Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by jbfarmer

Growing up in a small town in Idaho, I’m surprised that my music taste ever became what it is. My dad was a music major for a few years in college, so I guess that combined with my obsession with the piano from a young age kinda just evolved over the years. There was a point where I was the only person I knew that liked my music outside of my family. I collected records and checked out this website all by myself. Eventually I had friends that I could relate to with this stuff. Feel free to check out their charts, too! keatownrodriguez and pjohnsongolf

A lot of these albums mean a lot to me and have been the soundtracks to important phases of my twenty years of life. There’s always more work to be done on this chart, but I can feel pretty good about it for now. After making this chart, I feel more like I just wrote an autobiography so I hope you can enjoy my story.

• Chart updated: 08/27/2022 18:45
• (Created: 07/13/2018 07:02).
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21. (20) 1

Eddie And The Cruisers 
Soundtrack

 John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band

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My dad showed me this movie when I was a kid. We quote it almost every time we have a conversation together. The movie would be nothing without this soundtrack. “Tender Years” can bring me to tears, and “On the Dark Side” is both a great song and a great joke that my dad and I reference from the movie a lot. I’ve never met anyone that knows anything about Eddie and the Cruisers, which really surprises me because it’s a classic in my book. Solid work from John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band to make music from a fictional band from a book into a music-themed-movie masterpiece.

Favorite Tracks: On the Dark Side, Tender Years, Season in Hell, Those Oldies but Goodies [First added to this chart: 12/13/2018]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

78

Rank in 1983:

192

Rank in 1980s:

1,993

Overall Rank:

14,451

Average Rating:

 73 (19 votes)

Comments:

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22. (21) 1

Talking Book 

 Stevie Wonder

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Stevie just makes me want to dance. Tuesday Heartbreak? Superstition? Come on!!! Oh, yeah and also one of the greatest love songs ever written, already mentioned once in this chart, You and I. What a gift this album is. This is what I consider to be an important transition album for Stevie, and because of it, you get the best of his early career and his late career all in one album.

Favorite Tracks: Superstition, You and I, Tuesday Heartbreak, You are the Sunshine of My Life [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

511 charts

Rank Score:

2,889

Rank in 1972:

16

Rank in 1970s:

145

Overall Rank:

613

Average Rating:

 81 (655 votes)

Comments:

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23. (22) 1

An Evening With Silk Sonic 

 Silk Sonic

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Another one that just makes me want to dance. I’ve always loved Bruno’s voice, though sometimes more on songs that weren’t his own. For example, when he sang “So Lonely” at the Kennedy Center. He’s an incredible musician honestly, and this album has turned me towards some of his solo stuff again. .Paak’s drums and vocals are both superb, and the retro Motown vibes of the album just feel SO RIGHT!

Favorite Tracks: Smokin’ out the Window, Skate, After Last Night [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

212 charts

Rank Score:

864

Rank in 2021:

12

Rank in 2020s:

43

Overall Rank:

1,932

Average Rating:

 77 (206 votes)

Comments:

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24. (23) 1

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge 

 My Chemical Romance

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The kings of the Concept album. The Black Parade is undeniably great. Such great storytelling, and so many good songs. But I’d say 3 out of my top 4 My Chem songs are on Three Cheers. Still great concept album crafting, and I almost like it more that the story is a little less obvious on this one.

Favorite Tracks: I’m not Okay, Helena, Thank you for the Venom [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

177 charts

Rank Score:

1,595

Rank in 2004:

17

Rank in 2000s:

174

Overall Rank:

1,106

Average Rating:

 73 (315 votes)

Comments:

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25. (24) 1

Hot Fuss 

 The Killers

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I loved this album for a long time. Everyone knows Mr. Brightside, and I really started to dig more and more from this album as time went by. One track stands out more to me now than it did before, though. I served a 2 year church service mission after my first semester of college. I made a lot of really great friends during that time in Oregon, and we all developed a love for “All These Things that I’ve Done”. This track has interesting religious connections, and I think it’s probably one of the most personal things Brandon Flowers has ever written, whether he intended it to be that way or not. Either way, this track is the definition of nostalgia for me, and makes me look back on my life in a way that few songs have been able to do.

Favorite Tracks: All These Things that I’ve Done, Mr. Brightside, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine [First added to this chart: 04/02/2022]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

994 charts

Rank Score:

8,145

Rank in 2004:

5

Rank in 2000s:

35

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

 78 (1,466 votes)

Comments:

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26. (25) 1

"Awaken, My Love!" 

 Childish Gambino

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The A side is beautiful, then it’s terrifying, then it’s chill. It’s such a ride, and the vocal ensemble stuff sounds amazing. Plus the guitar parts on “Me and your Mama” and “Redbone” are just incredible. Sadly, the B side is not as intense as the A side. I’m fine with the songs that made it on that half of the album, but it could have been even better if there was a return to the intensity that the album starts off with.

Favorite Tracks: Me and your Mama, Boogeyman, Redbone [First added to this chart: 10/23/2018]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

2,638

Rank in 2016:

12

Rank in 2010s:

103

Overall Rank:

685

Average Rating:

 79 (502 votes)

Comments:

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27. (26) 1

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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200g vinyl version of this one goes hard. Prog rock at its best.

Favorite Tracks: 20th Century Skizoid Man [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

31,606

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

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28. (27) 1

Carpenters 

 Carpenters

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This album reminds me of my mom. She loves The Carpenters, and she always felt a special connection with Karen. Karen’s voice just feels so warm and motherly to me. Her story is so sad, but she always seemed so happy when she was making music. We’re lucky that she shared as much of it with us as she did. Out of any other group, my mom probably sang Carpenters songs around the house more than anything else.

Favorite Tracks: Superstar, One Love, Rainy Days and Mondays [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1971:

102

Rank in 1970s:

1,002

Overall Rank:

6,116

Average Rating:

 75 (60 votes)

Comments:

5

29. (28) 1

Ballads 1 

 Joji

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“Slow Dancing in the Dark” is another winter basement song. The rest of the album doesn’t fall too far behind that track either.

Favorite Tracks: Slow Dancing in the Dark, Test Drive, Can’t Get Over You [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2018:

81

Rank in 2010s:

824

Overall Rank:

4,502

Average Rating:

 69 (58 votes)

Comments:

3

30. (29) 1

Antisocialites 

 Alvvays

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Dreamy album that my brother and I would often listen to while we went to sleep. Tender pop song creations that I just love listening to.

Favorite Tracks: Not my Baby, Dreams Tonight [First added to this chart: 03/10/2022]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

298 charts

Rank Score:

2,479

Rank in 2017:

11

Rank in 2010s:

110

Overall Rank:

725

Average Rating:

 80 (357 votes)

Comments:

28

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	7	7%
1970s	19	19%
1980s	14	14%
1990s	9	9%
2000s	20	20%
2010s	23	23%
2020s	6	6%

Artist	Albums	%
Weezer	1	1%
David Bowie	1	1%
Gorillaz	1	1%
Taylor Swift	1	1%
Andy Hackbarth	1	1%
Jonathan Ogden	1	1%
King Crimson	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	64	64%
	24	24%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 19th to 20th Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
Down 1 from 20th to 21st Eddie And The Cruisers by John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band
Down 1 from 21st to 22nd Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

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Never For Ever by Kate Bush

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100/100	12/19/2023 03:28	ChiefyArchie	1	100/100
80/100	09/24/2022 14:21	mutley88	28	79/100
100/100	04/11/2022 16:16	Larcx13	1,092	86/100

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From ChiefyArchie 12/19/2023 03:32

Never in history has more thought and time been put into a greatest albums of all time chart. This man is a legend and the only reason I ever found this website. The pure craziness and drastic differences from one artist to the next should tell you how much he knows music. I don’t have all the same favorite artists or albums, but I have major respect for this chart.

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From mutley88 09/24/2022 14:49

This is everything a BEA chart should be, though a lot of the albums on here aren't my cup of tea, the personal comments make it great would've rated 100 if every album had a comment. Came to this through a shared love for the Chicago album and would probably have skipped through it if not for the comments. I get how experience shapes the music we come to love, for example "Take Me Home Country Roads" A tune I once regarded with disdain has become a favourite memory now of a drunken karoake night in Thailand. I would like to return here years from now to see how it evolves over a time. If BEA had been around in my 20's it would have been a completely different chart to the one now, probably contain a lot more cheesy 80's synthpop.
Hope that is a typo in the Nirvana comment & that your brother loved & not lived a long time ago, was bit worried there. Never knew Robert Smith did a song with Blink 182.
as a postscript while typing this had that Plini album playing in the background, it's a grower. Nice one

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