Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AgainstMeAgainstYou

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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This is not something that human beings are capable of. I don't think there will ever be a more moving, more beautiful, more impeccably composed 36 minutes of music than can be found on Pet Sounds. It's absolutely bonkers that this was ever floating around the bottom, let alone the immediate exterior, of my top 10: if there is ONE perfect album in the world, one which I have not a single criticism of a single moment of, then you're looking at it. This has God Only Knows on it, and it's debatable whether or not that's even the best song here. I rest my case.

THE BEACH BOYS: #1
1966: #1
1960s: #1 [First added to this chart: 03/06/2012]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,778 charts

Rank Score:

45,045

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,194 votes)

Comments:

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To Pimp A Butterfly 

 Kendrick Lamar

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KENDRICK LAMAR: #1
2015: #1
2010s: #1 [First added to this chart: 01/19/2016]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,775 charts

Rank Score:

37,227

Rank in 2015:

1

Rank in 2010s:

1

Overall Rank:

19

Average Rating:

 89 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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A two-hour rock opera that puts all of its peers to shame. Billy Corgan turns the story of falling in love and drifting apart into an epic poem that could be the soundtrack of the greatest romance film ever made, if such a film were made around it. This is, overall, the best usage of the electric guitar ever captured on tape. The way that Billy Corgan turns that instrument into an orchestra of its own is something that he began to experiment with on Siamese Dream, but blew into the stratosphere here. Is Mellon Collie flawless? Is every song a 10/10? No, but none of the 28 songs are subpar either, and when a song on here hits, it HITS. This might not quite be the greatest album ever made, but it's certainly the GRANDEST album ever made.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: #1
1995: #1
1990s: #2 [First added to this chart: 07/17/2013]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,449 charts

Rank Score:

15,973

Rank in 1995:

3

Rank in 1990s:

16

Overall Rank:

85

Average Rating:

 83 (1,808 votes)

Comments:

161

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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It feels impossible to do proper justice to What's Going On with mere words. It's really easy to laud the social commentary, the prescient production techniques, the all but flawless performances all around but particularly from Marvin, the evocative lyrics that put Marvin right up there alongside the other great American songwriters...all of that is true of this album but saying it feels like such a surface level, almost vapid distillation of what What's Going On achieves. More than being sent on a musical journey, this album transports you to a mentality and a particular period in American history, after Fred Hampton, before Watergate. Long after the Great Depression, long before the Great Recession. And it feels like Marvin knew the American Dream was going to terminally crumble whether it took years or took decades. What's Going On isn't as potent as it was when it came out; it's tenfold more.

MARVIN GAYE: #1
1971: #1
1970s: #2 [First added to this chart: 03/06/2012]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,704

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,884 votes)

Comments:

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Nebraska 

 Bruce Springsteen

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: #1
1982: #1
1980s: #1 [First added to this chart: 03/29/2019]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

700 charts

Rank Score:

5,761

Rank in 1982:

5

Rank in 1980s:

41

Overall Rank:

313

Average Rating:

 80 (962 votes)

Comments:

54

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Grace 

 Jeff Buckley

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JEFF BUCKLEY: #1
1994: #1
1990s: #3 [First added to this chart: 07/17/2013]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,666 charts

Rank Score:

19,227

Rank in 1994:

1

Rank in 1990s:

9

Overall Rank:

59

Average Rating:

 84 (1,905 votes)

Comments:

169

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town 

 Bruce Springsteen

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: #2
1978: #1
1970s: #3 [First added to this chart: 03/29/2019]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

867 charts

Rank Score:

8,161

Rank in 1978:

1

Rank in 1970s:

49

Overall Rank:

202

Average Rating:

 82 (1,133 votes)

Comments:

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Doolittle 

 Pixies

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PIXIES: #1
1989: #1
1980s: #3 [First added to this chart: 07/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

2,492 charts

Rank Score:

37,395

Rank in 1989:

1

Rank in 1980s:

2

Overall Rank:

18

Average Rating:

 88 (2,871 votes)

Comments:

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Remain In Light 

 Talking Heads

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TALKING HEADS: #1
1980: #1
1980s: #4 [First added to this chart: 03/06/2012]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,966 charts

Rank Score:

30,730

Rank in 1980:

1

Rank in 1980s:

3

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 87 (2,223 votes)

Comments:

192

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Voodoo 

 D'Angelo

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D'ANGELO: #1
2000: #2
2000s: #2 [First added to this chart: 01/19/2016]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

3,216

Rank in 2000:

11

Rank in 2000s:

92

Overall Rank:

558

Average Rating:

 79 (416 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	10	10%
1970s	31	31%
1980s	17	17%
1990s	22	22%
2000s	8	8%
2010s	10	10%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Bruce Springsteen	7	7%
Radiohead	6	6%
The Police	4	4%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
David Bowie	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	52	52%
	38	38%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 8 from 23rd to 15th Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Up 3 from 37th to 34th Synchronicity by The Police
Up 3 from 22nd to 19th The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 20th to 24th The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys
Down 3 from 26th to 29th Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Down 3 from 28th to 31st Who's Next by The Who

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90/100	07/19/2023 00:41	Jaymantheman	29	86/100
90/100	05/05/2023 22:43	mrmcrook	394	92/100
90/100	04/22/2023 06:32	Tamthebam	552	85/100
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From Jaymantheman 07/19/2023 00:43

Great top 100 albums!! Heavy on The Bruce, love a few of them myself, although he doesn't crack my 100. Anyway...like the descriptions and keep delaying to add my own.

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From Jaymantheman 07/19/2023 00:43

Great top 100 albums!! Heavy on The Bruce, love a few of them myself, although he doesn't crack my 100. Anyway...like the descriptions and keep delaying to add my own.

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From DommeDamian 10/01/2019 15:29

Descriptions matter, otherwise love love love your album picks! Diversity when its best imo.

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From ForegroundNoise 10/01/2019 09:45

Not sure how much this is the finished articled (since you've put this as under construction) but a great mix of albums nonetheless. Some notes to your favourites would be really interesting to see!

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From AgainstMeAgainstYou 07/13/2017 17:04

Working on the notes. It's one of those things that I really struggle to put into words for some reason.

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From voland 06/02/2017 08:11

Amazing chart!

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90/100

From CharlieBarley 06/02/2017 07:30

Good solid chart. 33 albums in common. I would like a few more notes but overall it is very good.

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From CA Dreamin 06/02/2017 01:37

Great list. We have pretty similar taste. Love the variety of albums here. The only thing I don't love is the somewhat lack of '80s albums.

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80/100

From platus 06/01/2017 18:04

Strong chart. Congrats

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From LedZep 06/01/2017 12:13

I expected more Canadian albums tbh. A really cool list tho, and the descriptions are so kick ass! Shame there isn't more of them, but a nice list dude. Galapagos-Porcelina and Zero-To Forgive are some of the best track groups that I've ever listened to. Also nice to see Dream Theater, and the Rush choice is very cool, maybe my fav by them right now. Solid jazz choices too!

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