Best Ever Works of Lyrics
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AAL2014 
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It bothers me when people say lyrics don’t matter or that they don’t really pay attention to them. Great words that match a song’s aura can take an already great piece of music to an entirely different stratosphere of power and resonance. This list is to document my favorite examples of that.
Please send some recommendations my way based off of the contents of this chart. (Still not sure to include hip hop records here or to make a chart solely focused on that)
- Chart updated: 12/30/2023 19:45
- (Created: 02/16/2023 15:28).
- Chart size: 28 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
14,280
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
29,573
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
15,186
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
23,155
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
18,169
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
2019
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Rank Score:
2,082
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Year of Release:
1993
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Rank Score:
16,875
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2023]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
9,469
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,967
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2023]
Year of Release:
2019
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Rank Score:
1,816
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Total albums: 28. Page 1 of 3
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Best Ever Works of Lyrics composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 18% | |
| 1970s | 7 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 5 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 11% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nick Cave | 1 | 4% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 4% | |
| Dinosaur Jr. | 1 | 4% | |
| Nirvana | 1 | 4% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 4% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 1 | 4% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1 | 4% | |
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Best Ever Works of Lyrics chart changes
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