Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bkogz

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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

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:

1,233 charts

Rank Score:

17,048

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Average Rating:

86 (1,463 votes)

Comments:

157

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In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

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:

2,419 charts

Rank Score:

35,359

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Average Rating:

87 (2,938 votes)

Comments:

428

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

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:

3,033 charts

Rank Score:

42,385

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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:

2,838 charts

Rank Score:

41,351

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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:

1,540 charts

Rank Score:

18,801

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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:

1,853 charts

Rank Score:

22,174

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Average Rating:

87 (2,180 votes)

Comments:

167

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Kid A

Radiohead

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:

3,206 charts

Rank Score:

45,751

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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:

2,973 charts

Rank Score:

46,602

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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:

3,552 charts

Rank Score:

52,701

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Average Rating:

91 (4,555 votes)

Comments:

484

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Blond

Frank Ocean

Frank makes great music.

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

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

887 charts

Rank Score:

13,526

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Average Rating:

84 (1,100 votes)

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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	%

My Bloody Valentine	1	1%
Beck	1	1%
Sparklehorse	1	1%
The Velvet Underground & Nico	1	1%
The Microphones	1	1%
Arctic Monkeys	1	1%
Massive Attack	1	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	70	70%
	18	18%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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New entries
The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

Leavers
Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

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100/100	01/15/2025 17:34	Exist-en-ciel	125	99/100
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	4,367	100/100
90/100	04/14/2019 10:48	Purplepash	1,544	88/100

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From Keezartn 10/19/2021 08:52

Great chart man, lots of similar picks.

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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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ExTeaSea 04/07/2019 17:42

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

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ffudnebbuh 02/22/2019 14:07

Nice chart, great variety

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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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