Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by areminder

• Chart updated: 05/18/2024 06:15
• (Created: 06/07/2020 06:19).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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EVOL 

 Sonic Youth

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Car crashes, fireworks, detuned and retuned strings....it must have been a great time making this album. Sister and Daydream Nation embellished on the work. There’s a mixture of sound collage and true songwriting here by every member of the band that results in the group achieving something they hadn't before. There's poetry and spoken word sections leading to beautiful instrumentals. The retuned guitars makes this sound so distinct, from the first chord on Tom Violence to the echoing knocks on Madonna, Sean, and Me. [First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

2,506

Rank in 1986:

11

Rank in 1980s:

109

Overall Rank:

721

Average Rating:

 78 (505 votes)

Comments:

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In Utero 

 Nirvana

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,715 charts

Rank Score:

19,311

Rank in 1993:

2

Rank in 1990s:

9

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 84 (2,616 votes)

Comments:

176

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The Velvet Underground 

 The Velvet Underground

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,195 charts

Rank Score:

13,758

Rank in 1969:

6

Rank in 1960s:

23

Overall Rank:

94

Average Rating:

 86 (1,591 votes)

Comments:

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,543 charts

Rank Score:

17,584

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

8

Overall Rank:

69

Average Rating:

 84 (1,830 votes)

Comments:

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The Soft Bulletin 

 The Flaming Lips

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

1,230 charts

Rank Score:

11,963

Rank in 1999:

2

Rank in 1990s:

24

Overall Rank:

120

Average Rating:

 83 (1,485 votes)

Comments:

119

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Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,612 charts

Rank Score:

24,894

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 89 (2,216 votes)

Comments:

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Embryonic 

 The Flaming Lips

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

241 charts

Rank Score:

1,179

Rank in 2009:

18

Rank in 2000s:

235

Overall Rank:

1,472

Average Rating:

 78 (355 votes)

Comments:

21

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Wowee Zowee 

 Pavement

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

336 charts

Rank Score:

2,686

Rank in 1995:

10

Rank in 1990s:

111

Overall Rank:

670

Average Rating:

 79 (490 votes)

Comments:

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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[First added to this chart: 06/11/2022]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,571 charts

Rank Score:

19,780

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,890 votes)

Comments:

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Repeater 

 Fugazi

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[First added to this chart: 06/13/2020]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

404 charts

Rank Score:

2,955

Rank in 1990:

8

Rank in 1990s:

104

Overall Rank:

600

Average Rating:

 80 (478 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	2	2%
1960s	14	14%
1970s	25	25%
1980s	19	19%
1990s	24	24%
2000s	12	12%
2010s	4	4%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	5	5%
David Bowie	5	5%
Sonic Youth	4	4%
The Beatles	4	4%
Pavement	3	3%
Fugazi	3	3%
The Flaming Lips	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	64	64%
	24	24%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Down 1 from 49th to 50th The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
Down 1 from 50th to 51st Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads
Down 1 from 51st to 52nd Walk Among Us by Misfits

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
90/100	11/16/2022 07:25	PeterSmith	69	82/100
90/100	10/21/2022 08:50	KineticEchoes02	111	88/100
80/100	10/20/2022 09:20	Moondance	455	85/100
80/100	10/13/2022 01:42	MadhattanJack	160	84/100
95/100	09/19/2022 12:41	flamingyesdept	104	84/100

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This chart is rated in the top 4% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.1/100, a mean average of 90.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.3.

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90/100

From PeterSmith 11/16/2022 07:28

This is a pretty chilled chart. I don't know a copy of artists so will check them out. Sigur Ros number 1 is a great choice and sets the tone. There is a smattering of heavy stuff to give a nice balance

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From pinkfreud1981 10/20/2022 13:42

It´s always nice to see Sigur Ros where it deserves to be. Nice. chart

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80/100

From Moondance 09/08/2022 22:48

I enjoyed taking the journey through your chart and respect where your own musical journey has taken you.

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85/100

From mrmcrook 02/02/2021 22:34

Nice mixed bag. Good to see some Devo in there. And DK's always get a thumbs up from me

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85/100

From leniad 10/17/2020 05:58

interesting chart

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90/100

From BraddlesHendo 09/01/2020 08:13

Excellent albums need to add to my faves

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100/100

From NJ 06/14/2020 16:41

I appreciate your sentiment in the description - I'd much rather a personal chart than someone trying to appeal to some false sense of "objectivity" in art, and as a result your chart is quite interesting. You're at a level to add 10 more, so I'd be interested to see what those were. You also could reach out a bit more into the last decade, since there have been a lot of great musical accomplishments recently. Overall, though, it's an excellent chart. "Heroes" as Bowie's best album is an interesting opinion, one I respect for sure (though don't personally agree with).

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