Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 09/03/2025 19:45
- (Created: 04/11/2024 17:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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A masterwork by a band that has never sounded this vulnerable. The first half is punishing, with The Vampyre of Time and Memory the only respite from grinding drums and bass (Keep Your Eyes Peeled, If I Had a Tail) to riffy guitar work (I Sat by the Ocean, My God is the Sun). The back half, though, gets incredibly emotional in a way that is so rarely done this tastefully by a metal band. I Appear Missing is a haunting reflection on Josh Homme's brush with death and an absolute showstopper musically with his vocals slipping into falsetto as the drums crash down around his ears. One of my favorite covers ever, too. Stunning.
90+ tracks: If I Had a Tail, Keep Your Eyes Peeled, I Sat By the Ocean, The Vampyre of Time and Memory, My God is the Sun, I Appear Missing, ...Like Clockwork [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
90+ tracks: If I Had a Tail, Keep Your Eyes Peeled, I Sat By the Ocean, The Vampyre of Time and Memory, My God is the Sun, I Appear Missing, ...Like Clockwork [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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2013
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7,324
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I'll speak about the narrative in a moment, and it deserves all the praise in the world, but the first thing that drew me into this album is the *feel* of it. From the moment the drums kick in on Sherane to the understated beat switch on The Art of Peer Pressure to the anxious yet laid-back experience of Good Kid, there's an underlying darkness to so many of these songs that Kendrick's anxious flow rides flawlessly. The vibe is set such that even in lighter moments like Drake's appearance on Poetic Justice or the head-nodding hook to Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, there's always the knowledge that the darkness needs to be explored, worked through. That tension finally explodes on m.A.A.d. city (Kendrick's first verse here being one of the greatest of all time), is absolved via the waters in Sing About Me, and is triumphed over through Kendrick's parents' affirmation and a beautiful Just Blaze beat on the closer. A masterpiece.
90+ tracks: m.A.A.d. city, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, Backseat Freestyle, Swimming Pools, Money Trees, Poetic Justice [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
90+ tracks: m.A.A.d. city, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, Backseat Freestyle, Swimming Pools, Money Trees, Poetic Justice [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
Year of Release:
2012
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22,370
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Far darker and far more thematic than VW's previous work, this album manages to explore life, aging, and death while remaining lighthearted, funny, and (for the most part) upbeat. From the sweet harpsichord on Step to the joyous drum hits on Diane Young to "Old flames, they can't warm you tonight/So keep it cool, my baby" on Don't Lie, it never loses its sense of pretty, but always returns its focus to the metaphysical. While not the only entity Ezra Koenig wrestles with, God does dominate more than a few of the songs here, including professing a lack of faith on Unbelievers and Hannah Hunt to a direct confrontation with the man upstairs on Worship You and Ya Hey. It's sad, it's earnest, it's a thinker, and it's a triumph.
90+ tracks: Unbelievers, Step, Ya Hey, Diane Young, Hannah Hunt, Finger Back [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
90+ tracks: Unbelievers, Step, Ya Hey, Diane Young, Hannah Hunt, Finger Back [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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2013
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10,312
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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2025]
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2012
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7,912
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The best "anticipatory" album ever made. Goes wonderfully with taking a shower, getting dressed, having a glass of wine before a date or a night out. Even if Julian Casablancas's worldview isn't 100% positive all the time (okay, or even a majority of the time), that fuzzy guitar and those fuzzy vocal tones just can't help but feel fresh, exciting, and uplifting. You know Last Nite and Someday, but stick around for the cute bass riff on the title track, the guitar interplay on Hard to Explain that will make you feel like you're in a movie, and even the occasional growl from Julian (Take It or Leave It) that somehow remains lighthearted. The foundation of a new century of rock records for very good reason.
90+ tracks: The Modern Age, Is This It, Soma, Someday, Last Nite, Hard to Explain [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
90+ tracks: The Modern Age, Is This It, Soma, Someday, Last Nite, Hard to Explain [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
Year of Release:
2001
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28,506
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Who knew angst about being a loner could sound so breezy? Through the ten tracks here, Rivers Cuomo uses his boyish voice over power guitar chords to great effect.
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Year of Release:
1994
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14,767
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2020
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4,635
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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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2007
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11,951
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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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2014
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8,790
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Universal in its specificity. There are countless lyrics here that are just so evocative and relatable even if you've never had an experience resembling Will Toledo's tormented, anxious narrator: "afraid of the cops when I was outside/afraid of my friends when I was inside" (Drugs With Friends), "I saw a portrait of Van Gogh on the Wikipedia page for clinical depression/It helps to describe it" (Vincent), "How was I supposed to know how to steer the ship?" (The Ballad of the Costa Concordia) Okay, you've probably never crashed a cruise ship and bailed before the passengers could, but spinning that news story into a coming-of-age tale about finding strength to get out of bed in the morning is brilliant. Come for the lyrics, stay for the hooks that will stick in your head (Destroyed by Hippie Powers) and the most kickass PSA you'll ever hear (Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales).
90+ tracks: Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales, Fill in the Blank, Vincent, Destroyed by Hippie Powers [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
90+ tracks: Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales, Fill in the Blank, Vincent, Destroyed by Hippie Powers [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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2016
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1980s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2010s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 5% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 4 | 4% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 4 | 4% | |
| The Strokes | 3 | 3% | |
| Vampire Weekend | 3 | 3% | |
| Kanye West | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 54 from 83rd to 29th Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads |
| Up 48 from 94th to 46th Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay |
| Up 47 from 98th to 51st Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 61 from 36th to 97th Nevermind by Nirvana |
| Down 60 from 35th to 95th Blond by Frank Ocean |
| Down 49 from 43rd to 92nd Torches by Foster The People |
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