let It Bleed - 10.0//10.0
Exile On Mn. Street - 10.0//10.0
Steel Wheels - 8.0//10.0
Flowers - 8.65//10.0
Some Girls - 7.50//10.00
Get Yer Ya Yas Out - 8.35//10.00
Hot Rocks - 8.80//10.00
High tides, Green grass - 8.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Trust/Bracelet Of Fingers/The Journey/ Loneliest Person
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 15 | 15% | |
1970s | 23 | 23% | |
1980s | 12 | 12% | |
1990s | 19 | 19% | |
2000s | 14 | 14% | |
2010s | 15 | 15% | |
2020s | 2 | 2% |
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Miles Davis | 1 | 1% | |
Radiohead | 1 | 1% | |
Calvin Harris | 1 | 1% | |
ABBA | 1 | 1% | |
The Clash | 1 | 1% | |
Gerry Rafferty | 1 | 1% | |
Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 1% | |
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48 | 48% | ||
38 | 38% | ||
3 | 3% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
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I really love this chart - it speaks honesty & passion. I like the one album/artist concept. I like the acknowledgement that each decade brings a worthy share of worthy albums. I enjoyed the comments very much. I really like it that we only have 8 albums in common, but 24 artists in common - including songwriters that rarely make it to a top 100 chart - eg Cat Stevens, Don McLean. Donovan, Dave Gray & Tallest Man On Earth. And I especially love your love of Dylan - your album rankings pretty much match mine, except I would have BOTT at no.1.
Pretty balanced list, very good!
Coming back to this and it made me smile. Thanks for the shoutout on the Shallow Grave Write up. I notice no grade for The Wild Hunt - but 2 for Shallow Grave. *thinking emoji*
Anyway, I love the love for the Beatles. You are to the Beatles what I am to Bob Dylan. Lol
Surprisingly only 6 in common but I did not limit myself to one per
Love the chart nonetheless
A good one. Respect your chart and you have some mostly unkown bands here. Interesting is your number 1 with the beatles. One German band is ok but I like the German bands very much maybe you could include one more. But Nevertheless good chart.
Tremendous selection. I respect any chart that introduces me to something new in the top ten.
And the more love for Eno the better.
Nice chart!
Amazing list. I agree with what others said about compliations though.
BTW I agree that S.F. Sorrow sounds way ahead of its time.
I would recommend you to listen to Depeche Mode's Violator, I think you will find it fascinating.
I loved your list. You clearly put a lot of time and thought into it. I would strongly recommend listening to Bowie's Station to Station (my favorite tracks are Golden Years and Sway)
Recommendations:
Revisiting Coldplay's first 4 excellences (Parachutes, ARoBTTH, X&Y, Viva La Vida)
Revisiting Michael Jackson's entire classic catalog (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible)
Black Eyed Peas: Behind The Front + Elephunk
PM Dawn (R.I.P. Prince Be): The Utopian Experience + Bliss Album + Dearest Christian
Shelter: Double Yellow Lines (sheltermusic.bandcamp.com)
Avicii (R.I.P.) - just as great as Calvin Harris
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