Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by HotZappsBoogaloo

I've been doing a TON of listening the past few years while working at one of the largest record stores in the states. There are lots of new additions on here, and a lot of shifting. There will definitely be more variety shown once I start creating my decades and years charts, but this is a pretty dang solid representation of my taste right now. This site has also been a great tool for finding new music because of the fantastic users on here. Thank you!
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1967
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15,419
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1633 votes)  85 (1,633 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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20,851
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2748 votes)  87 (2,748 votes)
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Year of Release:
1968
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656
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2020]
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1969
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6,988
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1966
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49,420
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4588 votes)  91 (4,588 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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57,268
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Top rated album (92/100 - 4629 votes)  92 (4,629 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1968
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16,291
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1965
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11,817
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1683 votes)  86 (1,683 votes)
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1969
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Top rated album (86/100 - 906 votes)  86 (906 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 11/29/2020]
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1968
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17,440
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1985 votes)  86 (1,985 votes)
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 24 24%
1970s 36 36%
1980s 4 4%
1990s 7 7%
2000s 15 15%
2010s 14 14%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Radiohead 4 4%
Pink Floyd 3 3%
Can 3 3%
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 3 3%
David Bowie 3 3%
King Crimson 2 2%
Bob Dylan 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 48 48%
United Kingdom 37 37%
Canada 5 5%
Germany 4 4%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Iceland 2 2%
Australia 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

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06/24/2021 00:40 Arthurknight   38289/100
 
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From 06/24/2021 00:40 | #270976
I kinda disagree that this chart is unnecessarily predictable, anyone who's expressing an appreciation of really underrated artists like Lee Hazlewood and Bobb Trimble can get away with throwing in a white stripes album by my books.

I think maybe the reason people might respond with apprehension is that within the first few pages of this chart you don't get to many of the really cool recommendations that come later, and I suppose from an experiential point you'd find people responding better even by simply rearranging the esoteric and the known to be more interstice.

Either way this is a cool chart, I'd love to see you write some notes for your entries as that's what really pushes beyond the 90/100 for me personally, especially why Millennium are in the top 10 or perhaps why working at a record store and encountering music that way engenders a super 60s weighted chart.
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From 12/30/2020 11:35 | #263471
I have mixed emotions about this chart. On the debit side, there is a fair bit that is predictable but whose merits I have never grasped, like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Jeff Buckley, the Smashing Pumpkins and the White Stripes, along with to a smaller extent the Velvets, the Who and Neil Young. On the other hand there is also a number of exceptional artists and albums, and many genuine surprises like Gong, Camel, Ultimate Spinach, Fifty Foot Hose, Lee Hazelwood, Wipers and to a lesser extent the Residents.
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From 11/28/2020 20:01 | #261598
phantastic chart.
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From 05/16/2020 01:37 | #251493
Haha sorry for the silly comment originally. Your chart is great! I should get around to listening to the Oh Sees some more. They're a really awesome band.
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From 10/12/2018 13:18 | #222414
Like it, except for Radiohead
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From 09/29/2018 01:42 | #221806
24 artist and 17 albums in common!
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