Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Brad1770
Wow I’ve really been neglecting this list, its way out of kilter
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- Chart updated: 03/27/2023 02:15
- (Created: 08/25/2017 08:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Released: June 2013
58:59
Producer: Jack Shirley and Defheaven
Recorded: January 2013 at Atomic Garden Studios , East Palo Alto California
Fact 1:George Clarke named the album "Sunbather" because "that's the feeling it gives me , it is the sadness and the frustration and the anger that comes with striving for perfection , dreaming of warmth and love despite the pain of idealism " .
Fact 2:The pink and orange colors on the album cover are meant to resemble the color seen on the inside of one's eyelids when lying in the sun . [First added to this chart: 08/28/2017]
58:59
Producer: Jack Shirley and Defheaven
Recorded: January 2013 at Atomic Garden Studios , East Palo Alto California
Fact 1:George Clarke named the album "Sunbather" because "that's the feeling it gives me , it is the sadness and the frustration and the anger that comes with striving for perfection , dreaming of warmth and love despite the pain of idealism " .
Fact 2:The pink and orange colors on the album cover are meant to resemble the color seen on the inside of one's eyelids when lying in the sun . [First added to this chart: 08/28/2017]
Year of Release:
2013
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3,719
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Released: October 1995
50:06
Producer: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher
Recorded: 1995 Rockfield Studios Monmouth , Wales
Fact 1: Upon release fans loved it but critics did not. "Laboured and lazy , On this evidence Oasis are a limited band , They sound knackered " Melody Maker 1995
Fact 2: "Whilst Definitely Maybe is about dreaming of being a pop star What's The Story is about actually being a pop star in a band " Noel Gallagher quote 1995 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
50:06
Producer: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher
Recorded: 1995 Rockfield Studios Monmouth , Wales
Fact 1: Upon release fans loved it but critics did not. "Laboured and lazy , On this evidence Oasis are a limited band , They sound knackered " Melody Maker 1995
Fact 2: "Whilst Definitely Maybe is about dreaming of being a pop star What's The Story is about actually being a pop star in a band " Noel Gallagher quote 1995 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1995
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18,978
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Released: June 1979
39:28
Producer: Martin Hannett
Recorded: 1979 at Strawberry Studios , Stockport England
Fact 1:Martin Hannett used a number of unusual production techniques and sound effects on the album, including several AMS 15-80s digital delays, Marshall Time Modulators, tape echo and bounce, the sound of a bottle smashing, someone eating crisps, backwards guitar , the sound of the Strawberry Studios lift with a leslie speaker whirring inside , the sound of a basement toilet , an aerosol can and Curtis's vocals for "Insight" recorded down a telephone line
Fact 2: Both Sumner and Hook hated 'Unknown Pleasures' when they initially heard the finished album
"The production inflicted this dark, doomy mood over the album ,we'd drawn this picture in black and white, and Martin had coloured it in for us. We resented it , everyone else loved it though, so, we swallowed our pride and went with it" (Bernard Sumner)
"I couldn't hide my disappointment then, it sounded like Pink Floyd" (Peter Hook) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2017]
39:28
Producer: Martin Hannett
Recorded: 1979 at Strawberry Studios , Stockport England
Fact 1:Martin Hannett used a number of unusual production techniques and sound effects on the album, including several AMS 15-80s digital delays, Marshall Time Modulators, tape echo and bounce, the sound of a bottle smashing, someone eating crisps, backwards guitar , the sound of the Strawberry Studios lift with a leslie speaker whirring inside , the sound of a basement toilet , an aerosol can and Curtis's vocals for "Insight" recorded down a telephone line
Fact 2: Both Sumner and Hook hated 'Unknown Pleasures' when they initially heard the finished album
"The production inflicted this dark, doomy mood over the album ,we'd drawn this picture in black and white, and Martin had coloured it in for us. We resented it , everyone else loved it though, so, we swallowed our pride and went with it" (Bernard Sumner)
"I couldn't hide my disappointment then, it sounded like Pink Floyd" (Peter Hook) [First added to this chart: 12/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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25,075
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Released: May 2012
48:42
Producer: Charlie Andrew and Mark Bishop
Recorded: 2009 to 2011 at Iguana Studio London England
Fact 1: Sales of 'An Awesome Wave' spiked by 400% after the band won the Mercury Prize in 2012
Fact 2: The band juggled working on this debut album in Brixton whilst studying for their university degrees in Leeds [First added to this chart: 08/28/2017]
48:42
Producer: Charlie Andrew and Mark Bishop
Recorded: 2009 to 2011 at Iguana Studio London England
Fact 1: Sales of 'An Awesome Wave' spiked by 400% after the band won the Mercury Prize in 2012
Fact 2: The band juggled working on this debut album in Brixton whilst studying for their university degrees in Leeds [First added to this chart: 08/28/2017]
Year of Release:
2012
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7,479
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Released: May 1999
47:33
Producers: Nigel Godrich , Ian Grimble and Mike Hedges
Recorded: 1998 to 1999 at Abbey Road Studios London England , RAK Studios London England , Mayfair Studios London England and Chateau de la Rouge Motte Domfront France
Fact 1: The majority of the album's songs were written before the band's debut album 'Good Feeling' (1997)
Fact 2: The title The Man Who was derived from the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by neurologist Oliver Sacks from 1985 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
47:33
Producers: Nigel Godrich , Ian Grimble and Mike Hedges
Recorded: 1998 to 1999 at Abbey Road Studios London England , RAK Studios London England , Mayfair Studios London England and Chateau de la Rouge Motte Domfront France
Fact 1: The majority of the album's songs were written before the band's debut album 'Good Feeling' (1997)
Fact 2: The title The Man Who was derived from the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by neurologist Oliver Sacks from 1985 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1999
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1,908
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Released: March 1984
37:23
Producer: Alan Thorne
Recorded: 1983 at Trafalgar Studios Sydney Australia
Fact 1: Stone Age Romeos was named after The Three Stooges 163rd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1955
Fact 2: Tojo was an answer song to an Australian hit of a few years earlier Santa Never Made it Into Darwin which had been released to raise money for the victims of Cyclone Tracy which had almost destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1975 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
37:23
Producer: Alan Thorne
Recorded: 1983 at Trafalgar Studios Sydney Australia
Fact 1: Stone Age Romeos was named after The Three Stooges 163rd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1955
Fact 2: Tojo was an answer song to an Australian hit of a few years earlier Santa Never Made it Into Darwin which had been released to raise money for the victims of Cyclone Tracy which had almost destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1975 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Released: September 1987
20:28
Producer: Garry Smith
Recorded: March 1987 at Fort Apache Studios, Massachusetts
Fact 1: The title Come On Pilgrim has a religious tie. Frank Black took the “Levitate Me” lyrics 'Come on, pilgrim / You know He loves you' from Christian musician Larry Norman, who was his idol as a teenager. It was later suggested the line become the name of the release and the band agreed
Fact 2: In fact here are four songs with overt religious references or language in "Caribou", "Nimrod's Son", "The Holiday Song" and "Levitate Me" [First added to this chart: 12/23/2017]
20:28
Producer: Garry Smith
Recorded: March 1987 at Fort Apache Studios, Massachusetts
Fact 1: The title Come On Pilgrim has a religious tie. Frank Black took the “Levitate Me” lyrics 'Come on, pilgrim / You know He loves you' from Christian musician Larry Norman, who was his idol as a teenager. It was later suggested the line become the name of the release and the band agreed
Fact 2: In fact here are four songs with overt religious references or language in "Caribou", "Nimrod's Son", "The Holiday Song" and "Levitate Me" [First added to this chart: 12/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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2,106
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Released: November 1988
38:02
Producers: My Bloody Valentine (Kevin Shields , Bilinda Butcher , Colm Ó Cíosóig and Deb Googe )
Recorded: 1988 at Foel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion , Wales. Time Square Studios and Greenhouse Studio, London , England
Fact 1: “A raving nymphomania and out-of-body experience [that] establishes them as absent-minded rulers of this daydream nation". Actual bonkers review in Melody Maker 1988
Fact 2: While recording the album over a period of two weeks, the band got by on about two hours sleep a night [First added to this chart: 05/19/2018]
38:02
Producers: My Bloody Valentine (Kevin Shields , Bilinda Butcher , Colm Ó Cíosóig and Deb Googe )
Recorded: 1988 at Foel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion , Wales. Time Square Studios and Greenhouse Studio, London , England
Fact 1: “A raving nymphomania and out-of-body experience [that] establishes them as absent-minded rulers of this daydream nation". Actual bonkers review in Melody Maker 1988
Fact 2: While recording the album over a period of two weeks, the band got by on about two hours sleep a night [First added to this chart: 05/19/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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3,856
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Released: March 1997
54:39
Producers: Tim Freedman and Rob Taylor
Recorded: 1996 to 1997 at Albert Studios , Hipster Studios and Paradise Studios Sydney Australia
Fact 1: The Charlie trilogy of tracks are wrongly misunderstood to be about departed foundation member Stevie Plunder , rather Tim Freedman has confirmed the 3 tracks are about 3 different male characters who have been a part of his life
Fact 2: prior to release Tim Freedman left cassette copies in each pigeon hole of national alternative radio Triple J . Each tape was identified with a single line - "A Letter To You" which was an ode to the opening lines from the album . Needless to say this marketing strategy paid off and the album quickly gained regular rotation on the station going on to be a massive hit [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
54:39
Producers: Tim Freedman and Rob Taylor
Recorded: 1996 to 1997 at Albert Studios , Hipster Studios and Paradise Studios Sydney Australia
Fact 1: The Charlie trilogy of tracks are wrongly misunderstood to be about departed foundation member Stevie Plunder , rather Tim Freedman has confirmed the 3 tracks are about 3 different male characters who have been a part of his life
Fact 2: prior to release Tim Freedman left cassette copies in each pigeon hole of national alternative radio Triple J . Each tape was identified with a single line - "A Letter To You" which was an ode to the opening lines from the album . Needless to say this marketing strategy paid off and the album quickly gained regular rotation on the station going on to be a massive hit [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
[First added to this chart: 05/29/2022]
Year of Release:
2018
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1,997
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 4 | 4% | |
1970s | 9 | 9% | |
1980s | 36 | 36% | |
1990s | 31 | 31% | |
2000s | 8 | 8% | |
2010s | 12 | 12% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
The Cure | 3 | 3% | |
Wilco | 2 | 2% | |
Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
The Breeders | 2 | 2% | |
The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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Up 2 from 44th to 42nd If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues |
Up 1 from 89th to 88th Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs |
Up 1 from 88th to 87th Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen |
Biggest fallers |
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Down 28 from 22nd to 50th The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico |
Down 28 from 63rd to 91st The 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 |
Down 1 from 91st to 92nd Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids |
New entries |
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When The Pawn... by Fiona Apple |
Leavers |
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Primary Colours by The Horrors (UK) |
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