Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by scwrlw

Subjective chart, just my opinion on what I have listened to so far (rating my favorite albums against each other is hard; this list changes around often).

Any album suggestions are welcomed! I also regularly update the current yearly charts so check those out if you're interested!

• Chart updated: 01/20/2022 03:15
• (Created: 10/16/2017 05:44).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Endtroducing..... 

 DJ Shadow

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Instrumental hip-hop ● Trip hop ● Downtempo ● Plunderphonics

Favorite(s): Building Steam with a Grain of Salt, Midnight in a Perfect World,

Least Favorite: Untitled [First added to this chart: 09/07/2019]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

948 charts

Rank Score:

10,300

Rank in 1996:

3

Rank in 1990s:

30

Overall Rank:

147

Average Rating:

 84 (1,083 votes)

Comments:

64

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Hounds Of Love 

 Kate Bush

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Favorite(s):

Least Favorite: [First added to this chart: 01/15/2020]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

1,347 charts

Rank Score:

19,255

Rank in 1985:

1

Rank in 1980s:

7

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 85 (1,336 votes)

Comments:

98

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Voodoo 

 D'Angelo

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10

Favorite(s):

Least Favorite: Chicken Grease [First added to this chart: 01/19/2022]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

3,215

Rank in 2000:

11

Rank in 2000s:

92

Overall Rank:

558

Average Rating:

 79 (416 votes)

Comments:

19

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Atrocity Exhibition 

 Danny Brown

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Favorite(s): Ain't It Funny, Pneumonia, When It Rain, Really Doe, White Lines, Downward Spiral, Tell Me What I Don't Know, Lost, Get Hi, Rolling Stone, Goldust, Hell For It

Least Favorite: From the Ground [First added to this chart: 12/25/2018]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

583 charts

Rank Score:

5,963

Rank in 2016:

5

Rank in 2010s:

39

Overall Rank:

301

Average Rating:

 83 (686 votes)

Comments:

54

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10

New wave ● Post-punk ● Funk

Favorite(s):

Least Favorite: [First added to this chart: 12/17/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,966 charts

Rank Score:

30,719

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

192

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Is This It 

 The Strokes

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9/10
Cover Art: 6/10

Indie rock ● Garage rock revival

Favorite(s): Trying Your Luck, Someday, Hard to Explain, Barely Legal, Is This It, The Modern Age, Soma, Take It or Leave It, Last Nite, When It Started/New York City Cops

Least Favorite: Alone, Together [First added to this chart: 04/22/2018]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,401 charts

Rank Score:

33,181

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (2,957 votes)

Comments:

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Black Unity 

 Pharoah Sanders

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10 [First added to this chart: 08/30/2020]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

513

Rank in 1972:

47

Rank in 1970s:

527

Overall Rank:

2,948

Average Rating:

 79 (87 votes)

Comments:

2

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Illmatic 

 Nas

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10

Favorite(s): The World Is Yours, N.Y. State of Mind, Represent, It Ain't Hard To Tell, Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park), Life's a Bitch, One Love, Halftime, The Genesis

Least Favorite: One Time 4 Your Mind [First added to this chart: 12/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,311 charts

Rank Score:

18,508

Rank in 1994:

2

Rank in 1990s:

12

Overall Rank:

65

Average Rating:

 86 (1,535 votes)

Comments:

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Ys 

 Joanna Newsom

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Chamber folk ● Progressive folk

Favorite(s): Sawdust & Diamonds, Emily, Cosmia, Monkey & Bear

Least Favorite: Only Skin [First added to this chart: 06/26/2018]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

9,290

Rank in 2006:

2

Rank in 2000s:

28

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 82 (827 votes)

Comments:

85

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The Money Store 

 Death Grips

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Experimental hip-hop ● Industrial hip-hop

Favorite(s): Hacker, The Fever (Aye Aye), Blackjack, Get Got, I've Seen Footage, Bitch Please, Double Helix, Lost Boys, System Blower, Punk Weight, Hustle Bones

Least Favorite: Fuck That [First added to this chart: 10/25/2017]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

636 charts

Rank Score:

7,882

Rank in 2012:

5

Rank in 2010s:

24

Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

 82 (953 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	13	13%
1970s	13	13%
1980s	5	5%
1990s	16	16%
2000s	17	17%
2010s	32	32%
2020s	3	3%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Björk	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	2	2%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
Frank Ocean	2	2%
Tool	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	63	63%
	25	25%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 7 from 13th to 6th Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Up 5 from 21st to 16th OK Computer by Radiohead
Up 4 from 19th to 15th My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 8th to 12th Lateralus by Tool
Down 4 from 9th to 13th Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Down 4 from 10th to 14th In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

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100/100	03/20/2022 00:01	AAL2014	163	92/100
100/100	05/20/2021 16:53	Anti	358	87/100
90/100	04/20/2021 06:37	Skroskznik	94	92/100
90/100	04/12/2021 14:07	jackq	274	92/100
100/100	10/23/2020 21:54	leniad	686	85/100

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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.4/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.6.

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From leniad 03/16/2022 18:02

excellent taste friend, i really like all the albums you choose (almost)

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From Skroskznik 04/20/2021 06:38

Really cool recents in the top cool unique list

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From leniad 10/23/2020 21:56

like your taste friend

but i have a question, you like or search for 1970s albums?

want to share opinions

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90/100

From Timooosterink 09/21/2020 21:30

Great chart, maybe you will enjoy everything everything - get to heaven.

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90/100

From ExTeaSea 02/02/2020 22:34

Taking another look at this chart I noticed you rated the album covers, that's a fun idea. Was checking it out again because you have Aphex Twin as your picture so was expecting more of his stuff but that's not the case. Still a killer chart though.

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From ForegroundNoise 08/09/2019 09:10

Really nice mix of genres, and I especially like your picks from this decade (I'll have to check out that Rosalía record at no.4!), I look forward to seeing your writings on why these are your favourite genres. Seeing as you ask for recommendations (and you have so many from the current decade already) here's a few older picks that you might enjoy:

Nico - Chelsea Girl
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Neil Young - Harvest
Brian Eno - Another Green World

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90/100

From gidgidi 08/08/2019 15:13

Great chart!

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90/100

From Timooosterink 08/08/2019 08:20

Great chart! I would recommend demon days - gorillaz and plastic beachtl - gorillaz

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85/100

From LedZep 03/11/2019 20:08

Pretty great! Love the inclusion of so many recent albums, and the whole chart has much personality.
Also if you've enjoyed that Daughters album I'd recommend some classic noise and no wave albums like The Birthday Party's Junkyard, Swans' Soundtracks for the Blind, Sonic Youth's Evol etc.

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From ExTeaSea 01/22/2019 17:38

Bjork! Good chart.

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