Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Altsoul

My chart is not here to fulfill snobs requirements. I don't venerate your sacred cows. I counterbalance the negative hypes. I laugh at the imperative of "variety" (where are the hardcore punk, tango, black metal, cumbia or world genres in your charts?). I choose feelings over rationalization, galvanic reaction over snob conformity and authenticity over posing. And I will always embrace punk rock, such an underrated genre on this site. This is not the greatest albums of all time chart but my personal all time favourites list.

• Chart updated: 02/07/2025 00:15
• (Created: 07/28/2012 07:30).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Nevermind 

 Nirvana

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,201 charts

Rank Score:

39,398

Rank in 1991:

1

Rank in 1990s:

2

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 87 (4,314 votes)

Comments:

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Siamese Dream 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,595 charts

Rank Score:

18,086

Rank in 1993:

2

Rank in 1990s:

10

Overall Rank:

57

Average Rating:

 85 (1,938 votes)

Comments:

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Ten 

 Pearl Jam

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,836 charts

Rank Score:

19,066

Rank in 1991:

3

Rank in 1990s:

7

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,330 votes)

Comments:

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,574 charts

Rank Score:

16,008

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 84 (1,860 votes)

Comments:

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Origin Of Symmetry 

 Muse

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

824 charts

Rank Score:

7,643

Rank in 2001:

7

Rank in 2000s:

35

Overall Rank:

208

Average Rating:

 79 (1,447 votes)

Comments:

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In Utero 

 Nirvana

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,771 charts

Rank Score:

18,368

Rank in 1993:

1

Rank in 1990s:

8

Overall Rank:

55

Average Rating:

 85 (2,667 votes)

Comments:

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Over The Edge 

 Wipers

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

575

Rank in 1983:

37

Rank in 1980s:

416

Overall Rank:

2,715

Average Rating:

 77 (119 votes)

Comments:

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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,485 charts

Rank Score:

15,084

Rank in 1995:

3

Rank in 1990s:

16

Overall Rank:

84

Average Rating:

 83 (1,850 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,876 charts

Rank Score:

36,113

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,656 votes)

Comments:

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Ignition 

 The Offspring

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

197

Rank in 1992:

110

Rank in 1990s:

1,073

Overall Rank:

6,563

Average Rating:

 70 (73 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	5	5%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	20	20%
1990s	36	36%
2000s	19	19%
2010s	8	8%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	4%
Nirvana	3	3%
Jens Lekman	3	3%
Pearl Jam	3	3%
Sonic Youth	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Wipers	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	53	53%
	19	19%
	12	12%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 10 from 93rd to 83rd Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road
Up 10 from 86th to 76th High by Royal Headache
Up 9 from 91st to 82nd Kid A by Radiohead

Biggest fallers
Down 8 from 72nd to 80th Vitalogy by Pearl Jam
Down 7 from 87th to 94th #1 Record by Big Star
Down 4 from 62nd to 66th El Jardín De Los Presentes by Invisible

New entries
Suffer by Bad Religion
No Control by Bad Religion
Spiderland by Slint
La Síntesis O'Konor by Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado
Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
Puberty 2 by Mitski
El Avión Ya Se Estrelló Y Yo Sigo Volando by Jaime Sin Tierra
Is This It by The Strokes
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico

Leavers
The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
In Rainbows by Radiohead
More Than Any Other Day by Ought
Beautiful Freak by Eels
Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens
The Colour And The Shape by Foo Fighters
Rubber Soul by The Beatles
Звезда По Имени Солнце [Zvezda Po Imeni Solntse] by Кино [Kino]
Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers

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90/100	01/25/2025 14:13	SomethingSpecial	1,108	85/100
85/100	01/17/2023 21:35	Moondance	475	85/100
90/100	01/17/2023 13:08	Tamthebam	625	85/100
90/100	01/17/2023 11:04	Johnnyo	2,476	80/100
80/100	08/25/2022 16:37	sssvnnn	2,845	83/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.7/100, a mean average of 86.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.9/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.3.

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85/100

From Moondance 01/17/2023 21:44

Really cool chart. Loved seeing Soda Stereo (twice) - my favourite Argentinian band. Loved seeing ten entries from Argentina - will check out those I haven't heard of before.
The other cool surprises were:
The 'Once' soundtrack - love the movie and the song 'falling slowly';
Two albums from Aussie band "Royal Headache". I wonder how an unknown independent Aussie band gets known across the vastness of the Pacific Ocean?
Anyway, I enjoyed checking out the entire chart and glimpsing a few pleasant surprises.

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90/100

From Johnnyo 01/17/2023 11:05

Great chart and love the intro. Greatest albums is always a misnomer. It’s always going to be your personal favourites and, on the whole, I love yours.

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90/100

From leniad 03/16/2022 18:51

what other genres you like apart from rock?

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85/100

From zrommeke 04/13/2020 17:05

Not bad at all...

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90/100

From Timooosterink 04/13/2020 09:36

Lots in common!

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95/100

From kynes 08/30/2019 23:43

This chart is fun as hell. Ignition in the top 10 is bold. Great stuff.

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95/100

From elo269megv 12/21/2018 17:38

Did we just become best friends?

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80/100

From ForegroundNoise 12/21/2018 09:37

LOVE the inclusion of 'This Is A Long Drive...' and 'Signals, Calls & Marches'! Great to see them getting the recognition they deserve. Your chart is a little alt-rock heavy for my liking however (+ they were things going on in the 60s that weren't the Beatles!!). Would be nice to see some hip hop/electronic/jazz thrown in the mix!

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From LedZep 05/29/2017 13:50

Really great chart, nothing more to add!

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From WayneMC 11/15/2016 17:06

20 albums in common and 27 that I don't own, including the 9 from Argentina (which I'm broad minded enough to check out). Not that much variety though.

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