Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by BLO 
Here's my personal list of favorite albums. I understand I don't have much past the 70's, so let me know if there's anything newer you think I'd like!
Here are the albums on this list that I consider the most underappreciated that I think you should check out:
Forca Bruta
Our Mother the Mountain
Sunflower
You Don't Mess Around with Jim
Cold Fact
Coming from Reality
Evensong
Heron
Reves/yosoy
Chicago/Chicago II
Exuma
American III: Solitary Man
Un Segundo MTV Unplugged
- Chart updated: 03/28/2024 02:45
- (Created: 11/17/2017 03:34).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Neil Young tends to fluctuate from heavy rock that drips with deeply distorted guitar tones to sweet country folk. On this album his folky side prevails with the best results of his career. The perfect album for driving through a cold country side at 11pm. A majority of the songs are sweet ballads that slow dance with the listener, and the rest are the aforementioned heavy rockers. However, unlike with You Don't Mess Around with Jim, this album transitions between fast rock songs and slow folk songs perfectly.
[First added to this chart: 01/10/2018]
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1970
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16,294
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After the Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere are two sides of the same Neil Young coin. While Gold Rush is a beautiful, serene, and occasionally heavy album, this album is heavy and occasionally serene. Neil Young wrote most of the albums while delirious, and the song structures on most tracks are deceptively simple. However, the guitar playing is phenomenal and the chemistry with crazy horse is impeccable. The softer tracks are also beautiful and heartbreaking.
There are 2 songs this album is rightfully known for: Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand. I'll let the guitar speak for itself. [First added to this chart: 10/14/2018]
There are 2 songs this album is rightfully known for: Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand. I'll let the guitar speak for itself. [First added to this chart: 10/14/2018]
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1969
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8,372
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I cannot believe this madman simply decided to stop being a writer and become a singer-songwriter instead. Without any knowledge of how to sing, play guitar, or write a melody! Then he goes and releases one of the best pieces of folk to graze anyone's ears. He literally calls the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" just to rub your nose in the fact that he is the one who wrote "Susanne", one of the greatest songs of all time. The man was clearly a poet, by the time you finish deciphering the meaning behind the second song on the album the thing is finished, begging you to give it another spin.
[First added to this chart: 06/23/2018]
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1967
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10,237
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[First added to this chart: 02/12/2019]
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1979
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4,577
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[First added to this chart: 02/14/2019]
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1974
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7,927
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[First added to this chart: 08/24/2018]
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1972
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13,222
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1970s | 54 | 54% | |
| 1980s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 4 | 4% |
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| The Beatles | 7 | 7% | |
| The Beach Boys | 5 | 5% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 4 | 4% | |
| Jorge Ben | 3 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 3% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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91/100 (from 46 votes)
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| 90/100 | 04/02/2023 16:14 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/02/2023 14:29 |  Goliath | | 86/100 |
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From Johnnyo 04/02/2023 16:57
Great chart.
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85/100
From mrmcrook 03/26/2021 01:09
Love your notes. Gave me good insight to a few I'll be checking out
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From BLO 12/07/2020 00:03
Thanks for your comment Boltzmann! I can see why the wording of my description confused you, but I have obviously listened to every album front to back on every one of my charts. I meant that I hadn't listened to most of the albums in the top 500 or so in the overall chart, and thus don't be angry if I don't put Loveless or whatever on my chart.
I'm sorry you found my chart "bland". Feel free to hit me with any recommendations that aren't dull!
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95/100
From leniad 12/05/2020 03:29
like a lot of your choices but i think half 1970s is a lot, and the 70s are my favourite decade jajaja
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90/100
From BraddlesHendo 12/05/2020 02:04
I’m going out to buy that Chicago album ASAP . Great list
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95/100
From StefanR10 12/04/2020 21:22
StefanR10 12/04/2020 21:22
Really cool here. I found one new album from a band from Mexico but the rest is everything i can go with. Beatles, Radiohead, Neil Young and David Bowie superb collection.
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85/100
From 
sssvnnn 12/04/2020 20:09
sssvnnn 12/04/2020 20:09
Very classical and Beatlesque chart...
I like it. You love good songs and melodies: Same as me.
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Boltzmann 12/04/2020 17:18
Boltzmann 12/04/2020 17:18
"Here is a list of my favorite albums, I haven't listened to them all"... that's not how that works, I'd say drop one of these sentences. Impressive how your chart is still extremely predictable and bland.
Sunflower by The Beach Boys is great though, and indeed underappreciated. This mf was making shoegazing in the '70s.
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95/100
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seb7 12/04/2020 15:57
seb7 12/04/2020 15:57
Almost perfect list. I agree with almost every pick!
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100/100
From ThuramThugood 04/19/2020 02:33
Pretty good. Not a fan of Fleet Foxes myself, as they remind me of stroking stoats in the West Country. Good to see Forever Changes by Love ranked so high.
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