Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by C0NB9NN 
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This albums is a whole world. The transcendence that leads to Electric Ladyland, a land of never ending romance, summer nights, and voodoo mysticism.
I still remember the first time I listened to a Hendrix album. I was working on school work and decided to put on Are You Experienced?. Afterwards I put on this one, and I have preferred this one ever since. It's so much more. It's more bluesy, more psychedelic, more everything. I do think David Gilmour is a better guitarist, but it’s so expansive what he can do. And the rest of the Experience is fantastic. Those drums on Voodoo Child? Or the bass on 1983? Magical.
Feels like a summer night where you’re trading stories that are just too good to be true. The windows are down, the air is hot, and the company is perfect, even if it’s just you and this album. “It wasn’t too long ago, but it feels like years ago since I’ve felt the warm hello of the sun” and that's how I feel each time I listen to this album. Transporting me back to when I had just moved out for college, taking breaks in my studies to walk around the campus, letting this and the King Crimson debut be my soundtrack to the half-decent Zelda fanfics that distracted my mind from my parents divorce and the stress of my online classes. Hendrix lets the production here take you away… to the mystical Electric Ladyland…
And I am forever grateful
Best Tracks: All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), Gypsy Eyes, House Burning Down, Crosstown Traffic, Little Miss Strange, Voodoo Chile, Come On (Let The Good Times Roll), Long Hot Summer Nights [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
I still remember the first time I listened to a Hendrix album. I was working on school work and decided to put on Are You Experienced?. Afterwards I put on this one, and I have preferred this one ever since. It's so much more. It's more bluesy, more psychedelic, more everything. I do think David Gilmour is a better guitarist, but it’s so expansive what he can do. And the rest of the Experience is fantastic. Those drums on Voodoo Child? Or the bass on 1983? Magical.
Feels like a summer night where you’re trading stories that are just too good to be true. The windows are down, the air is hot, and the company is perfect, even if it’s just you and this album. “It wasn’t too long ago, but it feels like years ago since I’ve felt the warm hello of the sun” and that's how I feel each time I listen to this album. Transporting me back to when I had just moved out for college, taking breaks in my studies to walk around the campus, letting this and the King Crimson debut be my soundtrack to the half-decent Zelda fanfics that distracted my mind from my parents divorce and the stress of my online classes. Hendrix lets the production here take you away… to the mystical Electric Ladyland…
And I am forever grateful
Best Tracks: All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), Gypsy Eyes, House Burning Down, Crosstown Traffic, Little Miss Strange, Voodoo Chile, Come On (Let The Good Times Roll), Long Hot Summer Nights [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
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1968
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The moment rock became eclectic. Everything starts here. Introspective lyrics, blending of genres with rock, epic-like tracks. The start of something bigger. Screw Sgt. Pepper's. This is it.
Not a bad song on the album. The backing band is absolutely impeccable. Dylan's at the top of his game with lyrics, and while I still don't like his singing, it somehow works here. I had heard Like A Rolling Stone dozens of time before, but when Tombstone Blues started, just as I turned on the highway, I knew this was something else. And then the title track, "God said to Abraham 'Kill me a son'"? Even more. But it all came together with Desolation Row. 11 minutes of storytelling, backed with great acoustics and possibly the best harmonicas solos ever. His whole vigor throughout the album just spews confidence and idol, like the James Dean of music.
“The first time that I heard Bob Dylan... and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind, from “Like a Rolling Stone.” -Bruce Springsteen.
Best Tracks: Desolation Row, Like A Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Tombstone Blues, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [First added to this chart: 05/06/2024]
Not a bad song on the album. The backing band is absolutely impeccable. Dylan's at the top of his game with lyrics, and while I still don't like his singing, it somehow works here. I had heard Like A Rolling Stone dozens of time before, but when Tombstone Blues started, just as I turned on the highway, I knew this was something else. And then the title track, "God said to Abraham 'Kill me a son'"? Even more. But it all came together with Desolation Row. 11 minutes of storytelling, backed with great acoustics and possibly the best harmonicas solos ever. His whole vigor throughout the album just spews confidence and idol, like the James Dean of music.
“The first time that I heard Bob Dylan... and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind, from “Like a Rolling Stone.” -Bruce Springsteen.
Best Tracks: Desolation Row, Like A Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Tombstone Blues, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [First added to this chart: 05/06/2024]
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1965
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It’s art rock, but not in the traditional sense. It’s not listen once and it’s a masterpiece. It takes at least 2, most of the time 3. Why? Because it hurts the first time. It doesn’t sit right. It doesn’t feel good. That’s why those who really understand music get it. Because it takes coming back too. When you are willing to let it hurt, that’s when the beauty is. That’s the Art. And when music surpasses itself, that’s when it can become art.
Best Tracks: Heroin, Sunday Morning, I’m Waiting For The Man, Femme Fatale, I’ll Be Your Mirror [First added to this chart: 05/30/2024]
Best Tracks: Heroin, Sunday Morning, I’m Waiting For The Man, Femme Fatale, I’ll Be Your Mirror [First added to this chart: 05/30/2024]
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1967
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Really I think the cover says it all. Scary, intriguing, and fantastical. A world of kings, wizards, and Schizoid men. It feels like an opera or symphony, with how grand and theatric it is. The orchestration of all the non-rock instruments is just *perfect*
Best Tracks: In The Court Of The Crimson King, 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph, I Talk To The Wind [First added to this chart: 05/06/2024]
Best Tracks: In The Court Of The Crimson King, 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph, I Talk To The Wind [First added to this chart: 05/06/2024]
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1969
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29,254
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The first album I ever really listened to, sitting down and going through it all. I had obviously known the hits, but hearing I Want You and the B-Side medley for the first time? That was truly magical. For it’s time, while not the most groundbreaking, I think it had the best production of an album ever, probably up until DSOTM (see 39).
The following summer while on vacation I stopped at an overpriced record store and bought a copy for like $30. I played it every day for almost 2 months straight when I got back, me and siblings just repeat after repeat, this one and Queen’s The Game.
I think the reason it only got to 11 is because it’s such a safe pick. You don’t add flavor by putting in Abbey Road. But you get safety and security. And that sometimes is worth the risk of taking that safe option. It’s the safe option to end all safe options. It’s THAT good. It’s THAT respected.
I mean come on. It’s The Beatles
Best Tracks: Something, B-Side Medley, Here Comes The Sun, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Come Together, [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
The following summer while on vacation I stopped at an overpriced record store and bought a copy for like $30. I played it every day for almost 2 months straight when I got back, me and siblings just repeat after repeat, this one and Queen’s The Game.
I think the reason it only got to 11 is because it’s such a safe pick. You don’t add flavor by putting in Abbey Road. But you get safety and security. And that sometimes is worth the risk of taking that safe option. It’s the safe option to end all safe options. It’s THAT good. It’s THAT respected.
I mean come on. It’s The Beatles
Best Tracks: Something, B-Side Medley, Here Comes The Sun, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Come Together, [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
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1969
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This took me a couple listens to get it, and even a few more to realize how beautiful it really is. Classical music redefined in the 20th Century. Brian Wilson IS a GENIUS.
Is it rock? Maybe. It’s definitely chamber music. Chamber music with that thoughtful edge that can only come from the mind of a troubled youth. And it’s that troubled youth that just shows it. Yes, it absolutely changed the production game to add all of that beauty, and it’s few extra months give it the slight edge over Revolver (see 28). The whole world had grown up surrounded by the ruins of a past generation. The world was on fire, and instead of complaining, Brian looked inward and spoke about what the people were missing. I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times. I’m Waiting For The Day. Let’s Go Away For A While. Wouldn’t It Be Nice. Those aren’t just feelings. They’re whole generational thoughts and angst, pains that everyone was feeling.
Best Tracks: Wouldn’t It Be Nice, God Only Knows, I’m Waiting For The Day, Sloop John B., I Know There’s An Answer [First added to this chart: 04/24/2024]
Is it rock? Maybe. It’s definitely chamber music. Chamber music with that thoughtful edge that can only come from the mind of a troubled youth. And it’s that troubled youth that just shows it. Yes, it absolutely changed the production game to add all of that beauty, and it’s few extra months give it the slight edge over Revolver (see 28). The whole world had grown up surrounded by the ruins of a past generation. The world was on fire, and instead of complaining, Brian looked inward and spoke about what the people were missing. I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times. I’m Waiting For The Day. Let’s Go Away For A While. Wouldn’t It Be Nice. Those aren’t just feelings. They’re whole generational thoughts and angst, pains that everyone was feeling.
Best Tracks: Wouldn’t It Be Nice, God Only Knows, I’m Waiting For The Day, Sloop John B., I Know There’s An Answer [First added to this chart: 04/24/2024]
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1966
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40,486
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Unbelievable
Best Tracks: Medley: Mode D-Trio and Group Dancers, Group Dancers [First added to this chart: 03/20/2025]
Best Tracks: Medley: Mode D-Trio and Group Dancers, Group Dancers [First added to this chart: 03/20/2025]
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1963
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13,328
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The snarl that killed the 60’s.
Craft, sec, drugs, murder, and monkeys. What else do you need from the Stones? It’s not the most detonative, the most bluesy, or expansive, but it’s f*ing dark, evil. Sharp, quick and a little philosophical. It’s the best track list of any Stones album. All bangers, no hangers.
Best Tracks: Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Let It Bleed, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Country Honk, Monkey Man, Live With Me [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
Craft, sec, drugs, murder, and monkeys. What else do you need from the Stones? It’s not the most detonative, the most bluesy, or expansive, but it’s f*ing dark, evil. Sharp, quick and a little philosophical. It’s the best track list of any Stones album. All bangers, no hangers.
Best Tracks: Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Let It Bleed, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Country Honk, Monkey Man, Live With Me [First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
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1969
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Psychedelic perfection. Dark, erotic, mysterious.
It’s a very strange album. It’s like a hot summer night, but also a cold dark one. It’s like feels humid. A lot of the songs feel different, but so similar to each other. Collection of songs yes but still, what a collection. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the music has to speak for itself here. I can’t say it better than Morrison.
Best Tracks: Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire, The End, I Looked At You, Crystal Ship, Soul Kitchen, 21st Century Fox [First added to this chart: 05/17/2024]
It’s a very strange album. It’s like a hot summer night, but also a cold dark one. It’s like feels humid. A lot of the songs feel different, but so similar to each other. Collection of songs yes but still, what a collection. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the music has to speak for itself here. I can’t say it better than Morrison.
Best Tracks: Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire, The End, I Looked At You, Crystal Ship, Soul Kitchen, 21st Century Fox [First added to this chart: 05/17/2024]
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1967
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Best Tracks: Folsom Prison Blues, Jackson, Send My Love To Rose
[First added to this chart: 06/13/2024]
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1968
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 32% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
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| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 2% | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| Up 42 from 92nd to 50th Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John |
| Up 42 from 55th to 13th Paranoid by Black Sabbath |
| Up 27 from 51st to 24th Grace by Jeff Buckley |
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| Down 12 from 39th to 51st The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles |
| Down 12 from 78th to 90th When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish |
| Down 10 from 42nd to 52nd King Of The Delta Blues by Robert Johnson |
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From Johnnyo 10/05/2024 19:10
Have to agree with larex13. You’re musical tastes are way more developed than mine were at your age. This is a great chart.
Keep discovering and learning. It’s a great journey
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From Larcx13 09/10/2024 16:50
Larcx13 09/10/2024 16:50
For someone relatively new to music, you know more than I ever did at 18. If I can offer any advice, vary the genres you listen to without prejudice, and look into music outside of the US/UK. Also, certain albums may take a few listens at the right time to hit home. Enjoy your discovery.
Cheers.
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