Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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Released: March 1988
32:50
Producer: Steve Albini
Recorded: November 1987 at Downtown Recorders , South End Boston and December 1987 at Q Division, Somerville, Massachusetts
Fact 1: The album was made for the total sum of $9,000
Fact 2: Steve Albini would insist that Kim Deals backing vocals for "Where Is My Mind" and lead vocals for "Gigantic" be recorded in a bathroom to achieve a real echo effect [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
32:50
Producer: Steve Albini
Recorded: November 1987 at Downtown Recorders , South End Boston and December 1987 at Q Division, Somerville, Massachusetts
Fact 1: The album was made for the total sum of $9,000
Fact 2: Steve Albini would insist that Kim Deals backing vocals for "Where Is My Mind" and lead vocals for "Gigantic" be recorded in a bathroom to achieve a real echo effect [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1988
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13,540
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Released: July 1986
38:23
Producer: Don Gehman
Recorded: April to May 1986 at Belmont Mall Studios , Belmont Indiana
Fact 1:The source for the title of the album according to Peter Buck is from the 1964 film "A Shot in the Dark " . Inspector Clouseau opens car door and falls into a fountain , Maria: "You should get out of these clothes immediately. You'll catch your death of pneumonia, you will " , Clouseau: "Yes, I probably will. But it's all part of LIFES RICH PAGENT , you know?".
Fact 2: Lifes Rich Pageants track listing omits 2 songs ( Superman and Underneath The Bunker) and promises a different running order to what actually appears on the final record [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
38:23
Producer: Don Gehman
Recorded: April to May 1986 at Belmont Mall Studios , Belmont Indiana
Fact 1:The source for the title of the album according to Peter Buck is from the 1964 film "A Shot in the Dark " . Inspector Clouseau opens car door and falls into a fountain , Maria: "You should get out of these clothes immediately. You'll catch your death of pneumonia, you will " , Clouseau: "Yes, I probably will. But it's all part of LIFES RICH PAGENT , you know?".
Fact 2: Lifes Rich Pageants track listing omits 2 songs ( Superman and Underneath The Bunker) and promises a different running order to what actually appears on the final record [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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3,500
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Released: November 1985
38:55
Producer: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Recorded: March 1985 at Southern Studios Wood Green , North London
Quote 1: “We just did it. I don’t know how we did it. It’s a little miracle" (Jim Reid)
Quote 2: “We used to put a lot of this mad, drunken energy into the gigs with this pent-up anger that was kind of a, ‘If we don’t do this, we’re gonna die’ attitude. So when it came to making the record, we were very conscientious and not drinking and not getting wasted.” Bassist Douglas Hart discusses recording Psycocandy. [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
38:55
Producer: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Recorded: March 1985 at Southern Studios Wood Green , North London
Quote 1: “We just did it. I don’t know how we did it. It’s a little miracle" (Jim Reid)
Quote 2: “We used to put a lot of this mad, drunken energy into the gigs with this pent-up anger that was kind of a, ‘If we don’t do this, we’re gonna die’ attitude. So when it came to making the record, we were very conscientious and not drinking and not getting wasted.” Bassist Douglas Hart discusses recording Psycocandy. [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1985
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6,114
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Released: June 1985
39:44
Producer: Joe Boyd
Recorded: February to March 1985 at Livingston Studios London
Fact 1: Stipe revealed to Melody Maker that he had been listening to a lot of Appalachian folk music prior to the recording of Fables and had become fascinated by the oral tradition of local legends being passed down the generations
Fact 2: 'Green Grow The Rushes ' was stemmed from a pact Stipe and Natalie Merchant made to write songs about the genocide of American Indians [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
39:44
Producer: Joe Boyd
Recorded: February to March 1985 at Livingston Studios London
Fact 1: Stipe revealed to Melody Maker that he had been listening to a lot of Appalachian folk music prior to the recording of Fables and had become fascinated by the oral tradition of local legends being passed down the generations
Fact 2: 'Green Grow The Rushes ' was stemmed from a pact Stipe and Natalie Merchant made to write songs about the genocide of American Indians [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
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1985
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1,598
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Released: September 1987
39:51
Producer: Scott Litt and R.E.M
Recorded: March 30 to May 2nd at Sound Emporium Nashville Tennessee
Fact 1:Rejected suggestions for the album title include 'R.E.M No.5 ' , 'Table of Content' , 'Mr Evil Breakfast' , 'Skin Up ' and 'Last Train to Disneyland'.
Fact 2: "It's the End of the World (and I Feel Fine) is either my favorite song on the record or my least favorite , I'm still deciding " Peter Buck to Rolling Stone 27/08/1987 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
39:51
Producer: Scott Litt and R.E.M
Recorded: March 30 to May 2nd at Sound Emporium Nashville Tennessee
Fact 1:Rejected suggestions for the album title include 'R.E.M No.5 ' , 'Table of Content' , 'Mr Evil Breakfast' , 'Skin Up ' and 'Last Train to Disneyland'.
Fact 2: "It's the End of the World (and I Feel Fine) is either my favorite song on the record or my least favorite , I'm still deciding " Peter Buck to Rolling Stone 27/08/1987 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
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1987
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4,778
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Released: August 1987
46:37
Producer: Warne Livesey and Midnight Oil
Recorded:1987 at Albert Studios Sydney
Fact 1: In 2010 Diesel and Dust was ranked no 1 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Fact 2: In 1986 Midnight Oil would skip headline arenas for a tour of the Australian Outback where the band saw first hand the brutal poverty and suffering of Australia's Aboriginal people , the bands anger at what they experienced would come pouring out in Diesel and Dust . "It was a life-changing event for all of us" Rob Hirst 2013. [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
46:37
Producer: Warne Livesey and Midnight Oil
Recorded:1987 at Albert Studios Sydney
Fact 1: In 2010 Diesel and Dust was ranked no 1 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Fact 2: In 1986 Midnight Oil would skip headline arenas for a tour of the Australian Outback where the band saw first hand the brutal poverty and suffering of Australia's Aboriginal people , the bands anger at what they experienced would come pouring out in Diesel and Dust . "It was a life-changing event for all of us" Rob Hirst 2013. [First added to this chart: 08/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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1,823
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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]
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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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2,103
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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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3,831
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1988
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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% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
| The Breeders | 2 | 2% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
| Fiona Apple | 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 Coloursby The Horrors (UK) |
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