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
- Chart updated: 05/24/2023 02:45
- (Created: 01/13/2018 01:55).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fast, energetic, noisy, tribal, psychedelic, and nostalgic.
This album very quickly became one of my favorites of all time. The opening track alone propels it to great heights, but of course, Boredoms keeps up the energy for the entire record. For some reason, this album reminds me a lot of childhood. Maybe it's the bubbly atmosphere and dreaminess of it all. Boredoms manages to be noisy with layers and layers of sound without being harsh or grating. This album also incorporates a lot of elements of Krautrock, something I am a huge fan of. There are just so many parts to this album that I'm in love with and I don't think I will ever get over how good this album is.
Favorite Songs: "◯ (Circle)", "Ҩ (Spiral)", "～ (Tilde)", "◎ (Double Circles)", "↑ (Arrow)" [First added to this chart: 12/15/2021]
This album very quickly became one of my favorites of all time. The opening track alone propels it to great heights, but of course, Boredoms keeps up the energy for the entire record. For some reason, this album reminds me a lot of childhood. Maybe it's the bubbly atmosphere and dreaminess of it all. Boredoms manages to be noisy with layers and layers of sound without being harsh or grating. This album also incorporates a lot of elements of Krautrock, something I am a huge fan of. There are just so many parts to this album that I'm in love with and I don't think I will ever get over how good this album is.
Favorite Songs: "◯ (Circle)", "Ҩ (Spiral)", "～ (Tilde)", "◎ (Double Circles)", "↑ (Arrow)" [First added to this chart: 12/15/2021]
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1999
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Oh my god! This album is like climbing a 10,000 mile mountain. It is punishing and brutal. However, listening all the way through is super rewarding. The first half is perfect and the second is not far from it. There are horrific and disgusting tracks like "All Lined Up", "Volcano", and "I Love You This Much". There are colossal behemoths like "Helpless Child", "Animus", "The Sound", and "The Final Sacrifice". There are cathartic and pleasing tracks like "Live Through Me", "Blood Section", "Red Velvet Corridor", and "Secret Friends". Finally, there are ambient drone tracks like "I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull", "The Beautiful Days", and "Surrogate 2". The album is so diverse but it is one of the most cohesive albums I've ever listened to, and Michael Gira, God basically, was able to achieve with a double album at that. This album is depraved and vile, yet it is nostalgic and beautiful even. It really was a harrowing experience listening to this for the first time, but it was one that made me better. I think it is severely underrated even though it really is not for everyone.
Favorite Tracks: "I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull", "Helpless Child", "Volcano", "Animus", "The Sound" [First added to this chart: 01/13/2019]
Favorite Tracks: "I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull", "Helpless Child", "Volcano", "Animus", "The Sound" [First added to this chart: 01/13/2019]
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1996
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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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This is probably the most beautiful album of all time. I can't even describe how this album makes me feel so I'm not going to try.
Favorites: "Svefn-G-Englar", "Flugufrelsarinn", "Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása", "Olsen Olsen", "Ágætis Byrjun" [First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Favorites: "Svefn-G-Englar", "Flugufrelsarinn", "Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása", "Olsen Olsen", "Ágætis Byrjun" [First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
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1999
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[First added to this chart: 06/18/2021]
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1998
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Favorite Tracks: "Myrrhman", "Ascension Day", "After the Flood", "Taphead", "New Grass"
[First added to this chart: 01/12/2018]
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1991
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Favorite Tracks: "Mojo Pin", "Grace", "So Real", "Lover, You Should've Come Over", "Dream Brother"
[First added to this chart: 07/09/2018]
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1994
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Favorite Tracks: "ナイトクルージング", "In The Flight", "Smilin' Days, Summer Holidays", "Yurameki in the Air", "Long Season"
[First added to this chart: 11/23/2019]
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1999
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Favorite Songs: "TNT", "I Set My Face To The Hillside", "The Equator", "The Suspension Bridge At Iguazu Falls", "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men"
[First added to this chart: 11/29/2021]
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1998
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Favorite Tracks: "Breadcrumb Trail", "Washer", "Good Morning, Captain"
[First added to this chart: 01/13/2018]
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1991
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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% | |
| Black Country, New Road | 2 | 2% | |
| Gorillaz | 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 |
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 Heaven Or Las Vegasby Cocteau Twins |
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91/100 (from 66 votes)
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| 75/100 | 02/07/2023 20:32 | Moondance | | 84/100 |
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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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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
Larcx13 02/06/2022 01:25
Nice descriptions on your top picks.
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