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.

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]
Year of Release:
2007
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1,204
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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2013]
Year of Release:
2004
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136
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[First added to this chart: 01/27/2013]
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2005
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103
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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 19 19%
1990s 35 35%
2000s 22 22%
2010s 7 7%
2020s 1 1%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 5 5%
Radiohead 4 4%
Jens Lekman 3 3%
Pearl Jam 3 3%
Sonic Youth 3 3%
Elliott Smith 3 3%
Wipers 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 52 52%
United Kingdom 22 22%
Argentina 10 10%
Canada 4 4%
Sweden 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Russia 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 27 from 80th to 53rd
Pink Moon
by Nick Drake
Climber Up 27 from 66th to 39th
Carrie & Lowell
by Sufjan Stevens
Climber Up 5 from 43rd to 38th
Royal Headache
by Royal Headache
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 10 from 36th to 46th
Illinois
by Sufjan Stevens
Faller Down 10 from 37th to 47th
Cure For Pain
by Morphine
Faller Down 9 from 59th to 68th
The Suburbs
by Arcade Fire
Leavers
Leaver Spanaway
by Seaweed

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87/100 (from 60 votes)
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From 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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From 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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From 03/16/2022 18:51
what other genres you like apart from rock?
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From 04/13/2020 17:05
Not bad at all...
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From 04/13/2020 09:36
Lots in common!
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From 08/30/2019 23:43
This chart is fun as hell. Ignition in the top 10 is bold. Great stuff.
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From 12/21/2018 17:38
Did we just become best friends?
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From 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 05/29/2017 13:50
Really great chart, nothing more to add!
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From 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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