A blog post about my list + The TRUE ORDER of my list

Martin_Canine Neither is this list definite nor do I claim these are in any way the best albums of all time. But as of April 2017, at the age of 20, these 60 album (I originally wanted to write down only 50, but I couldn't leave some of them unmentioned) are the ones that I personally, subjectively love best. There are albums on this list that I know since I was a little child (the first album I ever owness is at spot 33), while I know others for a few years, and in one case, the album is so new it is only a few months old as I wrote this album. But at the moment, those albums are the ones I know by heart, albums that blew me away, or albums with whom I simply had the most fun of all. These are albums that touched me on an emotional level, albums I can identify with, albums that make me shout "woohoo" everytime I hear them, or some that simply please with their melodies and performances. Simply put: There are many, many reasons why I love them, and why I included them.

Several of the genres are contradictory. There is metal and hip-hop, folk and electronica, country and hip-hop. The 90s and 2000s dominate the list, I guess this has to do with my relatively young age, but there are also some classics on it. Some of these albums were acclaimed, others panned, you will agree with some, you'll be alienated by others. Some are famous muli-platinum winners, others are completely unknown.
But this is not your list, it's mine.

Here is my Top 60 albums list in the order I currently can identify with the most, and including year of release and genre:

60. Megumi Hayashibara - Sphere (1994, J-Pop)
59. Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015, Symphonic Metal)
58. Kanye West - The College Dropout (2005, Hip-Hop/RnB)
57. An Cafe - Hikagyaku Ziprock (2013, J-Rock)
56. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007, Country-Rock)
55. Within Temptation - Enter (1997, Symphonic Metal)
54. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007, Nu-Metal/Alternative)
53. Björk - Homogenic (1997, Electronica)
52. Rodriguez - Coming From Reality (1971, Folk)
51. Tokio Hotel - Humanoid (2009, Emo)
50. Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005, Pop)
49. Rammstein - Herzeleid (1994, Industrial Rock)
48. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998, Industrial Rock)
47. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (1993, Indie)
46. Kollegah - Zuhältertape, Vol. 3 (2009, German Hip-Hop)
45. Die Ärzte - Die Bestie in Menschengestalt (1993, Punk Rock)
44. Nena - Feuer und Flamme (1985, Synth Pop)
42. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000, Nu-Metal) & Meteora (2003, Nu-Metal)
41. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2007, Alternative/Emo)
40. Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994, Pop)
39. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (1996, Alternative, Folk)
38. Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990, Country)
37. Silbermond - Verschwende deine Zeit (2004, Alternative)
36. Megumi Hayashibara - Iravati (1997, J-Pop)
35. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009, Pop)
34. Michael Jackson - Bad (1987, Synth Pop)
33. Nena - Nena feat. Nena (2002, Pop/Alternative)
32. Prince - Purple Rain (1984, Pop/RnB)
31. Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002, Hip-Hop)
30. M2M - Shades of Purple (2000, Teen Pop)
29. The Doors - Strange Days (1967, Psychadelic)
28. Dat Adam - Hydra 3D (2016, Cyber Hip-Hop/Experimental)
27. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979, Progressive Rock)
26. Queen - Innuendo (1991, Rock)
25. P!nk - I’m Not Dead (2006, Pop-Rock)
24. Evanescence - Fallen (2003, Alternative)
23. Madonna - American Life (2003, Pop/Experimental)
22. Michael Jackson - HIStory (1995, Pop)
21. Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998, Symphonic Metal)
20. Nirvana - In Utero (1993, Grunge)
19. Tuomas Holopainen - The Life and Times of Scrooge (2014, Symphonic Metal)
18. Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band (1978, Punk-Rock)
17. Björk - Post (1995, Electronica)
16. Madonna - True Blue (1986, Synth Pop)
15. Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004, Symphonic Metal)
14. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000, Hip-Hop)
13. Various Artists - The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride (2004; movie released in 1998, World)
12. Tokio Hotel - Scream (2007, Emo)
11. Kollegah - King (2014, German Hip-Hop)
10. Nightwish - Once (2004, Symphonic Metal)
8. Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997, Industrial Rock) & Mutter (2001, Industrial Rock)
7. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010, Hip-Hop/RnB/Experimental)
6. Rodriguez - Cold Fact (1970, Folk)
5. Vanilla Ninja - Blue Tattoo (2005, Synth Rock/Symphonic Rock)
4. Madonna - Ray of Light (1998, Electronica/Pop)
3. Various Artists - The Lion King (1994, World)
2. Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2001, Symphonic Metal)
1. Nightwish - Century Child (2002, Symphonic Metal)

Comments

In case you found a mistake in release year or genre, please let me know.

by the way, I know I got a weird taste. - Martin_Canine (4/10/2017)

Interesting choices - visitor (4/25/2017)