Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by WilliamFrayer

DISCLAIMER: I'm a white straight male who is pretty uncultured and I have aimed to reflect that on this chart.

List of perfect songs (not represented on this chart)

1.) The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
2.) Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
3.) Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
4.) New Order - Age of Consent
5.) Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
6.) Coldplay - Sparks
7.) LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
8.) The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
9.) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze
10.) The Stranglers - Golden Brown
11.) The Walkmen - The Rat
12.) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
13.) The National - Fake Empire
14.) The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
15.) The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
16.) Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
17.) Getz/Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
18.) Weezer - California Kids
19.) Blur - The Universal
20.) R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
21.) Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You
22.) Beulah - If We Can Land a Man On the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart
23.) Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
24.) The Smiths - Is it Really So Strange?
25.) Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

• Chart updated: 09/08/2021 22:45
• (Created: 03/23/2017 01:07).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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31. (32) 1

The Gay Parade 

 of Montreal

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Best Tracks: Old Familiar Way, Fun Loving Nun, Neat Little Domestic Life, Y The Quale And Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst, My Favorite Boxer, Nickee Coco And The Invisible Tree, Gay Parade Outro

Of Montreal is most well-known for their later career, but their first couple of albums really speak to me a lot more. I love me some gay music. If you can listen to this album without having a smile on your face... God have mercy on you.

Favorite: My Favorite Boxer

9.2/10 [First added to this chart: 08/24/2018]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1999:

66

Rank in 1990s:

803

Overall Rank:

4,618

Average Rating:

 75 (73 votes)

Comments:

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32. (14) 18

Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Best Tracks: Pink Moon, Place to Be, Things Behind the Sun, Parasite, Free Ride, From the Morning

The depression that he faced coming into this record gives an overwhelmingly distant and melancholy tone to each song for sure. I can't deny that the unfortunate, early death of Nick Drake greatly amplifies the devastating mood that this album possesses, but the music is just as heartbreaking. I find myself often ignoring the lyrics of many songs I come across, and in the case of Pink Moon, I believe that isn't a very big deal at all. The music speaks for itself here.

Favorite: Pink Moon

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 03/24/2017]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,503 charts

Rank Score:

20,146

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,805 votes)

Comments:

142

33. (36) 3

Vespertine 

 Björk

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Best Tracks: Hidden Place, Cocoon, It's Not Up To You, Pagan Poetry, Sun In My Mouth, Unison

Wow, I enjoy this album. I do I really do. It's good.

Favorite: Hidden Place

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 03/19/2018]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

9,614

Rank in 2001:

4

Rank in 2000s:

26

Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

 83 (972 votes)

Comments:

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34. (35) 1

The Stone Roses 

 The Stone Roses

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Best Tracks: I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs The Drums, Bye Bye Badman, Made Of Stone, Shoot You Down, This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection

I didn't actually already have this one on my chart, which is strange. I probably had it on here at one point and then somehow it disappeared. I must've decided I didn't like it as much as I thought I did, but then I changed my mind again, obviously.

Favorite: Made Of Stone

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 08/24/2017]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

1,973 charts

Rank Score:

25,865

Rank in 1989:

3

Rank in 1980s:

5

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 86 (2,226 votes)

Comments:

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35. (37) 2

Keep It Like A Secret 

 Built To Spill

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Best Tracks: The Plan, Center Of The Universe, Carry The Zero, Bad Light, Time Trap, You Were Right, Broken Chairs

Yeah um, this album is awesome. Not to mention it has the literal perfect song, Carry The Zero, on it. So. What else more must I say? Indie rock masterpiece. All of it.

Favorite: Carry The Zero

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 09/08/2021]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

441 charts

Rank Score:

4,157

Rank in 1999:

7

Rank in 1990s:

76

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 82 (499 votes)

Comments:

37

36. (38) 2

A Crow Looked At Me 

 Mount Eerie

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Best Tracks: Real Death, Ravens, Swims, My Chasm, Soria Moria

Apparently I really like Phil Elverum. So, obviously, when it comes to an album explaining in depth his coping process to his wife's death, I'm very intrigued. I sort of understand why some people can't listen to this more than once or twice, but it's just such a unique album that I highly recommend listening to it many more times than that.

Favorite: Swims

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 05/16/2017]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

3,384

Rank in 2017:

6

Rank in 2010s:

75

Overall Rank:

536

Average Rating:

 80 (590 votes)

Comments:

62

37. (39) 2

Let's Get Out Of This Country 

 Camera Obscura (UK)

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Best Tracks: Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken, Dory Previn, The False Contender, Let's Get Out Of This Country, I Need All The Friends I Can Get

I didn't quite see the comparisons to Belle and Sebastian initially, but I think I understand it now to an extent. Other than the fact it's the same genre, I feel like Camera Obscura solidifies their own fun sound on this record. Catchy hooks all the way through.

Favorite: Dory Previn

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 05/13/2018]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

944

Rank in 2006:

24

Rank in 2000s:

290

Overall Rank:

1,788

Average Rating:

 79 (165 votes)

Comments:

7

38. (40) 2

Siamese Dream 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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Best Tracks: Cherub Rock, Quiet, Today, Hummer, Disarm, Geek U.S.A., Mayonaise, Spaceboy, Silverfuck, Luna

What a consistent and engaging record. Billy Corgan and company really struck gold with every single track on this album, and it definitely deserves the universal acclaim that it has gained. The production is incredible.

Favorite: Disarm

9.1/10 [First added to this chart: 05/16/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,557 charts

Rank Score:

19,461

Rank in 1993:

1

Rank in 1990s:

8

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 85 (1,889 votes)

Comments:

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39. (20) 19

The Velvet Underground 

 The Velvet Underground

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Best Tracks: Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes, Jesus, Beginning To See The Light, The Murder Mystery, After Hours

All four Velvet Underground albums are great, but their self-titled sticks with me the most. Definitely the most easily accessible as well as consistent one in their discography. I can listen to this any time; it fits all moods.

Favorite: After Hours

9.0/10 [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,192 charts

Rank Score:

13,783

Rank in 1969:

6

Rank in 1960s:

23

Overall Rank:

94

Average Rating:

 86 (1,590 votes)

Comments:

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40. (41) 1

The College Dropout 

 Kanye West

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Best Tracks: We Don't Care, All Falls Down, Jesus Walks, The New Workout Plan, Slow Jamz, School Spirit, Family Business

Kanye is the man when it comes to talking about the savior of hip-hop. I'm not going to pretend like I'm very knowledgeable in this area, but all I can say is I'm not a huge fan of the 'gangsta' rap of the 90's and early 2000's (yes, I'm an uncultured straight white male, hopefully that doesn't come as much of a surprise). Needless to say, this album means a lot to me.

Favorite: We Don't Care

9.0/10 [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

9,302

Rank in 2004:

4

Rank in 2000s:

27

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 83 (1,393 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	16	16%
1970s	15	15%
1980s	13	13%
1990s	14	14%
2000s	20	20%
2010s	22	22%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	4%
The Smiths	4	4%
Hop Along	3	3%
Björk	2	2%
The Strokes	2	2%
Queens Of The Stone Age	2	2%
Joanna Newsom	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	58	58%
	28	28%
	6	6%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 34 from 91st to 57th Painted Shut by Hop Along
Up 25 from 72nd to 47th Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Up 14 from 87th to 73rd Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy by The Who

Biggest fallers
Down 29 from 48th to 77th The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Down 19 from 20th to 39th The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground
Down 18 from 14th to 32nd Pink Moon by Nick Drake

New entries
Somewhere City by Origami Angel
Pang by Caroline Polachek
Rustic Bullshit by Talons'
Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor
The Dream Is Over by PUP
2020 by Richard Dawson

Leavers
MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana
The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones
Forever Changes by Love
Live At Massey Hall 1971 by Neil Young
Just Got Back From The Discomfort - We're Alright by The Brave Little Abacus
Graceland by Paul Simon

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100/100	12/15/2021 06:09	MCOTho	44	92/100
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From WilliamFrayer 02/26/2022 10:14

I'll probably delete this comment at some point but I figured I'd address the last commenter since I have Chart of the Day today and some people might see.

I have a silly disclaimer on my chart that admittedly isn't that funny, but it's meant to be a joke. I didn't mean to trigger anyone. But now deleting it would feel like a cop out so I'll still leave it there for now.

The purpose of the disclaimer has nothing to do with anything other than the fact that I'm self-conscious about the variety of genres that are present on my chart here, and more specifically, the lack thereof. Mostly general rock music and a few basic/predictable outliers. I realize that it's something that I shouldn't feel self-conscious about because no one can listen to and enjoy every type of music. But it's a distant goal that I have to eventually have more variety with the genre representation in my favorite albums.

I could keep going but this is already too long so I'll leave it here. Thanks for viewing my chart! I'll update it again eventually I'm sure.

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From MCOTho 12/15/2021 06:17

Hey we have the same favorite album! Also a ton of other stuff in common. I think that your disclaimer is extremely disturbing though. Only bigots care about race, sexuality, and gender and make broad generalizations on the basis of such things. I really thought people with good taste in music couldn't possibly be influenced by insane ideologies, but I guess that's not true. This chart makes me happy and disgusted at the same time. I hope you grow out of your racism - cause you clearly aren't just another NPC listening to whatever they put on the radio. Still gotta give you 100 though as that's what this site is supposed to be about - music - not race. Shit ruins everything.

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From leniad 09/21/2021 01:19

love your chart friend

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From pctrooper 10/21/2019 20:02

Whoo yeah, ya got good charting skills! I really like picks 50-60, and I quite dig the second half of your list overall.

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From DommeDamian 11/28/2018 20:45

Keep on perfecting your chart

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From Lgk21 01/02/2018 22:40

This is excellent. Every choice was clearly well thought out.

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From Onater 01/01/2018 21:38

I think this might be my list from another timeline

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From zrommeke 01/01/2018 18:45

Damn good chart!

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From RandolphCarterJr 07/11/2017 06:13

Wow high marks for ...Like Clockwork. I love it!

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From DommeDamian 05/27/2017 08:43

11 artists in common?! =Youre not an everyday user with an everyday chart - if gnomesayin'

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