Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Chris15789 Unknown

These records have all had an impact on me in one way or another, many of them at times feeling like they personally defined the most emotional and unforgettable moments of my life. Anyway, this is a list I just came out with so I will continue adding descriptions and records day-by-day.

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You sat along the fire...
You're so in love, you're so...
You've suffered long
You're so alone, you're so...
You sigh 'so long'
You sigh 'so long'

It's for a golden-hour summer in the woods, a dark wintery night on a mountain, the first fall of leaves in the autumn and when the snow melts in the spring. It's for every moment, big or small, happy or sad, lonely or comforted. A masterpiece.
[First added to this chart: 02/11/2020]
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2002
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You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer [First added to this chart: 02/14/2020]
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1968
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40,562
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Did you keep him on your side?
Did you ever get to ask what on earth he meant by
"Might take some time to learn how to use these bodies right
But it is for this that God has gave us both the night"
And Henry hung to all of these
His battleship of memory
A small nation of souvenirs
Make Henry whole but porously

Too high, too soon? How about too undeniable to keep lower on my list. I LOVE this band. I LOVE this record. This killer plays over and over again at my place. My favorite songs always change, with each and every track providing hard-hitting rips on love and some of the best musical arrangements I've ever heard. I still can't believe the members of this band are in their early twenties for how perfectly they merge each note of each instrument they play. Also, might be the best three track ending to any album, ever.
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2022]
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2022
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6,522
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From Compton to Congress, set trippin’ all around
Ain't nothin' new, but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-licans
Red state versus a blue state, which one you governin'?
They give us guns and drugs, call us thugs
Make it they promise to fuck with you
No condom, they fuck with you, Obama say, "What it do?"

I was born in '94 so my experience is somewhat limited but I've never experienced a release quite like this one. In terms of popularity and social context, I can't name many more important but also thoroughly enjoyable and brilliantly crafted pieces of art out there that keep your attention and dig deeper every single time they are experienced. It almost feels like a musical the way it plays out, telling a deeply personal yet universally poignant narrative. This album checks all the boxes-- as timely as they come and as close to infinitely listenable as an album can get.
[First added to this chart: 05/15/2020]
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2015
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34,845
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Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet

A record with so much unique power and personality. Mangum's voice here is tremendously hopeful and painful. This is an album that could have a million interpretations and it seems that with each listen, depending on what I'm going through, the music caters to the opposite feeling and always reels me back into the earth. Perfect.
[First added to this chart: 02/11/2020]
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1998
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36,376
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Ahh, the mountains are crumbling
Ahh, the canyons are thundering
All the people are fucking
They're just a pile of writhing, selfish bliss
I know I'll never die
I scream up at the sky
"You have arrived."

Never have I been more scared by an album. A true nightmare conducted brilliantly, The Seer condemns humanity and thrusts the listener into a hellscape on Earth, where they are surrounded by the thunderous booms of the end days. Who knew the apocalypse could sound this good?
[First added to this chart: 10/06/2020]
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2012
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3,725
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[First added to this chart: 02/04/2025]
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2002
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[First added to this chart: 02/11/2020]
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1969
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30,287
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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2024]
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2023
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164
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2024]
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2023
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 13 13%
1980s 8 8%
1990s 17 17%
2000s 21 21%
2010s 20 20%
2020s 12 12%
Country Albums %


United States 52 52%
United Kingdom 34 34%
Canada 9 9%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
Australia 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Iceland 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 09/25/2023 17:44
Great chart, looking forward to seeing more of the comments when you get to it!
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From 09/25/2023 08:33
Love to see your personality shine through. Nice that Dylan just slip into your chart with an early 60's album that is exceptional but largely overlooked. Also nice to see Australia represented via Angus Stone - very cool!
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Always love a chart with personal notes
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From 03/02/2023 10:58
Gorgeous chart with lovely descriptions, can't believe I'm only coming across it now! Lots of familiar picks, but arranged in a way that makes it clear you have a unique relationship to them.
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Love the descriptions
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From 02/13/2021 13:55
Great list! Full of personal picks and I like it! Would be even better if you added some notes like you did in the top 10
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From 11/07/2020 22:15
Nice stuff on here.
I still need to get into Kendrick Lamar and Deerhunter. I see them on almost every list I check out.

Thanks for this list. Peace and Love
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From 05/16/2020 10:57
Really appreciate this chart and I think it is excellent! Weird that you have Antlers Burst Apart on here because while I was looking at this a song of theirs from the album was stuck in my head. Also a Perfume Genius song haha. Checked this out because of your comment on the new Perfume Genius and you already have it on your top hundred, that's really cool, it is very good.
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From 04/27/2020 13:40
Awesome list, I love a lot of these albums.
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From 02/25/2020 13:12
This chart is awesome, in every different sight. Sure, I love your new entries (car seat, spoon) but also it's nice to explore some artists thats I didn't know
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Best Albums of 1954
1. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
2. Clifford Brown And Max Roach by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
3. Songs For Young Lovers by Frank Sinatra
4. Canções Praieiras by Dorival Caymmi
5. Mambo! by Yma Sumac
6. Swing Easy! by Frank Sinatra
7. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy by Louis Armstrong
8. A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 by Art Blakey
9. Haitian Dances by Frantz Casseus
10. N°3 by Georges Brassens
11. Jazz Goes To College by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
12. Jacques Brel Et Ses Chansons by Jacques Brel
13. Interprète Ses Dernières Compositions, 2ème Série by Georges Brassens
14. Blue Haze by Miles Davis
15. Thelonious Monk Trio by Thelonious Monk Trio
16. Honky-Tonkin' by Hank Williams
17. Rock With Bill Haley And The Comets by Bill Haley And His Comets
18. A Star Is Born by Judy Garland
19. Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins by Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
20. After Hours With Miss D by Dinah Washington
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