cool stuff
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LedZep 
A snapshot of my favorite music. Not to be taken too seriously, since reducing someone's taste to just 100 entries is a hopeless oversimplification. I'm slowly adding notes for each entry: preferred versions (with runtime and essential bonus tracks), genre/style/mood blurbs and a few lines which are mostly lyrics, but sometimes it's vinyl sleeve excerpts, interview segments, or whatever else I dug up. Lyrics usually aren't my main focus, but it's nice for adding context and a bit of character to the chart.
* my English translations of regional texts are usually imperfect (I'm not a poet nor a translator, unfortunately)
- Chart updated: 05/01/2026 08:45
- (Created: 09/13/2020 15:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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39:53
Kalevala music
A bird flew out of Lapland
An eagle from the Northeast
One wing ruffled the water
And the other swept the sky [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Kalevala music
A bird flew out of Lapland
An eagle from the Northeast
One wing ruffled the water
And the other swept the sky [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
49:47
""Lynchian""
The sky is still blue
The clouds come and go
Yet something is different
Are we falling in love? [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
""Lynchian""
The sky is still blue
The clouds come and go
Yet something is different
Are we falling in love? [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1990
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Rank Score:
1,586
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63:27
The end of the world
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -
These are truly the last days" [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
The end of the world
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -
These are truly the last days" [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
6,494
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66:51
Queens (East coast legacy)
I'm only 19, but my mind is old
And when the things get for real my warm heart turns cold [First added to this chart: 12/15/2020]
Queens (East coast legacy)
I'm only 19, but my mind is old
And when the things get for real my warm heart turns cold [First added to this chart: 12/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,417
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52:04
Some people claim this is more alt-rock than "true" shoegaze (don't listen to them)
Even if the rain falls down and all the sky turns cold I will feel fine [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Some people claim this is more alt-rock than "true" shoegaze (don't listen to them)
Even if the rain falls down and all the sky turns cold I will feel fine [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1990
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Rank Score:
4,484
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64:31
22nd century music
My feet, my arms and my ears [First added to this chart: 12/13/2020]
22nd century music
My feet, my arms and my ears [First added to this chart: 12/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
2,044
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54:12
I've always been fascinated by how unique they sound despite using well known indie tropes and styles
Where you gonna be?
Where will you spend eternity?
I'm gonna be perfect from now on
I'm gonna be perfect, starting now [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
I've always been fascinated by how unique they sound despite using well known indie tropes and styles
Where you gonna be?
Where will you spend eternity?
I'm gonna be perfect from now on
I'm gonna be perfect, starting now [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,834
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40:48
Dave in funny white leather pants
Possessed with Hellish torment
I master magics five
Hunting the abyss lord
Only one will stay alive
He who lives by the sword
Will surely also die
He who lives in sin
Will surely live the lie [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Dave in funny white leather pants
Possessed with Hellish torment
I master magics five
Hunting the abyss lord
Only one will stay alive
He who lives by the sword
Will surely also die
He who lives in sin
Will surely live the lie [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1990
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Rank Score:
4,064
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The OG
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2024]
39:43
Illmatic
I rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies and prisoners [First added to this chart: 02/03/2021]
Illmatic
I rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies and prisoners [First added to this chart: 02/03/2021]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
15,830
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cool stuff composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 8 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Dillinger Escape Plan | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Charli XCX | 1 | 1% | |
| Madvillain | 1 | 1% | |
| Kali Malone | 1 | 1% | |
| Agent Orange | 1 | 1% | |
| Burial | 1 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
cool stuff chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 11 from 65th to 54thRum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues |
| Up 3 from 64th to 61stThe Sacrificial Code by Kali Malone |
| Up 3 from 63rd to 60thUniversal Consciousness by Alice Coltrane |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 16 from 46th to 62ndClose To The Edge by Yes |
| Down 9 from 55th to 64thThe Moon Is A Dead World by Gospel |
| Down 5 from 58th to 63rdSome Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt |
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