Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Kurtco

Honorable mentions:
- Arcade Fire - Funeral
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
- Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
- Burial - Untrue
- CAN - Ege Bamyasi
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Skinner Lady
- David Bowie - Low
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
- Frank Ocean - Blonde
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced ?
- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Kany West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts
- Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- Portishead - Dummy
- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
- Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
- The Who - Who's Next ?

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Hip-Hop

I'm a hip-hop fan since I was little. During my adolescence, I only listened to rap. For me, hip-hop has always been one of the most important genres of contemporary music. I did not know 80s hip-hop because I was not born but since the mid-90's I've been listening to rap ... When I was a kid, Nas A's "Illmatic" was for me a revelation. It is surely the album of rap that I listened the most. The prod are excellent, the flow of Nas is violent and great. The lyrics are hardcore and conscious of New York. This album is one of the first to have made me love real music ... Surely my favorite Hip-Hop album of all time.

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Best track: "It Ain't Hard To Tell"
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1994
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Alternative Metal

Rage Against The Machine is the band that struck me the most. During my childhood, I only listened to rap, but one day I discovered RATM. This band that mixed rock and rap made me discover the whole rock universe. Like many, I discovered them from the very beginning. This album is for me the very definition of a perfect album. It's genius! all titles are musical masterpieces between virtuosity, rage and power.Tom Morello is my favorite guitarist: he is really creative and virtuoso, these solo are great. RATM have succeeded in renewing rock by creating a unique and recognizable sound among a thousand. The rebel message is excellent and is very intelligent in my opinion. The tracks are all more cult one than the other (Do not despise any), this album is one of the most cult and striking in the history of music. I would not be the same if this album did not exist...

10/10

Best track: "Killing In The Name"
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1992
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Hip-Hop

Wu-Tang Clan is my favorite hip-hop crew. The crew is composed of the best rappers in the universe: RZA "The Scientist", GZA "The Genius", Ol 'Dirty Bastard "The Specialist", Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, U-God, Masta Killa and the great , the god of hip-hop: Ghosteface Killah. "Enter The Wu-Tang" is one of the hottest album I have ever heard. It's never heard, brothel! The world of rap It is fucked in a hardcore gangbang by 9 members of Wu-Tang. The atmosphere is sticky, roomy and dark. The productions of RZA are excellent, mixed and sampled to perfection, the beats are serious and marshy. This album is the greatest classic of modern hip-hop and RZA and its accolythes are the greatest god of rap and music in general...

10/10

Best track: "C.R.E.A.M"
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1993
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Alternative Rock

"OK Computer" is Radiohead's third and best album. Released in 1997, this album is, for me, the best alternative rock album. Radiohead has always been one of my favorite bands ... It's one of the first rock bands I've listened to (before I only listened to hip-hop) and I became a fan of Thom Yorke and his band. For me, Radiohead is a group that has brought and brings a lot to music. I do not think it's overrated, they really deserve their success. I like all their albums but "OK Computer" remains their biggest masterpiece. This album criticizes society and uses a sound never seen before. This band is part of the band that marked the 90's (with Blur, Massive Attack or Portishead). This album is actually a revolutionary classic. All the songs are perfect: I LOVE THIS ALBUM !!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!

10/10

Best track: "Paranoid Android"
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1997
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Alternative Rock, Power Pop

Weezer is the band of reference for any follower of contemporary rock. Their debut album is for me one of the best debut rock album I have ever heard. "The Blue Album" is surely the album I've listened to most of all time. During my teenage years, I started to listen to Rock and this album is for me one of the greatest classic of the 90's. When you see the head of the band member on the blue sleeve united you say to yourself "that Is it that these nerds get raided and rejected by the girls? " And you are right. In reality Weezer is an extraordinary group endowed with power and a certain charisma. The singer, Rivers Cuomo knows how to create energetic musics with heavy guitar riffs. Weezer really managed to create a perfect balance between acid and aggressive rock and cheerful and catchy pop. This album is really revolutionary and that's why Weezer remains one of my favorite bands.

10/10

Best track: "Say It Ain't So"
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1994
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Shoegaze, Noise Pop

I am a child of the 90s so of course many of my favorite albums come from these years. Im an Hip-hop lover, I discovered rock by band of alternative rock of my generation such as RATM, Pixies, Nirvana, Radiohead but also the Icelandic band My Bloody Valentine. "Loveless" is Shoegaze's most important, most essential album for any shoegazer purist. This album mixes perfectly noise (chaotic guitar) and melody (chilling and cold). The virtuosity of the sound, the textures, the melodies, the rhythmic structures make this album a timeless classic. It is also the battle of the organic against the machine, of the sensuality even of the sexuality represented by the duo of Shields - Butcher singers, against the impassive coldness of the waves. "Loveless" is an album difficult to access but remains one of the most important record in the history of Rock. This album marked my adolescence.

10/10

Best track: "When You Sleep"
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1991
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Alternative Rock

We are in 1992 when "Henry's Dream" - Nick Cave's seventh album - is born. Two years after "The Good Son", on which the Australian singer seemed soothed and in love, "Henry's Dream" arrives as its exact opposite: violent, visceral, black and particularly Rock 'n' Roll. Nick Cave is for me one of the best artists of all time. Henry's Dream is one of the few Bad Seeds albums that divide so much. The band itself rejects it - clearly showing their disagreement with a production they do not take and even remix a part of it - while the fans love it. Remains a major disc in the discography of the group, marking by its titles and the atmosphere that emerges. Personally, this album is my favorite Bad Seeds. Obviously this is not their absolute masterpiece such as "The Boatman's Call", "Blues Slaughterhouse / The Lyre of Orpheus", "Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!" or "The Good Son". But this album will remain forever in the history of music and in the heart of the Bad Seeds fan.

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Best track: "Straight To You"
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1992
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Post-Rock

I am a big fan of Icelandic music, especially drone and post-rock music by Sigur Rós. "Agætis byrjun" translates to "A good start" or "A new start". And this album is really an excellent debut album. This music, which evokes a Joy Division produced by Arvo Pärt, does not know on Earth any worthy listener. From the outset, it is of course this voice that terrace, destabilizes. We say that this voice can only be natural, born of a secret pact with elves. Church organ with psychedelism, guitars in bursts, martial rhythm: the dynamics of these songs is really staggering, this music reminds us of the peaceful plain of Snæefellsjökull at the jagged volcanic heights of Hvannadalshnjúkur. An ability to take everything away rarely crossed in recent years? only Radiohead, Buckley, Spiritualized or My Bloody Valentine have been able to answer calls to disobey their guitars. In these songs, one quickly realizes that the symphonic is siphoned, that the lyricism becomes, released in the hostile nature of Iceland, a wild beast.

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Best track: "Svefn-G-Englar"
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1999
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1999
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1998
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 16 16%
1970s 24 24%
1980s 13 13%
1990s 25 25%
2000s 14 14%
2010s 7 7%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 53 53%
United Kingdom 27 27%
Australia 4 4%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Canada 3 3%
Iceland 3 3%
Germany 2 2%
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Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 11/07/2022 09:49
This chart is perfectly presented, especially for the first 30 entries. It's clear how deeply you adore these albums and your enthusiasm is infectious. Looks like you haven't touched this in a few years, would love to see how your opinion on these records has changed since 2019!
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Amazing list!!
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Great chart, thoughtful comments.
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From 06/16/2019 22:52
Detailed, original, and interesting picks, great taste in music, this chart is perfect!
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From 06/16/2019 22:16
I like your chart. Love people finding Ziggy saw impressive so long after its release and glad that it isn't just a moment in time. Just found RATM recently and it blew me away.
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Why. Have. I. Not. Discovered. This. Classy. Ass. Chart. Until. Now???
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From 03/03/2019 22:53
Undeniably a great, classic chart! Maybe add one album that is a bit more out of left field and personal ;)
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From 02/22/2019 14:14
We have similar tastes. really like the variety...great chart.
I am surprised that everyone still appreciate the "velvet underground and nico" album.. That came out when I was in 7th grade..so great. never gets old. Came out during the 'summer of love' with 'are you experienced" (may 31st), "sgt pepper"(june 1st) and "surrealistic pillow". amazing
summer for music. and then there was all of the singles being released on AM radio..every day was something new. I can't explain it..I was lucky to have been a kid then.
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Amazing top 10, even if I'd keep the same artist and swap another album of theirs. Well balanced and fine choices. 29 artists in common.
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From 01/27/2019 08:58
This strikes me as a very well thought out objective Greatest Albums chart. You have found 3 albums outside the top 500 on this site and all of those three are inside the top 1000. Do you have some less acclaimed favourites that you believe warrant being in the company of some of these classics? I reckon music appreciation is largely a subjective experience. The objective stuff is important in assessing the best of the best, of course, but surely you have more outliers beyond the top 500 that warrant a call out.

Nonetheless I agree with many of your choices. It’s good to see you have an appreciation for the Icelandic beauty of Sigur Ros and Björk amongst the acclaimed classics.
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