Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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Helios 
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To rate the albums I listen I use the next math operation:
"Total tracks of the album" minus "tracks I like" divided by "Total tracks of the album" and the result multiplied by 100
This give me a % which I will use to put the album inside of the next ranges:
100|All the songs are good
95|Just 1 song it's bad
90|[15-29%]
85|[30-39%]
80|[40-49%]
75|[50-59%]
70|[60-75%]
65|[76-and low]
[Example: [1991] Queen - Innuendo
A total of 12 songs and I like 9.
12-9=3/12=0.25*100=[25%]
[25%] it's inside the [15-29%] range, so I should rate it "90"]
Exeptions: 2-long-tracks albums (Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells), short songs (The Gerogerigegege - Tokyo Anal Dynamite) and nearly empty tracks (Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On). Compilations gets a +15 and Lives gets +5 (to be fair because some of those are full of good tracks).
And yes, this is a subjetive chart.
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The real life it's consuming my listening time, so re-doing all lists it's always a challenge.
I hope you can enjoy some of my pick-ups and if you find some grammal errors, sorry.
Thanks for your ratings and comments!
.:Helios:.
- Chart updated: 03/16/2025 21:15
- (Created: 10/01/2012 05:04).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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It started out as a Virus project to relax, but due to the imminent death of vocalist Federico Moura, the entire album changed its jovial aura for a rather dark and even oppressive in some tracks. That contrast is noticeable in the changes between some tracks.
Personally, it's an album that has accompanied my entire life, filling it with a lot of emotions and memories. [First added to this chart: 09/30/2012]
Personally, it's an album that has accompanied my entire life, filling it with a lot of emotions and memories. [First added to this chart: 09/30/2012]
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The bossa nova genre, unlike the rest of the world, enjoyed great popularity in South America for a lot of years. I even have childhood memories where specials by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto or Astrud Gilberto were played on the radio. It was a surprise to find this excellent mix between Sinatra and Jobim. Oh, and I'm talking about the original 1964 version, not the 2010 version.
Listening to this album relaxes me, and it gives me the desire to sing again. [First added to this chart: 10/01/2014]
Listening to this album relaxes me, and it gives me the desire to sing again. [First added to this chart: 10/01/2014]
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1967
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474
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Spinetta was a poet, creator of many memorable bands and songs, so it was no surprise to find an album that shows shades of the past (Almendra) and the future (Invisible).
[First added to this chart: 10/01/2014]
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1973
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2,341
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The first time I heard the album I didn't like it very much. After some time and while I was lying on my back in my bed, the album plays in my random list and, as the afternoon progressed and night began to arrive, the album somehow musicalized this event, ending when the place was completely dark. Somehow I went from sadness to peace.
[First added to this chart: 06/19/2014]
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2007
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10,287
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I don't remember exactly how I came to see the Mykonos video, but after that I looked for this band called Fleet Foxes, which inevitably led me to find this album, which, as I read somewhere, makes you let your hair grow and the beard and go for a walk in the forest. This album is almost a therapy to escape the city and return to the roots.
[First added to this chart: 07/13/2024]
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2008
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I'm not a big fan of live albums, so upon reading that this was one of the best live performances out there, I was hesitant. By listening to the "1001 albums you must hear before you die" in order, I came to this album and it blew my mind, I could imagine what the stage, the band, the audience was like and how they all interacted. This album encouraged me to give live albums a chance, managing to find many hidden gems, but this one it still the best of all.
Oh, and it was after listening several times that my brain made the connection between this album and The Residents' album "George & James"... yeah... [First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
Oh, and it was after listening several times that my brain made the connection between this album and The Residents' album "George & James"... yeah... [First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
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1963
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2,637
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Another great discovery thanks to the 1001. This led me to listen more and more of Todd Rundgren. Spacey, Dalilian and very experimental, just the way I like it!
[First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
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1973
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One of the few albums that brings me back bad memories, but necessary ones to survive. When I rediscovered this album and researched the background, I was somewhat relieved as the negative memories were somehow dampened.
Long live the memory of Ian. [First added to this chart: 10/01/2014]
Long live the memory of Ian. [First added to this chart: 10/01/2014]
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1980
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When I heard this album for the first time I was like "wtf, this is New Order? How did they get there?" (I listened to the discography in order). It was then that I realized that all the previous albums slowly showed a change in sound, but only when "Fine Time" started playing did I notice that change. Enjoyable from start to finish and one of the few albums that I recommend to everyone I talk about music.
[First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
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1989
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As with many other bands, I listened to Gary Numan's discography from start to finish. I got more and more bored from Dance onwards, listening to each album worse than the previous one, even taking breaks between albums. After Machine + Soul (a guilty pleasure nowadays) my ears couldn't take it anymore, but before I retired to do other things, I decided to play one more album that night. So, Sacrifice started playing and for a moment I even thought I had put on the wrong album or the tracks were wrongly labeled, but no, it was Gary Numan. Even if they sound like demos, even if the same sample is used a lot or there are tracks that sounds like came out of Machine + Soul, IS Gary Numan!.
The whole background behind the album made it become an almost immediate favorite, and after listening to Exile and Pure, this album is definitely a representation that you can always start over to the times when you enjoy life. The dark phoenix rose from the ashes! (and from the sample of Vangelis' track from Bitter Moon "The Dance Of The Sensualities") [First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
The whole background behind the album made it become an almost immediate favorite, and after listening to Exile and Pure, this album is definitely a representation that you can always start over to the times when you enjoy life. The dark phoenix rose from the ashes! (and from the sample of Vangelis' track from Bitter Moon "The Dance Of The Sensualities") [First added to this chart: 11/04/2015]
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Aphrodite's Child | 2 | 2% | |
| マキシマム ザ ホルモン [Maximum The Hormone] | 2 | 2% | |
| Gary Numan | 2 | 2% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 2% | |
| Virus | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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31 | 31% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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BestEverAlbums 12/29/2025 09:00 in Chart of the day (#5176): By Helios“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. Superficies De Placer by Virus (AR) (1987) 2. Francis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967) 3. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso (1973) 4. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver (2007) 5. Fleet Foxes…”
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bobbyb5 05/25/2017 10:14 | #191374
bobbyb5 05/25/2017 10:14 | #191374
Mucho Gary Numan here. I love Gary Numan. But where is I, Assasin?? And Jagged? Gary Numan has the best LIVE albums too. I have 7 live albums by him.They're awesome.
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2017 11:42 | #190752
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2017 11:42 | #190752
Very unique chart. If you like synth rock and don't mind lyrics in foreign languages, try Ekatarina Velika
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Great to see IAMX somewhere besides my chart)
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/02/2012 20:52 | #54048
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/02/2012 20:52 | #54048
Very specific, and not married to Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, or Scaruffi. A unique chart. Nice.
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Lgk21 08/18/2017 17:51 | #196281
This is cool, there's so much stuff I've never heard before. I really enjoy that uniqueness.
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