Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by brent13 
- Chart updated: 09/23/2024 05:45
- (Created: 12/14/2014 07:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Every song is outstanding. 'Range Life' and 'Fillmore Jive' are probably best. 'Range Life' was alt country before alt country was really a thing. Leave it to Pavement to dis other bands (Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots) in one of their best songs. Very hip hop of them to record a beef for posterity.
[First added to this chart: 12/14/2014]
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1994
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The Flaming Lips made so many wonderful albums, but The Soft Bulletin is still my favorite. It remains as poignant and relevant as ever, particularly given our ongoing opioid addiction epidemic. Even though the album was released in 1999, I’ve come to think of it as the dividing line between 20th and 21st century music. It was the 1st album that sounded like the new millennium.
‘The Spiderbite Song’, ‘What Is the Light’, ‘Suddenly Everything Has Changed’, and ‘The Gash’ are the most underrated of many underrated tracks. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2014]
‘The Spiderbite Song’, ‘What Is the Light’, ‘Suddenly Everything Has Changed’, and ‘The Gash’ are the most underrated of many underrated tracks. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2014]
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1999
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11,594
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Years later and I'm still discovering new things with each listen. One day, this could pass The Soft Bulletin to become my favorite Lips album.
[First added to this chart: 12/20/2014]
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1995
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1,754
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A Live One was probably my favorite album from when I bought it sometime in 1995/96 to at least the year 2000. My enjoyment of it hasn’t really declined since then…it’s just that my enjoyment of other bands and albums has since increased. A Live One’s release coincided with the start of my Phish fandom. I attended my first live show a year later in 1996 and haven’t looked back.
My favorite tracks have changed so many times over the years. Upon last listen, ‘Stash’, ‘Slave to the Traffic Light’, ‘Simple’, ‘Harry Hood’ and ‘The Squirming Coil’ were the standouts, but really…I love it all. I even have more patience and enjoyment for the 31 minute ‘Tweezer’ than I did back then. The extended jam goes to some very strange but rewarding places, before (what appears) effortlessly storming back into ‘Tweezer’ for the last few minutes. The piano solo outro to the closing track, ‘The Squirming Coil’ is, and has always been, sublime. [First added to this chart: 05/22/2019]
My favorite tracks have changed so many times over the years. Upon last listen, ‘Stash’, ‘Slave to the Traffic Light’, ‘Simple’, ‘Harry Hood’ and ‘The Squirming Coil’ were the standouts, but really…I love it all. I even have more patience and enjoyment for the 31 minute ‘Tweezer’ than I did back then. The extended jam goes to some very strange but rewarding places, before (what appears) effortlessly storming back into ‘Tweezer’ for the last few minutes. The piano solo outro to the closing track, ‘The Squirming Coil’ is, and has always been, sublime. [First added to this chart: 05/22/2019]
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This album reminds me of the turn of the millennium and early aughts in San Francisco/Oakland...seemed to be on constant play among friends back then. Still an outstanding and relevant album with my favorites being 'Three-Dee Melodie', 'Wow and Flutter', 'Ping Pong' and 'Nihilist Assault Group'. Yes, they have a song called 'Nihilist Assault Group' that was released 4-years before The Big Lebowski...totally ahead of their time.
[First added to this chart: 08/15/2015]
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1994
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467
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OK Computer is a great album, but Radiohead has never been a top 10 band for me and probably never will be. I really need to be in the right mood to handle Thom Yorke’s vocals…unlike some other artists that can transport me into the right mood.
[First added to this chart: 12/16/2014]
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1997
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72,248
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[First added to this chart: 12/20/2014]
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1992
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7,374
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Another amazing Pavement album. Brighten The Corners has (type) slowly moved up to rival Slanted And Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. ‘Ode To Begin’, ‘Type Slowly’, ‘Embassy Row’ and ‘We Are Underused’ are the most underrated tracks. ‘Stereo’ is one of favorite songs of 1990s.
[First added to this chart: 08/02/2015]
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1997
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1,182
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup is BEA’s favorite Stereolab album and my second favorite after Mars Audiac Quintet (which BEA rates 4th best btw). This is one of my go-to-albums from one of my go-to-bands.
[First added to this chart: 08/16/2015]
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1996
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[First added to this chart: 08/02/2015]
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1997
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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 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 29 | 29% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Sufjan Stevens | 6 | 6% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 5 | 5% | |
| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Pavement | 5 | 5% | |
| Grateful Dead | 4 | 4% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 4 | 4% | |
| Frank Zappa | 4 | 4% | |
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 90/100  | 08/10/2023 17:43 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 90/100 | 07/18/2021 22:02 | Giant2015 | | 91/100 |
| 90/100 | 01/10/2020 21:11 | pctrooper | | 88/100 |
| 90/100 | 01/10/2020 19:11 | CJMishellsan | | 90/100 |
| 75/100 | 01/10/2020 09:35 |  salahshoori | | 83/100 |
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From Johnnyo 08/10/2023 17:43
Ace chart
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From pctrooper 01/10/2020 21:11
Splendid chart. Genesis reigns supreme. The Lamb is a formidable work. I also love screaming along to "It". One of the greatest songs of all time. They always knew how to end an album right (The Knife, Fountain of Salmacis, Los Endos, etc.).
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90/100
From CJMishellsan 01/10/2020 19:13
Probably the chart I identify the strongest with, at least when it comes to the top 20. I've also been noticing Lamb on a lot of peoples lists lately, it's certainly an album that requires multiple listens to get and it gets better every time. I think Supper's Ready is still their best song, but Lamb is their best album overall. You got some crazy stuff out of left field too I wasn't expecting, so I better check some of it out! I've seen the Flaming Lips live yet I haven't cared much for their actual music.....I know, it's weird. I'm gonna keep trying though.
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75/100
From salahshoori 01/10/2020 09:41
salahshoori 01/10/2020 09:41
Interesting chart, with interesting choices, though I think its better to introduce more bands. Your descriptions show how much effort you put in your chart.
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90/100
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sssvnnn 06/30/2019 22:39
sssvnnn 06/30/2019 22:39
Very good chart, very good music.
My only criticism: I´d like to have more different artists and not too many albums of the same artists.
congratulations anyway.
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85/100
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gidgidi 06/30/2019 17:01
gidgidi 06/30/2019 17:01
Nice Sufjan inclusions!
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95/100
From BraddlesHendo 06/30/2019 11:40
Here’s to Joni Mitchell
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90/100
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ForegroundNoise 06/30/2019 08:31
ForegroundNoise 06/30/2019 08:31
Sure there might be a few albums here that aren't really my thing but I am really impressed with the effort you have gone into with your notes!! Some jazz and electronic albums sneaking in would up this to a perfect score from me!
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90/100
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bobbyb5 03/24/2018 21:41
bobbyb5 03/24/2018 21:41
Nice to see something by Joni Mitchell besides fuckin Blue. And Mars Audiac is indeed Stereolab best album.
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95/100
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authorunknown 07/19/2017 17:06
authorunknown 07/19/2017 17:06
Fantastic chart! Many of my all-time favorites, which means I need to check out some of the other stuff.
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