Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Spyglass 
My chart is ordered from best to worst. These albums I have chosen are albums that go above and beyond the boundaries of music, and have brilliance to share in whatever forms they take. All of the albums I've chosen are very special to me in one way or another, even if they're outside of my comfort zone, because a comfort zone doesn't matter when you're trying to comprehend all forms of music.
I've added little stories that describe my feelings when listening to each album. They're quite odd, but I love a little odd now and then.
- Chart updated: 11/11/2020 00:15
- (Created: 04/03/2020 22:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
"Fellow humans, let us drop to the blood stained ground on our calloused knees and beg our non-goddess mother Mary Joanna for the universe to create a war against wars with our own army. The battle will be rough and full of smoke in the air. The smell of burnt corpses and desolate weed fields can hurt us, but they can also fuel us. Let this smoky darkness overtake you and don't forget, it's the devil you should fight." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
"Fellow humans, let us drop to the blood stained ground on our calloused knees and beg our non-goddess mother Mary Joanna for the universe to create a war against wars with our own army. The battle will be rough and full of smoke in the air. The smell of burnt corpses and desolate weed fields can hurt us, but they can also fuel us. Let this smoky darkness overtake you and don't forget, it's the devil you should fight." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
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1970
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19,379
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Art Rock / Prog Rock / Baroque Pop / Prog Pop
"When you're a kid, a part of your life is defined by the old stories and poems of your youth. When you're a teenager, you try to forget those stories; that's a part of the preparation to transition to maturity. When you're finally an adult, you look back on the old poems and realize that many of your decisions come from them. No matter how far you go, those poems and stories will always follow you." [First added to this chart: 11/10/2020]
"When you're a kid, a part of your life is defined by the old stories and poems of your youth. When you're a teenager, you try to forget those stories; that's a part of the preparation to transition to maturity. When you're finally an adult, you look back on the old poems and realize that many of your decisions come from them. No matter how far you go, those poems and stories will always follow you." [First added to this chart: 11/10/2020]
Year of Release:
1967
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5,220
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Chamber Folk / Singer-Songwriter
"I am a child at heart. I write songs like a professional, or like a grown-up, but in the 1960's that's the only way to keep in touch with the inner child. I can be a romantic or a bard, only if I feel like it. I feel like a lot of things." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
"I am a child at heart. I write songs like a professional, or like a grown-up, but in the 1960's that's the only way to keep in touch with the inner child. I can be a romantic or a bard, only if I feel like it. I feel like a lot of things." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1968
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17,738
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Blues Rock / Hard Rock
"Theres no force like tomorrow. They say we control the future, and others say that the future is predestined. I don't think it matters. The truth is somewhere in between. We can't predict the future, but there's no force that decides everything for us. The answer itself is astral, so we need to do what we can to pioneer both the past and the present, and to do that we need to change the past. We need to redefine romance, push the guitars past their physical and sonic limits, and remind the world that the answers to the whole world lie in the things no one has ever done before." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
"Theres no force like tomorrow. They say we control the future, and others say that the future is predestined. I don't think it matters. The truth is somewhere in between. We can't predict the future, but there's no force that decides everything for us. The answer itself is astral, so we need to do what we can to pioneer both the past and the present, and to do that we need to change the past. We need to redefine romance, push the guitars past their physical and sonic limits, and remind the world that the answers to the whole world lie in the things no one has ever done before." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
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1969
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18,650
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Dream Pop / Darkwave
"The jewels are fully polished. Take then through the storm and don't let go of them. Soon they'll reflect light in their own special way. These are the jewels we've been searching for throughout our whole lives. Rumours about love and loss surround them; the stories of life and death are embedded in their craftsmanship; and while it all sounds like pretty nonsense, there's a strange sense of fulfillment and meaning emitting from them. There are few gems on Earth that glimmer like these." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
"The jewels are fully polished. Take then through the storm and don't let go of them. Soon they'll reflect light in their own special way. These are the jewels we've been searching for throughout our whole lives. Rumours about love and loss surround them; the stories of life and death are embedded in their craftsmanship; and while it all sounds like pretty nonsense, there's a strange sense of fulfillment and meaning emitting from them. There are few gems on Earth that glimmer like these." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
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1984
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4,290
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Punk / New Wave
"Everytime someone tries to start something, there's always at least one person trying to bring the new fad to new directions all over the world. We've got the ecstasy and the youth necessary to carry this teen scene across the world. We've got the cars, the drugs, and the pent-up anger. I say we use it before everyone tries to become the next Iggy Pop. The only way to get our nessage to the youth is to understand their conformist ways and decontruct them, or mutilate them. They'll love the way we do it." [First added to this chart: 04/04/2020]
"Everytime someone tries to start something, there's always at least one person trying to bring the new fad to new directions all over the world. We've got the ecstasy and the youth necessary to carry this teen scene across the world. We've got the cars, the drugs, and the pent-up anger. I say we use it before everyone tries to become the next Iggy Pop. The only way to get our nessage to the youth is to understand their conformist ways and decontruct them, or mutilate them. They'll love the way we do it." [First added to this chart: 04/04/2020]
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1979
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36,238
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Rock / Blues Rock
"We've been trying this for years now, and I'm still not satisfied. We've done amazing things, and somehow we still don't have a proper testament to who we are. We need to do something that boasts everything we've done to this point. The raw energy we've created, the war songs and odes to life and death, that proper blend between oldschool rock and the new age of it thereof... this is what we need to do." [First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
"We've been trying this for years now, and I'm still not satisfied. We've done amazing things, and somehow we still don't have a proper testament to who we are. We need to do something that boasts everything we've done to this point. The raw energy we've created, the war songs and odes to life and death, that proper blend between oldschool rock and the new age of it thereof... this is what we need to do." [First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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22,605
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Acoustic Blues / Acoustic Rock
"I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna reinvent myself for an album or two, if that's alright. I know a lot of you like it when your favorite artists stick to the same old stuff, but the truth is that my style was originally built for the acoustic guitar. Maybe I can open your mind a bit. There's real poetry when it comes to acoustica, and it's too bad people are too modernized to see it." [First added to this chart: 06/03/2020]
"I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna reinvent myself for an album or two, if that's alright. I know a lot of you like it when your favorite artists stick to the same old stuff, but the truth is that my style was originally built for the acoustic guitar. Maybe I can open your mind a bit. There's real poetry when it comes to acoustica, and it's too bad people are too modernized to see it." [First added to this chart: 06/03/2020]
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1992
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1,180
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Pop Rock / Sophisti-Pop / Adult Contemporary
"I have a lot that I want to say to everybody. Live, love, liberty, emotion, evolution, etc. It's hard to fit it all onto one album, but I think that's the beauty of life: the challenge. If I can't pass this challenge, I'm not just a failure of a musician, I'm a failure of a man. I'd rather celebrate my ability to go above and beyond because of my humanity." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
"I have a lot that I want to say to everybody. Live, love, liberty, emotion, evolution, etc. It's hard to fit it all onto one album, but I think that's the beauty of life: the challenge. If I can't pass this challenge, I'm not just a failure of a musician, I'm a failure of a man. I'd rather celebrate my ability to go above and beyond because of my humanity." [First added to this chart: 04/03/2020]
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1993
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729
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Hard Rock
[First added to this chart: 08/25/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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1,680
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| The Beach Boys | 2 | 2% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
| Jay-Z | 2 | 2% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 2% | |
| Vangelis | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 12th to 11th To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar |
| Up 1 from 11th to 10th Ride The Lightning by Metallica |
| Up 1 from 10th to 9th Blade Runner by Vangelis |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 9th to 12th The Last Waltz by The Band |
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