Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 01/02/2019 00:15
- (Created: 12/28/2017 08:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Could be the Greatest Record Of All Time. I had never heard about Talking Heads until this year, and they're really solid, but this record especially sticks out in their catalog. The grooves from Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) to Once In A Lifetime are just fast paced and amazing. After that we can see that the record slows down a bit from Houses In Motion until the last track, The Overload. It really dosen't leave you in a happy mood. And especially the last track goes into dark territory and feels extremely experimental, to say the least. Can't stop listen to it! Always get cheer goosebumps from Born Under Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), The Great Curve, Once In A Lifetime, Houses In Motion and Listening Wind. Such amazing songs, and though I don't get those tear inducing feelings for every song here, the records just flows so perfectly. A perfect 10/10 for me!
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1980
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27,478
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Pet Sounds remains a story of personal triumph. Brian Wilson fought his label, his bandmates, and his family to bring the album to reality. Against all odds, he harnessed his mental state for genius. He produced and inspired two of music's greatest album ever. "Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened," the Beatles' producer George Martin later said. "Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds." The most beautiful vocal harmonies ever recorded, in my humble opinion. I think that Pet Sounds might be the greatest pop album ever made.
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1966
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38,871
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Many people were wondering how Kendrick could possibly top the vivid and conceptual good kid, m.a.a.d. city. Well not only did he top it with this record but he exceeded the expectation. With a powerful and beautiful blend of hiphop and jazz which is all in sync with the concept of the album. A very dense listen, To Pimp A Butterfly is one of the most culturally and socially important and great albums of the 21st Century thus far and will go down as a defining piece in hiphop's wide discography and easily Kendrick's current Magnum Opus.
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2015
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A close to perfect as any album in rock history. Every song a killer. Bruce at his peak. It would never get any better than this. In many ways, the essence of rock music, with all the energy and spirit rock and roll has to offer.
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1975
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1966
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1971
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1965
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2005
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1967
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1994
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1970s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 3% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 2% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 7 from 46th to 39thThe Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 39th to 40thUnknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
| Down 1 from 40th to 41stRubber Soul by The Beatles |
| Down 1 from 41st to 42ndSticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones |
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