Top 34 Greatest Music Albums by StevePereira

My own 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - a work in progress

Chart updated: 07/02/2018 14:15
(Created: 05/30/2018 23:07).
Chart size: 34 albums.

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

754 charts

Rank Score:

6,436

Rank in 1970:

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Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

81 (940 votes)

Comments:

Nevermind

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,109 charts

Rank Score:

41,998

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (4,233 votes)

Comments:

407

3. (1)

Dust Bowl Ballads
Compilation

Woody Guthrie

Guthrie underpins Bob Dylan and the whole singer-songwriter genre. He made folk music important and cool, and gave it social significance and political importance. His influence cannot be over stated, though is often under looked. Some critics enthuse about St Peppers being the first concept album. Nope. This came over 25 years earlier, and is a proper, fully conceived concept, and way more important than the fay incomplete attempt by the Fab Four, as it deals with a significant event - the Dust Bowl droughts in mid-America between 1934 and 1940, and gives the affected people a voice. It is one of the earliest albums of popular music, and was released on six 78rpm discs in two folders or "albums". [First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

541

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

257

Overall Rank:

2,835

Average Rating:

79 (146 votes)

Comments:

4. (2)

An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements

Glenn Miller

Released in 1945 shortly after Miller's death as a 4 disc set of 78s with two tracks on each disc, this was one of the first best-selling albums on the newly created Billboard album chart, staying at number one for 16 weeks. Glenn Miller was the most famous, popular and acclaimed big band leader of the 20th century. Many jazz critics dismiss his style of smooth swing as too commercial, preferring the snap and energy of Benny Goodman and Count Basie. I see what they mean, but I don't see the need to dismiss the one or other as both have their place and both require skill and artistry, just of a slightly different sort. The album on Spotify is a 2010 release with 18 tracks, so is not the original 1945 album which only had eight tracks. [First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1944

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 1944:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,947

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

Comments:

5. (3)

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

[First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

471 charts

Rank Score:

4,692

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

380

Average Rating:

80 (632 votes)

Comments:

6. (4)

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

[First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

316 charts

Rank Score:

1,809

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

209

Overall Rank:

994

Average Rating:

76 (430 votes)

Comments:

7. (15)

Live At Leeds
Live

The Who

In its original six track format this is a blistering live album. Various increasingly bloated versions have been released over the years - the Deluxe version has 33 tracks, which includes a live recording of Tommy. That one is not a blistering live album - it is drawn out and ultimately boring. Listen to, and only to, the original six track album. [First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

2,627

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Comments:

Wow! This is such a hugely influential album - Jackson's most important (though Thriller would be more popular and commercially successful). He and Quincy Jones developed a smooth rhythmic very danceable style of music that would become known as modern or contemporary R&B - quite possibly the most successful musical style of the 21st century.

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

685 charts

Rank Score:

4,892

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

369

Average Rating:

79 (1,011 votes)

Comments:

Safe Mode: On

Abraxas

Santana

The band's fame rests on their first two albums, and this, their second, is the better of the two. Afterwards Carlos Santana moved more into jazz fusion, leaving behind much of the rock feel that made his Latin-rock fusion so appealing.

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

579 charts

Rank Score:

3,927

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

106

Overall Rank:

456

Average Rating:

81 (648 votes)

Comments:

10. (5)

The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969

Various Artists

[First added to this chart: 05/30/2018]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

2 charts

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Top 34 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	1	3%
1950s	8	24%
1960s	1	3%
1970s	10	29%
1980s	4	12%
1990s	8	24%
2000s	2	6%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	3	9%
P.M. Dawn	1	3%
Glenn Miller	1	3%
Talking Heads	1	3%
Bill Haley And His Comets	1	3%
Frank Sinatra	1	3%
The Clash	1	3%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	16	47%
	12	35%
	6	18%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	28	82%
Yes	6	18%

Live?	Albums	%
No	30	88%
Yes	4	12%

Top 34 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 8 from 15th to 7th Live At Leeds by The Who

Biggest fallers
Down 17 from 12th to 29th The Wildest! by Louis Prima
Down 14 from 14th to 28th Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets
Down 11 from 11th to 22nd Julie Is Her Name by Julie London

New entries
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
Nevermind by Nirvana
Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Abraxas by Santana
Remain In Light by Talking Heads
London Calling by The Clash
Live At The Counter Eurovision 79 by Misty In Roots
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
30 Something by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
Breakfast In America by Supertramp
One Step Beyond... by Madness
Beauty And The Beat by Go-Go's
Produced By Trevor Horn by Various Artists
Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience by P.M. Dawn
Velveteen by Transvision Vamp
The Brand New Heavies by The Brand New Heavies
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert by Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti
If There Was A Way by Dwight Yoakam
Levelling The Land by The Levellers

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