Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by Chickenbiscuit 
So yeah its hard to compare 40 albums that can be completely different to each other but here is an attempt. I'm leaning more into the metal since that's the genre I listen to the biggest variety of. I'm keeping it just 1 album per band to avoid redundancy.
- Chart updated: 02/29/2020 00:45
- (Created: 02/28/2020 20:51).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Watching the Unplugged concert is one of my earliest memories, and since then Alice In Chains has always been a part of my music identity. Raw subject material with polished and visceral performances, to me this is the pinnacle of grunge right here. (Also possibly my favorite guitar tone ever.)
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1992
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7,380
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Lateralus is a very close second but I think this one is just more groundbreaking considering when it came out.
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1996
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6,743
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This is my childhood right here. Thanks to Nitrous Oxide for the PSone it wasn't all alternative and grunge for me when I was little. I didn't realize it at the time but I think what makes this album stick with me more than all the other techno I listened to is the way the songs are written sort of bridge rock and techno. Its less ravey and more of a journey with each song. Not to mention the heavy big beats.
Standouts:
Another World
Another Time
In the Age of Wonder
Bad Stone
She's My Pusher [First added to this chart: 02/28/2020]
Standouts:
Another World
Another Time
In the Age of Wonder
Bad Stone
She's My Pusher [First added to this chart: 02/28/2020]
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The best of the alternative side to grunge imo, real creative songwriting while still being accessible.
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1994
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2,655
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One of those albums I've listened to my whole life and I'm always in the mood for it.
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1997
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1,243
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1994
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2,363
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Dimebag and Vinnie Paul, 'nuff said
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1994
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703
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25. (=)
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1990
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2,835
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1997
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 33% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 30% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 23% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Stereolab | 1 | 3% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 1 | 3% | |
| Slayer | 1 | 3% | |
| Gorillaz | 1 | 3% | |
| The Crystal Method | 1 | 3% | |
| Pantera | 1 | 3% | |
| Arch Enemy | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 23rd to 21stFar Beyond Driven by Pantera |
| Up 2 from 22nd to 20thSouth Of Heaven by Slayer |
| Up 2 from 21st to 19thThe Battle Of Yaldabaoth by Infant Annihilator |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 20th to 24thThe Elephant Riders by Clutch |
| Down 3 from 19th to 22ndHypnotize by System Of A Down |
| Down 1 from 33rd to 34thAqualung by Jethro Tull |
| New entries |
|---|
| Koi No Yokan by Deftones |
| Leavers |
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| Welcome To Sky Valley by Kyuss |
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| ! | 11/25/2020 22:31 |  an-outlaw | 6 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2020 21:24 | mrmcrook | 765 | 92/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2020 17:03 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/29/2020 02:14 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
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From mrmcrook 11/25/2020 21:34 | #261414
Love the list. Lot of great bands. Your comments give good direction to what albums to explore from a few bands I listen to but are still a bit unfamiliar with.
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