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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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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 | % | |
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52 | 52% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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 Ants From Up Thereby Black Country, New Road |
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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.
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.
what other genres you like apart from rock?
Not bad at all...
Lots in common!
kynes 08/30/2019 23:43
This chart is fun as hell. Ignition in the top 10 is bold. Great stuff.
elo269megv 12/21/2018 17:38
Did we just become best friends?
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!
LedZep 05/29/2017 13:50
Really great chart, nothing more to add!
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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