Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by rnanderson8

List of albums I consider to be the greatest. This should exemplify my music taste and hopefully anyone reading this finds something new to listen to. Constantly updating and adding new albums. You'll find a mix of indie, hip-hop/rap, post-rock, emo, shoegaze, and what you'd hopefully consider classics. Completely and utterly subjective. Enjoy!

Songs w/ (*) are considered some of my greatest tracks of all time.

• Chart updated: 11/21/2019 01:45
• (Created: 05/25/2019 16:54).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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21. (22) 1

A Rush Of Blood To The Head 

 Coldplay

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You can rip on Chris Martin's more recent records, sure (there his and no one elses sadly). However, there is no denying that his first few records contained excellent songwriting with catchy choruses and addictive hooks. Most of which for me accumulated on their sophomore album. It has "The Scientist", an incredibly melancholic love ballad, followed by deserved Grammy-winning song "Clocks", and Coldplay's most underrated song, the greatest song they've ever written in my opinion, the title-track, "A Rush Of Blood To The Head". 95

Best Track(s): In My Place, God Put A Smile On Your Face, The Scientist, Clocks, Warning Sign, A Rush Of Blood To The Head*, Amsterdam

Worst Track: A Whisper

Best Moment: The chorus of the title track [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,312 charts

Rank Score:

13,249

Rank in 2002:

3

Rank in 2000s:

12

Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

 79 (2,157 votes)

Comments:

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22. (23) 1

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven 

 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Grand in scale and scope, and perfectly executed. 95

Best Track(s): Storm, Sleep*

Worst Track: Static

Best Moment: The last six minutes of Sleep [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,068 charts

Rank Score:

14,829

Rank in 2000:

2

Rank in 2000s:

10

Overall Rank:

89

Average Rating:

 86 (1,300 votes)

Comments:

106

23. (26) 3

Heaven Or Las Vegas 

 Cocteau Twins

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Best Dream pop album with some fantastic vocal performances. 95

Best Track(s): Cherry-coloured funk*, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas*, I Wear Your Ring, Wolf In The Breast, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Worst Track: Road, River and Rail

Best Moment: Singing of a famous Streeeeet [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

786 charts

Rank Score:

9,801

Rank in 1990:

2

Rank in 1990s:

33

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

 84 (823 votes)

Comments:

52

24. (=)

Turn On The Bright Lights 

 Interpol

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Great post-punk album, the first four tracks are perfect and even though the latter half loses momentum a bit there is still excellent songwriting and vocals across all these tracks. 95

Best Track(s): Untitled, Obstacle 1*, NYC*, PDA, Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down

Worst Track: Hands Away

Best Moment: 1:42-2:55 of NYC [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,254 charts

Rank Score:

14,913

Rank in 2002:

2

Rank in 2000s:

9

Overall Rank:

88

Average Rating:

 84 (1,584 votes)

Comments:

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25. (19) 6

Perfect From Now On 

 Built To Spill

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Even with minimal change in sound across the record, each song is very unique and holds a special place in the tracklisting. Great lyrics and guitar work by Doug Martsch to create a very unique sound within the indie-rock genre. 100

Best Track(s): Randy Described Eternity, I Would Hurt A Fly*, Made-Up Dreams, Velvet Waltz, Kicked It In The Sun*

Worst Track: Out of Site

Best Moment: The second half of Kicked It In The Sun. That guitar, hard-hitting [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

548 charts

Rank Score:

6,307

Rank in 1997:

6

Rank in 1990s:

53

Overall Rank:

278

Average Rating:

 84 (617 votes)

Comments:

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26. (30) 4

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady 

 Charles Mingus

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Favorite jazz record, love how hectic this thing gets. 90

Best Track(s): Solo Dancer, Duete Solo Dancers, Mode D-Trio and Group Dancers

Worst Track: Group Dancers

Best Moment: 2:00 and on of Duete Solo Dancers [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

943 charts

Rank Score:

14,112

Rank in 1963:

1

Rank in 1960s:

22

Overall Rank:

92

Average Rating:

 86 (994 votes)

Comments:

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27. (32) 5

Feels 

 Animal Collective

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The serene and peaceful moments are enough to make this a top 100 album, easily the best AnCo album. 90

Best Track(s): Did You See The Words*, Grass, The Purple Bottle, Banshee Beat, Daffy Duck, Loch Raven

Worst Track: Flesh Canoe

Best Moment: The last half of Did You See The Words [First added to this chart: 06/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

3,271

Rank in 2005:

9

Rank in 2000s:

90

Overall Rank:

550

Average Rating:

 79 (583 votes)

Comments:

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28. (=)

Kid A 

 Radiohead

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Great textures, great vocals, little to complain about. How do you follow up one of the best records ever made? I guess just do what Radiohead did here. Idioteque is overrated. 95

Best Track(s): Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, How To Disappear Completely*, Optimistic, Motion PIcture Soundtrack

Worst Track: Morning Bell

Best Moment: "I will see you in the next life" or breakdown and outro of Optimistic [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,158 charts

Rank Score:

50,881

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

1

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 89 (4,372 votes)

Comments:

553

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You Forgot It In People 

 Broken Social Scene

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Pretty indie rock record with some beautiful lows and some addictive highs. 95

Best Track(s): KC Accidental, Almost Crimes, Pacific Theme, Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Cause=Time*, Lover's Spit

Worst Track: I'm Still Your Fag

Best Moment: Last half of KC Accidental or the melody in Cause=Time [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

617 charts

Rank Score:

6,135

Rank in 2002:

6

Rank in 2000s:

46

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

 83 (694 votes)

Comments:

33

30. (31) 1

Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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Apart from Touched, a near perfect album. 95

Best Track(s): Only Shallow, When You Sleep, Come In Alone, Sometimes, Soon

Worst Track: Touched

Best Moment: Vocals and Guitar lines throughout Sometimes [First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,114 charts

Rank Score:

33,639

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,419 votes)

Comments:

309

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	7	7%
1970s	13	13%
1980s	7	7%
1990s	26	26%
2000s	27	27%
2010s	19	19%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
Animal Collective	3	3%
David Bowie	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	2	2%
Unwound	2	2%
Talk Talk	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	55	55%
	32	32%
	7	7%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 31 from 78th to 47th Schlagenheim by Black Midi
Up 30 from 80th to 50th Vespertine by Björk
Up 23 from 71st to 48th Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

Biggest fallers
Down 42 from 27th to 69th Blond by Frank Ocean
Down 33 from 51st to 84th The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Down 23 from 69th to 92nd Joy As An Act Of Resistance. by Idles

New entries
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
This Town Needs Guns by This Town Needs Guns
Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus

Leavers
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Pink Moon by Nick Drake

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