Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- (Created: 04/08/2020 02:44).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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An album that needs no introduction at this point. Rap artist and visionary, Kendrick Lamar, tells us the story of his life through an amazing set of songs, with even more astounding lyrics. I'm not one to pay attention to lyrics (it took me many, many listens to realize the lyrics on Heaven or Las Vegas were pure gibberish), but the words of this album not only pop out at you, but they will stick with you. It's hard to fully comprehend on first listen, even if you are doing absolutely nothing but staring at the lyrics and taking in the music. It rewards you more with each subsequent listen, this album's relistenability is second to none.
10/10
Highlights: How Much a Dollar Cost, The Blacker the Berry, King Kunta, Alright, Institutionalized, Wesley's Theory, i, For Free?, These Walls
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Secondary: Experimental Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Funk [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
10/10
Highlights: How Much a Dollar Cost, The Blacker the Berry, King Kunta, Alright, Institutionalized, Wesley's Theory, i, For Free?, These Walls
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Secondary: Experimental Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Funk [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
Year of Release:
2015
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31,542
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Pure aggression; that is the reason to listen to any Death Grips album, and this is the most raw and aggressive release in their catalogue. Even the instrumental interludes that hardly clock in at
a minute fill me with adrenaline. This album will GRIP you, and it will not let up until the final second.
10/10
Highlights: Beware, Takyon (Death Yon), Lord of the Game, I Want It I Need It (Death Heated), Spread Eagle Cross the Block, Culture Shock, Guillotine
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Secondary: Glitch Hop, Rap Rock [First added to this chart: 12/13/2023]
a minute fill me with adrenaline. This album will GRIP you, and it will not let up until the final second.
10/10
Highlights: Beware, Takyon (Death Yon), Lord of the Game, I Want It I Need It (Death Heated), Spread Eagle Cross the Block, Culture Shock, Guillotine
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Secondary: Glitch Hop, Rap Rock [First added to this chart: 12/13/2023]
Year of Release:
2011
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1,837
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The full realization of a genre. Vaporwave is seen as kitschy to some, but this is one of the albums that solidifies it as an art form. It's heavenly, comforting, yet unfamiliar. It feels like being in a hotel pool at night. You've been in a pool before, but it still feels like a foreign place. Yet, there is a soothing atmosphere as you enjoy your time there.
10/10
Highlights: 愛の瞬間, 深夜の愛, 魅惑的な美しさ, 強い願望, 同感です, 星間性交
Genre: Slushwave, Ambient
Secondary: Dreampunk [First added to this chart: 02/04/2024]
10/10
Highlights: 愛の瞬間, 深夜の愛, 魅惑的な美しさ, 強い願望, 同感です, 星間性交
Genre: Slushwave, Ambient
Secondary: Dreampunk [First added to this chart: 02/04/2024]
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10/10
Highlights: パステルパスポート(Pastel Passport), 推定スウィーティ(Suitei Sweetie), プラトニックプラネット(Platonic Planet), バレンタインズバレリーナ(Valentine's Ballerina), SixteenSick
Genre: J-Pop, Electropop, Dance-Pop
Secondary: Bitpop, Denpa [First added to this chart: 03/08/2023]
Highlights: パステルパスポート(Pastel Passport), 推定スウィーティ(Suitei Sweetie), プラトニックプラネット(Platonic Planet), バレンタインズバレリーナ(Valentine's Ballerina), SixteenSick
Genre: J-Pop, Electropop, Dance-Pop
Secondary: Bitpop, Denpa [First added to this chart: 03/08/2023]
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10/10
Highlights: Ain't It Funny, Really Doe, When It Rain, Pneumonia, Rolling Stone
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Secondary: Abstract Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop [First added to this chart: 10/26/2021]
Highlights: Ain't It Funny, Really Doe, When It Rain, Pneumonia, Rolling Stone
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Secondary: Abstract Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop [First added to this chart: 10/26/2021]
Year of Release:
2016
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5,609
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10/10
Highlights: The Happy End Overshadows the Forthcoming Drama, The Flat Earth Society Has Members All Around the Globe, Thank You Very Much for Gathering Today, The Dilemma of Having Conservative Kin, The Journalist
Genre: Emoviolence
Secondary: Noisecore [First added to this chart: 03/08/2023]
Highlights: The Happy End Overshadows the Forthcoming Drama, The Flat Earth Society Has Members All Around the Globe, Thank You Very Much for Gathering Today, The Dilemma of Having Conservative Kin, The Journalist
Genre: Emoviolence
Secondary: Noisecore [First added to this chart: 03/08/2023]
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You will die. This is a universal truth, but the majority of people on this Earth will go their entire lives trying not to think about this fact. Well, this album takes this uncomfortable fact and places in front of your face, rather ears. Mirror Reaper is a funeral as a song, a funeral for anyone who chooses to listen to it. It's slow, harsh, heavy. But so is death.
10/10
Highlights: As Above, So Below
Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Secondary: Post-Metal [First added to this chart: 02/03/2024]
10/10
Highlights: As Above, So Below
Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Secondary: Post-Metal [First added to this chart: 02/03/2024]
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9.9/10
Highlights: Little Dark Age, When You Die, Me and Michael, She Works Out Too Much, Hand It Over, One Thing Left to Try, TSLAMP
Genre: Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Secondary: Hypnagogic Pop, Dream Pop [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Highlights: Little Dark Age, When You Die, Me and Michael, She Works Out Too Much, Hand It Over, One Thing Left to Try, TSLAMP
Genre: Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Secondary: Hypnagogic Pop, Dream Pop [First added to this chart: 04/07/2020]
Year of Release:
2018
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2,606
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9.9/10
Highlights: Cut Off the Inferiority, No Way to Hell, With the Pride in the Heart, Life With Opening the Cloudy Eyes, Deceived Life
Genre: Burning Spirits, Japanese Hardcore
Secondary: Crust Punk [First added to this chart: 12/13/2023]
Highlights: Cut Off the Inferiority, No Way to Hell, With the Pride in the Heart, Life With Opening the Cloudy Eyes, Deceived Life
Genre: Burning Spirits, Japanese Hardcore
Secondary: Crust Punk [First added to this chart: 12/13/2023]
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9.9/10
Highlights: 恢复, 悲哀, 真実の恋, 遠くの愛好家
Genre: Dreampunk, Ambient
Secondary: Slushwave, DowntempoGrober [First added to this chart: 08/17/2023]
Highlights: 恢复, 悲哀, 真実の恋, 遠くの愛好家
Genre: Dreampunk, Ambient
Secondary: Slushwave, DowntempoGrober [First added to this chart: 08/17/2023]
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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 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Boris | 2 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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56 | 56% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 33 from 42nd to 9th Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush |
| Up 5 from 98th to 93rd First Come, First Served by Dr. Dooom |
| Up 4 from 19th to 15th Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 15th to 21st Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
| Down 3 from 16th to 19th The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis |
| Down 2 from 14th to 16th Hejira by Joni Mitchell |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/17/2025 17:35 | DrewHamster | 317 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2025 10:35 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,105 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2025 20:45 | vruslov | 582 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2024 13:56 |  Tamthebam | 633 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2024 10:55 |  ForegroundNoise | 473 | 87/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.3/100, a mean average of 91.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 5.7.
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From ForegroundNoise 08/11/2024 10:57 | #304717
ForegroundNoise 08/11/2024 10:57 | #304717
Discovered your chart after seeing you had Blind Girls' Residue at a 9.5/10 (shame it didn't make the cut here!). Surprised I haven't come across this before; you've got great taste and your passion really comes through in the writing. Hail Bjork!
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From Moondance 03/07/2023 21:44 | #294798
I enjoyed reading the comments and sharing in the lived experience of this chart.
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From bobnickmad 08/13/2022 10:14 | #288441
Very diverse and adventurous chart, which kinda makes Nevermind being so high kinda baffling, but otherwise great.
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From KineticEchoes02 07/23/2022 00:57 | #287744
This chart is awesome! You have great taste - a real eclectic mix in terms of genres covered, and importantly you've given due praise to indisputable classics - including many of my favourite artists and albums with great descriptions. Quite a few more you have here are just outside my top 100. Love your work!
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ExTeaSea 08/16/2021 15:44 | #272573
ExTeaSea 08/16/2021 15:44 | #272573
Great chart! Drukqs is a phenomenal album! Loved your comment about it. I really need to fully get into Edge of Sanity, they have such an impressive and intense sound.
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sssvnnn 05/30/2021 19:43 | #270185
sssvnnn 05/30/2021 19:43 | #270185
very classical chart, pretty close to mine.
I love it.
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From Rivera 05/30/2021 14:07 | #270174
You've got great taste!
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From Johnnyo 05/30/2021 13:38 | #270172
Really good chart. Like it a lot
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junodog4 01/13/2021 04:06 | #264347
junodog4 01/13/2021 04:06 | #264347
Got more interesting the further into you get. Expand it to 100! I'd like to see what you'd add.
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From mikepen 07/29/2020 04:16 | #256401
Great chart and your comments gives me some food for thought. I hope you get the time to annotate some more of your album choices here. Regards
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