Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by araidernomore

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The best example, in my opinion, of an album seamlessly weaving together multiple themes into a vivid snapshot of modern life (especially if you have a latent fear of machines!) You've got commentary on government oppression (Karma Police, Lucky), insanity (Subterranean Homesick Alien, Climbing Up the Walls), transportation (Airbag, Let Down) as well as a couple self-contained narratives (Exit Music, The Tourist). It's a haunting stew of disillusionment. That's all before even mentioning the music, which moves between headbangers to depth and sadness to chilled-out piano-driven tracks and gets every single vibe right. The songwriting is fantastic, the band's signature layered instrumentation is present, and there's an edge to this album that just hits hard without sounding plaintive in a way I don't think Radiohead ever quite recaptured. Perfect.

90+ tracks: Karma Police, Airbag, Let Down, Lucky, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, No Surprises
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1997
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66,770
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I think you have to start with the wall of sound guitars when you talk about this album. The beauty of it is how Oasis twists those guitars into swagger (Supersonic), elation (Columbia), or romance (Slide Away), getting so much variety out of the same basic sound. The lyrics are mostly nonsense (seriously, if you can tell me what Shakermaker is about, I'm all ears), but that's part of the charm; and it doesn't stop the band getting off a real pair of aspirational (Rock 'n' Roll Star) and anti-aspirational (Cigarettes and Alcohol) songs that nonetheless make you believe every word Liam sings. Sounds like a blast with the windows down on a sunny day.

90+ tracks: Live Forever, Supersonic, Slide Away, Rock 'n' Roll Star, Columbia
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1994
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11,470
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Sleek and slinky. What has to be mentioned is the way the album was concieved: do-it-all instrumentalists Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley recording tracks, pressing them onto vinyl, and then sampling their own sounds from there. This leads to a sound that's truly the band's own, as you can sense the cracks in the recordings if you really look, but it's just as easy to let the bass flow over you and settle in with the real key to the record: Beth Gibbons's haunting, ghostly voice. Over these tense, dark sampled tracks, she delves into her own relationship anxiety, her desires, her nights out. Strangers and Roads are high points for her high register, Mysterons and It Could Be Sweet exemplify the record's impeccable drum selection, and Wandering Star has a bassline you won't be able to help getting sucked into on loop. By the time the closer, the extremely sexy Glory Box, hits, it feels like icing on the cake for a dangerous album that's not afraid to show its vulnerable side.

90+ tracks: Wandering Star, Mysterons, Glory Box, (and it's not on BEA but look up It's A Fire as well)
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1994
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1994
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The most straightforward and listenable album ever produced by my favorite band. Using Thom Yorke's falsetto to great effect whether it's angst (Fake Plastic Trees) or yearning (High and Dry), the album is catchy track after catchy track to have you rethinking your romantic relationships - or lamenting your lack thereof. The riffs hit hard (Just, My Iron Lung) and the dissatisfaction is ever-present (The Bends, Black Star), swirling into a cocktail that'll have you thinking to yourself "wow, this guy really needs some therapy" even as you bob your head and tap your foot. The closer, Street Spirit, does a wonderful job foreshadowing Radiohead's future darker direction while remaining exceptionally well-crafted. We're all still 16 years old deep down.

90+ tracks: The Bends, High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Street Spirit (Fade Out), Just
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1995
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30,193
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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. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2024]
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1994
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1992
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12,019
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1991
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12,044
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1999
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2,446
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1995
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 2 2%
1980s 8 8%
1990s 23 23%
2000s 29 29%
2010s 34 34%
2020s 4 4%
Artist Albums %


Radiohead 5 5%
Kendrick Lamar 4 4%
Arcade Fire 3 3%
Kanye West 3 3%
Arctic Monkeys 3 3%
The Strokes 3 3%
CHVRCHES 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 60 60%
United Kingdom 30 30%
Canada 4 4%
New Zealand 2 2%
Ireland 2 2%
Australia 2 2%

Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 14 from 46th to 32nd
The Queen Is Dead
by The Smiths
Climber Up 13 from 90th to 77th
Channel Orange
by Frank Ocean
Climber Up 13 from 44th to 31st
Pure Heroine
by Lorde
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 20 from 31st to 51st
Damn.
by Kendrick Lamar
Faller Down 20 from 69th to 89th
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
by Wilco
Faller Down 19 from 43rd to 62nd
Narrow Stairs
by Death Cab For Cutie
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