A collage of my top 100 favorite studio albums.
This is a list of my favorite albums grouped by type.
Top 85 Studio Albums
These albums are based on the rank of my appreciate of the individual songs on the initial release of each album.
Rank |
Rating |
Album |
Artist
|
1 |
1,896 |
The Execution of All Things |
Rilo Kiley
|
2 |
1,748 |
Queen II |
Queen
|
3 |
1,696 |
Crossing the Rubicon |
The Sounds
|
4 |
1,468 |
A Kind of Magic |
Queen
|
5 |
1,448 |
Sheer Heart Attack |
Queen
|
6 |
1,362 |
Horrorscope |
Eve 6
|
7 |
1,217 |
A Day at the Races |
Queen
|
8 |
1,210 |
Eve 6 |
Eve 6
|
9 |
1,091 |
Innuendo |
Queen
|
10 |
1,064 |
Rilo Kiley (Second Pressing) |
Rilo Kiley
|
11 |
1,048 |
More Modern Short Stories from Hello Saferide |
Hello Saferide
|
12 |
1,036 |
Take Offs and Landings |
Rilo Kiley
|
13 |
1,022 |
Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra |
Tim Minchin
|
14 |
1,008 |
American Idiot |
Green Day
|
15 |
874 |
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie |
Alanis Morissette
|
16 |
850 |
Oceanborn |
Nightwish
|
17 |
832 |
More Adventurous |
Rilo Kiley
|
18 |
832 |
Casino Twilight Dogs |
Youth Group
|
19 |
793 |
Made in Heaven |
Queen
|
20 |
775 |
Jazz |
Queen
|
21 |
769 |
Liz Phair |
Liz Phair
|
22 |
739 |
Weezer (Blue blbum) |
Weezer
|
23 |
728 |
Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette
|
24 |
722 |
Introducing... Hello Saferide |
Hello Saferide
|
25 |
689 |
Hot Space |
Queen
|
26 |
678 |
Love Ire & Song |
Frank Turner
|
27 |
664 |
Costello Music |
The Fratellis
|
28 |
656 |
So-Called Chaos |
Alanis Morissette
|
29 |
650 |
The Game |
Queen
|
30 |
650 |
It's All in Your Head |
Eve 6
|
31 |
640 |
Under Rug Swept |
Alanis Morissette
|
32 |
628 |
News of the World |
Queen
|
33 |
614 |
Permission to Land |
The Darkness
|
34 |
609 |
England Keep My Bones |
Frank Turner
|
35 |
595 |
Rabbit Fur Coat |
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
|
36 |
592 |
The Works |
Queen
|
37 |
588 |
Dizzy Up the Girl |
Goo Goo Dolls
|
38 |
547 |
Back to the Light |
Brian May
|
39 |
544 |
You're Awful, I Love You |
Ludo
|
40 |
528 |
Once |
Nightwish
|
41 |
528 |
Weezer (Red album) |
Weezer
|
42 |
520 |
Something to Die For |
The Sounds
|
43 |
514 |
The Stranger |
Billy Joel
|
44 |
512 |
Stunt |
Barenaked Ladies
|
45 |
|
Darkside |
Tim Minchin
|
46 |
482 |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
David Bowie
|
47 |
480 |
Hey Stoopid |
Alice Cooper
|
48 |
450 |
So Jealous |
Tegan and Sara
|
49 |
448 |
Foiled |
Blue October
|
50 |
440 |
Living in America |
The Sounds
|
51 |
440 |
The Fox, the Hunter and Hello Saferide |
Hello Saferide
|
52 |
|
Ready for This? |
Tim Minchin
|
53 |
425 |
Echo |
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
|
54 |
422 |
Queen |
Queen
|
55 |
408 |
Firecracker |
Lisa Loeb
|
56 |
387 |
A Night at the Opera |
Queen
|
57 |
380 |
Maroon |
Barenaked Ladies
|
58 |
370 |
A Boy Named Goo |
Goo Goo Dolls
|
59 |
366 |
Under the Blacklight |
Rilo Kiley
|
60 |
356 |
Use Your Illusion I |
Guns N' Roses
|
61 |
347 |
Appetite for Destruction |
Guns N' Roses
|
62 |
342 |
Heartthrob |
Tegan and Sara
|
63 |
342 |
Azure Ray |
Azure Ray
|
64 |
337 |
Different Class |
Pulp
|
65 |
314 |
Metallica |
Metallica
|
66 |
311 |
Gordon |
Barenaked Ladies
|
67 |
296 |
Fallen |
Evanescence
|
68 |
240 |
Wild Like Children |
Tilly and the Wall
|
69 |
220 |
Tape Deck Heart |
Frank Turner
|
70 |
236 |
The Miracle |
Queen
|
71 |
218 |
Heroes and Cocktails |
Robb Roy
|
72 |
216 |
Yourself or Someone Like You |
Matchbox 20
|
73 |
216 |
Lost Horizons |
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
|
74 |
209 |
Drawing Down the Moon |
Azure Ray
|
75 |
204 |
Broken Bride |
Ludo
|
76 |
201 |
Full Moon Fever |
Tom Petty
|
77 |
200 |
Nine Lives |
Aerosmith
|
78 |
195 |
Pinkerton |
Weezer
|
79 |
188 |
Make Believe |
Weezer
|
80 |
184 |
Hold on Love |
Azure Ray
|
81 |
180 |
Speak in Code |
Eve 6
|
82 |
156 |
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer |
Tom Lehrer
|
83 |
144 |
Would You Let Me Play This EP 10 Times a Day? |
Hello Saferide
|
84 |
140 |
Stranger in Town |
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
|
85 |
101 |
No Need to Argue |
The Cranberries
|
Top 25 Soundtracks
- Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
- Assassins: Original Cast Recording
- Lion King, The: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Animaniacs: 16 Original Songs from the Hit TV Series
- My Fair Lady: Original Cast
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Repo! The Genetic Opera: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- TheLittle Mermaid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Evita: Music from the Motion Picture
- Commentary! The Musical
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
- Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life
- Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
- Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
- Labyrinth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Les Misérables: Original London Cast
- Monty Python Sings
- Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Top 25 Video Game Soundtracks
- Final Fantasy VI
- Mega Man II
- Chrono Trigger
- Secret of Mana
- VVVVVV
- Ultima VII: The Black Gate
- Undertale
- Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme
- Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods
- Ultima: Quest of the Avatar (NES)
- Mario Kart 64
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Tower of Heaven
- Katawa Shoujo
- Cave Story+
- Ultima: Exodus (NES)
- Super Mario 64
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 7/11
- Seiklus
- SimCity (SNES)
- Dance Dance Revolution: Max 2
- Final Fantasy (NES)
- Bionic Commando