Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by NotDavieRay

• Chart updated: 11/26/2019 03:15
• (Created: 11/22/2019 06:30).
• Chart size: 40 albums.

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Hollow Worlds 

 Comaduster

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Hollow Worlds by Comaduster is my personal favorite album of all time, and in my opinion, an underrated masterpiece. Despite never reaching the mainstream, it individually transformed traditional elements from drum and bass and darkwave into a profound and lyrically forward masterpiece, becoming one of, if not, the greatest and most forward-thinking electronic album of all time. Its own original poetic, pristine and spacious sound is something that will become timeless in the years to come.
Favorite Track: Nightsail [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

56

Rank in 2013:

452

Rank in 2010s:

4,241

Overall Rank:

18,843

Average Rating:

 75 (1 vote)

Comments:

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2. (14) 12

To Be Kind 

 Swans

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One of the most surreal and visceral musical experiences I ever had was listening to this album, the overall 2-hour journey from start to finish that kept me in suspense. Its a terrifyingly brilliant musical experience, fraught with excerpts and inspirations from noise rock & experimentalism, with a strong dash of the sickening nature of human behavior, tossed in for added effect.
Favorite Track: Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

610 charts

Rank Score:

7,134

Rank in 2014:

2

Rank in 2010s:

29

Overall Rank:

242

Average Rating:

 82 (857 votes)

Comments:

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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Pink Floyd is without a doubt my favorite band, and if I had to pick one album that stood out as a masterpiece to me, it'd be Animals. Five songs, 41 minutes, and every bit of it is perfection. No doubt their darkest release, Animals puts you into the cutthroat environment of the real world, adding in the infamous allegory to the animal kingdom.
Favorite Track: Dogs [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,711 charts

Rank Score:

25,562

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,722 votes)

Comments:

198

4. (2) 2

Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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It honestly baffles me that so many unprecedented layers of sound and waves upon waves of discordant vocals can sound so GOOD, and not only that but even get better the more you listen to it... There's just so much sound and lyricism within this album that it's almost infinitely interpretive. Of course, to say its all 'directionless' is futile because it's clear there was a lot of thought and effort to get this album to sound the way it does. It's beautiful, it's erotic, it's relentless and most of all, it is "Loveless"!
Favorite Track: Come In Alone [First added to this chart: 11/23/2019]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,109 charts

Rank Score:

33,784

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,408 votes)

Comments:

308

5. (4) 1

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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What an honest to God masterpiece. 43 minutes and there's not a single moment that doesn't captivate me--and yes, that is INCLUDING all of "Moonchild"! When I first heard this album, it was one of the most intense musical experiences I've ever had, with every track either entrancing or enthralling me. To make a sound this heavy in a year like 1969 is something that is utterly groundbreaking.
Favorite Track: In The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

31,591

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

219

6. (5) 1

Low 

 David Bowie

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David Bowie is no doubt one of the most influential artists to ever exist; his vibrant personality, his irrefutable talent, and his diverse taste in music... I believe it all comes together with this record. This was recorded during one of Bowie's 'lowest' points in his life, an era where he progressively struggled to try and overcome his addiction. He expresses his mindset and feelings in such a bizarre and artistic way here. The first half is this sorta strange and whimsically depressive lyrical state of mind, having an upbeat segmentation fueled by over the top guitar and synthesizer riffs. "Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car..." The second half is one of the most beautiful musical suites that has possibly ever been created, with the spacious and ambient sounds, the atmospheric vocalization... Truly a fine work of art.
"The first album in David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy sees Bowie as a tragic figure. The album's first side is a beautiful futurist ruin, littered with holes left purposefully unfixed, while the blank, instrumental second side feels like a calculated attempt to kill the author." ~Laura Spades from Rolling Stone
Favorite Tracks: Always Crashing In The Same Car / Subterraneans [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,486 charts

Rank Score:

19,384

Rank in 1977:

4

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

55

Average Rating:

 86 (2,027 votes)

Comments:

168

7. (6) 1

Deathconsciousness 

 Have A Nice Life

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Wonderfully depressing and dreamlike, Deathconsciousness deserves its status as a cult album. The entire record brings you into this dystopian journey into an absence of feeling, dissociation, and an overall crushing atmosphere.
Favorite Track: Bloodhail [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

353 charts

Rank Score:

4,787

Rank in 2008:

5

Rank in 2000s:

59

Overall Rank:

375

Average Rating:

 81 (425 votes)

Comments:

34

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The Money Store 

 Death Grips

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Death Grips is the group that broke the barriers for hip hop and experimental music with all their intense and questionable releases since 2010, and The Money Store happens to be that finest concoction of madness and adrenaline. A conceptual piece about a mentally unstable individual who works the streets and hustles for money, every track on this album absolutely slams into the listener like a freight train on fire with no driver at the wheel. It's intense, it's enthralling, it's so brilliantly produced and it isn't something that can be so easily mimicked, which is why it deserves its status as my favorite hip-hop piece.
Favorite Track: The Fever (Aye Aye) [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

637 charts

Rank Score:

7,882

Rank in 2012:

5

Rank in 2010s:

24

Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

 82 (953 votes)

Comments:

83

9. (7) 2

The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist 

 Junius

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Another post-rock piece, this one happens to be from one of my all-time favorite bands. This whole album plays out as an epic journey from life to death, with this space-age, artistic sound shaped around it. Weirdly enough it's based on the life and works of Immanuel Velikovsky, a Russian scientist from the 1900s. The lead singer actually was reading about him when trying to come up with ideas for a new album, and the band wound up creating and releasing this in the fall of 2009. Its a nostalgic work for me personally and I think it's one of the most underrated albums of all time.
Favorite Track: Letters From Saint Angelica [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

47

Rank in 2009:

409

Rank in 2000s:

4,040

Overall Rank:

21,145

Average Rating:

 76 (3 votes)

Comments:

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10. (9) 1

The Galilean Satellites 

 Rosetta

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Without a doubt my all-time favorite metal album. The sound created here is often described by listeners as "metal for astronauts," creating a sort of spacious music that builds and progresses into something so blindingly loud and powerful that by the time it's over you're just awestruck. There are strong uses of what sounds like prog-inspired riffs (specifically on the track Absent), melodic radiofrequency samples and a sort of conceptualized story around it. Hopefully, you don't mind loud music and screaming vocals.
Favorite Track: Au Pays Natal [First added to this chart: 11/22/2019]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

157

Rank in 2005:

154

Rank in 2000s:

1,410

Overall Rank:

7,878

Average Rating:

 75 (17 votes)

Comments:

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	3	8%
1970s	7	18%
1980s	0	0%
1990s	9	23%
2000s	9	23%
2010s	12	30%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	4	10%
Radiohead	3	8%
Comaduster	2	5%
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	2	5%
Swans	2	5%
Björk	2	5%
David Bowie	2	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	20	50%
	14	35%
	2	5%
	2	5%
	2	5%

Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 12 from 14th to 2nd To Be Kind by Swans
Up 8 from 21st to 13th OK Computer by Radiohead
Up 2 from 10th to 8th The Money Store by Death Grips

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 8th to 11th The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
Down 2 from 2nd to 4th Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Down 2 from 7th to 9th The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist by Junius

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