Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by GiftsThatWiseMenBring

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• Chart updated: 08/22/2012 08:29
• (Created: 08/21/2012 05:39).
• Chart size: 40 albums.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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What can I say about this album that hasn't already been said? Not much really. It was the first Beatles album I ever owned on vinyl. I bought it (a stereo second pressing)at a flea market in Warner Robbins, Georgia. If my house ever catches on fire, I'd bypass my laptop to grab it. Truly, a great album. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,464 charts

Rank Score:

46,360

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 90 (4,562 votes)

Comments:

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Dylan once said that he didn't understand how anyone could enjoy listening to this album. He couldn't grasp how people could take so much pleasure from another person's misery. However, I don't hear an album about sadness, I hear an album about life. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,853 charts

Rank Score:

22,175

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,180 votes)

Comments:

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OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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So you're three albums into my rankings, and I can tell you're thinking that this is going to be another prosaic and hackneyed chart with no originality at all. Maybe you're right, but ranking this album this high can't be considered trite at all. It's just really that good. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,395 charts

Rank Score:

68,350

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,594 votes)

Comments:

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Bringing It All Back Home 

 Bob Dylan

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The lyrics that sinuously weave their way through this album weren't written by Bob Dylan. They couldn't have been. One man can't speak words this penetrating, discerning, and transcendental without it completely destroying him. No, they must have been etched in stone tablets and then sent down from the very Gates of Eden for which Dylan croons. Listening to this album makes me feel like those Nazis in the final scene of "Raiders" where the Ark of the Covenant is opened. They receive a singular moment of ethereal wisdom before their faces melt in the most dramatic and horrifying of ways. Yeah, it's that good. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,262 charts

Rank Score:

12,591

Rank in 1965:

4

Rank in 1960s:

24

Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

 86 (1,669 votes)

Comments:

104

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After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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The most played song on my Ipod is the title track from this masterpiece. Also, "Don't Let it Bring You Down" is a real hidden gem. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,572 charts

Rank Score:

15,555

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,771 votes)

Comments:

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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Musically, this whole album sounds like it's in a foreign language. In other words, those of us who consider ourselves fluent in the language of "Radiohead" appreciate the electronic beauty this album bestows upon us. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,206 charts

Rank Score:

45,765

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,428 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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Better than Revolver? Darkside? Highway 61 Revisited? Huey Lewis & the News Greatest Hits? Hmm. Difficult to say. I think as well regarded as this album is now, it will only grow in prestige and become more venerable as the years pass. It seems like the typical band's makeup for the past four decades tended to be a lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. I expect to see more six, seven, and eight piece ensembles going forward. This album is largely why. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,876 charts

Rank Score:

36,964

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,649 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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I want the strings from "Eleanor Rigby" to be played at my wedding, my first child's birth, and my funeral. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,552 charts

Rank Score:

52,716

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,555 votes)

Comments:

484

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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Some artists are so inspiring that they make you want to be just like them. However, listening to this album makes you go "crap, I can't do that" and then quit the music scene altogether. The fifty or so minutes this album lasts is just enough time to dash the hopes of just about any aspiring songwriter. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,352 charts

Rank Score:

28,392

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 89 (2,794 votes)

Comments:

226

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Rolling Stone ranked this as the number two album of all time. When I saw that I remember thinking, "What? The Beach Boys are so lame." Out of curiosity more than anything else, I decided to check this album out anyway. I still wan't impressed. Six months later, I hear "God Only Knows" on the radio, and sat slacked jawed. I've done a total 180 since...and so now, I get the feeling that it might just be the best thing I've ever heard. [First added to this chart: 08/20/2012]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,838 charts

Rank Score:

41,370

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 88 (3,254 votes)

Comments:

356

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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	13	33%
1970s	11	28%
1980s	4	10%
1990s	5	13%
2000s	5	13%
2010s	2	5%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	13%
Bob Dylan	5	13%
Radiohead	4	10%
Pink Floyd	2	5%
U2	2	5%
Neil Young	2	5%
Arcade Fire	2	5%
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Country	Albums	%
	17	43%
	14	35%
	6	15%
	2	5%
	1	3%

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From SingingPeasant96 06/08/2013 02:54

Love this

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From badger 12/04/2012 22:31

Great top ten, I need to listen to After the Gold Rush more often, brilliant album.

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From Facetious 08/22/2012 07:49

Another Dylan fan! Just what this site needs.

Great comments, by the way :D

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