Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bkogz

I've been following this site for years and decided it was finally time to join and create my own list. These are the albums I find myself listening to the most. 1 album per artist.

• Chart updated: 02/08/2021 04:45
• (Created: 02/17/2019 03:47).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Carrie & Lowell 

 Sufjan Stevens

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Losing my mom at 18 years old made me connect with this album more then any other album I've ever heard. For me, it's #1.

Fourth of July
Death with Dignity
The Only Thing [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,197 charts

Rank Score:

18,385

Rank in 2015:

2

Rank in 2010s:

5

Overall Rank:

67

Average Rating:

 86 (1,435 votes)

Comments:

157

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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 

 Neutral Milk Hotel

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His voice, the music, the lyrics.

Holland, 1945
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,379 charts

Rank Score:

39,454

Rank in 1998:

1

Rank in 1990s:

3

Overall Rank:

16

Average Rating:

 87 (2,870 votes)

Comments:

425

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Ahead of its time and is still perfect.

Sunday Morning
Venus in Furs
Heroin [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,978 charts

Rank Score:

45,998

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

350

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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My favorite song, God Only Knows.

God Only Knows
Sloop John B
Caroline No [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,779 charts

Rank Score:

45,081

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,194 votes)

Comments:

354

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Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Best album I never knew existed until this site.

Pink Moon
Things Behind the Sun
Place to Be [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,502 charts

Rank Score:

20,137

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,805 votes)

Comments:

142

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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One of my favorite artists and this is my favorite album.

Tangled Up in Blue
Idiot Wind
Shelter from the Storm [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

23,567

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,133 votes)

Comments:

165

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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An internal struggle pick as The Bends was one of my top played albums over my life but they evolved and I probably listen to this more.

Idioteque
Everything in its Right Place
How to Disappear Completely [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,155 charts

Rank Score:

51,355

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 89 (4,354 votes)

Comments:

551

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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I enjoy almost every album they made.

Wish You Were Here
Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts I-V [First added to this chart: 02/21/2019]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,913 charts

Rank Score:

50,762

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,946 votes)

Comments:

308

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Tough when using one album per artist.

I'm Only Sleeping
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,944

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

477

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Blond 

 Frank Ocean

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Frank makes great music.

Ivy
Nights
Self Control [First added to this chart: 02/16/2019]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

14,441

Rank in 2016:

2

Rank in 2010s:

8

Overall Rank:

90

Average Rating:

 84 (1,062 votes)

Comments:

91

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	6	6%
1970s	17	17%
1980s	5	5%
1990s	24	24%
2000s	27	27%
2010s	21	21%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Who	1	1%
Radiohead	1	1%
The Zombies	1	1%
Mount Eerie	1	1%
Lewis	1	1%
Jeff Buckley	1	1%
Ween	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	69	69%
	18	18%
	7	7%
	5	5%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 88th to 90th Trace by Son Volt
Down 1 from 84th to 85th Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? by The Unicorns
Down 1 from 85th to 86th The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

New entries
The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

Leavers
Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

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90/100	02/17/2021 19:52	sweetness	75	84/100
100/100	10/20/2020 18:20	kynes	25	94/100
100/100	05/03/2020 06:27	DJENNY	4,408	100/100
90/100	04/14/2019 10:48	Purplepash	1,307	88/100
90/100	04/07/2019 17:40	ExTeaSea	239	89/100

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From Keezartn 10/19/2021 08:52

Great chart man, lots of similar picks.

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From kynes 10/20/2020 18:20

I like this chart a lot- it feels very honest and unperformed. Great work.

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From pctrooper 11/01/2019 03:01

Hey man good stuff. Pretty standard but all nice picks.

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From ExTeaSea 04/07/2019 17:42

Nice seeing Soul Coughing and Unicorns getting some love! Great chart.

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100/100

From ffudnebbuh 02/22/2019 14:07

Nice chart, great variety

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95/100

From Lgk21 02/19/2019 01:21

This is great, you've only got 40 albums but we still have 10 in common, including three in the top ten. Excited to see what this becomes when you can add more records.

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