Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by NowhereMan
29 years of age. RECOMMENDATIONS ALWAYS WELCOME.
ORDER CHANGES REGULARLY.
I tend to see any album I rate above 70//100 worth a re-visit, any lower I tend to dismiss.
My top artists:
1. The Beatles - an audio best friend; they make the world a lot brighter and optimistic. The absolute pinnacle. The best thing the world has produced. Colossal.
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2. Electric Light Orchestra
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(Interchangeable order).
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Pink Floyd
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Smiths
7. Neil Young
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Bob Dylan
10. The Who
11. David Bowie
12. Oasis
13. The Beach Boys
14. Radiohead
15. Simon & Garfunkel
16. The Kinks
17. Bruce Springsteen
18. Arcade Fire
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(Honourable Mentions)
The Stone Roses
R.E.M
Brian Eno
The Tallest Man On Earth
Tame Impala
Fleetwood Mac
My ratings on an album can be based on the emotion it evokes within me, the quality of the musicianship, the amount of nostalgia it summons, it's importance in the broad pantheon of music. Even something as simple as how many times it gives me goosebumps across the length of an entire listen.
ONE ALBUM PER ARTIST - it is also most certain I have heard a an abundance of other material by each artist only the one I will have chosen is the one that I am digging the most currently and resonates the most to me at this point in my life.
More chart notes to come.
- Chart updated: 06/08/2023 09:45
- (Created: 10/18/2011 23:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favourite Tracks At Time Of Writing: Time Of The Season/ Hung Up On A Dream
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Begin Here - 7.2//10.0
Odessey & Oracle - LIVE - 7.75//10.00
Colin Blunstone:
One Year - 7.25//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Favourite Tracks At Time Of Writing: Made Of Stone/ Bye Bye Badman/ This Is One/ I Am The Resurrection
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Second Coming - 7.4//10.0
The Complete Stone Roses - 9.80//10.00
Turns To Stone - 8.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
Album Rating: 9.99//10.00
Other Material:
The Bends - 9.1//10.0
Kid A - 9.6//10.0
OK Computer - 9.7//10.0
The King Of Limbs - 9.5//10.0
Amnesiac - 8.4//10.00
A Moon Shaped Pool - 9.00//10.00
KIDAMNESIAC - 8.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/22/2017]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Pendulum/ Scotty/ Seven To One
Album Rating: 9.70//10.00
Other Material:
Pray For Rain - 8.0//10.0 [First added to this chart: 10/22/2017]
Favourite Songs At Time Of Writing: Candy Says/ What Goes on/ Beginning To See The Light
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Loaded - 9.6//10.0
White Light/White Heat - 9.8//10.0
The Velvet Underground & Nico - 9.9//10.0
Peel Slowly And See - 10.00//10.00
Lou Reed:
Transformer - 7.75//10.00
John Cale:
Fear - 8.35//10.00
Paris 1919 - 7.75//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
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Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Don’t cry no tears/Lookin’ our for love/Through my sails
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material I Adore:
After The Goldrush - 10.0//10.0
Harvest - 9.9//10.0
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 9.5//10.0
Hawks And Doves - 6.50//10.00
Rust Never Sleeps - 9.00//10.0
Zuma - 8.65//10.00
Tonight's The Night - 8.00//10.00
Live Rust - 9.00//10.00
Decade - 8.20//10.0
On The Beach - 9.75//10.00
Homegrown - 8.00//10.00
Hitchhiker - 7.75//10.00
American Stars ‘n’ Bars - 7.40//10.00
Comes a Time - 8.20//10.00
Harvest Moon - 8.00//10.00
Time Fades Away - 7.00//10.00
Young Shakespeare - 8.50//10.00
Live at Massey Hall 1971 - 10.00//10.00 [First added to this chart: 12/23/2020]
Album Rating: 97.15//10.00
IF YOU LIKE THIS TRY: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - II
Other Material:
Innerspeaker - 8.10//10.00
Currents - 8.25//10.0
The Slow Rush - 7.50/10.00
Live Versions - 8.10//10.00
Tame Impala EP - 8.00//10.00
Melody's Echo Chamber:
Melody's Echo Chamber - 7.80//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/17/2017]
Five Leaves Left - 8.00//10.00
Pink Moon - 9.75//10.00 [First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Fox In The Snow/Judy And The Dream Horse
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
The Boy With The Arab Strap - 8.75//10.00 [First added to this chart: 08/21/2014]
Favourite Tracks at time of writing: Thank You/Heartbreaker
Album Rating: 10.00//10.00
Other Material:
Led Zeppelin - 9.4//10.0
Led Zeppelin III - 9.0//10.0
Led Zeppelin IV - 10.0//10.0
Houses Of The Holy - 9.5//10.0
BBC Sessions - 9.60//10.00
How The West Was Won - 8.80//10.00
Remasters - 9.50//10.00
Mothership - 9.50//10.00 [First added to this chart: 10/18/2011]
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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 | 15 | 15% | |
1970s | 23 | 23% | |
1980s | 12 | 12% | |
1990s | 19 | 19% | |
2000s | 14 | 14% | |
2010s | 15 | 15% | |
2020s | 2 | 2% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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The La's | 1 | 1% | |
Carpenters | 1 | 1% | |
The Pretty Things | 1 | 1% | |
Arcade Fire | 1 | 1% | |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 1 | 1% | |
The Who | 1 | 1% | |
The Monkees | 1 | 1% | |
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48 | 48% | ||
38 | 38% | ||
3 | 3% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
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I really love this chart - it speaks honesty & passion. I like the one album/artist concept. I like the acknowledgement that each decade brings a worthy share of worthy albums. I enjoyed the comments very much. I really like it that we only have 8 albums in common, but 24 artists in common - including songwriters that rarely make it to a top 100 chart - eg Cat Stevens, Don McLean. Donovan, Dave Gray & Tallest Man On Earth. And I especially love your love of Dylan - your album rankings pretty much match mine, except I would have BOTT at no.1.
Pretty balanced list, very good!
Coming back to this and it made me smile. Thanks for the shoutout on the Shallow Grave Write up. I notice no grade for The Wild Hunt - but 2 for Shallow Grave. *thinking emoji*
Anyway, I love the love for the Beatles. You are to the Beatles what I am to Bob Dylan. Lol
Surprisingly only 6 in common but I did not limit myself to one per
Love the chart nonetheless
A good one. Respect your chart and you have some mostly unkown bands here. Interesting is your number 1 with the beatles. One German band is ok but I like the German bands very much maybe you could include one more. But Nevertheless good chart.
Tremendous selection. I respect any chart that introduces me to something new in the top ten.
And the more love for Eno the better.
Nice chart!
Amazing list. I agree with what others said about compliations though.
BTW I agree that S.F. Sorrow sounds way ahead of its time.
I would recommend you to listen to Depeche Mode's Violator, I think you will find it fascinating.
I loved your list. You clearly put a lot of time and thought into it. I would strongly recommend listening to Bowie's Station to Station (my favorite tracks are Golden Years and Sway)
Recommendations:
Revisiting Coldplay's first 4 excellences (Parachutes, ARoBTTH, X&Y, Viva La Vida)
Revisiting Michael Jackson's entire classic catalog (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible)
Black Eyed Peas: Behind The Front + Elephunk
PM Dawn (R.I.P. Prince Be): The Utopian Experience + Bliss Album + Dearest Christian
Shelter: Double Yellow Lines (sheltermusic.bandcamp.com)
Avicii (R.I.P.) - just as great as Calvin Harris
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