Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by weedygonsalez 
I'm not including anything by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, et al because, really, they don't need my love. From a quick glance everything on this site already skews super-heavily toward unconditional love for the (classic) rock greats, so I'll just give them a little holla from this blurb over here. Holla!
Everything from 1 - 25 goes to 11. 21 - 70 are all solid 10s. 70+ are all, at most, only a few decimals or decibels away from perfection.
Bubbling just below the radar:
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
The Cars - The Cars
Caribou - Andorra
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Destroyer - Kaputt
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
The Format - Dog Problems
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach/Demon Days
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Jack Rose - Luck in the Valley
James Blackshaw - Cloud of Unknowing
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Michael Jackson - Thriller
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Ohio Players - Fire/Honey
Okkervil River - Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See/The Stage Names
Sparklehorse - Good Morning, Spider
T Rex - The Slider
T.I. - King
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music
The Walkmen - Heaven
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
The xx - xx
Yes - Close to the Edge/Fragile
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde*
The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady*
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
R.E.M. - Murmur*
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Digital Underground - Sex Packets*
Outkast - Stankonia*
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings*
Interpol - Antics* (Though if I could combine the top 70% of that album with the top 70% of Turn on the Bright Lights, you'd have one hell of a Top 20 album)
* - Previously on the list, but pushed off for TOTALLY UNDISCLOSED reasons.
- Chart updated: 07/01/2015 04:45
- (Created: 11/07/2011 05:38).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Rolling Stone called this the best Brazilian album ever made. For once, they were right. The ideal gateway into the rich, rich, ridiculously rich musical scene of Brazilian popular music. Runner up: Anything by Jorge Ben, who will probably get some love when this list expands to 100.
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Hey, I knew Jorge Ben would end up here! If I could compare apples to oranges for a second, Jorge Ben is basically the Doug Martsch of Brazillian music: inventive, iconic, fiendishly good at guitar, and unafraid of crafting lengthy, awesome songs. He's in peak form on Gil e Jorge, where he freely jams and improvises with other Brazilian music legend (and, apparently, official Minister of Culture) Gilberto Gil; it is one of the few albums where I would speculate that the musicians had a better time than the listeners if listening to it weren't so damn fun. Runner up: Africa Brasil.
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2010s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Super Furry Animals | 1 | 1% | |
| Television | 1 | 1% | |
| Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben | 1 | 1% | |
| The Mountain Goats | 1 | 1% | |
| The Bug (UK) | 1 | 1% | |
| Morphine | 1 | 1% | |
| Modest Mouse | 1 | 1% | |
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100/100 | 10/14/2018 12:17 |  DommeDamian | | 89/100 |
75/100 | 04/18/2017 21:32 |  LedZep | | 84/100 |
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95/100 | 10/04/2016 16:56 |  Mattdup279 | | 88/100 |
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From DommeDamian 10/14/2018 12:17
DommeDamian 10/14/2018 12:17
D'Angelo! Enough said!
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From LedZep 04/18/2017 21:36
LedZep 04/18/2017 21:36
Very cool chart. Gotta agree with Mingus, Beastie Boys, Mothers of Invention and a several more absolutely top notch albums. Not so much into more hardcore rap though, but the greatest problem is 65% of American albums, not so diverse. Still a superb chart, and bonus points for descriptions. Also great to see the chart without Beatles, Floyd and everything else you've mentioned, although I'd also like to see the chart with those legends included, just for comparison maybe. MR. GRIEVES
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From Mattdup279 10/04/2016 16:56
Mattdup279 10/04/2016 16:56
Cool as a cucumber
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sageamagoo 07/15/2016 22:35
sageamagoo 07/15/2016 22:35
This chart is incredible! Surprised I haven't run into it before, so many personal favourites here, along with many that I've heard good things about but haven't actually listened to. Great comments as well.
Any chance you could give me a few recommendations? For you, I suggest The Flaming Lips. Specifically, The Soft Bulletin and Clouds Taste Metallic. They're both excellent records—very different stylistically from one another, but I'm sure you'd enjoy both.
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From hippo 10/15/2015 22:21
Awesome chart! I think this was the first time I saw Louis Logic on a chart
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HoldenM 10/15/2015 22:10
HoldenM 10/15/2015 22:10
Beautiful freakin' chart.
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louisjwyatt 10/15/2015 18:51
louisjwyatt 10/15/2015 18:51
This is a rad chart. Don't get some of the rap inclusions, but love seeing the Wrens and Swervedriver here. Good stuff!
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rafalink 10/15/2015 13:25
rafalink 10/15/2015 13:25
Nice mix of decades, styles and countrys. We normally don't see this here on BEA.
I don't listen to some the albums that you put on the list, but I get very confortable to read the notes a I'll try to check some of that. I liked to see "Novos Baianos" on the list, great album! If you'd like to check another Brazilian masterpiece, try to listen "Construção" by Chico Buarque.
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From platus 10/15/2015 08:15
A very decent chart. Good taste.
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From mightyram 05/14/2014 19:41
Not heard a fair few of these but great mix from the decades, styles etc. great comments and clearly lots of passion in the choice. Like it.
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