Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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sophialeviev 
Just personal opinion, based on music I love. More notes on the way!
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- Chart updated: 01/27/2019 19:15
- (Created: 03/13/2018 02:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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GENRE: Shoegaze/Dream pop
As my best friend once said, Loveless is nothing short of "a wall of music." The loud, whooshing guitars, almost dream-poppy in cadence, are indecipherable in relationship to the vocals -- that is, existing neither in the background nor the foreground, but blending in the same plane as Belinda and Kevin's vocals. The music envelops the listener, immersing them fully in an unparalleled sonic experience. Once you climb the wall and see what's past the hard-to-dissect, sense-blasting sound, you uncover something absolutely extraordinary. One of the most rewarding albums I've ever listened to. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
As my best friend once said, Loveless is nothing short of "a wall of music." The loud, whooshing guitars, almost dream-poppy in cadence, are indecipherable in relationship to the vocals -- that is, existing neither in the background nor the foreground, but blending in the same plane as Belinda and Kevin's vocals. The music envelops the listener, immersing them fully in an unparalleled sonic experience. Once you climb the wall and see what's past the hard-to-dissect, sense-blasting sound, you uncover something absolutely extraordinary. One of the most rewarding albums I've ever listened to. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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28,398
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GENRE: Piano rock/Alternative
This album is ridiculously slept on. Incredible vocals, experimental singing and instrumentation, ridiculously clever songwriting. There are lines here that just make me cry because they're so good, and shine specifically when matched with Fiona's exhilarating delivery.
Some of my favorite lines:
"If what I am is what I am
'Cause I does what I does
Then brother get back, 'cause my breast's gonna bust open
The rib is the shell
And a heart is the yolk
And I just made a meal for us both to choke on." - Every Single Night [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
This album is ridiculously slept on. Incredible vocals, experimental singing and instrumentation, ridiculously clever songwriting. There are lines here that just make me cry because they're so good, and shine specifically when matched with Fiona's exhilarating delivery.
Some of my favorite lines:
"If what I am is what I am
'Cause I does what I does
Then brother get back, 'cause my breast's gonna bust open
The rib is the shell
And a heart is the yolk
And I just made a meal for us both to choke on." - Every Single Night [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
Year of Release:
2012
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5,147
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GENRE: Lo-fi, Avant-folk
This album was an instant favorite for me. The lo-fi, anti-folky sound matches up perfectly with the angsty lyrics that border on emo. If Pavement and Daniel Johnston had a lovechild, it'd be this record. The songs mirror each other deliciously; the patterns and common blips across this album truly are so fun to catch. This album is great to listen to both all the way through and track by track.
Favorite songs: all of them. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
This album was an instant favorite for me. The lo-fi, anti-folky sound matches up perfectly with the angsty lyrics that border on emo. If Pavement and Daniel Johnston had a lovechild, it'd be this record. The songs mirror each other deliciously; the patterns and common blips across this album truly are so fun to catch. This album is great to listen to both all the way through and track by track.
Favorite songs: all of them. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
Year of Release:
2001
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7,638
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GENRE: Art rock
[First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
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2016
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15,193
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GENRE: Folk
One of the most important albums of my life. Lost my virginity to the opening 4 songs. I remember laying down with my boyfriend in the middle of the night and hearing Things Behind the Sun playing softly in the background and feeling this immense, timeless, oxymoronic sense of togetherness and loneliness. Most intimate I've felt in my life. Thank you Nick. [First added to this chart: 05/16/2018]
One of the most important albums of my life. Lost my virginity to the opening 4 songs. I remember laying down with my boyfriend in the middle of the night and hearing Things Behind the Sun playing softly in the background and feeling this immense, timeless, oxymoronic sense of togetherness and loneliness. Most intimate I've felt in my life. Thank you Nick. [First added to this chart: 05/16/2018]
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1972
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DENRE: Shoegaze
[First added to this chart: 07/22/2018]
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1993
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10,871
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Gorgeous and masterful, otherworldly and earth-shattering, dimension-breaking music from one of the greatest, most influential groups of all time.
[First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
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2000
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[First added to this chart: 10/28/2018]
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2007
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5,037
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2018]
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2002
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GENRE: Alt rock/Art rock/Experimental rock
This album explores the depth of human emotion, its highs and lows, the happiness in the sadness and the sad in the happy. Forever my favorite album. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
This album explores the depth of human emotion, its highs and lows, the happiness in the sadness and the sad in the happy. Forever my favorite album. [First added to this chart: 05/04/2018]
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2007
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1990s | 34 | 34% | |
| 2000s | 28 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Radiohead | 8 | 8% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Aphex Twin | 5 | 5% | |
| Animal Collective | 4 | 4% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
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47 | 47% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 11/07/2020 22:07 |  Amirkhosro | 99 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2020 18:07 | PeterSmith | 68 | 82/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2019 19:47 | pctrooper | 332 | 88/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2019 15:32 |  Lachapelle | 18 | 90/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2019 20:41 | Shattypants | 10 | 81/100 |
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From PeterSmith 01/05/2020 18:26 | #246444
I like this charts although not familiar with many of the albums - finish your notes so I can decide which one's I will listen to this year!!
Also agree that you should look back further to 60's, 70's & 80's stuff.
Seems you quite like serious/intelligent stuff so I suggest trying Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation from the 80's - avant rock/ art punk; try Lou Reed's Berlin from the 70's - second side is pretty heavy going but if it hits a nerve then you will love it; Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk from the 60's - Blues/Garage/Acid and Psychedelic Rock with a few defo weird bits.
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From Shattypants 08/18/2019 20:41 | #241366
One of the best charts I’ve seen on the site
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baystateoftheart 08/18/2019 17:03 | #241359
baystateoftheart 08/18/2019 17:03 | #241359
Wow, it keeps getting better! Because you like Animal Collective + Sgt. Pepper's, you may enjoy The Smile Sessions.
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From Timooosterink 08/18/2019 09:47 | #241353
I like reading the notes! Great chart!
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From Shattypants 01/27/2019 00:05 | #230707
Great Job! I would recommend you listen to Modest Mouse, since you like Built to Spill. Overall great choices
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flyingcitrus 01/25/2019 16:13 | #230562
flyingcitrus 01/25/2019 16:13 | #230562
Love the Fishmans representation! It's a lot of Radiohead but I can dig it. There's a wide variety of genres here to check out.
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From Rivera 01/25/2019 15:03 | #230560
Excellent chart!
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From Granny-Smith 01/25/2019 14:32 | #230558
Great Chart and thanks for fishmans. Never heard before about his music. Now, i´m a little bit excited before my first listen.
I´m suprised that Panda Bears Person Pitch is not in your list.
So maybe you know them, but if you don´t, listen to Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
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ForegroundNoise 01/25/2019 09:18 | #230541
ForegroundNoise 01/25/2019 09:18 | #230541
LOVE your notes and the inclusion of Vespertine so high, along with a ton of my own personal favourites from the 90s/00s!! That said, with more Radiohead albums than anything from the 60s/70s/80s makes me feel like your missing out on some older underground classics? I might get this wrong but here's a couple of picks that you might enjoy :)
Nico - Chelsea Girl (gorgeous chamber folk album from the VU collaborater)
The United States Of America - The United States Of America (the only album from the massively ahead of their time and influential psychedelic rock band)
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme A La Radio (experimental chanson album loved by Beck and Sonic Youth among others)
Exuma - Exuma (eerie and sometimes beautiful folk from the Bahamas)
Galaxie 500 - On Fire (exemplary dream pop album that could be released now and still sound as fresh)
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IgnacioJoaquin 11/18/2018 10:10 | #225114
IgnacioJoaquin 11/18/2018 10:10 | #225114
Loved the chart, love the albums, so here are some recommendations:
1. Faraquet - The View from This Tower (2000)
2. Duster - Stratosphere (1998)
3. Calamine - Calamine (1999)
4. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (2006)
5. Mid-Air Thief - Crumbling 무너지기 (2018)
6. Don Caballero - American Don (2000)
7. Sigur Rós - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (2008)
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