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: 07/07/2025 22:45
• (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:

191 charts

Rank Score:

656

Rank in 2019:

28

Rank in 2010s:

388

Overall Rank:

2,425

Average Rating:

 71 (206 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:

1,536 charts

Rank Score:

22,578

Rank in 2012:

1

Rank in 2010s:

3

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,014 votes)

Comments:

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Hejira 

 Joni Mitchell

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

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

404 charts

Rank Score:

3,854

Rank in 1976:

7

Rank in 1970s:

103

Overall Rank:

449

Average Rating:

 81 (457 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:

775 charts

Rank Score:

8,713

Rank in 2006:

2

Rank in 2000s:

27

Overall Rank:

173

Average Rating:

 82 (852 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:

134 charts

Rank Score:

694

Rank in 2019:

26

Rank in 2010s:

374

Overall Rank:

2,306

Average Rating:

 70 (184 votes)

Comments:

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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:

3,046 charts

Rank Score:

40,590

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,546 votes)

Comments:

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22, A Million 

 Bon Iver

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

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

544 charts

Rank Score:

4,423

Rank in 2016:

7

Rank in 2010s:

50

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

 78 (718 votes)

Comments:

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Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,373 charts

Rank Score:

16,412

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

20

Overall Rank:

69

Average Rating:

 85 (1,504 votes)

Comments:

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Renaissance 

 Beyoncé

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

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

273 charts

Rank Score:

1,466

Rank in 2022:

8

Rank in 2020s:

26

Overall Rank:

1,192

Average Rating:

 74 (215 votes)

Comments:

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Red Burns 

 Standing On The Corner

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[First added to this chart: 07/07/2025]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

192

Rank in 2017:

145

Rank in 2010s:

1,300

Overall Rank:

6,685

Average Rating:

 76 (25 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	10	10%
1980s	3	3%
1990s	9	9%
2000s	8	8%
2010s	54	54%
2020s	12	12%

Artist	Albums	%
Joni Mitchell	4	4%
Joanna Newsom	4	4%
Lana Del Rey	4	4%
Bob Dylan	3	3%
Kanye West	3	3%
The Weeknd	3	3%
Beyoncé	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	68	68%
	12	12%
	10	10%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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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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