Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by TracyJacks 
Hello!
My chart is more a 'Top Favourite Albums' list than a 'Best Ever albums' one. Though it contains many great albums which are considered to be the best ever albums, I like to have albums on my list which influenced me a lot when I was younger (Blur's 13, Gorillaz, McCartney, Harrison solo albums, Placebo, The Verve, Travis etc). The word 'best' is a very subjective, there are albums here which I think of as one of the best in that decade etc. though others may think of them as horrible choices. It is all subjective: most of them are the 'best' for me because of my experiences, stories connected to an album, my love for a specific genre, or my daily mood. There are no hip hop or heavy metal albums, not because there aren't many brilliant albums amongst them, but because I'm not into many genres. My favourite genres are psychedelic rock/british psychedelia, progressive rock/art rock, experimental/jazz rock, beat and folk rock, indie pop and rock, dance/acid rock, and britpop.
The first ca. 20 albums are all my favourites ever, it really depends on my mood which one I listen to the most, I just love all those albums almost equally.
The other thing is that I am not really into 00s music so you won't find many albums from the last 12 years. I started to listen to music in the late 90s, I loved many bands and albums then, but I was only 12-13 at that time. Later, in the early 00s I started to listen to almost only 60s and early 70s music, the period between 1965-1975 is still my favourite. I listen to 70s or 80s, early 90s albums as well and I discover many brilliant albums through this site too, but it takes time to get know new genres, bands and albums. I try to open my mind to new music, it just takes time for me not to compare today's band to my beloved sixties or seventies artists. :) But I'm on my way to discover more and more albums from different genres and decades.
Hope you enjoy my personal favourites and thank you for having a look at my chart! :-)
- Chart updated: 05/15/2015 20:45
- (Created: 03/06/2012 01:05).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1967
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40,340
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1974
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1967
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1966
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46,043
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1968
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770
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1973
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Favourites - Only Shallow, Loomer, Come In Alone, Blown A Wish, Soon
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1991
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1989
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1967
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1995
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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 | 38 | 38% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Genesis | 4 | 4% | |
| Soft Machine | 3 | 3% | |
| Blur | 3 | 3% | |
| Joy Division | 2 | 2% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 2 | 2% | |
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BestEverAlbums 09/10/2015 08:00 in Chart of the day (#1423): By TracyJacks“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by TracyJacks () 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967) 2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis (1974) 3. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd (1967) 4. Revolver by The Beatles (1966) 5. The Soft Machine by…”
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NickVolos TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2014 20:39 | #99716
NickVolos TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2014 20:39 | #99716
Hey, you've got a great chart here as well! Thank you for the elaborate chart notes - it helps me - and hopefully others - understand where you are coming from. We have similar tastes in music - I am more into the U.S. psychedelic scene. For a long period of time I also had no interest in "new" (for me anything after the mid-90's) music or found it difficult to compare it to "old" standards - it just couldn't stand comparison (I thought). This site helped me re-discover my passion for music and in the process discover some beautiful "new" music - as beautiful as the "old" one that I already loved. Hope it has the same effect on you!
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19loveless91 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/09/2013 09:16 | #85532
Hey! Seeing as you are an obvious fan of anything psychedelic, but not really into music of the new millenium, I was just wondering if you've already given a chance to some of the new(er) psychedelia inspired acts. You know, the likes of Animal Collective (+ Panda Bear), Deerhunter (+ Atlas Sound), Tame Impala, Thee Oh Sees, etc.
As for this chart though, I see it as an excellent source for 60s and 70s psych recs, so kudos to you : )
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craola 10/03/2014 15:03 | #123259
I'd love to stay here and be normal, but it's just so overrated
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BraddlesHendo 11/20/2014 07:59 | #127489
Great seeing early Pink Floyd on your list The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn I've never heard it before must be cool.
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Roal 05/23/2015 15:07 | #142268
We have massively similar intrests, I like the huge number of 60s and early 70s albums here. There is a number of artists I have not heard of before outside that I think your chart is superb. Only thing that bugged me was the artic monkeys debut album in your list considering that only few albums 21st century albums are there in your chart.
Have you listened to The Verve EP,their debut LP and Slowdive if not do listen. Also check out my chart and give an honest rating.
I am downloading the Red Crayola album, strange how I missed it all this time till I saw it in ur chart.
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