Top 42 Greatest Music Albums by Ollie

Why is all the best music so bloody sad?

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[First added to this chart: 04/25/2014]
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1991
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2014]
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1997
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68,533
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2015]
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1996
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11,037
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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]
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1971
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17,092
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2014]
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1973
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64,839
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2014]
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1994
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8,757
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[First added to this chart: 10/15/2014]
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2002
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10,826
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2014]
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1986
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363
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[First added to this chart: 10/14/2014]
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2007
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10,005
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[First added to this chart: 03/20/2015]
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1999
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11,419
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Top 42 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 2 5%
1970s 7 17%
1980s 5 12%
1990s 12 29%
2000s 10 24%
2010s 6 14%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 23 55%
United Kingdom 11 26%
Canada 5 12%
Mixed Nationality 1 2%
Ireland 1 2%
Australia 1 2%

Top 42 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

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Climber Up 8 from 47th to 39th
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Climber Up 8 from 46th to 38th
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Faller Down 8 from 32nd to 40th
Back To Black
by Amy Winehouse
Faller Down 4 from 6th to 10th
The Soft Bulletin
by The Flaming Lips
Faller Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd
If You're Feeling Sinister
by Belle And Sebastian
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From 01/20/2018 01:47
Whoa, very surprised to see Robert Cray in your top 10 :O
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From 08/13/2015 16:05
Like to see Fidlar in your chart and the high position of Built to spill
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From 07/28/2015 15:26
yes!!!
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From 06/12/2015 15:21
Wasteman. Deftones don't even feature and Vampire Weekend are above FIDLA
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From 05/21/2015 10:37
Flawless.
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From 04/30/2015 22:03
Love your top 10
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From 04/11/2015 11:25
nice chart, check out music from before your time, you might be surprised
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From 04/04/2015 17:23
We have 12 albums in common on our charts. 0.0

Considering our shared musical tastes, I would suggest listening to Destroyer's albums, especially the older stuff. I remember awhile ago I opened up a Pandora account again just because I was bored, and I decided to make a Destroyer station. Pretty much all my favorite artists I liked in the past couple of years popped up. I was surprised by this because if I choose any other artist, the other artists on the station will be something I haven't heard of, or something I don't like. I thought it was interesting how, just by the fact that I liked Destroyer, they could extrapolate the rest of my musical tastes. Apparently it was inevitable that I would find Destroyer. It's strange, because I didn't even think the music that popped up on Destroyer's station sounded that much alike to them. Dan Bejar, the lead singer/songwriter, was really into folk and shoegaze music, and references the two quite a bit in his song lyrics. Those two genres are my bread-and-butter.
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From 04/03/2015 18:18
Lovely chart, just started getting into Nick Drake, its always nice seeing so many indie folk albums alongside the alternative classics
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From 03/29/2015 21:09
Glad you have do much love for Nick Drake.
Your top 10 simply a beautiful collection.
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