Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
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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
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- Chart size: 100 albums.
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There is an empty feeling to this record. Obviously not in a bad way, but in a way that has you longing for meaning. This album is much less overtly political than their other works. I think the best interpretation I can put to this album is that it is what life feels like. There are nostalgic moments, triumphant moments, somber moments, comforting moments, off-putting moments, happy moments, and sad moments. These are all captured on this record pretty much exclusively through instrumentation.
The opening section of "Storm" fills the listener with extreme triumph, a feeling that Godspeed You! can make you feel like no other band. When this feeling dies down, there comes a musical climax fit for history books. Few songs give me a grander smile than when the drums and wailing guitars come in on this climax. It is probably the highlight of the album and it is just 10 minutes in. After this climax, the instruments make you feel as if you are being chased and then, "Welcome to Arco AM/PM mini-market!". The following piano section gives you a feeling of loss and emptiness. These are some of the best sounding pianos I think I have ever heard.
Then, more goddamn trains, just like F#A#∞, and more drones, just like F#A#∞. Godspeed You! have pretty much perfected the art of drone between this album and the before mentioned one. They are full of depth and aren't just random, drawn-out noises. In comes a dreary sounding sermon about meeting God. The strings in the background are full with sorrow and anguish even. And the track gets ready for another amazing climax. When this climax hits, the first thing I always notice is the tremendous bassline, it's full of attitude and life. The track speeds up exponentially before giving way to probably the most boring and unneeded section of the whole record. It just sounds like metal objects being rung and tantalized. I'm not a fan of this segment, I don't think it really adds to the track or the tone of the album, it's pretty emotionally vacuous. However, this track is still very good, if probably my least favorite on the album.
"Sleep" hits you first with a wave of nostalgia as an old man speaks on his childhood. The physical remnants of the best moments of childhood are almost no more. He is left only with the memories of these moments. Then, a longing chord comes in and builds up. I want to mention again how good the bass sounds on this album. It sounds very organic and lively in many parts, including this section before the action starts. The quiet drums and the longing guitars complement perfectly the aforementioned bass that only comes in at specific moments. The track then builds up again and this time, the drums come in full force and the guitars are louder. The tension builds until it gives into wailing guitars and fast paced drums. The wailing guitars die off and more grounded guitars come back in. The watery guitar line builds again and another climax with yet another great bassline. This climax dies off yet again and a new and very satisfying drumline comes in. This is one of my favorite moments on the record, the drums are so surprisingly groovy, contrasted with the very emotional guitars and strings. The tracks has another climax, that's like the sixth one now. The track dies and with more amazing drums and guitar distortion. This is the most emotionally gripping track on the record, even though most of it is purely instrumental.
The final song starts with a very heartwarming bluegrass song. It is pretty funny to me that this is the most catchy section of Godspeed You!'s discography. Then, more drones and some amazing glockenspiel. They sound so ethereal. Some weirdo kids start singing in French, this is another heartwarming and nostalgic part of the record. The somber strings that follow give way to another climax, the shortest one on the album. It has yet another amazing bassline and more wailing guitars. The strings return until what is my favorite moment on the album. This is some of the most comforting music that has ever fell unto my ears. The drums are so crisp and, again, the bass is so organic and twangy, it sounds so good! I can hardly take it. The guitars again have a deep sense of longing. I really wish this section were longer. The drones that follow are not the most interesting in their catalogue. I really think this album could have ended in a more satisfying way, maybe another instrumental section. Nonetheless, the album is still godly.
This is definitely the pinnacle of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's discography. Their music has never been so emotionally exhilarating as on this album. The compositional work is phenomenal, each climax and valley seems perfectly placed and spaced. This is the epitome of post-rock right here. [First added to this chart: 07/12/2019]
The opening section of "Storm" fills the listener with extreme triumph, a feeling that Godspeed You! can make you feel like no other band. When this feeling dies down, there comes a musical climax fit for history books. Few songs give me a grander smile than when the drums and wailing guitars come in on this climax. It is probably the highlight of the album and it is just 10 minutes in. After this climax, the instruments make you feel as if you are being chased and then, "Welcome to Arco AM/PM mini-market!". The following piano section gives you a feeling of loss and emptiness. These are some of the best sounding pianos I think I have ever heard.
Then, more goddamn trains, just like F#A#∞, and more drones, just like F#A#∞. Godspeed You! have pretty much perfected the art of drone between this album and the before mentioned one. They are full of depth and aren't just random, drawn-out noises. In comes a dreary sounding sermon about meeting God. The strings in the background are full with sorrow and anguish even. And the track gets ready for another amazing climax. When this climax hits, the first thing I always notice is the tremendous bassline, it's full of attitude and life. The track speeds up exponentially before giving way to probably the most boring and unneeded section of the whole record. It just sounds like metal objects being rung and tantalized. I'm not a fan of this segment, I don't think it really adds to the track or the tone of the album, it's pretty emotionally vacuous. However, this track is still very good, if probably my least favorite on the album.
"Sleep" hits you first with a wave of nostalgia as an old man speaks on his childhood. The physical remnants of the best moments of childhood are almost no more. He is left only with the memories of these moments. Then, a longing chord comes in and builds up. I want to mention again how good the bass sounds on this album. It sounds very organic and lively in many parts, including this section before the action starts. The quiet drums and the longing guitars complement perfectly the aforementioned bass that only comes in at specific moments. The track then builds up again and this time, the drums come in full force and the guitars are louder. The tension builds until it gives into wailing guitars and fast paced drums. The wailing guitars die off and more grounded guitars come back in. The watery guitar line builds again and another climax with yet another great bassline. This climax dies off yet again and a new and very satisfying drumline comes in. This is one of my favorite moments on the record, the drums are so surprisingly groovy, contrasted with the very emotional guitars and strings. The tracks has another climax, that's like the sixth one now. The track dies and with more amazing drums and guitar distortion. This is the most emotionally gripping track on the record, even though most of it is purely instrumental.
The final song starts with a very heartwarming bluegrass song. It is pretty funny to me that this is the most catchy section of Godspeed You!'s discography. Then, more drones and some amazing glockenspiel. They sound so ethereal. Some weirdo kids start singing in French, this is another heartwarming and nostalgic part of the record. The somber strings that follow give way to another climax, the shortest one on the album. It has yet another amazing bassline and more wailing guitars. The strings return until what is my favorite moment on the album. This is some of the most comforting music that has ever fell unto my ears. The drums are so crisp and, again, the bass is so organic and twangy, it sounds so good! I can hardly take it. The guitars again have a deep sense of longing. I really wish this section were longer. The drones that follow are not the most interesting in their catalogue. I really think this album could have ended in a more satisfying way, maybe another instrumental section. Nonetheless, the album is still godly.
This is definitely the pinnacle of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's discography. Their music has never been so emotionally exhilarating as on this album. The compositional work is phenomenal, each climax and valley seems perfectly placed and spaced. This is the epitome of post-rock right here. [First added to this chart: 07/12/2019]
Year of Release:
2000
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The droning start to this record is a sign of the apocalypse to come. Somehow a simple low hum perfectly exemplifies the mood of this album. The spoken word section that follows is some of the most chilling apocalyptical foretelling I have heard yet. It reminds me so much of the movie and book The Road by Cormac McCarthy, probably why I listened to this album while reading the book. Strings and guitars weep in sorrow in the background and then give way to trains and Shepard Tones. These tones create a feeling of hopelessness and eternal damnation, until they give way to a triumphant and satisfying western tune. It's as if we are following the hero cowboy on his trek through the snowy, ashy desert of the apocalypse. This is genuinely one of my favorite moments in music period, I love walking through my campus at night to this part. What follows is a beautiful lullaby that feels just too short for how gorgeous it is.
"East Hastings" starts with a bagpipe interpolation of the opening guitar and string sequence of the "The Dead Flag Blues" and a woman yelling about California and the greatness of America. This somehow contributes to the overarching sense of endtimes and dread, like a street corner preacher screaming about the end of the world while a bagpipe provides the soundtrack, much like how the band still played while the Titanic sank. In comes the weak and simple guitar which builds into a section that kind of has an attitude about it when the drums and bass come in. This builds into a hectic and noisy end whereupon comes radio transmissions and sinister drones. There comes harsh mosquito sounds that decay into mechanical factory noises to end the track. This is my least favorite track on the record but it is still fucking amazing.
"Providence" comes in with an interview with a man called Bailey Blaise Finnegan III. He says it is not the end of times, in his other appearances he preaches about the shithole that is America and how it is failing miserably. In comes a watery and rhythmic guitar line that builds and builds with instrumentation, like horns and xylophones. This section is very much sound and texture based more than tuneful. Then comes the toms that compel this track into something more concrete. I love the sound of these drums, there's something primitive about them. It then becomes a very reverberated and delayed rendition of a funeral song. This section is almost like some ghost is trying to repent but their words just wisp away into the atmosphere. Then a triumphant marching beat forces its way through. When this ends a somber and withdrawn voice asks, "Where are you going?" before fading away into more drones. The record cuts silent for a couple minutes until a hidden guitar solo section comes in. This section is roaring and disorienting. This is some of the heaviest music that Godspeed You! has created. It ends with heavy, roaring, and distorted guitars and then fades away, ending the album, ending the journey.
This album is probably one of the most harrowing experiences in music. The drones paint a world of barren desolation and the musical sections seem to represent characters that live within that world: the poet drunk on the world, the heroic cowboy, the child who is sung a lullaby, a screaming preacher on the streets, a man with a quick temper and bad attitude, a prophetic and hopeless man, an upbeat and joyful teenager, a mourning mother singing at her son's funeral, a soldier who used to march many miles, a lost child, a violent and sullen man. These characters wander the wastes described by the poet in the opening, hopeless and lost. That is my interpretation at least. [First added to this chart: 07/07/2022]
"East Hastings" starts with a bagpipe interpolation of the opening guitar and string sequence of the "The Dead Flag Blues" and a woman yelling about California and the greatness of America. This somehow contributes to the overarching sense of endtimes and dread, like a street corner preacher screaming about the end of the world while a bagpipe provides the soundtrack, much like how the band still played while the Titanic sank. In comes the weak and simple guitar which builds into a section that kind of has an attitude about it when the drums and bass come in. This builds into a hectic and noisy end whereupon comes radio transmissions and sinister drones. There comes harsh mosquito sounds that decay into mechanical factory noises to end the track. This is my least favorite track on the record but it is still fucking amazing.
"Providence" comes in with an interview with a man called Bailey Blaise Finnegan III. He says it is not the end of times, in his other appearances he preaches about the shithole that is America and how it is failing miserably. In comes a watery and rhythmic guitar line that builds and builds with instrumentation, like horns and xylophones. This section is very much sound and texture based more than tuneful. Then comes the toms that compel this track into something more concrete. I love the sound of these drums, there's something primitive about them. It then becomes a very reverberated and delayed rendition of a funeral song. This section is almost like some ghost is trying to repent but their words just wisp away into the atmosphere. Then a triumphant marching beat forces its way through. When this ends a somber and withdrawn voice asks, "Where are you going?" before fading away into more drones. The record cuts silent for a couple minutes until a hidden guitar solo section comes in. This section is roaring and disorienting. This is some of the heaviest music that Godspeed You! has created. It ends with heavy, roaring, and distorted guitars and then fades away, ending the album, ending the journey.
This album is probably one of the most harrowing experiences in music. The drones paint a world of barren desolation and the musical sections seem to represent characters that live within that world: the poet drunk on the world, the heroic cowboy, the child who is sung a lullaby, a screaming preacher on the streets, a man with a quick temper and bad attitude, a prophetic and hopeless man, an upbeat and joyful teenager, a mourning mother singing at her son's funeral, a soldier who used to march many miles, a lost child, a violent and sullen man. These characters wander the wastes described by the poet in the opening, hopeless and lost. That is my interpretation at least. [First added to this chart: 07/07/2022]
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Year of Release:
2015
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[First added to this chart: 04/26/2023]
Year of Release:
2002
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2020s | 13 | 13% |
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| Swans | 4 | 4% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 3 | 3% | |
| Black Midi | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
| Black Country, New Road | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Down 1 from 82nd to 83rd For The First Time by Black Country, New Road |
| Down 1 from 83rd to 84th Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief |
| Down 1 from 84th to 85th Nymphs by Nicolas Jaar |
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 Mezzanineby Massive Attack |
| Leavers |
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 Heaven Or Las Vegasby Cocteau Twins |
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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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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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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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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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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
Nice descriptions on your top picks.
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