"Hidden" Gems: Next 100 Albums, Sort Of by 
babyBlueSedan 
Every time I update my overall chart I struggle to limit myself to 100 albums because there are so many albums that I want to mention. I've thought about putting together a "101-200" chart to make this possible, but have never had much desire to do so for a couple reasons. First, the chart would have a lot of repeat artists, and you only need to see Songs: Ohia and Bill Callahan listed a few times to know how the rest of that chart would go. Second, I keep my decade charts up to date for a reason, which is to give some points to albums that didn't quite make the cut.
So after some thought, I've decided on a kind of compromise. This is a list of 100 more great albums that are not in the top 1,000 albums on the site. I've limited it to one album per artist. These are not obscure albums by any means; some of them are very well known. I've given precedence to albums by artists who don't have any albums in the top 1,000 album. I've also (with a couple glaring exceptions) avoided albums by artists who have an album on my overall chart. A lot of these are soft rules, but the top 1,000 rule is concrete. I like this because it lets me highlight genres that are not as well represented on my overall, as well as write a little blurb about the style of the album that hopefully entices you to check it out more than just seeing it listed on a decade chart.
Albums are listed chronologically, at least by year.
(Updated a year later, and tweaked slightly to highlight hidden gems and genres that aren't represented as much on my overall chart. Much heavier on the "hidden gems" than "next 100 favorites" side of things at this point.)
- Chart updated: 06/21/2021 02:15
- (Created: 06/06/2020 01:34).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Eclectic garage punk that owes a lot to The Replacements but still shows quite a bit of range.
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You can't have followed music in the 2010s and not have heard of Young Thug. But while his mixtapes are often spotty this one is a true masterpiece.
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The best alt-country artist since Lucinda Williams puts out an alt-rock album that kind of rips.
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Screamo about your mother dying of breast cancer. If Carrie & Lowell was emo, hardcore, and even sadder.
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Severely underrated, Open Mike Eagle often gets pigeon-holed as a goofy, laid back rapper. This album shows he can do poignant, deep storytelling as well.
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You know those blockbuster, guest-heavy albums DJ Khaled always tried to make? This is what that concept, but successful, sounds like. Terrific guests that capture the musical landscape of 2017, and better songs.
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Protest afro-jazz. With a tuba.
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2018
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The brashest feminist statement since Exile in Guyville and the best bass tone around.
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Sweetly sung, almost sinister indie folk that smells like the Pacific northwest.
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The definition of Too Much, but endlessly cathartic as anxiety in musical form.
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Total albums: 100. Page 10 of 10
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"Hidden" Gems: Next 100 Albums, Sort Of composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1970s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 34 | 34% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| DJ Sprinkles | 1 | 1% | |
| Jorge Ben | 1 | 1% | |
| Unwound | 1 | 1% | |
| Liturgy | 1 | 1% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 1 | 1% | |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 1 | 1% | |
| Townes Van Zandt | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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66 | 66% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 34th to 39th Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over by Cap'n Jazz |
| Down 5 from 35th to 40th You'd Prefer An Astronaut by Hum |
| Down 5 from 67th to 72nd Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins |
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