Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
AvalancheGrips 
Top Songs (somewhat in order):
The Avalanches- Live At Dominoes
Songs: Ohia- Farewell Transmission
Swans- Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture
Grizzly Bear- Sleeping Ute
Low- Fly
Viet Cong- Death
Swans- Finally, Peace
Swans- A Piece Of The Sky
Against All Logic- Cityfade
Sudan Archives- Home Maker
Viagra Boys- Baby Criminal
Fleet Foxes- Third Of May
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Storm
Denzel Curry- Melt Session #1
Denzel Curry- Walkin
Talking Heads- Born Under Punches
Black Country, New Road- The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Dead Flag Blues
Radiohead- How To Disappear Completely
Komm, Susser Todd- Arianne
Marty Robbins- Big Iron
Kendrick Lamar- These Walls
Kendrick Lamar- Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst
Radiohead- There, There
MGMT- Siberian Breaks
Black Midi- Slow
MGMT- Little Dark Age
Low- White Horses
Kendrick Lamar- Wesley's Theory
Grizzly Bear- Yet Again
Big Thief- Time Escaping
Injury Reserve- Outside
Nina Simone- Sinnerman
Black Country, New Road- Haldern
- Chart updated: 05/24/2023 02:45
- (Created: 01/13/2018 01:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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My first Favorite Album. It was a tough decision to make dethroning this album from the top spot, but Kendrick just went off too hard. This I consider one of my gateway albums, along with Demon Days and To Pimp A Butterfly. After listening to these three albums, I started taking my music taste more seriously. I listened to a lot of Tool and Chevelle freshman year, very edgy and heavy stuff. But I was finally moving out of my edgy preteen phase, this was sophomore year of high school. Now I'm a junior in college and still hold these three albums at the apex of my listening journey. But Since I Left You was special to me for some reason back then. It was genuinely unlike anything I had ever heard in my life, and I loved it so. I couldn't believe how forward it sounded for something created the year before my birth, and then I found out that it was entirely sampled and reworked to sound this way. Just Amazing. This album was literally life changing for me, I know that gets thrown around a lot but my life got considerably better when I ditched the edginess.
As for the content and accomplishments of this record, it's obviously second only to To Pimp A Butterfly in my opinion. Each track flows seamlessly into the next creating a suite that just cruises along. It feels like I'm listening to a party vicariously through music, complete with drugs, alcohol, dancing, and heartbreak. And that heartbreak might be what elevates this album even further. There are moments of melancholy and longing that give great depth to this album. Like yeah we're partying but I still have feelings and dreams and desires and I really wanted to get with that girl back there. These moments immerse you further into the party, like you're taking a breather outside or at a side table to cry and watch sadly at the dancefloor. It just feels so real alongside the fact that the tracks are absolute bangers.
"Live At Dominoes" is my favorite track of all time. It feels like the finale of this album, the final dance; and "Extra Kings" is just the epilogue, the ride home. But really "Live At Dominoes" feels like the last dance ever, like it's at the end of the world. It's frantic and unending, with moments of distortion and confusion. The bassline is so killer and the drumbeat is so satisfying. I think towards the end there's is some time signature trickery but I won't pretend to understand that stuff, it just makes the ethos of this track cooler. On its own, it's a crazy banger; and in the context of the album, I think it is the greatest spiritual finale to an album ever.
Favorite Songs: "Since I Left You", "Close To You", "A Different Feeling", "Electricity", "Live At Dominoes" [First added to this chart: 01/12/2018]
As for the content and accomplishments of this record, it's obviously second only to To Pimp A Butterfly in my opinion. Each track flows seamlessly into the next creating a suite that just cruises along. It feels like I'm listening to a party vicariously through music, complete with drugs, alcohol, dancing, and heartbreak. And that heartbreak might be what elevates this album even further. There are moments of melancholy and longing that give great depth to this album. Like yeah we're partying but I still have feelings and dreams and desires and I really wanted to get with that girl back there. These moments immerse you further into the party, like you're taking a breather outside or at a side table to cry and watch sadly at the dancefloor. It just feels so real alongside the fact that the tracks are absolute bangers.
"Live At Dominoes" is my favorite track of all time. It feels like the finale of this album, the final dance; and "Extra Kings" is just the epilogue, the ride home. But really "Live At Dominoes" feels like the last dance ever, like it's at the end of the world. It's frantic and unending, with moments of distortion and confusion. The bassline is so killer and the drumbeat is so satisfying. I think towards the end there's is some time signature trickery but I won't pretend to understand that stuff, it just makes the ethos of this track cooler. On its own, it's a crazy banger; and in the context of the album, I think it is the greatest spiritual finale to an album ever.
Favorite Songs: "Since I Left You", "Close To You", "A Different Feeling", "Electricity", "Live At Dominoes" [First added to this chart: 01/12/2018]
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2017
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2012
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2020s | 13 | 13% |
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| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 3 | 3% | |
| Black Midi | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Tyler, The Creator | 2 | 2% | |
| Portishead | 2 | 2% | |
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| Down 1 from 84th to 85th Nymphs by Nicolas Jaar |
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| 75/100 | 02/07/2023 20:32 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
| 90/100 | 02/07/2023 20:04 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
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| 90/100 | 02/07/2023 15:47 | Weepingguitarman | | 95/100 |
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From Tamthebam 08/28/2023 10:15
Tamthebam 08/28/2023 10:15
A young persons chart only 22 albums from the 60's, 70's & 80's but your descriptions are brilliant so that lifts the chart to 85/100
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90/100
From Johnnyo 02/07/2023 20:04
Great descriptions accompanying the entries. Good chart
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90/100
From Keatownrodriguez 02/07/2023 17:33
Keatownrodriguez 02/07/2023 17:33
That's a lot of depressing albums. Also, Komm Susser Tod is definitely one of the greatest songs ever!
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100/100
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DommeDamian 10/31/2022 22:52
DommeDamian 10/31/2022 22:52
I was right, this thing DOES increase in quality based on fascinating descriptions.
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From AvalancheGrips 08/10/2022 20:11
AvalancheGrips 08/10/2022 20:11
@leniad
I have heard all of those albums actually lol. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis is just outside of my top 100 and was on here for a little bit. Jazz on its own isn't my favorite, I love it when it's incorporated with other genres, à la progressive rock, post-rock, Hip-Hop
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100/100
From leniad 08/10/2022 17:20
you really like swans jajaja, also you already consider ants from up there in top 10, interesting, good chart overall
want to know if you have heard jazz? if not here are 3 albums i recommend you
The black saint and the sinner lady- charles mingus
ins a silent way - miles davis
a love supreme - john coltrane
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100/100
From Rm12398 08/10/2022 16:57
Fantastic chart!
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90/100
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seb7 02/09/2022 19:13
seb7 02/09/2022 19:13
cool picks
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100/100
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Jbalbinolr 02/06/2022 02:30
Jbalbinolr 02/06/2022 02:30
Very modern chart!
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Larcx13 02/06/2022 01:25
Larcx13 02/06/2022 01:25
Nice descriptions on your top picks.
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