Top 98 Greatest Music Albums
by Rm12398 
CHART OF THE DAY(!): 05/29/2023, 03/02, 2024, 11/01/2024, 05/09/2025, 11/18/2025
While always being into music, I have only really started delving into the album format since 2019. I started off by listening to every record in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" by Robert Dimery before expanding my search for albums onto this site.
From Late 2022 to Early 2023, I listened to the "500 Greatest Albums of the 1960's" from Uncut. This will be why that only 60's albums seemed to be moving around my chart at that moment in time. As a list, I feel it is a very well balanced list of popular music from this period and is worth checking out if you, like myself, were not alive to experience these fantastic years of music.
As of 2026, I have now worked my way through Uncut's Top 500 album lists for the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Overall, It's been a great experience to go through. I highly recommend it.
Will try to add descriptions to each entry as and when I can.
GRADES:
A+ = 100
A = 95
A- = 90
B+ 85
B = 80
B- = 75
C+ = 70
C = 65
C- = 60
D+ = 55
D = 50
D- = 45
E+ = 40
E = 35
E- = 30
F = 25 and Under.
- Chart updated: 05/08/2026 15:45
- (Created: 07/08/2021 23:56).
- Chart size: 98 albums.
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87 minutes of cinematic and apocalyptic beauty that completely immerses you from beginning to end. It sounds so ethereal, so grand and so cinematic.
Top tracks: Storm, Sleep, Like Antennas To Heaven.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Top tracks: Storm, Sleep, Like Antennas To Heaven.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Year of Release:
2000
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12,418
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This album is beautifully mesmerizing and is truly unlike anything I have ever heard before. Any words I put here feel like an injustice to just how much of a fantastic experience this album is. Simply Stunning.
Top tracks: Flugufrelsarinn, Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa, Staralfur.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
Top tracks: Flugufrelsarinn, Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa, Staralfur.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
Year of Release:
1999
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14,662
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Brilliantly unique vocals, fantastically frantic pace and some of the best song writing you will find. This is the Ultimate Indie-Rock album.
Top Tracks: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Holland, 1945, Two-Headed Boy.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Top Tracks: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Holland, 1945, Two-Headed Boy.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
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1998
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30,918
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This album has been rapidly climbing my list ever since its release. Wonderfully grand, yet it is also riddled with fragility, especially in Wood's vocal (who left the band citing mental health during the rollout). It is perfectly imperfect. Beautiful yet flawed. The best album of 2022 and it's not close at all.
Top Tracks: Concorde, Basketball Shoes, Snow Globes.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Top Tracks: Concorde, Basketball Shoes, Snow Globes.
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Year of Release:
2022
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8,145
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It was different before it was cool to be different.
Top Tracks: Heroin, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sunday Morning
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
Top Tracks: Heroin, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sunday Morning
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 07/08/2021]
Year of Release:
1967
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38,510
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Rock and orchestral arrangements in perfect harmony. What a fantastic listen. "The Night" is particularly stunning.
Top Tracks: The Night, The Day Begins, The Afternoon
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Top Tracks: The Night, The Day Begins, The Afternoon
100/100 (A++) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
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1967
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4,886
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Top Tracks: Ballad Of The Dying Man, So I'm Growing Old On Magic Mountain, Leaving LA
100/100 (A++)
Other Albums Ranked:
2. God's Favourite Customer: A (95/100)
3. I Love You, Honeybear: A (95/100)
4. Fear Fun: B+ (85/100)
5. Chloe And The Next 20th Century: B (80/100) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
100/100 (A++)
Other Albums Ranked:
2. God's Favourite Customer: A (95/100)
3. I Love You, Honeybear: A (95/100)
4. Fear Fun: B+ (85/100)
5. Chloe And The Next 20th Century: B (80/100) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Year of Release:
2017
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2,489
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This album is a comfort blanket of beautifully pure sounding guitars and climactic crescendo instrumentation. Never has post rock sounded so soothing and so beautiful. This album spawned a lot of clones of this blueprint but none can quite match the atmosphere and the beauty of the original.
Top Tracks: Your Hand Is Mine, The Only Moment We Are Alone, First Breath After Coma
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
Top Tracks: Your Hand Is Mine, The Only Moment We Are Alone, First Breath After Coma
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2022]
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2003
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2,562
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The first side of the album is fantastic, yet the second half takes this album to another level. The flow of the songs from Golden Slumbers to the end of the album is one of my favourite moments in any album.
Top Tracks: Golden Slumbers, Come Together, Here Comes The Sun
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 11/05/2021]
Top Tracks: Golden Slumbers, Come Together, Here Comes The Sun
95/100 (A+) [First added to this chart: 11/05/2021]
Year of Release:
1969
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55,687
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Dylan's Best All-Round album for me. The 4 track run from "Visions of Johanna" through to "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" is the stuff of legend. Fantastic Album.
Top Tracks: One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later), Visions Of Johanna, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.
95/100 (A+)
Other Albums Ranked:
2. Blood On The Tracks: A+ (100/100)
3. Highway 61 Revisited: A (95/100)
4. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: A (95/100)
5. Desire: A- (90/100)
6. Bringing It All Back Home: A- (90/100)
7. Another Side Of Bob Dylan: A- (90/100)
8. The Times They Are A-Changin': B+ (85/100)
9. Nashville Skyline: B+ (85/100)
10. Time Out Of Mind: B- (75/100)
11. Love And Theft: D+ (55/100) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Top Tracks: One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later), Visions Of Johanna, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.
95/100 (A+)
Other Albums Ranked:
2. Blood On The Tracks: A+ (100/100)
3. Highway 61 Revisited: A (95/100)
4. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: A (95/100)
5. Desire: A- (90/100)
6. Bringing It All Back Home: A- (90/100)
7. Another Side Of Bob Dylan: A- (90/100)
8. The Times They Are A-Changin': B+ (85/100)
9. Nashville Skyline: B+ (85/100)
10. Time Out Of Mind: B- (75/100)
11. Love And Theft: D+ (55/100) [First added to this chart: 02/08/2022]
Year of Release:
1966
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24,277
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Total albums: 98. Page 1 of 10
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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 26 | 27% | |
| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 18 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Sigur Rós | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 4 | 4% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 43% | |
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30 | 31% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 41st to 40thExile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones |
| Up 1 from 40th to 39thRumours by Fleetwood Mac |
| Up 1 from 39th to 38thThe Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 32 from 9th to 41stAnimals by Pink Floyd |
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From Tamthebam 05/09/2025 10:37 | #308905
Tamthebam 05/09/2025 10:37 | #308905
An interesting chart & 15 albums in common, the 70's should be next on your listening agenda.
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From Johnnyo 05/31/2023 04:14 | #297310
Really interesting chart. Like it a lot
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From Rm12398 11/10/2022 15:45 | #291198
@Arthurknight Can an album ranked 253rd be slept on? Because I certainly feel that Foxtrot is slept on with regards to the Genesis catalogue and it is my personal favourite of theirs. Absolutely love The Flaming Lips but when you listen to so much good music, there are going to be tough cuts. That's the fun of the limit of 100 though right? Got to make tough decisions. Thanks for taking the time to go through my chart, shall go and return the favour with your chart now:)
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Arthurknight 11/10/2022 01:52 | #291181
I was not expecting to stumble onto Genesis Foxtrot while going through this list, but you're right! It is the best Genesis album and Watcher of the Skies is truly magical. I can't help but cry at seeing things like Soft Bulletin get sharply excised in your edit notes but it's a fun exercise in advertising your process.
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From Rm12398 10/21/2022 19:46 | #290670
@pinkfreud1981 Thank you for taking the time to read through it.
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From pinkfreud1981 10/21/2022 15:13 | #290662
Really liked your chart. Definetly going to give anothet listen listen to Godspeed you ..
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From jackharrison21 09/11/2022 21:41 | #289587
Probably the most similar chart and music taste I've ever seen to my own on this site!!!
Loving the appreciation for Godspeed/Silver Mt Zion, seen them live twice (as well as Efrim solo) and off to see them again next week, genuinely never seen a band that is so good live!
I also began working my way through the '1001 albums to hear before you die' a number of years ago, so maybe that's where a lot of the similarity comes from.
Will definitely be listening to the 22 albums I've not heard on here :)
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