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: 04/23/2025 22:45
- (Created: 06/01/2012 04:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Produced By DANIEL LANOIS & BRIAN ENO
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
3. With Or Without You
4. Bullet The Blue Sky
5. Running To Stand Still
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God’s Country
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Exit
11. Mothers Of The Disappeared
Since the mid 1980’s, it’s been “cool” to hate U2. Why? Because they’re “pretentious”. Because Bono is a “douche”. Because they take themselves too “serious”. Insert any other reasons here…there are many. The truth is that U2 started off by working hard and doing it their way. Then, when they got big, they refused to give in and continued to do it their way. For almost a decade, between 1984 and 1993, they were the biggest band in the world. You can hate Bono all you want to for whatever reasons you may have, but the music that U2 made in that time period changed rock and roll, and brought us some of the most memorable songs of the time. And albums. What U2 has been able to do peaked on The Joshua Tree, released among the death throes of classic rock, the height of New Wave, and the strange rise of hair metal. It’s the album where absolutely everything came together for the band, and it’s a brilliant piece of work. One of the best ever made.
The running order of the album (which was selected by Kirsty MacColl) hits you between the eyes with four of the best tracks of the decade. One of the best opening 20 minutes of any album ever made. These four songs, along with “In God’s Country”, kept U2 on the radio during 1987-88 pretty much non stop. But it was well deserved…these are all excellent songs. Add to that the excellence of the lesser known songs: “Running To Stand Still” addresses drug addiction, and the rest are just as good as the hits. That you can get this list of songs on one album is amazing…so if you do happen to have a hatred of U2, for whatever reason, it’s best to put that aside for fifty minutes and enjoy The Joshua Tree for what it really is: one of the best albums of the 80’s, and one of the best albums ever made. For me, the pinnacle of the great career of U2, and always a great listen. Credit where credit is due: U2 made a great album. Time to appreciate it. [First added to this chart: 09/04/2017]
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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 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 33 | 33% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 4% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Drive-By Truckers | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| The Band | 3 | 3% | |
| Whiskeytown | 2 | 2% | |
| Pearl Jam | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jayhawks | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 17 from 99th to 82nd Dummy by Portishead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 82nd to 83rd Being There by Wilco |
| Down 1 from 83rd to 84th The Concert For Bangladesh by George Harrison & Friends |
| Down 1 from 84th to 85th Everyone Is Here by The Finn Brothers |
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| 85/100 | 01/29/2025 12:37 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/15/2025 18:01 | Exist-en-ciel | | 99/100 |
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CassidyInc 03/29/2024 22:06
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
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:18
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!
KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:03
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)
Mercury 01/14/2021 02:55
Still Crazy (good) after all these years.
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