Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Romanelli
With production credits (because producers are important, too). Also track listings, label info and short reviews written by yours truly. I hope this chart is helpful, entertaining, and at least interesting.
- Chart updated: 04/12/2024 14:15
- (Created: 06/01/2012 04:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Produced By BRIAN PAULSON & WILCO
1. I Must Be High
2. Casino Queen
3. Box Full Of Letters
4. Shouldn’t Be Ashamed
5. Pick Up The Change
6. I Thought I Held You
7. That’s Not The Issue
8. It’s Just That Simple
9. Should’ve Been In Love
10. Passenger Side
11. Dash 7
12. Blue Eyed Soul
13. Too Far Apart
When Uncle Tupelo split up, Jay Farrar formed Son Volt. Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco…and got the rest of the band in the divorce. Tweedy was in a position to be like George Harrison on All Things Must Pass, or even like Stevie Nicks on Bella Donna: a player who had played second fiddle with minimal songwriting contributions suddenly able to burst out on his own with an amazing output. Tweedy has been pretty prolific since the breakup of Tupelo, but his first effort with Wilco, A.M., is hardly his strongest effort. The only truly alt-country album by Wilco, it has its moments, but it gets its butt kicked by Son Volt’s Trace, and it lacks the adventurous spirit of Uncle Tupelo, and especially of the later Wilco albums. A.M. is more of a breakup album than anything else, really…and you have to wonder if the songs are directed towards Farrar. The world of A.M. is very small…the world of Wilco would get a lot bigger in a hurry, as the band would give up on being a straight alt-country unit and explore many other great directions.
A.M. does have some really great moments. The 1-2 punch of “I Must Be High” and “Casino Queen”, complete with clanking bottles, is promising, but things come down from there. “Passenger Side” is one of Tweedy’s finest songs, and the John Stirratt penned “It’s Just That Simple” is lovely. Instrumentally, the band, particularly Brian Henneman from The Bottle Rockets, is excellent. The album sounds great, and the overall songwriting is strong, but it’s ultimately hard to listen to A.M. without making a lot of comparisons…all of which A.M. loses. Maybe, or maybe not fair, but that’s what it is. This album fails against the body of work of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco itself, and fails against its direct competitor, Trace. On its own, it’s a good, not great album, and it’s interesting to hear how Wilco started out. [First added to this chart: 10/14/2012]
Produced By WILCO
1. Misunderstood
2. Far, Far Away
3. Monday
4. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
5. Forget The Flowers
6. Red-Eyed And Blue
7. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
8. What's The World Got In Store
9. Hotel Arizona
10. Say You Miss Me
1. Sunken Treasure
2. Someday Soon
3. Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
4. Someone Else's Song
5. Kingpin
6. (Was I) In Your Dreams
7. Why Would You Wanna Live
8. The Lonely 1
9. Dreamer In My Dreams
After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar's Son Volt and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy staged an unofficial competition to see which one would come out of the gate with the better album. Farrar's Trace beat out Tweedy's AM, and Tweedy set out to change the sound of his band completely. He started by adding multi instrumentalist Jay Bennett, and with the wall of noise that opens "Misunderstood", the real Wilco was born.
Being There is a stunning change, although there are still a few AM elements left. But the move towards their later (and remarkably huge) music starts here. It's a great collection of songs, and making an on the road DOUBLE album with only their second album took a lot of guts. But they pull it off. Being There isn't perfect, but it's a fine Wilco album, and a lot of signs of good things that were to come. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
Decade | Albums | % | |
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 12 | 12% | |
1970s | 22 | 22% | |
1980s | 13 | 13% | |
1990s | 26 | 26% | |
2000s | 21 | 21% | |
2010s | 6 | 6% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
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The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
The Band | 3 | 3% | |
Drive-By Truckers | 3 | 3% | |
Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
Wilco | 2 | 2% | |
Jason Isbell | 2 | 2% | |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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Up 5 from 66th to 61st Music From Big Pink by The Band |
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Down 1 from 61st to 62nd All Things Must Pass by George Harrison |
Down 1 from 62nd to 63rd Being There by Wilco |
Down 1 from 63rd to 64th At Last! by Etta James |
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Neat chart, but the write ups and historical perspective you've included for many of these albums make it something special. I had a good chuckle when I finally arrived to Loveless, the album I was most excited to hear your thoughts on, and there was nothing there!
What I found most intriguing is where you actually argue in your comments why an album isn't that great - which is an unusual way to create a greatest 100 chart. A bit too US-orientated for my liking and too many so-so bands. Good to see one album each from Australia & New Zealand.
Great chart, with impressive comments; very inspirational!
would appreciate more variety from coutries, genres
Lots of new music to discover here
There's a lot of excellent choices here. Many of which I'll be listening to as well. Thanks for this list!
Stunning chart. I own 83 of the albums in your chart so it's inevitable that I'm going to love it. Also love the notes. Great addition.
Nothing but great records here!
perfect soundtrack to being the only guy left in the rural middle-of-nowhere bar at 4AM (this may sound backhanded but I assure you it's high praise)
Still Crazy (good) after all these years.
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