Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Altsoul

My chart is not here to fulfill snobs requirements. I don't venerate your sacred cows. I counterbalance the negative hypes. I laugh at the imperative of "variety" (where are the hardcore punk, tango, black metal, cumbia or world genres in your charts?). I choose feelings over rationalization, galvanic reaction over snob conformity and authenticity over posing. And I will always embrace punk rock, such an underrated genre on this site. This is not the greatest albums of all time chart but my personal all time favourites list.

• Chart updated: 03/05/2022 19:45
• (Created: 07/28/2012 07:30).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Nevermind 

 Nirvana

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,154 charts

Rank Score:

40,633

Rank in 1991:

1

Rank in 1990s:

2

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 87 (4,275 votes)

Comments:

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Siamese Dream 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,583 charts

Rank Score:

19,119

Rank in 1993:

1

Rank in 1990s:

8

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 85 (1,916 votes)

Comments:

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Ten 

 Pearl Jam

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

19,612

Rank in 1991:

3

Rank in 1990s:

7

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,304 votes)

Comments:

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Daydream Nation 

 Sonic Youth

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

1,560 charts

Rank Score:

16,867

Rank in 1988:

1

Rank in 1980s:

8

Overall Rank:

72

Average Rating:

 84 (1,842 votes)

Comments:

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Origin Of Symmetry 

 Muse

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

817 charts

Rank Score:

7,766

Rank in 2001:

7

Rank in 2000s:

36

Overall Rank:

213

Average Rating:

 80 (1,425 votes)

Comments:

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In Utero 

 Nirvana

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,739 charts

Rank Score:

18,672

Rank in 1993:

2

Rank in 1990s:

9

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 85 (2,642 votes)

Comments:

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Over The Edge 

 Wipers

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 1983:

38

Rank in 1980s:

428

Overall Rank:

2,771

Average Rating:

 77 (113 votes)

Comments:

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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,470 charts

Rank Score:

15,862

Rank in 1995:

3

Rank in 1990s:

16

Overall Rank:

84

Average Rating:

 83 (1,826 votes)

Comments:

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,852 charts

Rank Score:

38,804

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,625 votes)

Comments:

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Ignition 

 The Offspring

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[First added to this chart: 09/05/2012]

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

178

Rank in 1992:

115

Rank in 1990s:

1,181

Overall Rank:

7,109

Average Rating:

 71 (71 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	5	5%
1970s	11	11%
1980s	19	19%
1990s	35	35%
2000s	22	22%
2010s	7	7%
2020s	1	1%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	5%
Radiohead	4	4%
Jens Lekman	3	3%
Pearl Jam	3	3%
Sonic Youth	3	3%
Elliott Smith	3	3%
Wipers	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	52	52%
	22	22%
	10	10%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 27 from 80th to 53rd Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Up 27 from 66th to 39th Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
Up 5 from 43rd to 38th Royal Headache by Royal Headache

Biggest fallers
Down 10 from 36th to 46th Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Down 10 from 37th to 47th Cure For Pain by Morphine
Down 9 from 59th to 68th The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

New entries
Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

Leavers
Spanaway by Seaweed

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85/100	01/17/2023 21:35	Moondance	463	85/100
90/100	01/17/2023 13:08	Tamthebam	599	85/100
90/100	01/17/2023 11:04	Johnnyo	2,129	80/100
80/100	08/25/2022 16:37	sssvnnn	2,835	83/100
95/100	06/02/2022 17:03	Larcx13	1,138	86/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 86.7/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.3.

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85/100

From Moondance 01/17/2023 21:44

Really cool chart. Loved seeing Soda Stereo (twice) - my favourite Argentinian band. Loved seeing ten entries from Argentina - will check out those I haven't heard of before.
The other cool surprises were:
The 'Once' soundtrack - love the movie and the song 'falling slowly';
Two albums from Aussie band "Royal Headache". I wonder how an unknown independent Aussie band gets known across the vastness of the Pacific Ocean?
Anyway, I enjoyed checking out the entire chart and glimpsing a few pleasant surprises.

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90/100

From Johnnyo 01/17/2023 11:05

Great chart and love the intro. Greatest albums is always a misnomer. It’s always going to be your personal favourites and, on the whole, I love yours.

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90/100

From leniad 03/16/2022 18:51

what other genres you like apart from rock?

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85/100

From zrommeke 04/13/2020 17:05

Not bad at all...

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90/100

From Timooosterink 04/13/2020 09:36

Lots in common!

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95/100

From kynes 08/30/2019 23:43

This chart is fun as hell. Ignition in the top 10 is bold. Great stuff.

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95/100

From elo269megv 12/21/2018 17:38

Did we just become best friends?

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80/100

From ForegroundNoise 12/21/2018 09:37

LOVE the inclusion of 'This Is A Long Drive...' and 'Signals, Calls & Marches'! Great to see them getting the recognition they deserve. Your chart is a little alt-rock heavy for my liking however (+ they were things going on in the 60s that weren't the Beatles!!). Would be nice to see some hip hop/electronic/jazz thrown in the mix!

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From LedZep 05/29/2017 13:50

Really great chart, nothing more to add!

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From WayneMC 11/15/2016 17:06

20 albums in common and 27 that I don't own, including the 9 from Argentina (which I'm broad minded enough to check out). Not that much variety though.

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