Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bermolder Unknown

My FAVORITE** albums. Hence the emphasis on certain genres and artists.
This is by no means a list of the greats. That's far too difficult to quantify. 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.

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I stumbled upon Supertramp while perusing my father's CD rack as a kid. At first, the singles stood out (e.g., Dreamer, Bloody Well Right etc.). They were upbeat, fun, and even a smidgen childish. Of course they were just a front for the latent magic hidden within Rudy, Hide in your shell, Asylum, and School, which gradually grow and erupt over their course. [First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]
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1974
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I love Dark Side because it offers some of the finest sax, vocal, and guitar performances all compiled on one album under a common theme. Each song stands out in its own way, and cleverly outlines the stale predictability of our daily lives. All albums should flow like Dark Side.

Top Tracks: Time, Great Gig in the Sky, Us and them, Money... Are we even allowed to select favorites off Dark Side? Or will the immensity of that decision generate a black hole
[First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]
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1973
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71,836
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Classic easy-listening high-replay value rock. Need I say more?

Top tracks: You Make Loving Fun, Don't Stop, You Can Go Your Own Way, The Chain
[First added to this chart: 07/07/2017]
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1977
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34,288
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Best described as the soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist.

Tunes: One of these days, San Tropez, Echoes
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1971
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10,388
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Pt 1. is magical. Pt. 2 is the calm after the storm.

Oldfield absolutely crushes this one. At time it drags but I deem the slowdown to be necessary for the build and appreciation of the storm.
[First added to this chart: 09/30/2020]
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1975
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It pains me how underrated this album is. While the album concept may not be as cohesive as Crime of the Century, each individual track contains a cacophony of sound. Saxophone, flageolet, clarinet, piano, cello, harmonica... Have you ever heard a marimba solo? Check out 'Lady'. Every song is lengthy, complex, and utterly original.

Top tracks: Sister Moonshine, Another Man's Woman, Lady
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
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1975
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882
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An immersive experience. Especially with the added consideration that Oldfield was 19 at the time and played all instruments himself during recording. One of my go-to "background noise" albums. Ommadawn follows closely. Phew. Good stuff.

When you hear the werewolf the game changes (Pt. 2).
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1973
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Someone once turned Bowie off at a party I was at. I lost it. No one changes Bowie. No one.
None of the songs on Ziggy are my favorite Bowie hits. How do you compare to the likes of Modern Love? Now despite missing it's own Space Oddity equivalent, Ziggy is most solid as a whole.

Best tracks: Starman, Moonage Daydream, Suffragette City
[First added to this chart: 03/12/2018]
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1972
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How does one describe insanity? PF does it better than most.

"You reached for the secret too soon. You cried for the moon".

Additionally, Wish you were here is easily one of the top 5 greatest tracks of all time.
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1975
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Got to credit Waters for this epic tale. The Wall holds some of Pink Floyd's finest tunes. And if you've seen the performance live you can't help but agree the album is among the best for the story arc alone.
My only issue is that it's sometimes tough to give it a full play-through. Comfortably Numb, Another Brick, and Run like Hell each hit home. Were this 10-12 track album, it would be a top 10 album for me. Yes it would detract from the story, but I could live with it.
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1979
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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 18 18%
1980s 2 2%
1990s 7 7%
2000s 35 35%
2010s 31 31%
2020s 2 2%
Artist Albums %


Radiohead 5 5%
Pink Floyd 4 4%
Arcade Fire 4 4%
Kendrick Lamar 3 3%
The Beatles 3 3%
The Strokes 3 3%
LCD Soundsystem 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 47 47%
United Kingdom 34 34%
Canada 8 8%
Iceland 3 3%
Australia 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
France 1 1%
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Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 14 from 37th to 23rd
Meddle
by Pink Floyd
Climber Up 11 from 32nd to 21st
Continuum
by John Mayer
Climber Up 3 from 96th to 93rd
...Like Clockwork
by Queens Of The Stone Age
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 11 from 84th to 95th
We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic
by Foxygen
Faller Down 6 from 29th to 35th
Tubular Bells
by Mike Oldfield
Faller Down 3 from 21st to 24th
Ommadawn
by Mike Oldfield

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From 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 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 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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From 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 12/01/2020 09:11
Too much Rh but your descriptions win me over as always.
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From 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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From 09/11/2019 06:56
Excellent chart. Commutes can't be too bad if you listening to this lot
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From 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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