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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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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10/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Art Rock ● Proto-Punk ● Experimental Rock

Favorite(s): Sunday Morning, Venus In Furs, Heroin, Femme Fatale, I'm Waiting for the Man, I'll Be Your Mirror, European Son, Run Run Run, There She Goes Again, All Tomorrow's Parties

Least Favorite: Black Angel's Death Song [First added to this chart: 02/27/2018]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,978 charts

Rank Score:

45,998

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

350

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Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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10/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Folk Rock ● Blues Rock ● Singer-Songwriter

Favorite(s): Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Just Like a Woman, I Want You, Visions of Johanna, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, 4th Time Around, Obviously Five Believers, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Temporary Like Achilles, Pledging My Time, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

Least Favorite: Absolutely Sweet Marie... if I had to pick one [First added to this chart: 09/24/2019]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,968 charts

Rank Score:

27,782

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 88 (2,331 votes)

Comments:

173

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My Favorite Things 

 John Coltrane

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Favorite(s): My Favorite Things, Summertime, But Not for Me

Least Favorite: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [First added to this chart: 08/30/2020]

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

387 charts

Rank Score:

3,007

Rank in 1961:

1

Rank in 1960s:

68

Overall Rank:

584

Average Rating:

 81 (473 votes)

Comments:

15

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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9/10
Cover Art: 6/10

Pop rock ● Psychedelic rock ● Art rock ● Blues rock

Favorite(s): Happiness Is a Warm Gun; Rocky Raccoon; Blackbird; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Dear Prudence; Helter Skelter; I'm So Tired; Back In the U.S.S.R.; Revolution 1; Sexy Sadie; Mother Nature's Son; Julia; The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill; Martha My Dear; Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey; Yer Blues; Don't Pass Me By; Savoy Truffle; Birthday; Honey Pie; Cry Baby Cry; Long, Long, Long; Glass Onion; I Will; Good Night; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Why Don't We Do It In the Road?; Revolution 9; Piggies

Least Favorite: Wild Honey Pie [First added to this chart: 03/20/2018]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,867 charts

Rank Score:

43,256

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 89 (3,732 votes)

Comments:

337

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady 

 Charles Mingus

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9/10
Cover Art: 9/10

Avant-garde jazz ● Third Stream ● Flamenco jazz

Favorite(s): Group Dancers, Trio and Group Dancers (Mode D-F), Duet Solo Dancers

Least Favorite: Solo Dancer [First added to this chart: 09/25/2018]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

938 charts

Rank Score:

14,033

Rank in 1963:

1

Rank in 1960s:

22

Overall Rank:

92

Average Rating:

 86 (991 votes)

Comments:

73

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10

Pop rock ● Psychedelic pop ● Art pop

Favorite(s): Something, Here Comes The Sun, Golden Slumbers, Come Together, Oh! Darling, I Want You (She's So Heavy), You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Because, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Octopus's Garden, Carry That Weight, The End, Polythene Pam, Her Majesty

Least Favorite: Mean Mr. Mustard [First added to this chart: 12/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,629 charts

Rank Score:

65,427

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,509 votes)

Comments:

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I Talk With The Spirits 

 Roland Kirk

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9/10
Cover Art: 6/10

Post-bop ● Avant-garde jazz

Favorite(s): Serenade to a Cuckoo, I Talk With the Spirits, My Ship, A Quote From Clifford Brown, The Business Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, We'll Be Together Again/People, Trees, Django

Least Favorite: Fugue'n and Alludin' [First added to this chart: 09/24/2019]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 1965:

38

Rank in 1960s:

378

Overall Rank:

4,576

Average Rating:

 75 (42 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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9/10
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Pop rock ● Psychedelic pop ● Psychedelic rock

Favorite(s): Eleanor Rigby; Here, There, and Everywhere; I'm Only Sleeping; For No One; Tomorrow Never Knows; Taxman; And Your Bird Can Sing; Got to Get You Into My Life; She Said She Said; Yellow Submarine; I Want to Tell You; Good Day Sunshine; Love You To

Least Favorite: Doctor Robert [First added to this chart: 01/02/2018]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,944

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

477

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Odessey And Oracle 

 The Zombies

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9/10
Cover Art: 8/10

Favorite(s):

Least Favorite: [First added to this chart: 03/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,257 charts

Rank Score:

15,339

Rank in 1968:

4

Rank in 1960s:

21

Overall Rank:

87

Average Rating:

 85 (1,312 votes)

Comments:

118

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Pastel Blues 

 Nina Simone

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9/10
Cover Art: 7/10

Favorite(s): Sinnerman, Strange Fruit, Nobody Knows You When You're and Out, Be My Husband, Tell Me More And More And Then Some, Ain't No Use, End of The Line, Trouble In Mind

Least Favorite: Chilly Winds Don't Blow [First added to this chart: 08/30/2020]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

351 charts

Rank Score:

2,789

Rank in 1965:

7

Rank in 1960s:

72

Overall Rank:

641

Average Rating:

 81 (340 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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From Timooosterink 09/21/2020 21:30

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

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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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From Timooosterink 08/08/2019 08:20

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

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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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