Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by jtrizzle35

Way too hard to rank albums in one set order. To make things easier, I just rank them in the order that I am likely to play these albums in the car while driving alone. I am aware that the majority of these albums were released fairly recently.... I am but a young man born in the late 90s.

Also it's worth noting that I am slowly but surely adding writeups to all of these albums. Thanks, love you guys.

• Chart updated: 01/23/2024 04:45
• (Created: 07/09/2018 00:32).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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When I Get Home 

 Solange

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Name an album with better interludes I dare you. Actually, name a better album I dare you. I really like the part when "Things I Imagined" flows into "S McGregor" (interlude) which flows into "Down with the Clique" which flows into "Way to the Show" which flows into "Can I Hold the Mic" (interlude) which flows into "Stay Flo" which flows into "Dreams" which flows into "Nothing Without Intention" which flows into "Almeda" which flows into "Time (Is)" which flows into "My Skin My Logo" which flows into "We Deal with the Freak'n" (intermission) which flows into "Jerrod" which flows into "Binz" which flows into "Beltway" which flows into "Exit Scott" (interlude) which flows into "Sound of Rain" which flows into "Not Screwed!" (interlude) which flows into "I'm a Witness." Also the director's cut of the visual album is absolutely phenomenal.

Favorite associated memory: I had a Fluid Dynamics exam on March 1, 2019. I listened to this album the second it dropped at midnight, while I was still studying for the exam. Once I hit play, I realized that this album was much more important than my exam so I simply stopped studying and just enjoyed Solange's angelic vocals in the middle of the library while the rest of my friends continued to stress over studying. [First added to this chart: 03/12/2019]

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2019:

29

Rank in 2010s:

415

Overall Rank:

2,497

Average Rating:

 72 (202 votes)

Comments:

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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 

 Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick really freaked it on this one. So did Jay Rock.

Favorite associated memory: Rapping along to M.a.a.d. City driving back to school with my friends after going out to eat at a delicious Chinese restaurant. Volume was all the way up, so we could all fully appreciate the beat changes. [First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

25,765

Rank in 2012:

1

Rank in 2010s:

3

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (1,954 votes)

Comments:

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3. (16) 13

Hejira 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2021]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

360 charts

Rank Score:

3,694

Rank in 1976:

9

Rank in 1970s:

112

Overall Rank:

486

Average Rating:

 80 (429 votes)

Comments:

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Ys 

 Joanna Newsom

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Sometimes I think this might be the best album ever made. How could someone possibly write a song like Only Skin? Or Emily? Or Cosmia? Or Sawdust and Diamonds? Or Cosmia? What does Joanna know that nobody else in existence knows. Why has nobody else ever been able to create music that has even come close to sounding like this? It's genuinely nuts.

Favorite associated memory: February of 2020 was when I initially got into this album. I was a senior in college. And I was insanely sick! I was in bed for a week straight incapable of doing anything really. Some might say it was the flu. Others might say that I was Patient Zero for another major sickness that became very prominent just about a month later.... very very interesting. ANYWAYS, I couldn't muster up much energy that week to listen to very much music. But I did listen to Emily quite a few times while laying in bed that week, and I spent a good amount of time googling whether or not meteorites are actually the source of the light. And yes this is all somehow a fond memory. I'd go back to this moment in time in a heart beat. [First added to this chart: 03/24/2020]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

9,292

Rank in 2006:

2

Rank in 2000s:

28

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 82 (827 votes)

Comments:

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1000 Gecs 

 100 Gecs

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This has so many ideas jammed into 23 minutes. Every single one of the ideas sounds fantastic. They took the previous 30 years of popular music and flipped it on its head, exaggerating every aspect of it until it essentially sounds like a deep fried meme in album form. Getting into this album has caused me to think that the noises the motors in a 3D printer make are musically interesting. Anyways, 5 stars.

Favorite associated memory: Taking a break from studying for my finals and filming myself violently dancing to Money Machine in the bathroom mirror. [First added to this chart: 01/09/2020]

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

731

Rank in 2019:

24

Rank in 2010s:

367

Overall Rank:

2,220

Average Rating:

 71 (174 votes)

Comments:

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6. (15) 9

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,978 charts

Rank Score:

46,030

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

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7. (37) 30

22, A Million 

 Bon Iver

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[First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

520 charts

Rank Score:

4,824

Rank in 2016:

6

Rank in 2010s:

49

Overall Rank:

373

Average Rating:

 78 (699 votes)

Comments:

68

8. (6) 2

Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 05/05/2021]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,329 charts

Rank Score:

17,086

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

21

Overall Rank:

76

Average Rating:

 85 (1,450 votes)

Comments:

108

9. (54) 45

Renaissance 

 Beyoncé

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[First added to this chart: 03/07/2023]

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,177

Rank in 2022:

8

Rank in 2020s:

27

Overall Rank:

1,477

Average Rating:

 74 (191 votes)

Comments:

14

10.

Red Burns 

 Standing On The Corner

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Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

143

Rank in 2017:

194

Rank in 2010s:

1,732

Overall Rank:

8,542

Average Rating:

 76 (22 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	4	4%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	3	3%
1990s	8	8%
2000s	8	8%
2010s	54	54%
2020s	12	12%

Artist	Albums	%
Lana Del Rey	4	4%
Joni Mitchell	4	4%
Joanna Newsom	4	4%
Nick Drake	3	3%
Bob Dylan	3	3%
Kanye West	3	3%
The Weeknd	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	67	67%
	12	12%
	11	11%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 66 from 99th to 33rd Ugly Season by Perfume Genius
Up 64 from 95th to 31st How I'm Feeling Now by Charli XCX
Up 45 from 54th to 9th Renaissance by Beyoncé

Biggest fallers
Down 47 from 7th to 54th The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West
Down 44 from 3rd to 47th My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Down 26 from 11th to 37th Lush by Snail Mail

New entries
Red Burns by Standing On The Corner
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell
Ray Of Light by Madonna
Nightclubbing by Grace Jones
The Velvet Rope by Janet Jackson

Leavers
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Acid Rap by Chance The Rapper
Malibu by Anderson .Paak
Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar
Too Bright by Perfume Genius

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From Gavin Cook 02/28/2024 18:10

Some great albums - not the order I'd agree with (no surprises there).

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From ExTeaSea 12/18/2020 04:58

Cool chart! Lots of modern stuff but that's fine.

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From jeitee 12/17/2020 22:33

I like your writing at the top. You prefer the new stuff and good on you. I roll my eyes every time I see a list with 70 albums in the 60s/70s. And I do like a lot of the picks too. Could still probably use a little more diversity. There are some really great hidden gems from the 20th century. No, not beatles/stones/who/floyd.

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From Boltzmann 12/17/2020 11:14

When I Get Home is indeed a bliss, maybe I should add it to my chart too.

I really like your chart, and the surprises in it. But the majority are still these ermm... household names. Just saying, don't be afraid to step on the toes of some people on this site; they won't be satisfied until your chart is literally 1. Radiohead, 2. Pink Floyd, 3. Arcade Fire. You know, I would love it if I could find some new music through your chart, because I think you have good taste. But I think I can count the albums I don't know on one hand (which is still better than most people here though).

But hey, if this is just your unfiltered opinion, I've said nothing. Keep up the good work.

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2020 10:41

I really disagree with alot of your picks, but I really adore your descriptions, especially the unique "associated memories" part.

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From YEEZY 05/03/2019 15:00

Nice list.

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From tk421ucopy 08/11/2018 14:58

Some interesting choices that I wouldn't have selected. But to each his own. I like seeing a lot of picks from the 2010s.

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