Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Timestarter

This is my list of my 100 Greatest Albums of All Time. What do you think? ...

The Perfect Songs:

Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Oneohtrix Point Never - Explain
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
black midi - Ducter
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses
Little Simz - I Love You, I Hate You
Aphex Twin - Tha
Kendrick Lamar - Real (ft. Anna Wise)
Kendrick Lamar - i
Swans - A Little God in My Hands
Mr. Bungle - None of Them Knew They Were Robots
Yes - Close to the Edge
Sigur Rós - Ný Batterí
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
Modest Mouse - Truckers Atlas
my bloody valentine - i only said
M83 - Midnight City
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Glassjaw - Two Tabs of Mescaline
Portishead - It Could Be Sweet
Four Tet - Unspoken
Kanye West - Runaway
The Clash - Revolution Rock / Train in Vain
CAN - Bring Me Coffee or Tea
Talking Heads - The Overload
Pavement - Here
Low - Dancing and Fire
Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Dead
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Need You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hollywood
The Cure - The Same Deep Water as You
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Television - Torn Curtain
Wilco - Reservations
The Mars Volta - Son et Lumière / Inertiatic ESP

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• Chart updated: 03/27/2022 22:15
• (Created: 03/14/2020 10:03).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Spiderland 

 Slint

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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2021]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,054 charts

Rank Score:

12,841

Rank in 1991:

4

Rank in 1990s:

19

Overall Rank:

98

Average Rating:

 84 (1,264 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,839 charts

Rank Score:

41,299

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 88 (3,254 votes)

Comments:

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Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,950 charts

Rank Score:

20,953

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 85 (2,335 votes)

Comments:

210

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,553 charts

Rank Score:

52,683

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,556 votes)

Comments:

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Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,153 charts

Rank Score:

30,705

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,464 votes)

Comments:

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,808 charts

Rank Score:

32,967

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,138 votes)

Comments:

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The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2020]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,035 charts

Rank Score:

42,436

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,518 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2020]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,395 charts

Rank Score:

68,348

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,597 votes)

Comments:

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Zen Arcade 

 Hüsker Dü

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[First added to this chart: 08/09/2021]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

504 charts

Rank Score:

4,265

Rank in 1984:

9

Rank in 1980s:

55

Overall Rank:

406

Average Rating:

 79 (593 votes)

Comments:

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To Pimp A Butterfly 

 Kendrick Lamar

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[First added to this chart: 05/29/2020]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,815 charts

Rank Score:

33,724

Rank in 2015:

1

Rank in 2010s:

1

Overall Rank:

19

Average Rating:

 89 (2,277 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	12	12%
1970s	17	17%
1980s	14	14%
1990s	21	21%
2000s	17	17%
2010s	15	15%
2020s	3	3%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	3	3%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
The Beatles	3	3%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
Frank Ocean	2	2%
Joy Division	2	2%
Kendrick Lamar	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	55	55%
	31	31%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Down 17 from 45th to 62nd California by Mr. Bungle

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100/100	03/27/2025 14:43	DrewHamster	318	79/100
85/100	08/13/2022 12:03	bobnickmad	31	88/100
100/100	04/06/2022 07:45	Chris15789	15	70/100
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95/100	04/05/2022 16:49	Cargusbralem	9	93/100

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From bobnickmad 08/13/2022 12:03

Very nice chart.

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From leniad 04/06/2022 03:43

excellent

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From Cargusbralem 04/05/2022 16:49

Great taste! Btw you've just introduced me to Bark Psychosis, so thanks for that, really enjoying it :)

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From Untitled 08/04/2021 23:12

Good list with a lot of conventional picks but also some that surprised me.

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From PeterSmith 07/17/2021 16:18

I like your chart and have many albums and artists in common, although I accept comments that it is mainly well noted albums - but they are great albums so they merit being here. Hope you finish your comments.

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From Johnnyo 03/20/2021 09:43

Top notch chart

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From leniad 11/30/2020 21:49

like your taste

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From Larcx13 07/27/2020 06:32

Dylan is too low, lack of Jazz music, and terrible hiphop picks. Other than that it's a decent list.
28 albums in common

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From Goliath 07/15/2020 09:38

Fairly conventional list, but there's nothing wrong with that, I am not a fan of being different just for the sake of being different!

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From NJ 05/28/2020 17:21

Very much agee with Spyglass. It's a good start, but it's pretty much just the canon. Not very different from this site's or RYM's top 40. They're good albums for sure, but I'll rate this chart higher when it seems like you've made it your own.

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