Top 98 Greatest Music Albums
by pawelzietek

This is my chart. With emphasis on MY. My chart. I didn't copy it from Rolling Stone magazine... I didn't take it from 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die... You won't find Miles Davis here (not that I don't like him...), The Beatles (they are not THAT good) or Bob Dylan (as he said - his music is basically for teenage students having too much time)...

Here's MY chart: full of polish music, 00's bands and world/folk/roots sounds.

And do not ask me to listen american music, 70' bands and krautrock sounds. I already did it. Like it. A lot.

• Chart updated: 10/07/2025 16:15
• (Created: 12/18/2008 00:00).
• Chart size: 98 albums.

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The Eraser 

 Thom Yorke

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

479 charts

Rank Score:

2,106

Rank in 2006:

13

Rank in 2000s:

133

Overall Rank:

818

Average Rating:

 77 (722 votes)

Comments:

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Cosmogramma 

 Flying Lotus

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

447 charts

Rank Score:

2,732

Rank in 2010:

14

Rank in 2010s:

89

Overall Rank:

633

Average Rating:

 80 (575 votes)

Comments:

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Hail To The Thief 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,191 charts

Rank Score:

8,188

Rank in 2003:

2

Rank in 2000s:

30

Overall Rank:

184

Average Rating:

 81 (2,364 votes)

Comments:

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Treny 

 Jacaszek

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[First added to this chart: 09/27/2011]

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

131

Rank in 2008:

156

Rank in 2000s:

1,636

Overall Rank:

9,244

Average Rating:

 76 (19 votes)

Comments:

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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,209 charts

Rank Score:

42,942

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,456 votes)

Comments:

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Frances The Mute 

 The Mars Volta

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

2,214

Rank in 2005:

13

Rank in 2000s:

127

Overall Rank:

784

Average Rating:

 78 (452 votes)

Comments:

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Relationship Of Command 

 At The Drive-In

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

434 charts

Rank Score:

3,631

Rank in 2000:

10

Rank in 2000s:

77

Overall Rank:

475

Average Rating:

 79 (541 votes)

Comments:

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,981 charts

Rank Score:

22,104

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,334 votes)

Comments:

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Lateralus 

 Tool

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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2010]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

8,586

Rank in 2001:

5

Rank in 2000s:

27

Overall Rank:

175

Average Rating:

 82 (1,083 votes)

Comments:

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Isla 

 Portico Quartet

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[First added to this chart: 09/27/2011]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

335

Rank in 2009:

69

Rank in 2000s:

731

Overall Rank:

4,233

Average Rating:

 79 (44 votes)

Comments:

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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	3	3%
1970s	5	5%
1980s	2	2%
1990s	10	10%
2000s	66	67%
2010s	12	12%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	5	5%
Tool	3	3%
Arcade Fire	2	2%
Skalpel	2	2%
The Mars Volta	2	2%
Fink (UK)	2	2%
Warsaw Village Band	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	32	33%
	30	31%
	12	12%
	6	6%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Top 98 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 5 from 48th to 43rd The Living Road by Lhasa De Sela
Up 3 from 47th to 44th I Am A Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons
Up 2 from 44th to 42nd The Wind by Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan

Biggest fallers
Down 36 from 28th to 64th The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange by Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet
Down 31 from 45th to 76th Walls by Apparat
Down 17 from 49th to 66th Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle

New entries
Dialogue by Thavius Beck
Songs From The Tin by Da Lata
Ósme Piętro by Kombajn Do Zbierania Kur Po Wioskach
Dial "M" For Monkey by Bonobo
White Pony by Deftones
Birdy by Peter Gabriel
10,000 Days by Tool
Sea Change by Beck
Distance And Time by Fink (UK)
Come On Pilgrim by Pixies
Vaccine by Younger Brother
Horehound by The Dead Weather
De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta
Sort Of Revolution by Fink (UK)
Vivalaguerra by Standstill
A Sufi And A Killer by Gonjasufi
Third by Portishead
Nothing Else by Lorn
Konfusion by Skalpel
Renegades by Rage Against The Machine
Safe by Badawi
Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Yesterday You Said Tomorrow by Christian Scott
Charmed & Strange by Yoav
The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
Ego by Jazz Band De Free
A Day Of Nights by Battle Of Mice
Skalpel by Skalpel
Pig Inside The Gentleman by Contemporary Noise Quintet
Los Angeles by Flying Lotus
Station by Russian Circles
Enigmatic by Czesław Niemen
Neighborhood by Manu Katché
Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
Estratexa by Manta Ray
Vespertine by Björk
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble by Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble
The King Of Limbs by Radiohead
Wavering Radiant by Isis
Moderat by Moderat
Night Walks by Hidden Orchestra
Awfully Deep by Roots Manuva
Funeral by Arcade Fire
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Clandestino by Manu Chao
Exterminator (XTRMNTR) by Primal Scream
Mogwai Young Team by Mogwai
In Utero by Nirvana
Innerspeaker by Tame Impala

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From JulianR 12/01/2017 21:13

GOod stuff. I think you might like Sufjan Steven's "Age of Adz". It's kinda an electronic rock masterpiece, like the Eraser or Kid A. Give it a few listens, it's a grower.

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From Cardboardfolder 01/21/2017 17:57

I am loving all the "world music" you've put in there altho I only came here to see someone who loves Black Sands as much as me

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100/100

From Eater 02/04/2014 16:17

Wow, awesome list. You make some excellent choices. Thom Yorke FTW.

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85/100

From lisalisa 01/23/2014 16:16

Very extreme chart.
joyfully: Lhasa - she is so gorgeous!

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From sssvnnn 10/23/2013 22:33

Very individual Chart, very good picks - I guess I´ll rate it even higher when I´ve checkt out some more Albums.

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From zonrod 01/21/2012 21:33

great! so much new music to check out, the ones I already know are extremely good and I have to catch up in the naughties anyway.

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70/100

From btener11 10/21/2011 18:50

Very interesting and original chart but...The Eraser by Thom Yorke is the best album ever? I guess that's where the emphasis on YOUR list comes in -- and that's fair. I do love the Tool, King Crimson, Portishead and Nick Cave!

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80/100

From bertprob 06/08/2011 08:36

I'll admit I don't know much about Polish music and I'm not a big radiohead fan BUT I flying lotus at number 2? Awsome. Much love

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From hairymarx1 03/23/2011 23:30

You've included Nick Cave but his worst work.

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From rdubhg1 07/20/2010 21:24

very original. i dig the fact that you have polish music in this chart

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