The Best Albums of the Last 100 Years (1924 - 2024)

[@olizalzeortolan8322]

1984's best album would be Purple Rain if the site didn't count it as a soundtrack album.

[@SheaMoroney-n9x]

Aoty has a ton of soundtracks near the top spots

[@cereal_snake]

RYM deadweights soundtracks on their all-time and genre charts and doesn't put them on their year charts. Purple Rain has a 4.13 on the site and is #3 for soundtracks and #200 overall

[@SheaMoroney-n9x]

@@cereal_snake purple rain is in the top 25 on aoty,crazy difference

[@douglaspantz]

@@cereal_snake Fishmans 98.12.28 is also deweighted by being live, but overcomes it and still ends up as #1

[@liamwebster3862]

Weirdly it’s technically both a studio album and film soundtrack

[@cartonofegg]

Lol it's just a ton of Jazz and Big Band and then after Revolver? Experimental Rock, Soul, Glam Rock, Prog Rock, fucking HEAVY METAL, and that's only in the first 10 years after Revolver. Even if you think the Beatles are overrated, you have to acknowledge that they changed EVERYTHING.

[@magicconches.]

People nowadays don’t understand the significance of the Beatles and just say they are overrated. Without them music wouldn’t be the same tbh

[@screamap1llar697]

The sudden switch from jazz and bossa nova to THE BEATLES at 3:30 is just hilarious

[@bingbonghafu]

Even funnier bc it’s WE ALLL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE

[@screamap1llar697]

@@bingbonghafu 😭😭😭

[@alexisga7462]

Twin fantasy and ants from up there are so based

[@Kaizo_Aka_Wesley]

Props for getting better audio quality.

[@chickenpie8016]

This list was crazy I was shocked how many of these were albums that I love, like I was seriously not excepting to see Peggy twice, followed up by Magdalena bay.

[@jordydiaz6894]

Peggy is very lived in aoy and rym community

[@jordydiaz6894]

Loved

[@O45]

Love the obs flash at 0:09

[@kingmo675]

how tf did you see that im dying 😭

[@requiem165]

HOW TF DID U SEE THAT LMAO

[@geraniumblue]

grouper was a lovely surprise :0

[@stephenoxf]

she's just so so good

[@ofcgirl1439]

DIVERS PFP

[@illcomeupwithacreativename4096]

i didn’t expect it either but it’s absolutely deserved. alien observer is the best ambient album of all time imo, even better than SAW vol 2

[@geraniumblue]

@@ofcgirl1439 JOANNA PFP!!!!

[@laylover7621]

Peggy really appearing not once but twice fucking love to see it

[@scmkar]

I love music

[@steinarmogen3166]

Me too. But not because of most of these albums

[@mattlikesf1977]

love to see that JPEGMAFIA is getting such high ratings, he's one of my favourites to ever do it

[@izzingly]

fr bro, peggy is

[@hughgrection5674]

Nice list this, one of the best I’ve seen 👍

[@blondedhead]

Neutral Milk Hotel over Lauryn Hill is CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY

[@jamessurnamepending1239]

nah bro, have you heard the album? love Lauryn Hill but there no comparison

[@cereal_snake]

Love the video! Would love to recommend a top 100 albums of each decade (probably starting at the '50s or '60s) video.

[@RYMCharts1]

Thanks for the idea I'll for sure do that!

[@Edilberyoel]

1966 - Pet Sound 1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1969 - Abbey Road 1982 - Thriller

[@37yrNOT]

If Magdalena bay stays at the top of the chart I will lose my mind, they've been my favorites for years now so it would be awesome for. them to reach that kind of music nerd status

[@serzex1770]

They've been had that music nerd status tbh

[@37yrNOT]

@@serzex1770 they haven’t been #1 on a chart yet, it’s a new level.

[@serzex1770]

@@37yrNOT I mean like I can give examples of artists who aren't 1 on any charts but have that status like weyes blood

[@37yrNOT]

@@serzex1770 I’m literally just talking about #1 status

[@jamessurnamepending1239]

based list. really great picks all round but personally, doolittle and in utero have to be on there, and Chromakopia for 2024. also, in the aeroplane over the sea is at least a 4.9/5

[@Zorpinzorper]

I will never rest until I see LYSF instead of Kid A on this chart

[@azorahai9356]

keep waiting

[@peterstanchev3156]

7:29 yeezus is not 4.08 average, it’s like 3.84 or something like that

[@eliasmsv3156]

I think he accidently selected an alternative version of the album when searching it up

[@peterstanchev3156]

@@eliasmsv3156 I mean if you ask me yeezus should be a 4.08 average honestly but I was just pointing it out lol

[@fargantaishot]

FISHMANS MENTIONED

[@Hayych.]

Damn i didn't realise how similar King Kunta and Ain't It Funny sounded

[@ellamartintsova5615]

bro they arent similar at all

[@CrisMake_]

jaja it's funny how it goes from 2 Hip-hop albums to a death metal album all of a sudden 5:46!!. Anyway, those albums are incredible.

[@Blasphemousfr]

The Wall should've won

[@im_man27]

Crimson King over Abbey Road is crazyyy

[@requiem165]

No it isn't. For me 1969 is such a tough year because of how amazing and important TCOTCK and Abbey Road are. Impossible to chose between the two but I'd say the King Crimson deserved the spot on that one

[@im_man27]

@@requiem165 they are both amazing. It really comes down to the person I guess. I just personally enjoy abbey road the most

[@stevstevstevrich]

@@im_man27 IMO there isn’t a weak track on crimbo, but there are two on abbey road (maxwell, octopus’s garden), so I’d have to go with the court.

[@eliasmsv3156]

I think a lot of younger people are starting to question the dogma that is The Beatles being the best band, and by comparison, TCOTKC is just more epic and forward-thinking, not that Abbey Road isn't, of course, but still.

[@beckettherbert6544]

@@stevstevstevrichI’m wholeheartedly on King Crimson side but Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Octopuses Garden absolutely blow Moonchild out of the water.

[@Wrothingcrust]

'91 shouldve been nevermind

[@azorahai9356]

is based in rate your music score

[@shenghe9876]

This list would've been different if it was based on actual statistics on album sales. I expected the best album of 1967 to be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band because it's the most well-known from that year. It seems like this list is oriented towards men that listen to indie and alternative music.

[@yoavsnake]

The list is based on community ratings, not sales or popularity. It's still very much biased but frankly is a much better metric than album sales.

[@salesasa3560]

Radiohead and Cocteau Twins! 🔥❤️

[@donald60s14]

Technically albums(LPs) weren’t a thing until the 1950s. Before that was 78s housed in a photo album-like sleeve, wait a second…

[@johnnyplant]

this must be a joke.

[@ComunicacionPerdida]

And... Michael Jackson????

[@requiem165]

Yh shoulda been thriller for 82

[@tingasthefriendlyfish2902]

Thriller is great but The Cure also deserves that spot there too, could probably interchange both

[@cereal_snake]

Last I checked Thriller is #3 for 1982, behind The Dreaming by Kate Bush and Pornography by The Cure, with a rating of 4.00, and is #165 of all time. All three of those records are incredible and very different from each other, displaying the creative variety of the '80's

[@atunnelunderswiftblvd]

@@cereal_snakeAgreed

[@ИгорьСолдатов-ж6ь]

Ultra 85 - best album 2024

[@Anorak__]

88 definitely should be it takes a nation of million holds us back

[@Harrisonwithanaccordion]

2016 should be blackstar

[@requiem165]

Late Nights and Heartbreaks or Anderson Paak imo

[@stevstevstevrich]

Either that or you want it darker

[@Harrisonwithanaccordion]

@@stevstevstevrich hell yeah Waterloo watermelon fan

[@stevstevstevrich]

@@Harrisonwithanaccordion Yeah! I haven’t watched him in a while, thanks for reminding me of him

[@fanogri6559]

I would like to know the criteria of the choices. Seems like the individual taste of the video maker.

[@RYMCharts1]

There really is no definitive criteria since the list is based off of thousands of music listeners on rateyourmusic.com

[@tinytables]

The site's filled w angsty teens so here's what you get 😅

[@masonb9788]

I’m a music guy. I’m a 90s guy. I’ve never heard of Fishmans. What the hell.

[@yoavsnake]

That's what rateyourmusic is for ;)

[@masonb9788]

@@yoavsnake I have an account there. I just haven’t kept up with it over the years.

[@vanchinh9910]

2020 Fetch the bolt Cutters?

[@cereal_snake]

1999 should have been When the Pawn too imo :(

[@steinarmogen3166]

A rap album best of 1993?? 🙀

[@ßallofweirdneß]

Rym has a yt channel now?

[@sirswanky8686]

I think it's a fan channel

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

These were some weird fucking pics-no Prince or Electric Miles though, to each their own. The best music is always hard to pin down. Gary Clark Jr.'s JPEG RAW still goin on strong as my favorite this year.

[@RYMCharts1]

RYM considers purple rain a soundtrack, pretty sure it would be number 1 for 1984 if it was considered a normal album

[@slow_die]

Sweet Trip mention!!! WHAT IS EATING TWO BANANAS?

[@steinarmogen3166]

Marvin Gaye was great. But I Prefer Let’s Get in on to What’s going on. Less political

[@jairowaters]

magdalena bay's year

[@notingcanbeexplain]

The Doors - The Doors not in ????

[@applehead4906]

No thriller for 1982…

[@bob-td5wp]

Understandable

[@yoavsnake]

It has some amazing songs but also some filler ngl :)

[@applehead4906]

@@yoavsnake 0 filler songs though, the 2 non singles are some of his best

[@wualbu]

1991 mmmm....

[@t_albino]

More proof that RYT don't know what they're talking about 😂

[@thelendalrock8675]

Immediately saw if 2002 was turn on the bright lights it was not 👎

[@desmondeliot5454]

Pet Sounds?!?

[@RYMCharts1]

Unfortunately #2 right behind Revolver

[@reginaldcampos5762]

​@RYMCharts1 what about Blonde on Blonde?

[@RYMCharts1]

@@reginaldcampos5762 #3

[@bIond22]

Sufjan and fishmans mentioned

[@mrmamacitaz]

Bro think he RYM charts😂

[@thenightranger987]

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not

[@requiem165]

Ehhhh kinda!

[@FabrizzioSalazar-m2d]

1990 is repeater by fugazi

[@olavirannisto3552]

A list that doesn't include any Rolling Stones albums from 1968-1972 and Genesis albums from 1972-74 is not reliable.

[@tingasthefriendlyfish2902]

tbf the albums shown from 1968-1972 are some of the greatest albums of all time and they deffs beat the rolling stones

[@olavirannisto3552]

@@tingasthefriendlyfish2902 My personal choices would be different in years 1970-1972. I would choose 1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew or Led Zeppelin - 3, 1971: Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, 1972: Genesis - Foxtrot. Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway would also be a strong candidate for 1974.

[@yoavsnake]

@@olavirannisto3552 Great picks :) Unfortunately there's too much good music to fit with so few slots. There's over 40 albums with 4.0+ rating in that year range

[@putsitinmybottos]

Rym sucks so bad

[@snacksupreme]

Kate Bush isn't that good. Let go of Stranger Things

[@Faizanisthegoat]

Have you listened to the album? It was already in the top 100 prior to stranger things.

[@snacksupreme]

@@Faizanisthegoat Source on that?

[@Faizanisthegoat]

@@snacksupreme The episode featuring the song "Deal with God" aired on May 27, 2022. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ27h4lqraeZr7c This video was released before the episode aired and shows a guy ranking the top 100 albums from RYM, so it’s clear the song was already on the rym top 100 then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raaoZKOipd9oftE Fantano's classic reviews, which are usually 10s, include this album, and his review came out years ago.

[@Faizanisthegoat]

@@snacksupreme This one came out 4 years ago ,too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ6Wmmqulrtrr80

[@snacksupreme]

@@Faizanisthegoat not even 4k views over 2 years time lol. And fantano doesnt mean a thing. Dudes a random guy. Cope harder kid

[@germainlemoulinier488]

Better call who ? 1:12