Top Greatest Albums #101-200
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AAL2014 
The time has officially come. My top one hundred is full, yet ever-changing. But I just have too many records that I love and have listened to a number of times that just didn't (or just haven't up to this point) made the elite top 100 cut. It's going to be a hell of a ride putting this list together but eventually this will be filled too. As always, my favorite tracks from each album will be listed and the drummer(s) who play on the respective albums will be acknowledged.
This will be more of a rough draft than my Top 100 but I hope you enjoy, thank you for checking in!
- Chart updated: 08/19/2024 14:45
- (Created: 06/03/2017 17:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Overall Chart #101
I’m thinking my spots for #’s 101 and 102 will always reside to the albums shown here as honorary main chart records. An extension of the true exclusive company that my favorite albums belong to and the memories I have revolving around them.
Iron Maiden is one of my favorite bands of all time and Piece of Mind is a really special record to me. Every Maiden album of the 80’s is worth listening to and if you’re a fan, pouring yourself into, but Piece of Mind is the true and complete beginning of my favorite era and lineup of the band. This is drummer Nicko McBrain’s first album with the band and the first thing you hear is his MIGHTY intro fill to the epic Where Eagles Dare, one of Maiden’s finest openers and a song you can point to as influence on other parts of their catalog.
Elsewhere through the track list, we have some of my favorite Maiden cuts ever like Revelations, the oft-overlooked closer To Tame a Land, and of course, The Trooper. The band expand their song-crafting and improve on production to make these songs sound larger than life, and like you’re a part of the tales you’re being told.
This is one of my most listened albums ever and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I already have two Maiden records on my main chart and I’ve been considering swapping this one with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. For now, imagine this as just as much a part of my main chart as Seventh Son or nearly any other album there.
Favorite Tracks: Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, The Trooper
Drummer: Nicko McBrain [First added to this chart: 06/05/2017]
I’m thinking my spots for #’s 101 and 102 will always reside to the albums shown here as honorary main chart records. An extension of the true exclusive company that my favorite albums belong to and the memories I have revolving around them.
Iron Maiden is one of my favorite bands of all time and Piece of Mind is a really special record to me. Every Maiden album of the 80’s is worth listening to and if you’re a fan, pouring yourself into, but Piece of Mind is the true and complete beginning of my favorite era and lineup of the band. This is drummer Nicko McBrain’s first album with the band and the first thing you hear is his MIGHTY intro fill to the epic Where Eagles Dare, one of Maiden’s finest openers and a song you can point to as influence on other parts of their catalog.
Elsewhere through the track list, we have some of my favorite Maiden cuts ever like Revelations, the oft-overlooked closer To Tame a Land, and of course, The Trooper. The band expand their song-crafting and improve on production to make these songs sound larger than life, and like you’re a part of the tales you’re being told.
This is one of my most listened albums ever and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I already have two Maiden records on my main chart and I’ve been considering swapping this one with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. For now, imagine this as just as much a part of my main chart as Seventh Son or nearly any other album there.
Favorite Tracks: Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, The Trooper
Drummer: Nicko McBrain [First added to this chart: 06/05/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,748
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Overall Chart #103
It’s simply a matter of time and a few more listens before All Things Must Pass walks into a solid spot on my main top 100 list. So much wonderful, soul-fueled, soul-filling songs on this album and so many different moods that Harrison pulls off with ease and terrific sequencing.
The first 6 or so songs to start ATMP is one of the great stretches of songs on any album. And that’s only the tip of this album’s gargantuan and giving iceberg.
Favorite Tracks: All Things Must Pass, Wah-Wah, Hear Me Lord [First added to this chart: 01/18/2023]
It’s simply a matter of time and a few more listens before All Things Must Pass walks into a solid spot on my main top 100 list. So much wonderful, soul-fueled, soul-filling songs on this album and so many different moods that Harrison pulls off with ease and terrific sequencing.
The first 6 or so songs to start ATMP is one of the great stretches of songs on any album. And that’s only the tip of this album’s gargantuan and giving iceberg.
Favorite Tracks: All Things Must Pass, Wah-Wah, Hear Me Lord [First added to this chart: 01/18/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
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12,458
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[First added to this chart: 07/25/2023]
Year of Release:
1969
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28,394
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Overall Chart #109
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
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2,275
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Overall Chart #111
Live After Death is an album that made my main chart but was removed after a series of tough chart arrangements.
Like all of the classic era Iron Maiden studio albums, I have a long-standing love with Live After Death too.
I can remember this album being the soundtrack to many a bus ride to school and back. And while I went through plenty of Maiden records in that era of my life as well, this live album gives all of those classic songs a different feel and listening experience as a result. The band is playing most of these tracks much faster than their studio recording counterparts and I kind of love that Bruce’s voice isn’t in peak condition as it was the very end of the tour, it gives this album a more authentic, feel-like-you’re-there quality.
Additionally, as with any true Maiden live experience, the banter captured at different points of the record and namely Bruce commanding the different portions of Long Beach Arena to scream his way is.. *chefs kiss*
Favorite Tracks: Revelations, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Running Free
Drummer: Nicko McBrain [First added to this chart: 01/18/2023]
Live After Death is an album that made my main chart but was removed after a series of tough chart arrangements.
Like all of the classic era Iron Maiden studio albums, I have a long-standing love with Live After Death too.
I can remember this album being the soundtrack to many a bus ride to school and back. And while I went through plenty of Maiden records in that era of my life as well, this live album gives all of those classic songs a different feel and listening experience as a result. The band is playing most of these tracks much faster than their studio recording counterparts and I kind of love that Bruce’s voice isn’t in peak condition as it was the very end of the tour, it gives this album a more authentic, feel-like-you’re-there quality.
Additionally, as with any true Maiden live experience, the banter captured at different points of the record and namely Bruce commanding the different portions of Long Beach Arena to scream his way is.. *chefs kiss*
Favorite Tracks: Revelations, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Running Free
Drummer: Nicko McBrain [First added to this chart: 01/18/2023]
Year of Release:
1985
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528
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Over the years, I had a mental block with enjoying this album as a full piece. While acknowledging the obvious handful of masterpiece Yes songs Fragile offers, it always seemed too jagged and unfinished as a full album to rank it highly as a full piece. Fortunately, for me, I’ve come to really enjoy the little sonic world this record and its stories has to offer even in the slightly non-traditional ‘song-grout-song-grout’ etc format.
Regardless, the key to this album’s kingdom has always been the opener Roundabout and its majestic closer Heart of the Sunrise.
Favorite Tracks: Roundabout, Heart of the Sunrise, South Side of the Sky
Drummer: Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 06/05/2017]
Over the years, I had a mental block with enjoying this album as a full piece. While acknowledging the obvious handful of masterpiece Yes songs Fragile offers, it always seemed too jagged and unfinished as a full album to rank it highly as a full piece. Fortunately, for me, I’ve come to really enjoy the little sonic world this record and its stories has to offer even in the slightly non-traditional ‘song-grout-song-grout’ etc format.
Regardless, the key to this album’s kingdom has always been the opener Roundabout and its majestic closer Heart of the Sunrise.
Favorite Tracks: Roundabout, Heart of the Sunrise, South Side of the Sky
Drummer: Bill Bruford [First added to this chart: 06/05/2017]
Year of Release:
1971
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6,214
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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15,176
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The Who and specifically Who’s Next have been so difficult for me to rank in my all time chart. I can make an easy case for this to be in my main 100 chart as the Who are such a great band and I think this is their best work. On top of that, I’m blown away by this track-listing.
The absolutely massive anthems, the bombastic live feel and, similarly, wonderfully captured drum sound, as well the early use of synth leads in a style that would influence the next era of rock nearly more than anything on this entire project.. there is a ton to remark on with this record.
Perhaps where I diverge from that line of thinking is that I don’t have a remarkable amount of time spent with Who’s Next top to bottom. I love the deeper cuts more with each listen, but for a long time I thought all I needed were the hits. That’s on me, however.
For now, the finest of the Who studio records finds a place firmly within my all-time top 125.
Favorite Tracks: Baba O’Reily, Bargain, Won’t Get Fooled Again
Drummer: Keith Moon [First added to this chart: 04/23/2020]
The Who and specifically Who’s Next have been so difficult for me to rank in my all time chart. I can make an easy case for this to be in my main 100 chart as the Who are such a great band and I think this is their best work. On top of that, I’m blown away by this track-listing.
The absolutely massive anthems, the bombastic live feel and, similarly, wonderfully captured drum sound, as well the early use of synth leads in a style that would influence the next era of rock nearly more than anything on this entire project.. there is a ton to remark on with this record.
Perhaps where I diverge from that line of thinking is that I don’t have a remarkable amount of time spent with Who’s Next top to bottom. I love the deeper cuts more with each listen, but for a long time I thought all I needed were the hits. That’s on me, however.
For now, the finest of the Who studio records finds a place firmly within my all-time top 125.
Favorite Tracks: Baba O’Reily, Bargain, Won’t Get Fooled Again
Drummer: Keith Moon [First added to this chart: 04/23/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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21,016
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[First added to this chart: 02/23/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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1,815
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This record is pretty unbelievable. I was relatively new to this whole sound and aesthetic before pressing play on Un Insides, but I was absolutely blown away by the writing, attitude, and of course the otherworldly production.
SOPHIE guides us through her maze from heavenly cloud naps to hellish auditory assaults. The soundscapes across this record range from the size of a single mosquito to an entire swarm, sometimes within the scope of a few seconds.
Un Insides is a chaotic, triumphant masterpiece and it’s a travesty that we won’t be seeing decades of SOPHIE material. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2023]
This record is pretty unbelievable. I was relatively new to this whole sound and aesthetic before pressing play on Un Insides, but I was absolutely blown away by the writing, attitude, and of course the otherworldly production.
SOPHIE guides us through her maze from heavenly cloud naps to hellish auditory assaults. The soundscapes across this record range from the size of a single mosquito to an entire swarm, sometimes within the scope of a few seconds.
Un Insides is a chaotic, triumphant masterpiece and it’s a travesty that we won’t be seeing decades of SOPHIE material. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2023]
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2018
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1,674
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Top Greatest Albums #101-200 composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Iron Maiden | 3 | 3% | |
| Kiss | 2 | 2% | |
| Manchester Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 2 | 2% | |
| Rush | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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62 | 62% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top Greatest Albums #101-200 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 43rd to 39thThe Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple |
| Up 1 from 34th to 33rdThe Epic by Kamasi Washington |
| Up 1 from 33rd to 32ndDummy by Portishead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 32nd to 34thSabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25thMTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana |
| Down 1 from 39th to 40thMothership Connection by Parliament |
| New entries |
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| The Unnamables by Univeria Zekt |
| Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus |
| The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys |
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