Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bermolder

My FAVORITE** albums. Hence the apparent focus on certain genres and artists.
This is by no means a list of the "greats". That's far too difficult to quantify. So yes, it will be missing noteworthy artists who had a major impact on music throughout the ages. The listed albums have either spoken to me on a personal level, garnered points for nostalgia, or simply happen to be on repeat in the buds for reasons I cannot explain. They represent my personal go-to albums.

I encourage recommendations. There's a trove of wonderful undiscovered music out there.

• Chart updated: 02/28/2025 15:15
• (Created: 07/06/2017 16:48).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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In Rainbows 

 Radiohead

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My most played album. (IMO) In Rainbows is Radiohead poking fun at the innate, unavoidable oddities of being human. It's about feeling uncomfortable enough in your own skin that you 'bodysnatch' others. It's about trying to change but only making it '15 steps' before you revert back to your true self. It's about falling in love. But not the perfect misleading perception of love depicted in cinema. Rather, the kind of love where you venture up from the lonely ocean depths only to sink and get picked over by the worms and 'weird fishes'. But from your position on the ocean floor, you glimpse the refracted rays which extend down from above. I've always found each track to be relatable and true. Not all Radiohead albums are by definition "catchy". This one is, and is a great intro to the artist.

Favorite Tracks: Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw falling into place, Weird Fishes, House of Cards, etc.

PS. Wait for the bridge in bodysnatchers. The shift in layers is phenomenal. [First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,899 charts

Rank Score:

46,711

Rank in 2007:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 90 (3,909 votes)

Comments:

391

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A Moon Shaped Pool 

 Radiohead

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In Rainbows 2.0. So obviously I'm pretty into it. The lyrics are more ambiguous. You've got to work to find some meaning in them. You will indeed find it. I've heard multiple interpretations for various tracks. In each case the listener extracted a seemingly personalized message, which makes the album all the more impressive.

"In you I'm lost"

Favorites: Present tense, Identikit, Decks Dark, Burn the Witch...etc. every. single. song. [First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,388 charts

Rank Score:

15,889

Rank in 2016:

1

Rank in 2010s:

6

Overall Rank:

79

Average Rating:

 87 (2,138 votes)

Comments:

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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I must've listened to Kid A twenty times before I liked it. I couldn't figure out why it topped every list ever made. Couldn't quite figure out the message. It was so different from In Rainbows, and came across as a flurry of unorganized sounds and ambient. All I can say is...give it time and give it a full playthrough. As the saying goes 'Kid A may not be your first Radiohead album, but it will be your last'.

Favorite tracks: National Anthem (organized chaos!), How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, Optimistic [First added to this chart: 11/09/2017]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,206 charts

Rank Score:

45,673

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,428 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Radiohead galore. I'm sorry. I am what I am. Exchanging this album for the sake of variety would simply be dishonest. If you find yourself thinking me unoriginal, look to the album's ratings and BEA's 'top albums of all time' for justification...all these RH albums are up there.

Favorites: Exit Music for a Film (goosebumps when the distortion kicks in), No Surprises, Lucky [First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,395 charts

Rank Score:

68,348

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,597 votes)

Comments:

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The Bends 

 Radiohead

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The Bends is great because it's the point where start to notice that something is different...the nucleation point of 'what is Radiohead'.
The semblance of 'rock' is there but you couldn't label it as rock.

"who are my real friends? have they all got the bends?"

Favorite tracks: Nice Dream, Fade Out, Fake Plastic Trees [First added to this chart: 08/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,659 charts

Rank Score:

30,615

Rank in 1995:

1

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

23

Average Rating:

 87 (3,896 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	5	5%
1970s	20	20%
1980s	2	2%
1990s	8	8%
2000s	33	33%
2010s	30	30%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Radiohead	5	5%
Arcade Fire	4	4%
LCD Soundsystem	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
The Strokes	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	45	45%
	33	33%
	9	9%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 7 from 20th to 13th Nothing by Louis Cole / Metropole Orkest / Jules Buckley
Up 2 from 17th to 15th Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
Up 1 from 41st to 40th Lonerism by Tame Impala

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 15th to 19th The Stranger by Billy Joel
Down 3 from 14th to 17th Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
Down 1 from 13th to 14th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

New entries
July Talk by July Talk

Leavers
Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver

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From Moondance 01/31/2023 09:02

Nice chart indeed and a few less often seen artists/albums for me to check out ~ for which I thank you.

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From Peppermint 03/06/2022 18:08

This is a decent chart, with a lot of classic choices from the 2000s and 2010s. Love that you've included Beach House's 'Bloom' in here!

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From mianfei 12/08/2020 08:13

Although there is something of a stereotypical pattern to this chart in its focus on 2000s alternative and 1970s progressive rock, both genres of inconsistent attraction at most to my ears, I do not think of it as remotely bad. There are enough surprising choices to maintain interest, and even some well-known choices that might not be expected (which I actually like).

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95/100

From EyeKanFly 12/02/2020 01:06

Excellent chart, lots in common. I love your descriptions of the ska albums since you're a brass player, super cool thinking about music from that perspective.

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From DommeDamian 12/01/2020 09:11

Too much Rh but your descriptions win me over as always.

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From Larcx13 11/16/2020 14:11

Cool selection and nice effort. I was stoked to see Streetlight Manifesto up there, but a little less stoked about Kanye... Personally, i'm not crazy with some of your selections but as a whole your chart holds up especially with stuff like Flatliners, Catch 22, Common and the moe obvious like Arctic Monkeys and the Strokes, etc...

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90/100

From Johnnyo 09/11/2019 06:56

Excellent chart. Commutes can't be too bad if you listening to this lot

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From pctrooper 09/09/2019 22:02

A good friend of mine turned me on to Streetlight Manifesto last year. Some amazing drumming, indeed.

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From Globe02 06/04/2019 17:32

Dope chart

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